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Help: FOLK./TRAD open mics or gatherings in KY

09 May 01 - 01:21 PM (#458790)
Subject: FOLK./TRAD open mics or gatherings in KY
From: Stevangelist

Specifically the Louisville or Lexington areas, but on weekends and off days I can travel a bit farther.

Looking for places where a fat guy with guitar and harmonicas and lots of songs about love and God and peace and family and folky stuff can go and play and not get judged, as happened, sadly, at many other so-called "open" mic nights. Any suggestions? Comments? Circles/Gatherings I should be made privy to? Thanks in advance.

May The Road Rise To Meet You,

Stevangelist


10 May 01 - 01:09 PM (#459666)
Subject: RE: Help: FOLK./TRAD open mics or gatherings in K
From: Stevangelist

Hello... I thought there were some folkies around here... Come on, guys... kin ya hep a brotha out? Louisville, KY... I know it ain't exactly NYC, but SOMEONE's gotta be pickin' somewhere!

May The Road Rise To Meet You,

Stevangelist


10 May 01 - 01:50 PM (#459713)
Subject: RE: Help: FOLK./TRAD open mics or gatherings in K
From: catspaw49

There's a lot of things in the Lexington area, but in Louisville, Mary in KY can gelp you out.......Send her a PM if she doesn't see this thread.

Spaw


10 May 01 - 02:43 PM (#459763)
Subject: RE: Help: FOLK./TRAD open mics or gatherings in K
From: Mary in Kentucky

Hi Stevangelist,

You need to talk to James/Jim. He used to post here, but has not answered my latest PM's. He has organized the "Homefront" Series in the old Kentucky Theater on Fourth Street. He wrote me a very long PM describing it, but I would prefer to have his permission before I quote him on the Internet. You can read all about the series in the Courier-Jounal (Scene Magazine). I think they meet every 2nd Saturday and record a concert to be aired on radio stations throughout the year. He's also the one who knows everything about the Louisville folk scene. Anyway, PM me if you need more info. I have Jim's last name and approximate address (since he lives near my brother-in-law).

Mary


10 May 01 - 03:01 PM (#459784)
Subject: RE: Help: FOLK./TRAD open mics or gatherings in K
From: Mary in Kentucky

!!!!!!Here's the CJ article on the Homefront Series.!!!!!!!!


10 May 01 - 03:20 PM (#459812)
Subject: RE: Help: FOLK./TRAD open mics or gatherings in K
From: Mary in Kentucky

more stuff


11 May 01 - 01:12 AM (#460203)
Subject: RE: Help: FOLK./TRAD open mics or gatherings in K
From: Wotcha

Come to Chicago's Gallery Cabaret, 2020 N. Oakley. No judgments, just plenty of good songs .... plus you can jam with the guy who wrote "Wendigo."
Cheers,
Brian


11 May 01 - 01:53 AM (#460231)
Subject: RE: Help: FOLK./TRAD open mics or gatherings in K
From: Rick Fielding

"Wendigo"? I learned that wonderful song from an old friend I haven't seen in 29 years...Mickey Clark. Do any of you good Louisville folks know him?

By the way who DID write Wendigo?

Off topic, but important to me...I saw Randy Johnson pitch in Louisville when he was about 19. Six foot ten and so fast he scared the hell out of the Nashville Sounds. I remember he struck out 14 and walked 9!

IN SIX INNINGS!

Rick