A couple of additional tidbits about the Rick, Garth and Robbie reunion at the Juno awards:

Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo on backing up The Band:

“That was a totally strange experience," Blue Rodeo frontman Jim Cuddy said during a recent interview in Toronto. "(Organizers) said, 'We've got something very special for you. The Band wants to play with you, and they're very keen on playing with you.'

"And we were like, wow, really? The Band? This was great. Imagine that! And then when we went to rehearsal, Robbie Robertson walked in. He had no idea that anybody else was going to be there. He said, 'There's a lot of Indians here. We just need a drummer."' "It was a very entertainment-industry moment for us, where people say a lot of things that aren’t true, and a lot of people are lavishing you with praise when they’ve never even heard of you.”

The behind the scenes talk about that rehearsal was that Rick Danko broke the ice and the silence in the room by laughing and exclaiming “Two bass players, two or three of everything - GREAT!”

Also, Robbie blew out his voice the night before the show through combination of playing and hanging out late at a smokey bar!

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Ben

Location: New Jersey

I believe that the SONY sessions occurred in 1990 after Levon and Rick's appearance on Ringo Starr's All-starr band tour had raised their profile and caught the attention of some major labels.

There was a session in 1985 with John Simon, in which 4 or 5 songs were recorded and 'Country boy' is the only song that's been released so far.

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Kevin J

Subject: Amy Helm & Robbie Robertson

BEG......Thank you for the Tony Joe White clip of today, finding Fred and a very special thank you for that article on Amy Helm and her comments on the Robbie Robertson song from the Levon & The Hawks days.....”The Stones I Throw”

Amy says she has no ill-will toward Robbie Robertson

”That was their relationship, it's not mine," she says about her father's feud with Robertson. "I'm into moving onward and upward in all things in life. I was happy to get Robbie's blessing on that song. He said he liked my version of it a lot."

I had been wondering about her recording of TSIT and had not heard any comment on it from her or RR. Really nice to know. And it displays a grace that reflects well on her and her family.

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Pat B

Nope, I'm mistaken. Richard was in the studio with the post LW group for the SONY sessions and "Country Boy."

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Pat B

Bill M, both songs were probably done around the same time for the KoC soundtrack which makes it close to the last time--if not the last time--that Richard was in a studio. His harmonies with Petty are extraordinary. I wonder if he harmonized with RR on Between Trains but ultimately decided to match the melody.

So Dag's equally extraordinary research begs another question: if RR was such a ripoff artist who destroyed The Band through greed and avarice, why did they want him back in the group in 1983?

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brown eyed girl

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Dag B!!!!! Wow...You're really that good!!!!! Thank you sooooooo much!!!!!

I guess everyone wants to hang with Robbie (13 years older).....or does everyone want to hang with Paul Young? He is such a soulful singer.....When I saw him with Robert Palmer's group.....Well another story for another time. You just made my day Dag B! ;-D

Here is the adorable Paul Young again. What got into me that I sold this DVD?????????!!!!!!!!!!! Don't say it Norm! I already I did earlier.....lol

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Dag B.

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Subject: BEG: Paul Young

Billboard 1988

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brown eyed girl

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Robbie Robertson (The Band) "Rock Of Ages 1972" Telecaster project

Discussion in 'Telecaster Discussion Forum' started by ROATelecaster72, Apr 9, 2014.

Since Colin Linden brought his band mates with him that night...most likely a member at the time.
"Here are two more photos from that same March 1989 "Horseshoe Tavern" Robertson/Danko/Hudson appearance. It sure looks like the Tele also has a thin middle pickup. The only problem is, the ROA Tele as it exists today doesn't have any slots for a middle pickup. So either the middle pickup in the photo wasn't mounted? Or the guitar wasn't Robbie's ROA Tele. Some bearded guy is also pictured playing it earlier that night. Isn't it more likely RR would use someone else's guitar, rather than some guy using Robbie's? Also of note that the next night at the Juno Awards, RR used a big hollowbody.

Thankfully none of this matters in terms of nailing the Tele specs for THE ROA guitar in 1971. But is still interesting, for fans of the guitar, to see the evolution in the 1980s and '90s..."

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For Ben and Wallsend...and thank you to Dag B once again. 12 years old, eh? I was in University.
I actually thought today was Saturday....so many posts and it's not even noon. I have no idea how I missed this one in 1989. Yiiiiiikes!!! No excuses except I could hardly see beyond the smoke.

The Band: A History @TheBandPodcast Oct 13, 2019
Rick Danko and Robbie Robertson at the Horseshoe Tavern, 1989.

In a rare live appearance, Robertson joined Rick and Garth to perform “Life is a Carnival” and “The Weight”.

Lisa and b_lee...Still working on listening to the classical suggestions both of you kindly shared.

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Bill M

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Thanks to Pat B for the suggestion re Tom Petty, and to BEG for the link. Listening to Richard made me think of his (more central) contribution to "Between Trains".

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brown eyed girl

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Organ, Piano: Benmont Tench Masterer: Chris Bellman Recorded by: Don Smith Horns Arranger: Jerry Hey Conductor: Jerry Hey Percussion: Jim Keltner Accordion, Guitar: Mike Campbell Producer: Mike Campbell Harmony Vocals: RICHARD MANUEL Bass: Ron Blair Mixer: Ryan Ulyate Recorded by: Shelly Yakus Drums: Stan Lynch Guitar: Tom Petty Producer: Tom Petty Lead Vocals: Tom Petty Writer: Tom Petty

The Best of Everything (Alternate Version, 1985)

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brown eyed girl

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Good Morning Kevin.

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brown eyed girl

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Levon, Rick and The Band stickers....maybe for your stocking stuffers.

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brown eyed girl

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One more from 2Pac...Dear Mama. He wrote about thug life because that was his life....but he was so much more than that...as linked song shows us. I am not pushing 2Pac as it's cool if you cannot see his beauty. All I am expressing is that it's very narrow minded to state that an entire genre of music is crap. Just sayin'.

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brown eyed girl

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2Pac's "Starin Through My Rearview" remixed with "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins.

2Pac was the real deal in the rap world. Absolutely brilliant writer with melodic......He acted in a film with Janet Jackson and had a relationship with one of Quincy Jones's daughters. His Ma was a Black Panther. And the fact that he chose a mainstream rock song to intertwine with his raps.....Rap is not Crap. Only your mind is the ugliest part of your body.

Take the best from all genres of music. Stretch your mind...... ;-D

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brown eyed girl

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Here is the proof that Phil Collins was on both continents the very same day. So he deserves to be honoured here in music land. Also, he's spliced on 2Pac's In The Air Tonight.

Live Aid 1985 "Phil Collins" Against All Odds

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Ben

Location: New Jersey

Subject: Horseshoe Tavern

Wallsend, Back in the 90's I used to trade concert tapes, and I have a copy of the show with Rick and Robbie. I haven't listened to it in many, many years, but my recollection is that it was an audience recording and that Colin Linden was involved with this and maybe some of the guys from Blue Rodeo. It was just 2 or 3 songs that Rick and Robbie played together on.

The clip from the Juno awards from the same weekend with Rick, Robbie and Garth playing 'The Weight' is a really good one. I like this version a lot better than the rock and roll hall of fame version with Clapton.

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Dag B.

Location: Norway

Subject: Live Aid

I was 12 years old, we only had one TV station at the time and they broadcast 4 hours from the concert in the afternoon and then from midnight till 4am. I stayed up all night, dozed off during Patti LaBelle's set and woke up in the middle of Bob Dylan & the booze brothers' set. I remember being impressed by Dire Straits, which I had never heard of before.

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brown eyed girl

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Eric Clapton performing with Phil Collins at Live Aid in front of 100,000 people in the John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia USA on the 13th July, 1985.

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brown eyed girl

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Oops! I should have known that entire Live Aid Concert was not available......I don't even drink coffee so slow in the mornings....I posted the entire Queen set by mistake. Anyway, here's Paul Young...It was because of him that I realized I needed glasses for distance.

Paul Young performing at Live Aid in front of 72,000 people in Wembley Stadium, London on the 13th July, 1985. The event was organised by Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine disaster. Broadcast across the world via one of the largest satellite link-ups of all time, the concerts were seen by around 40% of the global population.

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brown eyed girl

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Dag B...Many thanks. Tears Are Not Enough...I have sent Peter photos as I don't see Richard on my copy. Maybe different pressings?

Good Evening Fred. So glad, I'm glad, I'm glad that you dropped by. How did we meet here? Maybe because of the Japanese reggae group I saw at the Rivoli?...Live Aid 1985. I was not in London, England or Philadelphia to see shows. However, Phil Collins was at both!! Like yourself I was at home watching the entire Concert. I have no idea right now why I sold my copy of this show. I must have consumed too much sugar..... ;-D

Queen Live at Wembley Stadium 1986 Full Concert Full HD Remaster

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Rod

Subject: sidemen

Has anyone mentioned Beautiful Noise? Went platinum in the States and features both Robbie and Garth. Bob Boucher who plays bass was an ex-Hawk.

Robbie has been getting a bit of stick for not supporting his Band mates but he did include various members in a number of projects in the 80s.

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Wallsend

At the beginning of Chapter 9 'Secret Shows' of the book The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern: A Complete History, there is a very brief account of the gig Robbie did there with Rick and Garth before the Juno Awards. It is available online and you should be able to find it if you do a google search.

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haso

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: dvd's, reserve music

Kevin J and Ben: I gots to look into your suggestions. I know, from the snips I've seen of the "Authorized Bio" on youtube, it's fairly clear that the BBC folks used some of it in their "Classic Albums". Just thinking there might be more... plus it's "authorized". It may come down to Amazon, damn-it-to-hell.

I'll definitely revisit later Robbie stuff. Comes along at an auspicious moment: our daughter's best friend has emailed just tonight (she's a raft guide in the Grand Canyon, which possibly explains her rationale) w/ a link to donation needs on the Navajo rez, which lately has generated national news as being 2nd or 3rd to NYC for per capita infections. We followed that w/ a call (been meaning to for a couple of weeks) to one of my best friends, college instructor in photography as well as full-blooded Indian from Black Mesa. Great to catch up w/ him and his kids/grandkids/great grandkids. So far so good. That said, he did relate about a cousin on the rez, who very early had to isolate herself in a hotel after taking an elderly woman to a tent revival there, conducted by a minister just returned from Italy. Evidently Navajo has had an experience not unlike New Rochelle, NY.

Agreed, from my limited experience w/ my Arizona friend, the music choices on the rez are quite eclectic, as you've said.

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Jon Lyness

Location: NYC

Subject: 'Best of Everything' alternate

Wow, that sounds great. Thanks Pat.

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Pat B

BTW, if we are going to range outside the OQ for the highest charting song, I'd have to go with Fred Carter Jr. on Bridge Over Troubled Waters.

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Pat B

I'm beginning to think Tom Petty's The Best of Everything might be the best Richard as sideman cut--especially the alternate mix that surfaced more recently. His harmonies are spectacular and obviously him.

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Bill M

Ben: There was "Degrassi", a long-running Toronto-based series. One of the students was played by the then-teenager now known as Drake.

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Ben

Location: New Jersey

Subject: Kotter

Bill, I take exception to your comments about 'Welcome Back Kotter'. I enjoyed that show tremendously when I was a kid. Vinnie Babariano, Juan Epstein, Arnold 'ooo ooo ooo' Horshack. Great characters. Of course they were all played by actors who were at least in their 20's. Has there ever been a show about high school that used actual teenage actors?

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Wilson Pickett & The Making of Tears

Most of you weren't even old enough to drive when Wilson Pickett recorded this song....funny huh.

Ronnie Hawkins sings with Carrol Baker and Murray Mg. on tears are not enough. I laughed many times watching David Foster try to control himself with Neil, (13 takes) and then he still mumbles "You were a little flat by the way". Neil just says, "That's my sound man." It's on youtube on the 2nd half video.

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Bill M

Fred: Good to hear from you.

Wallsend: Thanks for digging up that article on Rick.

Peter V: I know you meant well, but I sure wish you hadn't reminded me of things Kotter. Awful show, awful song. Now, off to a morning of reburying the memory.

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Fred

Subject: Live Aid

Live Aid: I watched it (almost) all. I even made a $20 donation.

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I just showed Virgil the Paul Weller and Amy Winehouse video as we are both fans. His verdict was.....absolutely not! She destroyed Etta's song!!! Ok...maybe. I got too excited seeing Paul Weller with Amy. Paul has never been on his radar.
He offered this one for all of you. I really like it as the fusion works.....Soul/Funk meets Classical. You might as well. If not, he doesn't read the GB but he knows about all of you. ;-D

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Hi Lisa! Thanks for responding. lol....When I watched Stronger Together again.....info was there and then I looked up opera singer. I really do like the song she sang now. I had to hear it twice...and then when I saw the title.....I will have to download it.

Amy Winehouse Paul Weller don't go to strangers... Jools Holland...As Van would say, it's too late to stop now.

Kevin J...I contacted Fred......Another really sweet guy who sets a relaxed and positive tone in the GB.

I also sent your joke to all my right of centre and right wing family and friends. It's just best not to talk to them about politics.....some of them are ollowing Trump via Twitter. Ugh!

Continue your songs of the day. I've always liked Polk Salad Annie by Tony Joe White via Elvis Presley.

As for jerseys versus sweaters...Every Wednesday and Saturday nights we watched hockey at home. One of the very few things we did together. Very dysfunctual family. Grandpa and I were die-hard fans of The Leafs. I gave up after the Gilmour years. Ma was a die-hard Montreal Canadiens fan. Her faves were the Pocket Rocket and Frank Mahovlich. Brother was a die-hard Chicago Black Hawks fan. He would always remind me of their sweaters....most expensive. I know, I know....shallow. Everytime I go by Belleville, I can't help thinking about Bobby Hull.....He actually admitted that he would shoot the puck not right at a goalies head......but close enough......that they'd be really distracted when he was on the ice.

Ben...I have the LP? EP? Tears Are Not Enough.....Richard Manuel is listed on the recording but I cannot find him with the group photo. Manufacturers Retail Price 5.98 (or less). Maybe I found it at one of our Thrift stores? The title is right on.....The actual music and video......I like to watch Do They Know It's Christms and We Are The World for sure.

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Bill M

Ben: You're right - Hawkins appears in both the video that went with "Tears Are Not Enough", and he also appears in the puff documentary about the making of the record. Richard Manuel appears on the record, but not in the video as far as I know Richard can be spotted in the documentary, though. The sad truth, or at least my suspicion thereof, is that he would've been pencilled in to sing a line or two, but couldn't cut it. My favourite bit of the documentary is watching Wayne St John and Donny Gerrard (much later Mavis Staples' onstage foil) adding the scats.

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Graham Rockingham: Amy Helm rediscovers rare gem from Levon and The Hawks

By Graham RockinghamContributing Columnist
The Hamilton Spectator
Wed., May 1, 2019

"Amy wasn't aware of the song when her dad was alive, but it was a joy to discover. Richard Manuel takes the lead on vocals, but Levon's drumming and background vocals are unmistakable.

"It's such a fun melody to lean into," Amy, 48, says about the song. "Anything that Richard Manuel sang is a great master class for any singer. To try to sing it is a healthy exercise. To study the masters and try to do what they did. You try your best to honour them."

"The Stones I Throw" was written by The Band's Robbie Robertson, who Levon feuded with in later life over songwriting credits. Amy, however, says she has no ill-will toward Robertson."

"That was their relationship, it's not mine," she says about her father's feud with Robertson. "I'm into moving onward and upward in all things in life. I was happy to get Robbie's blessing on that song. He said he liked my version of it a lot."

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Kevin J

Yes, Ben and it is a funny one to be sure. Though, Neil Young has dressed and looked the same since the 60’s......Speaking of Neil, there was a quite entertaining “behind the scenes” tv special on the making of the Tears song and a scene that stands out is David Foster ( the songs producer) telling Neil after several takes that he’s sounding a bit flat.....Neil’s clearly frustrated and responds “that’s my sound, man”

As goofy as the Tears video was, I do think Bryan Adams wrote a better song than Lionel Ritchie/Michael Jackson did......though The Boomtown Rat one was the best of the three.

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Posted by:

Location: New Jersey

Subject: Ronnie Hawkins

I see that I wrote Robbie Hawkins in the previous post, Freudian slip, I guess. It's the Hawk who appears in the video.

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Ben

Location: New Jersey

Subject: Tears are not Enough

My guess for highest charting single featuring a member of the Band is 'Tears are not enough' which was the Canadian answer to 'We are the World'. This reached number 1 in Canada and was included on the 'We are the World' album. Richard apparently sings in the chorus of this song. Robbie Hawkins makes an appearance in the video to give it an additional Band connection.

I urge everyone reading this to go immediately onto youtube to watch the video. It left me speechless. Neil Young, Bryan Adams, Gordon Lightfoot, Mike Reno, Joni Mitchell, Burton Cummings and many more in vintage 1985 hair and clothes. If I didn't vaguely remember this song, I would have been certain that it was an SNL parody.

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Kevin J

“Tears Are Not Enough” reached number one on the pop charts in Canada in 1985........Richard Manuel was on that one.

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Kevin J

BEG………There are a number of questions as part of the “Spy Test” to determine whether someone really is a Canadian……The most commonly used one by the Mounties is “Where were you when Paul Henderson scored?” Anyone unable to answer is shot…..They are also taught to listen for other key phrases that are automatic giveaways……”ice hockey” rather than just “hockey”….and finally a sin like no other is to refer to what hockey players wear as a “jersey” rather than “sweater” ! I already knew your Mum was special but a Habs fan as well ! RR is from Toronto so I was glad he had that sweater on. The white one is a beauty as is the Chicago white one.

Thank you for posting that Kastin link, Lisa……singing in a language only spoken by a few thousand people in the world and still selling out shows and going to the top of the charts. Quite something and yes, they were especially great live…..I actually thought of you this morning when hearing that Maggie’s apartment had caught fire……hoping she hadn’t started it roasting a mask in her oven ! What a time for our PM with his wife having been hospitalized due to Covit 19 and now his mum suffering through a fire and also being hospitalized.

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Dave H

My guess for highest-charting pop single with an appearance by one of the original five members is "Mockingbird" by Carly Simon & James Taylor, which hit #5 in the US and #3 in Canada and went gold in 1974 (Robbie plays guitar on it).

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Pagliaro

Kashtin are great I watch them all the time. They put me in mind of another guy I've liked since the 70's Michelle Pagliaro did a lot of good tunes. A good talent in my mind.

BEG.........don't mess with my cookies. Susan makes the best hermits on planet earth. She also makes pumpkin bars a big pan of pumpkin cake about an inch and a half thick that she spreads cream cheeze icing on. The only icing I eat. I don't like icing. Then she cuts them into squares and puts them in the freezer........but they don't last too long with me around.

I got to go out again and crawl around the bilge of one of my boats changing engine oil.....I hate it.

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The highways of Chi-Town lead to?

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haso………..I think you would enjoy the “Going Home” special on Robbie. It was made during his most creative period of songwriting outside of the 1968-1970 years and has a nice feel about it. I found his return to the Indian Reserve ( Reservation for those in the US ) to be touching and contained the same kind of banter most of us who have made journey’s back to childhood country homes can relate to……And, as I mentioned yesterday, there is a scene with a just starting out Derek Miller that is both musical and funny…….. a particular bit would likely be lost on most watching it but has some significance. Robbie is welcomed to the radio station that broadcasts from the Reserve…….These “Reserve Stations” are fabulous and unlike almost all other radio stations in Canada – have no formats or restrictions on what they can play…….they do all seem to play a lot of country music but hearing a couple of George Jones songs followed by AC/DC is not uncommon.

I also happen to think that “Music from Native Americans” is a masterpiece. An album I listen to now as much as I did back then….and I was particularly pleased that the album highlighted the great Canadian band Kashtin and the supremely talented Florent Vollant and Claude McKenzie.

Good Morning, BEG and thank you for the Joni links !

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brown eyed girl

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Ok....80 pages of Levon photos.

Norm...If carob chips or choco chips are added to Susan's monsta cookies.....voila......Toll House Cookies. I con't think Virgil has baked any cookies for me but he's made apricot squares and date squares. Just sayin'.

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Good Morning Kevin.
Joni 'n' Bobby 'n" Joni and Bobby.....many many pages. Most of you have the time now, right? I still have not checked them all out.....bringing back many memories of the times I saw all three of them and many others who are included here. Videos as well.

haso...It was the Bush summer compound. As far as your former boss....very visually inclined. Yikes!

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Posted by:

Peter V

Web: My link

Subject: Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

The 60s retrospectives. HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH (linked) directed by Clive Donner. The adventures of an 18 year old virgin (Barry Evans) in Stevenage New Town, with Judy Geeson, Vanessa Howard, Sheila White, Angea Scoular and the marvellous Adrienne Posta. It’s noted for its music soundtrack by Traffic, Spencer Davis Group and Andy Ellison. It’s so much my era that I get pretty critical in spite of its cast of British acting stalwarts Denholm Elliot, Michael Bates, Moyra Fraser and Christopher Timothy.

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Bill M

Re my last post, I skipped some important points. Robbie insists in the Marcus book that it would have been him that suggested doing "I Don't Hurt Anymore" because it was the first song he'd learned from his cousin at Six Nations, and that the cousin hated the song (which everyone wanted him to do) because it meant too much to him.

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Bill M

Wallsend: Was the '94 Robbie doc titled "Going Home" (or similar)? If so, the thing that's stuck in my head is how surprised Robbie was that his cousins still had an outhouse - meaning that he hadn't visited for decades. That's not a hanging offence, of course, but it does say something about something. Related tangentially, I was flipping through my copy of Greil Marcus's "Old Weird America" the other day and saw that I'd previously highlighted Robbie's reaction to mention of the Basement Tapes version of "I Don't Hurt Anymore". I considered it, and consider it, significant because a) it signals that it wasn't Bob calling all the shorts in the basement-leads-all-the-time situation, and b) is a wonderful crystalisation of the relationship between player and (someone else's) song.

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Posted by:

Ben

Location: New Jersey

Haso, Amazon or Ebay would likely be your best option for used copies. These docs were also released on VHS, so that's another option.

I was searching around youtube last night and found a few minutes of the Band documentary on there. There were snippets of interviews with Clapton, George Harrison and Bob Weir. Clapton describes the shifting leadership in the Band between Robbie and Levon and says that Danko was the leader of having fun.

I haven't checked for the Robbie doc, but it's likely that at least part of it is on youtube.

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Wallsend

I just rewatched the Robbie documentary from 1994. From today's perspective there isn't anything particularly interesting about it. The thing I noticed most was how he told the stories with a lot more enthusiasm back then. I guess because at that time he hadn't retold them all a million times.

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Posted by:

haso

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: dvd's

Angie: answer to a previous ?. I'm not from Mass or the State of Maine, although philosophically, psychically and in fantasy I'd probably choose to be way Downeast. Like about 1/2 to an hour southwest of St. John's, N.B. As I was explaining to Norm, via email, we live in the tiny part of New Hampshire that has coastline on the Atlantic (all of 17 miles). That said, unless you are coming across one of your borders w/ Maine, you have to go through our state to get there. You probably stayed in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport or if you were lucky, more like Wells/Moody Beach or something like that. (G. H. W. Bush's summer compound is on the outskirts of K-port. I know the contractor who built or remodeled most of the "cottages" there.) About an hour or less north of where I am. One of the coldest days of my life: shingling a "cheek" on Moody Beach in January one year. Could not get warm, to save my life; nonetheless the boss complained that the cut-outs didn't line up. Easy for him to say, standing below, on the beach, end-of-day. I know, I know; by Canadian standards it wasn't cold (c. -5,F w/ a stiff breeze coming in off the ocean). So for a musical connection, one of my cohorts used to say that particular boss (long gone now) was "vaccinated w/ a stereo player needle". He did have a hard time not telling you EVERY thing that came to his mind.

Ben: any idea how and where I could get those 2 dvd's? You can ask Norm or Glenn T. for my email. I tried to order the 1995 one at my favorite, local cd/dvd emporium about 3 years ago... out of print. And I've not heard of the '94 RR one. I do have the BBC '97 Classic Albums and consider it a prize possession. I'm more than a bit reluctant to go to Amazon. I know I can go for any add'l Levon and John Simon commentary; more than any other (except the music) to me, the 2 of them encapsulate the "Brotherhood" part of this whole deal. And that said, acknowledging that J. Simon walks a fine line but seems to me to understand Robbie's side of "the feud", still relating to all 5, 4, 3 now 2.

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Posted by:

Fred Loquist

Location: Alabama

Subject: David Foster

Web: My link

Subject: William Oliver / Willie Dunn

JQ: Thanks for the introduction to the impressive William Oliver. "Reliever" reminds me of one a Nick Drake tune, slowed down considerably. The attached is the similarly voiced Willie Dunn, who was pretty big on the folk-fest circuit in the '70s. His material was sort of the centrepiece for an absolutely brilliant comp of NA indigenous music, "Native North America" (on Light in the Attic); was up for a Grammy, and may have won except that it was up against "The Basement Tapes" in the award archival compilation that year.

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Hey John D...Yes, Marie-Mai has a lovely voice....really sweet vibe emanates from her......but even more noteworthy......

"After more than one year as Godmother of Leucan, Marie-Mai has made the most significant gesture of solidarity there is towards children with cancer: she shaved her head as part of the 20th anniversary of the Leucan Shaved Head Challenge, presented by Proxim." Who is the opera singer? She comes on just before Robbie....The more I hear her sing......wooooow. There is so much talent in our country of 37.59 million. And who is the soulful singer with the nose ring? So many artists I have to get to know.

Check out link as you'll have access to others such as Together At Home and.....Andrea Bocelli Music For Hope. Awww.....I feeeeeeel so much better now. :-D

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Ben: Leonard Cohen? In his 70s? Or even Lee Hazlewood? Suddenly discovered by a different generation in Lee Hazlewood’s case.

I’m in the “not enough Rick Danko” camp. Those various live and odds and ends LPs were I was told purchasing from his estate. There’s stuff on there I don’t think he would have released. I never understood why the 90s Band avoided Blue River, Small Town Talk, Driftin’ Away, All Creation (also avoided on TLW) yet did dull boogies like Stuff You Gotta Watch and Caldonia. The Rick solo one they did do, Java Blues, turned into a dull boogie – it’s much livelier on the 1977 album. With Richard not present, Rick was the “High Canadian voice” that Robbie wanted for Storyville, and when Rick couldn’t come, Neil Young did it instead.

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Posted by:

Ben

Location: New Jersey

Peter, I have both of the docs on DVD somewhere. I'll try to dig them out and watch them. I also think that Levon could certainly be the subject of another documentary at some point. He had a tremendous resurgence in the last 5 or 6 years of his life. He regained his voice, released 2 highly acclaimed Grammy winning albums and returned to playing quality venues. He attracted a new audience during this period. How many musicians in their 60's have achieved that?

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Posted by:

Peter V

I've got one of those earlier ones on Laser Disc! Keeping it for the sleeve.

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Posted by:

Ben

Location: New Jersey

Subject: Band documentaries

Kevin, I don't think it's been mentioned here in the discussion about OWB, but there was an earlier documentary on Robbie/The Band called 'Going Home' from 1994 that covers Robbie's career with the Band and solo career up to 'Music for the Native Americans'. The documentary on the Band that you referenced and I believe Wallsend commented on previously is called 'The Band: The Authorized Biography' from 1995. I haven't watched either of these in many years, but just checking the dates, it seems likely that the Band documentary was made in response to Robbie's.

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Posted by:

Peter V

JQ: I'm equally fond of Jake Xerxes Fussell and Larry Jon Wilson. I had a Larry Jon Wilson day the last time I drove anywhere … must be more than five weeks ago! I kept listening to Sapelo. One of the things about lockdown is remembering to start the cars, move them a bit to protect the tyres, then run the engine for 10 or 15 minutes.

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Sorry Kevin. Just one more......I forgot to include....Since Drake is my pal and he needs all the publicity he can get......and for others who missed him or just like to hang with him.

"Drake thanks healthcare heroes after needing their services first-hand He called them the glue holding us all together in a moving video."

Drake is not hiding here behind his tootsie slide or catchy rhymes. And Kevin the two schools he attended were right in the hood where I first taught inner city kidzzzz. My best experiences.......more affluent schools not so good for me as students who are entitled.......

Justin Bieber's home with Hailey Baldwin....I recognized it.....Pushlinch Lake....We used to have picnics there and drive through with the radio turned up. You turn me on I'm a radio.......

Buffy is 79 like Dr. Fauchi. Love him. He has so much energy as he's a runner!! If I'm not mistaken Comedian Colbert said in an interview with Anderson Cooper...about father loss....It's true doesn't matter how old we are. If we lost our fathers at a very early age.....deep loss that you never get over it but gradually go through it to heal. Yes it was his father....James William Colbert Jr. who taught the Doc everything he knows......Yup! Just looked it up. Colbert's father was an immunologist and dean at Yale.
Good night Kevin J.

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Kevin J

If rating the performers tonight.....Maria Mai, Alessia Cara and Buffy Sainte-Marie....would be the hands-down 3 stars......in the “did they really sell 50 million albums” category would be Bryan Adams, Randy Bachman and the “try to keep your hat on” Shania Twain...oh my......and enough already with the beards and pet dogs......Jesus, I really should have taken that Bleach bath! Robbie looked like a million bucks but was obviously reading out his bit.......Buffy, in contrast seemed to really take some time to deliver a well thought out and rehearsed message....and she’s still looking great.

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brown eyed girl

Web: My link

I loved their rendition of Lean On Me......loved it. It's hard sometimes to be sweet....and yet....You're supposed to be kind to all 'cause you never know what they're going through. Anyway, I especially liked the folk\country singer-songwriter William Prince, singer with the nose ring? Shoot....As for David Foster and his trophies......not cool. Really they are always on your piano? Same as when Sam Smith and John Legend performed on the other fundraiser. Lean On Me linked featuring many Canadian musician. Ohhhhh and Brampton's Alessia Cara and Buffy Sainte-Marie.....wow wow....not included in this video? Was I dreaming?

Avril Lavigne / Bad Child / Bryan Adams / Buffy Sainte-Marie .../ Command Sisters / Dan Kanter / Desiire / Donovan Woods / Fefe Dobson / Geddy Lee / Jann Arden / Johnny Orlando / Josh Ramsay / Jules Halpern / Justin Bieber / Marie-Mal / Michael Bublé / Olivia Lunny / Ryland James / Sarah McLachlan / Scott Helman / Serena Ryder / Shawn Hook / TIKA / The Tenors / Tyler Shaw / Walk Off The Earth

Norm...I really liked Mary-Chapin's song you linked. I thought you were going to post......Shut Up....and Kiss Me instead. Again, I cannot remember which songs she sang at the Concert for a Landmine Free World. It was only twenty years ago. Jon L was maybe twice that age when I met him in NYC..... lol.....no I mean now. lol Again, Jan H....Thanks so much for GB. I like meeting people so I can put a face to the person who I'm talking to in the GB......and who is taking a swipe at times. ;-D

Dag B...So sorry as I get distracted like Rick Danko very easily. That's why I can move from topic to topic and no one knows what I'm talking about sometimes. One of Levon's ardent fans used to always say don't you realize how many lurkers are out there? I guess......Anyway, I was looking for a video of a really good interview to share with the people in this GB bar of Garth that I really liked via of our educational channel. It was during this interview that he said, "We went from the bars to the stars". He was referring to Dylan of course. I have no idea how I ended up with Antonio Abramo's site. When I found the site I really liked his presentation of various things related to music and at one point I thought what the heck? Is this Dag B's amazing research???......I did thank you at other times. I liked how everything opens up in a book format. When I found books on blues, bluegrass, Dylan, etc. I thought maybe some posters would find them worthwhile as they post about those genres or musicians. If not.......I did email Jan H and explained...and then I said I don't have an issue if he wanted to delete any or all of my posts or include credit for those posts that did not give you credit directly.....So I want to apologize profusely for my short comings as I also know how irritating it is......Time and effort should be acknowledged and honoured. Btw, do you go to the library and use microfiche to obtain all of your findings or am I dating myself here? Lol....young at heart but not in age.....Well, that's what your findings reminded me of...the many times I had to do research in Sociology and Political Science and Child Study in University......but yeah......many moons ago for sure. I just haphazardly find info.

I don't know Lisa I don't think I am disciplined to write a book......I did think the caricature would make a great cover. Peter sent email......sorry just found in my junk box......everyone's email lately in this box......just like the one from Calm's partner too. Oh and I thought of another area of the GB if I change my mind....I'm really not a writer but a storyteller.....but I don't have to make things up like The Band Chatroom......Wow......The fun Rollie, Calm, Witt, Sam and I had in that room......Crazy times and I'd be the only one who had to get up early......

If Blind Wille McTell is out there please email sometime soon. I was thinking of you when I posted about the Hard Rock and remembered the photos you took. I looked you up as I know your real name and I didn't like what I found. Please email. The last time I saw you was at Steve Forbert's show at Hugh's Room. Another really sweet guy from this site.

Good night Kevin J. :-D

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Posted by:

JQ

Subject: William Prince - Reliever

Bill M - Do you know of him; I could easily be late in discovering him? I’ve been listening intently (& loving immensely) his 2020 Reliever album. I think it’s his second one. I believe he’s an indigenous Canadian. He’s got a great voice for Country Soul, with a small bit of pop appeal. I’d reckon he’s bound to be a critic’s darling.

PV - I think you’ll find some tonal aspects (not in obvious musicianship), in common with Jake X Fussell and a voice like Larry Jon Wilson - I’d love it if he would try a cover of Sapelo.

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Posted by:

Kevin J

Bill M.......were you also thinking back to when David Foster most reluctantly ( almost had to be dragged up out of his chair ) to join in on the standing ovation for Garth, Robbie and Rick at the Juno awards ( Canadian Grammy awards ) all those years back......when he followed Robbie tonight and looked buffoonish with those 50 or so Grammy awards on his piano.....Quebec singers are always so much better at these impromptu sing-songs - are they not?

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Posted by:

Kevin J

Posted by:

Jon Lyness

Location: NYC

John, I'm honestly surprised to hear you pan OWB like that. Different strokes, different folks I suppose. I really enjoyed it and felt that the passion rang through.

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

'SNL' returns with Brad Pitt as Dr. Anthony Fauci
Frank Pallotta byline

Kevin J....I put in a call to my buddy Drake as you being a fan and all. He owed me one so he will close the Stronger Together Tous Ensemble Fundraiser this evening. I think we're even now, n'est pas?

Norm J. Actually I baked some breakfast cookies yesterday morning with very little sugar. Guess I was feeling inspired and a simple thank you from you and Bill M would suffice. And isn't 21 a lucky number? Just trying to help The Band hood with free reading material during lockdown. ;-D I used to buy cookies at Kensington Market at Moonbeam and then realized they are so easy to make yourself. Also oats are good for your heart Norm so check them out.

I used vanilla, cinnamon, bananas good for nerves because of potassium, applesauce with no sugar added, dried cranberries which did have some sugar as I was out of the ones sweetened only with apple juice or maple syrup; I couldn't believe that I had Medjool dates in the fridge and forgot! Used Thompson raisins instead, walnuts this time but pecans or your fave nuts are great for protein and real almond milk, another form of protein from Greenhouse Juice Co.

Some in my hood buy wine, beer, etc. to drink in the morning; I drink almond milk. Like Dominique professes in Once Were Brothers; Robbie did not have the gene for addiction as I don't either....well somewhat OCD. When it was a big birthday awhile ago I asked my brother if he could buy one of those champagnes that cost a mint because he gets deals as one of his jobs is to taste and write about various drinks. He said no point as I wouldn't appreciate it as it's quite dry, like really dry. Actually it's the really sweet stuff that I cannot stand. I said, ok how about the one that the rappers like? Same response. In seven years an even bigger birthday......Here's hoping. Tonight Virgil will fire up the grill for jerk chicken...lol....and chicken sausage courtesy of Kensington Market. Rick Danko appreciated Robbie's Ma's cooking...... :-D

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Posted by:

John

Location: Canada

Subject: OWB

Kevin J - I know it was based on Robbie's soulless and dull autobiography. I think to call Daniel Roher's film a beautifully crafted documentary is nonsense. I think you could use this lockdown time to see some really good documentaries and rethink that assessment.

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Posted by:

Kevin J

The one criticism that I did have of Testimony and in fact of the dialogue surrounding The Band in recent years is how short the talk of the incomparably great Rick Danko is. It’s almost like Levon has been elevated by Robbie way above the the other two songwriters in the band almost because of the lingering bitterness he had......and the one complaint I agree with about OWB in what otherwise is a beautifully crafted documentary is the perfunctory “born and died” or “living with in Woodstock” descriptions of the brothers at the end.

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Posted by:

Kevin J

John.....OWB was never intended to be the complete story of The Band. It’s a movie based on one man’s story of “his life” growing up and a band he played in until 1976. Wasn’t that obvious? The movie was based on Testimony for crying out loud.

3 things ya don’t want to hear while in lockdown.....1. The TV is on the clink, 2. The Fridge is broken, 3. Sorry, darling.....but you must watch David Suzuki and Jane Arden tonight!

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Posted by:

John

Location: Canada

Subject: OWB

I think you would have to be a hard man not to have a tear in your eye at the end of OWB. It's too one sided to be the complete story of The Band.

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Mary Chapin Carpenter

That brown eyed woman must have been pretty heavy into the sugar or something yesterday. She went a little nuts for a while:-)

Here is one of the sweetest ladies. A great song writer, performer and singer. This is my favourite of hers.

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: All Along The Watchtower

I've asked you guys nicely to watch these guys.......but no. Now watch this gawd damn video!!.......my heart is giving in again.

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Posted by:

Bill M

Location: living in Toronto time

Web: My link

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

The Band in concert 1976
Antonino Abramo
Published on Apr 9, 2020
41 pages

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

The Band in 1975
Published on Apr 9, 2020
Antonino Abramo
22 pages

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Where to watch the historic 'Stronger Together' special Sunday night

TORONTO -- Dozens of all-star Canadian artists, activists, actors, and athletes will share their stories of hope and inspiration in a national salute to front-line workers fighting COVID-19 for a historic multi-platform concert, ‘Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble,’ on Sunday night.

More than four dozen big-name Canadians have signed on for the historic, star-studded broadcast, ‘which will air commercial-free Sunday April 26, at 6:30 p.m. across all markets/ 7 p.m. NT.

You can watch the broadcast on: CTV, CTV2, CP24, CTV.ca, the CTV app, iHeartRadio.ca, and the iHeartRadio Canada app.

Just a sampling of the participants announced Wednesday: Amy Poehler, Avril Lavigne, Burton Cummings, David Foster, Georges St-Pierre, Justin Bieber, Kiefer Sutherland, Measha Brueggergosman, Mike Myers, Pascal Siakam, ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Ryan Reynolds, Ryland James, Sam Roberts, Serena Ryder, Serge Ibaka, and Walk off the Earth.

They join previously announced participants Alessia Cara, Arkells, Barenaked Ladies, Bianca Andreescu, Bryan Adams, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Céline Dion, Chris Hadfield, Connor McDavid, David Suzuki, Eric McCormack, Hayley Wickenheiser, Howie Mandel, Jann Arden, Jason Priestley, Margaret Atwood, Marie-Mai, Michael Bublé, Penny Oleksiak (lives on the same street as SA friend), Rick Hansen, Rick Mercer, Russell Peters, Sarah McLachlan, Shania Twain, Sofia Reyes, Tessa Virtue, Will Arnett, and William Prince.

Peter...I will try with a different email.

Dunc...I did not buy a fish to fry as Virgil already had shrimp on the menu. I am making a southern recipe Country Captain Chicken for Sunday dinner. Awww (urban dictionary)....My Ma disliked when I made this as she did not appreciate curry permeating the household.

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Hello in There

From the first album of John's I ever owned (and still have). I think this is the bet live show of this song ever. Doesn't matter how old you are I doubt you can watch this without crying.

I have this problem with some of my children, not all. Like many they never understand until it's too late. Try to remember to read the first comment on this video. I don't think it could be said any better. Since our recent conversations of our mortality and the way things are going this just feels appropriate. John will last forever.

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Bill Murray About John Prine

I spoke shortly after John's passing about this video. Bill Murray about how John Prine helped him at a low point.

Now that I found the trail to Jan's house here is this short clip. Very heart warming.

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Posted by:

Peter V

Did you get my email, BEG? It bounced, but so did a lot that day. My address hasn’t changed.

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Posted by:

Lisa

Oven, that is. A 170 F oven.

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Posted by:

Lisa

According to my sister who is very knowledgeable about just about everything, you can sterilize and reuse masks by putting them in a 170 F. (no higher!) for 30 minutes.

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Posted by:

Lisa

Times have changed a lot since the early days of email, when things were a lot more open. If you want me to edit we'll have to get in touch somehow though.

Thanks, Haso, for that info, very interesting and it's happened with someone else I knew too. So it can't be an uncommon thing. And Doug, that's really impressive, that you can learn to play piano from a book!

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Kevin J...
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You will have to wait until the book comes out, right Lisa?
Peter has not responded. Probably because I said I didn't need him to write the book even though he's a real writer. I wanted Peter to help me organize it and help me to focus, focus, focus. So.....We'll get Bill M to make sure dates and info are correct if any Canadiana comes up in my journey in Band land. Crabgrass can do the photography......Wow......He is really that good. So is Virgil so they can fight it out. Only problem is both are gentle souls. I'm the edgy one. lol

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brown eyed girl

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...btw the CN Tower is in the New Rolling Stones recording Living In A Ghost Town

In a new interview with Zane Lowe of Apple Music, Jagger said he wrote the song with Keith Richards over a year ago. “It wasn’t written for now, but it was just one of those odd things,” he said. “It was written about being in a place which was full of life but is now bereft of life so to speak…I was just jamming on the guitar and wrote it really quickly in like 10 minutes.”

He changed some of the lyrics to reflect the times. “Keith Richards and I both had the idea that we should release it,” he said. “But I said, ‘Well I’ve got to rewrite it.’ Some of it is not going to work and some of it was a bit weird and a bit too dark. So I slightly rewrote it. I didn’t have to rewrite very much, to be honest. It’s very much how I originally did it.”

Kevin J....You were on my wavelength this morning. I was just about to post the new Stones video but our two furry friends were scratching at our back door. By the time they left you posted about the same song. Btw did you buy the N95 masks or the other ones? Asking because my Pandemic bag only has six for 5.00 with bag; Mr. Maximus bought 6 for 100.00? You are not supposed to reuse them so just checking with you. Remember I am a frugalista so that I am ready to get up and go and spend tons of money to see Robbie play live as I did the last time.

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Kevin J

“Wow.....You’ve split up after all these years.....what a shock - what happened ? Ya didn’t fool around, did you?” “Absolutely not....don’t be silly” “What then?”

Location: Pacific Northwest
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Subject: Hal Ketchum

If you don't know who Hal Ketchum is you might want to watch this. Hal was quite a country rocker and wrote a lot of good songs. In this video like the rest of us he got old. This vid is kind of like watching a John Prine video.

This is "I miss my Mary". This is about an old sailor and the way many of us end up. I love this song and have sung it for years. I guess I can relate.

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Dunc

Location: Scotland

Absolutely, Kevin. A great song on a great album. Beautiful playing. And many brilliant lines. I love ‘Take Kathy Dancing’ in its context. Love that song.

Coincidentally, Murray was born a mile away from where I’m sitting right now.

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Kevin J

Subject: Down By The Henry Moore

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Who would you choose...Justin Bieber, Willie Nelson, 2Pac?

I'm guessing most if not all would choose Wille Nelson. I'd have to choose 2Pac. I only have his greatest hits 2CD but....yeah he was a poet of a kind as well. As for the sexism and gangsta vibe at times....I just turn it around when I'm felling anger and rage so his music works for me. Then there's softer side when he's singing about his Ma and single mothers.....Eveyone has many sides, don't they?

haso...Keep sharing stories as it helps to make connections and remind us that although we've had different experiences in life; we have more in common for the most part anyway. Are you in Maine or Mass? I forgot when my friends and I....some of you have met Mr. Maximus who is not Virgil...on our way home from New Brunswick we stayed in Maine by the water and....nearby the Bush summer home?

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brown eyed girl

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Rolling Stones Drop New Song, ‘Living in a Ghost Town’
Surprise release is their first original song in eight years

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Subject: The Knack

The 1960s series continues with THE KNACK- AND HOW TO GET IT (linked) from 1965. It’s the second Rita Tushingham film in a row. It was directed by Richard Lester, sandwiched between A Hard Day’s Night and Help! The other stars were Michael Crawford, Ray Brooks and Donal Donnely. Like so many “Swinging 60s” films it was based on a stage play, The Knack, by Ann Jellicoe. At least half of the film is new visual material. It suffers nowadays from the ending and the rape accusations by Nancy (Rita Tushingham). It still has a lot going for it visually, and you can tell where Michael Crawford would be heading with screen comedy.

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Peter V

Haso, but reading your comment on Green Day. perhaps I should have listened to content first!

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Peter V

Green Day- I bought my granddaughter "Dookie" for Christmas. I asked a similarly dressed late teen assistant in my local record store what to buy, listing what else I knew she liked. I was told Green Day. It was a perfect choice apparently right down to the sleeve. (But he is dull though.)

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haso

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: classical stories

Ok, Angie and Lisa: one more story. I won't pretend to advise on classical other than agreeing w/ b. on the huge catalog. That and wondering if anyone here has heard anything by Mark O'Conner. He's a contemporary fiddle/violin player who we heard as the featured guest once when good friends still had a 24 pc string ensemble hereabouts (the late, lamented New England String Ensemble). He seems to float very comfortably between classical, folk, and bluegrass. Unfortunately I don't recall what they played.

So the story: when our lad (now 39) was less than a year, maybe even still in the womb, we went to a good friend's house for luncheon in the State of Maine. She's rather proper in some ways (in fact I owe her a call in the present day, circa 80+ years of age). Anyway, her late husband, while a professor of Microbiology was also a renaissance fellow. He'd built, and played his own harpsichord, situated in a drawing room. (A painting in the same, turned out to show that he & I had the same descendant from 1620, Mayflower; but that's not the story). So, she promised us, w/ a baby we'd have to be all about classical music; no more r 'n' r, no more Allman Bros, Charlie Daniels (btw, his "long-haired country boy" pairs well w/ Prine's "Illegal Smile"), the Band etc. etc. She was absolutely convinced. Fortunately that little guy did hear a lot of the mentioned music (plus mom's favored fab 4 from Liverpool, Yes, ELP and the like). He doesn't seem the worse for it. And, yes I did tell my friend that probably 25 years later... she's mellowed.

And then Peter, I have to admit the only time we did the parental-squelch w/ him was at 8th grade and he wanted the 1st album by that Billie Joe Armstrong you found "dull". We felt the general attitude of Green Day was too negative for a soon-to-be prep school kid. The lad wasn't too forgiving, may still not be, but is a better dad than I ever thought possible.

So Angie, go classical... but keep rockin' out. Playing for Change does a lot more Marley than Mozart and, as they say, "peace thru music".

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haso

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: musical knowledge

Lisa: don't sell yourself short. Not all here be Peter V, Norm, John D, Jeff A. etc. I'm happy just knowing how to open the cd player; mp3.. no way. And a Martin from a Fender from a Gibson, good if I can tell the shape of the body and see a brandname at the top of the frets. Anyway, I'm happy to join you in the 1/2 a "total fraud" category. Looking forward to the BEG collection of essays you'll be editing w/ Angie.

Angie: thanks for the props. And I'd hazard a guess that Gulf Shores is a big retirement spot, particularly folks from the Midwest. Most generally being a sr. is 65 or 62 at the outside. I did get into it once w/ Norm, 'cause my goal (5 years away) is to still be snowboarding at 70; the daughter I speak of has promised she and I will go to Fernie or Revelstoke out east of Norm-land. Lots of mtns in the states let you on the lifts for free after you're 70. Of course my luck, by the time I get there, they'll jack it up to 75 or something.

Lisa: I found out just today the situation you spoke of w/ your mom's sudden lucidity has a name. A friend who's a retired nurse/midwife, from around the corner stopped by on a drive-about w/ her husband. I was telling her about some of my brother's last comments (in a nursing facility in NJ, Autumn 2019), and she said it's called "lightning [or maybe, lightening] before death". Interesting phrase. It evidently comes from Shakespeare and is not atall an uncommon situation; someone else may be able to identify the poem or play script or whatever. I don't recall the last thing he said, just eating ice cream w/ him and 3 ladies on his wing and watching the reboot of "Mary Poppins" w/ Emily Blunt and Lin Manuel-Miranda the last night.

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Doug

Location: sydney

Subject: the classsics

It has been interesting to read the classical music comments here. I retired about two years ago and my gift to myself was an upright piano which I have been learning to play, from a book only. I would be putting myself under way too much pressure to get lessons, but I have been loving sitting down a couple of times a day and playing simple arrangements of mainly classical pieces. It has been a godsend in these crazy lockdown times. At the moment I’m learning Danube Waves by Ivanovici, who I have not heard of before but it is a really nice little waltz.

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brown eyed girl

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...and here is again Andy Mackay when he was with Roxy Music...Tara...absolutely beautiful. I don't recall him performing this song when I saw Roxy Music at Ontario Place....older brother is also a huge fan. Even ran into him once in Japan in one of those glass elevators; one was going up while the other was going down. It was so great to see this band with a friend who was also a long time fan as it took me a long time to see them all together. The same friend and I had seen Bryan Ferry a few times which is always worthwhile but this time it was Bryan Ferry, Andy MacKay, Phil Manzanera, Paul Thompson and Graham Simpson? ;-D

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brown eyed girl

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Lisa and b.lee...Many many thanks for taking the time to get me started on my classical music journey. I will try and get back to both of you soon. I used to have a ballet subscription and have seen a few operas....and then there's Stephen Cat Coor of Reggae fusion Third World playing cello classically trained. Garth...Classically trained. John Cale form The Velvet Underground...Viola....classically trained. Here is Andy MacKay from Roxy Music who is also classically trained....soprano saxophone, Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, keyboards, oboe, lyricon, Yamaha WX7....

Recorded at the World Premiere of Andy Mackay's "3Psalms" album at The Queen Elizabeth Hall on Monday 26th November 2018. The Roxy Music track "Tara" from their 1982 Avalon album was performed as the final encore of the night and also featured Phil Manzanera on guitar, Lucy Wilkins on violin, Colin Goode on piano and The Millenia Ensemble Orchestra.

ANDY MACKAY - "TARA" @Queen Elizabeth Hall, London - Monday 26th November 2018

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brown eyed girl

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For Kevin J...Would you believe that I speculated for the very first time on the market and so far lost lost lost. So much believing in Mary Jane. Time will tell....Thank you kindly for all the laughs yesterday. :-D

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brown eyed girl

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Whatsoever I've feared has come to life
Whatsoever I've fought off became my life
Just when everyday seemed to greet me with a smile
Sunspots have faded and now I'm doing time
Now I'm doing time
'Cause I fell on black days
I fell on black days

Soundgarden...Fell On Black Days...Featuring Chris Cornell

JQ...Uhhh....Yesterday I had too many peanut butter cups by President's Choice. I keep them in the fridge and share so I don't eat all of them. Sugar is definitely a drug as I can tell by my posts. ;-D

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b.lee, I love the bassoon! Also, every bassoon player I've known has been a really cool person, though possibly a bit eccentric. Do you think certain personality types are drawn to certain instruments?

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Big Band Swing

I don't ever recall the big band music being mentioned here. As a child there are musical pieces that stick with you all your life. Who could sit still listening to Glenn Miller's "In the Mood". The old album "Hooked on Swing" is great to listen to.

From movies as a kid the William Tell Overture or Swedish Rhapsody were back ground music. One movie that stuck with me forever and I saw it when I was 7. Our mum took us to see "The Great Caruso", played by Mario Lanza It may have been the first time I was in a movie theater. The voice of Mario Lanza still rings in my head to this day. even tho' I still have little knowledge of what he is singing it is powerful.

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b.lee

Location: DE, USA

Subject: A little Classical music, kids...

BEG - As the son of a music teacher, "Classical", marching band, show and choral music were all part of the background growing up. Largely ignored save for certain pieces, but subliminally absorbed to some extent. (Lisa, Dad's primary instrument was the oboes big brother, bassoon.) As we settle into the sunset years, our appreciation for Classical has grown, partly due to the availability of cheap CDs and the need to have music in the background while working. One of the problems with trying to penetrate the world of Classical is that there is so bloody much of it, especially of the heavy hitters...Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, etc. Where to begin. I find chamber music - duos, trios, quartets and quintets more accessible than the big orchestral works. More like the folk and rock we are used to in that the interplay of the individual instruments is more easily discerned. Having listened to my Dad's woodwind quintet practice in the living room on occasion, I'm a big fan of the relatively obscure Franz Danzi and his pieces for same. String quartets by Ravel and Debussy are faves. I go for the romantics and easterners - Dvorak, for one. There's lots out there...a whole world to explore, and not all music by long-dead white guys. And you will have many moments when you think, "Hey! I know this!" because you have heard it before in a movie, an advert or music bed in some context. I would suggest finding a good on-air or streaming Classical station. WRTI in Philadelphia is my local...in fact, it's on right now. Just played Debussy's Arabesques for harp, which you probably would recognize.

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Wallsend

There is a pretty good compilation of video from the 66 tour on vimeo called: The Best of Elston Gunn in 1966

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Posted by:

Paul

Location: Chicago

Hi, Pat B. Thanks for your story about the Famous Potatoes. I went out to see those guys, probably in the early 90s, at Fitzgeralds in Illinois, probably because by then I was a Mike Jordan and the Rockamatics fan and he was involved. The Famous Potatoes were a great night out. Which place were you hosting a jam? It's not out of the question I saw you there, though not on the night Prine and Goodman came. If you know where to get a good quality recording of the Famous Potatoes or the Rockamatics, mention it, because those bands came across great, but I don't think they've got anything that's publicly available. Time passes and I don't like it either, but thanks for bringing up those names again.

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Dunc

Location: Scotland

I was lucky to see Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham in concert in front of only 250 people in Glasgow. The concert was brilliant and would be up there in my list of top concerts. Dan said that James Carr's version of 'Dark End of the Street'was the best version. The concert was brilliant song after brilliant song being played quietly. Dan Penn is a beautiful singer. I remember John D saying that too. (High John D). A live album from Dublin 'Moments From This Theatre' captures how they play together.

Bumbles got me into James Carr and the Goldwax singles are a must. Coincidentally I saw Spooner Oldham in the CSNY band at their concert at the ice hockey arena in Toronto about six weeks later.

Thanks, Wallsend. At this time of life, I shouldn't have waited. I should have bought them last year. I have a route map of the albums I want to really know well.. Early Elton is brilliant and I'm halfway through the Byrds. The Byrds are great musicians.

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Wallsend

Yo BEG, nothing wrong with your sense of humour. I am a bit sensitive when it comes to posting on any site related to The Band because you never know what people are going to take offence at.

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Kevin J

BEG......goodnight is ok but not a goodbye....I couldn’t survive this house arrest without you !

By the way, I have put a call into my old friend Justin, not just to congratulate him on being - by far - the most successful leader of a G7 country in protecting his citizens against this virus ( 26 deaths per one million residents compared to 360 Italy, 256 Spain, 195 UK, 90 US, 45 Germany ) but to ask that Dag B, Wallsend ( if he can ever figure out how to LINK again ) and especially you be registered as Essential Services.

....and, Norm, that “I love you too, dear” is as good as life gets.

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Kevin J

BEG......Not knowing wether you have it is the reason everyone has to wear a mask. Not to protect you but to protect others. It’s a custom of consideration that Asian countries have practised for decades. Sadly and embarrassingly, most western countries don’t have a clue. I was at a Loblaws today and half the patrons were without a mask.

As to your smoke adventures.....we moved uptown a number of years ago and sadly no one smokes in this hood but damn sure they all own stock in the new enterprises that market the stuff......I really do miss the days of Gus and Sally selling Mary J by the pool hall..........though, I must say in this current situation with a droplet/airborne disease, passing by someone and getting smoke mixed up into a mask is cause for some concern.........and anyone VAPING in public should be condemned to hell....as should anyone going out without a mask.

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brown eyed girl

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Dang! The Dylan and The Band link I just posted.....Only now discovered that we get to hear not one but many songs. Yay!!! The year I missed them...... :-(((((

Well, they'll stone you when you're trying to be so good
They'll stone you just like they said they would
They'll stone you when you're trying to go home
And they'll stone you when you're there all alone
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned

Well, they'll stone you when you walk all alone
They'll stone you when you are walking home
They'll stone you and then say you are brave
They'll stone you when you are set down in your grave
But I would not feel so all alone

How to Grieve During a Pandemic The Agenda with Steve Paikin Losing a loved one is one of the most difficult things a person will have deal with, but during COVID-19, that is compounded by the inability to properly grieve. And grief is not just limited to those we've lost, but to everything that's slipped away as the world continues to grapple with the virus. Joining Steve Paikin with some advice on how to cope with these feelings are David Kessler, author of "Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief;" and Andrea Warnick, registered psychotherapist and a project lead on KidsGrief.ca.

Good night. Good bye.

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brown eyed girl

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Kevin J...I actually saw a program quite awhile ago where one theory was that it was actually bats that brought the Virus to us. What's alarming to me is that we don't know if we're walking around and thinking that we are virus free and passing it on to others. We're supposed to only shop once a week or even less preferably. When it comes to my health I try to follow in line.....but since we haven't owned a car for many years now it's impossible to only shop one day a week or less as we both cook...but more so Virgil. I'm lugging home forty pounds of groceries.....so I continue with my hand weights. Btw, today I had to wait outside the dollar store as I wanted to buy more treats for our two furry friends who come right into our home and visit with us a few times a day.......Thank you angels up above......I absolutely adore them. Too bad we cannot have pets full time......Anyway, so I'm waiting outside the store in line......and.....lol.....today it's not beer drinking on the street but catch a fire......The person who told me I had to wait outside until at least five people left the store apologized for the smoke and smell......I said, that's the least of my problems....now that it's legal.....not interested.....lol....maybe edibles? My hood....just everyday people.

Wallsend...I know....I was just teasing you...I was trying to sound like De Niro....Even when I was talking about the actress who dated Dylan; I was being sarcastic...Of course Dylan disliked when she talked about him in public....I guess my humour doesn't read well in print. I'll go back to my intense self. ;-D

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Wallsend

Hi Beg, no, my comment was not aimed at anybody in particular. Things just seemed a little gloomy. Probably understandable in the circumstances. I wasn't trying to discourage anybody from expressing their feelings.

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Kevin J

BEG.......Corona viruses start with animals and will continue to live with them. Such viruses ( animal origin ) are almost impossible to eradicate because of that. MERS was from camels - Covit from bats and so on.......at some point, everyone on this planet will stop eating meat and things will be a whole lot cleaner and healthier.....and funny enough, not sure a single conservative would ever be elected again.

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brown eyed girl

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Wallsend...Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me? If so.....Some of my posts may be depressing but feelings aren't right or wrong....they just are. I should write more in my Journal instead of the GB but when I write my book; I'll already have a record of it right here. A lot happened behind the scenes. I guess I am the Joni Mitchell of the GB. I am actually a very fun loving person but at times I fall into a black hole. One time when I fell.....I found Landy's latest book on The Band in mint condition for 20.00. I took it off the shelf and looked at it and felt nothing. I said, don't do it...I have two other books by Landy so I said....no I don't need this one but in case I change my mind I'll put it on a different shelf and then if I change my mind I'll buy it then.
Anyway, is it true that now animals are getting the virus???!!! I had read about the one in Hong Kong and a big cat somewhere but now pets?????? Please say it isn't so.......Oh and Wallsend....Remember I was supposed to visit one of my cousins in Sydney, actually Canterbury....My trip was postponed twice already. She ended up having to have surgery and then her mother passed....She told me that she was in total iso when she arrived in Europe for the funeral for two weeks. Our other cousins did everything for her. I couldn't believe that she's back in Aussieland now and she's deemed an essential worker....She's a teacher who works with Autistic students. So....She's not only dealing with the Pandemic but she's dealing with her personal grief. Last night I saw on our educational channel a program on grief during our pandemic....I sent her the link and she appreciated so much that I found what she needed. As Rick Danko would say, we're all here to help each other in the hood, right?

Lisa...Ok....good that you clarified as my mind can run away very quickly. We all have something...and as we get older many things start to catch up with us. So I just say turn it up! lol

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Lisa

beg, I'm not deaf, although I certainly have a bit more than normal hearing loss for my age - other conditions do the interfering. I still listen to music and love it as much as I ever have, only certain types at certain levels. So don't worry!

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brown eyed girl

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An Almost Complete Guide to the Gear of The Last Waltz

Published Nov 20, 2017
Dan Orkin
Gear History

Hey Lisa...I had no idea about the hearing problem. Virgil says I do too. I was being funny....Awww.....sorry Lisa. Well, I bet you can hear all those instruments you heard growing up while listening to classical music in your head. Wow....I am open to any genre as I know a little bit about many genres. It's amazing that I don't have a hearing problem as I like to crank up my music at times and I have been to many concerts. Apparently my results are that my hearing is above average for my age......well.....I was told at first it was like that of a teenager. I know I have arrested development......but my hearing can't be that great....but then whenever Virgil and I are watching the news or movies.....I constantly ask him to turn down the volume. Now you said you had a laugh about one of my posts....Lisa you win the prize as you're the very first person who has ever said that!!! So here's another story. I can't make this up.....When I was working in a music record department, sometimes you had to work by yourself in a post; an area where it was you and the cash register and the same records of one artist. So one night (always worked nights and weekends as a student)....I had to play Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand's You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore over and over and over and over and over and over again. It was torture!!!!!! I like the song but not for four hours straight!!! Btw Pat B....I loved The Way We Were and Dylan's girlfriend at one time had a very brief role in the film.....Strickland. She would always tell people in interviews about her and Bob. Bob just appreciated that so much. Anyway, I thought ok no boss here and I'm freezing because the post was close to the subway......so......are you ready for this? lol I asked a co-worker to bring me a Bob Marley record and I was going to replace the current record of the day. Now that maybe would be fine if there were many other Marley records of the very same one, right? Nope. We only had one record of each of Marley's records. Yup. I heard Bob's voice and then the torture subsided.....Reggae means rebel music.....reggae is hypnotic.....it worked! I put my job on the line to save my sanity. In hindsight I guess someone must have told management because I was never promoted.

Hi Glenn...Hmmm.....I know I saw that show of John Prine with Strombo, but I thought I posted another intimate link with Prine performing at a book store. I delete every link I post so not sure. I'm sure you have many things to share as well but you're always busy, busy, busy. My life has always been very small, especially since my year off of work. All the shows I've been posting happened since I was 17 years old. Btw Glenn, when I was in Gulf Shores, Alabama visiting friends who were renting a home for about four months......We went to see a film and I had already seen the one they wanted to see so I said I'll see a different one on my own and then we'll meet up. I was so surprised that a senior rate was for 55+. Here you're basically a senior if you're 65+ or 60+ at some drug stores to qualify for a discount. So in the USA; you are considered a senior when you are 55 then?

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Posted by:

Wallsend

Dunc, good work getting the Pentangle albums. There is a bit of dead wood in there but overall great stuff. I always thought of them as the British version of the Band rather than Fairport Convention or Steeleye Span.

I thought Testimony was really good. I was surprised there wasn't more discussion of it here. The part I enjoyed the most was when Robbie wrote about the '66 tour. Robbie's perspective on that really was unique. The recordings of that tour are still amazing even today. It is hardly surprising people didn't know what to make of it back then.

Some of the recent posts are a bit depressing. The way I see it, I was lucky to make it to old age. If we are going to start quoting Bob, I will go with: "A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”

I finally bought a copy of the Live at Academy after listening to a copy I had torrented for many years. It is hard to believe it came out in 2013. It seems like only yesterday. I don't think the deluxe version was ever released in Australia but I found a second hand copy in mint condition from an Australian seller.

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Posted by:

Pat B

Kevin J, yeah it took me a bit to figure out what you were referencing. It finally penetrated my aging, thick skull.

I haven't posted this elsewhere. Back in the late 70's, I played on the circuit with John Prine's backup band that eventually became The Famous Potatoes. The group I was in hosted a jam session every Monday night that went on for six hours. A lot of great Chicago bluesmen and women would show even though we were considered country rock. Jimmy Johnson, Lonnie Brooks, Maria Muldaur, Amos Garrett, Dr. Hook, just a bunch of people in Chicago on a Monday night and out on the town. It was quite a scene and a lot of fun. One night, some of the Potatoes came in with Prine and Steve Goodman. That wasn't out of the ordinary--both of them were Chicago fixtures. They had just written a bunch of songs together and wanted to try them live. I have no recollection of what the songs were but I got to noodle along with them. Afterward I showed Prine how a Hammond worked.

Years later I played with Pat McLaughlin for a while. He and Prine wrote a lot together and I got to play some of those nuggets. Angie Varias was Prine's drummer back in the day and he too was in McLaughlin's band. Time passes and I don't like it.

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Posted by:

Kevin J

“The true business of people should be to go back to school and think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along and told them they had to earn a living.” ― Buckminster Fuller

The above was something not possible for most people but in circumstances that we now find ourselves, many people are reimagining their lives. It probably won’t last but for some it will. Not going back to school but just changing routines and following a more creative path. Almost everyone I know has changed things up over the last month - exercising much more, writing more, actually talking to some old friends, drinking less, some drinking more........and facing head-on those thoughts that haso, Norm and JQ discussed about how to best spend the time we have left....... ”Hold em high and spend it all”

Jon L........I envy you.....I found Testimony to be such an enjoyable book to read. There was so much I didn’t know about his growing up and the early days with the Hawks. And it’s a rare treat to read a book of this type that was actually written by the person it’s about. Same reason I liked Chronicles so much.

Pat B......Funny.... I was confused at first and googled “Slowdown” and saw a link to Selena Gomez which really threw me for a loop....then saw the link to the little Rascals and knowing your connection, thought that must be it...but still confused as I knew of The Rascals reputation for being sensational live......ah, then I watched that performance of Slow Down with the blackboard and tying up the teacher! Great performance of the song but those classroom antics.

Thank you, Dunc.

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Lisa

Norm, my mom died last summer at 94 after living with dementia for five years, and that's the last thing she said to me, too. I was astonished, because she hadn't really been able to talk coherently for some time, yet she said it clear as a bell. I'm so grateful to have that as my last memory of her.

beg, I don't post very much because ... well, it's kind of complicated, but I have a lot of hearing issues to deal with, so I don't really listen to very much music these days. And the other reason is that I'm totally out of my depth rock-music-wise here, so don't want to be exposed as a total fraud. Well, I guess I just did that, didn't I? So I try not to post too much because it's supposed to be mostly a music site, and I just don't have a lot to add. But over the years I've got quite fond of everybody here, so I stick around.

As far as classical music you might like - wow, that's tough, trying to guess what someone else might enjoy. I don't know about you, but I really have to listen to something quite a few times before I get to like it (not always, but as a rule). But I'll give it a go. Two short pieces: Sergei Prokofiev's Classical Symphony - a little gem, a perfect miniature of a classically composed symphony but only 15 minutes long; Maurice Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, lovely workout for the whole orchestra but especially the winds, and a favorite of mine as my dad was an oboe player and it's practically an oboe concerto; and a full length symphony, Gustav Mahler's Symphony #1, The Titan.

I'd really like to be your editor, if you're sure you want one. Let me see what I can do here. A book about the Guestbook, eh? Bwahaha, look out guys ... be afraid, be very afraid ... (just kidding!)

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Posted by:

Glenn

Subject: keeping busy

I like how the mighty Zim puts it "He not busy being born, is busy dying" from his song It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding). We must keep pushing forward, learning, stretching, growing, else we lapse into patterns of thinking and rhythms of living that sap our mental and physical energies. We must be busy protecting and nurturing our innocence and our imagination. We must resist with all we've got any notion of peaking and declining. It must be onward and upward!

Thank you Angie for all your excellent posts and links. Were you the one who shared the John Prine live at Strombos? Whoever did; thank you! Everybody should check it out: a wonderful, intimate live set from John. Very moving.

And thank you all for sharing your thoughts about life and music. And to JH for providing this wonderful place for all of us to get together, especially during these trying times.

I've been enjoying music by Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer (the sisters), John Prine, and I am awaiting the arrival of some used discs I just purchased off ebay: Richie Havens, Ronnie Lane and Bob Marley's Songs of Freedom box. And before I forget, as someone mentioned previously, check out the Playing for Change version of E'veryday People". Brilliant! Stay safe and sane everybody. And again from Mr. Dylan "May you stay forever young"!

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Prevention of Getting Old

Here is the recipe for staying young. Some times it is hard not to dwell on our mortality, especially at our age now. August 29 I'll be seventy-six. When I got to about 60 I started getting old. I didn't like it very much it was slowing me down........so I quit :-)

So Clint Eastwood has the solution, like he said. When I get up every morning, I just don't let the old man in. Stay positive as I do. I have to stay alive and well because many years ago when I found Susan again I promised her I would always look after her.

It is so depressing to find how minds are affected now in these difficult and scarey times. You can scare yourself and drive yourself crazy wondering what happened to the mind of a man who appeared to be responsible, owned several properties and a good business helping people to snap the way he did.

Watching the news last night and the horror of what was being said. A man in an RCMP uniform stopping traffic and shooting people right in their cars.

Thinking of what Haso says takes me back to how luck I was with my parents. Our Dad was 83 and laying in the hospital in Campbell River. My brothers and I as we had time would each take turns going in and playing his old J50 Gibson in his room and singing him a song. The doctor told Howie my oldest brother near his last day. He is in no pain, his organs are just shutting down. I had just put a pole fence and wire all around my place then to keep deer out and I had shown him a picture. As I left his room in the afternoon he said to me "When are you going to take me down to see your ranch". I told him when you are feeling a little better. He passed that afternoon.

The strange thing our Mum lasted about another 9 years. She was a month shy of 90. She was in the same room as he had been in maybe even the same bed. She as was he still of perfect mind. I told her I loved her and she said "I love you too dear" a couple hour later she was gone. They had met when he was 11 and she was 9 so they had been friends for 72 years.

All we can do is count our blessings and say a prayer for all of us.

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Posted by:

Jon Lyness

Location: NYC

Haso, seems to me the world needs all the prayers it can get these days - strange times we are experiencing right now. I doubt any of us has lived through anything quite like this before, and just when you think things can't get much worse, they do. The mass murders are beyond shocking and terrible.

beg, I'm sorry to hear about your special aunt, and hope you can find a way to see her whenever you can. Dementia is such a devastating disease, stealing away the people we love bit by bit. And even if it seems she won't remember your visits I think on some level it is important and meaningful for both of you. We owe it to the special people in our lives, whether parents or teachers or whoever ... and on a much lighter note, your skipping rope story made me laugh - what's that brown eyed girl doing NOW??

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Posted by:

haso

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: JQ, folks north

Thanks, JQ. Yeah we're all, or many of us are, what is it called... aging out.

Peter, one good thing on the One World Concert: S. Colbert let it be known on his show tonight (w/ Willie, Micah & Lukas Nelson singing a repurposed version of "Hello Walls") that the concert raised $180M for w.h.o. in 1 day. I'd posit that's a very good thing considering the illegal work our a.o. (agent orange) has tried to do on that score. For the unversed in united station arcana, he can't do that. Congress controls the purse strings, votes in money and specifies how to spend it. And he can't dissolve Congress or whatever he called it; only if the 2 Houses can't agree after multiple wrangling when to adjourn. Needless to say, they have no problem collectively deciding to leave. Funny, he already got impeached once for effing around w/ $ that wasn't his purview (anybody remember Ukraine?).

Just a side note: women are known to say "which part of NO don't you understand, n or o?" I'd want to ask a.o. which part of w.h.o. is a mystery; world, health or organization? Let's see, Noah Webster (1828), defines "pandemic" as "Incident to a whole people; epidemic;" from the Greek all [and] people. Gee, that sounds like a perfect time to try stealing their wallet.

To the good folks of New Scotland, etc. (beg, John D, Lisa, Norm, who'd I leave out?). I seldom use this phrase but "thoughts & prayers" w/ you. Not cynical mind you, as I do such; but I always just worry if any prayers are ok (Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Shinto, Indigenous; you get the idea) or just some.

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Posted by:

JQ

Subject: Hi Haso

Thanks for sharing your personal stories. So, I’m 70 in a few months and we’re playing it very safe and the thing that has bothered me the last few days is how much of the precious time I have left is being wasted. So no booze, reefer, nicotine or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups in a month now and I’m wondering if all this deprivation is really worth it? Strangers on a Train was on TCM this AM - a brilliant way to pass 100 minutes!

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Posted by:

haso

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: Grand River

Angie: keep up the good work; go over there and see your aunt every time it occurs to you, you won't regret it. My family was a little more intact, but I can guarantee you that it's worth your while.

Now, at the us of a retirement age, I'm all out. Mom went at 81 (would be 106 now), after 5,6,7 years of dementia; dad, almost 2 years later "natural causes"; eldest bro 2015 (cancer) and last bro at 72 this past September, also after about 3 to 4 years of dementia, but ultimately "unspecified natural causes". As I said, you won't regret it, whether she knows who you are or not (my mom didn't for the last 2 years, or at least there was no way of knowing). Even though trips for my brother were 1/2 way acrosst the country or at the end, 7 hrs driving each way, it was important (not just on account of being power of attorney). That was clear when he waited to go until I got there.

So all here; be well and safe, and as happy/peaceful as possible.

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Posted by:

Pat B

Kevin J, no I was referring to the RCO thing on the same BBC show. Butterfield and David Sanborn stepping all over each other while Dr. John plays a Fender Rhodes across an absolutely forgettable arrangement. At least Utopia had their tongues planted in their cheeks half the time.

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Willie Nelson - Our Song

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Hello, it's me. I've thought about us for a long, long time. Maybe I think too much but something's wrong. There's something here that doesn't last too long. Maybe I shouldn't think of you as mine.

Wizard Wednesdays: Robbie Robertson and the “Polaroid Sound” of Todd Rundgren

Paul: From previously written accounts, there was a lot of tension at the Playhouse, is that a fair assessment?

Robbie: The vibe was much different than the vibe we’d had with Jesse Winchester. It wasn’t really a great time for the guys in The Band, right then. There was just a lot of, you know, distraction and a lot of drug experimenting, a lot of things going on. The other guys in the band didn’t exactly like Todd. They just … One thing was we’d all go in there and you’d be kind of waiting until the mood struck you. Until someone might say, ‘Okay let’s go in and cut something.’ [I’m sure] Todd thought, ‘What are we doing? How come we don’t we just show up and start recording?’ He was impatient, he didn’t know what we were waiting for. I didn’t even know what we were waiting for either! (laughs). But you could just tell, when it was getting harder just to round everybody up and get them all sitting down in front of their instruments, learning the songs, and doing all those things. There was a bit of intensity too, because this was the third record that we were making. The first two records, we had worked with John Simon and [now] John thought that Todd was taking over his position. But Todd just came aboard as an engineer, you know. He wasn’t looking for anything else. But the whole process and the timing thing got weird. Poor Todd! I mean, John Simon didn’t like Todd either!

Paul: But even though Levon famously took a run at Todd, or I’m hoping he’ll clarify that [Levon declined to comment], you seem to have been rooting for him. Was that more or less true?

Robbie: Todd didn’t play by the rulebook of sound engineers, because I don’t think he knew the rule book. So he would just be more experimental and push things further soundwise. But with the situation of not being in an recording studio and just setting up on the stage of these old playhouse, it was a bit tricky to contend with. We’d be doing stuff, trying different things, and the guys were cracking comments, like ‘Well that kinda sounds like shit!’ So he was trying to figure out how to make it work in there, I mean we all were, but the jabs back and forth, I don’t know, the tension just kind of grew out of the ground that way.

Paul: Even though you ended up using a lot of the Glyn Johns final mixes, was the basic Stage Fright sound there on tape while you were tracking over at the Playhouse?

Robbie: The sound on the song ‘Stage Fright’ is really good. I mean, Todd did a great job on that. And on ‘The Shape I’m In.’ Then later on, towards the end of the record, we did ‘Daniel and The Sacred Harp,’ and ‘W.S. Walcott’s Medicine Show’ and they all turned out to be real highlights. Even when we recorded ‘Strawberry Wine’, Levon and Richard were in pretty bad shape, you know, when we doing those things and even that’s on the tape. The situation behind the scenes is in the the sound as well. I love the fact that that actually got captured in this thing; there’s no disguises on this record. So all of that just adds up to me. I think that Todd’s contribution was that he managed to get a Polaroid sound."

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Posted by:

JQ

Subject: Rita Tushingham

PV - I saw her recently in a Agatha Christie deal - I think it’s current - and she still has the giant eyes. It’s unusual, I think, to see a cute elderly woman, as opposed to beautiful or voluptuous, etc. Can even I say any of this anymore? All apologies if I crossed a line.

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

‘Stage Fright’: A Candid Reflection Of The Band’s “Psychological Weather” After inventing Americana with their sepia-toned first two albums, The Band captured a snapshot of themselves with the personal reflections of Stage Fright. Published on August 17, 2019 By Martin Chilton

"The songs are more personal than those of their first two albums, and an undoubted highlight is the title track, a candid song about Robertson’s struggle with stage fright. He turns his fears about performing for an audience into a universal lament. Robertson said, “In ‘Stage Fright’ a lot of stuff I was trying to hold in was starting to creep out.” Bassist and fiddle player Rick Danko takes lead vocals on the song and delivers a powerful performance, ably supported by Garth Hudson’s fluent organ playing.

That pairing also co-wrote ‘Just Another Whistle Stop’, which races along in zestful Band style, while the mood darkens again on ‘The Shape I’m In’ and the catchy ‘The WS Walcott Medicine Show’. The bleak ‘Daniel And The Sacred Harp’ is a parable about a musician selling his soul: “The moment of truth is right at hand/Just one more nightmare you can stand.” Robertson, who wrote the song, said he was trying to convey how helpless and vulnerable things seemed for the musicians at the time.

“It was a dark album,” Helm admitted later. “And an accurate reflection of our group’s collective psychic weather. We all realised something was wrong, that things were beginning to slide.”

The public loved it, however. Stage Fright reached a career-best position of No.5 in the album charts and went gold after selling more than half a million copies.

Kevin J...LoL...You crack me up. Also, you reminded me of a GB poster who told me that s/he would only read the posts if her/his name was included. The rest of the posts s/he would just skim over.

Would you believe the week before I broke Virgil's beer glass? My brother had given him this glass with some Craft beer. The proper wine glass was from him as well. Again, I wasn't drinking anything. It happens....As for the upcoming GB story book...to be continued. Time waits for no one and it won't wait for me....

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Posted by:

Peter V

Web: My link

Subject: A Taste of Honey

1961 Film, Ever onwards …

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Posted by:

Web: My link

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Posted by:

Kevin J

Subject: Pat B & The Rascals

At least they tied up the teacher ! If that’s the one you’re referring to ! Bad but not as schlocky as that Todd Rundgren debacle in 77.

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Posted by:

joe j

Subject: Hello In There

Always good to get recommendations from Bill M. I shared his link to "We're All In This Together" with my youngest, a hip-hop enthusiast and a bit of a music nerd. He seems to be fascinated by it. I'll share the update too.

As for myself I was glad to get back to a little Bobby Bland.

At the urging of my other half I reached out to some elders and shut ins this weekend. I was rewarded. You could be too.

'Just give me one thing that I can hold on to; to believe in this living is a hard way to go'

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises

She Knows (Live) · Rick Danko · Richard Manuel
Live at the Horseman Saloon

22nd March 1985
℗ 2019 Bear Records

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Nova Scotia is my favourite province in Canada. I always feel grounded there. We are still learning about the mass killings. How can someone who helped someone who had cancer; she lost her teeth and he didn't charge her....and then the other side of him......between long term health care centres that have been hit by the virus so we cannot visit our loved ones. Not everyone has or knows how to use an iPad. Today detention centres are breaking out with this virus as well....surprise surprise....and now have to be moved to another one and homeless shelters and on and on and on and on.......All I have today is music, sunshine and smiles from strangers who are trying to stay two metres from me, two furry friends and not much drama on the streets...........just the usual.

How am I going to break even Richard? Huh?
Mike + Ruthy Band - "The Ghost of Richard Manuel" live at the Summer Hoot 2014.
Filmed by Tania Barricklo.

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Posted by:

Pat B

Kevin J, I thought you were referring to Slow Down.

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Posted by:

Kevin J

We missed that One World concert as Canadian networks and Canadians in general were dealing with the worst mass shooting in our county's history....and to think it happened in the most gentle part of the country......beware of anyone who sells false teeth for a living and likes dressing up as a cop.

Bill M....I loved that Tobi link Saturday and the original as well....thank you!

If anyone was put off by some of the slack performances in that stay at home/one world thing - Do not - I repeat do not - go to the 45 minute mark of Dag B's link of the Grey Whistle Test Bearsville picnic from 1977. Perhaps the worst, most cringe worthy, emabarassing performance in the history of live rock n roll.

....oh....and if anyone has ever been suspicious of reviews.....Billboard Magazine in reviewing the One World thing, noted that "Keith Richards overflowed with charm"

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Celine Dion, Shawn Mendes And More In 'Together At Home' Concert Did Canada Proud
Alanis Morisette was supposed to perform, but dropped out at the last minute.
Maija Kappler
04/19/2020

Kevin J...Thank you so much for the wishes. Ugh! I can be quite.....I wasn't even drinking wine and yet I somehow broke a full glass that Virgil was about to savour. I said, it's cool. In my culture that's a good sign. ;-D

I thought Mick's guitar playing had improved and still able to sing. Keith.....Loved Charle's humour. Loved Ronnie's energy and giddy up twirls in the air. I liked Pickering's own Sean Mendes and his partner Camila Capello...Portugal meets Cuba.....What A Wonderful World.

“All the pain that we’ve been through / All the fears and the hurt / I still think to myself / What a wonderful world.”

Just received a photo of one of my Aunts who is in long term care by the Grand River. I couldn't get through to her on the phone all weekend. Her sons couldn't get through also so they went to the facility and somehow got through and managed to see her in front of a window and talked to each other on the phone. She is the matriarch of all of our relatives. She has this huuuuge personality and everyone in town knows her and her family because of various restaurants they've owned. She had a stroke in June and dementia was the result. When I spoke to her last weekend she ended the conversation with, so who am I speaking to? She is someone who not only really knows and appreciates family......but the beauty of her is that she knows how to include all the black sheep of the family. When I lost my Ma; she was the first person I spoke to and said, I don't know what to do. Her response even though she hadn't seen me in a long time was to get over to the Grand River and they'll help my brother and I take care of everything. Other cousins were waiting for us as well. My Aunt said that that's what families do; they help each other. Her partner was my father's first cousin and best friend. My father lived with him and his five other siblings when my grandpa left Europe in 1929 to make a new life in Canada and eventually bring over many family members and relatives. I never had the family she was so blessed to have......too many early deaths and sadness permeated the household.....but there was a little light that shone....Grandpa, teachers that took interest in me, etc. and I was blessed to have her in my life. She like my Grandpa loved unconditionally. I am blessed and still learning from them even though one is gone physically and the other is still here physically but.......well her spirit and her sweetness is still strong......and her humour too.....She will be 80 soon.

Test Trace Treat

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Posted by:

Dag B.

Web: My link

Subject: Old Grey Whistle Test: Bearsville 1977

The BBC broadcast.

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Bill M

Web: My link

Kevin J: A couple days I posted Tobi Lark's very intense gospel take on the song "We're All In This Together". Here's the original by the Toronto group Cat, whose one and only LP was also produced by Jack Richardson and his young apprentice Bob Ezrin. (I believe it was recorded by Brian Christian, the house engineer at Jack's studio of choice at the time, RCA in Chicago.) I've read that Ezrin plays keys on this as well, though Cat's regular guy, Gary O'Connor, was no slouch. Coincidentally, Gary, as son of Jack Richardson's boss when he was a gigging bassist, pianist-agent Billy O'Connor, had in the early '60s sung back-up on the Dianne Brooks record with Robbie Robertson on guitar, Jack Richardson on bass and Billy O'Connor producing. Cat guitarist Mike McQueen, certainly deserves a nod for writing this great song - and virtually everything else they did.

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Dag B.

Web: My link

Subject: Bearsville 1977

Because of the film camera in one of the photos taken by Catherine Sebastian (see link), I assumed that it was just a show for the Bearsville picnic and that the BBC did the filming.

Perhaps The Last Waltz was supposed to have segments on all their future projects but only "Sip the Wine" segment with Rick made the cut?

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Peter V

I forgot the John Legend & Sam Smith "Stand By Me" too. I liked that one. Mrs V is annoyed that we missed Christine& The Queens.

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haso

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: One world

Kevin: I guess I'm just used to putting in "haso", but I'm no fan of spell check either, 'specially on texting... yowsa. Oh, and the history of "haso" comes from an old friend who called me haso-asso back in our high school & college days. Haven't seen him since, except once on CNN. Last I knew, he was considered the best Anglo (i.e. white) wildlife guide in Nairobi, Kenya.

Jan: thanks for all of course, but also the Levon link. Fortunately 4.19 has happier notes hereabouts, being also my daughter's birthday. Extended Zoom-time today, NH/MA/Utah/CA/Washington State/So. Caro.

Peter: we'd vouch for just about all your input; what we saw anyway. Yeah, the Stones were more than odd; Mrs. could not understand why Billie Joe was famous (it's a punk thingn is my guess); respect to Eddie Vedder as a person, but Garth he is definitely not. Ended up the only keyboard that we really watched was the last piece w/ the classical pianist (Bocelli, Celine, et.al.). The one thing it did was inspire me to put on the dvd w/ Roger Ridley and "Stand by Me" this evening (the very 1st of Playing for Change). Ended, for now, w/ the community choir from Omagh, Ireland "Love, Rescue Me". The choirmaster is so well-spoken.

Can't admit to being much attuned to all the soul music (my loss). Mrs is all about Motown, when given the chance. My 1 suggestion is a version of "I'd Rather Go Blind" from the White House (during Obama, no doubt obviously), Susan Tedeschi and Warren Haynes in duet and naturally Derek Trucks doing perfect slide fills. Certainly other male vocalists are preferable but this is at least top notch for Warren. If no Etta, Susan more than competes.

C-19, last 5. List colored by decision to start riffling through old vinyl (A- onward), I chose to add-in also going backwards. But not all lp.

Allman Bros.: Win, Lose, or Draw

Neil: Harvest

Norah Jones: Feels like Home

Allbros: Enlightened Rogues

Tedeschi Trucks Band: Live from the Fox Theatre

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Bill M

Nice story, nice photo's of Hawkins joining Scorcese's shoot of the RCO guys. Must've been just before or just after most of the RCO guys had accompanied Levon to Toronto to jam with Hawkins, the current ace team of Hawks and others (Jerry Penfound, Pat Travers). Certainly Levon, Dr John, Butterfield, Mike Malone, and maybe Duck Dunn too.

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jh

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Scorsese filming Levon Helm & the RCO All Stars in 1977?

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Peter V

It would be curmudgeonly to criticise any of the artists who sincerely put in effort for One World Together, but ...

Mick Jagger played better guitar than Keith or Ronnie. Did kKeith do anything except mutter a few words. What was Charlie doing drumming on a soft armchair. Surely a pre-recorded track.

Jennifer Lopez superb on People.

Elton John while self-isolating managed to drag a grand piano into the garden. On his own?

Billie Joe Armstrong was dull.

Eddie Vedder on church organ - I went out to make a cup of tea. Unwatchable.

The young people doing Sunny. She couldn’t sing it. He couldn’t play it.

Tom Jones on The Glory of Love was clearly sincere and also a great performance.

Michael Buble an incredibly nice guy on chat shows but on God Only Knows revealed he has no concept that the song is not about technique. Not a clue.

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jh

Web: My link

Today, it is 8 years since the great Levon Helm left us. The music will live forever.

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Kevin J

After seeing John D’s post, I went to the archives and read all sorts of nice thoughts.....sadly, a number of those posting that day have also passed on.....JT, PSB, David P and others.......anyhow, Jon L and BEG referenced some Levon quotes that day eight years ago and the one below is so him and so good:

“If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out."

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John D

Subject: April 19th

Remembering Levon Helm today. Died 8 years ago today. RIP.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
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Posted by:

JQ

Subject: Soul/Country Soul

I’m not certain of any real distinction from soul, but racial integration seems to be an aspect. The great Arthur Alexander, early Charlie Rich, Otis on some, Solomon Burke, Percy Sledge, Dan Penn & Eddie Hinton from Muscle Shoals. Nick Lowe can do it. Somebody here recently introduced me to Larry John Wilson’s song Sapelo which has been in daily rotation here since then. Bluegrass guys like John Duffey and Connell Dudley, particularly in acapela gospel; try JD’s Were You There and CD’s The Old Ship of Zion.

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Kevin J

Subject: Fool me once....

Covay......my oh my ..This damn auto correct.......even typing haso requires a massive effort ! How does he do it.

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Posted by:

Kevin J

Subject: Covey ! Not Conway

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Kevin J

Wow.....remember the days when someone would suggest some music and you would spend all afternoon at a record store looking through albums.....this has been even better as I have purchased and been listening to Don Conway and Bobby Blue Bland all afternoon ....and sampling all sorts of others as well.

Thank you, Peter V for your great suggestions.....a tie-in to one of your favourite songs and William Bell is that I was very familiar with his song “Every Day Will Be like a Holiday” as a friend of mine used to own a bar and played it all the time at the place.....seems fitting for the times we are all living now as well.

......and Paul and Bill M as well - thank you very much.

BEG........Have a happy late Easter! I had meant to mention a while back that a John Prine connection to Toronto was one of the best music videos ever to air on Much Music - The Leslie Spit Trio’s wonderful cover of Angel From Montgomery.......if you don’t remember seeing it...worth looking it up. Featured their dog Tag who also happened to be a full member of the band and was paid royalties - true story! Did Hamlet get on with RR?

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Peter V

I've spent today with the "Best of Jerry Butler" on replay. Three times? Go for it.

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Subject: Fahrenheit 451

Thanks, we did best first lines with some friends on Facebook. For modern novels it's hard to beat Earthy Powers by Anthony Burgess:

"It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."

A fiction editor I was working with reckoned that in his 45 years in the business it was his favourite opening line.

The current DVD is much brighter than I remembered- I suspect I would also have seen Fahrenheit 451 on B&W TV in the 70s too- though the first time was 1966.

I was surprised to find I hadn't got the original book. I'm sure I read it back in the day.

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b.lee

Location: Under the stacks

Subject: Farenheit 451

Peter, thanks for the Fahrenheit 451 review. I have not seen the film for many years, probably on broadcast TV and possibly in black & white. I certainly don't recall any vivid colors. As I recall, my take on film was one of disappointment. Even though "not science fiction", the attempts at "futuristic" could not do the book justice. Nor the acting. The monorail was cool, and it's interesting to learn that it was an experimental dead end. I always wondered where they got it. I can't recall if the older mentor was written out of the movie, but remember him from the book. He talked to Montag through a little earpiece. And that first poster! Dreadful!

But the Bradbury book, Ms. Lee and I have decided, was a seminal influence on us both, which might explain the "piles in the aisles and stacks in the racks" around here. Not to mention the boxes in storage. We may run out of groceries during this shutdown but we'll still have plenty to read.

And on the rare occasion that the doorbell rings, my brain says, "Mrs. Montag! Mrs. Montag! Someone's at the door! Mrs. Montag!"

And for those of you needing a dystopian post-apocalypse escape (?), may we recommend "A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World" by C.A. Fletcher. It starts with the lines, "A man stole my dog. I went after him. Bad things happened. I can never go home." All the spoiler you'll get from me...

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Bill M

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Paul: Good choice of singer (Bland) and lens (Band). Here's my favourite - "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" from 1964. Richard would have done this very well, but I suspect that guest singer's Jay Smith's covers of Bland tunes would have been preferred at the time.

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Posted by:

Bill M

Web: My link

Subject: "We're All In This Together" - hard soul from 1970

This one's for you, Kevin J! Recorded in a church by super-producer Jack Richardson (and his sidekick Bob Ezrin). Tobi Lark had done a handful of 45s in hometown Detroit before signing on to sing backup with Ronnie Hawkins in '67 or '68. Got noticed by King Curtis, who took her to NY to do a couple of 45s for Cotillion. She then returned to Toronto for this amazing performance. Last I heard she was linking in Windsor.

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Paul

Location: Chicago

I like all the soul suggestions. The applicability to the Band, particularly to the way that Richard Manuel sang, is obvious. A few more suggestions, outside of the usual suspects: Bobby Bland was Richard's guy, and "A Touch of the Blues" is one of his best, dead slow but fantastic Willie Mitchell production. Ann Peebles put out fantastic albums and singles in the early 70s, try either "99 Pounds" for something fast or "You're More Thank I can Stand" for something slow. Wilson Pickett for his 60s album cuts -- everyone will know Mustang Sally and Midnight Hour, but there's a bunch more that feature that voice and great Memphis and Muscle Shoals bands. "Three Time Loser" for openers.

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NorthWestCoaster

Location: Finland

Subject: My personal life, before we all die in covid-19.

Sorry for a personal post.

This is a Google link to a song written by a Finnish lesbian author (I wrote my Master's Thesis about her works in 1978) and sung by my romantic dream girl, also in 1978. Well - I wasn't there to have sex with them, was I.

Google: anki lindqvist & cumulus: Syyslaulu live 1978

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NorthWestCoaster

Location: Finland

Subject: About Galway Races

Those who are interested in Celtic music (Colin!) may want to Google *Galwayn ravit Cumulus* for the Finnish version. - I am interested in political connections on folk music. The lead singer in Cumulus and in this song was a socialist - but hated by Sovjet-minded stalinist communists in the seventies. I talked with him in our courses in journalism at Helsinki University. I asked him: "How does it feel?" I think he just laughed, a little, but generated. - But it was a long time ago.

If you'll find a pic connected to this song you'll see a pretty long-haired woman to the right - Finland's "Joan Baez". He moved to the al North Country in the Arctic region and died there in cancer for a few years ago. My dream girl in the seventies. Anki Lindqvist was her name.

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NorthWestCoaster

Location: Finland - where I was born and raged

Subject: Ain't dead yet

Latest three (not listened but _played_ in our kitchen):

1. Galway Races (A minor, banjo)

2. Ballad of Hollis Brown (E minor, banjo)

3. Scarborough Fair (harmonica)

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NorthWestCoaster

Location: Finland

Subject: jh: Mon Apr 13 00:47:18

For the first: I just wrote in "I'm from" - Finland. I have been before from "The woods" (yes, that's right, living in Swedish Iron Range). I have been from the coastal region in "Scania Northwest". That's why I am "NorthWestCoaster". Let's take this again, n i c e and s l o w l y, especially for signature Norm J: Coast + Northwest = NorthWestcoaster. Got it?

If I 'll get this covid-19 I will dye with a good ol' _Finnish_ blues in my lips. I hope.

Now, what was it I wanted to tell you? - Thanks jh for telling this about good ol' times. Our school boy band organ player made something called "kilju" in the deep woods. It is pronounced "kill you". I tasted, once. Poooh!

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Peter V

Web: My link

Subject: Soul

Kevin – phew! Where to start? If you enjoyed James Carr, go into exploring the “Deep Soul Treasures” collections on CD. Compiled by Dave Godin on Ace’s Kent sub-label.

You could take it in sections … New Orleans (Robert Parker, Lee Dorsey, Allen Toussaint),then Chicago (Impressions, Curtis Mayfield, Major Lance), Tamla Motown (Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson), Atlantic & Stax (Don Covay, Sam & Dave).

How about twenty to sample on YouTube?

Shoo-Rah-Shoo-Rah, Betty Wright (1972, written by Toussaint)

Private Number – Judy Clay & William Bell

Piece of Clay- Marvin Gaye

Let’s Go Baby (where The Action Is), Robert Parker

Mercy, Mercy, Don Covay

Everyday People- Sly & The Family Stone

Rescue Me- Fontella Bass

Ain’t Too Proud To Beg- The Temptations

My Girl Sloopy- The Vibrations

Who’s Cheating Who? – Little Milton

I Can’t Believe What You Say- Ike & Tina Turner

You Must Believe Me- The Impressions

Ain’t That A Lot of Love - Taj Mahal

Suspicious Minds – Dee Dee Warwick

In The Midnight Hour- Little Mack

Hold On I’m Coming – Sam & Dave

Reach Out I’ll Be There – The Four Tops

Going To A GoGo- The Miracles

Just One Look- Doris Troy

I’d Rather Go Blind – Etta James … OR … Bettye Swan

Some of these are on the Toppermost website which has links to YouTube. I did:

P.P. Arnold, Chubby Checker, Don Covay, Lee Dorsey, Marvin Gaye, Taj Mahal, Little Milton, Robert Parker, Marha Reeves & The Vandellas, Sly & The Family Stone, The Ronettes, Ronnie Spector, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder.

Dave Stephens has been doing some great articles on New Orleans soul and others.

LINK is to Private Number which would be on my Desert Island Top Ten of all genres.

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brown eyed girl

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For Dunc...Annie Lennox and Take Me To The River. When I was at the Institute for Child Development; my housemate was from Aberdeen, Scotland. He came to Canada when he was nine. We met via mutual friends at a party and just hit it off. Weird thing about him......no interest in music....imagine that!! Anyway, when his family came over for dinner.....Dunc......for a brief moment if his father talked......only briefly as he wasn't rude like guy from Jamaica....Also, my brother didn't say that Scotland's Simple Minds were difficult to understand and can't remember what they ordered. Anyway, I couldn't understand what his parents were saying. Even my brother said that when he catered for Annie Lennox in Waterloo, Ontario......same thing! I think she was vegetarian?

It's my Easter tomorrow so taking a break from GB....not religious just continuing with traditions. Really miss the Grandpa who I lived with and only had him in my life until I moved to TO to get schooled......different than being educated.....Robbie is an excellent example. When Grandpa arrived in Canada with his Uncle.....They were in the chocolate business before restaurants and grocery stores. Every Easter we'd receive this huge chocolate egg and inside more chocolates. Grandpa said they even made a chocolate cow once. Really? Maybe that's where my storytelling comes from.....lol.

Furry friends should be arriving shortly so everything little thing is gonna be alright. Don't worry about a thing.....

Keep strong. Keep safe everyone.

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Peter V

Web: My link

Subject: Fahrenheit 451

The 60s series continues. The latest is FAHRENHEIT 451 (linked). Directed by Françcois Truffaut based on Ray Bradbury’s 1951 novel about a world where books are banned, and burned. Nicholas Roeg was the cinematographer. At that point sci-fi wasn’t considered a serious genre on film, due to shaky SFX. Truffaut got round the issue. Starring Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack and Anton Diffring. Julie Christie seems to excite particular attention in these reviews from gentlemen of my generation. The good news is that she plays both the wife and the girlfriend.

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brown eyed girl

Web: My link

PS...I remember the most The B52's, Talking Heads, The Pretenders and Elvis Costello and The Attractions at the Heatwave Concert....which is amazing as one of my friends brought gin mixed with fruit juice. It was because of her that I was introduced to Simone De Beauvoir....so I'm forever indebted. She became an interior designer.

Bryan Ferry and Annie Lennox covered Take Me To The River as well. Yes, I've seen them perform as well. I've had a blessed life.....Ain't no doubt about it. :-D

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brown eyed girl

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"Heatwave (my time musically) was a rock festival held on August 23, 1980 at Mosport Park north of Bowmanville, Ontario. The slogans used to promote the show were variously the "Punk Woodstock", the "New Wave Woodstock", or "The 1980s Big Beat Rock and Roll Party". The festival was noteworthy because of the importance of the headliner bands that played and the timing in the evolution of new wave music, and from the size of the crowd."

Vladymir Rogov (opening artist) with his band ARKITEX (not on poster)
Teenage Head (not on poster)
BB Gabor (not on poster)
Holly and the Italians (not on the poster)
Rockpile featuring Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe
The Rumour without Graham Parker (just after he'd gone solo) (not on poster)
The B-52's
Talking Heads (at sundown)
The Pretenders
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
The Kings

Link is to Take Me To The River...Talking Heads

The Clash were originally booked, and were on the poster, but cancelled[4] or, by another story, were held up at the border due to customs. Oh well, I saw them with Black Uhuru (Freedom) at the CNE instead. Total energy and have similar political leanings. Btw, Joe Strummer was a son of a Diplomat and Stephen Cat Coor of Third World was a son of a Finance Minister/Deputy Minister from Jamaica's Manley party.

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brown eyed girl

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Al Green and Mabon Lewis "Teenie" Hodges.....Writing partner on many other songs by Al Green ...Take Me To The River via Levon Helm.

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brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Simply beautiful....Al Green. First time ever I see Al play guitar. When I saw him at our Reggae Fest at Lampport Stadium....I am disgusted with myself that I cannot remember one song. All I remember is.....I am here with Mr. Al Green for one moment in time. Well it was the mid-eighties after all.....

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brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Kevin...I would add to your soul collection Al Green, Staple Singers, solo Mavis. I am blessed that I have witnessed all of these soul artists in person.......truly. Even Toots and the Maytals...Reggae Got Soul. And....Louuu sings with Sam and Dave...I'm A Soul Man. ;-D I recently saw an interview with Louuu and Elvis Costello where Louuu said that he grew up with Doo Wop....just like Garland Jeffreys...now there's another genre. Then there's neo-soul like Maxwell. I need to check him out more. Link is to him honouring Al Green. Of course genres are more fluid...We have genres so the music stores can sort them out somehow in order to sell product. As a student I worked in one small record store that used to be at Gerrard Square of all places....A &A's.....and music department at Eaton's. I know......many moons ago. If you check online for soul artists...A lot of artists are also in the Motown category which I would highly recommend as well. Many of us will only buy the greatest hits....nothing wrong with that. Probably the only artists that I have everything or most of their recordings would be...Bob Marley and The Wailers, The Band, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Louuu Reed, Garland Jeffreys, Bob Dylan....although he lost me once he recorded Love and Theft.

Kevin J again! It happened again Kevin! Yesterday I was walking to the same store where the beer drinker was guzzling beer in front of me in line....slight variation this time. Instead of someone drinking in line; he was drinking beer right in front of me walking to the store. I was trying to see which beer but I had to keep my two metres apart...again...in the morning........I am always curious as I am not drawn to beer at all. Only during University days because money was too tight to mention. Virgil's father was a brewmaster at Carling Breweries while he had summer jobs as a student himself.

Kevin J for the third time! Kevin! I am totally disgusted with your Justin Trudeau and Ivanka Trump!! They are both telling us via social media that we should all self-isolate and stay at home and be safe. So what do these privileged beyond belief individuals do? Both of them travel out of province and out of state to celebrate Easter and Passover. Really?????!!!!! And the rest of us don't have to follow the rules 'cause we're the little people and they're the chosen ones......yuck!! So they are so privileged that the Virus won't hit them. Ha!!! Don't they care about others? Again, they're too privileged..............My daily musical journey with many artists beats their weekly bs. I guess you know that Justin and Ivanka saw the musical Hamilton together, right? Hypocrites!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by:

haso

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: accents, AatW, Paradise

Norm: you are doing yeoman work again, edjicatin' these good folks. Angie: I have to 2nd Norm on Prine, Paradise and Spanish Pipedream definitely right there on top 10. There was also a ditty he did about Jesus probably on his 4th or so album; I don't recall the title, just that it was typical Prine wit.

And then Norm, you get us onto Ray (love his baritone) and AatW. I was always partial to the Wheel's "House of Blue Lights". I understand Peter's issues however, country and bluegrass can definitely be acquired tastes. Helped me to spend high school & college in the Midwest... plenty of Norman Ford, Dub Crouch, and the Bluegrass Rounders or my college buddies playing at the Crock, in St.L. Affectionately called something else that references the human midsection. On the other hand, when the Cherry Poppin' Daddies and the Stray Cats were huge (briefly) w/ the millenium generation, my kids made us walk out of Asleep at the Wheel at intermission. Peter, they were w/ you, "Dad, country is WRONG". Sliding from retro-swing to Western Swing was too far a poke for them. If memory serves, Ray is actually from Philadelphia, but Willie Nelson for one certainly accepts AatW's honoring of Bob Wills, wholeheartedly.

Kevin: I wasn't "off my rocker" but one morning after driving all night, I had a helluva a time understanding a whole table full of retired farmers (my guess) in a diner located in Tom T. Hall's hometown of Olive Grove, KY. I think they were talking about land for sale. Probably didn't help that I was looking like a bedraggled version of the L.L. Bean catalog.

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Posted by:

Kevin J

Subject: Soul Music Suggestions...

I’d never heard of James Carr and I realize how thin my collection of soul music is.....I love so much about it and yet have such a surface collection of it to listen to.........I would welcome any and all suggestions of music beyond the obvious of Otis Redding, Aretha, James Brown, etc.

I played sport since I could barely walk and it’s been a very important part of my life (hockey especially) but if I see another story about how important it is to get professional athletes back playing to full stadiums I think my head might explode! And ya gotta know that every one of those “liberate Michigan” protesters standing so close together without face masks on all KNOW that “Robertson ripped his brothers off”

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Posted by:

Ben

Location: New Jersey

JQ, I'm very familiar with the James Carr version of 'Dark end of the street'. It is a towering performance. It's a real shame Carr never made it big. He was arguably, as strong a soul vocalist as Otis Redding. It's my understanding that he had a lot of personal issues that held back his career.

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Kevin J

Subject: Singing drummers....

I would guess Richard Manuel probably did not sing lead while playing drums.....Roger Taylor most certainly did and his “I’m in Love With My Car” was and remains a highlight of any Queen concert....Goofy lyric to be sure but such a good song.

Norm....Thanks...I am going to look for that video about his grandfathers guitar. I love stories about instruments and the life they carry around. Some people don’t care a damn about objects - a big trend today for people to get rid of almost everything especially books. Baffling to me as I couldn’t think of throwing out a book that was special to me. Kind of the reason I like owning great films and not just downloading from Netflix. I don’t use a pick by the way....or rarely do. Funny though one of the special things about that great concert DVD tribute to Les Paul some years back was seeing Jeff Beck use a pick !

haso.........I had written a fairly long post about accents that got lost while hitting the back button......for another day! It did finish with the thought that the only accent that truly grates is the Buffalo one......also a story about being off my rocker in Glasgow one night and taking a taxi somewhere and literally not understanding a word the driver said.

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JQ

Subject: Dark End of the Street & Mr Bojangles

Hi Ben - I don’t know if you were around in the late 60’s but then and for years previously when somebody had a hit record it would get heavily covered by many other artists. This happened with Dark End of the Street and Bojangles in that era. The original of DEotS was by soul man James Carr. Give that a try and Dan Penn’s from a 1998 album called Moments From This Theatre. He wrote it and many other soul classics that he does with Spooner Oldham on that LP.

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Ben

Location: New Jersey

Subject: Gram Parsons

JQ, In my view, Gram Parsons genius was that he synthesized country and soul. The finest example of this was on The Flying Burrito Brother's 'Gilded Palace of Sin'. That album was Gram's masterpiece. 'Dark end of the Street' is the highlight for me. Truly, one of the great soul covers. I think Richard could have done a fine version of this song.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: John Prine's Song Paradise

I don't think there is anyone around here who would watch a Steven Seagal movie.........maybe I'm wrong....however. There is a movie of his "Fire Down Below". about the Kentucky Coal Mines. Seagal is a DEA guy. Kris Kristofferson is a real bad ass millionaire who is dumping barrels of chemicals in the coal mines for a lot of money to be rid of them. Seagal comes down to see why every one is getting so sick and all the fish are dying in the streams all this pollution.

Levon Helm is a country preacher in the little church (in the end the bad guys kill him and burn his church up with him in it). Harry dean Stanton is the good ol' boy who wrote to the DEA.

There is an outdoor dance where Marty Stuart and some other guys play music. The sheriff in the town is Ed Bruce another country singer/writer (he played the sheriff in the "Maverick" tv series for years).

In the end of course they get the bad guy. When Seagal gets down to the town he's posing as a carpenter to help people out. He builds old Harry Dean a new porch. At the end of the movie ol' Harry Dean is sitting out on his porch with his guitar and he plays and sings the "Tennessee Waltz" pretty well too.

Now as the credits run and they show all sorts of historic pictures you get to listen to John Prine sing Paradise.

When I was a child my family would travel,

Down to western Kentucky where my parents were born.

You got to love the chorus

Daddy won't you take me back to Muelenberg County, Down by the Green River where paradise lay, I'm sorry my son yer too late in askin', Mr Peabody's coal train has hauled it away.

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Clint

Subject: Singing drummers

Thanks for all the great feedback. I thought about Richard, but I don't recall him singing lead while drumming, though I could be wrong about that.

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Jed

Subject: I Contain Multitudes

A shorter song from Bob this time around. Any guesses when he did this?

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Pat B

Andy Sturmer of the band Jellyfish is probably the best pop singer/drummer ever. Incredible voice but probably not the cup of tea for folks here. Other lead singing drummers: Don Brewer of Grand Funk, Peter Rivera of Rare Earth, Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees, and Buddy Miles. A lot of drummers were great background singers, including Roger Taylor of Queen, Richie Hayward of Little Feat, and Nigel Olssen of Elton John's band.

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brown eyed girl

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....and finally for today's pep me up song before waiting in line and grocery shopping. Virgil sends me out as I'm younger....Uhhh....the virus does not care about your age but....Instead, he's walking to the Distillery again for exercise and obtaining free hand sanitizer for people of a certain vintage. Btw he never he even heard of John Prine. I at least knew one song...Angel From Montgomery....

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Addition & Observations

It's not possible to have a John Prine Hits album with out Paradise and Spanish Pipe Dream.....it's just not right! :=)

Kevin I don't know your guitar expertise but watching Marcus King play his guitar one thing is very noticeable right away. He plays the guitar exactly as I do (except he is 10 times better). Most pickers now a day use their small fingers to pick with. Marcus is a flat picker like BB King. He holds his other fingers straight and picks only with his pick. The number of notes he plays his guitar "sings" the melody he is so dexterous with his fingers on both hands and makes it look so easy.

Don't know if you saw his video about his guitar. That is an old Gibson ES 345 that was his grandfathers. He explains what he did to it to personalize it for his style.

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brown eyed girl

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I'm working on creating my own John Prine CD. So far here's my list.

All The Best
Sam Stone
If You Don't Want My Love
Lake Marie
Unlonely
Summers End
Angel From Montgomery
When I Get To Heaven

During an April 2019 appearance on the "Alamo Jones Show," the late musician shared his story of meeting Bob Dylan.

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brown eyed girl

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Nobel prize-winning songwriter follows 17-minute Murder Most Foul with I Contain Multitudes, referencing everything from Edgar Allan Poe to William Blake and the Rolling Stones

I’m just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
And them British bad boys, the Rolling Stones
I go right to the edge, I go right to the end
I go right where all things lost are made good again
I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
I have no apologies to make
Everything flowing all at the same time
I live on a boulevard of crime
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
I contain multitudes

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Peter V

JQ: I still find original C&W somewhat difficult. I came in with Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, Flying Burrito Brothers, Self Portrait and Nashville Skyline … plus Ringo’s Beaucoups of Blues which I still play. A lot of what we got here was British (and Australian and Irish) singers doing country classic covers … Frank Ifield with Lovesick Blues, Ken Dodd with 8 x 10, Englebert Humperdink with Release Me. English singers who put the “count” in country, so to speak. So to me, most of it was truly horrible and it reflected back when I did hear the originals. Tom Jones was the exception in that he did country songs well, and he chose good ones.

My greatest loathing was reserved for Jim Reeves because I spent a lot time in Kilburn in London, and the Irish pubs only played Jim Reeves and it was dangerous for long haired guys with hippy clothes to even walk near them.

After Robbie put George Jones as one of his favourite singers, I bought a couple of albums and tried, but no, I don’t like it. I guess I do like some older country, but it tends to be women … Dolly Parton,. Loretta Lynn.

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Posted by:

Kevin J

Subject: Clint’s list....

......Richard Manuel.....Roger Taylor.....Sheila E......Stevie Wonder ( in concert regularly)

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Posted by:

Clint

Location: PA

Subject: Best Singing Drummers

Levon Don Henley Ringo Karen Carpenter Phil Collins Did I forget anybody?

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Kevin J

Subject: Blues in the Van

Yes, Norm.....that blues in the van was the first thing I saw Marcus King do.....Just great and so nice to see a young authentic musician reach a bit of fame. Thank you for that link.

BEG........The most annoying part of the Raptors run last year have having to see that insufferable fool Drake embarrass himself on the sidelines night after night......nothing wrong with celebrity fans as there is nothing they can do about having cameras capture their images in the stands but to act they way he does is hard to take and not sure at all why the team puts up with it. What makes the whole thing worse is is utter shamelessness in which he attaches himself to every famous athlete in the world and especially rival basketball players and teams as well.....lest the raptors think he only has eyes for them!

JQ.....Liquor stores were categorized as essential service businesses in Canada so fairly easy to access....I even found one attached to a grocery store that rarely has lineups.......Some weeks back while most others were loading up on paper towels and the like - I was able to purchase a pretty good supply of Pilsner Urquell , some Becks.......and enough peanut butter to take me to 2022 !

Dunc.........John Denver was never hip but he did write a few great songs.....Very few of the multi-millions of people who pick up an instrument at some point in their life can say that. That is something....Oh and be careful watching/listening to too much Lenny Breau.......if you play at all you might just find yourself putting the guitar down in frustration after soaking in what he is able to do.....there is a really well done documentary out there on him....I believe directed by his daughter....not sure though........anyhow, very much worth watching.

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JQ

Subject: Asleep at The Wheel, etc

This could be too cynical, but in the late 60’s, early 70’s a number of groups picked up older styles and made them accessible for a new, younger audience that likely had never heard it. AatW did it with Western Swing & Bob Wills music. But was it as good as the originals? The Byrds and Burrito Bros did a lot of old school country covers, but most of it couldn’t measure up to the originals. Gram Parsons’ writing brought something truly original to the genre though. Leon Russell’s album Hank Wilson’s Back in ‘73 did the same thing and introduced a lot of hippies to Ernest Tubb, George Jones and Hank Williams. But I still find loads of folks at my ancient age now that still won’t tolerate original country music.

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John Prine: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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brown eyed girl

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Kevin J...LOL LOL...It didn't bother me too much that he was drinking beer in line in the late morning...well that part did....but it was what happened afterwards. This yahoo threw the can down onto the sidewalk and because it was windy the can rolled all the way across the street in front of a condo. Now, first there is no excuse to litter; but the can landed right in front of a huge sign that read, "In Kawhi We Trust". I looooved the time Kawhi was with The Raptors, but no longer do I trust him or Drake as it was Drake who let him and Paul George get together and feel alright in his mansion on the Bridal Path. You know what happened then......Drake is supposed to be the ambassador for the Raps.....If they want to negotiate playing for the Clippers; do it somewhere else!!!! ;-D

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Dunc

Location: Scotland

Enjoying the posts in these strange times. I reckon I must have played 100 tracks yesterday with some streaming.Room ended up a mess of cds.

6 great tracks.

Breakin the Rules - Robbie with the Blue Nile. Absolutely brilliant.

Concrete and Clay - Unit 4 Plus 2 still as fresh as ever

It Could Happen To You - Lenny Breau, Rick Danko and Levon Hem. From a Band perspective, this illustrates how Levon and Rick could play anything brilliantly, while always supporting the music.

Aint Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Asleep At The Wheel - I wish I had discovered this band sooner. Effortless singing and the fiddle and sax solos and they swing, Norm.

Leaving On A Jet Plane - Great song, at some time in my youth, they were seen as dated, but they are so good,from the harmonies tothe guitar work. Just brilliant.

Badge - Cream. Great song and Eric’s solo complements the song brilliantly.

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haso

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: accents

That's funny, b.lee: I always took Prine as more Kentucky than Chicago. Which made sense to me as he evidently spent a good deal of time visiting relatives there, and who knows what his folks sounded like. I guess, I'd also known, well still know a little bit, a guy who'd moved from Kentucky when he was about 2 or 3, w/ his folks to upstate NY. But, especially when he read aloud or spoke in front of people, his accent went right Kentucky-way. It's got to be individual though, as his sister, one of my best friends from college days, has no appreciable accent at all. On Kentucky, it wasn't until I recently spent time w/ that Ken Burns documentary about country music that I could understand why Dwight Yoakum sounds the way he does. I knew he was from Bakersfield, CA and I always thought his accent was awfully contrived but it turns out his folks were "Okies" and he spent all his summers growing up, in Kentucky w/ relatives.

When I was telling about talking to the security guard, ol' Joe Pruitt, my mother thought I was putting on, so to speak. Maybe she even thought I was "putting on airs", in reverse. She hated people "putting on airs". Of course, when we are talking accents; for 53 years my father called her "Hanner", which was typical of a Rhode Island yankee married to a woman named Hannah (and she never thought twice about it, I don't believe).

Your analysis of the 3 singers and RR's writing seems spot on, to me.

Sorry, Norm; I suppose since if I had my druthers, I'd probably live there... quite partial here to the accents of downeast Maine. A fair amount different than "Bahstun", I want to tell you.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Good Bye Carolina

Well if you aren't a Marcus King fan yet, maybe this well help. He's from the Carolinas this is his song and his debut at the Grand Old Oprey.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: The Weather

Haven't looked for a record but this is about the most beautiful April I can recall. It may have rained a couple hours this month is all. Sunny every day for the last 10 days. Beautiful and 15 degrees today. Spent the last couple days power washing my back deck and out door kitchen.

Set the deck chairs and tables up. Cleaned the barbecues. New York steak chopped in chunks and on the scewers with onions, mushrooms, bell peppers and grape tomaotes for shishkabobs. With French fries and a bottle of wine out in the sun on the deck. All we have to do is stay healthy.

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JQ

Subject: A drink??

Kevin J - You got some booze? I ran out 3 weeks ago!!

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Kevin J

...that wasn't me, BEG ! Haven't figured out how to drink with a mask on yet.

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brown eyed girl

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....well barely a teenager. We were so innocent so innocent.

Whenever I have to go out for groceries; I go one way and Virgil (imagine that's his middle name!) likely goes his way as living downtown we're so close to everything.....have to listen to something that gives me quick energy. Today it's Van and the talented Toni Marcus. Why Van today? I'll be shopping at the store where I first saw Van. Terrible show as too big a venue for Van's music. Luckily the other two times were in smaller venues. Virgil even digs Van too as well as Marley so no complaints when I turn it up. Anyway, last time I shopped for food I had to wait for half an hour in line; not too bad while I listened to my mixed playlist. While in line a guy was drinking beer and all I kept thinking was keep two metres away from me. Our new reality now so turn it up!

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Life's Lessons

A quote from Gregg Allman I read just a while ago.

When I was young I married a broad named Cher, I took a lot of stuff that messed up my mind...........I don't recommend either!

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brown eyed girl

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I just remembered that I did see The Magic Christian. I think I was even a teenager. Music and films were our drugs. I did not remember Dear Angie song? Anyway, still remember the scene of money and.....If I was starving.....Come And Get It.

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brown eyed girl

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Neil Young Preps Legendary Unreleased 1975 LP ‘Homegrown’ For 2020 Release

“A record full of love lost and explorations,” Young says.
“A record that has been hidden for decades.
The unheard bridge between ‘Harvest’ and ‘Comes a Time'”
By ANDY GREENE

"No exact track listing has ever surfaced, but during the sessions he did record songs like “Love Is a Rose,” “Homegrown” and “Star of Bethlehem,” which surfaced on later albums . Other songs leaked out over the years or were played it concert, including “Try” and “Homefires,” while others have never been heard before. He was joined on the sessions by Emmylou Harris, Levon Helm, Ben Keith and Robbie Robertson.The track listing of the 2020 edition of Homegrown hasn’t been announced, but sharp-eyed fans noticed a Post-it Note on John Hanlon’s console in the video with the following songs listed on it: “Separate Ways,” “Try,” “Mexico,” “Love Is a Rose,” “Homegrown,” “Florida,” “Kansas,” “We Don’t Smoke It,” “White Line,” “Vacancy,” “Little Wing” and “Star of Bethlehem.” “We Don’t Smoke It” has never been heard by fans, but you can hear a bit of it on the announcement video."

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Ben

Location: New Jersey

Subject: Lee Hazelwood

Peter, Fair enough. I skimmed through your piece and didn't see 'Some velvet Morning' which was surprising. Then I went onto youtube and listened to it for the first time in quite a while. it really is a striking performance. Hazelwood was a unique and very talented man.

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Peter V

Web: My link

Subject: The video

Just because it's always worth seeing again, the video of Some Velvet Morning from "Movin' With Nancy" - one of the first rock videos.

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Peter V

Location: Some Velvet Morning
Web: My link

Because … this is how the Lee Hazlewood piece begins:

What we have here is my Toppermost of Lee’s ten solo recordings (including duets with others). I’m ignoring his work as a producer with Sanford Clark, Al Casey, Duane Eddy, his fake ‘group’ The Shacklefords, and for five years with his own LHI label.

I’ve done the Toppermost on Nancy Sinatra, and nine of my ten there were produced by Lee, six were duets with Lee. Those six would all feature in an overall “Ten Best Lee” list. It must be slightly galling but I’ll add four more to make his ten best duets …and they’re all with Nancy Sinatra: Down From Dover, Paris Summer, Sundown Sundown, Gypsies And Indians. Lee tried hard to reproduce the formula with other female vocalists, but Nancy had special magic.

THE LINK above is to the Nancy Sinatra Toppermost which of course contains Some Velvet Morning.

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Ben

Location: New Jersey

Subject: Lee Hazelwood

Peter, How can you do a top 10 on Lee Hazelwood without 'Some Velvet Morning'? That would be like doing a top 10 on the Band and omitting 'The Night they drove old Dixie down'.

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Peter V

Web: My link

Subject: Lee Hazlewood

Link to the Toppermost on Lee Hazlewood by myself - it's the first one I've done for quite a while. Essential Americana

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Four-year-old sings song of hope on social media amid pandemic

TORONTO -- A youngster from Massachusetts wants to remind us all that "every little thing is going to be all right."

Four-year-old Rylyn Clark is spreading a message of hope through song with his adorable rendition of "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley.

An Instagram post of the song made by Rylyn's mom, Maureen, was featured in the third episode of actor John Krasinski's YouTube series "Some Good News," which he started during the pandemic to shine a spotlight on happy stories. The YouTube video has more than 2.6 million views, and the original post on Maureen’s Instagram has more than 23,000 views

Maureen, who works at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, says her son is a big hockey fan and loves Montreal."

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Kevin J

....and for some positive news:

Last month was the first March without a school shooting in the United States since 2002.......The Orange Clown will be claiming credit any day now.

Delhi had a pollution reading of just 38 the other day.......down from the normal levels on the Air Quality Index of well above 150

I haven’t watched TV in over 2 hours - all that time trying to decide whether it will be German or Czech beer tonight.

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brown eyed girl

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1985...Silver Raven

Gene Clark and his "dream team band" (sometimes dubbed the New Byrds) comprised by Rick Roberts (Flying Burrito Brothers, Firefall), Michael Clark (Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Firefall), Rick Danko (The Band), Blondie Chaplin (Beach Boys), John York (Byrds and late collaborator with Gene).

I've been to the O'Hare International Airport via Gulf Shores, Alabama. Does that count? Just thought about Chris Chelios.

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Piatt B

Because, b Lee, my fren, you got taste dere.

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A Conversation with Marty Grebb Part 1: Bonnie Raitt and The Band
March 11, 2015

"Garth is one of the two musical geniuses I know in my life and one of the kindest hearts. Just one of the deepest persons I’ve ever met. The most earthshattering conversations I’ve ever had have been both with him and Leon Russell. They’re just really deep, deep, people or Bob Dylan for that matter. There’s another character, too. But Garth heard I needed a piano, somehow—I don’t know how—to do our first album. And he just sent one over. He had about 10 of ‘em in a collection he had found by searching through newspapers because then there was no online and you could find stuff in Grandmas living room and whatever. He got some great pianos and had them stored and he sent me one over. And that’s how I became friends with him. And still am. I was on tour with him two summers ago. And moved to the east coast to begin work with him.

But I also got to become really good friends with Richard and Rick and Levon and toured individually with them. In Rick’s band, his individual stuff. And I wrote a bunch of songs with Richard gradually and began recording them in the late 1970s. All of that stuff was lost. It was originally started on 4-track, but recently in the last year and a half it’s been found and restored. Not into pristine condition in some cases but a lot of it’s been redone. A lot of the songs were co-written with Terry Danko, Rick’s brother, Richard and myself and some with Garth Hudson. So sometime this year when the deck’s are cleared and all of the heirs agree and all of the t’s are crossed and I’s are dotted legally, that album will come out. It will be a Richard Manuel solo record."

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Bob Marley - LEGACY: Women Rising (Episode 2)

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brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Roots Reggae is allowing me to float through these uncertain times....The first time I was in Jamaica for two weeks; my friend took me to her home in Westmoreland and Dylan's Savanna-La Mar in Westmoreland Parish... and the real country where another family member lived with no running water. I was singing Joni Mitchell's....I need my clean white linen and my fancy French cologne...at this time in my life I had never even gone camping. This grandma chose to stay there. She was something else. So glad I took a portrait photo of her as every line in her face told another story. Her spirit was so strong and she displayed a strong sense of dignity as she was also the matriarch of the entire family. We stayed at my friend's partner's sister's home in Montego Bay and two days at their home in Kingston.....not as many tourists so very different vibe. My friend did not tell be beforehand how well they lived in the same area as summer home of....was it Johnny Cash? We all contributed to the rental car and also visited Ocho Rios and Negril...seven miles of beautiful beach....still remember the amazing fish dinner I had by the beach and.....my friend carrying a whole suitcase of fish to the airport!!! I As I was the only white girl trying to navigate in an environment where I was in he minority. My partner at the time was of mixed cultures, but we went our separate ways just before this trip. He always taught me to always act real cool when you're in uncomfortable situations.....don't show your fear.....Anyway, the "man" of the home would always speak in heavy patois so I wouldn't be included. I retaliated...I'm a rebel too.....Whenever Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers were singing Black My Story, I would sing....My friend only spoke in patois when she was angry or I wasn't around or when she was trying to buy a house. It was reggae music that brought us together at work.

While in NYC another friend who was from Pennsylvania told me not to talk when I was in the cab on our way to see Jim Weider's Band. Huh?

Bob Marley – LEGACY: 75 Years A Legend (Episode 1)

Norm...I knew of Merle Haggard but only knew one song. I bet you can guess which one, eh?

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Sons of Guns

BEG getting back to sons of. Many people have recorded this song that Hank Williams Jr wrote. For me this is the BEST.

Noel Haggard, Merle's middle son has his Dad's voice and matured into a great performer. Him and his younger brother Ben pack places every where they go.

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Accents

There are natural accents hard to understand how they came to be.

Mexican - Vacation comes out Bacation many English accents there is a b at the beginning where it doesn't belong.

Boston accents a guitar is a gitah

Noo Yawk a day is not cloudy it is clawdy.

Australia...yikes. My biggest laugh when I was on my train ride everyone wanted me to sit at their table at dinner. A lady finally said to me. Everyone loves to hear you talk. This disgusting accent of ours is deadful!

My favourite is folks from N'Alins.

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Posted by:

Peter V

Iowa- Bill Bryson (from Des Moines) has said the same. I guess it's the one we were always told was "Mid-West newsreader."

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Posted by:

Peter V

Subject: There's a Northern accent, where I come from …

Accents- Edward Norton’s first professional role was in our “Only in America” ELT video. The script for unit 1 had him on the telephone spelling out Minnesota (chosen because it has four vowels and a double letter). He was assiduous and said he was relieved his character was from Minnesota, because Minnesota was one of the accents he could definitely do. He then demonstrated different Mid-West accents.

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brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Song for Rick samples the tune of Dylan's He Was a Friend of Mine to pay tribute to the larger-than-life generosity of the late Rick Danko, bass guitarist in Dylan's The Band. John Kruth had the good fortune to know him and write this moving tribute song.

Nov. 25, 2019, Kenny Margolis, accordion, Stan Schnier on lap steel guitar, Lara Gonzalez on percussion. Cowgirl NYC.
Video : Thelma BlitSong for Rick
Words & Music by John Kruth/SonicKruth/BMI

He came from Canada
Sang harmony and played the bass guitar
Drivin’ round the country
Playin’ rhythm and blues
In an old rusty van
He led the life he chose
Oh he came from Canada

He left Ontario
Just another kid who
Lived for rock n roll
The world swirled around him
In a neon haze
Of cheap motels and fun-house faces
He left Ontario

16 years of playin’ in the Band
Money like water
Poured through his hands
Drugs and women, they took their toll
Greed and suicide nearly froze his soul

He left Canada

I met him on the road
He was hungry and tired
Of carryin’ that heavy load
Well, he played the fiddle
We sang some songs
Drank some Southern Comfort
And stayed up till dawn
Oh, I met him on the road

He was a friend of mine.

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Posted by:

Ben

Location: New Jersey

Subject: accents

Interesting comments about accents. I agree with the comment that Levon vocals were always authentic. My wife is from Iowa, and she always claims that the Iowa accent or non-accent is the true non-regional American sound.

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Posted by:

b.lee

Location: Hunkered down in DE with the vinyl blues again..

Subject: Accent, not just a flavor enhancer...

Singing or speaking in an accent, however authentic or inauthentic is an interesting artistic choice, and one that imo is threatened by the current climate of political correctness and heightened sensitivity to "cultural appropriation". Can you still tell a joke in a faux Chinese, Southern or Aussie accent? Do we simply throw the vast canon of ethnic humor onto the funereal flames, or just hide it under a bushel?

A visual joke: "How do all racists jokes start" (look over left shoulder, look over right shoulder)

Singing and acting in accent is a function of playing the character. As an aspiring (or expiring) singer, I don't know that I HAVE "my own voice". Some do. Michael McDonald, Vince Gill, Bob Dylan (several) and all the singers in the Band. Many of the songs I can sing are done as a character, in an effort to better convey the feeling and meaning of the song. The Boys in The Band got to sing songs both in character and in their own voices as Robbie often wrote with their voices in mind. But there are times when it takes a trained ear to tell who is singing what.

John Prine is a good example of an uncompromising "in his own voice" singer, early on with a pronounced ChiKahgo accent. If you are covering Sour Grapes, for instance, do you sing "kar" or "care"?

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Posted by:

haso

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: accents

PV: thanks for the link on the Magic Christian and the accents conversation. They've always fascinated me. Your analysis, along w/ others in this thread is spot on. Generally, I believe the academics here in the states feel that accents, especially the regional ones are dying breeds. The NY editor brings to mind my spouse's frequent comment, even when she liked them (such as Jimmy Carter and Clinton, up to a point) she has a hard time wanting to support a southern politician because just like the editor "they sound dumb". I've always been curious as to how some people pick up accents easier and others not atall. Whereas mine is somewhat by default, new englandish, I recall living in southern Illinois and my mother wondering why I'd be talking out of the side of my mouth. Spent too much time on the walk home talking to an old security guard named Joe Pruitt.

Also brings to mind the comment John Simon makes about Levon "always singing in his own voice". Funny, after hitting Norms link for Marcus King, the next youtube was Tedeschi Trucks singing Prine's Angel from Montgomery and we had just, tonight, watched the 1st 1/2 of a Willie Nelson special w/ Susan and Derek playing "The City of New Orleans" w/ Willie. A song by Prine's best friend in all the world, Steve Goodman. And watching that special I had commented to Mrs. H, during a duet of Willie w/ Sheryl Crow about that very issue of singing in your own voice or not. Ms. Crow's vocals sounded quite different to my ears from a stage in Nashville than one where I heard her in Philadelphia on a New Year's Eve. Just sayin'. Not a critique, since I've already explained how easily I can be influenced auditorially. (An aside, a week or so back I was relating a story about Larry Groce and a coffee house. My 18 year old friend who managed it actually had an Englishwoman for a mom and I recall he spent about 4 months living w/ relatives in jolly old England. Damned if he didn't sound oh so British for 2 semesters afterwards.)

The Magic Christian, brings to mind some kind of a photo essay from teenage years. That said, I think it featured more of Raquel Welch than Ringo, which certainly suited my 15 year old brain, I suppose.

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Larry Campbell

Theresa has just posted on facebook with a big boquett of flowers that Larry is getting better every day but she is still separated from him.

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Posted by:

Does it Matter

Subject: Danko/Manuel

Been listening to Prine nonstop and ran across Jason Isbell’s haunting tribute to Rick and Richard. First I heard of it, WoW..

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Posted by:

JQ

Subject: Larry Campbell

Has anybody heard an update on his condition lately?

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Isolation

Here is Marcus King, locked down in California.........this is what you do when you are in islolation.

I used to have a Gibson Humming Bird exactly like this I bought in 1963.

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Surprise!!

Hunh! That's funny. I thought he was Darth Vade er.

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Posted by:

Peter V

My cover is blown!

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Posted by:

Mike Nomad

Subject: Peter V

So, you’re (gasp!) . . . Dart Travis?

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Posted by:

Joe Frey

Location: Saratoga Springs, NY

Subject: Once Were Brothers

Amazon Prime Video has Once Were Brothers for a $6.99 rental fee. I streamed it on Saturday night and my wife and I really enjoyed it. Nothing new - - especially if you have been a fan for 50 years, but still fun to relive the story. I am not going to quibble with who was or was not interviewed since I felt the story overall was accurate.

I was surprised to see the Levon interviews. I wonder what was the back-story on how they were obtained.

Overall, I felt that this movie was for the casual fan or the next generation music lover who found the music of The Band and wanted to know more about them.

In one respect, I felt the movie did a disservice for new listeners. The movie’s epilogue states that Robbie “continues making records, writing books and creating music for movies.” Good information if you want to dig deeper into his important body of work. However, for Garth, it only mentions that he lives with his wife in Woodstock. For Rick, Richard and Levon, we only get the years that they were born and died.

The uninitiated may think that that the other members of The Band did not make important contributions to music after The Last Waltz. In my view, the legacy for the members of The Band does include what they did as solo artists, guest appearances on records by other performers and in the reformed Band. Levon Helm received two post-Band Grammy Awards for his work.

A missed opportunity to help pass the torch.

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Posted by:

Peter V

Web: My link

Subject: There's (not) a Southern accent …

ESL recordings in American English used to be dire – they refused to use any accent apart from Mid-Western newsreader. I was always in the studio in the UK, but they declined to pay for me to go to NYC for audio (though they paid for video). We asked specifically for Southern, California, New England, African-American and Hispanic voices on one course. When I got the listening DAT they all sounded Mid-Western newsreader. I said I wanted Southern, African-American and Hispanic voices. They were puzzled, ‘But we used Southern, African-American and Hispanic actors.’

So why did they all sound Mid-Western newsreader?

Answer (a New York editor) “Because other accents sound dumb.”

I lampooned that conversation in “Japanese Affairs” (see link)

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Posted by:

Peter V

Subject: Accents

Just lost a very long post on accents because I’d failed to fill in the name box when I previewed. I remind myself to compose in Word and cut and paste!

Historically, American actors couldn’t do British accents. Dick Van Dyke reduced cinema audiences to tears of laughter with his Cockney. John Wayne’s Irish did the same. British actors used to be better the other way, because they were heavily exposed to American TV and movies, and the lure of Hollywood was an incentive to practise. They also got great roles as baddies (even baddies with American accents)_ because A list Americans are concerned over image if they play baddies.

It’s changed. Robert Downey, Meryl Streep, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rachel Weisz … they can all do English accents. British audiences were surprised to hear Peter Dinklage with his own American accent. They’d assumed he was English. Maybe it’s BBC on satellite TV channels.

Dominic West, who is good the other way, said that when he was filming The Wire, he stayed in an American accent right through the schedule and avoided switching back ‘after work’.

We did a variety of accents on our English Language Teaching audios, and we had an “American recording day” – one out of five days for most courses. We used to use American actors in London, and there was a group who dominated American voices on radio. They were all Canadian! Usefully, because they worked in the UK (two were with the RSC) they could do other accents too, which was economic. Then we got complaints from American teachers that they weren’t real, because American actors living in London will pick up British inflections. The next year we used actors who had literally just arrived from the USA.

One of my books was in American English with a continuing group of characters, one of whom was English. They recorded in New York (and declined my request to be present, as in the UK). The English character sounded like a butler in a 1930s movie. I said, ‘Why didn’t you use a British actor?’ and it turned out the guy WAS English, but had been making a living recording English voices in New York for twenty years, so had developed a weird stage English voice. It was bizarre. We erased all his parts and clipped in a British actor recorded in London … which I did oversee.

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Marcus King & Billy Strings

I don't quite remember who it was, Kevin J I think. When we first watched "The Weight" (Playing For Change) that featured Marcus King doing the first verse. Well I have been watching this boy for a while now. There is another boy named "Billy Strings". These two young men are the epitomy of guitar Gods.

Watch them play Summertime here. Billy is the ultimate blue grass picker, however. On youtube you can watch him cuttin' heads with Tommy Emmanuel playing guitar boogie shuffle. He plays Dylan, "Don't think twice it's alright" no one has ever played that song like that with the licks and chords he uses.

On youtube you can see Billy and Marcus play Jackson Browne's "Runnin' on Empty". Billy also plays with Molly Tuttle who I have just shown. I'm impressed with these young folks and how they have the integrity to play all hese songs as they should be.

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Posted by:

Kevin J

American ? Reminds me of the often told story at the UN of the ambassador from the US asking the French Chairman of the meeting to please repeat what he was saying in “American”....... and an ambassador from the UK then interjecting and asking that the Chairman also be so kind to repeat that in English.

JH’s news headline post.......what really stands out is the ages.....though Rick’s is certainly wrong.

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Posted by:

JQ

Subject: Peter Sellers and accents

Hi Peter - You mentioned this. I’m curious about your take on an observation I’ve made. I think it’s a rare thing that an American actor can do a believable English accent. Robert Downey maybe? But there seems to be no end of English actors that can do American? What gives? Is it that Brit actors are more schooled or trained vocally and Americans are more movie stars than actors?

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Subject: CNN viewers

If I have to sit through one more advertisement for Top Chef Canada and that beyond horrible theme song there’re using - I’m heading directly to the Bloor Viaduct.

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Posted by:

NorthWestCoaster

Location: Greater Copenhagen. Probably.

Subject: The same. (Patience...)

Hatsune Miku Ievan Polka - shuffle dance video

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Molly Tuttle

I have been meaning for quite a while to see who may know this girl. Raised around San Francisco she has won many awards including instrumentalist of the year. Plays banjo as well and very well.

This is a great tribute to John Hartford.

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Posted by:

NorthWestCoaster

Location: Greatr Copenhagen. Probably.

Subject: The same. Again.

A version by a classic female quartet. Google: Salut salon Ievan polkka

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Posted by:

NorthWestCoaster

Location: Greater Copenhagen. Probably.

Subject: The same.

Now I really got going!

This is the Japanese virtuel pop version of the song I mentioned before. Google: Hatsune Miku Ievan polkka

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Posted by:

NWS

Ah ... it should have been _granny's_, not grammy's. Sorry.

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Posted by:

NorthWestCoaster

Location: Greater Copenhagen. Probably.

Subject: My latest "link"

Sorry to bother you with this, but I have stuck in this feminist polka from the deep woods. My grammy's cousin recorded this version. Many people say that this is the best version. I don't know. It is too "main stream" and manly. Anyway, google 'Arttu Suuntala Ievan polka' to listen to it.

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Posted by:

NorthWestCoaster

Location: Greater Copenhagen (originally from Finnish-Russian border)

Subject: Ievan Polkka, my latest "link"

Thanks Lisa for your response in Fri Apr 10 18:53:52. - This song has its roots in 19th century, in a deep religious society. The girl in this song is sexually active, as the boy is, too. (Who would expect something else?) The society is against them. The society had its economical and moral reasons and I am not here to judge. - I planned a Ph. D. in lyrics in popular music in the 70s and this song was always in my thoughts. It reminded me of "free sex" in hippie-movement. I have the papers somewhere in the basement. If I find them I post more. After alla, I wrote an essay on this subject and my professor gave me 3/3. I was happy in TWO weeks! WOW.

Once more, I recommend this song to 'brown eyed girl".

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: The Hag, Merle's youngest Ben "The Best"

BEG, I meant to see if you knew of Merle Haggard's youngest? Ben is the real deal. Sings just like his Dad, and is a great picker as well.

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Give it a go

Pat, I know what yer saying but this is different. You got to watch it. She is a hooker. He is a writer. They live next door in the same building. He complains about the noise. She gets evicted. She comes to his place and beats on him and makes him let her stay. She's got no where to go. They fight so much they both get evicted. It gets even more crazy.

Barbara was know as the first woman in a movie to use the four letter word. They are walking down the street. He is sort of trying to help refine her. Three guys drive up in a convertible trying to pick her up. "Hey baby get rid of the four eyed freak and come on with us" She says to him, excuse me. Walks over to the guys and says, "excuse me boys I'm having a nice conversation now would you please just fuck off". They get chased for blocks.

When they get in a place and she is telling him all the things her clients make her do, he is so appalled, the look on Segal's face is priceless.

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Posted by:

Pat B

Norm, I'm here but I have to admit that I avoid Barbara Streisand movies as if my life depended on it. I do like George Segal though.

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Posted by:

Kevin J

Farmers are always predicting a crisis. Nothing new there......What is much more of a crisis is the health care system in the US......The wildly disproportionate impact Covit 19 is having on minority communities is now being highlighted by this pandemic but the exact same disproportional disease and death rates have been existing in the US for ages. Simple truth is that when a country has a health care system that does not offer free coverage to all of its citizens, those that can’t afford medical coverages develop conditions that lead to earlier deaths and exposure to viruses that kill.......The very same crowd that deny universal health care are now making a point every chance they get to “thank the real heroes of this day - like grocery store workers”..........The same workers they deny every chance they get to increasing their “minimum wage”.

.....and on the topic of industry always looking for shortcuts - the most underreported story of this coronavirus is the link between the Italian Fashion Houses and their use of cheap Chinese labour - specifically from Wuhan, China where undocumented migrant workers do much of the heavy lifting for the “Made in Italy” brand names..........and in a connection to the first paragraph - even free medical systems don’t offer much help to “illegals” so not much chance that any of those people getting sick in Italy in November and December of 2019 would have sought treatment........and what followed was a pandemic. God help us all.

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: The covid-19 virus can't be escaped

It appears the virus is now getting into the prisons where there is really no escape from it. This is the Merle Haggard song for the prisoners. At about 1:50 of this song you get to see Redd Volkaert pull some of his Telecaster magic.

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Posted by:

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Lukas Nelson is not just the musician on whom Bradley Cooper based his character in A Star Is Born — he also has multiple producer and songwriter credits on the soundtrack.

I enjoyed the film very much. If I compare it to the original A Star Is Born with Judy Garland and James Mason...See both but I think the original digs deeper emotionally but then again Cooper is definitely an eye candy treat but not only visually but he can perform songs. I've always liked Lady Gaga when she's not in her costumes...just natural. I did download some songs from her latest recording Joanne. As an aside, in an interview she reminded me to add leeks to my pasta sauce. Thank you Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.

Speaking of food...Partner is a non-practicing Catholic but we still honoured Good Friday...He grilled cod....asparagus, potatoes, eggplant. My turn tomorrow. I'm roasting lemon herb chicken with quinoa, carrots, shallots, tomato onion salad with infused truffle oil (for us frugalistas and frugalistos) and white balsamic vinegar.

In the old days we'd be at my brother's with maybe another cousin. We'd have six courses and a different wine with each course. Yup. He's the gourmet cook, caterer, and sommelier. He reminded us that when you have a gathering to bring out the best wine first and as the evening moves along to take out the less expensive ones 'cause when people get tipsy they won't notice the difference anyway. Ma taught me to use balsamic vinegar in my dishes when wine wasn't available. I don't drink much so I tend to use the vinegar unless partner bought some. He actually appreciates and savours the taste and experience whereas....I'm a foodie only. Lately we just perk up when we plan meals, hang with our two furry friends who drop by a few times a day. Playing a lot of Marley cranked up and exploring John Prine. I think he wasn't on my radar because once Dylan went electric...

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Posted by:

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: The Starbugs sing Mr Tambourine Man

Another example of the effect of Dylan's music confirming it will never die. These children have perfect harmonies.

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Posted by:

Peter V

Further to what Willie Nelson was saying … farmers in the UK are predicting a crisis because the Eastern European seasonal pickers won't be coming. One was pointing out that in the 1950s and 1960s it was a "holiday" when people from cities would spend their annual holidays picking fruit or hops and getting some fresh air and convivial evenings. Go back further, and the reason we centre UK school holidays On August, rather than June / July when the weather is better here, is that August school holidays coincided with harvest and kids were expected to help in the fields. The farmer was saying people won't do it nowadays, and that following the pandemic, we need a return to the World War II concept of a "Land Army" to get the food crops in. (The Land army was mainly women in World War II.)

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brown eyed girl

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Willie Nelson hosts virtual concert Saturday with Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews as well as Nelson's sons, Lukas and Micah.

"One of its many impacts is that it has helped us to better see the value of essential people like health care workers, grocery store clerks, delivery truck drivers, and farmers and ranchers," Willie Nelson said. "Farm Aid has worked for 35 years to build a family farm centered agricultural system, and we are here now to support farmers and ranchers in this crisis, without whom we could not eat."

Willie Nelson is always on our minds.

The program airs Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on AXS TV. SiriusXM will broadcast the hour-long show on Dave Matthews Band Radio (Ch. 176) and Willie’s Roadhouse (Ch. 59). Viewers can also tune in via farmaid.org or AXS TV social media channels.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Life Changes & a movie

Where the hell is Pat Brennan? PAT, I just remembered another movie from 1970. "The Owl and the Pussycat". Barbara Streisand and George Segal. I probably laughed harder in that movie than at any other.

Well how has our current situation changed every ones life? Only one small change in mine. I get in my SUV drive to one wharf or the other to one of my boats. The parking lot is pretty empty. Walk down the wharf. No one is around. Work on my boats for a while. Go home and work in my yard yell curses over at my neighbour while he yells at me. Nothing has changed. I rarely go to stores any way. Went to Campbell River yesterday and got our load of supplies. The superstore was fairly empty. A lot of people wearing masks.

Social distancing is no problem. I hate every one any way so I don't want to be around any of 'em :-) Only change is Susan can't go to her gym or pool to work out. So I take her for a little walk every day so she can stretch her legs.

Seriously tho', I understand how difficult this is for a lot of folks. Last evening watching the news, the lines up shown on the news for people at food banks were astonishing. Sure sad that so many people have to live on such slim incomes.

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See 'Toppermost' for a good article on John Prine by Andrew Shields from 2014. (BTW you'll meet three moderators from Norbert's legacy guestbook in comments, too :-)

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haso

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: JP

Thanks, Angie. & Kevin: very nicely, succinctly put. Wished that I'd had an older sister, guess I'll have to make sure my kids are converted instead. Should be able to do that... daughter already likes him (I think), or as a writer certainly will and even though her brother might find Prine too countryish, he'd have no problem w/ "Illegal Smile". Unfortunately, I'm out of siblings, they are both gone.

I don't normally use the term, but RIP, "genius". Hope that cigarette is better than 9 miles long, and your pops has a change of heart.

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2005 John Prine....The Other Side Of Town

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Bill Murray on John Prine

Bill Murray talks about John Prine. Worth a look.

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brown eyed girl

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Sincerest apologies to Kevin J and Jon L. Ugh...me and computers...serious. I was checking out some photos from waaaay back if you know what I mean. The photo appeared on my full screen and I couldn't remember how to get rid of it!! Some photos should not be shown on an entire screen and left there. LoL...So I looked at all the screens I had opened and chose the wrong one...Wouldn't you know it was the one that I hadn't proofread and I accidentally chose the one that I didn't include the two youngest among us.....you and Jon L....who informed us of his John Prine's passing.....Hopefully you can tell that I have quickly become a John Prine fan.

Kevin J again...I bet you made your sister laugh as much as you usually make me laugh in this GB. I've posted before that you have a sense of fair play...very much appreciated. Thank you for everything you contribute to this make shift bar. :-D

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Bill M

Thanks jh and Wallsend for reminding us of that wonderfully written "Wizard" article.

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Peter V

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Subject: The Family Way

The 60s retrospective series soldiers on and gets to THE FAMILY WAY (linked). Premiered just before Christmas 1966, but really a 1967 film. It’s most famous for the Paul McCartney soundtrack, but that’s unfair. It’s a family comedy drama, amusing rather than knockabout, with excellent character work. It stars Hayley Mills, John Mills, Hywel Bennett, Marjorie Rhodes, Avril Angers, Murray Head and John Comber. Well worth rewatching.

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John Prine - When I Get To Heaven...

For haso, Norm J, JD, b.lee....and to anyone else who revered John Prine's music for a very long time.

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jh

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Subject: "The Wizard"

Garth in Maclean’s magazine, 2002.

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Wallsend

I just came across an interview with Garth in Maclean's magazine from 2002 which I don't recall seeing before. It is called The Wizard if you are interested in googling it.

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Kevin J

Reading Robbie’s thoughts on John Prine - just found out that Hal Wilner also died yesterday as a result of Covit 19. Lots of sadness these days.

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brown eyed girl

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'Beautiful songs'

Dylan in 2009..."Midwestern mind trips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs.
"Prine's stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs. I remember when Kris Kristofferson first brought him on the scene. All that stuff about Sam Stone the soldier junky daddy and Donald and Lydia, where people make love from ten miles away. Nobody but Prine could write like that. If I had to pick one song of his, it might be Lake Marie. I don't remember what album that's on," Dylan told MTV producer Bill Flanagan.

Robbie Robertson, from The Band - who used to back Dylan - described Prine as "a genius".

"His work... a beacon of clear white light cutting through the dark days," added former Led Zeppelin frontman and solo star Robert Plant. "His charm, humour and irony we shall miss greatly."

All choked up and tears rolling down my cheeks watching The Levon Helm Band with Larry Campbell and John Prine. I saw him in 2000 at Massey Hall....as I posted recently he evinces empathy and compassion in his music......Whoever feels it. Knows it.....We need that more than ever now.

John Prine was clearly the sentimental favorite and repeatedly earned the longest, loudest ovations of the night. Returning to performing after a bout with neck cancer, Prine was charmingly dishevelled (he looked like he had a silver haystack perched on his head) but in solid form as he gave an aching reading of "Angel From Montgomery" (with Harris providing unearthly vocal accompaniment), a hilarious "It's A Big Old Goofy World" and a rousing "Paradise," before leading the crowd in a campfire rendition of "Illegal Smile."

Multi-artist benefit concert for the Campaign for a Landmine Free World. Cockburn appeared solo. The other artists on the bill included Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. John Prine joined the troupe for three of the five dates - 3rd, 4th & 5th December. The songs were performed "in the round", with the performers alternating.

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"The Weight" Levon Helm & John Prine 6/13/09 Red Rocks

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b.lee

Location: DE, USA

Subject: Farewell, Brother John

It's a strange mix of sadness, regrets, fond memories, and even smiles with which we remember those who touched our lives, even with the foreknowledge that this day was coming and so not a surprise. Though we never met, I feel I have lost a friend.

How many times when life was handing lemons, John made the lemonade. Today will be spent listening and remembering. So many, many wonderful simple yet complicated, humorous but painful, wise yet wise-guy moments, scattered over forty years. They are under my skin, rattling in my brain and flavoring my view of life. Too many touchstones to even begin listing.

So we'll just spin the LPs when we have 'em, the CDs if we don't, remember and grieve the passing of real old friend.

One memory. Philadelphia Folk Festival, maybe 1972 or so. Afternoon songwriters workshop that included John and Bonnie Raitt. (This was a banner year for me, as I recall Dave Bromberg and Steve Goodman also being on the bill that year.) Apparently the picking and drinking went on back at the motel round the clock. John was in obvious distress, the dark glasses doing more than blocking the sun. Add a contingent of the local biker gang giving Bonnie the business. Both rose to the occasion, politely ignored the rowdies (as did the crowd) who eventually wandered off in search of more entertaining prey. My love for both performers grew that day, for sure.

"Two men were standing on a bridge, One jumped and screamed you lose, Just left the odd man holding, The Late John Garfield Blues.

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Interview: John Prine
By John Wenzel, The Denver Post Jun 12, 2009

You’re co-headlining Red Rocks with Levon Helm, the former drummer and sometime-singer for the Band. You seem to have a strong connection, besides the fact that you’ve both beaten cancer that could have ended your singing careers. When did you two first meet?

I didn’t meet Levon until after (Band singer) Robbie Robertson left and the Band regrouped, probably in the late ’70s. I used to go see him play, and I got to know (bassist) Rick Danko. But when I first met Levon, there was something about his personality that immediately attracted me to him, besides being a big fan of his playing and singing.

What is it you like about his playing?

The reason I don’t use a drummer live is because most drummers scare me. If they’re the slightest bit ahead, I’ll find my rhythm guitar catching up with them because they’re louder than me. But Levon always plays behind the beat. You think he’s going to miss it but then he slams it out of the park.

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NEW HAVEN, CT - NOVEMBER 13: Musicians Bruce Springsteen (with girlfriend Karen Darvin), John Prine and Bob Dylan are photographed backstage at Veterans Memorial Coliseum during the Rolling Thunder Revue on November 13, 1975 in New Haven, Connecticut. CREDIT MUST READ: Ken Regan/Camera 5 via Contour by Getty Images. (Photo by Ken Regan/Camera 5/Contour by Getty Images)...and many other photographs.

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John D

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Subject: John Prine

I am devastated this morning, learning of the death of John Prine. Someone I had the honour of interviewing. Interestingly I interviewed his best friend Steve Goodman; before he passed away as well.

I received a call last night; after I went to bed early to tell me about it. The last time that happened was when John Lennon died. This morning, Dylan, Springsteen and James Taylor are all mourning his loss. I include a song about loneliness and old age. A subject not always at the forefront of songwriters. Therefore enjoy 'Hello In There" God Bless You John Prine.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Souvenirs John Prine & Steve Goodman

So many memories of John Prine to share. This is my favourite. To watch him and Steve sing my favourite song of John's together. It would be nice to know those two souls find each other.

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Location: seacoast NH

Subject: L. Groce

And to add-on to Glenn's recollections of the Larry Groce album he mentions, one song (hymn, actually) was re-mixed at Shangri-La. The other thing I always wondered about that particular album (Peaceable Records, 1979, good, good luck finding a copy; long out of print): Garth is credited w/ piano, parlor organ, accordian, Yamaha CS80 and being a "choruster". Was he ever known to vocalize elsewhere? The other thing was bass, mandoline, guitars and arrangements were all credited to Emory Gordy, Jr. Anyone know would he be related to Motown's Berry Gordy?

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JQ

Subject: Radio

Hi Bill - My gospel show schedule is a little dodgy now due to all of us recording at home and getting hold of our limited Rodecaster rigs. My regular show is reliable though and I’d love it if you could listen and give me some feedback on that. It’s called Lost Highway and you can get it at KMUN, Monday’s 10:06 til noon PDT. I’ll let you know about my next gospel show. Thanks Bill

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Bill M

JQ: I'm with you - I'm an atheist, I generally love gospel music (NOT Rex Humbardish stuff, I hasten to add), and I've been known to enter a near-trance-like state when "Sinnerman" is playing. Is your show broadcast via the internet?

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Glenn

Subject: Larry Groce

Hey Haso, thanks for mentioning Larry Groce. Just a reminder to GBers: Garth played keyboards on Larry's "Green Pastures" album (Maud also contributed). You can check out the album info at the "Albums by Other Artists with Involvement by Band Members" link in the Discography (1979).

As always, many thanks to all who contribute to these pages and the guestbook – especially those who dig up and share links to music and videos. And especially during these days of restriction. Always good to have new stuff to listen to, read, etc.

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haso

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: BEG/Mtn stage

Angie: looking forward to your mt. stage link, bigtime. Might have heard it before, but no doubt worth many re-visits. Might have also told this story before, but maybe not. The emcee/founder of that show (Larry Groce), went to the same small liberal arts college near Alton, IL as I did. Me going there, lead to quite a back'n'forth w/ Jeff (Alexander), when he was still a regular here... hoping he still visits, but anyway. It also lead me to finding out some other connections here.

Anyway, back in the day, Larry worked for my mom (janitors, moving furniture around dorms stuff like that) I think, one school year or vacation. Probably a work/study kind of thing I believe, although I never worked w/ him. He'd be about 6 or 7 years older than me. He was also quite the folksinger at the time; more on that below. But, based on an encouraging English teacher (who used to call me "the poet of the Mississippi", I was quite prolific. Fyi: Alton is right where the Missouri River joins the Mississippi), my sr year in high school... I foisted some of my poetry on Mr. Groce. Turns out it was ehhh, and not atall convertible to song lyrics. Not because of that, but I don't think I've written any poetry since fr. year of college. Oh well.

I also remember Larry would do these coffee houses for old, rich folks that would come to a 2 week "summer session" at this college. My longest-still-in-touch-w/-friend, we started high school together, used to manage the food and business side of these coffee houses at 18 years of age. I remember Larry's go-to tune was always "Mr. Bojangles". Should ask my friend what he remembers of the music.

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JQ

Subject: Sinnerman

Bill M - I’m a mad fan of that one. NS knows gospel music and she knows jazz and the combination of these in Sinnerman is uniquely brilliant and original. I do a monthly gospel radio show (“Gospel Music for Atheists!”) and that one always makes the phone ring.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: The Weight

Thanks for that BEG. I have that on my favourites and have watched it several times. Just going down to do some more work and cleaning up on our big boat. We were getting ready if things got really bad here we would probably get away on the boat and cruise around the inlets and play to stay away from the possibility of this virus.

I'm reading this morning that it seems to be stabilizing here in BC. So far as I have heard we had 33 cases on Vancouver Island. Hope it decreases.

This is interesting and perhaps to the American folks. Trump was bellering the other day "We hit M3 really hard about exporting any more masks for virus protection, particularly to Canada". Well yesterday on our local news, The Harmac pulp mill in Nanaimo here on our island produces the material that the masks are made from. The mill put on extra shifts so that they are operating 24 hours a day and have doubled their production to try to help with this critical equipment. This morning I read that Canada will continue to receive the supply of this equipment.

You'd wonder what is wrong with this guy to keep shitting on everyone and day by day slowly but surely make every one hate him. It's kind of sad really.

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Bill M

Location: the disease of covid
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Listening to Bob Dylan's "Oh Mercy" album the other day, I thought that "The Disease of Conceit" could be usefully repurposed for today.

The other thing that struck me was how much "Living In A Political World" reminds me of Nina Simone's totally brilliant "Sinnerman". A bit in terms of structure, and a lot in terms of propulsiveness.

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Hey Norm. I think I posted this interview before but you might want to check it out again, as Robbie discusses Playing For Change and The Weight, etc.

10.15.2019
Robbie Robertson Reflects on His Legendary Rock Career on PBS
One of the premier songwriters of the Rock and Roll era, Hall of Fame legend Robbie Robertson, is best known as the lead guitarist and chief songwriter for The Band. He joins Walter to discuss his new solo album “Sinematic,” his work with Martin Scorsese in writing the music score for the film “The Irishman,” and a brilliant new documentary on The Band called “Once Were Brothers.”

READ TRANSCRIPT

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"Marianne Faithfull "Blazing Away" Concert Film 1990...Still have my VHS. Need to convert it to DVD.
She has the virus now. Speedy recovery to the one who said to Dylan, No thank you.

For the first time and in full length on the internet Marianne Faithfull's "lost" concert film from 1990. It was originally released on video cassette, but has been long out of print and sought after by fans. The record company lost the original video masters which is why a commercial re-release is highly unlikely. This is why I decided - after approval by the artist herself - to share it on the occasion of her 50th anniversary as a recording artist. Special thanks to Eric Terino."

ʙʟᴀᴢɪɴɢ ᴀᴡᴀʏ
1990 | Marianne Faithfull
Filmed at St. Anne's Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York City
Produced by Amy Raskin and John Diaz
Directed by Larry Jordan

ᴍᴜsɪᴄɪᴀɴs
Dougie Bowne - drums
GARTH HUSON- accordion/keyboards...Needed to be highlighted.
Dr. John - piano/rhythm guitar
Barry Reynolds - guitar/background vocals
Marc Ribot - guitar\...Some tasty guitar licks.b Fernando Saunders - bass/background vocals...Louuu Reed
Lew Soloff - trumpet/flugel horn...I cannot get enough of his playing.

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brown eyed girl

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Again, last night our Co-Op clanged and banged away for all the health care and food care workers of the world as these are the cards we're dealt with, but they can be reshuffled if everyone tries to keep themselves and others safe.

Save me from the madness
Save me from myself
Save me from the sadness
Of losing someone else

Carry Me...Robbie Robertson

I found out that one of my friends lost someone she knew from her Church and who is a Board member like herself from this virus. My first thought was that it is getting closer.....Last night I took out my beautiful Native drum that another friend gave to me as a gift....stunning painting with Friendship In Spirit.....Last night was the first time someone came at the end of the five minutes of clanging, banging.....just started singing. We were on our patio, so I couldn't see who it was.....but I thought.....wow........an act of kindness right here in my sometimes very edgy and high alert hood. Other times it feels really homey.

2019 Toronto International Film Festival - "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson And The Band" Press Conference TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 05: (L-R) Janet Zuccarini and Robbie Robertson attend the "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band" press conference during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 05, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Bill M

Subject: Jerry Penfound - addendum

I should have noted that there are no Hawkins listing in the discography - an odd oversight, given his acknowledged and documented presence on a fair number of the Roulette recordings.

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Bill M

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Here's a link to former Hawk Jerry Penfound's listing on Discogs. Has an early photo that I hadn't seen before. The fact that the Capers are listed at all suggests the discography was put together by someone who knew Jerry, as he's credited on the album as 'Jerry Penn'. Contractual obligations, I suppose. Anyway, he sings "Route 66" on the album.

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Peter V

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Subject: The Ipcress File

The Ipcress File (LINKED)is the latest in the 60s retrospective series. Michael Caine in the first of his five appearances as Harry Palmer. I know it is considered one of the greatest British films of all time, but I’ve never liked the entire genre. Would re-watching convert me to secret agent films? A friend said my sarcastic negative reviews are much more fun to read than my positive ones. He’ll enjoy this one then.

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Dunc

Location: Scotland

Thanks, Haso. I didn’t know about Playing For Change before The Weight version.

Thanks, Bill M. As you know, I like Willie P Bennnet songs. I’m two albums behind on my BARK collection. But still involved in my retirement project. Hi Kevin.

Streamed a lot of eighties Scottish bands, Bill. As you’ll know from your love of Songs For A Taylor, we’ve always kicked above our weight in the music business, but I think I was born too late for the golden age of Scottish music.

I’m in Byrd land just now, Bill. I’ve enjoyed the songs of Gene Clark very much, then moved on and played Younger Than Yesterday over and over. I didn’t have this album back in the day, had it for some time, and I’m really enjoying it. Yesterday, I played the compilation the Byrds play Dylan, which I bought in the Annexe in Toronto. Thought that huge shop was really good, and bought several albums there. I love the way The Band play Dylan. The first record I bought was the single Mr Tambourine Man, and still love it. I was lucky to see the two different Roger McGuinn shows (see reviews on Peter’s site) and he was a great performer. Thanks, Bill.

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JQ

Subject: RD - Mountain Stage

Brown Eyed Girl - Thanks for that. Great sound and a great reminder of Rick’s singing chops. I hadn’t heard it before.

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Wallsend

Has anyone outside of North America found a way of watching OWB without using a VPN?

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Mike Nomad

brown eyed girl

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Andrew Lloyd Webber launches free musical theatre streaming service

Andrew Lloyd Webber is to stream a production of one of his musicals for free on YouTube each week during the coronavirus crisis.

Lloyd Webber's YouTube initiative to entertain fans, titled The Shows Must Go On!, will begin with his 2000 adaptation of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, starring Donny Osmond, Joan Collins and Richard Attenborough.

The musical will be available on YouTube from Saturday at 2am for 48 hours.

The 2012 production of Jesus Christ Superstar will follow the weekend after, starring Tim Minchin, Mel C. and Chris Moyles.

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Bill M

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Subject: Tom Jackson's Almighty Voices Series Benefits Unison Fund

The link is to an article about a worthy initiative to raise funds to support musicians in the covid-19 era.

Dunc: It appears that Blackie and Rodeo Kings will be among the featured artists. Speaking of whom, I've been meaning to post for weeks to say that BaRK's latest, "King of this Town" is excellent. Some brilliant songs and singing from Wilson and Fearing and outstanding guitaring from Linden. Nice to see Ken Pearson (from Janis Joplin's Full Tilt) back on organ. Made me go back to their previous CD, south, which I'd listened to and parked. It turns out to be much better than I'd thought at the time. By the way, the new one is their first without a single Willie P Bennett song. There is, however, another Colin Linden-Jim Weider song.

While I'm at it, I'll suggest that Band fans give a listen to Matchedash Parish's first CD, "Saturday Night". It's been out a few months and seems to have enthusiastically received by the critics in the roots community. Very Bandish, they say, and I agree.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: A boat song

Christian Island, one of the very best of Lightfoot.

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Jed

Subject: Beatle

Thank you,BEG.

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brown eyed girl

Web: My link

WARMINGTON: Toronto blues guitarist Paul James offering up Bob Dylan tribute concert on YouTube

Sunday Apri 5
8pm.
Bob Dylan TRIBUTE
Paul James And His Band -Set One

Toronto's Paul James..."I can't come to a club and play for you right now so I'm trying to bring my band and Hugh's Room into your living room.

Here's the youtube link to the show."- https://youtu.be/jIIitw58ZjE...

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: La grange Classic Rock Sow

I been trying to persuade you folks to listen to the "Classic Rock Show". Well this is one of ZZ Top's best. These guys aren't ZZ Top but they have a much bigger sound HUGE! If you are a fan of ZZ Top you will want to hear this and many more of their covers. They are known as the world's best cover group. For example Hendrick's "ALL along the watch tower".

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Peter V

Web: My link

Subject: The Fast Lady

This one’s an oddity. THE FAST LADY (1963). It’s a really rank romp, or rather a Rank (Organisation) romp that was filmed in 1962, released in 1963, but is a basic 1950s British film comedy template. It’s exactly the opposite of the main body of the 1960s Retrospective reviews. We saw it mainly by chance on TV, and noted it because Julie Christie is in an early starring role. Not recommended viewing, but worth a glance at the review to see why not!

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For Todd...Ringo Starr...Photograph
Co-written by Richard Starkey and George Harrison, this was the lead single from Ringo's self-titled 1973 album.

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brown eyed girl

Web: My link

"George Harrison's legendary impromptu performance of "ALL THINGS MUST PASS" on VH1 in 1997, George's last live performance before his death. The audio has been cleaned up and is high quality."

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brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Isolation...John Lennon

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Posted by:

Norm Jones

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Waking up

Just woke up from a nap Pat. By the way was your mouth hanging open like mine. My mind must be going. I saw Tom Jones so long ago I don't even remember most of what you are talking about. My mind must be going. On the other hand their are movies that I saw back then I could almost recite the lines.

The price of fuel has dipped so far in the tank (that's a pun!). I just got called to go and fuel up my boat tomorrow by my fuel truck guy. So my question is what are prices like for you folks. Our gas (petrol Peter) here is down around $1 a litre now. My friend in Kamloops just told me 64 cents there.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Pat

I was just talking about the other movies you listed Pat.

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Norm, I don't know what yer talking about, because Last Picture Show is absolutely brilliant. I took a date to the theater to see it when it first came out and she was shocked I tell you at Cybil's nudity. Not me. Not shocked. More grateful I suppose.

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Posted by:

Lisa

Subject: Tom Jones

That's very cool about your connections with the locations, Peter. I saw this movie when it first came out and it made a huge impression on me. And TCM (our classic movie channel) recently showed the director's cut. I can't say I noticed much difference from the original which I've seen quite a few times over the years, but I did notice the change in the scoring. Apparently Tony Richardson and John Addison reworked it for the director's cut, as they thought the recording techniques of the past dated the sound. I really didn't care for it, especially at the beginning - the original harpsichord/piano sounded much cleaner to my ears. Oh well, still a great movie.

But if Mrs. Viney was upset about the distressed baby at the end of Georgy Girl I wonder what she thought about the way animals (almost all of them, but especially the horses) were treated in Tom Jones, the spur-slashed sides of the horses and the trampled livestock - they looked all too real to me. And the way Hugh Griffin yanked that poor mare's head around in the Allworthy driveway till she fell he deserved to be fallen on! But all through the movie, animals are being hit, kicked aside and generally abused in many cases.

brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Peter...I did see Girl On A Motorcycle as I wanted to see Marianne Faithfull. I can't really remember it (no, not in 1968) except how the camera loved her physical appearance.......but not her acting. Her father was a professor and mother of aristocratic roots. Hence, I wasn't surprised when I read her autobiography that she saw Mick Jagger in some ways beneath her as his father was a gym teacher. I did really like that Mick apparently contacted her before her first concert promoting Broken English..great cover, great music. Btw, I only posted about Obsession with Art Garfunkel because you are a huge fan of Paul Simon...connecting musicians who were in films.

I forgot that I have in my music collection Lean On Me...Bill Withers...sung by Levon Helm....

"Lean on Me" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bill Withers. It was released in April 1972 as the first single from his second album, Still Bill. It was his only number one single on both the soul singles and the Billboard Hot 100.[1] Billboard ranked it as the No. 7 song of 1972.[2] It is ranked number 208 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[3] Numerous other versions have been recorded, and it is one of only nine songs to have reached No. 1 in the US Singles Charts with versions recorded by two different artists.[4]

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brown eyed girl

Web: My link

The World Documentary Award was presented to ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND directed by Daniel Roher. The jury selected the winning film for providing great insight into an iconic era of Canadian music and the colorful, complex characters who inhabit it, for being masterfully put together with archival footage and personal testimony.

There has been some international screenings....
Netherlands 24 November 2019 (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam)
Netherlands 2 December 2019 (IDFA in Groningen)
Sweden 25 January 2020

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Dag B.

Web: My link

Subject: Levon Helm - Lean On Me

From the "Staying Together" soundtrack (1989).

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Peter V

Thanks, Pat. I’d forgotten The Strawberry Statement. I liked it very much at the time. It was on my mental list of ones to look out for in big DVD stores for years, but I could never find it. I looked harder after “Across The Universe” which does the campus demo so well. I got a US import eventually, maybe five or six years ago? It didn’t impress then, but it’s been located and joined the pile, and the other two noted (only vague recall of them).

It'll have to be watched on our second system which has a chipped DVD player to enable US Region One discs. We couldn't get our newer Sony 4K player chipped. So it'll be down from 65" to 40".

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has

Location: seacoast NH

Subject: BD/Murder

Ok, hopefully this isn't just for we United Stations, here (that's what Central Americans are known to call us). And like Norm, I don't have that "link" button on-the-ready like BEG and Dag. What I'll describe may not be as readily available to folks over the borders or inter continental. Nor may make as much sense. Also one needs an off-beat sense of humor, but...

if you've tried out the new Dylan "Murder Most Foul", then you must youtube or google the Colbert Show (CBS) from last night (Thursday); new, from remote locations. Murder most foul, doesn't BD owe copyright stuff to Miss Marple? The Colbert opener was priceless: their take on Dylan, by way of a late night Time/Life record deal. Lonnnng songs of Presidents, "there's only 45 of them, so act now". It also helps to appreciate a few long-lost dudes, William Howard Taft, Martin Van Buren among others. The Millard Fillmore blues, I really want to hear.

Just to hazard a guess, but BD doesn't seem self-deprecating, so hopefully it stays up. Afterall, if not for Bill Graham tossing Lou Kemp down the stairs, we might not have BLMFYD-reprise on TLW.

Colbert follows it up w/ Speaker Pelosi and then Alicia Keys. And finally his bandleader plays a memorial to Ellis Marsalis.

There's also an update from Fiona Prine today. "[John] is very ill, but [she] remains hopeful". Turns out she herself has recently beat back C-19.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: My last Prayer

Now I lay me down to sleep, A bag of peanuts at my feet.

If I should die before I wake, Give 'em to my brother Jake.

Good night.......

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Pat B

A sub-genre of 60's movies is the "campus unrest" category. The Shape of Things To Come, The Strawberry Statement, Getting Straight, Medium Cool. Usually the music is good.

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Posted by:

JQ

Subject: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

I just finished this and thought it was great. It’s set in LA in 1969 - a place and time where I lived (& grew up!). There’s lots of attention to the details of that era, so plenty of nostalgia for me too. When a director is so attentive to details I think it challenges the audience to look for errors - no spoilers but I only noticed one. Q Tarantino isn’t afraid of long scenes with loads in of dialog and that’s the case with this one too. All around a top notch film I’d say.

Posted by:

Peter V

Web: My link

Subject: SWinging 60s films

Quite a few of these are among my reviews, BEG with more to follow if we continue locked down! See the full list.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: The Education of Music

Dunc you are welcome. That is interesting. Roger it must have been hard kicking around in the ashes of New South Wales. It is so sad to see these places now like down there and in California and our interior just ravaged by those fires.

Dunc, reading the Wikipedia account of Gerry's writing of Baker Street is very interesting. Another account of how life's events motivate a song. One that I really like is Delbert McClinton's story of how he came to write, "Two More Bottles of Wine". He met up with an old girl friend who had just gone thru' a divorce. She had a car and little money from her divorce. He talked her in to going from Texas out west to California. After a very short time things weren't going well for them so she left. He was on a real downer, but he had two bottles of wine so he sat down and wrote the song, (which of course became a major hit for him.)

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Dunc

Location: Scotland

Subject: Thanks, Norm

Enjoyed these links very much, Norm.

Gerry Raffert and Joe Egan met a mile from where I am sitting right now.. The rendition of Baker Street took me into a rendition of Baker Street, which happened in my home town, when about thirty saxophonists gathered to play Baker Street. I really enjoyed it. If you look at Baker Street, Paisley 2021, you’ll see the performance. Maybe you could link it for others.

My daughter is now full time in Corinaviris wards for the duration. These are serious times. Follow instructions and stay safe everybody.

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brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Just one more!
Third World In Concert (NYC) - Stephen Cat Coore Plays The Cello

When we saw Third World at Ontario Place (soon many shows for only 7.00!); Cat Coore played guitar as he usually does with the band, but he always plays one song with the cello. How I wished he would have played more!

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brown eyed girl

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Norm...As soon as I heard the music; I thought I was listening to Peter Tosh not his son Andrew. I was listening yesterday to Peter's Legalize It recording. When I saw him perform at Ontario Place...Ahead of his time lighting up and smoking the whole time. Now it's legal Peter. Anyway, Andrew and all the musicians did a great job. The doc on his father...Razor's Edge......I always told the kidzzz...Take the best from all cultures. Your life will be enriched because you will feeeeel the joy, the pain, that connects all of us.

Third World - Stephen "Cat" Coore - Bach Cello Suite + Redemption Song - Reggae Jam 2013

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brown eyed girl

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10 great films set in the swinging 60s

"It’s more than half a century since the Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night helped put a swing in the step of 60s British cinema, heralding London’s emergence as the epicentre of hip fashion, art and music. Here are 10 of the best swinging London films that followed in its wake."

From this list...so many lists...I've seen...
Blowup
Alfie
A Hard Day's Night
Performane(1970)

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Sorry, think I hit a wrong key,

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Mama Africa Playing For Change

BEG, the other day when we discussed Lukas Nelson I mentioned how I enjoyed many of the sons of artists from our life. Here is Andrew Tosh singing his dad Peter's song that Peter wrote so long ago. There is also 2 of Peters old band mates from the Whailers playing in the mix here. You also get to see the 2 ladies from Jamaica that sang the last verse of "The Weight" again. They are wonderful singers. For me this is the ultimate reggae sound.

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Bill M

Harry Chapin had a cellist too, back in the days "Taxi".

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Peter V

Subject: Richi Jones

Excellent- though for me what makes it is the use of cello. It's an unusual instrument in rock but it can fill in simultaneously for bass and a violin section. I've seen Simone Felice with a cellist. Icon (John Wetton & Geoff Downes) had a cellist too.

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NorthWestCoaster

Location: Greater Copenhagen

Subject: Bad Billy M / Bob Dylan

I am still in tears after 'Murder Most Foul'. I believe my spouse is in tears, too, but she is really competent in hiding the tears. I fell in love in her because she was the only girl in our high school who had 'Blonde On Blonde' (well, she had a nice décolletage too) in the late sixties. "It must have been, must been, I have a photograph, to preserve the memories".

Zimmy is mentioning Pretty Boy Floyd in 'Murder Most Foul'. If I would be a famous song-writer I would certainly use my gb friend Bill in my song: 'The Ballad of Bad Billy' - how's that?

Footnote: I have Mr Dylans permission to call him for Zimmy.

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Roger

Location: Birmingham UK ( currently in fire ravaged New a South Wales)

Subject: Richi Jones

Wow Norm - he’s good. I know him not - though he’s local. Under normal circumstances I’d look for a local gig but - they’re all closed! But there’ll come a time...

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: Richi Jones Stand by Me

Peter, I'm hoping you will watch this boy and tell me what you may know of him. A UK boy. Lives in Wolverhampton. He started on the sax at age 10. There is a video of him playing "Baker Street at age 13. If you closed your eyes you would think it was some old black blues man. He had 2 million hits on the video of that song.

I found him a couple years ago. This is probably one of the best takes of Stand By Me you'll ever hear. He also (amoung his many videos) plays "No Woman No Cry" a very accomplished guitarist with a very unique style.

He was for 2 years a very good foot baller. Seems he does every thing extremely well. He has many songs now he written. If you have the chance look up his song "Colours".

As well as his playing these two fellows who play with him (cello player and drums) are very professional. A cello solo on "Stand By Me". unreal.

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Pat B

Poetry? Sheer genius.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest
Web: My link

Subject: A change is gonna come Playing for change

I picked out this song for everyone with hopes that with our current situation a change will come soon.

This concert as you can see is in Brazil. You got to admit, Clarence Bekker is a hell of a soul singer. Stay well everyone we need y'all.

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Bill M

Location: Tronno

Lisa: Everything will work out fine. In all my years of watching live rock and roll - almost always in bars - I've not seen a single fight, never mind being involved in one. And the only thing I've seen thrown in all that time, which includes punk music in the late '70s, was a glass of water - and that was minus the glass. On that occasion, some weedy weirdo approach the stage and threw the contents of his water glass at the guitar player; he ducked, and the water hit the drummer in the face. The drummer stalked off after Mr Weedy, and the bouncer made a half-hearted attempt to catch the guy at the insistence of the singer, but Mr Weedy was long gone.

It being a small world, 35 year later and 2000 miles away, I saw the drummer playing bongos in a coffeeshop in Victoria. I asked, and he remembered, of course. And some years after that, we became semi-regulars at the long-running Johnny Wright / Michael Fonfara matinees. The third member of their trio, Robbie Rox, who plays congas and sings harmonies, was the leader/singer of the target band - and also the older brother of the quick-ducking guitarist. I think what put Mr Weedy off was that the Isabella Hotel was traditionally blues, but Robbie Rox was cynical post-punk. Their only memorable song was "The World Is Mad":

The world is mad
The world is very very mad
But some people like it
How can they like it?
How can they stand it?
But then, what do you expect from a retard"

Poetry!!

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Norm J

Norm, Guantanamera made my day. Thanks. It’s got so memories. When we did our weekly ELT sketch shows, there was one year when we had a group of Venezuelan students who used to come up and sing it and play it every week, plus La Bamba. Then in touring for promotions in Mexico, the strolling musicians in restaurants inevitably did it … I remember the surprise when a group of Japanese businessmen in suits and ties joined in … and my Mexican hosts assured me they were word perfect. My favourite was a Cuban restaurant in Mexico City with Cuban émigré colleagues where a large operatic singer did it and then the whole restaurant joined in.

Note that Manuel Galban starts off the guitar. If you don't have his album with Ry Cooder, Mambo Sinuendo, then trust me, you need it!

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Peter V

Subject: Georgy Girl

Thanks JQ. I think England, especially London, was pretty bleak. Clean air laws came in the late 1950s, but every public building was still soot blackened. It took decades to clean up and reveal the stone and brick - they were still cleaning bits of St Pauls Cathedral a few years ago - and in Georgy Girl you can see the dome is covered with scaffolding, so they'd probably just started in 1966. Then the boat guide points out Christopher Wren's house, next door to what is now Shakespeare's Globe, and then it was dark gloomy warehouses along what is now one of the most vibrant areas.

Partly it's climate change. No cafés had outside tables then. But I suspect it's accentuated by the cinematographers. They like cloud cover or no cloud at all. They hate days with patchy cloud and alternating sunshine, which is so often the UK climate. We very often had two possible locations a day when we were filming our ELT videos. If the sun was continually in and out of cloud, we had something nearby that was interior, or closely lit exterior. So I reckon they'll have done a lot of exterior shots on cloudy days by choice.

That's also why I guess even the blu-ray remasters lack the crispness of American remasters of old Black & White movies which were shot outdoors in the California sun (before LA got pink skies!) or Italian remasters.

On the line "I've already destroyed two of yours" for abortion, I think it's unique to that script (maybe the original novel). It comes out as very harsh, which is Charlotte Rampling's character. I'd never heard it.

Outside loos? There were houses like that in the 50s. I reckon it would have been rare in the 60s, but my grandad who died in 1978 still had one.

Mrs V adds 'If you think London was bleak, you should have seen Belfast.' Indeed, which is why "rain" appears so often in Van Morrison lyrics.

(I'll add some of this to the review).

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brown eyed girl

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For Norm..."Guantanamera | Playing For Change | Song Around The World

"We invite you to watch and enjoy another Song Around The World from our PFC 3 album, "Guantanamera". We started the song with Carlos Varela in Havana and it features over 75 Cuban musicians around the world, from Havana and Santiago to Miami, Barcelona and Tokyo. We recorded and produced this track with Jackson Browne, who explains that "traveling with Playing For Change across Cuba was one of the most rewarding and inspiring musical experiences of my life."

Bill M, Norm, Lisa, Kevin J, brown eyed girl, JD walk into a bar...I'm not saying.... ;-D

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Guantanamera Playing For Change

BEG please do me a favour. I'm trying to get to Jan to show me how to add an attachment. However if you would, I'd like you to attach this song by the Cubans. There is 75 people that play and sing in this song. They are with out a doubt some of the best musicians and singers you will ever hear. Be sure to watch close to the end. There is a grandpa sitting on a jug band bass playing and near him is the sweetest little girl dancing.

This is the best sound of this song you will ever hear and the groove is perfect. I just finished a couple of days ago watching a very long documentary on Cuba from before Castro right up to now. What those poor people have endured for over a hundred years is remarkable and yet they are smiling happy wonderful people. Thank you

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brown eyed girl

Web: My link

Norm, haso, Kevin J...When I first saw Stand By Me; I didn't keep up with Playing For Change. Really glad you did Norm. All Along The Watchtower....Yes, Yes! Great musicianship, great lyrics by Dylan...Cruz....Awww....He has the IT factor in all ways. When Hayes appears, I knew the name but I forgot that I saw him with The Allman Brothers at Eric Clapton's Guitar Festival....And....John Densmore from The Doors....older brother had their music blaring as he was drawn to west coast musicians.....except for Louuu......and......Booker T again!! Did you see him in the Lovett and Al Green clip I posted? He was at Eric's Festival as well!!! Btw, the one song I grew up with, Whipping Post......I experienced it live and well!!!

'Ive been run down and I've been lied to.
And I don't know why, I let that mean wo(man) make me a fool.
S/he took all my money, wrecks my new car.
Now s/he's with one of my good time buddies,
They're drinkin in some cross-town bar.

Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel,
Like I been tied to the whippin' post.
Tied to the whippin' post, tied to the whippin' post.
Good Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'.

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JQ

Subject: Georgy Girl and Alfie

PV - Thanks again! I’m really liking all these and trying to get ahold of the films. I had seen Georgy Girl recently so the review was more relevant to me than Alfie. Alfie came first in March followed in October by GG. So getting Michael Caine into both likely couldn’t have happened? And if they had worked that aspect out don’t you think M Caine would have forever been typecast? I’m wondering if both plots were well know before the films given their theatrical runs? Maybe it’s due somewhat to the black & white film, but both make England look so dam bleak. I have a great friend that lived in London, Fulham, as a teen in the 60’s - it wasn’t too dumpy a part of the city but they still didn’t have indoor plumbing. Charlotte Rampling was a really beauty then, in a real severe way though. Is the abortion lingo there still to say “destroyed”?

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Posted by:

jh

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Subject: 1983 "Shape"

This 1983 video, posted on Facebook recently, was new to us: Richard, Garth and Rick, with Blondie Chaplin and Paul Butterfield, performing "The Shape I'm in". From a short-lived NBC TV series titled Rock'n'Roll Tonite.

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Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Playing For Change

So happy you enjoyed that as I did Kevin. There is a song John Cruz wrote played on the PFC VIDS. It's called "Island Style" the PFC vid is all people from the island singing in different locations all over the island. However there is a video of John, Jackson Browne and Jack Johnson on stage playing the song. They are all playing acoustic guitars. Jackson Browne plays a solo in this song that just blew me away it is so beautiful.

I guess I got to e mail Jan and get my instruction on how to attach a file here. There are a couple of songs I would like to link.

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Kevin J

“Freedom just around the corner for you/ But with the truth so far off, what good will it do?”

Norm.......Thank you for the John Cruz “Jokerman” suggestion. That song means a lot to me as I remember so vividly hearing the debut playing of “Infidels” on the radio back in Fall 1983 late at night and after that first song played just knowing that Bob Dylan was back and the rest would be great as well and it was....what an album......Sadly, when Bob was promoting the album and played “Jokerman” live on David Letterman - he absolutely murdered the song. Not sure he has ever been able to come close to matching the studio version live.

......John Cruz on the other hand just soars with it. Beautiful.

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Dag B.

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Subject: Neil Young: Homegrown

Homegrown was too painful to release when Neil originally recorded it late 1974, early 1975, but finally forty six years later, the "lost album" is going to be released April 24th on CD and digital. An all analog edition is also scheduled.

From the press release: Made in 1974 and early 1975 with Levon Helm drumming on some tracks, Karl T Himmel on others, Emmylou Harris singing on one, Homegrown contains a narration, several acoustic solo songs never even published or heard until this release and some great songs played with a great band of my friends, including Ben Keith - steel and slide - Tim Drummond - bass and Stan Szelest - piano.

... The album is made up of twelve Neil Young songs, of which seven are previously unreleased - "Separate Ways," "Try," "Mexico," "Kansas," "We Don't Smoke It No More," "Vacancy" and "Florida" (a spoken word narration). Also included are the first recordings of "Love Is A Rose," "Homegrown," "White Line, "Little Wing," and "Star Of Bethlehem" - different versions of which would all later appear on other Neil Young albums.

Young plays solo on some tracks (guitar, piano and harmonica), and is joined by a band of friends on other tracks, including Levon Helm, Ben Keith, Karl T Himmel, Tim Drummond, Emmylou Harris and Robbie Robertson.

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Lisa

Subject: The Weight

Rod, I think a lot has to do with the tempo. If it's just that tad too slow it sounds lifeless and plodding, and there's a very fine line between just right and too slow. Just my opinion, and as a rule I think slightly faster sounds better.

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haso

Location: seacoast NH

Norm J

Location: Pacific Northwest

Subject: Playing For Change

Thank you Kevin. Now you really need to do one more thing. As I have been trying to get you guys to watch John Cruz, (you recall he does a verse of the Weight). Consider how you have watched Bb Dylan with just his guitar over the years. Well watching John Cruz sitting by himself playing "Jokerman" and his guitar style is great. I have never watched any one do that song as well as Bob until watching John.

Playing for Change has more Hawiian songs with all local people some John has written (he has a big family there) their songs are beautiful.

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Posted by:

Jon Lyness

Location: NYC

Subject: Once Were Brothers

See oncewerebrothers dot com slash watch-at-home for some upcoming home streaming & pay-per-view options. (Guessing these are US-only but not sure?)

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Posted by:

Dunc

Location: Scotland

I think the Weight is about creating an atmosphere, Rod, but I’ve never played a note in my life so I could be talking rubbish. Because of this site, I bought Working Man’s Dead years ago, but couldn’t get into it, but I love the Grateful Dead’s live version of the Weight. And Jerry Garcia’s version of TNTDODD Iis really good too.

And us British boys have our soul backgrounds. Duane Allman and Aretha Franklin’s version of the Weight is totally brilliant, but very different. It’s an outstanding song.

Thanks Todd. Loved the Larkin Poe. I can see Scottish references. If you have time, listen to Bert Jansch’s The Ornament Tree.

I played the albums Mr Tambourine Man And Turn Turn Turn yesterday. I think the Gene Clark songs are great. Two great albums.

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