Tweed Rocks

Subject: Tweed Rocks
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 03:02 PM

Every once in awhile I come across a thread about a particular Mudcatter, and so far I've successfully avoided starting one myself. All it takes is a quick listen to the Mudcat CDs to see that there are many, many Catters who deserve the greatest praise for their music. But I tell ya, Mistuh Tweed is somethun else! I've heard a lot of white folkses do blues, including Dave Van Ronk, who I took lessons from. Once in awhile I hear a white folks doing the blues, and I don't think about them being white, black, or even tweed.
They've made the music their own. They reflect their influences, but they don't sound like them. They've taken that magical step from being a copy to being an original.

If you want hear some fine blues that sounds old and fresh and new, all at the same time, check out Tweed's website at Tweedsblues. Just type inTweedsblues, and when his home page comes up, click on his badly recorded blues and hear for yourself.

Now, Mistuh Tweed, I'd like to hear them blues recorded even better..

Jerry

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: artbrooks
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 03:12 PM

Jest 'cus Jerry and Tweed are both nice fellers: Tweed!, although Jerry may be a bit technologically challenged...

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 03:18 PM

Thanks, Art:

I'm comin' on... in the meantime, I appreciate the help..

Jerry

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: UB Ed
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 03:19 PM

Click here

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: Blues=Life
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 03:32 PM

Tweed, Who knew? Love the website, love the recordings. Just listened to Lay my burden down. Excellent.
Blues

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: GUEST,chip A.
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 03:39 PM

I just checked it out. Good music. Very good music. Keep it up tweed.
Chip

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: Bobert
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 06:23 PM

Well, Tweezer, the word is out! Better get you a pair of cheap sunglasses and another lock fir the danged door.

Danged, I was just gettin' ready to send you some of my new stuff for the Tweesburg Juke Box but now I'm afarid to do it fir fear them Catwoman will start chasin' me 'round, too.

And, yeah, get the danged CD done, will ya?

Bobertz

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: Tweed
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 07:44 PM

Yow! After a stressed out day at work and fighting my way through traffic I come home to find THIS on the Mudcat. Thanks to guys very much for the kind words and thanks Jerry for making a post about the Bad Recordings. I have never had such high praise from anywhere, but I'd hesitate to make a well recorded Bad Recording as the ceiling fan, dog barks, and window unit airconditioner cover up a multitude of my sins. Thanks again and I am going off to fill the sink with ice and soak my head in it to keep the swelling down. I now know what John Merrick must have felt like ;~)
Gratefully yerz,
Tweed

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 08:40 PM

Maybe what I need to send you, Tweezer is Sample The Dog by Timbuk 3.
If you tape your dog, then you can discreetly dub his bark over any mistakes that you make. Not a bad idea... maybe I'll try that with the Messengers...

Jerry

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: khandu
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 08:50 PM

What's this???? I been tryin to intro Mudchaps to Tweedsburg for fourteen years now and got abosolutely no response! None! Zip! Zilch!

Then this Ragmuffin fellow comes in and people are fallin all over the place, trying to fix his link, or trying to get into the Tweediot's place.

I grew up lissenin to Tweed's Badly Recorded Blues and no one hears me when I brag on the stuff, but Razmussic... they listen to what he has to say!

There's somethin' going on here, and I don't know what it is. Do I, Mr. Jones?

k

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: Bobert
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 09:01 PM

Ya' know, I'z sniffin' a conspiracy here myself, khanny. Get yir Uncle Trent on the horn and get him to look into it, will ya?

Bobert

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: khandu
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 09:04 PM

Well, the first thang Uncle Trent wants to know before he moves on this issue, are there any Black members here?

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: Tweed
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 09:06 PM

Hmmmm....that would be a lotta dog barking, Jer. He really has better timing than I do so mebbe we could make a tape of the dog and just dub myself in when he gets off a little. Have to catch the old boy in the morning when the squirrels are shakin' their tails at him. He gets goin' pretty good then, but sleeps the rest of the day, matter of fack he's conked out on my feet already. Not a bad life.

Possibly we could interest Dick Greenhouse in this venture and market Oz the BluesDog CD's at CAMSCO Music ;~) Dick? Are you with us on this one?...Mr. Greenhouse, you out there?... must've stepped out fer a minute....mebbe Folkways then...   


Yerz,
Tweedzerz

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: Amos
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 09:18 PM

I concur completely with Khandu and Jerry and Bobert's opinions which happen as well to be my own. I would have put four Tweeds cuts on the damn CDs if he hadn'ta beens o cautious to be legal. :>)

A

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: Guy Wolff
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 10:04 PM

Jeryy & tweed this is so cool i get to listen to tweed while i read the thread.. WOH mudcat heaven .. Tweed wonderful music.. i would love to sit down and howl with you some.. All the best Guy

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 11:16 PM

Can you bark during mistakes, Guy? Not that I hear any, myself...

Jerry

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: Tweed
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 11:35 PM

Thanks Guy but seriously now.....Mudcat heaven?? "Tweed" and "Wonderful music" mentioned in the same sentence?? Amos concurring with Khandu on something?? Bobert eaten alive by Catwimmen??..Uncle Trent searches for black members?..... Has a portion of the Mudcat somehow slipped into Bizarro World???

If Deacon Rasmussen weren't a gospel singer I'd swear he'd put a mojo on you all;~)
Thanks very much for listening to them. It's good to know that they get clicked onto once in a while!

Yerz,
Bighead Tweed

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: songs2play
Date: 10 Jan 03 - 03:05 AM

I was listening to Mississippi John Hurt last night, and you'll never guess - he was doing one of Tweeds songs - Stagolee.

Tweed you're The Man.

As I heard on one of the American shows, "He must be seriously depressed to be able to play the Blues THAT GOOD"
Keep up the good work, and I hope to meet you again in Mudchat soon.
S2P

Subject: RE: Tweed Rocks
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 10 Jan 03 - 04:28 AM

I've already said on another thread that Tweed's track, despite recording quality, was my favourite of the Mudcat blue plate specials.
We bluescats need to keep the folkies in their place!

RtS
(I gotta right to sing the blues)