Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz Date: 08 Mar 07 - 03:46 PM Hey lisa: MEMORIES OF TEX KOENIG I met Tex in or around 1967. He was so New York and Village. Spoke of Bobby Roberts(Hey Joe), Dylan, Tuli Kupferberg(Fugs), Ginsberg, Hendrix, and was always laughing. We did some shows together, one where we came back real early, like 5 in the morning. I said "Tex, I'm baffed, I need to sleep NOW." So he said "O.K., I got one bed, if we sleep on it sideways, we can get a couple of hours, then you can drive home." So, I can say in the nicest way that I slept with Tex Koenig! It was such a wacko memory. Sideways in a bed with a 6'4" 360lb. New Yorker. Tex was always about food..."You know Bob, It's not a TRUE wop sauce if it doesn't have any pork in it." (All you Italians out there, he loved ya.) Gunsmith, we talked hours about knives, Randals, the Art. So, one night we went to Chinatown. We worked together doing studio stuff, it was called Soundbox '71. In McGill's studios, here in Montreal. So Chinatown was always the thing. We both studied AIKIDO with Max Villadorata here in Montreal. My girlfriend at the time studied with Lee Siu Pak, "Master Lee" Yang style Tai Chi Chuan. So, we're in Chinatown, and Tex had brought in some "Flying Stars", a martial arts weapon that is thrown. We're into the food and Tex whips these things out. Master Lee, who spoke very little English, says "I know this" So Tex, who is sitting opposite him around one of those immense tables that are common in Chinatown, passes one of the weapons to Master Lee by handing it to one of the approximate 15 people around the table, who one by one, get it to Master Lee. Mister/Master Lee says, "like this," and motions to throw the star, which slips from his hand because of some grease on his fingers from the food. I'm sitting next to Tex and this thing comes straight at us...but curves, and heads straight for Tex, who catches it after it bounces off his chest, and lands in his beard, nicking his throat. A spot of blood appears, a nick really.(Saved by a beard) Everybody laughs, especially Mister Lee. The "oops factor" in martial arts, where the guy who is supposed to have control makes one teensy slip. What a memory! We also hung around the Back Door, another club in Montreal. Tex got a job behind the coffee bar. I was opening for Jerry Jeff Walker, who just got a hit with Mr. Bojangles, and rides in on this huge Honda bike, he'd just bought after a gig in Ottawa...Others who played the club...Doc Watson, along with Merle, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee, John Hammond, David(Maverick Child)Rae(a killer player), Jesse Winchester and many others. Club's gone now, still got the memories. Paul Geremia, my old friend/teacher from Providence was there too, Tex always called him "Pauly". So Paul tells this story about this gay guy who gets on a bus in New York with an umbrella, and forgets it while paying his fare. The Bus Driver, with the Brooklyn accent says," Hey Cinderella, ya forgot yer magic wand!" The gay guy walks up to him, touches him with the umbrella's handle and says," POOF, you're a piece of sh*t." You can only get this kind of stuff with Folk Music kids! Tex Koenig. I will NEVER forget him. Goodnight everybody. bob |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: mrmoe Date: 08 Mar 07 - 02:37 PM Ah yes, the Hedge & Donna thread reminds us of folk duos: Hedge & Donna Pam & Ray (the Claytons) Bill & Renee (Bill Staines and Renee Beghosian) Mike & Chris (later Orlen & Gabriel) Williams & Vallen |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: lisa null Date: 08 Mar 07 - 01:27 PM Oh yes, if there was one singer (who had a Folkways record) i would like to see from back then, it is Stanley Tripp of Vancouver. I wore that album out. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: lisa null Date: 08 Mar 07 - 01:23 PM Hi: Boy does this thread conjure up old memories --especiay of Tex who i knew quite well in Boulder (1960), I was a freshman at theUniversity (briefly) and he had just finished gunsmithing school. In Boulder there was another talented singer named Judy Roderick who I learned a lot of songs from only to discover, later, that they had come from Sandy Paton who had been spending time in Aspen. What a great musical scne Boulder was back then -- not just at the coffee houses and bars, (there and in Denver), but at the the University itself....both at the folk music jams and with the YPSL's (Young People's Socialist League). Jackie Washington played in Denver at that time, and i think Dave Guth did too. later, when i transferred back east to school (Sarah Lawrence), I remember jamming with a wonderful folksinger named Carly Simon who played with her sister soon after that as the Simon Sisters. As for Martha Burns. she now lives in DC and is one of my good friends. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: mrmoe Date: 07 Mar 07 - 01:05 PM Norm Schell Tony Robino Janet Blair Mike Fairbanks Mike Orlen Carl Watanabe Bill Nixon |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: pdq Date: 07 Mar 07 - 12:57 PM Here is a paragraph from Carol Kaye's web site confirming the third David Cohen as a studio musician in southern California (although he did teach guitar to some folkies). {quote, Carol Kaye}"These are some of the musicians playing on your favorite past recordings, movies, TV shows: Guitar:>Rene Hall, Howard Roberts, Bud Coleman, Tommy Tedesco, Barney Kessel, Tony Rizzi, Billy Strange, Glen Campbell, Allen Reuss, Bobby Gibbons, Bob Bain, Dennis Budimer, John Gray, Bill Pitman, Al Casey, Al Hendrikson, Irving Ashby, Mundell Lowe, Mike Anthony, Lou Morell, Al Viola, Ray Pohlman, Arthur Wright, Nick Bonney, Toots Thielemans, Don Peake, Charles Wright, James Burton, Dean Parks, Mitch Holder, Mike D'Asey, David Cohen>, Jerry Cole, Charley Chiarenza, Neil LeVang, David T. Walker, Larry Carlton, John Collins, Jim Helms, Al Vescovo, Louie Shelton." |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: GUEST,Erik Frandsen Date: 07 Mar 07 - 12:04 PM Thanks, pdq, for sorting out all the David Cohens. David Blue called himself "S.David Cohen" for a while. To keep from confusing him with the guy from the Fish, Steve Mann would ask: which one do you mean, Country Joe Cohen or David Blue, New York Jew? |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Philj200 Date: 28 Feb 07 - 10:54 AM The same David Cohen or Blue who wrote Grand Hotel played with Country Joe. I remember seeing him and the Fish at a sold out concert in Central Park. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: pdq Date: 27 Feb 07 - 04:17 PM There are (were) at least three David Cohens, all played guitar. David Blue actually changed his name back to Cohen a few times. Died as stated above. Another was a studio ace in southern California. Many jazz people as well as folkies took lessons from this man. Another one, David Bennett Cohen was a fine flatpicker from New York who moved out to California about 1965 and became the keyboard player in "Country Joe and the Fish". web site here |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Philj200 Date: 27 Feb 07 - 03:55 PM More than some years ago. He played guitar for a while with Country Joe. I remember his wedding taking place in a Chinese Restaurant on Broadway in the upper west side of Manhattan. He was a big bear of a guy. I once worked at a luthier's shop where some good musicians hung out (B'way in the lower 20's), guys like Rob Hunter ... David came by often. He liked a 12-string conversion (from a Gibson J185) we were just finishing. And walked out with it! He did a gig downtown and returned it the next day. But it did cause a major (explictive delited) storm. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: GUEST Date: 27 Feb 07 - 03:28 PM David Blue, the artist originally known as "David Cohen" when he made his debut on an LP with Richard Farina, Patrick Sky and Bruce Murdoch. He died some years ago while jogging in Washington Square Park. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Philj200 Date: 27 Feb 07 - 02:54 PM Anyone mention David Blue? His Grand Hotel is still haunting. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: GUEST Date: 27 Feb 07 - 02:20 PM "Do you remember Lindsay Cameron, the piper? Still alive, is he?" Lindsay died many years ago. A heart attack in his early-50s if I recall correctly. Was a good banjo and guitar player too. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Kevin Sheils Date: 27 Feb 07 - 03:30 AM There are a few hundred people in a better position than me to answer that! |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Deckman Date: 26 Feb 07 - 09:19 AM Alan Arkin was/is indeed a fine singer. I have his album: "Folk Songs ... Once Over Lightly" Bob |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Scrump Date: 26 Feb 07 - 09:01 AM That was me Rowan and Scrump. Or maybe someone else! Well it could have been you Kevin - are you little known? If so, that would appear to clinch it. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Little Robyn Date: 26 Feb 07 - 06:40 AM Abby mentioned Alan Arkin. Maybe he's better known today, as an actor - he just won an Oscar! But he used to be a lovely singer. Robyn |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Kevin Sheils Date: 26 Feb 07 - 04:54 AM That was me Rowan and Scrump. Or maybe someone else! |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Rowan Date: 26 Feb 07 - 12:50 AM Half the Melbourne Uni Mountaineering Club were folk singers in the 1960s, well before the onset of the likes of Brian Mooney, Danny Spooner and Gordon McIntyre. That was how I found out that what I was singing at parties and field trips was known by others as folk music. Come to think of it, I seem to recall Brad Tate giving a paper on much the same theme, and he was active in the 60s. I haven't heard Bob Vincent on his mouthorgan since about 1968. Pity! Cheers, Rowan |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: BK Lick Date: 25 Feb 07 - 08:54 PM A few more names that maybe belong here -- most pictured in Art's gallery: Jim Brewer 1 Tossi Aaron 2 Benjie Aaronoff 3 Joe Aaronson 4 Mike Absalom 5 Derroll Adams 6 Addiss & Crowfut 7 Mike Agranoff 8 Ted Alevizos 9 Clark Allen 10 Peter Alsop, 11 Casey Anderson 12 Arkansas Red 13 Alan Arkin 14 George & Gerry Armstrong 15 Jennifer Armstrong 16 John Ashford 17 Sally Ashford 18 Mary Asquith 19 Bob Atcher 20 George Austin 21 Hoyt Axton 22 Bruce Baker 23 Paula Ballan 24 Horton Barker 25 Robbie Basho 26 Peter Berg 27 Roy Berkeley 28 Marcia Berman 29 Leon Bibb 30 Theodore Bikel 31 Bill & Livia 32 Roy Book Binder 33 Ann Bird/Byrd 34 Blind Blake 35 Richard Blaustein 36 Ralph Blizzard 37 Allan Block 38 Mike Bloomfield 39 David Blue (David Cohen) 40 Geoff Bodenham 41 Ray Boguslav 42 Buddy Bohn 43 Bill Bonyun 44 Hank Bradley 45 Jim Brentano 46 Jim Brewer 47 Anne Briggs 48 Judy Bright 49 George Britton 50 Jamie Brockett 51 Saul Broudie 52 Bill Brown 53 Dennis Brown 54 Fleming Brown 55 Toni Brown 56 Tedd Browne 57 Ian Buchanan 58 Tim Buckley 59 Buckwheat 60 Bud & Travis (Edmonson) 61 Valucha Buffington 62 June Bugg 63 Sandy Bull 64 Don Burnham 65 Martha Burns 66 Howie Bursen 67 Allan Burton 68 Doug Bush 69 Phil Buss 70 Anne Byrd 71 Rolf Cahn 72 Dick Cameron 73 Lindsay Cameron 74 Alex Campbell 75 Guy & Candie Carawan 76 John Carbo 77 Peter Carbone 78 Bob Carey 79 "Ti Jean" Johnnie Carignan 80 Shlomo Carlbach 81 Pat Chamberlain 82 Len Chandler 83 Clifton Chenier 84 Marilyn Child 85 Charlie Chin 86 Bill Chipman 87 William Clausen 88 John Clay 89 Paul Clayton 90 Ray Clayton 91 Bill Clifton 92 Adam Cochran 93 Bruce Cockburn 94 Andy Cohen 95 David Cohen (David Blue) 96 John Cohen 97 Sharon Colen 98 Jimmy Collier 99 Earl Collins 100 Bob Coltman 101 Peggy Compton 102 Brian Cookman 103 Pat Cooksey 104 Mike Cooper 105 Xavier Coudril 106 Pam Coulihan 107 the Country Gentlemen 108 Chris Couveau 109 John Cowles 110 Joe Craven 111 Slim Critchlow 112 Al Cromwell 113 Steve Culver 114 Sis Cunningham 115 Jeff Dale 116 Karen Dalton 117 Shoshanna Damari 118 Allan Dameron 119 Allen Damron 120 Barbara Dane 121 Charlotte Daniels 122 Erik Darling 123 Brent Davey 124 Diane Davidson 125 Jeff Davis 126 Patti (Reagan) Davis 127 Tim Dawe 128 Jim Dawson 129 Al Day 130 Tom Deacon 131 Peter Debin 132 Rich Dehr 133 Bill Destler 134 Justin Devereaux 135 Hazel Dickens 136 Alex Dobkin 137 Bonnie Dobson 138 Terry Dolan 139 Ted Donlan 140 Mark Dorinson 141 K.C. Douglas 142 Paul Downes 143 Livia Drapkin 144 Crane Driver 145 John Dunkerley 146 Willie Dunn 147 Josh Dunson 148 John Dwyer 149 Richard Dyer-Bennett 150 Snooks Eaglin 151 John Eberhart 152 Joe Elias 153 Rambling Jack Eliot 154 Logan English 155 Rick Epping 156 Jerry Epstein 157 Sam Eskin 158 Billy Faier 159 Richard Farina 160 Bruce Farwell 161 Luke Faust 162 Pete Feldmann 163 Julie Felix 164 Freddy Fender 165 Don Firth 166 Judy Flenniken 167 John Foley 168 Pat Foster 169 Eric Frandsen 170 Jackson C. Frank 171 Ray Frank 172 Dave Frederickson 173 Marshal Freedland 174 Ruthann Friedman 175 Big Wally Friedricks 176 Alan Friend 177 Jesse Fuller 178 Sean Gagnier 179 Eddie Gair 180 Vin Garbutt 181 Peter & Isabelle Gardiner 182 Amos Garrett 183 Pat Garvey 184 The Gateway Singers 185 Paul Geremia 186 Freddie Gerlach 187 Alice Gerrard 188 Thom Ghent 189 Denis Gibbons 190 Bob Gibson 191 Jackie Gibson 192 Lisa Gilkyson 193 Terry Gilkyson 194 Kenny Girard 195 Dottie Gittleson 196 Tom Glaser 197 Dick Glass 198 Lynn Gold 199 Barry Goldberg 200 The Goldcoast Singers 201 Cynthia Gooding 202 Ruthie Gordon 203 Louis Gossett 204 Klaus Van Graft 205 Red Grammer 206 Dan Gravas 207 Arvella Gray 208 Peter Greenberg 209 The Greenbriar Boys 210 Al Grierson 211 Bob Grossman 212 Roy Guest 213 Iberus Hacker 214 Derek Hall 215 Tom Hall 216 John Hammond Jr 217 Colonel Bruce Hampton 218 Clabe Hangan 219 Larry Hanks 220 Tim Hardin 221 Jack Hardy 222 Lee Haring 223 Bess Hawes 224 John Hayday 225 Joe Heany 226 Freddie Hellerman 227 Wade Hemsworth 228 Stewart Hendrickson 229 Judy Henske 230 John Herald 231 Johnny Herald & the Greenbriar Boys 232 Carolyn Hester 233 Bill Higley 234 Sam Hinton 235 George Hirsch 236 Moe Hirsch 237 Bob Hoban 238 Lori Holland 239 Fred Holstein 240 Tim Holt 241 Will Holt 242 Alec Hood 243 Doc Hopkins 244 Zylphia Horton 245 Sonny Houston 246 Ray Wylie Hubbard 247 Blair Hull 248 Joe Jaffe 249 Joyce James 250 Karen James 251 Stan James 252 Bert Jansch 253 Micheal Janusz 254 Ella Jenkins 255 Jim & Jesse 256 Flaco Jimenez 257 Joe & Eddie 258 Ted Johnson 259 Dynamite Annie Johnston 260 Bob Jones 261 Mike Jordan 262 Si Kahn 263 Danny Kalb 264 Johnny Kalb 265 John Kalish 266 Dodi Kallick 267 Kathy & Carol 268 Eric Kaz 269 Michael Kaz 270 Larry Keane 271 Mike Kellen 272 Joanne Kelly 273 Luke Kelly 274 Elliot Kenin 275 Betsy & Seamus Kennedy 276 Norman Kennedy 277 Dave Kenningham 278 Dave Kennington 279 Louie Killen 280 John Kirkpatrick 281 Rev. Frederick D. Kirkpatrick 282 Joe Klee 283 Borden Klotweiller 284 The Knob Lick Upper Ten Thousand 285 Tex Koenig 286 Bonnie Koloc 287 Alex Korner 288 Barry Kornfeld 289 Bernie Krause 290 Adam Kreiswirth 291 Al Kuda/Casey/Cooper 292 Jim Kweskin 293 Peter LaFarge 294 Steve Lalor 295 Myrna Lande 296 Penny Lang 297 Bruce Langehorn 298 John Langstaff 299 Willem Lankhourst 300 Gary Lapow 301 Terrea Lea 302 Donal Leace 303 Perry Lederman 304 Katie Lee 305 Rick & Lorraine Lee 306 Mike Leib 307 Perry Letterman 308 Jeannie Lewis 309 Ernie Lieberman 310 Bob Lind 311 Dave Lindley 312 Lingo The Drifter 313 Manse Lipscomb 314 Barry Lister 315 Marie Little 316 Gerry Lockran 317 Paul Lolax 318 Johnny Long 319 Jez Lowe 320 Bob Lusk 321 Roger Luzwick 322 Mel Lyman 323 Ken Lyon 324 Bill Lyons 325 Margaret MacArthur 326 The MacCalmans 327 Jimmy MacDonald 328 Spanky MacFarlane 329 Scott MacKenzie 330 Ewan MacVicar 331 Bill Madison 332 Bob Malenky 333 Molly Malone 334 Steve Mandel 335 Steve Mann 336 Jo Mapes 337 Marais & Miranda 338 Phil Marsh 339 Peter Marston 340 Sue Martin (or Robbins) 341 Bob Martin 342 Vince Martin 343 Bert Mason 344 Chuck Massey 345 Ric Masten 346 Tom Mayes 347 Jim McCarthy 348 Mary McCaslin 349 Mary McCaslin 350 Ed McCurdy 351 John McCutcheon 352 Carolyn McDade, 353 Kate & Anna McGarrigle 354 Matt McGinn 355 Jim McGrath 356 Roger (Jimmy) McGuinn 357 "Round Mound of Renown" Pat McGuinn 358 Fran McKendree 359 Joe & Antoinette McKenna 360 Raun McKinnan 361 Will McLain 362 Murray McLaughlin 363 James McMurtry 364 Paul McNeil 365 Paul McNeill 366 John Meeks 367 Mike Melford 368 Memphis Slim 369 Jerry Merrick 370 Jaime Michaels 371 Kent Michaels 372 Nancy Michaels 373 Jerry Middaugh 374 Micheal Miles 375 Reggie Miles 376 Adam Miller 377 Frank Miller 378 Alan Mills 379 Chuck Mitchell 380 Howie Mitchell 381 Chuck Mitman 382 Little Brother Montgomery 383 Serrafyn Mork 384 Artus Moser 385 Eddie Motteau 386 Bruce Murdoch 387 Ron & Nama 388 Fred Neil 389 Bob Nelson 390 Mike Nelson 391 Tracy Nelson 392 Lea Nicholson 393 Jack Nissenson 394 Rab Noakes 395 Don Normark 396 Mary O'Hara 397 Jackie Pack 398 Jim Page 399 Gabby Pahinui 400 Tom Paley 401 Red Parham 402 Roy Parker 403 Nick Parry-Jones 404 Len Partridge 405 Sandy Paton 406 Gordon Heath & Lee Payant 407 Drew Payton 408 Ken Pearlman 409 "Crazy" George Pegram 410 Ken Penney 411 Brock Peters 412 Utah Phillips 413 Nick Pickett 414 John Pilla 415 Dave "Buck" Polley 416 Shelly Posen 417 Pozo-Seco Singers 418 Paul Prestipino 419 Dave Prine 420 John Prine 421 Nancy Quense 422 Dave "Maverick Child" Rae 423 Ethel Raim 424 Obray Ramsey 425 Stu "Darsono" Ramsey 426 Willis Alan Ramsey 427 Jerry Rau 428 Chris Rawlings 429 Dave "Missing Keys" Ray 430 Dave "Snaker" Ray 431 Susan Reed 432 Mike Reedy 433 Randy Rice 434 Jerry Ricks 435 Almeda Riddle 436 Jim Ringer 437 Ralph Rinzler 438 Edna Ritchie 439 Margret Roadknight 440 Gil Robbins 441 Brian Roberts 442 Chick Roberts 443 Pete Roberts 444 Robin Roberts 445 Carol Robertson 446 Walt Robertson 447 Earl Robinson 448 Frank Robinson 449 Jim Roche 450 Rocky Rockwood 451 Judy Roderick 452 Jimmie Rodgers 453 Grant Rogers 454 Jim Rooney 455 Penny Rose 456 Art Rosenbaum 457 Stuart Rosenberg 458 Dick Rosmini 459 Alan Rotman 460 Peter Rowan 461 Ruth Rubin 462 Rambling Sid Rumpo 463 Mike Russo 464 Lee Ruth 465 Bob Ruzicka 466 Bob Ryszkiewicz 467 Tony & Irene Saletan 468 Beverlie Salmon 469 Betty Sanders 470 Micheal Saul 471 Sonja Savig 472 Norman Schell 473 Martha Schlamme 474 Rick von Schmidt 475 Helen Schneyer 476 Eric Schoenberg 477 Tony Schwartz 478 Colin Scott 479 Molly Scott 480 Dave Sears 481 Nicky Seeger 482 Mike Spoons Seeley 483 Paul Seibel 484 Brother John Sellers 485 Mike Settle 486 Anita Shear 487 Helen Shneyer 488 Paul Siebel 489 Effie Siegerman 490 Marc Silber 491 Pat Sky 492 Mike Slawson 493 Jay Small 494 Janet Smith 495 Michael Smith 496 Oriel Smith 497 Osborne Smith 498 Chris Smither 499 Kit Snow 500 Paul Snow 501 Leni Ashmore Sorensen 502 Dave Spence 503 Joseph Spence 504 Mark Spoelstra 505 Roger Sprung 506 Bill Staines 507 Pete Stampfel 508 Jack Stanesco 509 Doc Stanley 510 Fred Starner 511 John Stauber 512 Bill Steele 513 Alice Stewart 514 Poor Howard Stith 515 Mel Storch 516 Dwain Story 517 Win Strake 518 Michael Strange 519 Jennifer Sullivan 520 Marc Sullivan 521 Steve "Richmond" Talbot 522 T.A. Talbott 523 Gene Tambour 524 Chaim Tannenbaum 525 Ray Tate 526 Joan Toliver 527 Peter Tork 528 Artie Traum 529 Happy Traum 530 Ed Trickett 531 Harry Tufts 532 Gil Turner 533 Rick Turner 534 Ivan Ulz 535 Jay Unger 536 "Sonny" Vale 537 Woody Wachtel 538 Terry Wadsworth 539 Margaret Wagner 540 Andy Wallice 541 Jerry Walter 542 Jackie Washington 543 Fox Watson 544 Laura Weber 545 Eric Weisberg 546 Grant Weisbrot 547 Dick Weisman 548 John Weiss 549 Dick Weissman 550 Fred Weisz 551 Jenny Vincent Wells 552 Harry & Jeannie West 553 Hedy West 554 Laura Wetzler 555 Terry Whelan 556 Bob White 557 Gary White 558 Wade White 559 Dave Wiffen 560 Major Wiley 561 Big Joe Williams 562 Pozo-Seco Singers with Don Williams 563 David Williamson 564 Colin Wilson 565 Stan Wilson 566 Tyler Wilson 567 Jesse Winchester 568 John Winn 569 Elise Witt 570 Hally Stepherson Wood 571 Heather Wood 572 Nimrod Workman 573 Hal Wylie 574 Glen Yarborough 575 Gene Yellin 576 Jerry Yester 577 The York County Boys 578 Malka & Yoso 579 Steve Young 580 Oranim (Guela Gill) Zabar 581 Bob Zaidman 582 Henry Zapotnik 583 Dave Zeitlin 584 Patty Zeitlin 585 Bob Zentz |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: BK Lick Date: 22 Feb 07 - 07:12 PM Frank -- not sure, but I think Joe Klee may not still be among us. The VOL. XXXII: NOVEMBER 2004-OCTOBER 2005 No. 8 issue of The Mississippi Rag contains an article titled "farewell to Joe Klee" and his reviews seem no longer to be appearing. There are several mentions of him in this thread and three pictures of him in Art's photo gallery (put "Klee" into the search box to find them). —BK |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: The Sandman Date: 22 Feb 07 - 05:28 PM yes nick pickett, living in stratford, east london,but he was still performing in the seventies and eighties.[maybe still is now] heres one, Jeff Dale organiser of Downe folk club,blues singer twelve string guitarist. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Rowan Date: 22 Feb 07 - 04:26 PM Scrump, that might have been the same bloke I once saw in some folk club in the 60s. I can't remember the name of the club; can't even remember his, now. Must be getting old. Cheers, Rowan |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: GUEST,Frank Hamilton Date: 22 Feb 07 - 03:38 PM Joe Klee. Played Uke, wrote songs, smoked an awful cigar, now writes interesting articles for the "Mississipi Rag" and other jazz publications. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Scrump Date: 22 Feb 07 - 05:04 AM There was this bloke I once saw in a folk club in the 1960s. I only saw him once, and I can't remember his name now. I reckon he wasn't very well known, so he probably qualifies for inclusion in this thread, whoever he is (or was, for all I know he may have passed away since then). |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: MARINER Date: 22 Feb 07 - 04:50 AM Dick Cameron ,a Canadian ? and Sharon Colen (sp)an American? both sang around Dublin in the 60s .Does anyone know what became of them ? |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Peace Date: 21 Feb 07 - 05:24 PM I think it's wonderful you did mention her, Rowan. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Rowan Date: 21 Feb 07 - 05:13 PM Thanks Peace. But she hadn't been mentioned on the thread so I thought I should. There's also Denis Gibbons and Alec Hood, come to think of it. Cheers, Rowan |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Peace Date: 21 Feb 07 - 12:19 PM Margret RoadKnight - The Official Website She's still up and doin'. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Rowan Date: 21 Feb 07 - 01:22 AM Brent Davey, banjo player now with the Panton Hill Umbrella Club Jeannie Lewis Margret Roadknight Willem Lankhourst (the last three all singers) all performing in Melbourne during the 60s |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Susanne (skw) Date: 20 Feb 07 - 07:55 PM Wasn't the song referred to by psychomorris above - Hey Sandy - written by Harvey Andrews? |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: alanabit Date: 18 Feb 07 - 04:36 AM This link, , if I have understood it, seems to be telling me that Colin Scott succumbed to a certain lifestyle in 1999. I don't speak Dutch, but from my knowledge of German and Rhein dialect, that seems to be what it is saying. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: alanabit Date: 18 Feb 07 - 03:46 AM I saw Colin Scott at The Last Waterhole in Amsterdam in 1980. He had a fiddle player and an electric guitarist with him. I heard from others that he was there for some time after that, but I don't know anything else. He was pretty good on stage, but he looked as if he had lived a bit then. I wonder where he ended up? |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: bob dylan Date: 18 Feb 07 - 12:36 AM I was in England in 1962 doing some TV play. I got a train to Eltham and heard this young kid in the park singing. He was Dave Kennington. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz Date: 17 Feb 07 - 11:27 PM Mudcat People: Just heard of the passing of John Foley, one of the originators, if not THE originator of The Yellow Door Coffeehouse in Montreal. I believe the place started in 1967. There was a room, some yellow paint, and so, The Yellow Door was born. John sang, wrote songs, and played an old Guild. He was kind-hearted, funny, talented, intense, and a fine man. It was an honor to have known him. Without him, there would have been no Yellow Door. Please help to get the word out...bob |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz Date: 16 Feb 07 - 08:58 PM ERIK: Yes. Willie Dunn, Bruce Murdoch(33&1/3 Revolutions per Minute/Che Guevara/Can I Come Across To You?), Patrick Sky, Lindsay Cameron(piper/banjo/woodsman/hunter/friend), Jack Nissenson(Mountain City Four/Wade Hemsworth/Kate and Anna McGarrigle/Chaim Tannenbaum), Chris Rawlings, Penny Rose(Rose's Cantina/Morin Heights),Tex Koenig(knew Dylan, Allan Ginsberg, Tulie Kupferberg, food, always carried chopsticks, Bobby Roberts(Hey Joe), and most of The Village, NYC). And where are they now? Heaven and scattered everywhere. But if they somehow could all be gathered in some mystical way...What a party THAT would be. And lest we forget, Fred Neil(The Dolphins/Midnight Cowboy), and Paul Seibel. bob |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: GUEST,Erik Frandsen Date: 16 Feb 07 - 11:39 AM Bob Ryszkiewicz: The Yellow Door, oh yeah, that place. And the Back Door was the sister club just across campus, right? Chris Rawlings and Penny Rose were living in the former German embassy. They put a nice throw rug over the big-ass swastika on the floor in the lobby. Do you remember Lindsay Cameron, the piper? Still alive, is he? Who else...? Willie Dunn, crazed Micmac? Got kicked out of the Indian Museum with Pat Sky for cursing the exhibits in some arcane language called Proto-Lakota that they probably made up themselves? Remember that guy? Nice fella and not a mean drunk at all. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Scrump Date: 16 Feb 07 - 10:43 AM Seth Lakeman was little known in the 1960s. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: GUEST,Guest Date: 16 Feb 07 - 10:38 AM Very pleased to see Lea Nicholson given a name check on this thread. He was a resident at Merlin's in Clerkenwell around 1973, along with other little known folkies like Richard Thompson and Ssimon Nicol. He used to play a mean "Dam Busters March" on his squeezebox! One week I think he and RT did "Coronation Scot" together (ancient light music piece about a British streamline train, for the colonials' benefit). Strangely enough Bill Vanaver and Livia Drapkin also appeared at Merlin's - I seem to remember that they were heavily into Cretan music, and Livia (or was it Bill)played a bouzouki/bouzar/mandolin/whatever using a goose quill as a pick. And what about the ineffable Tom Paley? Did he learn to play the fiddle eventually? |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Scrump Date: 16 Feb 07 - 05:22 AM Mentioned earlier in the thread was the band " The Fivepenny Piece". there has been some recent releases by some of the original band members including...John Meeks with " Just Me & Some O` me Songs". Information can be found on a re-vitalised web site www.5pp.co.uk. There's also a compilation CD that came out last year from EMI, with some good stuff on it (Old Tom The Weaver, Ashton Mashers, Brown Photographs, Mi Gronny, etc.) - details at the same website Yes, the 5PP were little known in the 1960s; they became well known in the 1970s though. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: GUEST,Psychomorris Date: 16 Feb 07 - 04:44 AM Does anyone one remember Colin Scott? An American doing a tour in the uk instead of vietnam. Good singer/ guitarist with many self penned pieces of anti war and protest songs. ( 'Hey Sandy, Hey Sandy why were you the one? All those years of growing up are wasted now and gone'. Did you see them turn, did you feel the burn of the bullets as they flew?') Have the national guard improved much since the late 60,s or just continue to jump to politicians orders ? Sorry wrong subject place. Psychomorris |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Azizi Date: 15 Feb 07 - 11:27 PM Here's your link, Bob http://www.myspace.com/bobryszkiewicz Nice place, u have there! |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: bobad Date: 15 Feb 07 - 03:17 PM Bob: It's good to see you are still around and making excellent music, "The Ghost Of Elvis" is a fine piece of work. Maybe we'll see you at the Ormstown Branches and Roots Music festival this summer. Check out this year's lineup at http://ormstownmusicfestival.com/Roots_bios_e.htm |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz Date: 15 Feb 07 - 01:16 PM Hi Kids! I'm still going strong in a new kinda way. Folk Singer? Well, O.K. I always thought of myself as a Blues Singer. Freaky to see my name show up,,,Thanks bobad. Erik Frandsen, New York, right? U played the Yellow Door along with Jesse Winchester, Bruce Murdoch, Penny Lang, Tex Koenig, Paul Geremia, Dennis Brown, and a cast of thousands. And, let us not forget... little known at the time, but then went on...Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLaughlin, Bill Staines, Roy Book Binder, Ken Lyon, Jaime Michaels and the list goes on. You can check Folk Roots and Folk Branches with Mike Regenstrief on CKUT via myspace, and my new thingy wingy at http://www.myspace.com/bobryszkiewicz. And in the words of Bob Hope..."Thanks for the memories", and Groucho Marx,"I would never be a member of any organization that would have ME as a member." Bye 4 now. bob |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Big Al Whittle Date: 10 Feb 07 - 12:20 PM don't any of you know any normal sized folksingers? |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Midchuck Date: 10 Feb 07 - 09:16 AM I still vote Tom Deacon as the littlest-known 1960s singer. Nahh. I was. Peter. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: GUEST,zalby Date: 10 Feb 07 - 08:17 AM Mentioned earlier in the thread was the band " The Fivepenny Piece". there has been some recent releases by some of the original band members including...John Meeks with " Just Me & Some O` me Songs". Information can be found on a re-vitalised web site www.5pp.co.uk. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: voyager Date: 10 Feb 07 - 07:51 AM DAVE ZEITLIN - McCabe's Guitar Teacher & Folk Performer Thanks to Frank Hamilton for adding Dave's name to the conversation. Around 1968 I took my first guitar lessons in a UCLA lecture hall auditorium with Dave Zeitlin teaching 100+ students in plucking the strings to Freight Train and Goodnight Irene. Here's a walk down that memory lane... McCabe's GuitarShop Performers (1969-present) voyager |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Mick Tems Date: 09 Feb 07 - 09:00 PM Just discovered this thread... great! Crane Driver, Betsy and Seamus Kennedy: Lea Nicholson was a truly original concertina player and one of my favourites - I saw him at the Valley Folk Club at Pontardawe (which must have in the 1970s.) However, he soon tired of the folk scene and soon disappeared. I saw Joanne Kelly at Bunjies cellar, London - what a stunning blues player and singer she was. She was sister to Dave Kelly of the John Dummer Blues Band, and guested on Cabal, one of their LPs. She tragically died of a brain tumour. I used to hang around Bunjies in my just-discovering-folk days. Mike Absalom used to be a regular guest - can anybody remember what happened to him? After that it was the Goodmayes Methodist Folk Club, ably compered by John Singleton, who moved out to Braintree. There I saw guitarist Nick Pickett, whose deft work on the fiddle as he played the Four-Hand Reel really amazed me - I tell you, it was early days! I think Nick recorded an album. |
Subject: RE: Little known 1960's Folk Singers From: Deckman Date: 09 Feb 07 - 07:22 PM Frank H ... I'm pleased that you mnetioned Guy Carawan. Back in 59 and on into the 60's he was anything but little known He traveled out here to the Seattle area in 1960. Don Firth and I had a great weekend of music with him when we all traveled up to British Columbia. I would also like to add a VERY obscure name: "Bill Higley." He was the man most responsible for my interest in folk music. He was an early sidekick of "Haywire Mac." CHEERS, Bob |
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