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12 Jun 19 - 02:42 PM (#3996106) Subject: Lyr Req: Stella From: Vincent Jones It's a beautiful song I heard many years ago from a visiting American student, the story of a poor musician singing of/to his Stella guitar. I never got to ask the performer about it, and I've never heard it since. Anyone know it? Thanks. |
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12 Jun 19 - 03:31 PM (#3996115) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stella From: GUEST,Starship Could it be a Leadbelly song? He called his 12-string guitar Stella. |
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12 Jun 19 - 03:36 PM (#3996116) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stella From: Dave Hanson Leadbelly's 12 string was a Stella, not his name for it. Dave H |
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12 Jun 19 - 03:48 PM (#3996120) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stella From: GUEST,Starship True enough. |
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12 Jun 19 - 04:46 PM (#3996129) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stella From: Joe Offer Vincent, can you remember any phrases from the song that might help us find it? -Joe- |
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12 Jun 19 - 05:49 PM (#3996134) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stella From: Vincent Jones Sadly, I can't recall any words, Joe, just remember its beauty. It referred to the Stella make of guitar, of course, but it's not a song by Leadbelly (the only musician who I think spoke about his Stella). |
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12 Jun 19 - 07:07 PM (#3996145) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stella From: GUEST,Starship Vincent, was it done by male or female? Absolutely any details you have will help. When did you hear it? Where? Etc. |
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13 Jun 19 - 07:53 AM (#3996212) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stella From: Vincent Jones Thanks for the interest - this is a great forum. I was running the folk 'n' blues evenings in Cartmel Bar in Lancaster University (that developed out of the more formal Folk and Poetry Evenings - hence the capital letters - that the once famous English lecturer and CPGB member David Craig had started). It was around 1976-1977 - a mere 42 years ago. It was sung by a bloke, as I say, an American lad (all I remember is that he looked a little like Jim Croce). He was almost certainly from the University of Colorado at Boulder as they had an exchange programme with Lancaster. |