Old Folkers never die, they just...?

Subject: Old Folkers never die they just.........
From: GUEST,Warwick Slade
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:10 PM

Following on from the various threads such as young talent is killing folk clubs etc. I was concerned as to why me, and others of my generation are still alive. They say 'old golfers never die, they just lose their balls'
Perhaps, just to pass the time, you Mudcatters can find reasons for the longevity of Folkers
No prizes for the winner

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From: Phil Cooper
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:11 PM

It's too late to die young. To quote Greg Brown.

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From: jacqui.c
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:13 PM

I reckon that it's the consumption of numerous pints of beer that accompany folk sessions - there must be something in the ale that leads to a longer life!

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From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:29 PM

Old folkers never die...they just folk off!

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From: Richard Bridge
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:30 PM

just can't stop plucking....

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From: GUEST,Warwick Slade
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:33 PM

Old folkers never die they just drop their capos
Best I can do so far!

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From: Crane Driver
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:34 PM

................ keep repeating the chorus

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From: GUEST,Warwick Slade
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:37 PM

Old Folkers never die they just...I forgot what I was going to say

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From: beardedbruce
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:38 PM

... forget what they were going to say?

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From: GUEST,Warwick Slade
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:41 PM

Hi beardedbruce-SNAP

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From: Leadbelly
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:42 PM

They say 'old golfers never die, they just lose their balls'

Hopefully, that I won't lose my balls.

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From: beardedbruce
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:44 PM

We're not old ( compared to what we sing).

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From: Bill D
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:44 PM

Old Folkers never die...they just become Modal Folkers.

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From: Severn
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:58 PM

They just refrain more often in their per-verse lives 'til someone has to finally have to make the "trad. arrangement by" which they can become a true underground phenomena and one with legend itself.

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From: The Sandman
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 04:59 PM

old cricketers never die, they just get run out.
Old folkies never die,they just cant bowl a maiden over.

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From: GUEST,Warwick Slade
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 05:04 PM

Old Folkers never die they just sing bawdy ballads. re the maxim
Those who can, do. Those who can't, sing about it

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From: gnu
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 05:05 PM

... get better.

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From: GUEST,Whooda Ever
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 05:15 PM

I remember a friend remarking after having seen Mother Maybelle Carter in her last years that she'd died two years ago and either nobody told her or she hadn't noticed.

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From: GUEST,Warwick Slade
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 05:18 PM

No one told Maybelle Carter but they told me. I've died many times

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From: beardedbruce
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 05:20 PM

I died once, but I got better.

Subject: RE: Old Folkers never die they just.........
From: Severn
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 05:25 PM

....start releasing albums called "The Legendary", "The Late, Great" and "The Lost Sessions".


Of course, the music itself is and will be timeless by definition, right?"

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From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 05:53 PM

They may, eventually succumb - but they'll be 'well-versed' for the next gig.

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From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 06:03 PM

Sorry, but the truth of the matter is that old folkies do eventually die.

It's the only way to get them to shut the folk up.

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From: bubblyrat
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 06:05 PM

I"m not going to suck "em------I"m not like that !!

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From: Georgiansilver
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 06:15 PM

Old Folkies never die they just lose their tuning.
Old Folkies never die they just 'fade out'
Old Folkies never die they just play a bodhran?
Old Folkies never die they just forget the words (bit more realistic eh?)

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From: GUEST,Geoff the Duck
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 05:09 AM

They just hum a bit...

Quack!
GtD.

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From: MBSLynne
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 07:30 AM

Damn Katlaughing! That's what I was going to say!

Old Folkies DO die, you just can't tell the difference?

Old Folkies never die because they are pickled in alcohol.

Love Lynne

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From: Dave Hanson
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 07:35 AM

Old folkers never die, they just smell that way.

eric

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From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 07:45 AM

Old Folkies never die they just play that way...

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From: GUEST,donmeixner
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 08:06 AM

....they just end the refrain.

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From: GUEST,Warwick Slade
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 08:11 AM

Old Folkers never die they just start writing songs in open D tuning
(for the non guitarists they D compose)
Ouch

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From: GUEST,Terry McDonald
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 09:54 AM

Warwick - I hope you've feeling better by the time you do your first number at Wimborne this evening........

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From: BuckMulligan
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 09:58 AM

Old folkies never die, and they wish they'd known that so they coulda taken better care of themselves.

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From: GUEST,Warwick Slade
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 10:04 AM

Don't worry Terry I'm still taking the tablets

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From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 10:23 AM

MBSLynne....nah-nah-nah-nah!**bg**

Old folkies never die, they haven't answered the question, "What IS folk?"

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From: open mike
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 11:56 AM

they just decresendo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o


or perhaps they diminish..

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From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 12:00 PM

but only by a third?

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From: MartinRyan
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 12:10 PM

...cross-dress and run away to C.

Regards

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From: alanabit
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 12:12 PM

I thought old cricketers just had to withdraw their stumps... I think old folkies just live to see their favourite songs become folk songs.

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From: Ebbie
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 12:14 PM

Old Folkers never die, they just play away.

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From: Duke
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 12:20 PM

Man is a creature of habit and habits are hard to break. It took me 17 years to stop smoking and I doubt that I have 17 years left, so I just keep folking along.

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From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 03:52 PM

Have their gig cancelled

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From: Declan
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 03:57 PM

... allow their hair to go gracefully gray.

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From: SouthernCelt
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 07:18 PM

...or allow their hair to go gracefully away.

SC

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From: Gurney
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 11:52 PM

.....pop their clogs.

Those were the days.

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From: GUEST,Jack Silver
Date: 29 Jun 07 - 01:22 AM

become multi-instrumentalists

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From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 29 Jun 07 - 03:14 AM

"become multi-instrumentalists"

Whoo Hoo! I made it!

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From: JennyO
Date: 29 Jun 07 - 04:15 AM

Old Folkers never die,
They just go to the Great Session in the sky.

Subject: RE: Old Folkers never die they just.........
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 29 Jun 07 - 05:06 AM

Nah, the devil has all the best music.

eric

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From: Mr Red
Date: 30 Jun 07 - 02:25 AM

Old actresses never die - they're just Faye Dunnaway


I'll get me coat............