BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy-memories

Subject: BS: Hello
From: ActressWendy
Date: 15 Jan 07 - 11:45 PM

Just joined, guys. My credentials are growing up in Chicago, in Hyde Park - born in 1945. Went to grammar school at St. Thomas Apostle. I hung out at the Fret Shop, knew Paul the Wobbly, hung with Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield - and Mark Dorinson. Was in attendance at the first U of C Folk Festival, where aside from the music, Severn Darden presented his Theory of Resistentialism. Knew Fred Holstein from when he was a teenager. Went to the Barbarossa, knew Terry, of course.
Anybody remember Lou Yeidel and Inman and Ira (both drinking buddies)?    How about Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap? I once, in my deep folk days, collected 347 verses of Barbara Allen and 17 tunes for it - and my grandfather is mentioned on liner notes of Carter Family recordings because he was instrumental in bring them to prominence. Are my credentials okay?

I'm now an actress in NY - living, of course, in the Village.

Wendy

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: JennyO
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 12:00 AM

Welcome to the Mudcat, Wendy. You'll probably find we're all a bit mad here, but no doubt you'll get used to us.

I'm in Sydney, Australia myself, but there are a lot of US catters. I know a couple who live in Long Island who came and visited us last year.

Now that you are a member, check out the FAQ and other features. You can send a PM (personal message) to any other member (but not GUESTs) by clicking on the PM next to their name.

Anything else you need to know, just ask, and someone who knows the answer is bound to come along within minutes.

Jenny

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Amergin
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 12:33 AM

Your credentials are a fairly decent start, however to be truly accepted here you must answer the question that has plagued mankind for millenia, and many wars have been fought over......







What is Folk Music?

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Amos
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 12:41 AM

Don't listen to Amergin, Wendy. I'm sure I don't need to say why!! LOL

You might enjoy swapping Chicago tales with our resident Chicagoan, Art Thieme, with whom I expect you have crossed at least one trail. He posts as often as he can and if you look up his past posts (see the FAQ) you'll find some common memories in there, I would imagine.

As for your credentials, they are much too good, but we'll try to shape up! Welcome to the 'Cat.

Amos

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Slag
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 01:39 AM

Welcome! I'd be interested in your G'father's connection to the Carter family! I'll be looking forward to your input!

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Deckman
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:22 AM

You are obviously way too YOUNG! Wait another fifty years and then you might fit in better! (welcome)Bob(deckman)Nelson

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: KT
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:27 AM

Welcome, Wendy. It's a great place!

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:50 AM

Sheesh, I posted to this right after JennyO; must've hit the wrong button. I mentioned Art Thieme, but there ya go...I've got a great tape of him and Fred, I think it was, doing a Woody tribute. He doesn't come to the BS section much, but I'll make sure he sees this thread. Also, through connecting with Art, here, my sister and I sang his "Cowboy's Barbara Allen" in WY where he collected it.:-)

Welcome to the Mudcat!

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: fat B****rd
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:22 AM

Well I like it here and I hope you do too. Charlie

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Hawker
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:06 AM

Welcome Wendy, Hope you enjoy being part of this community, like most communities there is good and bad, but we are all linked by a common interest and most of the time get along, great to have tou.
Cheers, Lucy in Cornwall, UK

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:41 AM

Welcome, from another one the other side of the pond.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: GUEST,Cats
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 06:05 AM

Hi there. Welcome to Mudcat. The only real credential that you need to have is that you enjoy the music, want to keep intouch with likeminded people all over the world and enjoy having fun... anything else is a bonus. Welcome from Another Catter in Cornwall

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Leadfingers
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 06:57 AM

Wendy ! Welcome to the Loony Bin we like to call The Cat ! If you really want to get to 'meet' us , drop into MudChat and have a natter !

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 07:37 AM

hello.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: kendall
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 07:38 AM

Welcome aboard. Stow your gear and relax.Oh, and don't feed the Trolls, especially after mid night.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 07:39 AM

You related to Wendy Saints?
G.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: jacqui.c
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 08:07 AM

Wwlcome Wendy. I hope that you get as much fun from this site as I have. It's a great resource as well.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Donuel
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 08:18 AM

Hellow
Did you know that its snowing in Los Vegas as I post this?
some resource huh

I'm an artist doing the suburban DC shuffle.
I knew Andy W and stayed our of Viet Nam by playing the cello.
I behaved like Hunter Thomson while being a professional hypnotist for 13 years.

Your best strategy here is to tell the truth since it will be dismissed as fiction. Over seven years I have always had my questions answered on the mudcat. There is a large sub set of the sub genius philosophers here as well as folk singers who work for the military industrial complex... But thats no reason to hold that against them.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: aussiebloke
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 09:03 AM

G'day Wendy

Welcome to Mudcat...

Please don't feed the trolls, especially the really obvious ones.

Cheers all

aussiebloke

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Bee
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 01:16 PM

Wecome. This is a great place, and credentials are interesting but, as I can attest, not at all required. ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Bee
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 01:18 PM

That would be 'welcome'.... typing around a cat (fur-bearing type), sorry.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: wysiwyg
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:16 PM

Art Thieme fan here and late 70's Barbarossa latenight closer, here. Welcome to the zoo, Wendy!

Your credentials are fine so far, but the REAL credentials are, do you read the FAQ here (often) and know how to get around Mudcat's amazing (and sometimes hidden) site features? Know to ignore flames, trolls, and how to respond to blind date invites from Mudcatters? Those take awhile to earn but are worth more than the paper they're not printed on.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Gizmo
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 04:12 PM

"Oh, and don't feed the Trolls, especially after mid night"

.....And I promise I won't turn into a gremlin.

Hello Wendy, I hope you'll like it here as much as I do.

I'm another one of the UK catters but the world gets an awful lot smaller here.

Hope to see you around.


Gizmo

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: skipy
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 06:00 PM

Welcome aboard, be prepared to ride the storm, but it is a great place to be, hope you never have problem, but if you do, Hell, there are so many out here would will try to help.
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 09:27 PM

Yes, welcome!!!! I don't know if we've ever met, but I was there then at the same time you were too. I was on the North side---but I got to Hyde Park for that first U. of Chicago Folk Festival in '61. I'd been going there since '59-----the year I graduated high school---- from Lakeview High. By '60 I'd found Pete Leibundguth's store called the Fret Shop on 57th Street and often just ambled in there to shoot the breeze when I was back in Chicago from Univ. Of Illinois down state. In '61 I tape recorded PAUL DURST, the old Wobbly you mentioned, in his big chair by the door of the Fret Shop. Several threads here are full of my reminiscences of Paul.

And while I was taping Paul back in Dec. of 1961, Mark Dorinson was trying out a guitar in the background. At one point there is a large "CRASH" audible on that tape. It was Mark dropping that guitar on the floor! And Fred H. was an old, good friend. So was Mike Bloomfield. Severn Darden was at Second City back then I think---unless I'm confusing him with Avery Schreiber. I did see Darden do a play called "Rhinosaurus" somewhere during those years. Inman and Ira were good performers I thought. Their renditions of early Oscar Brown jr. songs like "Bid 'Em In" -- about a slave auction market -- was pretty hard-hitting to say the least. Last I saw Ira Rogers, though, he was less than holding it together. It was sad to see. Roy Inman wasn't around at all---by then.

I was born in '41. Could be we were both there in Chicago at the same time---but passed like melting iceburgs in the night...

Those first ten U. Of Chicago Folk Fests sure did influence me. I followed the folksinger road for close to 4 decades until I couldn't do it any more.

Anyhow, welcome to Mudcat. I'm here less now, but it's a good place to hang out on line. Enjoy!

Art Thieme (who can't join Mudcat for tech reasons I don't comprehend.)

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 11:49 PM

Wendy, good to see a new face! Where are you in the Village (cross streets)? That's where I usually stay when I'm in NYC. Great location for so many reasons! What kind of singing and what kind of acting do you do these days?

You might remember Art, if you think about it. Were you ever at a singing event with a fellow with a great voice, wonderful story-telling, and the rottenest puns you remember hearing? That was Art. . .

Stilly River Sage (from north of Seattle, residing in Fort Worth)

Subject: RE: BS: Hello
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 12:29 AM

Wendy,

I took phtos around the folk scene for many years----a ton of 'em were of the folk music life of Chicago. You can see 'em on line at

http://rudegnu.com/art_thieme.html

When asked for a user name and a password, type in the lower case word mudcat for both of those. That'll get you in there.

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 06:21 AM

Welcome Wendy.

Yes, we have trolls but we try to make them live under Mudcat Bridge. If they attack the best thing to do is smile and ignore - it drives them mad.

Try and drop into Mudchat. If it's empty, keep trying or go in and wait. I do hope to chat to you in there soon.

Rhiannon

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: wysiwyg
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 10:28 AM

Art would have been the man with the saw.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Amos
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 10:43 AM

Wal, mebbe Wendy reckoned it woudl take weeks for anyone to answer up?


A

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: autolycus
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 12:12 PM

Welcome from Norwich in East Anglia.

   You have much better credentials than me and they haven't thrown me out.

   Glad someone else from year of '45 has joined. I sometimes think that year hasn't made as much impact as people from the years around it.







       Ivor

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Rasener
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 12:29 PM

I was born in 1945 in Birmingham England, so welcome ActressWendy from over here in Market Rasen Lincolnshire England.

Here is my website Market Rasen Folk Club

If you are ever over here drop in and see us.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 12:48 PM

Gee, I was born and reared up in Quincy, Illinois. The folk scene was pretty vinyl there, but it was long-playing and kept us going around and around.

Welcome.

This place is a madhouse, a zoo. Remember, you don't have to read ALL of MOAB to post there. And yeah, I was born in 1945 too.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: ClaireBear
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 01:10 PM

I was born in 1954, which is a lot like 1945 if you're dyslexic, as my husband is (plus, he spent many interesting years in Chicago, 1960-1971 or so...back in the day).

Welcome, Wendy!

Claire

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: greg stephens
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 02:03 PM

Welcome from another 1945 vintage Mudcatter, from Stoke-on-Trent, England(by adoption, not origin). They make Wedgewood pottery here, among other things(like very reasonably priced folk CDs). I work in the theatre too.
Have fun
Dont worry about the Rt Hon Sir JOhn from HUll, he's from Yorkshire.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: gnu
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 02:25 PM

Rente pi haule une bush la! All's welcome dans la Cafe, eh. Well, they let me in, and even let me stay, so the rules are pretty loose.

Greetings from the fly infested bog country of New Brunswick, Canada.

Not many flies on the go today, though. All the moose are on the south side of the hill today... cold enough to knock yer antlers off.

Enjoy!

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Amos
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 02:46 PM

I, too, am a '45-er, the cutting advance guard of the Boom.

Ciao from Southern California, where Xmas sunbathing is a preferred outdoor sport.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Cool Beans
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 03:14 PM

Welcome, Wendy. I'm a theater critic but don't sweat it, I'm not in New York. Born same year as you. And you don't need no steenking credentials here.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 04:58 PM

Oh right, so it's entirely a coincidence that an (English) actress called Wendy* has just left our (English) Eastenders soap, having been one of the original cast 20+ years ago, and you've just arrived as a Mudcat member......???

I hope you have a great time!

Kitty

* Wendy Richards, who appeared in the British sitcom "Are you being served?" before arriving in Eastenders and being bumped off by her daughter-in-law in a recent episode.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 05:19 PM

Wendy, your last name isn't "Darling" by any chance, is it? If so, how are John and Michael and Peter and the Lost Boys?

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: SharonA
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 06:48 PM

Welcome, Wendy, from a few degrees latitude south, in the Philadelphia area! Do you ever come down this way to perform in the local theaters?

Sharon

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Bobert
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 07:40 PM

Yeah, an a big ol' welcome from the resident hillbilly, the lovely P-Vine (my wife), the trusty Wes Ginny Slide Rule and Donnie "i'm a Drunk"...

Ahhhh, the Villiage, huh??? Is that Hillary's "It Takes a Villiage" 'ere the one down the street from Gramercy Park??? Nevermind that one...

Well, what can I say that others ain't said yet??? Maybe...


















...Get her done, Wendy!!!

(No, Bobert, "get her done" ain't Villiage...)

Okay, here's soemthing helpfull... Be sure yer up on yer shots ''ause there are some sickly cats that hang 'round here who ain't had no shots but could use a couple good shots... Yeah, that 'bout sums it up...

BTW, what kind o' actress is ya'???

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: number 6
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 07:52 PM

Welcome Wendy.





I do think Wendy has been frightened off.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: bobad
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 07:56 PM

Anyone who has seen "Deliverance" would be frightened off by Bobert.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Bobert
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 08:48 PM

Get her done, bobadster...

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: bobad
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 09:11 PM

I'm a squealin' Bobber.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 09:13 PM

Hi Wendy. I don't know any other actresses named Wendy. I know a director named Wendy. Well, I guess she must have been an actress at one time, huh? Heck, nobody starts out directing, do they? Have you ever played Wendy in Peter Pan? Huh? If I were in Peter Pan I'd want to play the part of Smee. No particular reason, I just like the name. Say "Smee" enough times and it starts to sound really stupid! Just like this post!

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Peace
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 09:13 PM

He's almost a maountain man. Don't say 'squeal', bobad. It gets him excited.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: Peace
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 09:14 PM

Poor girl ain't comin' back.

Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy
From: bobad
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 09:36 PM

Ah Wendy, don't be put off, we're all (except maybe Bobert) just funnin' - stick around you'll have a good time.