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Subject: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Jim Krause Date: 26 May 00 - 12:59 PM This artist began a second career in country music at a time in life when most men are seriously thinking of retirement. He was known for his banjo picking, both frailing and a finger-picking style that few have been able to copy. An early Grand Ole Opyr star, he was once reprimanded for singing off-color songs by George Hay. He died in October of 1952. Who was he? |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Wesley S Date: 26 May 00 - 01:36 PM Uncle Dave Macon |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: mactheturk Date: 26 May 00 - 10:20 PM ALRIGHT GUYS, try this one. Clue #1. This artist born in Los Angeles, 1947 Clue #2. a true MUSICOLOGIST, great session man Clue #3. Used to be in a band with Jackie DeShannon. Clue #4. Played on "Honky Tonk Women". go for it..... Mac |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Rick Fielding Date: 26 May 00 - 10:23 PM Great character as well. When he toured (with the Delmores and McGhees) he'd take a long his own ham, 'cause he didn't trust restaurant food. Always took a minimum of two banjos on stage..one in G and one in open C. Co-workers claimed that he had a lot of trouble tuning as he went a bit deaf. Loved to play practical jokes, but the one time someone played one on him (a restaurant owner) he never spoke to the man again. Rick |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Rick Fielding Date: 26 May 00 - 10:30 PM Mac, I'll go with David Linley. Rick |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: mactheturk Date: 26 May 00 - 10:40 PM Good guess Rick but not quite.. Clue #5. Played in a band with Taj Mahal and also that musical lunatic Captain Beefheart. Clue #6. Also done well with his movie soundtrack work. Clue #7. Colaborated with Ali Farka Toure. now you know... mac |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 26 May 00 - 10:49 PM Ry Cooder.....Or is that some kind of female genitalia? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: mactheturk Date: 26 May 00 - 10:54 PM Spaw, Correct! (term can be used interchangeably)..
Mac |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 26 May 00 - 10:58 PM HEY...I got one...this is like a two thread shit-kickin' contest tonite!!! I have to go too....Maybe there'll be more when I get back.....like Rick, I love trivia. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Jim Krause Date: 30 May 00 - 12:30 PM Wes. S I guess that was pretty easy, huh? |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Wesley S Date: 30 May 00 - 12:38 PM Yep - It was the Grand Ole Opry and the date of his death that gave it away for me. Let's try another one! |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Rick Fielding Date: 30 May 00 - 07:04 PM OK, a couple of "medium hard" ones. 1. Alan Lomax called him "The world's greatest folk fiddler" 2. Played several times at the Newport Folk Festival. 3. Recorded several albums of Michael Coleman tunes. 4. Made his living as a cab driver for many years. 5. Died (around 1980) in total obscurity ***************************************************** 1. Was called "Banjoman of the Carolinas" 2. Influenced both Scruggs and Reno 3. His band was called "The Hired Hands" 4. Also was famed as a washboardist ****************************************************** 1. One of the best folk "duos" for many years. 2. He was an actor on Broadway. 3. She went to Oberlin College. 4. They raised malamutes (and kids) 5. They started a Folk Music record company in 1960, which is still going today. (gotta be a record!) *************************************************** |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Chicky Date: 30 May 00 - 07:29 PM Number 2 is Snuffy Jenkins - yes? |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Mbo Date: 30 May 00 - 07:31 PM Number 3 is Ian & Silvia. Number 1 is Matthew Guntharp. --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: GUEST,Mrbisok@aol Date: 30 May 00 - 07:39 PM So is the answer Uncle Dave Macon? If that's the answer, then I have a question: did anyone besides me hear (as in tune into and listen) the Secret Museum of the Air tribute to Uncle Dave just 2 weeks ago? I have the tape! "The Secret Museum of the air" is broadcast Tues nites, 6-7pm on NY area radio WFUV, 91.1fm. |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 30 May 00 - 07:53 PM Hey Meebo....#3 comes under the heading of "Know Your Local Mudcatter"........I thought it was '61, but its Sandy and Caroline. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Mike Regenstreif Date: 30 May 00 - 09:14 PM The fiddler is Jean Carignan. But I wouldn't say he died in total obscurity. In the last decade or so of his life he achieved great acclaim and was earning a good enough living that he gave up cab driving. BTW, in 1972, I was booking a folk concert series at Dawson College in Montreal and booked a triple bill of Jean Carignan, Philippe Bruneau (what Cariginan was to the fiddle, Bruneau was to the button accordion, and Edith Butler). That concert lead to Carignan and Bruneau's recording contracts with Philo Records and helped bring them our of obscurity. Mike Regenstreif |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 30 May 00 - 10:09 PM Okay....an easy one so we can escape to reality.......
* Excellent teacher, fine picker (much like Rick) Well that'll be too much and too easy, but........ Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Jim Krause Date: 31 May 00 - 12:44 PM To my earlier post, yes, the correct answer was indeed Uncle Dave Macon. Spaw, could you give me a hint? What instrument is our mystery artist most famous for? Don't know why, but I have a feeling this person is probably a guitarist. Is the individual still alive? I have two guesses.
I think I probably bombed out. OK, I give up. |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 31 May 00 - 01:01 PM Okay soddy......two good guesses, but no cigar. So you wnat me to change the clues a bit huh? Capo up the neck a bit then, so to speak? Okay......... * Male, about 45 years old, still alive, didn't perform for awhile but released a new one awhile back....with long time friend and pickin' partner. * Mainly known for banjo but has had business success that is mainly (although not totally) about guitar. Business bears his name. That help? Spaw
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 31 May 00 - 01:02 PM I keep thinking of myself as younger....he's about 55 NOT 45....about 5 years older than I am. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Rick Fielding Date: 31 May 00 - 04:23 PM Congrats folks. Jean Carignan (Mike, there was so little written about him in the Toronto papers. I'm glad he got the appreciation you mentioned) Snuffy Jenkins Caroline and Sandy Paton. Spaw is it Tony Marcus? |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 31 May 00 - 04:38 PM That's a damn good try Rick...soddy had some good ones too........but no cigar. More clues huh? Ok, we slide the capo up a little further. * Like Rick, has explored a multitude of styles and genres. * I'd venture to say that damn near all of us who play have bought something from him. Someone will probably order a "hit" on me when they get this. There are a few clues right out in the open which has made this a lot of fun......You all will probably want to kick my ass........ Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Barbara Date: 31 May 00 - 04:43 PM Gosh, Spaw, that description fits a lot of folks. Eric Shoenberg is a great teacher, picker and guitar maker, but I haven't heard him play banjo if he does. He released something not too long ago with the PSGW autoharp player whose name blew out of my head just now. I can see his face... 'Course Eric is in Marin, and that's a LONG way from Berzerkly... If it is Tony, he's actually whiz-bang on fiddle more than guitar, and performs in a trio, tho he may still be doing gigs sometimes with DADGBE who fits a lot of your description, too, except he's further north and can't draw... could be Jody Stecher? Don't know where he lives these days, but he and Kate Brislin just released something, didn't they? Or what about Larry Hanks? Don't think he's released anything recently, tho he still performs with Laura Smith sometimes... Geez, 'spaw, this is hard to narrow down.... Blessings, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 31 May 00 - 04:46 PM How many of these people have a business that bears their name and have sold something to most of us? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Barbara Date: 31 May 00 - 04:49 PM Somebody who makes flatpicks, or capos, I bet. Eric Park makes a Gen-U-Wine bottlenecks Blessings, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Barbara Date: 31 May 00 - 05:06 PM Schubb? |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 31 May 00 - 05:10 PM Rick Shubb........that's it. The latest album with Bob Wilson is really a kick too. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Callie Date: 31 May 00 - 09:25 PM Chicky, congrats again. I am proud to call you friend. I've never even HEARD of Snuffy Jenkins. Sounds like a euphemism for something else rather than a name (with all due respect to Snuffy) Callie |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Rick Fielding Date: 01 Jun 00 - 07:39 PM Brilliant Spaw. I had the pleasure of getting to know him last year when I was trying to find the best way of marketing my banjo mute invention. He was very generous with his time. Rick ********************************************** Since you've had the guts to try a hard one, so will I. 1. The most famous player this instrument has ever known. 2. Had a multi-million seller.....and then....nothing. 3. Doesn't sing. 4. Namesake of footballer with VERY bad eyesight. 5. Namesake of VERY tall blond actress, once married to a British comic. 6. Cryptic clues: Mork's boss, and Mr. Mather's namesake would know him instantly. ***************************************************** |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Brendy Date: 01 Jun 00 - 07:44 PM American footballer or soccer player, Rick? B. |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 01 Jun 00 - 09:56 PM Aw geez Rick...This ones a worker!!! I love those clues. I have a feeling they'll be obvious when (and if) we get it! No fair telling and going to bed or something either...let it ride. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Rick Fielding Date: 02 Jun 00 - 12:54 AM American Footballer....who also did TV and movies! This may be harder than I thought. Not only did Heather not get it....but she got mad at me!! Don't know why. Seems perfectly obvious to me! ******************************************************* But in the meantime.....Another one! 1. Big Band leader in the 40s 2. Played guitar. 3. Married a small time actress 4. Voted Life Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" 5. Knew LOTS of folk songs 6. His son had a big hit in the late 60s (in a band with 2 others) ************************************************** |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Brendy Date: 02 Jun 00 - 01:02 AM Ah stop, man. One's bad enough. It's 7 in the morning here, and I've been returning here all night, just to have another look. I actually think I have the First name. It's nearly there. And now another? Have mercy, for cryin' out loud! B. |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Chicky Date: 02 Jun 00 - 02:16 AM Aaargh! These two are driving me mad! I thought maybe Ozzie Nelson for the second one, but I'm not suuuuure.... I'll keep trying -Chicky |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Callie Date: 02 Jun 00 - 04:39 AM Goddam Chicky - how d'you know this stuff? |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Barbara Date: 02 Jun 00 - 05:09 AM The first one, I bet it's some kind of novelty instrument like saw or nose flute... The second one, Frank Sinatra? Blessings, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Barbara Date: 02 Jun 00 - 05:11 AM Charles Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer?[Switched on Bach] Blessings, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: gillymor Date: 02 Jun 00 - 05:13 AM uuuuhhhh...is the 2nd one Desi Arnez? |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Barbara Date: 02 Jun 00 - 05:23 AM I bet you're right Frankee, and I also bet Rick's asleep in bed as he's on eastern Canadian time. Probably it was the "small time actress" that fried Heather's bacon. Blessings, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 02 Jun 00 - 05:44 AM Would Rick's be Anton Karas whose zither version of the Harry Lime theme was very big in a certain decade I mention too much?! RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 02 Jun 00 - 06:17 AM (Mork calling Orson=Orson Welles=Harry Lime ;Susan Anton was one of Dudley Moore's many blondes) Wasn't there a large "heavy" actor called Alex Karras, was he foremerly a footballer? RtS (who knows very little of American sport, among the many other things he's ignorant of, but does know some old film trivia) |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 02 Jun 00 - 09:09 AM I think you all have them in Anton Karras and Desi Arnaz. OK Rick....time to get up!!! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Mike Regenstreif Date: 02 Jun 00 - 09:18 AM The footballer is O.J. Simpson. And I agree that the band leader would be Desi Arnaz.
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 02 Jun 00 - 09:34 AM But Mike, I can't make OJ fit into anything....and it would have to be a pretty obscure reference to eyesight. Yhe two with the worst eyesight that is kinda' common knowledge are Alex Karras and Raymond Berry (very tough for a great wide receiver). The rest fits but I can't figure the cryptic end too well. How does O.J. Simpson fit? We could be wrong here....What's your idea? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: Mike Regenstreif Date: 02 Jun 00 - 09:46 AM Spaw, I figgered OJ because Rick's clues called for a footballer who did TV and movies. I gave my answer before seeing his earlier post (I missed it somehow). But going back to his earlier post, Rick said "Mr. Mather's namesake would know him instantly." Well, the only Mr. Mathers that I can think of is Jerry Mathers, the actor who played Beaver Cleaver. While not wanting to make light of a tragedy (or seem sexist), it seems to me that OJ is a guy who knows something of "beaver" cleavers. MR |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 02 Jun 00 - 10:12 AM Yeah, you have a good point there on OJ!!! I can't fit the reference to Karras myself. Like I said, the "cryptic" ones are fouling me up here....Skiff's reasoning was otherwise quite sound. I kinda' liked the Moog idea, but what actress or ballplayer? GET UP RICK!!!!! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 02 Jun 00 - 11:11 AM Wasn't OJ'S name Orenthal not Orson? The only US Mather I know is Cotton Mather and I can't see a connection there! WAKE UP,RICK Rts >:o( |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: catspaw49 Date: 02 Jun 00 - 11:22 AM Yeah it is Orenthal........I still can't come up with anyone using OJ....or Ray Berry for that matter. TV and movies with bad eyesight has got to be Alex, unless we use Mike's "Cleaver" reference. But then the actress........ C'mon Rick Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: NAME THAT ARTIST Part 3 From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 02 Jun 00 - 11:23 AM Final thought. Was there a Welles Mather? RtS |