Comments on: Interview with Frank Fairfield http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/03/interview-with-frank-fairfield/ Down Home Radio is a hardcore, unreconstructed, paleo-acoustic folk music program. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:20:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Present http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/03/interview-with-frank-fairfield/comment-page-1/#comment-22332 The Present Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:36:36 +0000 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/?p=974#comment-22332 I think Charley Patton, Skip James, Roscoe Holcomb, Fiddlin' John, The Carter Family, etc., all ate food out of cans and would not have been recorded for our listening pleasures if not for the industrial revolution. I can empathize with your distaste for the idea that "things changed very quickly recently" and for how, but this nostalgia for some sort of self-idealized past seems silly, as do your after-the-fact opinions about reconstruction era politics. One can hear by your nervous giggle that you suspect so, but I guess your thirst for the limelight by trying to seem more knowledgeable than "the people" that live today supersedes any desire to sing about your own culture (or lack thereof, and in your own dialect). Haha, "Appal-A-chan". But, in your defense, I guess you are respectively a product and creator of the era (or immediate past and future) no matter what you do, and "the people" have dressed much better in the past. Sounds good. Also, unfortunately there is a popular music nowadays. Just because it's been shoved down people's throats does not mean it isn't popular. Sincerely, The Devil's Advocate I think Charley Patton, Skip James, Roscoe Holcomb, Fiddlin’ John, The Carter Family, etc., all ate food out of cans and would not have been recorded for our listening pleasures if not for the industrial revolution. I can empathize with your distaste for the idea that “things changed very quickly recently” and for how, but this nostalgia for some sort of self-idealized past seems silly, as do your after-the-fact opinions about reconstruction era politics. One can hear by your nervous giggle that you suspect so, but I guess your thirst for the limelight by trying to seem more knowledgeable than “the people” that live today supersedes any desire to sing about your own culture (or lack thereof, and in your own dialect). Haha, “Appal-A-chan”. But, in your defense, I guess you are respectively a product and creator of the era (or immediate past and future) no matter what you do, and “the people” have dressed much better in the past. Sounds good. Also, unfortunately there is a popular music nowadays. Just because it’s been shoved down people’s throats does not mean it isn’t popular.

Sincerely,
The Devil’s Advocate

]]> By: JBL http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/03/interview-with-frank-fairfield/comment-page-1/#comment-14239 JBL Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:52:12 +0000 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/?p=974#comment-14239 That was a really great show - as well as being an amazing performer I think he had some unique insight on the music. Remarkable. J. That was a really great show – as well as being an amazing performer I think he had some unique insight on the music. Remarkable.

J.

]]> By: Craig Mulcahy http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/03/interview-with-frank-fairfield/comment-page-1/#comment-13824 Craig Mulcahy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:39:39 +0000 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/?p=974#comment-13824 What a brilliant show. Truly enjoyed every minute. Really looking forward to this project Frank has going with Tompkins Square. I bet some of the releases they come up with are going to be mind blowing. Much love from the UK. Craig. What a brilliant show. Truly enjoyed every minute. Really looking forward to this project Frank has going with Tompkins Square. I bet some of the releases they come up with are going to be mind blowing.

Much love from the UK.

Craig.

]]> By: Viper http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/03/interview-with-frank-fairfield/comment-page-1/#comment-13816 Viper Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:55:37 +0000 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/?p=974#comment-13816 Great interview. Fairfield sounds like he's stuck on the Harry Smith anthology. Very insightful as well. Thanks. Great interview. Fairfield sounds like he’s stuck on the Harry Smith anthology. Very insightful as well. Thanks.

]]> By: antone costa http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/2010/03/interview-with-frank-fairfield/comment-page-1/#comment-13813 antone costa Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:58:48 +0000 http://www.downhomeradioshow.com/?p=974#comment-13813 Great interview! Really great perspectives on this recent perception of a surge in this kind of music. Great interview! Really great perspectives on this recent perception of a surge in this kind of music.

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