Subj : re: Gord's Gold...
To : Bill Riley
From : Martin Ridgley
Date : Sat Jul 15 2000 05:34 am
-=> Bill Riley wrote to Martin Ridgley <=-
BR> Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Bill Riley:
MR> However, when talking about the great songwriters of our generation,
MR> I think it's fair to include people like Gordon Lightfoot and Neil
MR> Young, as well as say, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell,
MR> Andy Partridge, and Richard Thompson in the list. Where you would
MR> actually rank them is of course open to debate, but each of them
MR> deserves their place on the list, just as much as Dylan does.
BR> Uh-oh. I see the problem...you're a *folkie*...there is help
BR> availible for this nowadays. See a proffesional in your area! ;)
Uh, thanks for the advice Bill, but the problem has actually been
getting progressively better as I get older. It's not as bad now as
the symptoms might make it appear. After all, I *did* include Andy
Partridge and Elvis Costello in the list. Hardly 'folkies' in any
traditional sense of the word. 'Course, none of these people are
really folkies anymore - even Dylan, Simon, and Mitchell.
FWIW though, I do suffer relapses from time to time, so please *do*
remind me about that professional help again, when I start raving
about people like Guy Clark, Martin Carthy, Norman Blake, June Tabor,
Maddy Prior, and Townes Van Zandt. (Hmmm... come to think of it, a
couple of them probably *should* have been on that list!) ;-)
Martin
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