[mplpost] Douglas MacArthur/legends

[Douglas McArthur]

That person has good taste!

Seriously, for a writer like me who never "made the big time" (I'm sure it
is just around the corner, as Ronnie Hawkins says) the high water mark of a
career can be the legacy of material passed on to younger performers. I have
been lucky to have many professional and amateur performers sing and record
my songs and in many ways that is the best thing that happened in my
experience.
 
At that point the narcisstic values of the singer songwriter cross over into
the true tradition of folk music.

I came to this conclusion in a bar in Santa Cruz listening to a bunch of
youngsters singing songs written by my friend Stan Rogers (a real legend).
They had no idea who he was and were not interested - they just liked the
songs.

I thought how happy Stan would be to know that.
-- 
Doug McArthur 
    Web Design & Music
        http://www3.sympatico.ca/dugimac/DMWEB.html

Artistic Director
    Festival of Friends
        http://www.creativearts.on.ca

Artistic Director
    Eaglewood Folk Festival
        http://www.eaglewoodfolk.com




> From: Dean Verger <rasputin@cyberus.ca>
> Reply-To: maplepost@icomm.ca
> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 19:49:24 -0500
> To: maplepost@icomm.ca
> Subject: [mplpost] Douglas MacArthur/legends
> 
> A performer got up on our Open Stage and explained that when pressed for
> his favourite song of all time he admits to five, one of them being Doug
> MacArthur's, then proceeded to sing Black Eyed Susan.
> 
> It is a strange business wherein time creates our heroes. Oh I admit that
> in the pop business the heroes are alive, or at least quite visible. But
> boy do they fade into obscurity fast. Whereas in Folk, Blues and Jazz time
> (and talent) seems to be the main determinant for herodom.
> 
> Non-professionals come in these days playing songs by Ian Tamblyn, Bob
> Stark, Lynn Miles, Terry Tufts, David Wiffen, Jesse Winchester, Willie P
> Bennett, the list is getting very long.
> 
> My New Years wish to all,
> may you be around long enough to be a hero.
> Hugs, a better thing to do with arms
> 
> Dean Verger
> Rasputin's Folk Cafe
> 696 Bronson Ave.   K1S 4G2
> 230-5102
> 
> http://www.cyberus.ca/~rasputin
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