Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc

Subject: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 18 Sep 08 - 02:56 PM

Fri        Sept        19        Portland OR: Carvlin Hall, St Philip Neri Church,   7:30 pm        503-452-0130
Sun        Sept        21        Astoria OR:   House Concert,   7:00 pm        503-458-6837
Sat        Sept        27        Ketchikan, AK: Saxman Tribal House,   8:00 pm        907-225-2211
Sun        Sept        28        Juneau, AK: Resurrection Lutheran Church, 7:30 pm        907-463-3316
Fri        Oct        3        Bellingham, WA: Whatcom Museum, 7:30 pm        360-676-7484
Sat        Oct        4        Seattle, WA: Phinney Neighborhood Cmty Center, 7:30 pm        206-528-8523


There. Probably most everyone knows about this but it should be great. Oh like tomorrow in Portland. mg

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: SINSULL
Date: 18 Sep 08 - 03:20 PM

Enjoy, Washington and Alaska! Just make sure you send him back as you found him.

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: GUEST,Don Firth (computer STILL in the shop!)
Date: 18 Sep 08 - 03:50 PM

Uh-uh! We're gonna keep him!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: GUEST,Don Firth (etc.)
Date: 18 Sep 08 - 03:51 PM

By the way, thanks for the heads-up, Mary!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: jacqui.c
Date: 18 Sep 08 - 08:20 PM

Uh-uh! We're gonna keep him!

Don't even think about it Mr Firth! You cannot imagine the dire consequences of such an action. It is not wise to upset the Evil Sisterhood!

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: Jim Lad
Date: 18 Sep 08 - 10:42 PM

Is he coming over to Victoria?

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: maeve
Date: 18 Sep 08 - 10:51 PM

Jim Lad, here is Gordon's website.

http://gordonbok.com/

I don't remember Gordon saying anything about Victoria, but the effecient and friendly folks who run Gordon's office will be able to tell you for sure.

I sure hope you can get to one or more of his shows!

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Sep 08 - 11:33 PM

I have fond memories of a musical evening when I was going to school at Western Washington University, back in the late 1970s. Dad and a friend or two (Jean? Susi? I think) drove up and my roommate and I joined them for a concert Gordon was doing on campus. As I recall Dad wasn't feeling good so his party drove back home instead of meeting Flip (now Breslin, was Auer) over at Fairhaven for some apres-concert music with him. My roommate was so blow away that I had such "connections!" ;-D

SRS

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: Jim Lad
Date: 19 Sep 08 - 12:36 AM

Thanks Maeve.
Ah well.
Maybe next time.

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: GUEST,KT
Date: 19 Sep 08 - 12:49 AM

Bought my tickets yesterday!

KT

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: GUEST,iancarterb
Date: 19 Sep 08 - 01:22 AM

Mary- Thanks for the notice. Not EVERYONE who would care did know!
I am SO out of it...    Carter Bannerman

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: GUEST,iancarterb
Date: 19 Sep 08 - 01:30 AM

I just checked the Victoria Folk Music Society website and it looks as if somebody named TBA is doing the concert on the 5th of October. Get Bok up there! It's a great venue for a large apreciative folk community, the whole south end of Vancouver Island from Sooke to Sidney.
Carter

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: Jim Lad
Date: 19 Sep 08 - 01:37 AM

I'll give them a call

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: Jim Lad
Date: 19 Sep 08 - 01:48 AM

I've e-mailed them.
Thank You.

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: MAG
Date: 19 Sep 08 - 09:51 AM

ooh, if only I had known, I could have gotten off to come tonight. At this point, it's not going to happen. Astoria on Sunday is just that much too far. Rats! next time.

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: mg
Date: 20 Sep 08 - 01:12 AM

How about Seattle a week from now? Isn't that closer? Or Bellingham??? next week. You could take the train or bus to Seattle and there are probably people who would put you up for a night or two. mg

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: Ebbie
Date: 29 Sep 08 - 03:15 AM

Well, now ain't we the lucky ones!

Gordon and Carol (we are in negotiations as to keeping them) did a concert tonight here in Juneau, Alaska and it was lovely. There may even be music tomorrow night- well, it could happen.

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: jacqui.c
Date: 29 Sep 08 - 08:22 AM

No keeping them Ebbie - we need them back her e safe and sound.

We don't mind loaning out State Treasures but that's it!

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: kendall
Date: 29 Sep 08 - 08:26 AM

If you could move Maine to Alaska with Penobscot Bay in the middle of it all, that would be a start!

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: SINSULL
Date: 29 Sep 08 - 08:34 AM

Ebbie,
Keep the bears at bay. We want them back in one piece.
M

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: maeve
Date: 29 Sep 08 - 08:42 AM

Ebbie- Kindly communicate the following to Carol and Gordon:

"It is time to go now. Heave away your anchors!
Heave away your anchors; get yourselves back home!"

From the redhaired Quasi

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: KT
Date: 29 Sep 08 - 09:16 AM

Indeed, it was a lovely concert, by lovely folks. What a repertoire. One after the other of very well written songs! Even sang one of yours, mg!

I didn't grow up on the coast of Maine, but some of his songs made me feel as though I had.

Like Ebbie said, it would be great to keep them, but we'd have those Mainiacs coming up here after them in no time.   Hmmmmm.........not a bad idea......

I don't know though, Eb. Seems to me Gordon's got Maine coursing through his veins.....might be tough work convincing him.... Think we could pass off a dungie for a lobster?

KT

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 29 Sep 08 - 11:27 AM

Which of Mary's songs did he sing?

SRS

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: Barbara
Date: 29 Sep 08 - 12:30 PM

In Portland he sang Mary Garvey's song about the Oystermen (women)working during the blackout. The name escapes me at the moment, as mary has two on that topic. Was the Juneau concert well attended KT?
Portland was, and I had a chance to meet Carol, but we couldn't come up with a harp for her. Dang.
It was a lovely evening, tho I think they may have been a bit jet lagged.
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: jacqui.c
Date: 29 Sep 08 - 10:58 PM

It's likely the song was Oystershell Road, which I am learning but still haven't tried outside the house - a great song!

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: Barbara
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 01:52 AM

That's it. The other one is called Oysterman, I think. It's about trading your oyster harvesting gear, one item at a time, for a soldier's kit.
Just called my brother in Juneau, and he said the concert was "perfect", very well attended, and in the background I could hear Gordon singing "Goodnight Loving Trail". The Monday music party was at his house, and cooking along just fine. "Wish you were here," he said. "Yah, me too."
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: kendall
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 07:48 AM

That's the song Gordon recorded for the new Utah Phillips memorial CD. Man, that is some collection!

Subject: RE: Gordon Bok in Seattle, Portland, USA etc
From: Ebbie
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 11:53 AM

So that's your brother, Barbara? As you may know, that is one nice guy- everyone loves JB.

Wonderful time last night.