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Thread #64444   Message #2222558
Posted By: GUEST,Tom M
25-Dec-07 - 10:23 PM
Thread Name: Grant Rogers, Catskill Mountain Songmaker
Subject: RE: Grant Rogers, Catskill Mountain Songmaker
I was playing Bass guitar behind a guitarist friend of mine during hunting season. I am not sure of the year or town but I think it was in 1979 in Liberty, New York. All of a sudden there was a hush amongst the crowd and someone said Grant Rogers was in the house. I never heard of him but I sure was about to find out. Grant, with fiddle in hand, jumped in between us and said in "C' Sonny. My 19 year old fingers worked full time to keep up with this ancient master. We were the last ones to perform with Grant Rogers. It was an honor and priveledge to share the stage with such talent.Within 3 years I was in the recording studio with Tommy Ramone from the world famous Ramones. Talk about two different music style.

Tom M. (Forest Hills, New York.