The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63112   Message #1023435
Posted By: Mark Cohen
23-Sep-03 - 06:39 AM
Thread Name: Michael Peter Smith from Chicago.
Subject: RE: Michael Peter Smith from Chicago.
The first cut on Gordon Bok's album "Return to the Land" is called "This Old Mandolin" and is credited to "Smith" -- I presume it's the same song Rick mentioned above. I once heard a live recording of him doing "The Dutchman" -- very good, and very different from the Steve Goodman version, which is also wonderful. Never heard "Gamble's Guitar," but I've certainly heard Gamble's guitar! The one time I heard Gamble Rogers' incredible fingerpicking live was on a double bill with Claudia Schmidt (who looks a bit like Cindy Mangsen, so this isn't really thread creep!). I believe it was at the Cherry Tree Folk Music Co-op in Philadelphia, and it was probably sometime around 1981.

Aloha,
Mark