Mudcat Café message #4020124

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Thread #166939 Message #4020124
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
18-Nov-19 - 02:43 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Has the folk Process died?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Has the folk Process died?

In the span of four human generations the Anglo-American Merchant Marine adapted pop minstrelsy to chanties and launched a thousand 'authentic' folk songbooks.

Commerical phonographic (no TV, radio, print &c) credits currently listed on Discogs:

Paul Campbell = 425
Woody Guthrie = 1519
Ewan MacColl = 1124
Pete Seeger = 2333

Paul Campbell – not folk process. Very fake but likable enough for a few represses here and there. 'Twas ever thus.