quote:Originally posted by Gaby:
Hi, Mair. 
Kindred spirits! I’m Cornish and play Alan when I’m feeling homesick. He seems to tap into some deep-rooted Celtic sensibility. Yes?
I get the same gormless stare from people when I mention him as I do when I mention GL.
Oh, yes! Alan Stivell is such a hero here! Just his name means so much! Yes, such a deep-rooted Celtic sensibilty - but also such a living, vibrant one too! If you mentioned Alan Stivell you would not get such a "gormless" stare if you spoke to the Welsh speaking community here! And it's so wonderful to be in contact with "cousins" from "Kernow"!
But GL?!? Um ... what I usually get (at best) is "Is he still alive?" or (at worst - and from my brother too!) "he died twenty years ago, didn't he?" ... oh, um ....! But I'm working at it! I sometimes think I could not have survived without those tracks of some twenty years ago. Well, who really knows? And now?!? Well, I'm older, and perhaps wiser - but I'm still here! And still listening!
And I also love Francesco Benozzo - have you (any of you!) heard anything he's recorded?