mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass (2002)

Subject: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Duckboots
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 10:58 AM

Just a note to let any catters who are near Framingham Mass. know that Rick Fielding will be opening for Tom Paxton on Saturday night, March 2nd. The venue is the Uncommon Coffee House, and their phone number is 508-875-3318.

You don't have to wear your MC buttons, but if you do drop by, please say hello.

On another topic, Rick's description of our adventure (with Harvey A.) at the Thai restaurant, in the 'music spam' thread seems to be HIGHLY decorated! They didn't blow up the restaurant, but the soup WAS very hot!

Duckboots

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: harpgirl
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 11:13 AM

...way cool! I'm duly impressed! Wish I could attend!

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: MMario
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 11:24 AM

*grin* The way I see it is Tom Paxton has the privilage of following rick!

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Wesley S
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 11:33 AM

Tom Paxton is supposed to be here in Ft Worth on the 9th of this month. Any reason why Rick can't hitch a ride down to Texas? BBQ awaits his arrival.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: MMario
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 02:42 PM

hey! You already Have Jed, Eamonn's Kitchen, Seamus, and the Corsairs this weekend! Don't get greedy!

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Jeri
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 05:30 PM

I'm going to make sure the folks running the coffeehouse know I came primarily to hear Rick. Tom Paxton is wonderful, and I've never seen him in concert before, but he plays a lot around here. Rick's US gigs seem as rare as hen's teeth. I'm looking forward to this.

Anybody have any interesting ideas for heckling?

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Amergin
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 05:39 PM

Well you could always flash your boobs at them when they're singing....

Boy, I am jealous.....I got see and meet Tom Paxton a few weeks ago....but getting to see and meet Rick, would be just wonderful....

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Jeri
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 06:12 PM

Amergin, I'd rather not go as far as to cause actual trauma or get arrested.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Peter T.
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 06:17 PM

Hmm. time to start a "Tell Old Bill" thread....yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: kendall
Date: 01 Mar 02 - 11:01 PM

Tom and Rick. Two of my favorites.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 02 Mar 02 - 12:25 AM

Sounds great! Break a leg, Rick.

Best,

chanteyranger

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Genie
Date: 02 Mar 02 - 12:47 AM

Way to go, Rick! Now, grab Tom and y'all come out west and do a gig for us in Puddletown, OR, too, okay?

Genie §;-)

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Jeri
Date: 02 Mar 02 - 01:03 AM

This is where the Uncommon Coffeehouse is. Looks like it's located where even I can find it!

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Amergin
Date: 02 Mar 02 - 01:08 AM

Genie.....Tom Paxton was just in Forest Grove a couple of weeks or so ago....fabulous show it was too....

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 02 Mar 02 - 03:29 AM

Yeah, so how come neither of them have been in Hawaii? Once you're already all the way to Orygun, it's not that much farther...

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 02 Mar 02 - 07:04 AM

I'll be helping out at a benefit contradance here in so'western NH, or I'd be there. Jeri, give Rick a hug for me! You can hug Tom for me, too, if you get a chance!

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: GUEST,Rick
Date: 02 Mar 02 - 12:39 PM

Hi. Having some fun checking out framingham with our kind hosts. Just discovered that Garnet R. is playing 'cross town tonight. Gonna try and hook up with him tomorrow for for a howdy and coffee. Just saw the venue...looks great, and I think we got a sell-out.

Heather misses the cats though.

Cheers

Rick

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: SINSULL
Date: 02 Mar 02 - 03:51 PM

Just found this. I have to spend more time on line. Enjoy it Jeri. Definitely, flash your boobs. Or simply walk up to the stage with a watermelon...it will distract him.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 02 Mar 02 - 04:43 PM

So, Jeri, I suppose THAT explains why you weren't at the Press Room last night.

Don't get arrested, huh? It would shoot your image. (snicker)

But I suppose we COULD bail you out if necessary . . . (and NEVER let you forget it, muffled chuckle, snort).

Linn

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Jeri
Date: 03 Mar 02 - 02:44 AM

Er, I have other excuses for not being at the Press Room.

I just got home from the concert a little while ago, and it was wonderful. The only Mudcatters present (besides Rick and Heather, of course) were DebC and me. Rick only did about 5 or 6 songs and got a standing ovation and encore - just about blew everyone away. Tom was pretty good, too. He did his song about September 11th about "the firemen pounding up the stairs while we were running down." Powerful song.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: JedMarum
Date: 03 Mar 02 - 09:21 AM

Wish I couldda been there! Sounds like it was a great show.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Mar 02 - 10:53 AM

Well, it's too late now, but ya coulda always done your best Lucy impression and hollered "Rickeeee" at him!*bg*

Sound like it was great.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Jeri
Date: 03 Mar 02 - 12:05 PM

A couple of other things - the concert was sold out. It was that it was a good singing crowd, and the atmosphere was very relaxed and friendly. Like I mentioned, the only non-Fielding I knew there was Deb, although a couple of faces looked familiar. I felt like I was sitting among friends.

Tom had a fellow with him playing guitar and singing harmonies - Geoff ________ (Or Jeff. Can't remember his last name, and I apologise. Hopefully someone else will supply it, as well as the correct spelling of his first name.) Tom asked him to do his cat song. This was one of the funniest I'd heard, and was the from the viewpoint of a somewhat snarky cat lover. Started out with the fact that cats gain wait in direct proportion to their asleepness. Mentioned cats staring at things that aren't there. Mentioned that they made great hats. Other than this song, he spent the evening singing harmonies and weaving in his tasty high-note guitar playing. We could barely hear him during the first set, but the Sound Guy sorted it out by the second, longer set.

Rick's set was short. I still would love to hear a full length program. Tom invited him up to play on a couple of songs later in the evening. The rich layers of guitar work sounded great, with Tom singing and fingerpicking chords, Geoff on top with the high notes, and "Mr Bass Run Fielding" on the bottom.

The organisers of the Uncommon Coffehouse, Anne and Michael, did a fantastic job. It was a two-hour drive for me, and I'd gladly do it again.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: SINSULL
Date: 03 Mar 02 - 03:24 PM

Thanks for the review, Jeri. Next time I will be there. And I missed another chance to meet DebC...ah well.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: DebC
Date: 03 Mar 02 - 06:07 PM

That is Geoff Bartley, a fantastic guitar player, songwriter and musician. Geoff's playing can be heard on "the Long Grey Line" by a certain female singer who we won't mention.

Geoff's cat song was written after he got a kitten a few months ago. Geoff is a cat lover, which makes the song even funnier.

Geoff runs an open mic on Monday nights and a Bluegrass jam on Tuesday nights at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, MA, USA (needed to sort that out for our friends across the pond. If you are in the area, check these out. They are really a lot of fun.

Deb (always doing shameless self promotion) C

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 04 Mar 02 - 10:56 AM

Back home again. Yup, t'was a fun evening all around. Tom told us a great story about his daughter approaching a singer in Scotland, and proudly saying "My dad wrote that" (Last thing on my mind), and the singer pauses a bit and says "Och, no lassie, that's an ould Scots love song". She insisted, until he said, "well who IS yer father then?" "Tom Paxton...." "Hmmmmm", he thinks for a bit, and then says "well, I guess it's possible....He MIGHT have written it"! Guess Tom is REALLY part of the 'folk tradition', now that his songs have 'become' traditional, ha ha!

Great to see Deb C and jeri (all dolled up in leather and lace!)

Cheers

Rick

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Jeri
Date: 04 Mar 02 - 12:52 PM

Yes, it was an excuse to get dressed up, and there were no cameras in sight. Oh well - may do it again next year sometime.

Deb, thanks. (At least I managed to spell his first name right.) Add me to the list of those who'd like to see Geoff record that song.

I think Deb means The Long Grey Line here at Folk Legacy.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Desdemona
Date: 04 Mar 02 - 02:05 PM

I am really disappointed to have missed this; we live about 30 minutes down the road from Framingham, but by the time I heard about it my husband had gone out of town & I had made other plans for the evening. Glad to hear it went well, though; till next time!

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Genie
Date: 05 Mar 02 - 01:08 AM

Amergin, I know Tom was in F. G. recently (while I was out of town, unfortunately), but Rick wasn't with him. We can hope for a visit from both, can't we?

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Amergin
Date: 05 Mar 02 - 01:09 AM

we sure can....i would love to see Rick play....but he is too good to come out west....

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Amergin
Date: 05 Mar 02 - 01:19 AM

Oh and too bad you weren't there....it was a fabulous show....BG.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 05 Mar 02 - 11:11 AM

Hey there Amergin....I'm too POOR to come out West!

Actually, this might be a good topic for a thread..."The cost of touring". Lemme think about it. By the way, one of the high points of my little jaunt down to Mass. was discovering Geoff Bartlett. Wonderful musician, just finished playing two albums he gave me for the radio. This guy is GOOD.

Cheers

Rick

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: JedMarum
Date: 05 Mar 02 - 12:36 PM

Wait a minute, Jeri in leather and lace? Now I'm doubly disappointed I missed the show!

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Big Mick
Date: 05 Mar 02 - 12:53 PM

Once again the Blues Brothers link comes to the fore. When Rick posted that the other day I thought exactly the same thing as you, Bro Jed. Damn..............she didn't wear any of that for us at the Getaway. Wait a minute...........why don't we make that a criteria for our attendance at the Getaway this year? Jeri MUST wear the leather and lace!!! OH MY........that would insure a helluva turnout..........LOL...........Mick ducks and runs for cover

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Jeri
Date: 05 Mar 02 - 04:10 PM

Jed, just let me know when yer playin' Fall River again. (hehehe..) Maybe Rick can make me a hand-tooled bustier.
Mick, I'll wear leather & lace, and you wear the thong, preferably sans-potato. Now we just have to find something for Jed to wear...or perhaps not. (Jed I really hope you can make it this year. It wouldn't be the same without you, or without watching both of the Beef Bros together.)

Rick, sorry about swiping your thread.
I'm still amazed at the overwhelming reaction Rick got from the crowd. Mind you, I know he's good, but he's my friend, and sometimes it's easy to overestimate the quality of a friend's work. When I turned around and saw various people spontaneously rising (and it wasn't a chunk of people at first, it was various individuals doing it on their own) I felt elated. I felt proud of him, because he deserves the recognition, and I felt proud to know him. I look forward to his next visit, and I'll gladly drive a couple of hours to get there! And Rick, you know this, but the more people who hear you, the more people will WANT to hear you. Today, Framingham, tomorrow, the world!

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: JedMarum
Date: 05 Mar 02 - 06:48 PM

Rick - any rematches scheduled for you and Tom? Or any more dates in New England planned?

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: JedMarum
Date: 05 Mar 02 - 06:50 PM

oh, and Jeri, I don't think you need to be any bustier!

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 06 Mar 02 - 01:28 AM

Let me tell you, folks, Michael Conley, who runs the venue, gave us a call this morning to rave about Rick's set. I was pleased to learn that Rick did some of the songs from his Folk-Legacy CD, and also a couple from his new Borealis release. Yeah, old Fingers Fielding raised a real ruckus up there. Came back, after his closer ("If Jesus Was a Picker") and the standing ovation, to bring the house down again with "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down." Not bad for a shy, retiring Canadian.

Then Deb C called to add some delighted raving of her own. We got the full report. Hey, Rick! Ya done good! Wish we could have been there to add some whiskey tenor harmony, although I'm told that the audience supplied all the harmony you could have asked for.

See you down this way again, I hope, and soon!

Sandy

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Big Mick
Date: 06 Mar 02 - 01:50 AM

Hey Rick, it seems to me that the next time you go to Framingham, we can work out a great playbill. We will have Paxton open for The Beef Brothers, and then we will warm 'em up for you. They will be raving lunatics by the time you get on stage. And just in case you start feeling like a "Giant in Folk Music circles", Jed and I will stand behind you and show them that you aren't. Great revues.........couldn't happen to a nicer guy. All this AND you have Heather. Jest don't git no better, bubba!!!

Mick

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 06 Mar 02 - 06:42 AM

And they even had a Shy, retiring Canadian on the bill. Why has nobody mentioned him until now?

I've seen Rick in Toronto a few times. I think the thing that amazes me most is his versatility. Folk, Blues, Bluegrass played on various stringed instruments. They are all excellent.

It's nice to see he was so well received in Framingham, but it certainly isn't a surprise.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: JedMarum
Date: 06 Mar 02 - 09:34 AM

Framingham Massachusetts is an interesting suburban town, a few miles west of Boston. It had, at one point, the dubious distinction of being the biggest town in the US. That is, it had the largest population (about 140K) to use a 'township' government; town meeting, selectmen - no mayor, no full time admin.

Sounds like they got a great show from Rick and Tom. I'm not surprised they packed the place ... there always was a good music scene in that region.

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: JedMarum
Date: 28 Mar 05 - 12:30 AM

Rick had a great show here ... I am hopeful the venue recorded the evening for a collection of Fielding LIVE ... I've written to see if there might be such a recoridng ...

Anyone know the venue?

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: open mike
Date: 28 Mar 05 - 01:49 AM

uncommon coffee house
24 vernon street, framingham Mass.
map here:
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=t5o13ep_0Tq34Haeic10kdhF50XRL1_jCWMPmjqa0IXz_uNMUpLpabhzF2fP9nbNo0Q-&csz=Framingham%2C+MA+01701-4764&country=us&mag=9&cat=&trf=0
phone number is 508-875-3318.
organizers: Ann and Michael
Michael Conley runs the venue..
this data gleaned from above posts..

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass
From: open mike
Date: 28 Mar 05 - 02:01 AM

this fellow sounds likesomeone worth investigating
http://www.geoffbartley.com/geoff_bartley_001.htm
but who's investigating the guy who's investigating him?

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass (2002)
From: JedMarum
Date: 06 Apr 05 - 09:41 AM

I've called, written and written - no response. They either don't want to or can't answer.

Would have been nice to at least get an answer!

Subject: RE: mudcatter in concert with Paxton in Mass (2002)
From: GUEST,DebC
Date: 07 Apr 05 - 08:31 AM

Hi Jed,

Email me about this....I might be able to help. I was at that concert, BTW and the sound was not that great, but Rick was spectacular. he got a standing O that evening and the audience fell in love with him.

Geoff Bartley (you must know him, being from MA originally) played on my solo CD The Long Grey Line. Quite an amzing guitar player.

Deb Cowan