[FM] Re: folkmusic Digest, Vol 2, Issue 9

[ScAlarik at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/18/04 12:54:01 PM, folkmusic-request at folkserv.net writes:

<< In the Baggelaar book 
"Folk Music: More Than A Song", the quote is given right at the front of the 
book (p. vii) as "I guess all songs is folk songs; I never heard no horse 
sing 'em" and it is attributed to Big Bill Broonzy.  >>

    I have heard this quote attibuted to numerous people, but most frequently 
- and reliably - to Broonzy. A similar quote from Louis Armstrong was 
something he'd say when asked if jazz was folk music. He'd sigh and say, "Look, 
there's only two kinds of music in this world. You got your good music, and you got 
your bad music. This here, this is good music." Scott Alarik
P.S. Toby Keith was recently interviewed in the Boston Globe, and said he is 
a lifelong Democrat.