The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #16549   Message #165405
Posted By: Clifton53
19-Jan-00 - 04:04 PM
Thread Name: Annap's gathering 1/14/00 Part II
Subject: RE: Annap's gathering 1/14/00 Part II
Hey MMario, I'm looking for details too. And I was there! Some of the songs are starting to come back to me. As I said, there were many tunes I hadn't heard. Pete sang one I think called "Stay on the farm boys". And he chimed in nicely with me on the chorus of "Tennessee Stud", which Dick informed me was written by Jimmy Driftwood. Bill sang one warning women about getting married, don't recall the title. He also did one about coal miner's and keeping one eye on your wages. Maybe someone can help out with these titles.

Susan sang "I Once Loved a Lass", which I recognized from The Clancy Brothers version. Bert sang a great song about "Spare Time" dealing with the upkeep of a house etc. He has a good voice and obviously has been at this for a while. His voice reminded me of Eric Bogle in some ways.

Max impressed me greatly. What a great deep voice he has. Us heavier humans would wonder where that deepness and resonance comes from. He sang one called, again, I think it was "Bully of the Town". Great blues sound coming out of that thin body.

Roger sang a friend's number called "Woman with a Chain Saw" I think, about staying warm at night. Again folks, correct me if I'm wrong. I love the way he plays guitar.

For my part, I sing mostly contemporary stuff, that is, the last forty years or so. I like when people join in on choruses as they did on "I Shall Be Released", and "Fiddler a Dram". I'd been singing some half remembered lyric to that for twenty years, and Dick told me since it's a fiddle tune, it doesn't matter what you sing, so I'm making up some new verses to it. Thanks for your knowledge Dick.

I was only there for Saturday so I can't speak for Friday or Sunday, but I had a great time and learned quite a bit. But the best part was meeting 'catters(my first time), and shooting the breeze and laughing alot.

Anyway, that's some of the music, and I mean only some of what went on. Maybe someone else that was there can supply more.

Clifton