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Thread #75122   Message #2241630
Posted By: GUEST,Deljeanne
21-Jan-08 - 06:23 PM
Thread Name: Little known '60s Folk Singers
Subject: RE: Little known '60s Folk Singers
Wow!!!!! A friend of mine called me today to tell me he googled my name and this whole site popped up with my name in it! Talk about walking down "memory lane"! I played folk music in Providence, RI and Newport, RI, also had one gig in Boston at the Turks Head Coffee House. Mostly played in RI. Went to all the folk festivals in Newport. Played at the Mouthpiece which by the way was not on Thayer Street but Benefit Street in Providence. Played gigs with Paul Geremia,Bill Madison, Chris Smithers, Barry Brown and Leonda!!! Was playing at the Ballad Room in Newport when a young Taj Mahal rocked the joint!!! I was billed as a Joan Baez Disciple otherwise known as a Joanie Phonie!!!! Ha! Thayer Street in Providence was such a hip place in the 60's! I was a regular performer at the Tete-A-Tete and across the street a kind, gentle man by the name of Jagdish sold Indian saris and started a business called India Imports! A brash, blowsy, red-headed woman named Justine ran the Tete. The Providence Journal just ran a three page article on Paul Geremia. Paul has remarkably stayed true to his "muse" and hasn't "sold out"!!! He has a dvd coming out on his life and playing the blues for almost 45 years.Thanks for the memories!   Adele Assante