The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #146180   Message #3552012
Posted By: GUEST,London Pete
23-Aug-13 - 03:23 AM
Thread Name: Bill Leader/Dave Bulmer
Subject: RE: Bill Leader/Dave Bulmer
I have no wish to re-open this debate, but recently came across this statement from Mike Yates on the Musical Traditons site. Yates was talking about his trips to the Appalachians to collect songs and tunes.

"The Far in the Mountains series of recordings was issued simply because I wanted to share the music of these remarkable singers and musicians with others. I was so lucky to have been able to make it to America and to have met up with so many fine people. If, at the end of the day, I was financially out of pocket, then it didn't really matter. It was the singing and the music that mattered, and also, of course, all those generous people who so kindly let me into their lives and homes. They enriched my life. And now, through these recordings, they can continue to enrich the lives of so many others."