Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
Sorry, sir, two different people with similar names. Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, longtime bass player in the SNL band, passed in 2010, but did indeed play mandolin on a lot of tracks - then again, so does Guy himself. Oddly enough, Thom Wolke is Guy Davis' manager.
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Thanks. My mistake, two Thom Wolke's with similar career paths.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
Two paths which intersected, in the studio. I wonder if T-Bone got the gig because of the name.It's too good a coincidence to ignore.
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Love those pics JB, and the interesting tales. I've seen numerous pics of a young Joanie in bikini from Marina as well. I know it had to have been a blast picking with Erik ... it would really be cool to hear that tape with the Tambourine Man on it!
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It's on youtube. The sound quality is rough, so you might want to skip ahead to 27:00. The photo has naught to do with the music; it just pictures them both.BTW, the channel has tons of stuff. Careful - it's easy to get lost in there.
I see in the notes that's Richard Fariña on the left. And it's from Dylan's first trip to England in 1962.
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Yes, Festival Express. Ian Tyson on guitar at the far right. my personal all-time favorite singer. He died just last week, at 89.
Edit:
WHOA!! What I get for not paying attention - didn't realize there were 106 before me, AND that Ranald had already id'd Ian in that railroad car photo. Still gonna miss him, though.
Aside:
In '84 maybe, gas station window in Jackson, WY, had a concert poster for "Ian Tyson and the Chinook Arch Riders Band"... the previous night! It still hangs on my wall.
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- Ed
"Then one day we weren't as young as before
Our mistakes weren't quite so easy to undo
But by all those roads, my friend, we've travelled down
I'm a better man for just the knowin' of you."
- Ian Tyson
Actually, he died late last year, 12/29/22. He was part of what seemed like a sudden rush of people to give up the ghost after what was a helluva year for a lot of people, not willing to take a chance on what 2023 would bring. (I know that's not how these things work, but it was like this past week: one after another, again and again.) Other greats we lost in the last days of 2022 include Anita Pointer, Barbara Walters, and Pelé.
But about Ian Tyson: Many reminiscences cited "Four Strong Winds" and "Summer Wages," as well they should. But my personal favorite song by him is "Someday Soon," so memorably done by Judy Collins. It might be the recording more than the writing, but it's such a great single. Also, one of my favorite one-hit wonders of the Folk-Rock Era is "You Were On My Mind," by We Five. Great arrangement and performance.
Oh, wait - written by Sylvia alone. Never mind ...![]()
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Had to give it a listen, I hadn’t heard You Were On My Mind in a long time. Thanks
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Thank you, thank you, thank you. These are great fun.
Surprise, surprise! There's a wikipedia page, with lots of information about it - but nothing of that sort. Still, I'm impressed that it went to #3, and Billboard had it as the #4 song of the year.I didn't think it was that big of a hit.
BTW, the band's founder, Michael Stewart, was the brother of John Stewart of The Kingston Trio. That's him on the left.
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Well I woke up this morning…….
They played at my high school in 1967 after Simon and Garfunkel cancelled![]()
Not all the clams are at the beach
Arrow Manouche
Arrow Jazzbo
Arrow G
Clark 2 point
Gibson F5L
Gibson A-4
Ratliff CountryBoy A
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Honestly, I'm not 100% sure I knew that, either. But wikipedia mentioned that factoid, so I passed it along. It seemed relevant insofar as this association might have helped Mike's career get a leg up. More than that, I dunno.![]()
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- Ed
"Then one day we weren't as young as before
Our mistakes weren't quite so easy to undo
But by all those roads, my friend, we've travelled down
I'm a better man for just the knowin' of you."
- Ian Tyson
(double post ... sorry!)
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- Ed
"Then one day we weren't as young as before
Our mistakes weren't quite so easy to undo
But by all those roads, my friend, we've travelled down
I'm a better man for just the knowin' of you."
- Ian Tyson
Dan Scullin
Louisville, KY
I was at Lucinda's show in Glasgow last night. Long-time fan but first chance to see her live.
She had to be led onto the stage.
Later, she explained she'd had a stroke in 2020 - I guess most of the fans knew it already but I don't follow artists in that way, just listen to the music.
So she still can't play guitar since then but "I can still sing!" as she said.
Great performance, great band.
She turns 70 on Thursday.
"I'm tellin' everybody my age!" she said joyously from the stage, "I don't care who knows it"
Bren
Yes, it was touch and go there for a while. Wasn't sure if she would be able to perform again. She's come a long way back, but still struggles. She's had to rely on her book of lyrics more than she used to. And she isn't socializing after shows anymore. Glad for what we get from her, which is still better than most, IMO. Sadly, missed her this summer - the show I was going to go to got cancelled because a couple of people in the tour got covid. On top of everything else. Not her, though, thank goodness. Yeah, if it was easy, more people would do it.
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