Részlet a 40. születésnapját ünneplő Muzsikás együttes jubileumi koncertjéből. Sziget Fesztivál Budapest, 2013. augusztus 6. Dob: Farkas Zoltán (Batyu)
I heard it said that the devil can think of no fiddler more ecstatically diabolic in his virtuosity than Sipos Mihaly and wants him to play for him...but then I also heard that the angels strongly dispute the devil's wish and oppose him, as heaven cannot name a fiddler more angelic and divinely pure in art and skill than Sipos Mihaly...this goes to show just how blessed we in the middle world are to have Sipos Misi amongst us playing folk in the language of the heart: from soul to soul.
It must have been in the early nineteens when my future father-in-law and Hungarian intellectual gave some names of bands from the counter-culture to Communism. In Budapest no recordstore could help as House was just getting popular. It was in (state-owned) recordstore "Hungaroton" where from under the counter (really), some cassettetapes were laid out in front of to choose one. Buying all was impossible but western persuasion (pay cash) gave me all six of them. The people in the shop looked very angry and called this band an insult to Hungarians. Then I knew this intellectual who tipped me off, was right. Well, the future wife-to-be is gone for over two decades now but the love for this music & culture stayed till date. As a matter of fact; tonight I'll see them first time live, in Leeuwarden - Friesland.
