Wailin' on Wall Street
From Elly Wininger. On Saturday, 8/2/08, there is a jazz festival in Kingston. There will be a free jazz workshop on Sunday at noon at Backstage Productions, 323 Wall Street. Bring an instrument!
Statler Brothers
From the Johnny Cash list.
Subject: Burma Shave Signs
Finally, for those of you who didn't know what Burma Shave signs were. I grew up with them in Western New York.
Burma Shave with the Statler Brothers:
You may need to watch it twice; once to watch the Burma shave signs change and once to catch all the pictures plus listening to the music of the Statler Brothers. THIS IS REALLY GREAT.
For those of you too young to remember 'too bad you missed it!'
http://oldfortyfives.com/DYRT.htm
The Statler Brothers
Saturday morning serials, chapters 1 through 15
Fly paper, penny loafers, Lucky Strike Green
Flat tops, sock hops, Studebaker, Pepsi please
Ah, do you remember these?
Cigar bands on your hand, your daddy's socks rolled down
Sticks, snow floats and aviator caps with flaps that button down
Movie stars on Dixie Cup tops and knickers to your knees
Ah, do you remember these?
The hit parade, grape Tru-Aid, The Sadie Hawkins Dance
Pedal pushers, duck tail hair and peggin' your pants
Howdie-Doodie, Tutti-Frutti, the seam up the back of her hose
Ah, do you remember those?
James Dean he was keen, Sunday movies were taboo
The Senior Prom, Judy's mom, rock and roll was new
Cracker Jack prize, stars in your eyes, as daddy tore the keys
Ah, do you remember these?
The boogey man, lemonade stand and takin' your tonsils out
Hindenburg and wait your turn and four foul balls you're out
Cigarette loads and secret codes and savin' lucky stars
Can you remember back that far?
The boat neck shirts and fender skirts and crinoline petticoats
Mum's the word and a dirty bird and a double root beer float
Moon hub caps and loud heel taps and he's a real gone cat
Ah, do you remember that?
Dancin' close, little moron jokes and cooties in her hair
Captain Midnight, Ovaltine and The Whip at the County Fair
Charles Atlas Course, Roy Roger's Horse and Only The Shadow Knows
Ah, do you remember those?
Gable's charm, Frog in your arm, loud mufflers, pitchin' woo
Going steady, Veronica and Betty, white bucks and Blue Suede Shoes
Knock Knock jokes and who's there, Dewey Dewey who
Do we remember these, yes, we do.
Ah, do we do we remember these?...
Jack Hall The Matchstick Man
From Jack Hall's son Tony. Several clips with different kinds of music.
Hi Bob,
I hope all is well with you. A little out of the blue I expect, but I just wondered if you might like to be made aware that my father's matchstick instruments can be seen being played on this YouTube link:
Happy International Folksingers' Day!
I may have posted this last year - can't remember. Next year won't someone
remind me to take the day off? - Bob
remind me to take the day off? - Bob
From "Stephen & Marilyn Suffet" <Suffet@worldnet.att.net>
Greetings:
By my decree, today is...
INTERNATIONAL FOLKSINGERS' DAY ...in honor of Woody Guthrie, who was born on
July 14, 1912, in Okemah, Oklahoma, USA... and also in honor of all
folksingers worldwide!
IT'S WOODY'S BIRTHDAY!
Tune: Ten Little Indians (traditional)
Words: Stephen L. Suffet © 2001
I'm taking off, it's Woody's birthday,
You're taking off, it's Woody's birthday,
We're taking off, it's Woody's birthday,
We'll be back to work tomorrow!
I'm taking off, it's Bastille Day,
Vive la France, it's Bastille Day,
Storm the walls, it's Bastille Day,
And it's also Woody's birthday!
We need a day off, we're folksingers,
Banjo pickers and rafter ringers,
Guitar pickers and real humdingers,
Besides it's Woody's birthday!
We'll sing for Pete and Leadbelly,
Of Jesse James and Ned Kelley,
Of Barnacle Bill and Little Nellie,
Hey, it's Woody's birthday!
I'm taking off, it's Woody's birthday,
You're taking off, it's Woody's birthday,
We're taking off, it's Woody's birthday,
We'll be back to work tomorrow!
[Spoken: If we still have jobs!]
Have a happy day, whatever you call it!
--- Steve
Old Fashioned Hymn Sing
The Hymn sing is going really well. Please join us in 2 weeks.
Jesus as Vishnu
Old Fashioned Hymn Sing and Song Circle
Sunday July 27th - 6:30 - 7:45 Free!
Hosted by Cory Smith & Bob (Bhaav) Lusk
An informal singing group, gathering to sing old and new songs of praise and worship. Repertoire includes but is not limited to hymns, spirituals, folk songs, meditative songs, chants, bajans, and plainsong. We come from a variety of Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu traditions. All are welcome.
Please feel free to bring instruments
Children Welcome - Family friendly
Namaste Yoga Studio
2568 Rt 212 (Between Gallos & the A Frame Church)
Woodstock, NY
For more information, call Bhaav at (845) 338-8587
Jesus as Vishnu
Old Fashioned Hymn Sing and Song Circle
Sunday July 27th - 6:30 - 7:45 Free!
Hosted by Cory Smith & Bob (Bhaav) Lusk
An informal singing group, gathering to sing old and new songs of praise and worship. Repertoire includes but is not limited to hymns, spirituals, folk songs, meditative songs, chants, bajans, and plainsong. We come from a variety of Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu traditions. All are welcome.
Please feel free to bring instruments
Children Welcome - Family friendly
Namaste Yoga Studio
2568 Rt 212 (Between Gallos & the A Frame Church)
Woodstock, NY
For more information, call Bhaav at (845) 338-8587
Hymn Sing
Another wonderful hymn sing last night – the next one will be in two weeks. Please join us.
Jesus as Vishnu
Old Fashioned Hymn Sing and Song Circle
Sunday July 27th - 6:30 - 7:45 Free!
Hosted by Cory Smith & Bob (Bhaav) Lusk
An informal singing group, gathering to sing old and new songs of praise and worship. Repertoire includes but is not limited to hymns, spirituals, folk songs, meditative songs, chants, bajans, and plainsong. We come from a variety of Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu traditions. All are welcome.
Please feel free to bring instruments
Children Welcome - Family friendly
Namaste Yoga Studio
2568 Rt 212 (Between Gallos & the A Frame Church)
Woodstock, NY
For more information, call Bhaav at (845) 338-8587
Fw: Bob Horan Fwd:Pat Keating
From Bob Horan - Pat Keating is playing at O'Donahues in Nyack, NY.
One for Patrick!
New Center Stage Gazebo at Ulster County Fair to Feature Local Musicians
Contact: Fran Palmieri
845-339-6839
New Center Stage Gazebo at Ulster County Fair to Feature Local Musicians
The Ulster County Fair is proud to unveil the new Center Stage Gazebo which will be located in the fair midway and feature local musicians performing a variety of live music for fair goers. The Ulster County Fair is located on Libertyville Road in New Paltz, NY and opens Tuesday, July 29 and continues through Sunday, August 3. All performances are free.
Center Stage Gazebo Schedule
Friday, Aug 1
5:30pm Bruce Blair
6:15pm Deborah Martin
7:00pm Denise Jordan Finley & Daniel Pagdon
Saturday, Aug 2
12:00pm Split The Bill
1:00pm Kimberly
2:00pm Dick Vincent and Friends
3:00pm Fran Palmieri
6:00pm Kurt Henry Band
Sunday, Aug 3
1:00pm Jeff Entin
2:00pm James Krueger
5:00pm Erin Hobson
Performer's Bios
Bruce Blair's voice has been described as "a smooth sip of bourbon in front of the fire on a cold winter's night." His repertoire includes songs from Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, The Beatles, traditional Scottish ballads, Broadway show tunes and everything in between. His warm baritone voice and somewhat eccentric sense of humor will make this performance a unique and unforgettable experience.
Deborah Martin Deb Martin has been singing all her life. Appearing with her sister at a community talent show at age 7, she found the spotlight appealing and that hasn't changed. Today, she is still singing, playing guitar and writing her own blend of acoustic jazzy, bluesy, folk with a hint of country twang. Her smooth, deep voice can reach down and tug at your heartstrings, or just make you smile.
Denise Jordan Finley and Daniel Pagdon "Denise can do it all – write, sing, play, and perform." (David Roth ) A compellingly powerful guitarist, Denise Jordan Finley's string work is complemented by expressive vocals and stagecraft, all in the service of her exquisitely crafted songs. Daniel Pagdon has been playing the contra bass since age 11 and has a lifetime of playing with the likes of Bobby Whitlock, Todd Wolfe and Rick Hazza.
Split The Bill With soaring harmonies, interwoven acoustic guitars, piano and mandolin, this singer-songwriter duo consists of Myra Dirnfeld and Elisa Geleibter. Their songs have been called "compelling . . . and haunting", and the Kingston Freeman wrote that they make music in "a comfortable living room way that's been lost in recent years. Split the Bill does a fine job of bringing real music back, as it should be."
Kimberly "Songs of pain and loss, redemption and renewal sung in a clear, strong voice with a smoking edge." (SSProductions ) Kimberly brings her life experiences into her songs and into the consciousness of her listeners. Accompanied by her fingerpicked guitar, her music is often quiet, reflective and always tugs at the heart.
Dick Vincent Dick Vincent and the Big River Band will keep your toes tapping, whether it is an old jug band tune, something from the Blues, or a more recognizable "pop" tune. One thing that is conspicuously evident is that this band of hombres is having a good time. With dazzling lead soloists Bruce Hildenbrand and Matt Bowe, and fabulous harmonies, the Big River Band will give you both a great sound and a good deal of hokum. But be careful with your cotton candy as you lay it down to dance, someone in the band is sure to eat it.
Fran Palmieri has been writing songs for 30 years and thinks he may finally be getting it right. Eclectic is a fair word for his style, with touches of jazz, country, folk, and rock all having been assimilated into his music. The lyrics aspire to poetry, retelling tales from Shakespeare, imagining partying with Van Gogh and Lautrec, and walking the woods with Lincoln. Backing Fran are Bruce Hildebrand on guitar and Robert Muller on percussion.
The Kurt Henry Band – Among a handful of the region's "ace guitarists" (Woodstock Times) Kurt Henry "has evolved through country-rock, jazz, latin and quasi-Caribbean into his own distinctly American sound" (Roll ). This amazing diversity of songcraft is supported by the expert musicianship of soloists Ross Rice (organ, piano) and Kurt, as well as a rocking rhythm section featuring bassist Albee Groth, Cheryl Lambert on percussion and harmony vocals, and the producer of the latest CD, Heart, Mind & All, Eric Parker on drums.
Jeff Entin is a Rosendale resident who's been writing and performing all his life. He is best known for his genial stage presence, highly accomplished guitar playing, and his approach to covering a wide variety of other artists, as well as performing his own, well-crafted songs.
James Krueger Said to "probe beneath the surface of seemingly simple topics" (Rambles Magazine) , James Krueger has been called an "extraordinarily talented writer with a real talent for poetic imagery" (Great American Song Contest Judges). Not so much telling a story as showing it to you, James' songs remind us of the mystery and beauty of nature, helping us reconnect without ever forcing us to. He has released 4 CDs and twice won honor awards at the Great American Song Contest.
Erin Hobson An electric guitarist since she was a teen, Erin Hobson joined the acoustic music world 5 years ago. Her distinct sound fuses Folk with Jazz and Latin influences, with her subtly powerful vocals expressing her own passionate, ear-catching music. Early influences include Jim Hall, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Charley Parker.
Prehistoric Cavemen Mixed Art and Song
Turns out, cavemen loved to sing
Ancient hunters painted sections of caves where music sounded best
By Heather Whipps
Ancient hunters painted the sections of their cave dwellings where singing, humming and music sounded best, a new study suggests.
Analyzing the famous, ochre-splashed cave walls of France, scientists found that the most densely painted areas were also those with the best acoustics. Humming into some bends in the wall even produced sounds mimicking the animals painted there.
The Upper Paleolithic people responsible for the paintings had likely fine-tuned their hearing to recognize the sound qualities in certain parts of the cave and chose to do their artwork there as a kind of landmark, perhaps as part of a singing ritual, said researcher Iegor Reznikoff, a specialist in ancient music at the University of Paris X in Nanterre.
Reznikoff will present his findings at the upcoming Acoustical Society of America meeting in Paris.
Cave dwellers used echolocation
People who lived in Europe during the Upper Paleolithic — from 10,000 to 40,000 years ago — spent a lot of time in caves, often living there or at least camping out for short periods.
"They were hunters in cold conditions," Reznikoff told LiveScience.
With only dull light available from a torch, which couldn't be carried into very narrow passages, the ancient hunters had to use their voices like sonar to explore the crooks and crannies of a newfound cave, Reznikoff explained.
"When acting in a cave in conditions similar to prehistoric ones ... the surroundings a few meters ahead are almost completely dark," he said, adding that "since sound reaches much farther than reduced light, especially in irregular surroundings, the only possibility and security is to explore the cave with the voice and its echoing effects."
Vast murals were part of ritual system
When they vacated their caves, many Paleolithic people left behind vast murals depicting bison, mammoth, ibex and other local fauna, as well as splotches of color — usually red — along narrow hallways and corners. A famous example is the network of caves at Lascaux, France, which contains several thousand figures painted across its walls.
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The cave paintings were part of a ritual system — like early religious beliefs — practiced by Paleolithic humans that likely also included singing and music, Reznikoff said. He noted that bone whistles and flutes have been found inside many of the caves.
What archaeologists didn't know was whether the paintings and music were connected.
Suspecting a possible link, Reznikoff and a team used voice resonance to study the acoustics in caves across France. Some work was done in past years and combined with the latest findings.
Checking the resonances
A trained vocalist was sent through the caves testing different sounds and pitches in various locations. Spots of maximum resonance, or places where the voice was most amplified and clear, were noted in each section and later laid over a map of the cave drawings.
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Single red spots were even discovered in the most resonant areas of tiny tunnels where people could have crawled only in the dark, suggesting that the paintings were not just coincidentally located in the biggest, best open spaces where the sound was also rich, Reznikoff said.
Some reverberations produced in the caves' resonant spots also sounded very similar to the animals painted on the walls nearby, he noted.
Sights and sounds come together
Because Paleolithic humans had a deep connection with the melodic properties that helped them navigate in a cave, they likely celebrated the unique acoustics by singing in conjunction with their painting sessions.
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The phenomenon isn't limited to the interior of caves, either. Studies have been done at some outdoor Paleolithic sites in France and Finland, and the sound-painting connection is also strong, Reznikoff said.
At a site called the Lac des Merveilles in Provence, there is a large flat rock archaeologists have labeled the Altar Stone, covered with more than a thousand pictures.
"There by the lake, the echo answers whole melodies and it is a pleasure to sing or play at this place; one can easily imagine celebrations using voice and horns," said Reznikoff.
Senate House Jam Returns!
The Fiddle n' Folk session at the Senat House in Uptown Kingston will be starting up again on Thursday, 7/10 from 12- 1 PM, hosted by Earl and Mimi Pardini. Come and bring your instruments and voices. In case of inclement weather, it will be in the Visitors Center across the street.
Fw: New Acoustic Jam Book
From Mike Walker
I'm glad I found this site! It's going to be very useful!
I've helped create a new site for acoustic jammers, www.hhtmp.com. It's a jamming blog and also features our new book on jamming, Play Well With Others: How to Jam Like A Pro.
Let me know where to send it if you'd like a complimentary copy.
Have a great day!
Mike Walker
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