The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8317   Message #51585
Posted By: Art Thieme
31-Dec-98 - 06:42 PM
Thread Name: Review: On the River (Art Thieme)
Subject: RE: On The River
only from me (but Elderly might have some). Far be it from me to turn this into a commercial. Max, realizing that it is easier to get forgiveness than permission sometimes, here is where one can send $11.00 (postage included in that price)for A.T.--ON THE RIVER

Art Thieme Box 117 Peru, IL 61354

tracks are:

"Mike Fink's Bet (A short tall tale)
Stackerlee
The Bayou Sara
THE JULIA BELLE SWAIN BLUS (one of mine)
Lost Jimmy Whalen (am proud to say that Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen learned this from me--is on one o' their CDs -but it's packed away now)
Goin' To Cairo (banjo)
What Does The Deep Sea Say (banjo
The Lake of Ponchartrain (banjo--tune: "Tramps & Hawkers")
Waterbound (jew's harp)
Down By The Embarrass (an IL/WIS version of "Down By The Brazos" by Win Stracke
The Big Catfish (a tall tale)
The Shanty Boy On The Big Eau Claire by W.N. Allen of Wausau, Wis about 1872)
The Rock River Valley (one o' my songs---I just got a tape of tunes from Craig Johnson and he blew me away with his sensitive & laid-back rendering of this.---made me hear it with all new ears.

Art