I noticed this when I was browsing in Coda (a record shop specialising in traditional music).
The way this is going it will turn out that my imaginary mountain-man actually lives in the Adirondack Mountains, which are often considered a part of the Appalachians, but they're not. All the other mountains on the northern part of the east of the USA are, but the Adirondacks are part of the Canadian Shield apparently.
My imagined self-sufficient gentleman with a beard definitely lives in the Appalachians though.
Specifically, he lives in the Green mountains of Vermont, where he grows haricot beans and jute, but still can't make an axe.
So he's still a fucking idiot.
I bought 'Arc Light', the new album from Lau; a fiddle band, or 'a formidable union of three of the finest and most
innovative exponents of modern traditional music in Scotland today; Kris Drever (guitar and vocal), Martin Green (piano accordion) and Aidan O’Rourke (fiddle).'Anyway, the man in the shop asked if I wanted a signed copy or a sealed copy. Having never been asked the question before, and not caring either way, I was having trouble not looking a bit confused by the question.
I was also aware that modern traditional music scene in Scotland is probably somewhat close-knit community and that by appearing to disparage the symbols of the personalities who created the music I might be offending friends of the shopkeeper.
With that in mind I said 'I'm only interested in the music'.
Because I too am a fucking idiot.
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