Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 09:41:28 GMT



On 21 Feb 1997 13:18:54 -0500, gfarber@panix.com (Gary Farber) wrote:

>In rec.arts.sf.fandom  
>rdkeir@facstaff.wisc.edu wrote:
>: In article ,
>: nojay@ibfs.demon_nospam_.co.uk wrote:

>In article  kdm2@po.cwru.edu "Kevin McKenzie"
writes:
>
>> The only real refernces to filk is a brief section in which a Scottish
>> folk musician hears a bunk of fen singing "Wild Dorsai" and teaches them
>> the original song.  No real mistakes, but no real mention, either.
>
>: > This scene may be based on a real incident - in a book by Billy Connolly
>: >he mentions spending time in an American hotel where an SF con was taking
>: >place, and he describes a group of filkers he met there.
>
>: Um, may I point out that in this case, "Bimbos" may be based on 
>: a real incident, in that my autobiography will mention spending
>: time in an American Hotel where an SF con was taking place, and
>: describe a group of fans that I met there.
>
>: Or is there more significance to "Billy Connolly" and his book
>: than I'm getting from across the Atlantic?
>
>Well, Richard, Billy Connolly *is* reasonably world famous; in the US,
>aside from the record albums, the tours, the interviews, and the guest
>spots on tv, he's starred in at least two (three?>) US tv programs of
>several year's running.  I haven't followed his career closely enough to
>know just home much of a folk background he does or doesn't have, but I do
>suspect he may be a tad more Scottish than thee; just possibly he comes a
>wee closer to fitting the description than you do?

Billy Connolly is indeed Scottish, and has been recording albums of
folk music since the 1960s. He's also a very funny  comedian and
would, I assume, have written rather more amusingly (and probably with
more insight and compassion) about the incident than McCrumb could
manage.


Rob Hansen
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