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Thread #23473   Message #650144
Posted By: Clinton Hammond
14-Feb-02 - 03:11 PM
Thread Name: Is Steve Earl folk
Subject: RE: Is Steve Earl folk
I said MAYBE... Ya never made a mistake?

I KNOW there was a big 'folk' fest that recently (last few years) changed from 'folk' to 'music'...

And that their revenue went through the roof when they did...

More importantly, I think, is the prevailing opinions from artists such as I mentioned above, that 'folk' is a term that is all too often used to be exclusionary (-I- won't play THAT because THAT'S NOT Folk!) rather than in an "inclusionary" sense...

Capital "F" folkies are just as bothersome as, say capital "P" pagans... indicative of people who take themselves WAY too seriously... especially when they get to thinkin' that their "OPINIONS" are somehow even relevant to anyone but themselves...

I don't expect anyone to agree with me, full of the knowledge that this is just my opinion...