Friday, April 3, 2009

An American folklorist

By Roger Simon

"To Archie Green, music was more than entertainment. Much more. Having been a sailor, a carpenter and a college professor, he was also one of America's leading folklorists. He studied music and folk songs along with things like fraternity initiation rituals and the topping-out ceremonies on skyscrapers. He is the person I liked to talk to instead of pollsters to find out where America was heading."

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