The Getaway... My bad, but....

Subject: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Bobert
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 08:02 PM

Okay, I will come right out and confess that I really didn't know when the Getaway was... I thought it would be toward the end of October but it isn't... It's the 1st week of October...

Well, on October 4th, I am co-promoting a benefit festival in Luray where me and my band are scheduled to play...

So here is what I am here proposing/asking, etc...

If I were to get up early Sunday morning and drive to the Getaway and stay thru Monday morning would taht keep me in half-way good standing here in Mudworld??? I'd still do my Bobert's Outragwous Blues Mini Concert, big bottomed womenz and all and I'd behave myself the rst of the time and promise not to sing outta key 'er jump on anyone's song and be generally good spirited...

So, first, who will pledge to attend the mini Sunday afternoon (if it can be scheduled) and second, any other thoughts???

BObert

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: SINSULL
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 08:24 PM

Christian hymns????

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Joe Offer
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 08:32 PM

Hey, Bobert, everybody goes home on Monday morning.

Now, is it worth my while to go to Luray on Monday? No promises, but it sounds interesting.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Bobert
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 08:49 PM

No, no, no, Joe...

I ain't askin', let alone invitin', the entire Mudville kingdom to come to Luray... Forget Luray fir a minute...

I'm just tryin' to see if it is worth my while to come the the G-away on Sunday and just have the one day there... I mean, if everyone is too hungover from 2 'er 3 nights of singin' and carryin' on an' I drives 4 hours Sunday mornin' an' everybody is like zombies an' ain't in the mood for no Boberdz Big-Ass Blues Theng then I just drove 200 hunnert miles fir, ahhhhhhhh, not much...

But then, on the other hand, folks is all reved up then I'll do it... Hey, I know if it were Saturday afternoon it's be different but it ain't... I'll be playin' my own danged benefit festival...

Whyz it gotta be so early this year??? Hey, we got heat, don't we... Heck, ya'll had the Camp Tumbleweed Getaway in the middle of winter with no heat and now that ya'll got heat ya' move it up to a date when heat ain't no factor???

That is my question???

B~

p.s. Bad, Sins, bad... You know that the blues is the "Devil's music", don'tcha...lol...

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Fortunato
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 09:37 PM

bobert we usually bop around 3:00pm on sunday. But if I'm at the getaway I'll sober and rested and ready to grok the fullness on sunday, because I take to my bed by 12:00 or 1:00am stone cold sober.

but don't drive it on my account, let me know when you're coming and I'll meet you at the barbershop jam some weekend.

best to peavine.
chance

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Bill D
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 09:39 PM

"...really didn't know when the Getaway was..."????


Ummmm..first message in the program thread:

"Well, folks, it's time to get down to the business of planning the program for the 2008 Folklore Society of Greater Washington Getaway! This year's Getaway will be October 3-6, at the West River Conference Center on the Chesapeake Bay"

Well, Bobert, folks DO sometimes come as day-trippers...sure ain't no law agin it. Schedule is between you & the program committee....but all day Sunday and Sunday night is time to play a lot of music.

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Bill D
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 09:42 PM

Oh, by the way..those Winter days at "Camp Tumbleweed" WERE in October...which has been our standard weekend for 40 years...*grin* You never know what October will bring!

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Bobert
Date: 31 Jul 08 - 08:13 AM

Okay, I'll keep an open mind...

BTW, Chance... There barbershop closed down in February... They still have the jams but they are at some joint called HR282 or somethin' like that an' it ain't well attended...

B~

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: beardedbruce
Date: 31 Jul 08 - 10:59 AM

" Bobert - PM
Date: 31 Jul 08 - 08:13 AM

Okay, I'll keep an open mind..."




Can I quote you on this?

8-{E

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 31 Jul 08 - 12:53 PM

Bobert,

I have day-tripped in the past and enjoyed my time, but I always felt I was missing something.

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: jimmyt
Date: 31 Jul 08 - 05:55 PM

Bobert, my old Blues buddy, I will be delighted to be there on Sunday and I hope we can rally enough support for U to make the trip worthwhile! C ya soon   jimmyt (still bringin' my little amp)

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Bobert
Date: 31 Jul 08 - 08:56 PM

Man, if I make this trip I'm gonna bring my amp, my CBG (Cigar Box Geetar), "The Slab" (5 string home-made lectric and a resonator geetar), set of drums which I play with my feet and maybe a couple peacock feathers for the ladies to wear...

Yeah, if nuff folks want me there then I'll do my level best...

Sho nuff will...

B~

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Ferrara
Date: 31 Jul 08 - 11:27 PM

Hey Bobert, if you stay until Monday morning you won't be day tripping, anyhow. That's lots of music time.

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: SINSULL
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 12:19 AM

Peacock feathers????? I'm in. But nothing plugged in, electric or otherwise.
SINS, a big-bottomed woman

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: ClaireBear
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 12:44 AM

I mostly sing English folk music and sea chanties, with occasional recent forays into black gospel. But I have the requisite size bottom, so if you don't mind a voice that blisters paint (in what I hope is a good way)...

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: GUEST,KT not logged in
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 02:26 AM

ClaireBear, he's kinda fussy about who sings with him.....start eating gravel now just in case....

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Bobert
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 08:29 AM

ClaireBear,

Not to worry... We gotta a singer...

...me!!!

What we don't have is 'nuff full figured womenz... Not that you can have 'nuff, mind you...

Now wait jus' a minute there, Sins... No, we ain't pluggin' the feathers in, gol danged it but my instruments cannot be heard without amplification... I mean, they don't make one decible between 'um without an amp... Ya ever played a Telecaster without an amp??? That's what the CBG and The Slab sound like: silence...

But as fir the womenz thying... Yazzir... You need to be part of the band... And be ready to "shake yer money maker", feathers an' all...

I mean, this is gonna be some of that down home cooked blues... The kind they grow in Como, Mississippi and where it might not be all that purdy it sho nuff get yer pant leg a'shakin'...

B~

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: ClaireBear
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 12:40 PM

My apologies, Bobert, here was I thinkin' you'd be wanting big-bottomed backup singers.

Unfortunately, I know from sad experience that if I shake my "money maker" there would be splotches of red ink all over everything, as I make money by doing technical editing. On the whole I think perhaps it would be prudent for me to pass.

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: PoppaGator
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 12:57 PM

Claire, can't you shake your booty during off-hours, when you are not wielding that red ink-pen*?

I sure hope you won't be bringing a stack of manuscripts to the campground! I realize that it'll be a long trip for you, and you might want to catch up on work while in transit, but please don't pull out any of that boring technical paperwork when you're actually on-site, and expected to sing, play, enjoy yourself, and contribute to the overall atmosphere of "getting away"!

* They do make red ballpoints, by the way; you might try 'em... ;^)

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 01:14 PM

Blues on a Sunday?? Lawd have mercy!

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: ClaireBear
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 01:21 PM

PoppaGator, I know, and I didn't bring a single manuscript with me last year, as several can attest. Nor will I this year!

It's just that when I hear "money maker" the first thing my mind goes to is NOT my body, it's my brain! And the second thing is my red pen.

(Oh and by the way, if I had to make money with my body, there'd be red ink on my balance sheet, too!)

And yes, I can shake it with the best of 'em. You shoulda seen me when I camped on that ant hill last spring...

C

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Amos
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 01:31 PM

IF you can do a full-throated gospel in the best style of Mahalia, you can do blues like Bessie, and no worries.


Bobez, I am sure there is some electricity around they'll let you borry, even if it means playing in the Science Center. :D


A

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Bobert
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 02:31 PM

Beat's running a 200 mile 'tension cord, Amos...

Now listen here, Claire... If you can shake it with the best of 'um then, hey, half hour of gettin' down with it on a Sunday prolly won't end you up in Hell... Heck, it's only a half hour and, well yeah, we will be playin' the "Devil's Music" but Iz a firm believer that God has a sense of humor... Of course, I could be wrong???

Can I count on ya fir a little harmless shakin'???

Mean alot to the ol' hillbilly... Sniff... Sho nuff would...

B~

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: ClaireBear
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 02:35 PM

If God didn't have a sense of humor, I don't know what She'd make of me!

I'll be there if I can, mouth shut and the rest of me twitchin'.

C

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Bobert
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 02:42 PM

Good Gawdy, Miss Lawdy...

Subject: RE: The Getaway... My bad, but....
From: Bill D
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 04:00 PM

"...firm believer that God has a sense of humor..."

Must be true.... no other explanation for camels, platypusses, bagpipes and bongo drums.