The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #155357   Message #3666387
Posted By: Jim Carroll
05-Oct-14 - 04:04 PM
Thread Name: What makes a new song a folk song?
Subject: RE: What makes a new song a folk song?
"the seller on ebay claimed it was a folk guitar - you mean to tell me I have been mis sold an item, and it doesn't play folk music!"
The statements I have put are from a farmer, two Travellers, a village carpenter and a crofter
All of them were part of a centuries old tradition and played an invaluable, and in your's and Muskie's case, an unappreciated part in passing on their songs to us.
You have to have earned the right to be counted among them - you haven't
You could at least give some respect for their generosity - you haven't done that either.
They were part of the folk tradition - you are a very ungrateful recipient of their generosity
Jim Carroll