Leanne Miller
Local musician Phil Miller's wife, Lianne passed away this morning. As it stands right now there will be a get together at Phil and Lianne's next Saturday the 9th between 1 and 4. This is what Lianne wanted. Their address is 53 Oak Ln Saugerties Ny 12477.
Woodstock Memorial Day Parade
Just back from the Woodstock Memorial Day parade. I walked (Jay Wenk the leader, says we "stroll") with Veteran's for Peace as I do most years. I've always loved marching in parades. I also love singing in parades, which I did this year too. I play the banjo and lead a bunch of old zinger songs like "Study War No More", "This Little Light of Mine", etc. It's a short parade, but is on an uphill incline. Singing full voice like that, it is a cardiovascular workout. And each year it's a little bit harder. By the end of the first song today I knew I was in trouble and grabbed a ricola cough drop. By end of the parade, I'm not sure what was coming out of my mouth. I know I was gasping for breath and somehow mouthing the words. I seemed like I took two breaths of air for every word. It would have been interesting to hear what it actually sounded like!
After the parade they had poetry and speeches on the the Village Green while the "regular military" organizations had their service at the Woodstock Cemetery. We've been disinvited to that for several years, hence the program on the green. I sang a few songs - it was through a sound system. Laurie and Julie Kirby were doing a great song when the Onteora Marching band came back from the service at the green playing very loudly interrupting our service. Laurie and julie kept on singing though, even working the song into the rhythm of the drums. The Woodstock bagpipe band followed, but they had the courtesy to stop playing until they were past us.
At the end they wanted us to sing "This Land is Your Land". No one knew how to play it on guitar but me, and I wanted to play banjo. I found a young woman strolling by with a guitar on her shoulder (forget her name but it was a Favilla guitar). I taught her the chords and she joined in.
After the parade they had poetry and speeches on the the Village Green while the "regular military" organizations had their service at the Woodstock Cemetery. We've been disinvited to that for several years, hence the program on the green. I sang a few songs - it was through a sound system. Laurie and Julie Kirby were doing a great song when the Onteora Marching band came back from the service at the green playing very loudly interrupting our service. Laurie and julie kept on singing though, even working the song into the rhythm of the drums. The Woodstock bagpipe band followed, but they had the courtesy to stop playing until they were past us.
At the end they wanted us to sing "This Land is Your Land". No one knew how to play it on guitar but me, and I wanted to play banjo. I found a young woman strolling by with a guitar on her shoulder (forget her name but it was a Favilla guitar). I taught her the chords and she joined in.
My Heart's in Old 'Sopus
I've added the lyrics to "My Heart's in Old 'Sopus" (c. 1850) by Henry Backus at the Catskill Mountain/Hudson Valley page http://bobluskcatskills.blogspot.com/
"Sruti's"
OK, a "sruti" is an measurement of pitch in Indian music. So instead of 12 tones (notes) with this system there are 40 tones called sruti's. On the following list first comes the Indian tone name "sa, ri, ga, ma, pa, dha, ni, sa", which is equal to our "do, re me, etc:. "Komal" means flat and "Tivre" means sharp. (Only Ri, GA, Dha, and Ni are flatted and only Ma is sharped.) Following that are the emotions the interval produces and then the mathematical ratio.
Alain Danielou's table of experimental srutis
Note Actual Ezpression Ratio from C
1 Sa (C) (base) 1/1
2 Ri komal - (D flat - ) Sad, pathetic 25/24
3 Ri komal (D flat) Tender, at peace 256/243
4 Ri komal + (D flat +) Loving, calm 16/15
5 Ri komal ++ (D flat++) Enterprising 27/25
6 Ri – (D-) Anxious, weak 10/9
7 Ri (D) Strong, confident 9/8
8 Ri + (D+) Fierce 256/225
9 Ga komal – (E flat -) Sad 75/64
10 Ga komal – (E flat) Loving 32/27
11 Ga komal + (E flat +) Passionate 6/5
12 Ga (E) Calm, pleasing 5/4
13 Ga + (E +) Awake, lively 81/64
14 Ga ++ (E ++) Hard, indifferent 32/25
15 Ma – (F –) Doubt 320/243
16 Ma (F) Moonlight, peace 4/3
17 Ma+ (F+) Intense 27/20
18 Ma tivre– (F sharp - ) Intense, grief 25/18
19 Ma tivre– (F sharp) Uncertain, doubtful 45/32
20 Ma tivre+ (F sharp +) Intense, active 64/45
21 Ma tivre++ (F sharp ++) Acute, interrogative 36/25
22 Pa – (G - ) Inexpressive, self-contradictory 40/27
23 Pa (G) Sunlight, joyful 3/2
24 Pa+ (G+) Confused, self-contradictory 243/160
25 Dha komal– (A flat -) Deep sorrow 25/16
26 Dha komal (A flat) Tender 128/81
27 Dha komal+ (A flat+) Loving, enterprising 8/5
28 Dha-(A-) Uncertainty 400/243
29 Dha (A) Soft, calm 5/3
30 Dha+ (A+) Restless, playful 27/16
31 Dha++ (A++) Hard, active 128/75
32 Ni komal- (B flat-) Helpless, subdued 225/128
33 Ni komal (B flat) Beauty, love 16/9
34 Ni komal+ (B flat+) Desire, anxiety 9/5
35 Ni-- (B --) Doubt 720/400
36 Ni- (B-) Anguish, depression 50/27
37 Ni (B) Soft, voluptuous 15/8
38 Ni+ (B+) Strong, sensuous 243/128
39 Ni++ (B++) Selfish, anger 48/25
40 Sa (C) (base) 1/1
Alain Danielou's table of experimental srutis
Note Actual Ezpression Ratio from C
1 Sa (C) (base) 1/1
2 Ri komal - (D flat - ) Sad, pathetic 25/24
3 Ri komal (D flat) Tender, at peace 256/243
4 Ri komal + (D flat +) Loving, calm 16/15
5 Ri komal ++ (D flat++) Enterprising 27/25
6 Ri – (D-) Anxious, weak 10/9
7 Ri (D) Strong, confident 9/8
8 Ri + (D+) Fierce 256/225
9 Ga komal – (E flat -) Sad 75/64
10 Ga komal – (E flat) Loving 32/27
11 Ga komal + (E flat +) Passionate 6/5
12 Ga (E) Calm, pleasing 5/4
13 Ga + (E +) Awake, lively 81/64
14 Ga ++ (E ++) Hard, indifferent 32/25
15 Ma – (F –) Doubt 320/243
16 Ma (F) Moonlight, peace 4/3
17 Ma+ (F+) Intense 27/20
18 Ma tivre– (F sharp - ) Intense, grief 25/18
19 Ma tivre– (F sharp) Uncertain, doubtful 45/32
20 Ma tivre+ (F sharp +) Intense, active 64/45
21 Ma tivre++ (F sharp ++) Acute, interrogative 36/25
22 Pa – (G - ) Inexpressive, self-contradictory 40/27
23 Pa (G) Sunlight, joyful 3/2
24 Pa+ (G+) Confused, self-contradictory 243/160
25 Dha komal– (A flat -) Deep sorrow 25/16
26 Dha komal (A flat) Tender 128/81
27 Dha komal+ (A flat+) Loving, enterprising 8/5
28 Dha-(A-) Uncertainty 400/243
29 Dha (A) Soft, calm 5/3
30 Dha+ (A+) Restless, playful 27/16
31 Dha++ (A++) Hard, active 128/75
32 Ni komal- (B flat-) Helpless, subdued 225/128
33 Ni komal (B flat) Beauty, love 16/9
34 Ni komal+ (B flat+) Desire, anxiety 9/5
35 Ni-- (B --) Doubt 720/400
36 Ni- (B-) Anguish, depression 50/27
37 Ni (B) Soft, voluptuous 15/8
38 Ni+ (B+) Strong, sensuous 243/128
39 Ni++ (B++) Selfish, anger 48/25
40 Sa (C) (base) 1/1
Help needed for fiddler Jerry Holland
Wonderful Cape Breton fiddler Jerry Holland has been diagnosed with bone cancer and may be losing a leg. He needs financial help. Checks can be made out to him, and mailed to Beth Telford, at 1060 Bent Hill Rd, Braintree, VT 05060. I have been listening to his recordings for years. His website is at http://www.jerryholland.com/
Memorial Day March for Peace
BTW I'm planning to be there with my banjo - all welcome! - Bob
Veterans for Peace Chapter in Woodstock - Memorial Day Gathering, Monday, May 29
Veterans for Peace Chapter 058 in Woodstock, New York will be hosting a Memorial Day gathering. Veterans for Peace has been participating in the Memorial Day parade in Woodstock for many years. In the last few, while still marching in the parade, we have been denied the right to speak at the Woodstock Veterans' Memorial by the Woodstock American Legion. This is because the memorial is located in a private cemetery and the American Legion owns the PA system. So, this year, like last year we will march up Mill Hill Road, but instead of continuing to the cemetery, we'll stop at the top of the hill at the Village Green (where the memorial originally was) and hold a separate event that will include the community. There will be speakers, music, poetry and an open mic for community participation. We have permission to use the Green from the Town and from the Dutch Reform Church which owns the Green.
We will be assembling at the Woodstock Playhouse parking lot at 11:30 (near the intersection of Route 212 and 375). The parade is scheduled to start at 12:00 noon and our event at the Green will kick off at 1:00 pm. More information to follow as it develops. Call Jay Wenk, 845- 679- 2161or e-mail dswbike@aol.com for more information.
Fw: Bob Horan - Save Internet Radio Notice
From Bob Horan
Hello Everyone,
Please take a moment to click on the website at the bottom! Then consider using the email form to ask your elected officials to help keep internet royalties at a fair level.
Being asked to pay a 300 to 1200 % increase for anything is outrageous.
The net is becoming the best bastion for non- corpororate owned free speech that we have. These unfair increases will limit the play time to a wealthy few, the way commercial radio is now.
Thanks,
Bob
Call for performers!
Call for performers! Hootenanny and Auction!
This is a fundraiser for the Heritage Music Foundation. Our mission is to bring the historic and regional folk traditions of the
If you are interested in performing at the Hoot, let us know so that we can include your name in our early publicity. E-mail Bob Lusk at boblusk@hvc.rr.com.
We are also having an "Auction of Folk Memorabilia" there. We would welcome donations of CD's, songbooks, posters, even instruments. Your own CD's of course would be especially welcome. If you can't come that day, but wish to donate an item, contact us for pickup.
Yours in Folk Music!
Bob Lusk
Heritage Music Foundation
Peace Troubadour Cecilia St. King
"I'm going to Lift My Voice above the purple mountain majesty. If I could, I would speak for the silent cry from sea to shining sea. I'm going to Lift My Voice, like a breeze blowing freedom's refrain, I'm going to Lift My Voice across the amber waves of grain." - Cecilia St. King
Dear Friends & Family,
I've been invited to bring my music to Democracy Fest in Manchester New Hampshire on June 9th, as the headliner, opening up once again a speech given by Howard Dean! This is a GOOD thing! Democracy Fest is a fabulous organization now in it's fourth year, that teaches communities how to take control of their local government. Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, good communities are built through organizations like this. As Ghandi said, "Be the change you wish to see."
So I'll be there "LIFTING MY VOICE" - supporting this great organization and trying to shed some light, but I need your help. Democracy Fest, will put us up for the night, and feed us all 3 meals, which is great, but like most grass roots organization, there is no budget for the musicians.
Joining me on this gig will be Vincenza Dante, Rusty Boris, Sean Crimmins & Chris Kovach. Most times I pay the band out of my own pocket, and if no funds come in, that is exactly what I'll do. That's why, this time I'm looking for sponsors. I'd like to raise $1000 - $150.00 per player x's 4 - $300.00 to the leader of the band : ) and $100.00 for gas. Manchester is a 3.5 hour drive from the Hudson Valley. You can sponsor an individual player, or just give what you can. Heah $10 bucks is almost 2.5 gallons of gas! Every little bit helps.
If you are interested, you can make your donations right on paypal; just go to www.paypal.com and to the tab that says, "Send Money" and enter my e-mail address, I have an account there. Or you can send a check directly to me at: 162 West Chestnut Street - Apt. 1 - Kingston, NY 12401
"Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit." - unknown author
With Love & Gratitude
Cecilia St. King
Peace Troubadour
May Peace Prevail on Earth
http://www.sonicbids.com/ceciliastking
e-mail address: ceciliastking@msn.com
Dear Friends & Family,
I've been invited to bring my music to Democracy Fest in Manchester New Hampshire on June 9th, as the headliner, opening up once again a speech given by Howard Dean! This is a GOOD thing! Democracy Fest is a fabulous organization now in it's fourth year, that teaches communities how to take control of their local government. Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, good communities are built through organizations like this. As Ghandi said, "Be the change you wish to see."
So I'll be there "LIFTING MY VOICE" - supporting this great organization and trying to shed some light, but I need your help. Democracy Fest, will put us up for the night, and feed us all 3 meals, which is great, but like most grass roots organization, there is no budget for the musicians.
Joining me on this gig will be Vincenza Dante, Rusty Boris, Sean Crimmins & Chris Kovach. Most times I pay the band out of my own pocket, and if no funds come in, that is exactly what I'll do. That's why, this time I'm looking for sponsors. I'd like to raise $1000 - $150.00 per player x's 4 - $300.00 to the leader of the band : ) and $100.00 for gas. Manchester is a 3.5 hour drive from the Hudson Valley. You can sponsor an individual player, or just give what you can. Heah $10 bucks is almost 2.5 gallons of gas! Every little bit helps.
If you are interested, you can make your donations right on paypal; just go to www.paypal.com and to the tab that says, "Send Money" and enter my e-mail address, I have an account there. Or you can send a check directly to me at: 162 West Chestnut Street - Apt. 1 - Kingston, NY 12401
"Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit." - unknown author
With Love & Gratitude
Cecilia St. King
Peace Troubadour
May Peace Prevail on Earth
http://www.sonicbids.com/ceciliastking
e-mail address: ceciliastking@msn.com
Spring folk music weekend - May 25-28 2007 - space available
This is for the New York City Pinewoods Folk Music Club - Bob
From: joybennett@att.net
Subject: Spring folk music weekend - May 25-28 2007 - space available
If you haven't already registered there is still a little time and a little space -- and... single rooms are still available. We have extended the member's rate through 5/18, so hurry! We have an amazing weekend planned. And, you may now pay by credit card at:
members - http://membersspringwknd.eventbrite.com/ (you can even sign up for membership at this site)
non-members - http://springfolkweekend.eventbrite.com/
Join us for a really great weekend -- there is something for everyone - the short story: Get more information and the long story by going to:
http://www.folkmusicny.org/2007-May-flyer.pdf (if clicking does not take you there, paste the link in your browser)
Our fabulous weekend staff (and there may be some surprise special guests):
Jen Larsen & Terry McGill are steeped in the tradition and offer a variety of music, from Appalachian ballads to bluegrass. if you have not already heard Jen on Prairie Home Companion, perhaps you have heard her and Terry with their band Straight Drive (appearing at Carnegie Hall this weekend along with the Ebony Hillbillies in an afternoon concert). Jen's haunting ballads will send a chill up your spine... see longer bio by clicking on the link to the folk music society's website
Deb Cowan brings us songs of work (yes, maritime too for those enthusiasts), struggle, freedom, a wealth of songs from the Helen Hartness Flanders collection. Deb can transport you to Ireland or make you believe you are out on the rolling seas. She is not to be missed.
Bob Malenky is a dazzling eclectic performer, concentrating on the blues but at home with union songs, Woody Guthrie, traditional folk, and music hall songs. He plays exceptional guitar (learned from Muddy Waters and Lightnin' Hopkins), five-string banjo, mountain dulcimer, and flute. He has performed with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee and has taught courses in world folk music at City College. Bob is a longtime member of the FMSNY and we are fortunate to have him with us for the weekend and to help us with those Monday morning blues...
Move those feet and swing your partner, John Krumm is our dance caller — and more. John Krumm has been music and dance specialist at the Miquon School in Pennsylvania for 19 years. He has also been playing and calling dances for over 26 years. He teaches Music and Movement in the Elementary Classroom for the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Skilled in teaching harmony singing and leading group singing, John has an endless repertoire of good songs. John has published two books of his own compositions, A Book of Rounds and Joy of my Heart. If you have not danced before, this is the time to start!
so don't delay another minute...it won't be fun without you!
Joy
Which Johnny Cash Song are You
I apologize for all the url's I'm posting, but they seem to be coming in fast and furious. I wish I could post the whole page here, but blogs don't seem to work that way. This page helps you figure out "Which Johnny Cash Song are You". http://www.quizilla.com/users/thesupergiles/quizzes/Which%20Johnny%20Cash%20song%20are%20you?/
Internet Archive: Details: To Hear Your Banjo Play
From: "Ron Radosh" <rradosh@comcast.net>
via "Bob Cohen" <Rcohen4@hvc.rr.com>
via "Bob Cohen" <Rcohen4@hvc.rr.com>
Great video of Pete Seeger in 1947
Joan Baez BANNED By US Army
John Pietaro <leftmus@earthlink.net>
Friends,
You may have heard about this in passing, though it was surely downplayed in the media; no shock there. One of folk music's greatest figures had attempted to gain access to Walter Reed Hosptial to perform for wounded US service personnel, alongside John Mellencamp, who'd arranged the event. As the story was originally told, they were to arrive together in the company of Dan Rather, who was then going to interview them following the concert for the fallen soldiers and sailors. Neither Baez nor Rather were permitted entry to the coveted military hospital---that which has fallen into near ruin at the hands of the Bush Administration.
Below is a transcript of Joan Baez' interview with Amy Goodman from the atter's radio program. For more info on the show, go to www.democracynow.org
In Solidarity,
John Pietaro
www.flamesofdiscontent.org
DEMOCRACY NOW! Broadcast 5/4/07. Amy Goodman interviews folk legend Joan Baez:
The Army has denied legendary folk singer and antiwar activist Joan Baez permission to sing at a concert for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. We speak with Baez at her home in Palo Alto. [includes rush transcript]
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JUAN GONZALEZ: Legendary folksinger and antiwar activist Joan Baez has been denied permission to sing at a concert for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In a letter to the Washington Post published Wednesday, Baez said rocker John Mellencamp had asked her to perform with him last Friday and that she accepted his invitation. But then the Army subsequently refused to let her take part. Mellencamp told rollingstone.com that when
they asked why, the reply they got was, "She can't fit here."
AMY GOODMAN: In an emailed statement published Monday on rollingstone.com, Walter Reed spokesman Steve Sanderson said the medical center received the request for participation by Baez two days before the concert. He said, "These additional requirements were not in the contract and would have required a modification."
Well, we called Joan Baez at her home in Palo Alto, and she described what happened.
JOAN BAEZ: When I got back from touring in Europe, which is why I didn't know anything any sooner, my manager called and said that I had been invited by John Mellencamp to be a guest at his concert at Walter Reed Hospital. And my response was just kind of intuitive or instinctive, the way my responses usually are, and I said yes, and later on thought about why I had said yes,
because I usually am sort of very -- run very shy of "singing to the troops." But I realized that singing to the troops during a war, what I call a Bob Hope syndrome, is really condoning the war, and I've always had an aversion to the idea of singing to some kid who's going to go out and get
his brains blown out the next day. I feel as though I should have been sitting there pleading with him to go home.
However, when they got home, either they, I mean, a lot of times received a hostile reception, and for the most part just were ignored, and I think we are still seeing the results of their pain. And so, I thought, well, you know, this is one small way to show a welcome before the fact.
AMY GOODMAN: And so, you agreed. Now, these are people -- at Walter Reed, these are people have come home wounded.
JOAN BAEZ: That is correct.
AMY GOODMAN: So you agreed.
JOAN BAEZ: Yeah. And then -- so, I guess, Mark, my manager and Mellencamp's manager began talking on the phone, because probably the greatest red tape in the history of the world would be the military, but it seemed to be developing in a positive way. So -- and then Mark would check with me, and he said, "Are you still on for this?" And I'd say yes. And this went on for, what, a month? And there was, I think, five days, about five days before the oncert, and I was -- I did have a flight booked and a hotel booked and the final agreement, yes. Maybe four days before the concert, then I was told that I was not approved.
AMY GOODMAN: For what reason, were you told? What were you given as the reason?
JOAN BAEZ: Well, not -- I mean, all I know -- and it was Mellencamp's manager who did all the talking. He went there and talked face-to-face to somebody. I don't know whom. And he could not get an answer that made any sense to him from anybody. So all they could say was that I wasn't approved.
AMY GOODMAN: John Mellencamp wrote on rollingstone.com or told them, "They didn't give me a reason why she couldn't come. We asked why, and they said 'she can't fit here,' period."
JOAN BAEZ: Yeah, and he heard that and I didn't, so that's why I don't quote it.
AMY GOODMAN: And what is your response to that?
JOAN BAEZ: Well, I'm not terribly surprised, although I did think, because of what's going on, that the turmoil in this country and the changes, which have been fairly rapid, of the majority of the population really not wanting this war and generals popping up from here and there refusing to go and have any part of it or openly criticizing it or saying that "it is a scenario that is absolutely impossible, and I'll have nothing to do with it," that maybe, you know, the winds of war had switched a little bit, and maybe there was some people in that -- in Walter Reed, especially because of the scandal, who would like to sort of change the course of things, and for that reason I might be let in.
AMY GOODMAN: And so, the fact that you can't sing there, what are your plans? Or that you couldn't?
JOAN BAEZ: Well, I mean, I'm going on living my life. And today and probably tomorrow, I'm just sitting by the phone, because in a sense this is better than my having gone there -- I mean, in a sense, because I'm allowed now to tell this story over and over to people who are interested in it.
AMY GOODMAN: You recorded a song with John Mellencamp?
JOAN BAEZ: Yeah, on his last album.
AMY GOODMAN: Called?
JOAN BAEZ: "Jim Crow."
AMY GOODMAN: What are your thoughts, Joan Baez, on an artist's role in a time of war?
JOAN BAEZ: Well, they're what they always have been. I must tell you that now I'm spending a lot of time with my family. I gypped them out of a lot of time in the '60s and '70s, and I now have a grandchild. My father just died. He was ninety-four. And my mother is ninety-four. So, hard as it is for people to imagine me doing anything but leading a march, I have been pending this time with my family or touring.
AMY GOODMAN: Joan Baez, speaking from her home in Palo Alto. The US Army has said that she cannot sing at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center for the wounded soldiers. She was invited by John Mellencamp.
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Happy Birthday Pete!
A Very Happy 88th Birthday to Pete Seeger today 5/3/07. Best wishes for many more!
Band Scam
From Bruce Whistance - I got this scam letter too. I fell for the 1st
e-mail and realized it was bogus by first reply from them.
e-mail and realized it was bogus by first reply from them.
Bob,
For your awareness : There is a band scam going on in the valley. Here
is how it works :
hi david,
thanks for the prompt responce and all you have in mind for my
wifes party .i will like to let you know that an associate of mine will be
footing the bill for music,food and drinks and will do so by
check and to do this i will need you info as follows;
1)name as to appear on check
2)address to which check is mailed
3)phone number
i will also like to let you knoiw that he will send you a check
containing the fee of all and you cash and deposit in your account and
transfer the remaining to the caterer in charge of food and drinks.i will
expect your prompt reply asap.thanks
More Photos!
Just fixed my scanner and added some photos from my archives - check them out at http://bobluskphotos.blogspot.com/
Panther Mt. Picker's Circle May 2007 Schedule
Subject: Panther Mt. Picker's Circle May 2007 Schedule
To All,
Hope this note finds everyone doing well. The May schedule for Picking Cricles will be all Thursdays being 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, and 5/31. With the weather warming up the lodge room is a bit more comfortable so come on out and make some music.
Regards,
Harry Jameson
Reply from Harry
Subject: Re: Harry Jameson is Not Happy
To All,
I merely mentioned, in passing conversation with Dennis, that " The Tubguy " name really didn't really didn't describe what I do. It was his own Idea to pick such a lame name for me, not mine. "The Tubguy" does not work for me for the following reasons:
1. People have been coming up to me and asking questions like, " Do I have them in Cast Iron ", " Do the porcelain models come in colors ", and " Can I get Claw foot Tubs ". I sound like the guy the plumbers buy from. Like I should have a outlet on Route 17 in New Jersey.
2. No where have I ever seen anyone billed as " The Guitarguy, Banjoguy, Mandolinguy, and so on. I have heard of " The Piano man " but I'm not suggesting " The Tubman " because it still sounds like I should be in Paramus.
I thought maybe I would chose my own name ( much like most people do, because its their right, and this is America ), but Dennis obviously thought different. As he has made his reason for living, giving my life more meaning than it already has, so be it. Let the contest begin.
Lets just see who can best describe what I do with a piece of clothesline attached to a galvanized bucket and a wheelbarrow handle. Good Luck To All. Oh, by the way, I do have one rule of my own that I must impose to protect my reputation in my field which is, if I do not accept it, like it, or for any other reason choose not to use it, then I don't have to.
In closing, let me point out that Dennis picked his own name. " Blind Grady Flemwhistle " Nice, but you don't want to sit in the front row when this guys performing. Not unless you brought your raincoat with you. So with that said, how many of you would want him to manage your act ?
Regards,
Harry
P.S. The Grand Prize CD set is no longer available as the first run was only a million copies which has totally sold out. " My Soul Is In The Tub " flew off the shelves as it was a limited collectors edition. Drives the value of every disc through the roof. They are presently going for hundreds of dollars on Ebay. Sorry.
Harry Jameson is Not Happy
From Dennis Havel
To All Pickers:
It has come to my attention that Harry Jameson, our steadfast host for the Panther Mountain Picking Circle and penultimate washtub bass player, has taken exception to being referred to as "The Tubguy". He has expressed his desire to be known by a name more befitting his character and unique talents.
As my main purpose on Earth is to make Harry's life as meaningful as possible, I am pleased to announce the:
"Give Harry A Name" contest.
All submissions should reflect a measure of tubworthiness and convey the subtle nuances of Harry's sublime mastery of plucking a clothsline attached to a galvanized bucket and wheelbarrow handle.
The Grand Prize for the winning entry is an autographed 2-CD set of Harry's latest release of tub tunes, "My Soul Is In the Tub" featuring tub classics: Tub o' My Heart, I Left My Tub in San Francisco, Let Me Wash the Tears from Your Socks, Laundry Day in Phoenicia, I'll Be Tubbin' Round the Mountain, Tubbin' For Jesus, and the hauntingly beautiful My Tub Runneth Over.
So, let's all honor Harry with a tub-o-riffic name of which he can be proud!
The winning entry will be announced Saturday, May 5th at the 'Raggin' the Blues Sessions" at Pine Hill Community Center at 7:30 PM
Keep on pickin' an grinnin'!
Regards
Dennis Havel <dhavel@hvc.rr.com>
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