the pretender is a folkie

Subject: the king is a folkie
From: meself
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 02:20 PM

Here's an update on the musical activities of the rightful claimant to the throne of Scotland/Britain: Jim Stewart.

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 02:26 PM

No particular axe to grind here (except maybe that of an executioner), but I remember hearing some contributions on the wireless in Scotland from some Frenchman, I think, who also claimed to be the rightful claimant to that particular throne; a duke or something like that. Has either of them thought of doing what Thomas Paine records from the time of the American Revolution; offering to give up the claim for a substantial financial consideration?

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: Charley Noble
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 05:46 PM

I once met Jim Stewart at the after hours party at a Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival; he wouldn't remember me but I was able to thank him for his work on The Marco Polo Suite:

"In the 1980s, Jim wrote the colossal The Marco Polo Suite about the famous Saint John-built sailing ship that set records for travel from England to Australia, in 1852."

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 06:01 PM

"Has either of them thought of doing what Thomas Paine records from the time of the American Revolution; offering to give up the claim for a substantial financial consideration?"

I don't know - but given that the crown on Jim Stewart's head in that 1976 photograph is made of tinfoil, he might not be averse to a 'substantial financial consideration' .... Heck, maybe he's a Mudcatter - Jim? Your Majesty? Are you out there?

I do seem to recall from reading that article in 1976, that it mentioned he and his 'court' had sent a letter to Queen Elizabeth demanding that she give up the throne ... I don't think they received a reply ...

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: Cool Beans
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 06:26 PM

But does he sing "The Great Pretender"? Someone had to ask.

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: Effsee
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 09:53 PM

Not to mention he's got a feeble grasp on Scottish history,
Jamie Graham was the Marquis of Montrose not the Earl!

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 11:51 PM

Careful - that's not the Pretender; that's the journalist. A slip like that might one day cost you your head! (I'll try to put in a good word for you, if it comes down to it).

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: Will Fly
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 05:55 AM

Perhaps Davy Graham could be a Pretender - or even Chrissie Hynde...

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 01:42 PM

We really need to get this straight - our very heads may be at stake. Literally. Jim Stewart is a descendant of the House of Stewart, and that is the basis of his claim to the crown (which 'claim' he apparently has done little to pursue or publicize, beyond that bit of tongue-in-cheek posturing in the 'seventies). The journalist writing about Stewart's latest CD is a Graham; he implies that this means he is descended from the Marquis, Duke or Earl of Montrose, but his flippant tone would suggest that he does not expect us to take this claim too seriously. So, boys and girls - Jim Stewart does NOT claim descent from Graham of Montrose.

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: maeve
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 02:14 PM

Jim Stewart is a gifted musician and composer.

He has a brilliant new cd available.
His earlier works are also brilliant.
Buy them all if you possibly can manage it.
Otherwise, buy the new cd alone.

"Dancing With Maggie is available at Backstreet Records in Saint John or by e-mailing Jim "

stewart at nbnet dot nb dot ca (making the appropriate changes to restore it to proper email address form.)

If you can catch Hal an Tow or any of its members (Jim Stewart, John Murphy, Bernie Houlihan, and Steven Sellors) in concert or by purchasing an album, I urge you to do so.

maeve

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 02:21 PM

I might as well throw my hat into the ring. I was adopted at a young age, but my biological father was one Charles Stuart, late of the San Francisco Bay area and one generation removed from Scotland. I gather that he was not "bonny" in any particular way, but I have it on high authority that he did consider himself a Jacobite, albeit once removed, in any case. Of course, my mother was a first generation Danish American, so maybe Hamlet comes closer.

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 02:26 PM

Long live King TJ!

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 03:42 PM

Was the journalist born in Florida? That would make him a graham cracker.

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: GUEST,crazy little woman
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 03:46 PM

Royal blood is beginning to sound like copyright. It goes on forever, but after a while it doesn't make any difference.

Subject: RE: the pretender is a folkie
From: meself
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 04:05 PM

Tell that to whatever corporation it is that holds the rights to Happy Birthday!