Hi Guys
Please forgive me for posting a request and then disappearing...had a chance to play with Doug Gauss last night and jumped on it...he is a wellspring of florida folk songs and has kept Will McLean's songs lambent around the state.
Thanks Sandy for your suggestions. I'll hunt those books down...
Of course I have almost every one of John Hartford's albums and even some pictures of John on the Julia Bell Belle Swain thanks to Art...wouldn't sing all those songs for money though *GRIN*
Art was sweet enough to send me his riverboat tape which I have nearly worn out already.
Lee Ruth introduced me to Bob Dyer's work but I only have the River of the Big Canoe on an old album of folks from the columbia area. It would be nice to have some more...
Loved the Sultana, Art! Thanks to the Arkie (who are you?) for the Priarie Bell. Payne's Prairie near Gainesville used to be a lake with a ferry on it
LEJ We played eight more miles to Louisville last night!
And thanks (tom)catspaw49 for your purrls of wisdom... The DoneyGals did real well at the Florida Old Time Music Championship and we are hoping to persuade Doug Gauss to come out of semi-retirement and become an honorary "Gal for a set at the Florida Folk Festival...or as my old boyfriend calls us..The DonkeyGals!!!Thanks John...I'd love to see some Aussie paddlelboat songs...and to Wolfgang...any boat song would thrill me...
keep those riverboat songs flowing my dear Mudcat friends! harpgirl