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Thread #54153   Message #840399
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
04-Dec-02 - 10:32 AM
Thread Name: Folk Music On PBS
Subject: RE: Folk Music On PBS
Dag-nab it! I think that it's time that us WASPS Unite. Who says we ain't folks? What should I be most embarassed about? Being white? I didn't realize I could have requested another color. Anglo Saxon?
Can I be Danish-Saxon, or Anglo-Danish? Protestant? Well excuuuuuuuse me. Even white bread Americans are folks. Sure 'nuff.

Funny, but the airwaves where I grew up weren't filled with Tex-Mex music or Klezmer music. There was enough polka coming out of our old Zenith to choke a horse, not just punch one. Being WASP, it didn't occur to me that Whoopee John Wilfahrt or Louis Bashell And His Silk Umbrellas was folk musicians. How was I to know... they didn't wear
red and white striped shirts. They were about as folk as Lawrence Welk.

Enjoy the day... it's not worth getting that upset about, Guest..

Jerry (a resident)