Subject: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? From: mrmoe Date: 06 Jun 07 - 10:10 AM ......on paige boulevard in springfield, massachusetts.....a link to its history.... http://www.randyshiltscenteroftroy.org/sarpenthistory.htm Text copied from an archive of the Web page at archive.org -Joe Offer- The original coffeehouse was opened in 1965 at 612 1/2 Page Blvd.
The rose colored cinderblock walls lined with original art, the
It was a first establishment of its kind in Springfield, and caused We prevailed, the club became a legendary stop on the northeast
The 'we' above refers to the clubs owners, and associates, all of
The Name, 'The Pesky Sarpent' derives from an early American |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? From: kendall Date: 06 Jun 07 - 10:30 AM Buryl Ives sang a song called Springfield Mountain. It was about a young man who was bitten by a snake and died. |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? From: GUEST,Chris Smith Date: 06 Jun 07 - 10:46 AM On their "Am I Born to Die" CD, Taos-based duo Chipper Thompson and Mason Brown did a version of "Pesky Sarpent" for which they supplied a new melody. See http://www.folk-n-roll.com/buy_music.html (scroll down). cjs |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachuse From: Joe Offer Date: 06 Jun 07 - 08:51 PM So, was THE Springfield Mountain in Springfield, Mass??? -Joe, very much afeared of pesky sarpents- |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: kendall Date: 06 Jun 07 - 09:07 PM Yes Joe. That was reputed to be the first song composed in the new colony. |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: Stilly River Sage Date: 06 Jun 07 - 09:11 PM My Dad researched that one quite a bit. It's a song I'll be keeping my eyes open for as I go through his papers. I think he even made a point to visit places in question when he was on summer vacation back east one year. SRS |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachuse From: dick greenhaus Date: 06 Jun 07 - 09:15 PM It appears to be a comic parody of an earlier, serious song. Yes, it was Springfield, Mass. |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: Joe Offer Date: 06 Jun 07 - 09:46 PM ....and Kendall was there. -Joe, ducking for cover- |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachuse From: Stephen R. Date: 06 Jun 07 - 11:55 PM It is indeed a parody of an older, serious song. No one has ever come up with a historical record of the original event, but it probably was originally written to commemorate a young man who died of snakebite. Unless I miss my guess, there are a bunch of threads on this song in this list already. Stephen |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 07 Jun 07 - 12:38 AM Gone over ad nauseum in Mudcat; see especially thread 10108: Rattlesnake-Springfield Mountain Also three sets of lyrics in the DT |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: mrmoe Date: 08 Jun 07 - 08:22 AM I was not refering to the song, but to the folk club named after the snake in the song..... |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,JT Date: 01 Jun 16 - 11:03 AM Yes .. 612 1/2 Page Boulevard downstairs in an old bowling alley .. Great place while it lasted .. Good music .. good people |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: Joe Offer Date: 01 Jun 16 - 12:08 PM My wife found a rattlesnake in the garden yesterday. I wish that she would wear shoes instead of sandals. Instead, she just talked to the snake and asked the snake not to bite her. Knowing my wife, this will probably work. She's mowing the grass in the garden right now, wearing sandals with her heels exposed...
Tu rudy nu, tu rudy nay-i-ay |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,Mary Date: 27 Aug 16 - 06:51 PM I loved the Pesky Sarpent on Page Blvd. spent a lot of time there. Saw Richie Havens. Does anyone remember Johnny Rivers? |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,daniel Date: 18 Apr 17 - 09:09 PM can't believe i found this! yes, pesky sarpent on page blvd. i was just 18 when i was asked to play there after winning the springfield herald's hootenanny contest at forest park in the summer of '65. lots of people from the folk scenes happening in cambridge and greenwich village would stop there to perform in those days. i remember the huge poster of dylan's "times are a-changing" lp cover staring over my shoulder on stage....kinda intimidating. |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: Big Al Whittle Date: 19 Apr 17 - 07:31 PM Flatt abd Scruggs and Mike Seeger used to do a song called FOD. which seemed to bear a certain resemblance. |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: Big Al Whittle Date: 20 Apr 17 - 04:14 AM make sure your wife doesn't try talking to wasps - they really don't listen! |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,Ian W Date: 06 Sep 17 - 07:03 PM The short answer is, "Yes but not very much". I'm a Brit who spent the summer of 1965 on a working holiday in the States, based in Hartford Conn., where I met some guys who ran the Folk Guitar Workshop (above the United Nations Gift Shop on Church Street). I went with them to the Pesky Sarpent on the evening of Monday, 23 August, which was a hoot night. Unfortunately, I can recall very little of that night or the place itself, other than the fact that it was in a basement. I do seem to recall being told that Patrick Sky had played there quite a bit and his first album contained "Rattlesnake Mountain", the song from which the Pesky Sarpent took its name. The previous Saturday (21 August), I'd been in Boston and saw the Chambers Brothers at the Unicorn Coffee House. The Pesky Sarpent was somewhat of a contrast. |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,tom Date: 20 Oct 17 - 01:03 PM two of my older sisters worked at the pesky. since i had much dirt on them i would blackmail them into taking me to work. i still remember going down those stairs the first time. can remember seeing the lovin spoonful, joan baez and eric andersen and many others. my favorite act, even to this day was jim kweskin and the jug band. Kaloobafak! |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,GUEST,krm Date: 14 Jan 18 - 03:36 PM Two years into folk guitar and songwriting and this place opened a half hour car ride away. Went when I had a ride back home and often when I didn't. Sipped fragrant jasmine tea even when there was none left in my cup or a tall glass of something cold with orangeat syrup when I had money for a few. It was beautiful. Waitresses endured the crushed stare of my fifteen years as they would glide between tables and a few shy words to whoever was playing as they sat between sets often led to longer chats on quiet nights. Shared a long time waiting for a ride outside with Richie Havens who i talked to a couple times there. Saw him again at Iron Horse Northampton in '95 and we both flushed with tears a bit at remembering that a long time ago. |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,John Mark Date: 10 Aug 18 - 11:21 AM Remember the place very fondly, just starting to get into rootsy music senior year of high school. Used to go to hear Patrick Sky whose finger picking WHILE SINGING ! really impressed me. Felt we had to sit through Richie Havens who I didn’t appreciate til later. Think I remember Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band there as well... |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,Terry Donahue Date: 25 Oct 18 - 03:39 PM I use to go there when i was in high school. Got out of Springfield and ended up on Martha’s Vineyard where I hot to kniw Bob Lee. Bob was one of the gentlest people I have ever met. Bob died on the island a few years ago. He wss found in a pond next to his house. We dont think he drowned more like his heart just went home |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,Rick Hall Date: 01 Feb 19 - 03:17 PM Remember the Sarpent well, played there a couple of times, would go out to "the Bear's" home to party. Among the notables already mentioned who played there was Don McClean of American Pie fame, Don had the very first Martin guitar I had ever seen. Remember Bob Lee well, I even still have a picture of him, aptly described, sorry to hear of his passing. Jesse Colin Young also played there. |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: keberoxu Date: 01 Feb 19 - 05:45 PM I used Mapquest to try to find out what is at 612 Page Boulevard now, and it was anything but clear. There's a restaurant selling soul food, but the street number is different. |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,Tom Burden Date: 26 Nov 22 - 11:51 AM Great place. I especially enjoyed Pat Sky’s performances. Too bad it didn’t last longer. |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,Sydney Date: 03 Oct 23 - 10:06 AM Remember it well. Eric Andersen… Jim Qweskin I always sat in front row center and learned their songs. Had my own jug band. Loved it all! I’m 78 and still jam. |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,Sydney Date: 03 Oct 23 - 10:06 AM Remember it well. Eric Andersen… Jim Qweskin I always sat in front row center and learned their songs. Had my own jug band. Loved it all! I’m 78 and still jam. |
Subject: RE: anyone remember the Pesky Sarpent? (Massachusetts) From: GUEST,Bob Kimberly Date: 25 Jun 24 - 05:37 PM Yes. Many fond memories and I know several of the people mentioned. Some are gone and some remain. |
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