Re: Any musical stamp collectors out there?
Thanks for that, Journeybear. It sounds like you had a great experience.#As you no doubt know, Buffy Sainte-Marie is a highly accomplished singer, songwriter, musician, educator, and high-tech innovator, among other things. She's highly respected in Canada, even more so among First Nations (indigenous) people. According to Buffy, during the Nixon era, political forces interfered with her musical path in the USA, where she'd been raised, though she only learned about this much later. When radio stations stopped playing her records and venues wouldn't book her, she thought , at the time, she'd just lost popularity. However, she retained her popularity in Canada ( a much smaller market) to the present day. And we have to give good ol' Sesame Street a nod too, for always supporting her. Buffy's eighty now. The last time I saw her, not long before co-vid, she was still dancing about on high heels like Tina Turner. Buffy Sainte-Marie always gives great performances that are not to be missed if she's in anyone's area.
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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