[mplpost] Canada - A Folkie History?

Estelle Klein estelle@kos.net
Sat Jan 19 11:43:16 2002


To Clyde, Joanne, Beverlie and others,
I have forwarded your mail to Bonnie Dobson, a friend. She does live in
England but returns periodically for stays at a house she purchased in
Ontario. Perhaps she might like to comment. I have Prestige recordings.
Estelle
mailto:estelle@kos.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Clyde Tyndale <ctyndale@cape.com>
To: <maplepost@icomm.ca>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [mplpost] Canada - A Folkie History?


> OK,
>
> I'll put my hand up - whatever happened to Bonnie Dobson anyway?
>
> The song she sang that most comes to my mind is " Jam at Gerry's Rock"
> Which probably isn't really Canadian, but she also sang "Frankie Slide"
> while not completely trad - but trad in style - is about a Canadian event.
>
> I have 2 recodings of hers on old vinyl - Prestige/Folklore series -
anybody
> know if this was ever re-released to CD?
>
> Clyde Tyndale
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joanne Crabtree" <treelady@interlog.com>
> To: <maplepost@icomm.ca>
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 2:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [mplpost] Canada - A Folkie History?
>
>
> > And didn't Bonnie Dobson record a version of Lord Franklin? Or was it
> Brave
> > Wolfe? Hands up if you remember Bonnie....
> >
> >
> > At 01:47 PM 1/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > >I think Ian & Sylvia also recorded "Brave Wolf"
> > >
> > >also...there are wonderful traditional songs such as "La Belle
Francoise,
> > >The Poor Little Girls of Ontario & later of Sasketchewan, Blanche
Neige,
> the
> > >Blooming Bright Star of Belle Isle (yes, originally Irish, but very
much
> a
> > >part of Newfoundland repertoires), etc.  Beverlie
> > >
> > >
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