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Thread #22478   Message #312561
Posted By: Barbara
05-Oct-00 - 01:22 AM
Thread Name: Malvina Reynolds tribute
Subject: RE: Malvina Reynolds tribute
She has three songbooks that I am aware of, John, and I own them all. Two for kids,[There's Music in the Air; Songs for the Middle Young and "Tweedles and Foodles for Young Noodles"] and one compilation, "The Malvina Reynolds Songbook". I think you can still get them from Schroeder; Nancy Schimmel runs it these days, and I may have a current address...someplace around here....I'll look.
She also had this little tied with string booklet she used to give out when you did something for her. It was full of words of wisdom. I got one from Nancy for drawing and silk-screening a memorial poster when she died, that and some other stuff... Let me see if I can find it, and I'll share the thoughs with you.
When I lived in Berkeley, she used to show up occasionally at the song circles, and she once spent half a day in my room playing a guitar of mine that was patently unfit for what she wanted (she played a Washburn, I was selling an archtop), and she once invited me in for pomegranate juice and played "If You Love Me" for me on the piano -- she was working on it at the time, very bluesy rendition as I recall... I shared a graphics studio space a couple doors down from her house, and was drawing 'Wimmen's Comix' at that time. The anarchist's block of Parker Street for any of you who know 1970's Berkeley.
I sure did like her and her songs. Still got a few posters, anyone interested?
Blessings,
Barbara