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Originally Posted by Gavin B.
I first heard a version of St. James Infirmary when I was collecting and doing field recordings of blues and jazz musicians for the Smithsonian folkways collection way back in the Seventies.
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Holy s
hit, man! You just described the coolest job that has ever existed.
I don't even know where to start -- you have posted so much interesting stuff in this thread. I guess I'll go back to The Bad Plus - that's funny about audience reaction to their Nirvana covers. I remember hearing an interview (on NPR, by the way) back when their first album was just released - they said the pianist had never heard Smells Like Teen Spirit and in fact, had never heard of Nirvana. In the interview they said the ages of the band and I figured that the guy was in his late teens when Nevermind was huge. But he had only listened to/studied classical music until he joined the Bad Plus.
Anyway, thanks for everything.