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Sam Hinton
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“A professional entertainer who allows himself to become known as a singer of folk songs is bound to have trouble with his conscience—provided, of course, that he possesses one. As a performing artist, he will pride himself on timing and other techniques designed to keep the audience in his control [...] his respect for genuine folklore reminds him that these changes, and these techniques, may give the audience a false picture of folk music.”
Sam Hinton (1917–2009) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Singer of Folk Songs and His Conscience", Western Folklore 14:3, (July 1955), p. 170–173
“Folk music is not so much a body of art as it is a process, an attitude, and a way of life; its distinguishing features lie not within the songs themselves, but in the relations of those songs to a folk culture.”
Sam Hinton (1917–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Urban Literate Southern California Sub-Group of the Early Atomic Period has not yet produced a distinct body of folk music of its own.”
Sam Hinton (1917–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The distance between folk society and literate society is ever decreasing, and Teresa Brewer will yet shake hands with Mrs. Texas Gladden. But until that happens—until my own culture, and Teresa Brewer's, develops a folk tradition of its own—If I want to learn something about real folk music, I'll stick with Mrs. Gladden.”
Sam Hinton (1917–2009) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Last Words", Journal of American Folklore 71, (Jan–Mar 1958), p. 75