[78-L] "Folk" music...?!

[David Lennick]

Derived from the inter-species marriage of an owl and a goat.

Thank you, Doodles Weaver.

dl

Cary Ginell wrote:
> The idea of amateur singing of folk music brought to our lexicon the word "hootenanny."
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> Cary Ginell
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>> From: djwein at earthlink.net
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:21:30 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] "Folk" music...?!
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>> Back in 1971...when I was doing "Europe On $5 a Week"...I had the
>> chance to visit a London pub...which had a resident pianist and a LARGE
>> group of enthusiastic singers-along! (this seems to have been a traditional
>> activity at UK pubs, predating the ready availability of recorded music?!)!
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>> I think the whole idea of "true amateur" singing has all but disappeared...
>> people simply CANNOT match the carefully-digitally-edited "music"
>> heard to-day...?!
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>> Steven C. Barr 
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>> Oh, I don't know about that - in any gay piano bar in any city or town
>> you'll find an enthusiastic crowd singing along to show tunes every night of
>> the week!
>>
>> Dave W.
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