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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Leadfingers Date: 10 Oct 13 - 10:39 PM For me , a lot of the 'fun' of The Getaway is the totally informal stuff - As I have said before , while I have sufficient ego to be quite happy being "The Star" , I get just as much (if not , often more) pleasure being backing to other good musicians or singers . |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Ron Davies Date: 10 Oct 13 - 10:20 PM Got me, Bill. I knew Casey didn't look right. Better heed my instincts and check next time. No excuse for me, either--I just sang that song at Riderwood this past March: big hit. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: CET Date: 10 Oct 13 - 10:14 PM Thanks for posting the lyrics Kendall. Ron was definitely not the only one who wanted those lyrics. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: maeve Date: 10 Oct 13 - 08:50 PM Jeri and Bill- Thanks. I'm glad. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Fred Maslan Date: 10 Oct 13 - 08:39 PM Saturday night after snack in the retreat center lounge, to get things going I started singing "In good old Colonial times". several people joined in with harmonies transforming a simple song into something amazing. I had the impression that they had never heard the song before.It was along with the songs that followed the highlight of the weekend, if it is possible for there to be a single highlight at getaway. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Janie Date: 10 Oct 13 - 08:36 PM The gospel workshop is always a highlight for me. I had not heard "Angels Hovering Around" before and that was a particular delight. Also rare to hear "Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed." Who offered that one? |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Lonesome EJ Date: 10 Oct 13 - 08:27 PM A few title corrections... "By and By" would probably be a line from Before the Deluge, Jackson Brown song I sang. 'Tomorrow it may still be there" sounds like a line from Gram Parsons' A Song for You, which I also did. "I am a Selkie" could be referring to I Come and Stand at Every Door, which I did, and we talked about it being based on the Great Selkie of Sule Kerry. Or maybe it's a different song entirely. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Bill D Date: 10 Oct 13 - 08:19 PM "..the boom was lowered on me." It must have been, Ron...it was Clancy who originally lowered it.. ☺ |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Ron Davies Date: 10 Oct 13 - 08:07 PM Fortunately I guessed right--there are versions on youtube and George Jones is heavily featured. But I really should have check first (I tell Jan; never assume, and I should take my own advice.) But really, Terry; you proved your versatility in the Peace Cabin over and over--it's just great when an ensemble AKA pickup group comes together so smoothly and your whistles, etc played a huge role in that. I'm just really sorry I wasn't able to stay up til dawn Sunday--a bit under the weather late Saturday after the concert--and had to leave at the intermission of the Sunday concert. Sunday I felt better but the boom was lowered on me. And it wasn't Casey. I had a boatload of good old country songs--really wanted to do "Faded Love" for instance-- but somehow the time was never right. But I have never left a Getaway early before. And it will never happen again. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Ron Davies Date: 10 Oct 13 - 07:51 PM I can help with that. There are several Youtube versions of the original song: "She Thinks I Still Care". I strongly associate it with George Jones--can't get a better pedigree for a country song than that. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Leadfingers Date: 10 Oct 13 - 07:25 PM Kendall - IF I steal your lyrics , where is the best place to find the tune ? And Ron - comparing me so favourably with David is , to say the least , embarrassing - Just goes to prove the old saying that you can fool some of the people all the time ! But Thank You |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: kendall Date: 10 Oct 13 - 07:13 PM Can someone put this in the DT? |
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Subject: ADD: She Thinks I Steal Cars From: kendall Date: 10 Oct 13 - 07:10 PM She thinks I steal cars author unknown except for the part I wrote. Indicated by an asterisk. SHE THINKS I STEAL CARS (author unknown) Well, just because the cops were here on Tuesday, Just because they put me behind bars, Just because they found transmissions in my bath tub, She thinks I steal cars. If she's happy thinking I'm a car thief, Maybe it's because I gave her such a deal, But the cops keep asking those embarrassing questions Like, where'd you get the freshly painted Oldsmobile? *Just because I'm always out past midnight, Just because I hang around in bars, Just because I never drive one more than two days, She thinks I steal cars. Just because my attic's full of hub caps, Just because my cellar's full of tires, Just because I ground the numbers off her engine, She thinks I steal cars. * verse marked by an asterisk was written by Kendall Morse. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Bill D Date: 10 Oct 13 - 07:05 PM Last I heard the scholarship fund 'almost' covered everything spent on it this year. Quite tolerable... maybe Charlie has final data.. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Jeri Date: 10 Oct 13 - 06:27 PM Thanks, Claire. The only name I didn't look up is the one I blew. Maeve, they said the scholarship fund did well. That means somewhere between "meh" and "AYE CARUMBA!", but I'm not sure where. Better than average, I think. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: ClaireBear Date: 10 Oct 13 - 06:09 PM Jeri, Tehachapi is southeast of Bakersfield, California. From there you'd take SR58 and turn north on SR14 to skirt the eastern Sierra, catch US 395 past Bishop, then head east on US6 to Tonopah, where I hope the Sidewinder Cafe's still open, next time I drive through on my way to Kat's...oh. Tucumcari is in eastern New Mexico, so to get there you'd take I-10 east from Tucson, head north at Las Cruces on I-25, then east again at Albuquerque on I-40. Easy peasy. Except, wait, I forgot about riding on the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed... But I digress. What an outstanding time we had this year. I feel closer to y'all than ever. And oh, the music! I wouldn't know where to begin -- but I am rich in memories, and one very happy camper. Thank you, my friends, for smiles and camaraderie; for bleary-eyed, silent companionship after a sleepless Saturday night; for giving of yourselves and putting your hearts into the music we made. And thanks so much to FSGW for hosting us and working so hard to bring our Brigadoon to life each year on the shores of Chesapeake Bay. Until we meet again! |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: maeve Date: 10 Oct 13 - 06:03 PM Does anyone know how the scholarship auction did? |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: ranger1 Date: 10 Oct 13 - 06:01 PM Really enjoyed Mark Gilston's mountain dulcimer playing, especially first thing in the morning Saturday as I was getting coffee in the retreat center. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Jeri Date: 10 Oct 13 - 05:09 PM This is the Tonapah in the song The Basque, where the whore is from. As in "I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Hatchapee to Tonapah." I'm tempted to check out those trips on Google Maps, but that would take too much focus. Loved "The Basque", loved "And the Band Played..." Loved lots of songs. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: MMario Date: 10 Oct 13 - 04:31 PM Hey! Kendall and Ron - you two know better then that... Post the lyrics to a thread, or change the title of the post HERE to Lyrics Add: she thinks I steal cars.... None of this PM.... |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: jacqui.c Date: 10 Oct 13 - 04:07 PM 'Waltzing Matilda', I think, refers to 'The Band Played Waltzing Matilda', which Kendall, Claire and I did at the Saturday night concert. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: kendall Date: 10 Oct 13 - 03:49 PM I'll PM the lyrics, Ron, since you are the only one who wants them. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Amos Date: 10 Oct 13 - 03:41 PM Sunday concert included "The Basque". by Tim Russell, and a tip o the hat to Captain Morse. Other workshops and free-for-all sessions included songs beyond count. The aftermath, as with every Getaway, is a head ringing with scintillating fragments of beautiful songs, and images of their beautiful singers. The magic island, Brigadoon, has a definition of "a place that is idyllic, unaffected by time, or remote from reality. " (Merriam Webster). My perception is that these intervals of solace and respite actually restore the batteries of reality, and fuel the endurance needed to walk through the cold months ahead until another Getaway becomes possible. That's one way of looking at it, anyway. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Ron Davies Date: 10 Oct 13 - 03:07 PM That's right, Leadfingers. All I could think of was "I can't fly but my moggy can" . I knew that was not the title. It sure was great to have such strong, amazingly versatile musicians around. You and David set the standard on that, it seems to me. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Ron Davies Date: 10 Oct 13 - 03:03 PM Absolutely, Kendall. All I have a fragment. And I consider that the whole song--especially all your contributions--is one of the best parodies ever. And people can even sing along with the last line. What can I say but thanks? |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: kendall Date: 10 Oct 13 - 01:46 PM Ron, do you still want the lyrics to "She thinks I steal cars"? |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Leadfingers Date: 10 Oct 13 - 01:40 PM Thanks for the coments Ron - I am as happy backing 'good' singers and musicians as being 'The Star' . As for songs I did , 'Wreck of the Old 97' and 'Big Grand Cooley Dam at the Bluegrass Jam , and mucked up 'All Go Together' at Humourous songs . Saturday Concert I was responsible for Malcolm Austen's 'The Cat That Roamed' , after the beautiful treatment of the original by Colin and Rose . Bill Caddick's 'Father's Little Black Box' IS on the list I see but DONT ask me to list what I did after hours in the Peace Lodge . |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: ranger1 Date: 10 Oct 13 - 01:06 PM The "blind guy" is Robert Rodriquez. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Ron Davies Date: 10 Oct 13 - 12:45 PM Also, Leadfingers, you did lots of songs-- to jog our memories, can you give us a few not yet mentioned in the list? And of course your various whistles and other instruments added immeasureably to the ensemble. Also, Donna Fletcher did quite a few bluesy numbers. One I can recall is "Richest Man in the Graveyard". |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Ron Davies Date: 10 Oct 13 - 12:39 PM It was the blind guy in the Peace Cabin Saturday night. He knew lots of songs. Anybody know his name? |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Leadfingers Date: 10 Oct 13 - 12:33 PM 'One chick too many had he' is from "The Ballad of the Shape of Things" which was recorded by the Kingston Trio in the late fifties- Cant remember who sang it at Getaway though . I believe the writer credit should go to Sheldon Harnick |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Ron Davies Date: 10 Oct 13 - 11:49 AM A few more additions: One of the clear highlights for me was John Roberts' rendition of a broadside from 1840--I have no idea of the title--something having to do with a steamship ride, I think. Among other things, the tune to which the broadside had been put (recently) had a really fun chorus. And I finally think I realize what's going on with the list. The titles listed are often just a phrase that popped out. So some titles I thought weren't covered by the list are in fact covered: "There's no gold in California" must be "All That Glitters Is Not Gold", sung by Lucy Saturday night. And "The box he comes home in" must indeed be what Jan and I call "The Box" when we sing it, as we did at the concert Saturday night. By the way, thanks to Heather for the audio of it--it's so great Jan had an opportunity to be front and center, and that it was so well received; particularly great to hear the whole room singing along at the end. This should help in persuading Jan, a vegetarian lurching madly towards veganism (a strange galaxy to West River cooks) to overcome her strong feelings on the food. I keep telling her--, with marginal success-- that the food is not the focus of the weekend. A few more titles I don't think have been covered: The Great Turtle Drive (indelibly linked for me to our own Art Thieme, whose rendition has never been bettered) was done in the Peace cabin Saturday night. So was the one which has the line "They say he died of the chickenpox/ In part I must agree/ One chick too many had he " I have no idea of the title. Also Jan did "Dorset Is Beautiful" with appropriate acccent. In the Hank Williams workshop, "I Saw the Light", "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Pan American", "Hey, Good Lookin", among others, were done. There were at least two I had never heard before, and I thought I knew something about Hank Williams. Judy Cook did what amounted to a medley of "Maryland, My Maryland" and a great proposed substitute version of it (for squeamish souls who don't think "Huzzah, she scorns the Northern scum" should be in our state song.) She was forced to combine the two due to the 5 minute limit on a song in the Saturday concert (surely we should reconsider this straitjacket). Dave Diamond did a self-composed song at the concert about how, since the current Congress is the bottom of the barrel, we should toss them back into the barrel (and out of Congress). The assembled multitude sang the chorus lustily. Dave always has good trenchant comment in song. I don't know the title he gave his song. More later, maybe. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: MMario Date: 10 Oct 13 - 10:59 AM It seems to me that the folk and traditional music field may need to assume some of the attitude of the Antique industry....things are being sold as AND ARE valid antiques that were new when I was a child. but that's neither here nor there....probably it's a cyclical thing and more of the ol' time trad stuff will be there next year. I heard little to no do-wop this year and for a couple years you heard some in almost every circle. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Bill D Date: 10 Oct 13 - 10:34 AM "...sounds like it gets better every year! " Well, it is 'different' every year. This was my 35th consecutive year, and of course I remember the 'good old days'.... not that there can be many 'bad old days' when good people assemble and make music and share 'life'. There are differences that worry me a bit, (a bit less 'traditional' folk music, for example), but no one ever need be bored. Like Utah Phillips said... "Good though..." |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: hsempl Date: 10 Oct 13 - 10:19 AM This was only my second year, and it sounds like it gets better every year! Hope we are both able to be there next year, KT. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: KT Date: 10 Oct 13 - 05:57 AM Wow, hsempl, what an impressive list! Just looking at it reminds me, once again, what a truly wonderful thing this Getaway is. What a wealth of music is shared when this extraordinary group of talented and fun-loving folks comes together! Though I couldn't be there this year, my sweet memories of past years are enough to buoy the spirit! |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Leadfingers Date: 10 Oct 13 - 05:47 AM Got back to Heathrow at 1945 last night , had a quick look at my Inbox and went to bed , slept til 10am and feel almost human today My ONLY criticism of Getaway is that its too bloody far away ! |
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Subject: ADD:Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave (Thomas Hardy) From: Joe Offer Date: 10 Oct 13 - 12:36 AM Another one that Murray Callahan performed was: AH, ARE YOU DIGGING ON MY GRAVE (Thomas Hardy) Ah, are you digging on my grave, My loved one? -- planting rue?" -- "No: yesterday he went to wed One of the brightest wealth has bred. 'It cannot hurt her now,' he said, 'That I should not be true.'" "Then who is digging on my grave, My nearest dearest kin?" -- "Ah, no: they sit and think, 'What use! What good will planting flowers produce? No tendance of her mound can loose Her spirit from Death's gin.'" "But someone digs upon my grave? My enemy? -- prodding sly?" -- "Nay: when she heard you had passed the Gate That shuts on all flesh soon or late, She thought you no more worth her hate, And cares not where you lie. "Then, who is digging on my grave? Say -- since I have not guessed!" -- "O it is I, my mistress dear, Your little dog , who still lives near, And much I hope my movements here Have not disturbed your rest?" "Ah yes! You dig upon my grave... Why flashed it not to me That one true heart was left behind! What feeling do we ever find To equal among human kind A dog's fidelity!" "Mistress, I dug upon your grave To bury a bone, in case I should be hungry near this spot When passing on my daily trot. I am sorry, but I quite forgot It was your resting place." Literature Network » Thomas Hardy » Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave? |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Ferrara Date: 09 Oct 13 - 10:26 PM hsempl, no problem about posting the corrections. Maybe some nice editor will have time to put the actual titles in parens following "your" titles in your original list as songs are identified. We often end up with a very long post-Getaway thread containing all kinds of musings, as people start catching their breath after the Getaway and chime in with their own experiences and favorite moments. It's part of the whole thing. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Jeri Date: 09 Oct 13 - 09:21 PM That was it, Noreen. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Noreen Date: 09 Oct 13 - 09:13 PM What an amazing collection of songs- and just in a weekend?! Would "tell me that we'll find a way" be Dave Webber's "My Lady of Autumn? |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: hsempl Date: 09 Oct 13 - 08:25 PM One more thing: I have audio files for most, though not all, of the songs I listed (though some I only caught part of the song, and some have a few strung together that I need to cut), so if anyone would like me to send them the file for a song they sung, send me a message. -Heather |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: hsempl Date: 09 Oct 13 - 08:21 PM Lisa: I was wondering if you wrote that song! Amazing, stirringly beautiful song. Wow. And as for the ballads: I know! It was crazy that I had intended to be in ballads all or most of the afternoon, just poking my nose in other workshops first, but I found it hard once I'd poked my nose in to leave, everything was so great. Then when I made it to the tail end of the ballad workshop that you led (where I got to hear Rose's lovely rendition of (let me get the name right this time) the Great [Grey] Selkie (of Suleskerry)), and had the amusing event (which must happen a lot) of singing a song that I had learned from the previous Getaway and the person I had learned it from (Edmund) was in the room! [Where am I in this sentence?]: Well, then I was so enjoying the ballads that I completely forgot to go to John Roberts' concert, which had been circled heavily on my schedule, and was having such a good time I didn't even realize I had missed it until Sunday! One other correction (along the wildly inaccurate title line): "No such liberty" should be "To Althea From Prison"; Claire's singing of that just soared out over the concert room, my first time hearing that song. Quick etiquette question, as I haven't posted on here much before: Is it annoying at all for me to keep adding corrections as I get them? Does doing so clog up anyone's email box or anything like that? Would it be better if I waited till I had a bunch and then replied to the thread? Or does it matter? OK, oh right, one more thing while i'm still midreply: I am bummed that I won't be able to be at Andrew and Carole's concert! I leave for Massachusetts tomorrow (well, by way of West Virginia) for a dream workshop and then a writer's retreat. October riches! I know it will be wonderful, and I'm sorry to miss it, though. I saw a concert at Janie's house recently (Lulu's Fate) and it's a cozy venue. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: lisa null Date: 09 Oct 13 - 06:51 PM "Come take me home again Kathleen" is my song and couldbe confused with a very famous stage Irish song from earlier days. I think I'll call it, "My heart Belongs to Ireland Forever" to relive the confusion. Love this list though-- what an eclectic group. Not as many many ballads listed as might have been sing though in the all afternoon ballad sessions on Saturday! |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Ron Davies Date: 09 Oct 13 - 04:58 PM What an amazing, stirring song! Seems to be a requiem for a whole way of life and a time which seems long gone, but really was just in the 20th century. And so evocative--epitomizes to my mind what "folk music" is at its best. It was a privilege to put a low bass to the chorus. The 11-month old is--temporarily--peaceful. And safe. But here he comes again. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Jeri Date: 09 Oct 13 - 04:46 PM It's Davy Steele's "Last Trip Home", Ron. I saw that session and would have joined it, but standing that long makes things hurt. I'll write more when I can think about it, but the Getaway was, as usual, wonderful. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Ron Davies Date: 09 Oct 13 - 04:41 PM hsempl-- Very impressive list. Seems like you were just about everywhere. Just a few additions: On Saturday right after the concert several more were done a cappella in group that just materialized outside the retreat center door Group included Ferrara, Rose, Colin, and me--and others I can't recall. Stunning highlight for me: Colin's leading of "Steady, boys, walk on/ The horse's day is done..." Don't know what it's called. But I've lpved it for years, heard it done wonderfully at Sidmouth more than once. And, as I told him, Colin's rendition was wonderfully faithful to those at Sidmouth--and could hold its own with any I've heard there. Also at that session, Mingulay Boat Song was done. Tenting Tonight. And some others I can't recall. And at the concert Saturday, Jan and I did one we call "The Box", done by Wanda Jackson (sometimes called the 'female Elvis' for her frenetic style.). But our song was not very bouncy. To be continued, I think----this computer is now under assault by an 11-month old and my break is now over. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: Ferrara Date: 09 Oct 13 - 04:19 PM Lorraine and Bea sang The Rolling of the Stones. They sounded splendid together, it was grand. Thanks for the list, it's great. Will add some corrections if time permits. Maybe even a few additions. We just got back from lunch with Carole, Andrew, and Janie Meneely at a huge Chinese buffet near here. You know all those things there's never time to talk about during the Getaway? A real bonus to have time for a good long talk. Reminder -- Andrew & Carole's concert tomorrow night is at Janie's. Y'all come! We will get there if we can but are pretty busy hurricane-proofing our crafts inventory, buying a replacement printer so we can print business cards for the upcoming show -- stuff like that. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: sciencegeek Date: 09 Oct 13 - 03:32 PM Denmark 1943 is a powerful song and equally moving is going to Mystic Seaport in CT and seeing one of the actual vessels used in the rescue effort. It still brings tears to my eyes... even as I type this. GERDA III: Danish Lighthouse Tender Built in 1926 as a lighthouse tender, the Gerda III appears to be a common Danish workboat. But in October of 1943, she played a much more important role. The boat was used by Henny Sinding, the 19-year-old daughter of the boat's manager, and a four-man crew to rescue Jews from Nazi-occupied Denmark. The refugees were brought to a warehouse along Copenhagen's waterfront and smuggled aboard the Gerda III, hiding in the cargo hold. The little vessel then set out on her official lighthouse supply duties, but detoured to the coast of neutral Sweden and put her "cargo" ashore. Although the vessel was regularly boarded and checked by German soldiers, the refugees were never discovered. The Gerda III rescued approximately 300 Jews, in groups of 10 to 15. Henny Sinding and the brave crew were not part of the organized Danish resistance movement. Ordinary Danish citizens were outraged by the Nazi plan to deport Jews to the death camps. The Danish people mounted a spontaneous effort that saved more than 7,000 of their Jewish neighbors – almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark. By an act of the Danish Parliament, the Gerda III was donated to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. The vessel was restored to her wartime appearance, complete with neutral flags, by the J. Ring Andersen yard in Denmark. Mystic Seaport is proud to help care for the boat and exhibit her in the United States. |
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Subject: RE: After the Getaway -- 2013 From: hsempl Date: 09 Oct 13 - 03:27 PM thanks for the correction! Anyone know the name of the song Lorraine's niece sang with her? That was indeed amazing. |
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