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Thread #164989   Message #3955649
Posted By: Tunesmith
09-Oct-18 - 10:14 AM
Thread Name: You've Got to be Joking! - greatest blues singers
Subject: RE: You've Got to be Joking! - greatest blues singers
Well, the difference bwtween Johnny's voice and Martin's is that Johnny was surrounded from birth by singess, in church, on the radio, at shows etc singing in, basically, a rural American accent.
On the otherhand, Martin Carthy did not grow up listening to "real" English folk singers. No, as an adult, he had to go searching for recordings of Joseph Taylor etc. as an inspiration for his " folkie" voice.