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Thread #1789 Message #3828411
Posted By: GUEST,Mike Yates
24-Dec-16 - 06:00 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Hopping Down in Kent
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hopping Down in Kent
Jim's comment about Louie Fuller's family having little interest in her singing reminds me of a Saturday afternoon in Oxfordshire. I had recorded some songs from Tom Newman, who then insisted that we take the recordings to his son, so that the latter could hear them. We went to the son's home and found him watching horse racing on the TV. We played the recordings, which Tom loved to hear, to a son who apparently could not care less. He just wanted to watch the racing! It really was so sad to see someone showing no pride in his father's achievements.