"You have not addressed anyone's concerns"
Then you have only been listening to what you want to hear Al
I've told you what I believe folk song to be and how important I think it is.
You have refused to address any of those points - instead, you have attempted to justify jettisoning folk song and replacing it with pop music in the clubs.
Steve
Why on earth should I gave a definition of any of those - they only interest me in this discussion inasmuch as they are not folk song
Hard-and fast is a loadaed term - I never thought I would have heard it come from someone who claims to be interested in folk song research - thats what we do - try o understand and pass on the music we choose to work with.
And yes - the doold singers did differentiate - they may have used different terms to decribe teir songs, but whenever we questions, they made it quire clear that they rgarded them differently - not necessarily better or worse - just different
I get a little tired having to repeat this - would someone like to challenge it and I'll be happy to reiterate what we recorded - along with big transcribed chunks of it
It seems our older singers were streets ahead of some of our researchers on this matter
Jim Carroll