This is going to be a new “category” here at sixstr stories. To start things off, here are two quotes about Folk music.
“All music is Folk music. I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song.”
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
American Jazz musician.
“Folk music is that which remains when everything else is discarded.
It is where the song is more important than the singer.
If it has found a useful and essential place in people’s lives, it is Folk music.
In the end it is the sound of hope because it speaks to life.”
John Gorka (1958-)
American Folksinger, songwriter & guitarist.
[From the forward to “Folk and Blues: the Encyclopedia” (2001).]
There you go. Let me know what you think. Lots more where those came from!
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I am the son and only child of a registered nurse & a self-employed collector of wildflowers. I went on to become: a Beatles’ fan; a record collector; a drummer; a music magazine subscriber; a guitar player; a songwriter; a high school graduate; a college student; a music major; a performing singer/guitarist; a photography student; a yearbook photographer; a student teacher; a boyfriend; a letter writer; a college graduate; an elementary school music teacher; an apartment dweller; a husband; a guitar teacher/independent contractor; a homeowner; an independent music producer; the father of a daughter; the father of a son; a bandmate; a teacher of the history of popular music in America; an instructor of music/adjunct faculty member; a grandfather (x3); a condo dweller; and a blogger.
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