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Looks like a tune you’ve always wanted to play! And 2 mics….as well as a voice amp somewhere…has there been discussions on TAC about best mics for those who just play at home?
You prob know this tune was recorded in late 1920s by Gus Cannon. When I read folkie Patrick Sky’s NYTimes obit on Sunday, it referenced what was then the folk boom—imagine that in 1964, Broadside newsletter in G’wich Village started “singing newspapers” events and performers would come by and sing topical songs, often written for the occasion. Pete Seeger was MC of Singing Newspaper Village Gate premiere in 1964, and 500 people showed up! Sky, Jack Elliot, Phil Ochs, Paxton, Buffy, Jack Elliott performed….