Author: Governor SwillGovernor Swill Date: Jun 3, 2007 07:55
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 02:47:28 -0700, "Nic" mlode.com>
wrote:
>> Folk is far closer related to bluegrass and old country than to any
>> form of rock.
>First of all, folk music should always be first traced back to Europe or any
>indiginous people, because that is the essense of the words folk music...
>music of the folk. There was folk music long before bluegrass, from Ireland,
>Scotland, England and Scandanavia. Much of this lead to the gathering of
>American folk music in the late 1700's and 1800's. Irish tunes later
>influenced Appalacian tunes. Therefore folk music is far closer related to
>music of the Celts and Irish tunes, not bluegrass, because bluegrass is the
>offspring of Irish tunes and songs.
Well, that didn't make any sense. You strive to distance bluegrass
from folk, accurately placing folk origins in Europe and particularly
Ireland and then make a fool of yourself by saying that bluegrass
comes from Irish music. Nothing you said disagreed with what I wrote.
Folk, bluegrass and old country are related and appeared in roughly
that order.
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