GPD042 นายต๋าคำ ชัยวินา

The two Hong Hin episodes were recorded in one session (Feb 68). The two courting episodes were added to the tape later (Oct 69). These two sessions show Takum at his very best – his vast memory for extended epics and his playful humor in imaginary courting situations. The latter are full of “talking Salaw” where he uses the fiddle to imitate the sounds of night birds and the inflections of the spoken word. Takum was a diamond in the rough, and not so rough at that. He stood about 4’10” and when I (6’4”) led him from his hut to my car for a visit to the studio it was the subject of much amusement by the neighbors. My colleagues at our school just thought that “Gerry is doing more of his weird stuff.”