The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #9276   Message #145854
Posted By: Art Thieme
06-Dec-99 - 11:55 PM
Thread Name: Origins/Versions: Matty Groves / Mattie Groves
Subject: RE: Matty Groves
Folks, I just got a note from Joe Offer saying he couldn't find Gibson and Baez doing "Matty Groves" on any old LP.

That's right. They never sang "Matty Groves" together on any recording that I know of. Baez (barefoot on stage) opened the show for Mr. Gibson who was a star in Chicago in the late 1950's at The Gate Of Horn. When folks heard her VOICE at Newport when Bob brought her up and they sang "Virgin Mary Had A-One Son" and a few others, it was the start of an amazing career for Ms. B.

Art Thieme