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Weavers on PBS

12 Aug 17 - 11:58 PM (#3871295)
Subject: Weavers on PBS
From: GUEST,guest

Just saw The PBS concert with Arlo, PP&M and the Weavers from 2003-- The question I have is who was playing bass with the weavers?? He looked familiar.. Ralph Rinzler? Anybody Know???


13 Aug 17 - 01:01 AM (#3871298)
Subject: RE: Weavers on PBS
From: Joe Offer

Was it the 1980 Wasn't That a Time concert, the one that was made into a 1982 movie?

-Joe-


13 Aug 17 - 01:21 AM (#3871300)
Subject: RE: Weavers on PBS
From: GUEST,Guest

No, It was later - The Weavers on this concert were, Fred H. Eric Darling, Pete and Ronnie, plus a bass player (Acoustic AND electric)who sure looked familiar. It was a concert at Carnegie Hall with Arlo (with Sara et all) and PP&M. I think they did say 2003. Great concert - PBS Fund raiser here in Wisconsin.


13 Aug 17 - 01:24 AM (#3871302)
Subject: RE: Weavers on PBS
From: Joe Offer

I emailed Mary Katherine. If anybody will know, she will.
Look through YouTube and see if you can find a clip from it, so we'll all know we're talking about the same thing. I'm thinking Paul Prestopino may have played bass for the Weavers at that reunion, but that's just a guess.
-Joe-


13 Aug 17 - 01:26 AM (#3871303)
Subject: RE: Weavers on PBS
From: GUEST,Guest

Here's a clip from it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gqX1Tx-JgE

(Hope that worked)


13 Aug 17 - 01:28 AM (#3871304)
Subject: RE: Weavers on PBS
From: GUEST,Guest

Paul played guitar banjo and mandolin for PP&M on that concert but not the Weavers.


13 Aug 17 - 02:02 AM (#3871306)
Subject: RE: Weavers on PBS
From: Joe Offer

That video clip is great. Somebody ought to be able to recognize the bass player from that.

And not that it answers the current question, here's a link to the All the 1951 videos. And you didn't even know that there were music videos before MTV.

-Joe-


13 Aug 17 - 09:56 AM (#3871383)
Subject: RE: Weavers on PBS
From: EBarnacle

Paul is still active, as are Noel Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow. They might also be able to help.


13 Aug 17 - 04:34 PM (#3871462)
Subject: RE: Weavers on PBS
From: Thomas Stern

The film shown is ISN'T THIS A TIME - a tribute concert for Harold Leventhal.

see my post on the subject. http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=86995

see IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424189/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Isn't This A Time
Thomas.


13 Aug 17 - 04:46 PM (#3871465)
Subject: RE: Weavers on PBS
From: GUEST,Mary Katherine

I asked Peter Yarrow, who says that it's Eric Weissberg.


14 Aug 17 - 10:25 AM (#3871600)
Subject: RE: Weavers on PBS
From: GUEST,Guest

Thanks, I thought I knew that face!