Subject: RE: Lyr Req/Add: Box of Candy (Bob Gibson/Tom Paxton) From: Jason Xion Wang Date: 25 Apr 16 - 04:29 PM Sandy - a small correction: Tom and Bob's duet of this song, later released on The Perfect High album, was not recorded at the Earl, but at Charlotte's Web in Rockford, on 1st August 1979. The full concert containing the song is at Snapshotmusic website. The night was a double bill Bob and Tom: Bob Gibson 1st Set Cuckoo Again A Gallon of Gas Heavenly Choir Just a Thing I Do (Kathy O'Grady's Song) Mendocino Desperados Rock Me Sweet Jesus Bein' on the Road Army of Children [with Anne Hills] Leaving for the Last Time [with Anne Hills] The Perfect High (Baba Fats) Piece of Ass Tom Paxton 1st Set Life I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Gas Line Romance When Annie Took Me Home Has Annie Been in Tonight? Hand Me Down My Jogging Shoes Hush Old Man The Love of Loving You Bad Old Days All Clear in Harrisburg Feed the Children My Favourite Spring Let the Sunshine [with Jim Post] Don't Forget Your Waitress The Last Thing on My Mind [with Jim Post] Bob Gibson 2nd Set I Like Your Song Easy Now I'd Love to Love You (But Your Time Is Just a Little Off) Heavenly Choir Bein' on the Road What You Gonna Do About Love [with Anne Hills] Army of Children [with Anne Hills] Leaving for the Last Time [with Anne Hills] Cuckoo Again Bob Gibson and Tom Paxton Outlaw Box of Candy and a Piece of Fruit Tom Paxton 2nd Set Saturday Night That's The Way It Seems to Me Home to Me Is Anywhere You Are A Golf Ball Often Has a Mind of Its Own Bad Old Days Did You Hear John Hurt? My Favourite Spring When Annie Took Me Home Ramblin' Boy |
Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Box of Candy (Bob Gibson/Tom Paxton) From: GUEST,999 Date: 03 Jan 10 - 08:21 PM Mike--I think you can hear the song performed on YOUTUBE at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGuBa2QUzCY |
Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Box of Candy (Bob Gibson/Tom Paxton) From: GUEST,Mike in Milwaukee Date: 03 Jan 10 - 08:01 PM I've spent all day scouring the interwebs for chords, tabulature or a songbook for sale featuring this song in particular. Here's hoping someone still checks this thread and is feeling helpful. :) Mike. |
Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Box of Candy (Bob Gibson/Tom Paxton) From: Chris in Portland Date: 13 Dec 06 - 10:47 AM another Gibson-Paxton connection - I once posted the lyrics and the chords I do for "And Lovin' You" - which they wrote together - it's a great song, and any suggestions for other chords would be greatly appreciated. Both Paxton (with Gibson) and Gibson (with Anne Hills) recorded it. Chris in Portland |
Subject: RE: Req/ADD: Box of Candy (Bob Gibson/Tom Paxton) From: Joe_F Date: 12 Dec 06 - 09:30 PM FWIW: It's "Seedy Santa" in the copy (of forgotten origin) in my file. Google reveals "Seedy Santa" to be a character in a movie called _Look Who's Talking Now_ and to be a name used in Britain & Australia (& thus, perhaps, in Canada) for purveyors of cut-rate counterfeit or illegal goods to Christmas shoppers. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Box of Candy From: GUEST,Sandy Andina Date: 12 Dec 06 - 04:47 AM Well, it was originally recorded on "The Perfect High," a Bob Gibson album of songs co-authored with Shel Silverstein. (I have the vinyl somewhere). It was a live duet performance at the Earl with Paxton. I think the first time I heard it, though, was live on WFMT from Chicagofest at Navy Pier (same broadcast that had Michael Cooney doing Andy Breckman's "Railroad Bill" and Art Thieme singing Bob Franke's "Thanksgiving Eve"); IIRC, they self-bleeped the "f-word" in the last line, with a live sound effect instead. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Box of Candy From: GUEST,Sarah Date: 10 Dec 00 - 02:59 PM Campfire, Well, probably so -- one would presume they'd look it up before publishing...Must correct my incorrect source. Thanks. Sarah |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Box of Candy From: campfire Date: 09 Dec 00 - 06:58 PM Sorry, Guest Sarah, but the liner notes on the cassette claim it's written by Bob Gibson and Tom Paxton. campfire |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Box of Candy From: GUEST,Sarah Date: 09 Dec 00 - 05:18 PM I may be all wrong, but somewhere I heard that "Box of Candy" was written by Shel Silverstein....? Sarah |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Box of Candy From: campfire Date: 09 Dec 00 - 08:24 AM LOL - No, it involved moving the stereo cabinet because the cat likes to knock things off it! campfire |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Box of Candy From: Sorcha Date: 09 Dec 00 - 01:18 AM Does your "search engine" involve lemon oil and dust rags? Or vacum cleaners? I was afraid it did....LOL! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Box of Candy From: campfire Date: 09 Dec 00 - 01:05 AM I'm just glad MY "search engine" found the tape, because my very favorite Tom Paxton tune is on it, too, Bad Old Days. I'd miss this one. It's also got Gamble Rogers, Jim Post, Jim Kweskin, and Steve Goodman on it (among others). campfire |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Box of Candy From: Sorcha Date: 09 Dec 00 - 12:27 AM Well, you did better than I did.....absolutely nothing on the search engines. And our boy got ot of jail just before Christmas, too. |
Subject: Lyr Add: BOX OF CANDY AND A PIECE OF FRUIT From: campfire Date: 09 Dec 00 - 12:18 AM Hey, looked one more place, found the tape, and here are the lyrics. It is Bob Gibson performing, but he had help from Tom Paxton writing it:
BOX OF CANDY AND A PIECE OF FRUIT
No Christmas gift I've ever come by, sorry about the one line - I can't be sure what CD Santa is... campfire |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Box of Candy From: campfire Date: 08 Dec 00 - 11:30 PM I have this song on a tape called "Folked Again" - which I just looked for to answer this post and can't find! :( I can't remember who performes it on this tape. When I find it (and I'd better, because I'm sure its irreplacable) I will post the lyrics. It is a funny song. campfire |
Subject: Box of Candy From: GUEST,magera.mark@mayo.edu Date: 08 Dec 00 - 10:21 AM Can anyone out there send me the lyrics to a song I heard Bob Gibson sing called Box of Candy (and a Piece of Fruit). It's a christmas tune about guys in jail. Thanks |
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