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Again I am not trying to taint the true Civil War music but is any of the music that is period? I think there should be a traditional folk forum for those who are interested but are not sure to post to this section. Again if I am out of line posting here let me know.
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Thomas J. Alleman
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Re: Gilded Bats
If you are saying we need a forum here for 20th century style string bands like The Gilded Bats seem to be then it's definitely out of line.Originally posted by Thomas Alleman View Post[FONT="Book Antiqua"]Carl Anderton[/FONT]
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Re: Gilded Bats
"Hell they aren't even old-tymey!"
The music played by the Gilded Bats post dates our interests by 15 years on up to the 1930's. While some of the songs may be 'traditional' in origin, the song books that I own that have them in them are pretty new when compared to the banjo primers that were being used mid-19th century.Cody Mobley
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Re: Gilded Bats
Tom,
You know as well as I do that the practice of gilding bats had not been developed in the 1860s, so, therefore, any reference to gilding bats, whether on this forum or in the field would not be apropos. If anything, it began to come onto its own in the 1890s, though the practice was harmful to both bat and gilder, and ultimately proved pointless as there was not a very large market for them.
Hope this clears everything up.Jason R. Wickersty
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Re: Gilded Bats
OK I was just trying to see if anyone was interested in this type of music, I will refrain from Gilded Bat and such non-civil war music, I just throwing it out there. I know that there needs to be more research into Civil War period and I would not want others to get the wrong idea about what is correct period music and this new type.Thomas J. Alleman
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