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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