Hey, Phot: Sounds like you had a sweet release. While the title of this thread is a "quiet" corner, I wasn't necessarily talking about quiet. I was just looking for a quiet corner in Mudcat... a rant-free zone where people could talk about anything that was happening in their lives that they were enjoying.

Now tonight, my wife and I are going out to an exhibition and performance space for an open mike night, followed by a concert by a black gospel quartet. We're looking forward to seeing the place, which has recently opened up and is encouraging artists of all media to become involved. I'll take my guitar along and do a couple of songs, if it works out that way, and we're hoping to meet dwdiddy. Oohwah, oohwah, ddwdiddy, another Catter who only lives fifteen or twenty miles away from us.

There has been a convergence of seemingly unrelated events that make tonight seem very promising... mostly revolving around Dave Van Ronk.
I took lessons from Dave back in the early 60's, and used to play at open mikes at the Gaslight Cafe that Dave ran, Monday nights. That was the place where I got the guts to get up and sing in public for the first time. Now, it seems like everything is coming full-circle. Folkways-Smithsonian is using the photo of the Gaslight Cafe posted here on Mudcat on a new CD of Dave's, and I recently got a request from the manager of Buddy St. Marie (who I also heard at the Gaslight) to use the photo. It's been a long time since I've sung at an open mike, and of course, my mind goes back to that first time. If dwdiddy is there, he'll do a couple of songs, too. His idol, as a guitar player?

Dave Van Ronk..

Will the circle be unbroken?

Jerry