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Thread #118563   Message #2591835
Posted By: balladeer
18-Mar-09 - 12:28 PM
Thread Name: Rick Fielding tribute, March 21, Toronto
Subject: RE: Rick Fielding tribute, March 21, Toronto
Apologies for the duplication! (That's what can happen when you post whilst half asleep.)

Please note there were some changes in personnel after the first press release. 1) Matt Watroba will be joining the company. 2)Instead of Bill and Sue's duo, you will be entertained by the equally fabulous long-time duo of Bill Garrett and Curly Boy Stubbs, after which, Curly Boy will quickly morph into his alter ego of Paul Mills and do a turn with Crabtree&Mills.

I'm looking forward so much to Saturday night. Preparing for it has meant spending time with Rick's spirit in Memory Lane, and that has made the past little while quite emotional. When he was still with us in the flesh, Rick and I used to spend lots of time in Memory Lane together, swapping sordid tales of our shared past in the Toronto version of the sixties folk revival.

Being in the room and on the stage with Heather and so many who were Rick's friends, students, jamming buddies, colleagues (and for me, especially the guys who were in his wonderful Hugh's Room band during that fabulous weekly concert series) - let's just say I'm going to be struggling to maintain my composure.

See you there.

Joanne Crabtree