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Thread #153720 Message #3610932
Posted By: MGM·Lion
19-Mar-14 - 01:54 PM
Thread Name: Review: New book - Singing from the Floor
Subject: RE: Review: New book - Singing from the Floor
Trouble with Niles is that he couldn't leave anything alone. He didn't just sing things his own way: he rewrote them first; invariably in an inferior version: and for some reason it would be his version which would catch on as the 'standard' version. Just compare his vile "Blackblackblackblackblackblack [cont p 94] is the color" with the delightful version that Sharp collected and published in his Appalachian collection from which he ripped it off. But as you say, Al, he did big biznis. One suspects some sort of jiggery-pokery somewhere...
~M~
i luv the ground i luv the ground i luv the ground i luv the grouhouhouhouhound...