Review: Kendall's return performance

Subject: Kendel's return performance
From: jets
Date: 20 Jul 02 - 01:39 PM

Well, he was in great spirits when I spoke to him before the performance. His speaking voice was as I remembered it. His singing voice, he said, was unpredictable. He could start off in one key and in the middle of a song, his voice would change to another key.

So he gets on stage. Sitting on a stool with that big guitar on his lap, he starts off with "I Just Don't Look Good Naked Anymore." Did a credible job. Told a joke and then informed the crowd that he had a drinking problem as he pulled out a water bottle and took a long drag on it. The problem it seems is that he has been reduced to drinking water.

From that point on, I am sorry to say, It was all downhill. I think it was after the fourth song his voice was gone and he had to give it up and let his backup performer finish the set, but by golly, he gave it all he had. The audience gave him a tremendous ovation. What a great trooper.

Joe

PS The above occurred last night at White's Beach Bluegrass Festival in Brunswick, Maine.

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: Mudlark
Date: 20 Jul 02 - 02:16 PM

I think it remarkable that Kendall was able to do so much, such a short time after surgery. I'm sure just seeing him, and being there to witness such a valiant effort, was worth the price of admission....Way to go, Kendall!

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: Amos
Date: 20 Jul 02 - 02:20 PM

Jesus, Skipper, you don't cut yerself much slack, now do ya?? With all them trippuhs up theyah I'da thought you would know the meaning of R&R by this time!!! :>)

I applaud you -- you have a chunk of genuine Maine granite for a spine. Well done, sir.

A

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: Gareth
Date: 20 Jul 02 - 02:58 PM

Sounds like a damn good try, - keep up at Kendall.

Gareth

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 20 Jul 02 - 04:26 PM

Hi Kendall.....well, tonight I'm makin' my PC (post cancer) debut, and other than having a very sore stomach (where the stitches are starting to heal...OUCH!) and about 50% of my normal strength (it's comin' back gradually) I should be able to struggle through it. Good thing we're tough ol' veterans eh?

Cheers

Rick

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: Jeri
Date: 20 Jul 02 - 04:42 PM

Break a leg, Rick. (At least it won't interfere with your pickin'!)

Kendall, ya got guts. You sound like you've improved a bunch since Old Songs, less than a month ago. I'll raise a shot of Poland Springs (water) to you and toast to continued laryngeal healing.

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: Bobert
Date: 20 Jul 02 - 04:48 PM

Great starts Rick and Kendall. Hey, the longest journey starts with a single step, so it's just gonna get better from here.

Great news!

Bobert

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: Dani
Date: 20 Jul 02 - 05:00 PM

Tonight I lift my glass and send a kiss to BOTH of you tough (sweet) ol' troopers! Carry on....

Dani

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 20 Jul 02 - 05:01 PM

To Rick and Kendall...

Remember what the vikings used to say eh...

"Only good swords become old swords!"

;-)

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: Don Firth
Date: 20 Jul 02 - 07:55 PM

Great goin', guys!

In the words of Woody Guthrie, "Take it easy -- but take it!"

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: SINSULL
Date: 20 Jul 02 - 08:25 PM

I missed it! I was sitting at Portland Airport waiting for them to cancel my flight 4 hours after it was supposed to take off - thunderstorms in NY.

Congratulations, Captain. It took guts.

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: Bill D
Date: 21 Jul 02 - 04:00 PM

pretty good news! makes one anticipate more of this sort of thing

the Getaway pics are no longer online, due to Photoloft closing...I'll see if I can find some way to make them easily available)

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 21 Jul 02 - 04:38 PM

Well I sang three songs..."Lonesome Traveller", "Swing Low Chariot" and "Divin' Duck Blues" at a well attended memorial for an old friend who passed away a few months ago (Ray Woodley). Bloody hell, it felt good to be doing what I do again.

Kedall...Hope we can sing a few songs together before too much time passes.

Cheers

Rick

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: kendall
Date: 21 Jul 02 - 07:23 PM

The thing was, I agreed to do this gig a year ago, and, I do what I say I'll do come hell or high water! This time it wasn't high water.

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: DonMeixner
Date: 21 Jul 02 - 07:43 PM

Kendall, I'd sit for hours just to hear you tell the truth. :-)

Don

Subject: RE: Review: Kendels return performance
From: Midchuck
Date: 21 Jul 02 - 08:15 PM

Don, it would take more than hours. I understand some folks have been waiting years to hear that.

I don't know. I've only known Kendall a couple of years. But I'm still waiting.

Peter.

Subject: RE: Review: Kendalls return performance
From: kendall
Date: 21 Jul 02 - 08:46 PM

Hey you guys, I only lie when I'm being paid for it! Dani, I'm tingling all over! C.H. I like that about the swords. Rick, we will sing again.

Subject: RE: Review: Kendalls return performance
From: Murrey
Date: 21 Jul 02 - 09:12 PM

Hey Kendall Just take it slow -don't rush things and you'll be fine -- it sounds like quite an improvement from Kennebunk in June -it's only going to get better -in IN TIME ok -I just yelled at you ,that's gonna cost me big next time I see you huh ? Hope it's soon Marie

Subject: RE: Review: Kendalls return performance
From: katlaughing
Date: 21 Jul 02 - 11:20 PM

You are a constant source of inspiration, Kendall, thanks for that and take it slow and easy, okay?!

luvyakat

Subject: RE: Review: Kendall's return performance
From: gnu
Date: 22 Jul 02 - 05:10 AM

It is encouraging to hear that you are improving. I know it is frustrating but, like my old man use to say, it'll take as long as it takes. Good thoughts on ya.

Subject: RE: Review: Kendall's return performance
From: kendall
Date: 22 Jul 02 - 06:30 AM

I've never had any serious problems before, so, I'm impatient to get on with it. I know that the older you get, the longer it takes to heal, but, I always think it doesn't apply to me. Just goes to show what I've been saying these past few years, "I'm not the man I used to think I was."

Subject: RE: Review: Kendall's return performance
From: Morticia
Date: 22 Jul 02 - 06:40 AM

oh yes you are.......

Subject: RE: Review: Kendall's return performance
From: wysiwyg
Date: 22 Jul 02 - 10:23 AM

No, you're the man you never suspected you might be.

~S~

Subject: RE: Review: Kendall's return performance
From: Ian Darby
Date: 22 Jul 02 - 09:38 PM

Kendal/Rick

Keep going with your collective 'eads down.

It works for me..

Subject: RE: Review: Kendall's return performance
From: Art Thieme
Date: 23 Jul 02 - 12:06 AM

And just last evening, I, too, at the award ceremony talked about in another thread, sang a short little song and "picked" my jewsharp. It was my first time on stage singing since 1997. My voice? Well, I sang like a bird---or so I was told. (Something between a duck and a chicken.) But I also tossed out a few jokey tales and puns & then quit for lack of saliva from medications I take.

Kendall and Rick, Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seems we all picked the same moment to get back in the saddle and ride----but NOT QUITE YET into the proverbial sunset !!!

Onward...

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Review: Kendall's return performance
From: Kaleea
Date: 23 Jul 02 - 12:30 AM

Several years ago, I went to hear Luciano Pavarotti, the great Tenor in concert in St. Paul, Minnesota. The critics complained that his voice was not what it used to be 30-40 years ago in his early years of mega stardom. The purists complained that he should not have performed in the St. Paul Civic Center Arena where such things as professional wrestlers (like Hulk, Macho Man, etc.) "performed", and that he should not use microphones for himself & the orchestra & the other singer, as this is not the way serious music should be sung, etc. And the people in the audience (& I) loved every moment of his performance! So earlier this year, they held "Pavarotti on the Plains" and I went once again to hear him in concert. And the people in the audience (including myself) loved every moment of it, and cheered for encores until he absolutely had to leave for the rest of the evening's activities. Why? Because we have loved him & his music for many years, and because we appreciate his contributions he has made to music, not to mention the fact that he brings this kind of music to the people--where we are. Sometimes it's not about the purists, or the critics/reviewers. Sometimes it's about the love of the music--and the musician. Hey Kendall---If I were anywhere near you, I'd love to hear you perform!! & my hair is not as dark as it used to be, and my figure is not what it was when I was a teenager, and I have arthritis now, and can't play instruments like I used to, and I can't memorize volumes of music like I used to be able to, and . . .

Subject: RE: Review: Kendall's return performance
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 23 Jul 02 - 02:14 PM

Rick and Kendall are both extremely fortunate--they have an activity they love that will serve as the vehicle to motivate them to recovery. Recuperation may not be as fast as you both want, but when compared to others who have had the same illnesses but having no such artistic outlet, I think you'd be surprised at how you are headed to excellent health much more quickly than your peers.

SRS

Subject: RE: Review: Kendall's return performance
From: MMario
Date: 23 Jul 02 - 02:30 PM

I think I would rather hear Kendall or Art read from a phone book then listen to many of the "megastars". I know I felt d*mned privileged to listen to Rick, Jed and Mick 'put together' a number during last years Getaway - even though I don't think I ever heard it all the way through.

I've heard Kendall put more humour into clearing his throat then some people manage in an entire show.

Subject: RE: Review: Kendall's return performance
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 24 Jul 02 - 01:17 PM

Way to go, Kendall!!!

Subject: RE: Review: Kendall's return performance
From: kendall
Date: 04 Feb 18 - 04:46 PM

Dont forget my new audio book, Maine lies downeast$12.00 to Mudcats, including postage.