Quickly before the lights go out
A story Ewan used to tell about Four Loom Weaver - may be Ewan's bullshit - he could have played for England in that as Peggy will tell you "Oh Ewan - stop exaggerating"!)
He was singing in a club in Brighton in the early days of the Revival when Big Bill Broonzy, who was guesting down the road, walked in.
Ewan sang "Weaver" and Broonzy came over later and said, "Man, I didn't know you honkies sang the blues".
Why didn't Beckett sing the song for Ennis?
The BBC project was little more than a head-hunting trip , whip it in, whip it out, and wipe it, so to speak.
You could have doubled the traditional repertoire with the songs that were missed from the singers they recorded
Maggie Murphy (one of the Chambers Sisters) had a largish repertoire that was missed, as did Cinnamond and loads of other singers.
Phil Tanner was claimed to have had 70 songs - the EFDSS couldn't round up enough to fill an LP and had to repeat one item to fill the album.
It was a great project and we'd all be much worse off without it, but no indication of the size or scope of the repertoire
Must go - darkness approaches
10, 9, 8, 7.....
Jim Carroll