RE: RE: Hive Open Mic Week 152 - Scarborough Fair - A cover of the Simon & Garfunkle interpretation of a traditional song
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RE: Hive Open Mic Week 152 - Scarborough Fair - A cover of the Simon & Garfunkle interpretation of a traditional song

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Wonderful rendition of a classic folk tune. Your fingerstyle playing is beautiful, hauntingly melodic chiming notes some of which almost make me visualize the ringing of church bells in the theatre of my mind.

I remember watching a documentary about folk music which I believe was a 4-part BBC production where the musician Bert Jansch talks about showing "Scarborough Fair" to Paul Simon sometime in the 1960s . Paul went on to record it a made a lot of money from it, this song which he more or less stole from Bert Jansch. I guess you can't really steal a song that's as old as the hills and back in the day quite a lot of musicians "borrowed" heavily from old Bert. I guess it kind of works both ways tho as Bert is probably most famous for his cover of "Angie" which is a Davy Graham song.

Anyways, welcome to Hive open mic, you bring a very strong first entry, I look forward to seeing what else you bring to the table in the coming weeks.