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This is the question of the day and every day actually. LouieB

If I didn't have to make one more trip to Springfield on Monday morning I would be there.....have fun. LouieB

I looked through the Bear Family Carter Family set last night (which I have not actually found the time to listen to yet) and these lyrics don't appear to be one of their songs. There are a couple that are similar, but not these words nor sentiment. LouieB

I was not familiar with that lyric, but I went and found it just now and surprisingly you can't cut and paste it from the web...how times have changed. Actually this lyric sounds very much like Woody to me (not starting an argument here, just a friendly discussion) both in the content and the structure. When the Roses Bloom again has a distinct meter and rhyming scheme which is something Woody wasn't so much into later in life. Many of the MA songs lack rhyme and meter as well and that's part of their charm. This could easily have fit on MA, at least with many of the songs Billy Bragg took

That is half true. Folk musicians certainly coped songs from each other, but the Carters weren't exactly folk musicians. The Carter Family was at the time one of the best selling country recording artists in the US. They weren't sitting around swapping songs and verses with their neighbors, AP was searching for songs with the clear intent of making records and money on it and not giving credit when he found songs, many of which were like this one, old parlor songs that people had learned off of sheet music. I am not saying it was wrong, since relative to the times it was probably in line wi

As mentioned above, AP and Ralph Peer weren't above ripping someone else off. Those were simpler less litigious times. LouieB

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Actually alot of those folks can't tour because of day jobs. LouieB

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I would love that. I have always wondered what the original music was like. I am sure it is far more sentimental turn of the century parlor song, but it would be instructive. LouieB

Yea..really..... LouieB

How about the album he actually produced for Emmy Lou...great stuff. Dylan clearly believes the same thing, since he spent so much time talking about the Oh Mercy Sessions in Chronicles I. LouieB

I only have a passing notion of who either of them are. I think this topic will continue to be interesting for some time to come. We watch a bit too much TV at our house and frankly it is funnier than hell to indentify the artists flogging some product or other these days. I know the classic rockers so that is fun, but sometimes I just know that the indie rockers are also people we know, but can't always identify them. In fact this topic hasn't even been close to exhausted. Abso-freaking -lutely.Does anyone think that the "records" being produced now are of higher quality than those of the

I recently read the book about the Carter family. AP "borrowed" lyrics anywhere he could find them (as did Woody Guthrie, who borrowed both tunes and lyrics liberally as well), by taking trips into the hills and talking to people about songs they knew. As a result AP's songs were frequently older popular songs people had been singing for some time (not just "folk" type songs) and he and Ralph Peer published them under their names. That was the good old days. There weren't as many lawyers back in those days. Another interesting thing about AP was that he had trouble remembering tunes, so he

Every time someone talks about Massey Hall, all I can think about is the Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie reunion show.... LouieB

My point exactly... LouieB

Actually..I may have fucked up...I think they were talking about Feist...but then again I may be getting these singers with single "F"ing names mixed up.LouieB

What the hell else IS there to talk about anyway?? LouieB

I wish I thought Fergie was an actual "artist". People at North Hampton were talking about her and all I kept thinking was Fergie and Wilco?? Same fans??? I have never known an artist of any sort that didn't want their work consumed by others. LouieB

Sure why not.... LouieB

hey I am not that scary. I agree about Jeff looking younger than ever. Things could not be going better for him and the scene was exceptional. LouieB

Tom Paxton was never in the Chad Mitchell Trio...you must be thinking of John Denver who replaced Chad when it became the Mitchell Trio (however Jim McGuinn WAS a back up guitarist before he changed his name to Roger....) Tom is a very fine songwriter however. edit- I did not know this before, but Tom Paxton did audition for the Chad Mitchell Trio, so I guess there is some connection. My sister was a huge Chad Mitchell Trio fan back in the Day. LouieB

I hope this wasn't posted while I was out of town, but this is a pretty interesting article about our current favorite subject and on top of it VC gets a major mention. Check it out. LouieB In Praise of Selling Out The Shins; Sonic Youth By Miles Raymer June 22, 2007 IF YOU WERE in line for the Fergie show two Sundays ago at the House of Blues, you probably picked up on two things: the excitement of the club-casual crowd and the hum of corporate synergy. None of us had to pay money to get in -- a few tickets had been given away to the general public in radio promotions, but the

Glad it was cleared up that I was NOT the older guy......not sure how old this guy is, but he is greyer than me.... I saw several older guys standing near the front actually. This was a nicely mixed crowd. I talked to a HS junior who was a couple rows in front of me. LouieB

I am sure it is, but having been lucky enough to see the real thing a few times, there isn't enough disposable income that could get me into one of these shows.... For anyone who has not seen it, 200 Motels (the original movie, not any of the recuts) was fun and disorienting. There are also many concert films of Frank around too. Not sure how many have transitioned to DVD as opposed to VHS. LouieB