Bloodlines Mailing List archives Sept 20-30, 1996

from the John Stewart email list

The list is a couple weeks old now- more intros and memories and
a surprising reference to John on Peter Paul & Mary's latest album -REB
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Subj: Re: The Most Wonderful Music 

Date: 96-09-20  

From: MFinleyCS@aol.com 



I'm enjoying reading all that everyone is writing. I have been listening to 
John's music since Kingston Trio days, although there was a lapse during the 
'80s when we were so busy raising young kids. Getting back into it now. 

Finally saw John "live" at a concert in, of all places, Moses Lake, 
Washington, last year. Beautiful setting near the lake, outdoor 
amphitheatre, people sitting and lying on the lawn, free concert. Wonderful 
show, heard "Miracle Mile" there for the first time. Hung around after the 
concert, finally met John, shook his hand, mumbled something incoherent, got 
an autograph on the liner card from "Teresa. . .and the Lost Songs," which I 
think has some absolutely brilliant stuff on it. Enjoying "Rough Sketches" a 
lot right now. Everyone has noticed, I suppose, how often angels occur as a 
metaphor in so many of John's songs. Great stuff. Before I saw John in 
concert I interviewed him by phone, while he was still living in Virginia, 
for an article about him that was published in a national level Catholic 
newspaper. Got him to talk some about his Catholic background. Said he 
still thinks of himself as a Catholic. Interesting stuff, no question about 
it. John has what Andrew Greeley calls "a Catholic imagination," a creative 
faculty that sees the sacred, the holy, the Divine Mystery, whatever you want 
to call it, all over the place. Theologically, he is really quite 
sophisticated, consciously or not. Listen on! 

Mitch 

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Subj: Re: Periods 

Date: 96-09-20  

From: Pjhayesofc@aol.com 



The eighties were John's "Hollywood" period. 

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Subj: Another intro 

Date: 96-09-20  

From: martyn@chinwad.demon.co.uk (Martyn Emerson) 



Hello all, 



I've been looking in for a couple of days (many thanks to Ron Beffa for the 
news that there actually now exists such a thing as a John Stewart mailing 
list!) I suppose I should write an intro. I hope Ian will excuse me for 
using a few lines of his which I recently read to assist me in this onerous 
task. 



Ian wrote: 

>Something must have stuck because I mentioned this to another mate, Mike 
>>Mooney, who also has an encyclopedic musical knowledge but isn't boring. 

>Hi >Mike. 

>Again the name struck a chord. Mike is someone who has 'top 10' and 'top 
>100' >lists of everything'. California Bloodines has been in his 'top 10 
>albums of >all time' for years. Number 3 I think. He told me the story of 
>how it was made >across the road from where Dylan was recording Nashville 
>Skyline and how John >had nicked all the best session musicians. 



This really rings a bell. The first time I encountered the name John 
Stewart was in a venerable old UK magazine called ZigZag. It was issue 38, 
(Feb 74, I think.) The last article therein was by Pete Frame, he of the 
hand-drafted musical family trees. It was the first in an intended series 
called "The Ten Greatest Albums Of All Time", though it never seemed to get 
past the first installment, like rather a lot of ZigZag projects. However, 
this first installment was devoted to an item entitled California 
Bloodlines. It was primarily a piecing together of separate interviews 
with Nik Venet & JS about the circumstances under which the album was 
recorded in Nashville, the story of the credits at the end of Never Goin' 
Back, an explication of the lines of blank verse on the back of the album 
jacket... that sort of thing. 



Though I doubted it would coincide with my musical tastes at the time - my 
favourites at fifteen years of age embarrass me now as they probably would 
most people - somehow that piece really made an impression on me, and I 
kept an eye out for Capitol ST-203 whenever I was shopping for music. But 
it took me two more years to actually find a copy here on the wrong side of 
the Atlantic. 

Thankfully in the intervening two years my tastes had developed 
considerably. I still remember sitting down to listen to that LP for the 
first time while re-reading the article. 



The rest of the seventies, as they say, is history. I discovered someone 
over here was enthusiastic enough to produce a magazine primarily devoted 
to John (Omaha Rainbow), subscribed to it, found out about all the other 
stuff I needed to catch up on, and devoted all efforts to seeking out those 
LPs. I remember finally laying my hands on a copy of Signals Through The 
Glass just a couple of days before leaving home for the first time in fall 
76 to go to university, and listening over and over to "Draft Age". Though 
my situation wasn't quite so perilous, (university isn't quite Vietnam) it 
really struck a chord. 



But that was the seventies. And somehow, round about the onset of the 
eighties, life took other turns, and I lost touch with not only John's 
music, but music in general. There have been some exceptions. Hearing 
Nanci Griffith in the mid 80's almost got me back in the groove, and I was 
certainly intrigued to see the cover of Wingless Angels on the Little Love 
Affairs jacket, and to hear their duet on that album. But it's only 
comparatively recently, primarily through all this internet stuff, that 
I've been really been getting back in touch. 



Ian again: 

>One recent highlight was seeing John live at a pub near York. It was a 
>most >surreal feeling walking from the concert room where these four 
>Californian >musicians were on stage out to the public bar for a pint of 
>John Smiths >Yorkshire Bitter and then back in. None of the regulars in 
>that pub had any >idea of who was on. It was an amazing night. 



I took the train from Manchester to be there in York too, Ian. Talk about 
highlights! First ever time I've ever seen the man in the flesh. And 
Buffy too! I've really no idea how many times he's made it to these shores 
in the past few years. I remember he played at the Band On The Wall right 
on the doorstep here in Manchester once a few years back, a place I know 
well (had a great time seeing Terry Allen there last weekend), but it was 
on a date that I just couldn't make. I might be a good deal more up to 
date by now had I been able to attend. 



Well, not a moving story like Michelle's, but it's the best I can do. I'm 
very much looking forward to catching up on my missing years through the 
agency of you folks. 



BTW, does anyone know what happened to Omaha Rainbow & Peter O'Brien? 



Martyn 

Manchester, England 

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Subj: Re: The Most Wonderful Music 

Date: 96-09-20  

From: M.J.Mooney@Bradford.ac.uk (Mike Mooney) 



At 18:32 19/09/96 -0400, Kit Newton wrote: 



><Snip> 

>"Neon Beach" marked the 
>beginning what I would call John's Neon Period, where neon 
>seems to be a continuing theme. The '70s were his "Wind Period." Ever 
>notice how so many of his great songs during that era had the word "wind" in 
>them? 
> 



My old home-compilation tape of John's earlier stuff is called "More Songs 
About Horses And Wind". You're right, we'd need to add "Neon" to that these 
days. 



Apropos of that, my wife and I were reminiscing the other day about a 
holiday we had a few years ago in France. She remembered that we'd rented a 
house on the Nyons road. Which of course set me off to warbling "Show me the 
Nyons road..." 



Actually, on the subject of home-made JS compliations, I suspect it's 
something that many of us have done. How about submitting your track 
listings, folks? 


Oh, by the way, thanks to Ian for saying I'm not boring! :~) 



Mike 
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Subj: Re: Another intro 

Date: 96-09-20  

From: M.J.Mooney@Bradford.ac.uk (Mike Mooney) 




Blimey, Martyn, I think you are me... 



That Frame article was my intro too. I too had to wait a while until I found 
a copy of Capitol ST-203, I too discovered Omaha Rainbow, and York was my 
first JS gig. And I'd like to know if O'Brien's still around. I've still got 
those old magazines and re-read them frequently. Nostalgia ain't what it 
used to be, eh? 


Mike 



P.S. Damn! Terry Allen was over here and I missed him. Review please! 

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Subj: Chapin 

Date: 96-09-20  

From: GregDenis@aol.com 



Clackclack wrote: 



"About the time of Hometown Girl, Chapin recorded Runaway Train, 
I believe, but it was never released. A secret tape awaits maybe 
with the Punch outtakes too. I can only dream." 



A friend who collects this stuff gave me a recording of John *and* Mary Chapin 
singing Runaway Train, so I know that there is at least that demo floating 
around. It's a bit stripped down but a nice rendition. 



-- Greg Dennis 


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Subj: Re: Periods 

Date: 96-09-20  

From: cnewton@fyi.net (Christopher Newton) 



The eighties were indeed John's "Hollywood" period. I've long since 
forgiven him. 

 
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Subj: Re: Periods 

Date: 96-09-20 

From: delausa@mailbox.syr.edu (Del Lausa) 





>OK. So if the 90s were John's Neon Period (at least until he hit the Blue 
>Dream Road), and the 70s were his "Wind Period" (good name, Kit!) what were 
>the Eighties? 



Pure Gold. 



del 

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Subj: A really long intro 

Date: 96-09-21  

From: ClackClack@aol.com 



Ok folks this may be a novella. Its OK if you fall asleep. First off , welcome 
to the list Martyn. I like to think that both you and Mike went to York 
because of my promptings. Wish I could have been there.... 


The short intro: I was born in 1953. First Stewart purchased: The original 
Armstrong single, then Willard, and then California Bloodlines-kind of 
a**-backwards. First became a fan: about 1962 or so. Favorite album: a tough 
choice since there are many really good albums, but I usually say Cannons In 
The Rain by a nose. First came online: April or May 95. PC: Compaq 
486/DX2,16MB, win 3.11. 



The long intro: 



Music appealled to me at a very young age. One of my best early memories is 
at about age 4 when my dad's kid brother would let me sit in his room and 
play me all his Elvis records. I soon took a liking to the Everlys and always 
wanted to hear them. My gram bought me a transistor radio when those things 
were the new wonders and I would fall asleep at night with the radio up 
against my ear listening to all the good music out there. I discovered that 
at night you could find these far away stations and I would slowly tune the 
dial and pick up these far off places and listen. I decided I had to play 
guitar and so I took slide steel guitar lessons for a number of years. I 
don't think I could play worth a dang but I had fun. 



My parents had little money, but my dad managed to save a bit and built 
himself a nice tube hi-fi. He had a few Elvis, some Belafonte that I loved 
and some of that folk music stuff- notably the Kingston Trio. They became one 
of my favorites. By the time I was ten in '63 the folk music era had been 
booming for some time. I was in Catholic grade school and my teacher (my 
favorite teacher of all my years) we nicknamed the Singing Nun. She wasn't 
the real singing nun. She was better. She played us all these wonderful folk 
albums and we learned the words to many - you know the classics, Michael Row 
the Boat Ashore, If I Had a Hammer, lots of Peter Paul & Mary, Brothers Four 
and more of that Kingston Trio stuff. Somewhere around this time I saw the 
Trio for my once and only time. Frankly it is a dim memory and although I 
like to think it was the Stewart Trio, I really can't remember. I remember 
the guys up on stage and bantering around more than the music itself. 



I got hooked on John when The New Frontier album came out. I liked it a lot 
and I liked it because of John. I actively followed what the Trio was up to 
in my own limited way. Somewhere in one of those boxes that ate Mt Clemens 
types I have old newspaper clippings and teen mag articles about the Trio. 

But then came the Beatles and like many others they swept me away... along 
with the Byrds, Beau Brummels and others. The folk side still always 
appealled to me and folk-rock, even the Rick Nelson type, I liked a lot. My 
interest in the Trio waned. They didn't seem to be putting out the kind of 
music I wanted to hear then. Of course, now I love to listen to those old 
albums. 



But anyway, shift forward a few years, and as I recounted a while back on 
AOL, John appeared on a local show in the San Francisco area when Calif 
Bloodlines was coming out. I was still enough of a fan to make a point of 
seeing the show when it was broadcast and John's appearance singing Mother 
Country hit me hard. I didn't even know that Signals Through The Glass had 
come and gone. But California Bloodlines was a killer. Since a friend got a 
copy I didn't pick up my own until a couple years later. But I picked up 
Willard and I just loved that album too, more so than my buddies. We'd sit 
around playing cards and it was almost a joke that when I wasn't doing well 
I'd put on the album to drive them nuts and I'd go "Listen to the Clack, 
Clack, Clack as... " It was my lucky charm. 



So from '69 or so I've been a hardcore Stewart fan. I can't recall the date I 
first saw John perform, but it was at The Boarding House maybe around 73 or 
74. From then on it was once or twice a year, except for a break in the late 
80' s when John didn't seem to play in the Bay Area much or at least I wasn't 
able to get to his shows for 4 or 5 years. Having young kiddies to raise 
didn't help matters. There were other things on my mind. But I lived for 
those albums and John has always given us a steady stream of just great 
stuff. I think my favorite album of the 80's is Punch the Big Guy. I remember 
the first time I heard John perform Botswanna live I was really moved. Really 
incredible images that man can conjure with this song and so so many of his 
other great songs. John has a number of recurring themes, as mentioned, like 
Mike and others said. An old girlfriend in the 70's and I would joke that it 
couldn't be a Stewart song unless there was Fire, Wind, Rain, or Horses. An 
exaggeration of course, but recurring themes. I remember once at The Boarding 
House we played a game of is the next song a horse song, or the wind... I 
said time for a wind song, and with a blast of electric firepower John 
bellows out "SUCKIN' WIND" and we about died laughing.... 


I have a lot of good concert memories.Saw some good shows at the Boarding 
House, lots of good ones at Chuck's Cellar, Great American Music Hall, and 
one of my favorite places, since it is so intimate, The Palms. John just 
keeps on doing it and doing it well. We are all richer for it. Its not really 
possible to say how much he and his music have meant to me over the years. 

But I guess thats why I'm here. 



Ron "ClackClack" Beffa 

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Subj:	No Subject
Date:	96-09-23
From:	Dan_Hodges@usccmail.lehman.com (Dan Hodges)

     Here's my stab at an intro:

     But first, thanks to all for your contributions to this list and
     especially to Michelle for setting it up. I think the international
     flavor is great. One of my goals is to make one of John's tours in the
     UK. Getting to "know" his fans there is a great treat.


     When I entered college in the early 60's I was well aware of the
     Kingston Trio because of their chart hits. I became a much greater
     fan, primarily motivated by the thing that influenced most of my
     decisions at that time -  most of the girls on campus liked the Trio
     and having KT albums and being able to discuss KT songs was a great
     way to meet them - And I learned that the music was great too. I
     started to notice that the songs I liked best were either written or
     sung by this John Stewart fellow. The "New Frontier" alub stands out
     in my memory. The name seemed familiar and sure enough when I checked
     my Cumberland Three records the same name showed up. I was impressed.
     I first saw the Trio (and John) in the flesh in a 1963 on-campus
     "College Concert". In 1967 I moved to New York and my first real job.
     A lot of things were changing that year and I still remember feeling
     sad watching the Trio say "good-bye" on the Andy Williams Show.

     Somehow I totally missed the beginning of John's solo career. It was
     not until about 1976 that I came across his music again. Hearing and
     loving "July You're Woman" under a very interesting set of
     circumstances (but that's another story) lead me to "Phoenix Concerts"
     - still my favorite traveling album. I searched the racks for other
     albums but still did not have a good information source -   the next
     time I saw John was with the Solid Gold Dancers singing "Gold" on TV.
     But after the RSO albums and Blondes I again lost track for a few
     years.

     I started pestering the owner of the local music club - The Towne
     Crier - to get John to appear and in 1988 he finally did. I like to
     think my requests had something to do with it?? So after nearly 30
     years I saw John as a solo for the first time and got on the mailing
     lists, etc.

     I have spend the past 7- 8 years trying to make up for lost time. In
     that period I have seen approximately 50 shows - in 12 states,
     including the four corners of the US: Blue Hill, Maine; Los Angeles,
     California; Miami, Florida and Seattle, Washington... every show is
     unique and a great experience. Some standouts are - the two Penn State
     shows (great turnout of fans from all over) - last year at the Turning
     Point with Roseanne Cash - McCabe's when "Deep in the Neon" was
     recorded - Woodstock and the Bottom Line with Eric Anderson - Bottom
     Line songwriters show with Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen and John
     Phillips; Edge of the Woods in New Haven, Conn (this is one of John's
     favorites - ask him to tell you about it) - I could go on and on.

     John's music has been a big part of my life and it just keeps getting
     better and better.


     Dan Hodges


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Subj: Ohio Stewart Fan Club 

Date: 96-09-23  

From: ddunet@concentric.net (Michelle L Stevens) 



A net friend from the aol mmc board asked me to send this questionnaire to 
you'all. Please respond by e-mail to Pete Crossland at petecros@aol.com. 


Thanks! 



Dear John Stewart Appreciator: 

I had a great privilege and a lot of fun when I arranged for and 
coordinated John's visit to Kent State University this April. After a bit 
of getting to know John and many of you, I am struck anew with how deeply 
moving John's music is and how much so many great people appreciate it and 
in so many ways. 



Here is a proposal: Let's form a loose, happy organization to 

*Socialize and enjoy the songs of John Stewart and what they mean to us. 

*Promote and produce better and more frequent venues for John in 
Northeast Ohio. 



Many people seem to want more contact, interaction, and intimacy with John 
and his music. How about an "intimate evening with John Stewart" where he 
does a typical set informally, takes questions and requests, and mingles in 
a pleasant environment? 



How about a weekend concert in a good hall where we put our efforts 
together and turn out the several hundreds (or thousands!) of people 
John Stewart deserves? 



If this appeals to you, please fill out the enclosed form and mail it to 
me. Please give me a call if you have questions or suggestions. 


I am (with John's permission) sending this to his Northeast Ohio mailing 
list. My expectation is that 10 to 50 of us will get together to get 
acquainted, listen/play/sing John Stewart music, and organize future 
activities. I hope you are interested! 



Sincerely, 

Pete Crossland 

email: petecros@aol.com 



Please complete this survey and return it to me at the address below. 

Thank you!! 

1. Are you interested in getting together this fall? 

_____yes _____maybe _____other 

(Explain:________________________________) 



at a hall in Hudson? _____yes or at my home in Akron? _____yes 

or 

at your home? _____yes or ______other 

(Your suggestions: ____________________________________________) 



2. Would you have something to say to the group about John Stewart? 

_____yes _____no 



3. Would you like to _____play _____sing _____listen to John Stewart 

songs? 



4.Best times: _____Friday 7:00 _____Saturday 2:00 _____Saturday 7:00 

_____Sunday 2:00 _____Sunday 5:00 

_____other (Explain: 

____________________________________________________) 



5.Would you be interested in an "intimate evening with John Stewart," 

say 30-40 people at $20 - $30 each? _____yes _____no 

Comments: 





6.Would you sell tickets to such an event? _____yes _____no 

How many? _____ 



7.Would you sell $10 - $15 tickets to a longer concert? _____yes _____no 


How many? _____ 



8.How about this possibility? Would you pay $75 for 1 ticket to an 

intimate evening and 6 

tickets to a large concert on another night? (You could use, give, or 
sell 

the six tickets.) 

_____yes _____no How many $75 packages would you buy?_____ 



9. Please write any additional comments and ideas on the back of this 

sheet. 



10. Your name___________________ 

Your phone number___________ 



Your address_______________________________________________ 



Best time to call you 

__________________________________________________ 



Please return this form to 



Pete Crossland 
29 Borton Avenue 
Akron, OH 44302 



For information, call (330) 867-4967 or send email to petecros@aol.com 


Please copy this form and pass it on to all interested folks! 


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Subj: PP&M 

Date: 96-09-23  

From: Ddumail@aol.com 



The following was posted to the AOL board and I have received permission to 
post it here as well: 



On the recent PP&M album Lifelines, there is a song by Noel Paul Stookey 
called For the Love of it All. In this song there is a verse which says: 


"Irresistable Targets" 

I heard someone say 

They were speaking of angels 

Who were so courageous day after day, 

Gunned down on a highway (as we often recall) 

I hear a scream, I have a dream 

The love of it all 



It would seem this is a direct reference to John's song Irresistable Targets.
I know Noel sang on the Bullets album with John, so it would seem logical 
this is the source of the reference he makes. Is this the case or did they 
have a common source? 


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Subj: Re: PP&M 

Date: 96-09-24  

From: cnewton@fyi.net (Christopher Newton) 



I noticed it, too. It's an obvious reference to John's "Irresistable Targets." 



Kit Newton 


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Subj: Targets and Stookey 

Date: 96-09-24  

From: GregDenis@aol.com 



Speaking of John and the Paul Stookey connection, I believe Paul (Noel) lives 
in Blue Hill, Maine, where John occasiohnally performs at a great little club 
whose name I forget but they have great acts, including Tom Rush. Can any of 
our New England brethren (and sisteren) enlighten me on this connection? 


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Subj: Re: Targets and Stookey 

Date: 96-09-24  

From: MButters@aol.com 



It is a JS reference. Paul lives in Blue Hole and has guested in at least one 
of John's concerts, there. I hear they dueted on "Four Strong Winds". What a 
wonderful choice. My favorite, ever, after "Chilly Winds". Anyone heard the 
Trio (unreleased) version of this Ian Tyson song, on the box set. 



My wife and I collaborate on Christmas tapes for our friends from work and 
church, each year. We included Noel Paul's "For the Love..." on last year's 
tape. The tag at the end of the song just cinched it. 



I also like Paul's taste in singer-songwriters. 


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Subj: Re: Targets and Stookey 

Date: 96-09-25  

From: cnewton@fyi.net (Christopher Newton) 





Noel Paul Stookey does indeed live in Blue Hill Maine. I arranged for Noel 
and his "Bodyworks" group to play a benefit concert for a charitable 
organization I do volunteer work for a few years back here in Sewickley, Pa. 

Never been to Blue Hill, but my brother, who is a Mainer, says it's great. 
He's a great guy. It's no wonder he and John are buds. 



Kit Newton 

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Subj: Targets and Lifelines 

Date: 96-09-25  

From: ClackClack@aol.com 



Now that I think about it I'm kinda surprised that the JS reference on Peter 
Paul & Mary's LifeLines album wasn't mentioned on the AOL board. I picked 
this album up right around last Christmas and when I heard the reference to 
Irresistable Targets I thought WOW and only us John fans will get it. For you 
Emmylou Harris fans out there (MARTYN!) the line is sung by Emmylou on the album. 



Actually I might as well elaborate a bit on the album for those who might be 
unfamiliar with it. I would really recommend it. It's a "PP & M &" album and 
the & is a gathering of new, middle and old voices. Its a lengthy CD (15 
songs) and every song doesn't work, but there are plenty that do. Most 
outstanding to me is the leadoff cut "The Kid". A Buddy Mondlock song that is 
near perfect if not perfect. PP & M remind you how good they are on this 
song, as well as on many other songs on the album. But I can't imagine them 
getting it any better than they do on "The Kid". You need to hear it, but its 
a song for the Dreamers out here... Not the Dreamers on the Rise, just the 
Dreamers. Here's the first verse as a taste: 



I'm the kid who ran away with the circus 

Now I'm watering elephants 

But I sometimes lie awake in the sawdust 

Dreaming I'm in a suit of light. 



Actually its not fair to take it out of context because the whole song goes 
so nicely and the music and voices are just great. 



Other obligatory obsure JS connection: There's a decent version of Deportee 
(snippet in Illegals, Secret Tapes 86 I believe) and the middle voice of 
"Julie, Judy, Angel Rain" sounds quite good on the Lifelines album. 



Ron 
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Subj: Re: Targets and Stookey 

Date: 96-09-26  

From: jbrassil@maine.com (John Brassil) 



>Speaking of John and the Paul Stookey connection, I believe Paul (Noel) lives 

>in Blue Hill, Maine, where John occasiohnally performs at a great little club 

>whose name I forget but they have great acts, including Tom Rush. Can any of 

>our New England brethren (and sisteren) enlighten me on this connection? 



Yes-- 

The little club is the Left Bank Bakery and Cafe, Blue Hill ME 04614, phone 

(207) 374-2201. It's up near Haystack and Mt. Desert Island, more than a 

kick and a spit from Portland. An absolutely beautiful area of the state. 

I've caught a couple of JS shows there-- they were great. I did not see the 

show w/Stookey (missed it by a night), but did catch a JS duet with Tony Bird. 

No JS in Maine for a couple of years now. We'd like to see him at the Left 

Bank once again. Call them and tell them to "book him, Danno." 

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Subj: Middle voice 

Date: 96-09-26 

From: GregDenis@aol.com 




I love the PP&M album, too, and agree that some songs work much better than 
others. I think it was clack who wrote: 


the middle voice of "Julie, Judy, Angel Rain" sounds quite good on the 
Lifelines album. 



OK, I give up. Who is the middle voice, and what were the circumtances around 
that song's recording? 



[The middle voice was Judy Collins - REB] 


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Subj: Re: Targets and Lifelines 

Date: 96-09-26  

From: PFARNAM@aol.com 



Re The song "The Kid" David Wilcox has a really great version on his first 
album. It is most assuredly a song for Dreamers, but probably less so for 
"Dreamers On The Rise". 

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Subj: death of Bob Gibson 

Date: 96-09-29  

From: ClackClack@aol.com 



John and others- 



For those not subscribed to the folk music board, Bob Gibson has passed away. 

John, I hope you were able to make it to his farewell. I'm passing on the 

following two posts from the board tonite. -Ron 



Date: Sun, 29 Sep 96 00:13:00 -500 

From: benjamin.cohen@twty.chi.il.us 

Newsgroups: rec.music.folk 

Subject: Death of bob gibson 





I received the following message tonight: 



>Subject: The Passing of Bob Gibson 



>I received a call tonight from John Irons, Bob Gibson's manager of his 

>passing. Bob died on Friday September 27, 1996 in Portland, Oregon. His 


>family was at his side at his death. This came a week after he came to 

>Chicago for a farewall party with many of his friends, colleagues, and 

>fans. It was a very emotional night, with all of us taking part in 

>serenading Bob. He will be sorely missed. 

>Sob. 

>ben@twty.chi.il.us 

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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 16:01:29 -0400 

From: Roger McGuinn <mcguinn@ix.netcom.com> 

Newsgroups: rec.music.folk 

Subject: Bob Gibson tribute in Folk Den 



There is a version of "Sweet Betsy From Pike" rewritten by 

Spanky McFarlane and John Brown in the Folk Den, in honor 

of the late Bob Gibson. 



The URL is:http://www.uark.edu/~kadler/rmcguinn/FolkDen/index.html 



-Roger 

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Subj: Re: death of Bob Gibson 

Date: 96-09-30  

From: Angelbravo@aol.com 



So distressed to hear of Bobs passing. It saddens me greatly. Thank you for 

letting me know. 



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