great crabby artists

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 09 Dec 09 - 08:21 AM

How about Kerry Crabbe?

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: kendall
Date: 09 Dec 09 - 07:57 AM

Hank Snow

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: The Sandman
Date: 09 Dec 09 - 07:39 AM

Dick Miles.
http://www.dickmiles.com

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: kendall
Date: 09 Dec 09 - 07:30 AM

Jasha Hiefitz

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 09 Dec 09 - 05:42 AM

Leadfingers: The late Martin Winsor, who was a fine singer [hear his superb track in The Transports] was a big man with a notoriously uncontrollable hairtrigger temper, which led [I don't think speaking ill to record the fact] to more than one conviction for GBH. I should call this even a bit beyond 'crabby' myself.

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: Leadfingers
Date: 09 Dec 09 - 05:37 AM

Very few 'Folk' performers seem to fit the 'Crabby' tag , though a LOT of other genres seem to have more than their share .

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: GUEST,Seth from Olympia
Date: 09 Dec 09 - 12:52 AM

I must say that when I met Van Morrison, I was not taken in by his charm, though I've always liked his music.
seth

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 10:58 PM

So, sorry MtGM...that is why they make anti-acid-tabs....or for a wound to the belly the ol' GI fix - bicarbonate-of-soda.

Obviously, there was a solid recovery.

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 10:19 PM

Not a folkie, or even a musician; but novelist Evelyn Waugh a v notable example: e.g. invited by mutual acqutce to meet admiring American visitors, the female one of whom started telling him how much she admired Brideshead, he replied, 'Yes, I have always thought well of it; but now I know a stupid, ignorant American woman admires it perhaps it is not as good as I thought after all'; & then proceeded nonchalantly to eat his dinner as if unaware of extent to which he must have ruined entire occasion!

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: GUEST,stroknvettn
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 09:54 PM

Uhhhhhhh...huh-huh-huh... huh-huh...

That dude from TX, ya know the one with the 10-gal hat that was in the cartoon with Mr.Peabody? Heck, I even think the cartoon character had a more correctly tailored suit, lmao...

Normally I wouldn't touch this one either, but (give him credit for having a phone-call or some other drama I wasn't aware of...) I saw him stalk to his bus and close the door in the faces of a sizeable crowd of fans who seemed really disappointed that he didn't reappear after a "reasonable" passing of time...

Everyone else has been pretty darned good(I have no other musician-nemises types in my life, in fact I remain good friends with a cat who did 30min in a parking lot with me, neither of us won, and we were back on stage in time for the second set. Daubing hints of crimson from our brows and chins while the lil' girl cop wanted to know who was REALLY scrappin'... This did NOT occur at a bluegrass festival!!!), when you consider that there are times when you(or they) just DON'T feel like interacting, but, hey! You love your wife but she doesn't cotton to being slighted... Even when you don't have it in you to address her concerns, you do it anyway, be gracious, ya know- all "that" kinda yak...?

Fans and wives aren't so dissimilar... And this post is solely intended to be amusing...

-Frank-

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: GUEST,David E.
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 07:29 PM

Sorry, my bad... I was going to say that in my limited experience I have met more crabby artists who believe they are great than actually great artists who are crabby. I can think of more really talented artists who seem pretty humble (Bert Jansch for example) than jerks...but maybe I have enough sense to keep my space?)

David E.

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 07:11 PM

Not me. I'm keeping my mouth shut...TIGHT
MRUUMPHHHH

Subject: RE: great crabby artists
From: Bill D
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 06:53 PM

I know a couple, but I'd rather say nice things.

Subject: RE: Folklore: great crabby artists
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 06:14 PM

Do chips on the shoulder count too?

Subject: Folklore: great crabby artists
From: GUEST,seth in Olympia
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 06:02 PM

I'm thinking about a list of great artists, particularly performing musicians, with huge warts on their personalities, that they didn't choose to hide, on or off stage. Got one?
seth