--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Here is a cut from the aforementioned (and unknown to most > people) folkie Steve Gillette, *much* later in life. He > and his wife (I think) Cindy perform his most famous song, > originally made famous by Ian & Sylvia Tyson. I knew him > from college, so I know the story of this song. He was a > music major (Duh!), and wrote this song based on place > names he'd found while hiking up in the Lake Tahoe area. > He wanted to create his version of a real folk song. He > submitted it to his professor as having been found in a > book of old Wild West era songs, and got an "A" on the > project. He only revealed the truth to the prof when he > found he was about to submit the song to a folklore > society as a "new find." :-) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioKodbNTljg
Sorry. Bad link earlier. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJkB-dBj-HY
