Steve Goodman Is The Man

Subject: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Matt_R
Date: 23 Jan 04 - 11:12 PM

Holy crap...I want every recording the man ever made! I want to O.D. on Steve Goodman!

Feel alright! FEEL ALRIGGGGGGGGGGGGHT!
The magic fingers make me feel alright!

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: wysiwyg
Date: 23 Jan 04 - 11:20 PM

The LATE Steve Goodman or is there some new guy?

(Hi)

~Susan

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Amos
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 12:06 AM

Yo, Matt!! I hear ya!!


A

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 07:00 AM

My a capella* version of "You don't even play no blues" dedicated to Herself brought the house down at my 60th birthday thrash!

RtS
("don't clap too loud it's a very old building" -Archie Rice)
*singing without a hat on

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: GUEST,John Hardly
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 07:14 AM

The ULTIMATE time-warp thread. Matt_R posting about Goodman. I thought Matt was gone and Goodman dead. Hadda go outside and look around just to regain my balance.

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Raptor
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 08:38 AM

I've Been playing Vegamatic for years one of my favorites!

He is Great!

Raptor

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Matt_R
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 09:01 AM

Yep, I'm talking about the ONLY Steve Goodman as far as I'm concerned! I wish I could actually find his albums in stores. His version of "As Time Goes By" is not only the best version ever, it's one of my favorite songs ever. Poor Steve :-(

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Willie-O
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 09:20 AM

He totally is, or was. We sure lost some great all-around musicians very prematurely in 83/84--Stan Rogers, Lenny Breau and certainly Steve Goodman.

You could play a hell of a good set--in fact a full evening's worth-- of his lesser-known songs without touching City of New Orleans

Willie-O (hi Matt)
You Never Even Call Me By My Name

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: harvey andrews
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 09:54 AM

One of my all time heroes!Still deeply missed.

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Charley Noble
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 09:58 AM

He even previewed the end of the 20th century, and taught us how to get by with somebody's else's troubles...and raged against injustice in his "Chicken Cordon Blues."

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: MAG
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 10:04 AM

He lived longer than anyone expected him to thanks to the dietary changes his wife put him on for the lupus. CCB is a funny song but I am glad his family, and us, had him a bit longer.

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: van lingle
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 11:48 AM

Best solo live performer I ever saw. There is a boxed set out there somewhere, Matt. I saw it at Borders and I'm not sure how complete it is but you don't want to miss Artistic Hair (various live performances) or Somebody Else's Troubles (contains The Dutchman).vl

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 01:02 PM

He lived longer than anyone expected him to thanks to the dietary changes his wife put him on for the lupus.

Stevie didn't have lupus, he had leukemia. I suspect it was his many bouts of chemotherapy and his doctors at Sloan Kettering that were the major factors in extending his life.

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 01:26 PM

A great artist. Arlo Guthie made a minor chord/melody change to Steve's original " City of New Orleans", and to ears that knew Steve's version first, it has always sounded like an unnecessary "gimmicky" alteration. But Arlo's version is the way it's usually heard.

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Ebbie
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 01:30 PM

I love the man and his mind and his articulateness and his music. Great, great loss. 36 years old. His songs get sung at our weekly song circle.

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Matt_R
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 02:21 PM

Ah yes...such great songs. I especially love the live versions of his songs...his on-stage banter with the audience is great.

"Well, this is another song about the road...and you know, who cares?"

I've found that the music I write myself is most inspired by Steve Goodman, Dougie MacLean, Jim Croce, Bob Dylan and Tom Paxton.

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: GUEST,Ed
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 02:29 PM

So you grew out of Oasis, Teenage Fanclub and Travis?

A shame if you did, Matt

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 02:53 PM

Hey, Matt, good to see you again. You should check out this thread, which started back in your Mbo days. It includes wonderful reminiscences by the likes of Art Thieme, Saul Broudy, and Harvey Andrews (check out Harvey's story of the time Steve followed him at a concert).

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 05:29 PM

I remember sitting on my front porch with my mother and father (may they rest in peace) and singing Goodman's "Old Smoothies" for them. My mother's eyes were shining with the beginning of tears, she liked it so much.

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Jeep man
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 09:14 PM

Hey, Roger, is that a shore nuff blues song or am I just guessing? If so I would like to have it, if not, you should write us one. Jeep

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Matt_R
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 11:08 PM

"So you grew out of Oasis, Teenage Fanclub and Travis"

Are you kidding? I can't leave my roots! hahah. In fact, I managed to find Teenage Fanclub's [u]Thirteen[/u] in a used CD bin, much to my excitement...along with some Housemartins, Velvet Underground and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Matt_R
Date: 24 Jan 04 - 11:13 PM

Oh yeah, I meant to say I found those albums last Saturday.

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 25 Jan 04 - 03:44 AM

Here it is, Jeep Man, with the proper title! A good quick encore song.
Sorry I don't do tunes or chords. Original has slide guitar in the pauses, I add a few "Whoa Whoas" and a bit of kazoo!

I AIN'T HEARD YOU PLAY NO BLUES
(Steve Goodman)

My baby came to me this mornin'
She said: "Honey, I'm confused.
If me and B.B. King were drownin'
Which one would you choose?"
I said: "Baby",
I said: " Baby"
I said: "Hey, baby"
I ain't never heard you play no blues ."

RtS
(my "audience" likes it 'cause it's short. Sheila feels it's too close to the truth!)

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 25 Jan 04 - 03:52 AM

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: MAG
Date: 26 Jan 04 - 12:17 AM

I stand corrected, "guest" 1:02.

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 09:33 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Steve Goodman Is THE MAN
From: GUEST,Augie
Date: 20 Sep 04 - 12:51 PM

Aw Man, Stevie's been gone now 20 years this week. If you're a die-hard Goodman fan, who can you turn to now for licks and lyrics like his?