11 Jul 02 - 10:53 AM (#746497) Subject: WHY ME, OH LORD? From: mack/misophist I have been waiting patiently for some one better qualified than me to step foreward; some one hipper, some one smarter, some one prettier, some one who can write decent prose - It looks like it's going to have to be me. It took over a decade to get the book written and it's been out for a while now with no notice here. Tell me, people; Who was the most beloved psychopath in history? Who did more for the spoken word than anyone since Willie the Shake? Doesn't any one here know THE LORD? LORD RICHARD BUCKLEY? Given the ephemera it's composed of, it will probably not be superceded. It's here now. Read it. |
11 Jul 02 - 11:03 AM (#746508) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? From: Gervase You mean |
11 Jul 02 - 11:04 AM (#746509) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? From: Gervase this geezer? |
11 Jul 02 - 11:45 AM (#746554) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? From: mack/misophist Who else but His Most Immaculately Hip Lordship? |
11 Jul 02 - 12:20 PM (#746582) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? From: C-flat That must be where David Bowie took the lyric "He was the Nazz" from in Ziggy Stardust. I've never heard of him before now but he must have been quite a character. |
11 Jul 02 - 03:23 PM (#746710) Subject: Lord Buckley/Lord Richard Buckley From: Don Firth In 1959, Bob (Deckman) Nelson and I were in the San Francisico Bay Area, barnstorming and auditioning at various clubs (they didn't want folk singers, they wanted "acts"). When not auditioning—or getting hired to sing and then getting stiffed—we spent a lot of time in Sausalito, where the real people were. The following is an excerpt from the memoir I'm working on. For what it's worth:—
One evening, a fellow named Coz tracked us down and told us, "You've gotta come down to the Anchor Steam Beer place and hear this guy! I can't figure out what he is. He's not exactly a comedian, and he's not exactly a preacher—but he's both! Come on. You've gotta hear him!"
Respectfully submitted, Don Firth |
11 Jul 02 - 06:51 PM (#746822) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: Joe Offer I'm not sure anybody will top Don's story, but it's a kick to take a look at www.lordbuckley.com. Are there recordings on Lord Buckley on the Web? The Lordbuckley Website has transcripts of many of his routines (see "wordland"), but I didn't find recordings. Misophist, I hopy you don't mind that I added to your thread title. I passed it by at first because I thought it was a request for Kris Kristofferson lyrics. -Joe Offer- |
11 Jul 02 - 07:31 PM (#746837) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: harvey andrews Mephisto. are you saying there's a biog of Buckley? If so where, how much and title please. |
11 Jul 02 - 09:22 PM (#746884) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: mack/misophist It is DIG INFINITY by Oliver Trager at Black Market Books. But soft! Do I hear aright? Dost thou cavil at the price my Prince? This damned thing comes with a CD. What more can you ask for under a hundred dollars. Get it. Do it now, my Prince. |
11 Jul 02 - 11:05 PM (#746917) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: Deckman THOSE WERE THE DAYS , MY FRIENDS I THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER END I THOUGHT THEY'D LAST FOREVER AND A DAY And they certainly have lived forever and a day! Those were grand days and even today, I think of them often. I still feel the excitment, just remebering Lord Buckley appearing on stage. And his APPERANCE was like an olde time magican's apperance ... smoke ... beautiful ladies ... flashy costumes ... glitz ... and above all, excitment as to what was going to happen! The most mesmorizing thing to me was to watch his abilty to controll a tavern crowd. By this time in my life, I'd been on stage a bit, and I knew some of the ends and outs of performing. He was on stage in front of a very large crowd, at the ANCHOR STEAM HOUSE, in Sausilito, California. And the crowd was mostly rowdy, drinking a bunch, and ready for whatever. I watched him come on stage, with his ladies, and by SILENCE ... bring the crowd to silence. Within moments, you could have heard a pin drop. And I was on the floor within a crowd of probably 200 people. In absolute silence, his cape was removed. by his ladies in waiting, he adjusted his mike, and began to speak ...! THOSE WERE THE DAYS, MY FRIENDS CHEERS, bob |
12 Jul 02 - 01:44 PM (#747256) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: EBarnacle1 For those with the desire, there was an excerpt on NPR's Morning Edition the other day. It's new enough that it should still be on archive. |
12 Jul 02 - 03:40 PM (#747327) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: Deckman Can you tell me how to find that excerpt? Thanx, Bob |
12 Jul 02 - 03:50 PM (#747342) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: harvey andrews My son's already ordered the book for me! On Amazon the reviews are mixed, it seems to be a bit of a paste job, but as it's the only book to learn from about the great man it's a must have. Sorry I got your name wrong Misophist...good answer though! |
12 Jul 02 - 04:01 PM (#747350) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: EBarnacle1 Go to NPR.org and follow the menu. The date is within the past week. |
13 Jul 02 - 12:48 PM (#747695) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: Mark Clark Miso, thanks for the tip. I'll definately go find a copy. I never got to see His Hipness live but an LP of his work is still among my most treasured albums. I'm not sure I think it's right to put him on a CD though. - Mark |
13 Jul 02 - 02:08 PM (#747711) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: Art Thieme Saw Lord Buckley at the old Gate Of Horn folkie club in Chicago. In the audience that night were Bob Gibson, Shel Silverstein, Lenny Bruce and Second City's Del Close. Nelson Algren wandered in too. He bought me the first beer I ever drank in a bar but not that night.-----But that's another story. Art Thieme |
13 Jul 02 - 02:21 PM (#747716) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: Deckman Art ... What year was that? That must have been SOME COMPANY with which to watch LORD BUCKLEY! CHEERS, Bob |
13 Jul 02 - 03:20 PM (#747729) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: Don Firth Yeah, I'd be curious about the date, too. According to information I gleaned on His Lordship, he had performed at the Gate of Horn just before going to New York for the fateful gig in October 1960. Don Firth |
13 Jul 02 - 07:11 PM (#747792) Subject: RE: WHY ME, OH LORD? (Lord Buckley) From: Art Thieme It was '59 I think------a few months after I graduated highschool in June of that year----although I'd seen Lord Buckley in late '58 too and I could be confusing those two shows. I was not old enough to drink but they'd put us in a sort of grandstand / peanut gallery on the far wall over to the right by the backstage curtain. We'd order cokes and listen, knowing somehow it was the right place and moment to be young and receptive in that city. A friend back then used to have to walk Lenny up and down Rush Street after he had taken too much of whatever. She probably kept him alive a few extra years. The original Mayor Daley (Richard J.) kept busting him at the Gate Of Horn for what was called "on-stage obscenity". The sister of the gal who walked with Lenny was a waitress at the club----a beautiful girl who was also underaged and ie. too young to work there legally where alcohol was served. That was a way they got/harrassed Lenny Bruce too. I think eventually it all got to be too much for him. And now I hear more explicit stuff than Lenny was saying then every time I turn on the radio or in current nightly news broadcasts. It's fun (and sad too) to remember those days. Art Thieme |