http://larecord.com/interviews/2009/09/14/frank-fairfield-interview-see-the-dagger-going-in Los Angeles' Biggest Music Publication Wed, 23 May 2012 21:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://larecord.com/interviews/2009/09/14/frank-fairfield-interview-see-the-dagger-going-in#comment-2725 CC Chapman Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:03:05 +0000 http://larecord.com/?p=34690#comment-2725 I'm not sure if this is an error on the part of the person transcribing the interview or the person being interviewed, but the song mentioned in the response of the first question is "Poor Ellen Smith," not "Poor Alan Smith." This song was based on a real murder in 1894. Many traditional murder ballads were passed down by word-of-mouth and had time to split into several different versions over time, but not this one. It was late enough in the genre to be recorded and published almost immediately after being written. I’m not sure if this is an error on the part of the person transcribing the interview or the person being interviewed, but the song mentioned in the response of the first question is “Poor Ellen Smith,” not “Poor Alan Smith.” This song was based on a real murder in 1894. Many traditional murder ballads were passed down by word-of-mouth and had time to split into several different versions over time, but not this one. It was late enough in the genre to be recorded and published almost immediately after being written.

]]> http://larecord.com/interviews/2009/09/14/frank-fairfield-interview-see-the-dagger-going-in#comment-2724 Satan Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:10:08 +0000 http://larecord.com/?p=34690#comment-2724 What an awesome interview! Really quite beautiful. What an awesome interview! Really quite beautiful.

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