[78-L] Ruby are you Mad at Your Man

[David Lennick]

soundthink at aol.com wrote:
> The term "ballad" has changed much over the years. Today, people think of it as meaning a song with a slow tempo. 

And in terms of today's popular music, no melody. dl

> In folkloristic terms, it means any song that tells a story.
> 
> Cary Ginell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: RAY KILCOYNE <kil at roadrunner.com>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sat, 23 May 2009 6:53 pm
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Ruby are you Mad at Your Man
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> After more surfing it does seem that the Cousin Emmy and her Kinfolk version 
> was from the 1947 Decca 78 album "Kentucky Mountain Ballads".  It threw me 
> at first because I didn't feel that RUBY was a ballad.  I guess it depends 
> on your definition of "ballad".
> RayK
> From: "Thomas Stern"
>> according to various web sources,this song, composed by COUSIN EMMY had
>> popular releases
>> by Buck Owens, and the OSBORN BROTHERS.
>> Can someone provide dates and label information for these releases - any
>> others of note?
>> Thanks!
>