Kist O' Gold by Dick Gaughan , released on Trailer in 1977.
Dick Gaughan - Kist O' Gold
This was my second solo recording and was recorded in 1975...
I also gave up performing for the best part of a year, becoming increasingly disillusioned with the way things were developing in the world of folk music....Much of the campaigning idealism of the 60s had gone and that wonderful spirit of discovery which fired a generation was turning into cynicism.
But what wasn’t obvious was that many of the best progressive comedians in the UK ... would emerge from the folk clubs as would a great many singers and musicians who would gain a much wider popularity and have a great impact outside folk clubs. It is clear in retrospect that this period was simply a natural part of the evolution and out of it would emerge, at least among the Celts, a whole new wave of musical exploration...
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