Re: How long do you guys remember songs?
Originally Posted by
foldedpath
In Irish/Scottish trad (the music I mostly play) a tune is an instrumental piece and a song has lyrics and is sung, so I'll use that distinction and talk only about tunes because that's what I play.
And in every other tradition involving speakers of the English language!
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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