The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #153732   Message #3603104
Posted By: Will Fly
20-Feb-14 - 05:03 AM
Thread Name: When Does it Get to Be Folk?
Subject: RE: When Does it Get to Be Folk?
One of the interesting things about the recently shown 1984 documentary about the Everly Brothers was how, in the mining area that their family lived in, families and communities played and sang together and made music together - in church, in bars, at dances and in the home. It was just embedded in the community - with lots of home-grown talented singers and musicians. There wouldn't have been a need for "folk clubs" in that environment - and the music performed ranged from the traditional to the composed. Just music - without tags.