Re: French Folk / Fiddle Tunes
Originally Posted by
atsunrise
Auvergne is a south central, quite isolated part of France and compared to what people think of as Old French trad the music reminds me of the difference between Nova Scotia and ITM.
Sunrise, what's "ITM." I'm from Nova Scotia. If someone says I'm from ITM, are those fightin' words?
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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