The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #53060   Message #912655
Posted By: BuckMulligan
18-Mar-03 - 12:11 PM
Thread Name: Reuben James - Sunk October 31, 1941
Subject: RE: Reuben James
The CMT's version was quite excellent. It was slick, had their trademark tight harmonies and was perhaps over "produced." It was the pinnacle of "trig, preppie" folk scare stuff. As Steve-O says, it (the "slick" folks scare sound of the KT, CMT, etc.) brought a lot of folks "into the tent." These guys were my heroes in 1965. I still love their sound. If it ain't "folk" enough for some, well, "folk' is really a pretty big place, isn't it? I mean, room for more than one style? Or is it only populated by those who subscribe to one purist dogma or another? Don't lay low FolkScare veterans. It was a great time and produced some great music (a lot of crap too, but pick a time that hasn't).