Rick Fielding fans

Subject: Rick Fielding fans
From: kendall
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 12:54 PM

Calling all Rick Fielding fans. Folk Legacy has a good supply of Rick's CDs on hand. Get them while they are still available.
Yes, I'm biased.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: catspaw49
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 01:11 PM

Always a good idea Kendall!!!

And while we're talking about Rick, I need to remind the other partners (Dave Swan,aka El Swanno and Mick Lane,aka Big Mick) that once again and in every month, Rick has more billable hours for LFPS that the rest of us combined.

As you know LFPS (Lane,Fielding,Patterson,and Swan---Layabouts-At-Large & For Hire) is dedicated to doing nothing and doing it for hire. We know its a busy world and most people never get the chance they need for some R&R or a trip in that new motorhome or a cruise on the lake in the new boat. We can do it for you and you can continue making money at your job while we do! That way you get the dollars and also the benefits of relaxation, we'll send you a comprehensive report of 25 words or less. So iff doing sweet damn all is simply too damn much, call on LFPS where our slogan is:

At LFPS we do nothing for you; its the least we can do......the very least

While I'm happy we're billing so heavily thanks to Rick, I do feel a bit guilty in not doing more and I hope my other partners do as well. Not that we should emulate his methods of course, but maybe we do need to hold up our end a bit better. I dunno' though.......Rick has some major advantages when I think about it as he is completely unencumbered by time, space, or distance. Hmmmmm........Yeah, maybe he should be billing more than we are..................

In any case, I want the rest of y'all to order up a CD or 3 from Sandy.....and do it now!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: kendall
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 01:26 PM

We will be watching!

Seriously, this CD of Rick's titled "Lifeline" is a real treasure. Let's keep them on the available list.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 01:46 PM

Amen to that, Kendall! I've been listening to it just this morning. Just to still be able to hear his voice and talent is so incredible. Thanks to Sandy and Caroline at Folk Legacy.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: catspaw49
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 07:47 PM

Now I kinda' doubt that everybody owns this album but I got to thinking that there are so many new folks since Rick left us that maybe some need a little learnin' ...................

Try this thread and then maybe link to some of the others at the top of it. Rick was such a huge part of this place.................geeziz, I still miss him........Anyway, if you don't know about Rick, you should!

And buying the Lifeline CD is a good way to start as well.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: catspaw49
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 07:59 PM

Very informative Kendall. Personally, I had no idea until you posted and now the luminosity and brilliance of it all blinds and humbles me. You got it oh so perfect.

Fuckin' A right my man!!!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: gnu
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 08:28 PM

Careful there, Spaw. I once said that there "Fuckin A!" to one a yer Yankee Confedrates an got shit! Seems he was thinkin "A" in a different sense.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Willie-O
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 09:11 PM

Clearly Mr Lane has not been holding up his end of the firm...seems he's still out there organizing the masses. Will he never stop? Messrs Patterson and Swan though I think are doin pretty well even if Rick leaves you in his wake...cause what the blinkered jeezuz handcuffed to a sidecar have the either of youse been doing the past few years? from a rational perspective (not that I would have one) it's pretty hard to tell...

R Fielding, still the layabout homerun champion by miles and miles though.

Kindest regards
W-O

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Alice
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 10:14 PM

Thanks for letting us know.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 11:20 PM

Wotchit, WillieO...they may recruit you, too!:-)

I couldn't fit Rick's name in the title of this thread or maybe it would've aroused some interest.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Bert
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 11:38 PM

The bugger still owes me a guitar lesson.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Dave Swan
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 12:38 AM

When we founded Lane Fielding Patterson & Swan, Layabouts for Hire, Fielding was the last one on board. L P & S were all practiced at doing nothing and we figured we'd get rich doing it (as opposed to the hundreds of dollars to be made at folk music) but we couldn't get Rick interested. He was too busy showing a student that the student could REALLY could make music, or demystifying a tune, or carving, building, or repairing something. In short, as a layabout, he showed little potential. We had to beat the hell out of him to slow him down.

Rick's legacy lives in his students (I include those of us lucky enough to read what he gave us here) his colleagues, his audiences, his friends, and his recordings. BUY HIS CD'S FROM SANDY, you won't regret it.

BUT! as a layabout, he has excelled in it as a retirement job. As always we'll never catch up with the bastard.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 01:48 AM

Well, I personally prefer This One's the Dreamer by ol Rick. I like the version of Wind and Rain, and Lower Canada. And When We Gather Once More is my favorite Fielding tune.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 02:06 AM

I was playing both CDs yesterday & I want more!

My favourite of all is 'If Jesus was a Picker'. Or maybe it's Jerry's 'Handful of Songs', but they're all great.

sandra

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: kendall
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 08:21 AM

This is the genius of the man; his songs have such a wide appeal, there is a favorite for all. Mine is "So Long Charlie".
And he does a great job on John Hartford's "Old time riverman."

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: catspaw49
Date: 18 Aug 07 - 01:42 AM

True Kendall. But in my case I do have a special affinity for Catspaw's Rag. Its on "This One's the Dreamer" which Leej mentioned above, another excellent album.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Jeri
Date: 18 Aug 07 - 08:49 AM

Here's Lifeline at Folk Legacy

But poke around theMain Folk Legacy page. You can order on-line or from the toll-free (in the US) number at the bottom of the pages.

Here's This One's the Dreamer at Borealis, and
Acoustic Workshop, also at Borealis

The Borealis recordings are $20 CDN, with a $6.75CDN shipping charge to the US. This comes out as $25.21 US, which is a more than I'm going to spend on one CD*, but I already bought both of Rick's Borealis CDs. Borealis has some great recordings.

Folk Legacy or Camsco might have some of these last two.

*It's not their fault the US economy sucks, but when it's $10 more per CD, and when other Canadian artists are selling their CDs for $15, I'm gonna pass.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Willie-O
Date: 18 Aug 07 - 04:45 PM

Bert, Rick's renowned as a a teacher and all, but I wouldn't be in a big hurry to collect on that lesson if I were you...

Rick was always doing something, in fact. Only way I could ever visit with him was to catch him at his workbench.

As for you, Swanno, I think you should fess up. Are you not still gainfully employed puttin out fires? (Or does that involve a lot of sittin around the station?) Have you seriously slacked off lately? Why am I skeptical?

W-O
auditing LFPS LfH for non-performance since 2007

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Bert
Date: 18 Aug 07 - 05:01 PM

LOL Willie-O.

What I remember most about him was what I nice guy he was.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Big Mick
Date: 20 Aug 07 - 04:04 PM

*******yawn******* stretch ***** fart ******* burp ****** the biggest damned Irishman you have ever seen, hauls his big arse up and steps to the microphone............

Sorry I missed this but I was completing a rather large layabout contract ...... I'm a little stiff, and my joints don't work either (note to self: dual entendre quota met for the day). Seriously though, I have been in internet hell, plus the power supply for ye olde laptop fried and I just this minute got the replacement in the mail.

As to Rick's different CD's, I couldn't choose a favorite if I wanted, between his Lifeline and his Acoustic Workshop, with This One's The Dreamer such a close third that it almost isn't worth mentioning.

I will say this about Lifeline. If you only could have one, choose it. It shows Rick when his songwriting (in general, as opposed to specific songs) was the best reflection of the man. It is hard to believe that it is a first attempt, the songs are so good, and they show the heart and soul of Rick at a time when he was making his first foray into recording. He was at a gathering somewhere in the East, unknown to most anyone around, and Sandy and Caroline Paton heard him, and Sandy just wondered where the hell he came from, and told him he wanted to record his music. Folk Legacy, as Rick and Kendall always say, is something. If you have recorded with them, that's saying something. So one can imagine, knowing Rick, the prep that went into the album.

Acoustic Workshop ranks right up there with Lifeline for a different reason. Once we convinced Rick (by getting Paul Mills to talk to him) that this CD just had to be finished, he put the same kind of effort into it, because he knew that this was the last one. If only for the song "High On A Mountain", one should spend the bucks, but it is loaded with absolutely wonderful tracks. Pay close attention to the sterling backup singing on "Off To School No More". ***snerk***

I miss this man today, although I have co-opted his song "Voices of Struggle" for my own. I just sang it at a national conference to stop the immigration raids last week. It is such a powerful bit of songwriting, and timeless.

So cut loose with a few bucks, call Sandy and Caroline, or Borealis and pick them up. They are essentials in the collection.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Jeri
Date: 21 Aug 07 - 12:05 PM

"It is hard to believe that it is a first attempt..."

It wasn't, really. Rick recorded at least a couple of vinyl dinosaurs before the first CD. He also released a 45 of "If Jesus Was a Picker" (On the flip side was "For the Rest of My Life".) I don't know when that came out but it is a 45.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Big Mick
Date: 21 Aug 07 - 05:55 PM

What would I do without you???

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 21 Aug 07 - 10:29 PM

I remember Rick telling the story that Ray Stevens, of Ahab the Arab fame, wanted to record "Picker" but decided that the line about filling the church with grass was just too much of a pro-drug sentiment. Rick tried in vain to explain that he was talking about Bluegrass.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: kendall
Date: 22 Aug 07 - 06:48 AM

It was obvious to me that he meant Bluegrass. How do people get to be so damned anal?

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: catspaw49
Date: 22 Aug 07 - 07:29 AM

Not everyone is anal reten

BBBRRRRAAAAAWWWWWMMMMPPP

******poit***poit***flurp******

....uh, pardon me......er,uh, where was I........oh yeah---retentive so I don't think that's it Kendall. But the ones who ARE anal retentive are plugged up because they have their heads so far up their asses they have to take their hats off to shit.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 22 Aug 07 - 09:01 PM

Willie-O,

I saw Rick at his workbench a few times. He sure created some interesting things.

On another note, has anyone heard from Heather. I have tried to contact her a few times and have not heard back.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Jeri
Date: 22 Aug 07 - 09:22 PM

Steve, I'll be up there tomorrow, and I'll let her know you asked about her.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 22 Aug 07 - 09:29 PM

Thanks Jeri

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: katlaughing
Date: 22 Aug 07 - 11:10 PM

Me, too, please, Jeri. She's been on my mind a lot this week. Hope all is well.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Jeri
Date: 22 Aug 07 - 11:48 PM

Heather's doing fine. Still hosting Acoustic Workshop on CIUT, Mondays at 7. Unfortunately, they've improved the webcasting so much I can't get the show anymore. If you have broadband, it ought to sound great.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Aug 07 - 12:00 AM

Thanks, Jeri. I'll tune in next time.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 23 Aug 07 - 04:01 PM

Thanks Jeri.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: kendall
Date: 23 Aug 07 - 08:51 PM

I like Rick's "Lifeline" so much, I have a copy in both cars.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Jeri
Date: 24 Aug 07 - 12:50 PM

I'm up here in Tronna with Heather, who has read the thread. She said Rick would be flattered by the thread and gratified to know FLPS is benefitting so much from his dedicated lack of action. She can hear him laughing as he thinks about his reply.

She says to ask Steve to call. I pointed out it was her turn. She replied, "I'd need a better grasp of the phone number."

Hey guys back in New England: it's still summer up here! Kendall, you put a CD player in the Model A?!

***** NEWSFLASH *****

Acoustic Workshop is on ciut.fm Mondays from 7 - 8 PM. After this week's show, we'll be headed out to Pauper's. If you're around, come join us!

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Big Mick
Date: 24 Aug 07 - 12:57 PM

Nice jab, Jeri. But, even with Rick's status, it is still LFPS. You are not on the Board and can't change the name......****snicker****

I wish I was there with you guys.

Mick

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: kendall
Date: 24 Aug 07 - 03:33 PM

Jeri, I can do almost anything I put my mind to.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Fortunato
Date: 24 Aug 07 - 08:24 PM

Kendall, Mick, Jeri, 'spaw et al,

Susette and I are getting ready to start recording our next CD in Oct. I'd maybe like to do one of Rick's originals. Any suggestions given that Susette and I will be recording some more Old Time country tunes, Carters, Delmores, etc.?

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Big Mick
Date: 24 Aug 07 - 09:27 PM

Chance, I will set down with his CD's and listen to them and get back to you. I can think of several that you two would be great on.

Mick

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 24 Aug 07 - 10:55 PM

Jeri,

Thanks, will call.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Big Mick
Date: 24 Aug 07 - 11:02 PM

I spoke with Heather and Jeri today. They sound great and are having a grand time.

Just to get back to the thread purpose, I strongly encourage anyone who hasn't heard Rick's music to pick up these CD's from Folk Legacy and Borealis and give a listen. You will not be disappointed.

Mick

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Willie-O
Date: 25 Aug 07 - 12:39 AM

Jeri, I spotted yer car in Heather's driveway today whilst on my weekly delivery route. Sorry I couldn't stop in, blame my professional responsibilities and the fact that I'm driving a white whale about 30 feet long and Heather's driveway terrifies me...but please say hi to Heather and enjoy your stay.

Gave Marion a ride from To back to Perth. She's doing well, graduated as a nurse and working already.   

W-O

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Charley Noble
Date: 25 Aug 07 - 09:53 PM

Refreshing!

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Aug 07 - 10:08 PM

That's good to hear about Marion, WillieO, thanks.

Jeri, thanks for the update.

It's so good to hear how everyone is these days up "thar.":-)

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Sep 07 - 11:44 PM

My daughter was at emusic tonight looking for downloads to purchase of some of her favourite songs. She put in Rick's name and up came the following, which she emailed to me:

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Rick Fielding fell for the music of legends Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, and Bill Monroe, and after several attempts at a more conventional living, took to being a full-time folk singer. Relocating to Toronto in 1969, Fielding quickly established himself on the Canadian folk scene, becoming a contemporary of Tom Paxton, Ian and Silvia, and Gordon Lightfoot, among others. Being a masterful interpreter of contemporary and traditional forms -- including country, folk, traditional ballads, and even serving a stint in the Gangreen Boys, one of Toronto's first bluegrass groups -- Fielding is also an award winning songwriter, accompanying his smooth baritone on guitar, banjo, mandolin, autoharp, and dobro. Having recorded the well-received Lifeline for Folk Legacy in 1995, Fielding gained a wider audience while playing festivals and folk clubs in the United States. This One's The Dreamer followed in 1999 on the Borealis Recording Company label and was a pleasantly eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary elements. Currently residing in Ontario, Canada, Fielding runs musical workshops and hosts the Acoustic Workshop radio show on CIUT-FM 85.5.
— Matt Fink, All Music Guide

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: JedMarum
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 11:26 AM

I am certainly a Rick Fielding fan - and in fact I feel a much deeper connection.

I thank Rick for getting me off the dime and into music as a full time, life's work. His thoughtful comment and earnest direction (perhaps I should say instruction) formed my new life plan and I follow it to this day. No one but Rick could have hit the mark so perfectly and I will be ever grateful for his "blessing" to me.

And even though I know he made that same sort of "blessing" on many many others, in many many ways - I count myself lucky for his gift.

Subject: RE: Rick Fielding fans
From: Genie
Date: 10 Sep 07 - 03:05 AM

God, it breaks my heart to learn that, during the 3 years I spent in Toronto in the early '70s, frustrated by not knowing how to connect with other folkies there, Rick was there right under my nose, so to speak.   I'll always wonder how different my life's path might have been had I made such a connection back then.   But I'm fortunate to have "met" Rick, if only online, before his passing and to still have his wonderful music to enrich my life.

I think my favorite Rick Fielding song is "When We Gather Once More," but "'Sing With The Angels" also has special significance and is a close second.

Genie