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Post by Michael Messer on Feb 2, 2010 12:40:03 GMT
I am going to meet up with Diana Jones in a couple of weeks when she is over here touring. It turns out that Diana is a good friend of my brother, Alan. Small world!
Shine On Michael.
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Post by Gerry C on Feb 2, 2010 17:24:31 GMT
John Stewart, California Bloodlines and Willard: one of the great unsung heroes of Americana, sadly no longer with us;
Country Blues Guitar, an anthology on Easydisc I bought at a record fair for £2. Only 12 tracks but they are by people as varied as Fred McDowell, Johnny Shines, Kristina Olsen (solo acoustic slide - fabulous!) Paul Rishell & Little .Annie Raines, Cepahs & Wiggins, Geremia. Anyone know anything about someone called Frank Hovington?
Nanci Griffith, Little Love Affairs Steverb and I seem to have more than geographical proximity in common! +1 for Other Voices, Other Rooms - great album!
Mark Knopfler, Get Lucky and Shangri-La. This guy just gets better and better as the years roll by. Am I alone in my view that 5:15 AM, from Shangri-La, is one of the best songs written so far this millennium?
Candy Man Blues Another £4 market-stall buy. Many of the usual suspects but unusual tracks. On heavy rotation in the car...
Cheerily,
Gerry C
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Post by ianz on Feb 2, 2010 17:36:22 GMT
Tom Doughty - Have a Tast of This
One of my work colleagues saw him at Bury on Saturday, came in today and asked if I had heard of him? Was glad to say Lucy shared an apearance with him, and I've converted another person to the blues.... She's got the album now....
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Post by honeyboy on Feb 9, 2010 16:42:58 GMT
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Post by Gerry C on Feb 9, 2010 17:13:56 GMT
Just taken delivery of two CDs by Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, I Want You to Know and Goin' Home. These guys are superb! Why has it taken so long for them to be brought to my attention? What do I have 'people' for?! Heads will roll! Cheerily, Gerry C
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Post by toom on Feb 9, 2010 20:03:54 GMT
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Post by blueshome on Feb 10, 2010 11:24:48 GMT
Gerry,
Frank Hovington (b1919 in Reading PA; d.1982 Camden DE) - was a Delaware songster recorded by Dick Spotswood and Bruce Bastin in the 70's.
He was a superb player and singer in the East Coast style, but with a very individual touch and sound. There are a few tracks by him on some collections but the one to go for is the Flyright CD "Gone With the Wind" which has a mixture of covers and originals and which should be easily available (I got a new copy from Amazon last year). Highly recommended although no sliding.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2010 12:02:23 GMT
Genuine Negro Jig - great album - I saw Carolina Chocolate Drops the other week in Coventry at Taylor John's House, a very small intimate venue and they were great (slide banjo playing too!!)- a certain Michael Messer will be playing there in May.
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Post by oldmanblue on Feb 10, 2010 12:18:59 GMT
just downloaded ramblin jack elliot ,i am a stranger here to nice album.omb
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Post by Gerry C on Feb 10, 2010 17:56:47 GMT
Thanks for that info, Phil: I shall seek out that CD.
Today's choons: a rather odd mixture of Charley Jordan, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Julian Bream playing Bach...
Cheerily,
Gerry C
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Post by honeyboy on Feb 10, 2010 18:53:07 GMT
Interestingly, Robert Plant has been 'collaborating' with Beth Nielsen Chapman (amongst others) over recent months. He is due to record a 'live' concert with her at Abbey Road Studios on Thursday 25th February - which he promises 'Is quite different from anything else I've ever done'... Events will be broadcast live on Absolute Radio starting at 5:00pm and continuing through the night.. It is in aid of Cancer Research.
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Post by Gerry C on Feb 10, 2010 22:24:09 GMT
I believe Chapman's husband died very young from cancer, thus causing her to write the moving Sand and Water.
Cheerily,
Gerry C
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2010 2:30:01 GMT
this month's Mojo magazine includes a disc of covers of songs from Syd Barrett's first solo album: The Madcap Laughs. So have been loving that and rediscovering Barrett's solo records and early Pink Floyd
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Post by honeyboy on Feb 11, 2010 9:24:04 GMT
Here are some Syd Barrett 'Gems' Rosemary Breen (Syd's sister) organised a tribute/rememberance when Syd died in 2006. Although he was in the habit of destroying most of his artwork after it was finished, there were quite a few works and effects left. These were gathered and sold to raise funds, together with large donations from Storm Thorgerson and Dave Gilmour (amongst others). Rosemary was keen for this money to be channelled into the mental health charity 'Escape Artists'. Her key objective was to use the arts to improve the standard of mental wellbeing among marginalised groups, such as the homeless, mental health service users, prisoners and young people. Here is the website - Syd Barrett - The City WakesThe Syd Barrett Fund Blog is planning some new events for November 2010 to mark the fortieth anniversary of Syd's last music release. Hear Syd's Top 20 works courtesy of Mojo Magazine. His use of slide guitar (Fender Esquire and Zippo lighter) with tape echo was a groundbreaking moment in music..
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Post by andys on Feb 11, 2010 12:23:47 GMT
One of the saddest books I have read is Madcap Laughs, a biography of Syd Barrett.
He seems to have been pretty much exploited and almost "turned into" a "casualty" during the late 1960s, and his two solo albums, while having some lovely songs, to me have an overwhelming sense of a creative genius fading away.
Really glad that some good work is coming out of Syds legacy, but really sad that he ended up that way in the first place.
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