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15 Jan 07 - 11:45 PM (#1937904) Subject: BS: Hello From: ActressWendy 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 |
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16 Jan 07 - 12:00 AM (#1937910) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: JennyO 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 |
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16 Jan 07 - 12:33 AM (#1937920) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Amergin 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? |
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16 Jan 07 - 12:41 AM (#1937923) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Amos 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 |
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16 Jan 07 - 01:39 AM (#1937935) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Slag Welcome! I'd be interested in your G'father's connection to the Carter family! I'll be looking forward to your input! |
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16 Jan 07 - 02:22 AM (#1937947) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Deckman You are obviously way too YOUNG! Wait another fifty years and then you might fit in better! (welcome)Bob(deckman)Nelson |
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16 Jan 07 - 02:27 AM (#1937950) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: KT Welcome, Wendy. It's a great place! |
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16 Jan 07 - 02:50 AM (#1937952) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: katlaughing 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 |
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16 Jan 07 - 03:22 AM (#1937963) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: fat B****rd Well I like it here and I hope you do too. Charlie |
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16 Jan 07 - 05:06 AM (#1938008) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Hawker 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 |
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16 Jan 07 - 05:41 AM (#1938023) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Paul from Hull Welcome, from another one the other side of the pond. |
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16 Jan 07 - 06:05 AM (#1938028) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: GUEST,Cats 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 |
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16 Jan 07 - 06:57 AM (#1938059) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Leadfingers 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 ! |
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16 Jan 07 - 07:37 AM (#1938079) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull hello. |
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16 Jan 07 - 07:38 AM (#1938080) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: kendall Welcome aboard. Stow your gear and relax.Oh, and don't feed the Trolls, especially after mid night. |
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16 Jan 07 - 07:39 AM (#1938081) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: John MacKenzie You related to Wendy Saints? G. |
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16 Jan 07 - 08:07 AM (#1938102) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: jacqui.c Wwlcome Wendy. I hope that you get as much fun from this site as I have. It's a great resource as well. |
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16 Jan 07 - 08:18 AM (#1938117) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Donuel 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. |
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16 Jan 07 - 09:03 AM (#1938161) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: aussiebloke G'day Wendy Welcome to Mudcat... Please don't feed the trolls, especially the really obvious ones. Cheers all aussiebloke |
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16 Jan 07 - 01:16 PM (#1938447) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Bee Wecome. This is a great place, and credentials are interesting but, as I can attest, not at all required. ;-) |
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16 Jan 07 - 01:18 PM (#1938448) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Bee That would be 'welcome'.... typing around a cat (fur-bearing type), sorry. |
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16 Jan 07 - 02:16 PM (#1938508) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: wysiwyg 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 |
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16 Jan 07 - 04:12 PM (#1938655) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Gizmo "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 |
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16 Jan 07 - 06:00 PM (#1938808) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: skipy 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 |
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16 Jan 07 - 09:27 PM (#1938991) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: GUEST,Art Thieme 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.) |
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16 Jan 07 - 11:49 PM (#1939067) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: Stilly River Sage 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) |
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17 Jan 07 - 12:29 AM (#1939085) Subject: RE: BS: Hello From: GUEST,Art Thieme 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 |
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17 Jan 07 - 06:21 AM (#1939222) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Zany Mouse 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 |
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17 Jan 07 - 10:28 AM (#1939449) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: wysiwyg Art would have been the man with the saw. ~S~ |
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17 Jan 07 - 10:43 AM (#1939460) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Amos Wal, mebbe Wendy reckoned it woudl take weeks for anyone to answer up? A |
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17 Jan 07 - 12:12 PM (#1939548) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: autolycus 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 |
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17 Jan 07 - 12:29 PM (#1939562) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Rasener 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. |
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17 Jan 07 - 12:48 PM (#1939587) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Rapparee 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. |
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17 Jan 07 - 01:10 PM (#1939605) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: ClaireBear 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 |
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17 Jan 07 - 02:03 PM (#1939661) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: greg stephens 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. |
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17 Jan 07 - 02:25 PM (#1939689) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: gnu 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! |
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17 Jan 07 - 02:46 PM (#1939714) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Amos 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 |
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17 Jan 07 - 03:14 PM (#1939752) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Cool Beans 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. |
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17 Jan 07 - 04:58 PM (#1939842) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Herga Kitty 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. |
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17 Jan 07 - 05:19 PM (#1939857) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Rapparee 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? |
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17 Jan 07 - 06:48 PM (#1939942) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: SharonA 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 |
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17 Jan 07 - 07:40 PM (#1939999) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Bobert 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 |
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17 Jan 07 - 07:52 PM (#1940005) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: number 6 Welcome Wendy. I do think Wendy has been frightened off. biLL |
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17 Jan 07 - 07:56 PM (#1940007) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: bobad Anyone who has seen "Deliverance" would be frightened off by Bobert. |
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17 Jan 07 - 08:48 PM (#1940030) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Bobert Get her done, bobadster... |
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17 Jan 07 - 09:11 PM (#1940046) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: bobad I'm a squealin' Bobber. |
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17 Jan 07 - 09:13 PM (#1940047) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Bee-dubya-ell 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! |
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17 Jan 07 - 09:13 PM (#1940048) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Peace He's almost a maountain man. Don't say 'squeal', bobad. It gets him excited. |
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17 Jan 07 - 09:14 PM (#1940049) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Peace Poor girl ain't comin' back. |
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17 Jan 07 - 09:36 PM (#1940068) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: bobad Ah Wendy, don't be put off, we're all (except maybe Bobert) just funnin' - stick around you'll have a good time. |
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17 Jan 07 - 10:03 PM (#1940081) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Bee-dubya-ell Nah, she can't run off yet. Her introduction to the idiot contingent isn't complete. Neither Spaw nor khandu have been heard from! |
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17 Jan 07 - 10:04 PM (#1940083) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Peace Is contingent a good thing? |
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17 Jan 07 - 10:19 PM (#1940093) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: robomatic Wendy: You caught my eye when you mentioned Severn Darden, one of those humorists who made all those who came in contact with him remember him, but is alas not as widely disseminated as he deserves, his kind of humor was charming, accessible, cogent, and surreal. I have his philosophy lecture down almost by heart. Never heard of resistentialism, though! Robo |
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17 Jan 07 - 11:29 PM (#1940143) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Stilly River Sage I thought he was very funny in The President's Analyst. I almost mentioned it above but thought it was off track. But since Wendy hasn't returned, I guess we can talk amongst ourselves. . . |
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18 Jan 07 - 12:45 AM (#1940175) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,Art Thieme Chicago---the Wendy city. She blew away. |
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18 Jan 07 - 06:01 AM (#1940295) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Ron Davies Welcome Wendy! One thing this place is not is dull. You may however find it's dangerous to other aspects of your life---- it's ferociously addictive. |
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18 Jan 07 - 08:08 AM (#1940398) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: JennyO Not to Wendy, apparently. More than two days and this is her only post to Mudcat. Hey, maybe she has a life eh? That would be different. |
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18 Jan 07 - 08:21 AM (#1940409) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: John Hardly maybe she didn't suspect that there'd be the likes of an Art Theime here who might sus out her "creds". |
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18 Jan 07 - 08:42 AM (#1940425) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: John MacKenzie Looking at the title of this thread when I suddenly realised something; we don't have actresses in the UK any more. Both sexes are now referred to as actors in what I assume is another stupid PC idea! Giok |
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18 Jan 07 - 09:10 AM (#1940446) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Rapparee Well, why not? Shakespeare called 'em "actors." I don't think the word "actress" is mentioned anywhere in his poems or plays. |
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18 Jan 07 - 09:15 AM (#1940452) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Peace They are thespians. Nice inclusive word with a noble Greek background. |
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18 Jan 07 - 09:23 AM (#1940467) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: ClaireBear Bit of a shame really, not having any more actresses. Gender is, after all, such a noble thing, I myself am an editrix. Claire |
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18 Jan 07 - 10:03 AM (#1940510) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: John MacKenzie Well Rapaire, that may have been because women didn't act on stage in the Elizabethan era, and all female parts were taken by 'boys' G. |
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18 Jan 07 - 10:06 AM (#1940514) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Bee-dubya-ell Yes, "actor" still has a definite male connotation for me. But "actress" does seem a bit sexist and dated. When I think "actress" it's Barbara Billingsley (June Cleaver) who pops into mind, not Hillary Swank. Perhaps it's the "o" in "actor" that implies the masculine. Maybe we should drop both terms and call them all "acters". |
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18 Jan 07 - 10:14 AM (#1940525) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Peace And if they played cleaning people they would be are you ready for this? char acters |
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18 Jan 07 - 10:24 AM (#1940533) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Alec In traditional pantomime the principal boy is female & the Dame is male. Thread drift aside Hello & welcome Wendy. |
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18 Jan 07 - 10:27 AM (#1940540) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Amos But suppose they played Communist censors? Redacters, in other words. A |
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18 Jan 07 - 10:40 AM (#1940554) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: John Hardly what about chirops? |
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18 Jan 07 - 11:28 AM (#1940590) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Amos Texan Fission physicists? (Newkularly acters). |
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18 Jan 07 - 12:44 PM (#1940677) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Bee-dubya-ell That's several energetic swats with an inflated virtual pig's bladder for Amos! |
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18 Jan 07 - 10:01 PM (#1941219) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,Art Thieme Wendy must be on the road in winter-stock. Was looking to a nice reminiscence. Still might happen. Art |
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19 Jan 07 - 10:02 AM (#1941542) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Alice Welcome to the madhouse, Wendy. I'm sure you will enjoy it. Alice in Montana |
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19 Jan 07 - 10:22 AM (#1941557) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Rapparee It's a long and Wendy road It's a hot and heavy load.... |
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19 Jan 07 - 12:47 PM (#1941706) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Jerry Rasmussen Hi, Wendy: Welcome to the Cat. I grew up in southern Wisconsin and came to the Village in 1960. Lived in the area four years, overlapping in time if not space with Peace. I have a grand daugther who is an acress in New York City, any my Sister-in-law's nephew is, too. They both were here for Christmas, and are a pleausre. My wife and I live up here in Connecticut, next door to New Haven. Jerry |
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19 Jan 07 - 06:21 PM (#1942011) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: John J I hope you lot haven't scared the poor girl off!! Welcome aboard Wendy, this is a truly wonderful community. John |
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20 Jan 07 - 12:43 AM (#1942219) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Stilly River Sage How could she be scared off? She hasn't been back to be scared off! And this has been a mighty civil greeting, all things considered! SRS |
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20 Jan 07 - 11:26 AM (#1942509) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Rusty Dobro Are you perchance the famous Wendy Redredrobincomesbobbobbobinalong? if so, that could be why you don't sign too many autographs..... |
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20 Jan 07 - 02:13 PM (#1942636) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: katlaughing Maybe she's taking the piss. |
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20 Jan 07 - 05:29 PM (#1942793) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,Frank Hamilton Hi Wendy, " My credentials are growing up in Chicago, in Hyde Park - born in 1945." I lived in Hyde Park (1364 Madison Park) in the 1950's. Also on Cornell Street. "Mike Bloomfield" Had a folk trio there in the "Folk Scare" era at the Fickle Pickle...owned by Mike. Dick Gregory used to come down for impromptu sets. "Was in attendance at the first U of C Folk Festival," I remember when Mike Fleischer first promoted them. I was on one of them. " Severn Darden presented his Theory of Resistentialism. " Severn was known for conducting a "black mass" in Rockerfeller Chapel at the U. of C. He paraded around in a costume reminiscent of "The Phantom of the Opera" long before Lloyd-Weber scared it up. Severn went to a cocktail party at some place like the Empire Room, removed his tux coat and displayed a t-shirt with a tux tie painted on it. Severn was not easilly up-staged (with an exception at a party I once gave with the Clancy Brothers in attendance). "Inman and Ira (both drinking buddies)? " Local impresario Frank Fried and I did a demo with Inman and Ira attempting to interest a recording company in them. A short, stout, cigar smoking A and R man attended the session and insisted that they could not do an acapella chain gang song (which they did admirably) because "the kids wouldn't like it. They wanted saxes." I was so disgusted I walked out of the session. I really felt bad for Inman and Ira. " and my grandfather is mentioned on liner notes of Carter Family recordings because he was instrumental in bring them to prominence." Was he an associate of Ralph Peer? "Are my credentials okay?" Fortunately, Mudcat doesn't care if you're up for part. Anyone can participate and generally does. "I'm now an actress in NY - living, of course, in the Village. " I remember when I was living with a friend on MacDougal Street, you could walk the streets at midnight and it was the same as walking during the day. Totally safe. I hung out at Izzy Young's Folklore Center during the day and was regular at Washington Square. The Village was great during the Fifties but probably reached it's zenith in the Twenties and Thirties. Do you train at Neighborhood Playhouse with Meisner or Strassburg's studio? Cassavetes used to have an improv class in the Village. Al Arkin made a break from the folk scene there. Knew him in LA. Frank |
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22 Jan 07 - 06:44 PM (#1944865) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: bobad Refresh for Art. |
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22 Jan 07 - 09:27 PM (#1945007) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,ira rogers aka inman and ira have no clue how i came to this sight but wendy know that i majored in theatre and received awards for portrayel of iago. it was theatre that brought i and i together u must have caught me in a transitional period . have written 3 major pieces for theatre was artist in resident at city colleges awarded 20,000 to produce "to reach a circle". done over 14 movies featured in 3 .still playin acoustic have act ira andhis folk jazz fusion . yea inman n ira performed first folk festival uoc still live in hyde park jimmy's gone woodlawn tap still there roy died 3 yrs ago u must member monmarte willie wright etc. it was a special time good show with your career |
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22 Jan 07 - 10:35 PM (#1945070) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,heric Right on, man. |
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22 Jan 07 - 11:20 PM (#1945091) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Stilly River Sage Maybe Actress Wendy was another of Little Hawk's creations? Let's say he goes to the dentist, and there's an old copy of The New Yorker sitting on the end table in the waiting room. He picks it up and thrumbs through "Goings On About Town" and they still don't call him, so he skims "The Talk of the Town." By now he's entranced by those little pen-and-ink cartouches between items. A thought occurs. . . I'll yank their chains at Mudcat with a composite character out of The New Yorker! |
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23 Jan 07 - 02:08 AM (#1945142) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,Art Thieme Ira, Thanks for the update. So sorry to hear about Roy. I was the asst. mgr. of the Old Town Folklore Center on North Ave. at Sedgwick--1965, '66 & '67. Banjo man John Carbo was the manager then. He wound up being the film editor on THE BLUES BROTHERS film. ----------I mainly recall you and Roy doing "Bid 'em In" and "The Rollin' Mill Done Burnt Down". Nice memories. All the best to you, Art Thieme |
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24 Jan 07 - 03:42 PM (#1946939) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,ira rogers yo art of course i remember u. was at beginning of old town school w/ dawn greening ray tate managed later became ini accompaniest. saw f hamiltons memo on i n . that guy with cigar was ernie altschiller yo frank glad to know youre still around ernie became our a and r man for our columbia albums and at same time was trying to find a hit song for another columbia artist whose career was in the tank he was a and r for this guy too his name tony bennett the hit that revived him i left my heart in san fran .yea was there at village gate .used to go ti basement club think it was staircase cheer up a comedian who had no audience bill cosby. frank was a legend in folk at the time yea a special time with the clancy brothers josh whie bobby gibson bobby camp who became hamilton shell silverstein was onthe scene at gate of horn. was there when lenny bruce was saved from cops when we got tipped they were coming and they dumped his junk needles and all in toilet just in time was at earl of old town ,featured there when along came steve goodman, bonnie kolac but of allfred neal and the dolphins got me. he was special. could go on and on got lots o stories by the way have musical dealin with substance abus e tryin to get iy on boards .its a great piece anyone interested can e mail or send hard copy w/ music e mail shivaya@sbcglobal.net had no idea i would ramble on |
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24 Jan 07 - 07:01 PM (#1947142) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: John Routledge Didn't know you were so prophetic JohnJ :0) |
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24 Jan 07 - 08:06 PM (#1947201) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: SINSULL Very strange. Wendy started this thread and hasn't been back since. Will ye no come back again? Will ye no come back again? Better lo'ed you ne'er can be Will ye no come back again? |
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24 Jan 07 - 11:33 PM (#1947287) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,Art Thieme Ira, I'm sure you remember Guy Guilbert. He's out in Van Nuys, CA now. He and Elaine (Spanky)McFarland and Ginny Clemmens were called the Old Town Trio in '59 and '60. ------ A ton o' water through the lock gates since them good times. Best regards, Art |
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25 Jan 07 - 01:10 AM (#1947317) Subject: RE: Inman and Ira From: GUEST,Long ago fan Inman and Ira performed at MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1962 or 63. I was a student there then. I still have the record (33 1/3 LP) I bought at that concert. Loved the concert, loved the music. Thanks for the memories. |
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25 Jan 07 - 05:53 AM (#1947409) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: David C. Carter This is getting to be like Samuel Beckett's-Waiting for Godot. Everyone gets to show, except Godot! |
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25 Jan 07 - 08:25 AM (#1947507) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: John J Prophetic? Me? I can't even spell the word! JJ |
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25 Jan 07 - 10:34 AM (#1947613) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Stilly River Sage spelling would seem to be an overrated aspect of this thread--but the reading is fantastic! |
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25 Jan 07 - 11:15 AM (#1947660) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: number 6 Will this thread ever reach 50000 posts? biLL |
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25 Jan 07 - 11:20 AM (#1947667) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: KB in Iowa Maybe when it does Actress Wendy will return. |
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25 Jan 07 - 11:30 AM (#1947680) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: David C. Carter Maybe she took a sabbatical. Exit stage left. |
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25 Jan 07 - 11:44 AM (#1947690) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Scrump Hello to you too Actress. |
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25 Jan 07 - 04:27 PM (#1947973) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Charley Noble I'm now beginning to wonder just how many regular posters are real, or are composites designed by some Mudcat fiend. And I'm not feeling very well myself... Charley Noble |
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25 Jan 07 - 05:25 PM (#1948010) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST yo art yeah guy n i keep in touch he was our accompaniest for 3 years he took elaine with on our 60's college tours last time we talked he informed bout hamilton camps passing little bobby was great people jim mcguinn was chad mitchell's guitarist before steppin out on his own elaine went on to become spanky johnny brown still performing in fla.guy is on all of our albums worked with me on musical "HIGHER THAN YHE RAINBOW" wow u 've got quite an archive of the past with great respect ira |
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25 Jan 07 - 05:54 PM (#1948036) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,me My theory is someone wanted the old timers to start a discussion of this time and place in folk music. So keep it up. It is very interesting. |
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25 Jan 07 - 06:10 PM (#1948049) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Bee-dubya-ell I also suspect Wendy is a sockpuppet, but the thread's great. Thanks for starting it, Wendy, whoever you are. |
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25 Jan 07 - 06:17 PM (#1948053) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Gizmo Darn it - just missed the 100! |
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25 Jan 07 - 10:29 PM (#1948237) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Lonesome EJ Who's peekin out from under the staircase callin the name that's lighter than air? Who's reachin out to capture a sunbeam? everyone knows it's ....... |
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26 Jan 07 - 12:19 AM (#1948288) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: catspaw49 Junie May Farkbright? Spaw |
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26 Jan 07 - 12:20 AM (#1948291) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Sorcha I KNOW! It was Wendy from Peter Pan and she ran off with Peter and Tinkerbell!!! |
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26 Jan 07 - 06:11 AM (#1948459) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,Neovo 347 verses to Barbara Allen?! |
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26 Jan 07 - 11:32 AM (#1948729) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Cool Beans Maybe she's on her way to California as the famous... Wendy SwallowscomebacktoCapistrano |
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26 Jan 07 - 11:35 AM (#1948733) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: bobad Or Wendy Swallows. |
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26 Jan 07 - 11:58 AM (#1948759) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: bubblyrat The name WENDY is a made-up one---Before "Peter Pan " the name didn"t exist. It doesn"t seem like many Wendys exist AFTER Peter Pan, either !! |
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26 Jan 07 - 06:15 PM (#1949139) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Lonesome EJ personally, I think Wendy got a hint of what this place is truly all about and skedaddled. The Wendy Swallows comment was uncalled for, bobad. I don't think she's that kind of actress. Yes, Spaw, Junie May Farkbrighte, with an e on the end. |
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27 Jan 07 - 05:00 PM (#1949939) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,Art Thieme Ira and all, More Chicago names from that old paradigm: Martin Yarborough, Joel Corey (Cohen), George McKelvey, Penny McKelvey, Norman Mark, Albert Grossman & Allen Ribback at the Gate Of Horn, John Brown, Silver Sid, Joe Klee, Adam & Paula Cochran, John Carbo, John Scofield, Gay Kyle, Judy Bright, Lisa Kindred... Art |
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27 Jan 07 - 08:15 PM (#1950055) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: dianavan Wow, Wendy, such a warm welcome. Where have you gone? Be careful, Mudcat is addictive. |
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27 Jan 07 - 10:08 PM (#1950092) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Rapparee What you tryin' ta do, Art? Make me nostalgic? |
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28 Jan 07 - 12:33 PM (#1950458) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,Art Thieme Actually, all the people and places Wendy talked about in her first and only post were people I'd reminisced about at length in several much earlier threads. Mark Dorinson---old wobbly hobo Paul Durst---the Fret Shop--where I met and tape recorded Paul in December of 1961---etc.. Either Wendy was trolling for some reason known only to her, or she really was exactly what she said she was---and then went away & couldn't find Mudcat again. Sooo many questions---all from one post... Art |
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28 Jan 07 - 12:48 PM (#1950475) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Amos Doesn't matter which, Art, as it got you rolling which is worth a troll all by itself! A |
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28 Jan 07 - 10:20 PM (#1950896) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,ira aka inman and ira yo art george and penny got beginnings at cellar boheme in hyde park where martin yarbourough n lots of us got start it was don luchino who had his flamenco dancers actors, poets like kent foreman it was THE happening in hyde park. i got paid 5 dollars anite to do shakespere . did u know george and joel corey hooked up and formed asuccessful comedy team. penny went on and became a major activist for all native americanns,though she had white pale skin her great grandfather was geronimo. joel was head of hootenanny at old gate of horn when we met he later was big time doing nat'l t v voiceovers he created the pillsbury doughboy. i too became major voice over while doing acting scene for 20 yrs. i was at goodman theatre with chris walken in "THE NIGHY THOREAU SPENT IN JAIL" billy friedkin of the exorcist n french connection was close to inman and ira . he wrote linear notes for first columbia album the clancy's fired their manager marty . the following year,inman and ira did today show it was barbara walters third week. she was nervous cause the producer had consented to us doing the "KLAN" we made history and became well known overnite. footnote . nbc fired the producer allan arkin's father wrote the klan. anyway whike crossing times square , we ran ito marty asked how he was doin since clancy's fired him. he said it had been rough bit he had hope with a new talent he had exclusive n thought she could really make it . we asked her name BARBARA STREISSAND we wished him luck he was really a nice guy. got lots o stories art with great respect ira |
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29 Jan 07 - 12:38 AM (#1950954) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: GUEST,Art Thieme Ira, These flashes from the past are quite intriguing--to say the least---like fireworks that flashingly explode, draw the eye, and wink out. The first paying gig I ever had was in Hyde Park--at a storefront coffeehouse on 57th Street called the Limelight. It was operated by Norman Tong---who inexplicably got rather upset when I once told someone what his last name was --for some reason. The deal was that I was to be paid twenty-five per cent of the door. ONE PERSON came in and plunked down her dollar cover---so, at the end of the evenings festivities, I went home with twenty-five cents. It cost me more than that on the Illinois Central R.R. to get back to the loop and then on to the North Side of town. Across the street from the Limelight Coffeehouse was the Fret Shop music store--where Paul Durst camped out in their back room. He was 93 then. Born in 1868. He'd been a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Knew Joe Hill--and they had shipped out together on a tramp steamer to Hawaii. He told me he'd been asleep under the boardwalk when the bomb went off at the Haymarket Riot in Chicago. Also said he'd been part of the strike in Ludlow, Colorado when the Ludlow Massacre went down. Those storefronts on the North and South sides of 57th St.---between the I.C. tracks and Stoney Island Avenue, were left over concession shops from the Columbian Exposition of 1893. After the Exposition ended, those cold water shops with dirt floors became known as the 57th Street ARTIST COLONY. Vachel Lindsay, Carl Sandberg, Floyd Dell, Maxwell Boddenheim, and many others got affordable cheap lodging there. In 1963 the first Mayor Daley decided to tear 'em down. We had a festival in the middle of the street with music and speeches trying to save those little places---. Willy Wright and Jim Norris and Ella Jenkins ane me and Little Brother Montgomery and Dodi Kallick and Spanky McFarland and others did what we could--but to no avail. And, I guess, I'm here, like Ishmael, to tell thee! It's fun to remember... Art Thieme |
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29 Jan 07 - 01:12 AM (#1950963) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: katlaughing ira & inman and Art, PLEASE don't stop! This is the Best Mudcat has seen in ages. Wonderful, wonderful stuff. Thank you!! |
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29 Jan 07 - 01:14 AM (#1950966) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Stilly River Sage Note to self: print this thread and tuck it in with mudcat tapes. What a gem! |
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29 Jan 07 - 01:29 AM (#1950969) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Stilly River Sage P.S. I've posted a request on the help page that this be moved above the line and the "BS" be removed. |
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29 Jan 07 - 07:41 PM (#1951827) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy From: Stephen L. Rich Howdy! Welcome! Stephen Lee |
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29 Jan 07 - 10:23 PM (#1951926) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy-memories From: Alba While I am glad that Actress Wendy joined I have to say, no offense intended, I haven't thought about Wendy in a while..:) Art and Ira I am so enjoying your posts to this Thread. Thanks to you both for sharing these wonderfilled memories. Warmest Wishes, Jude |
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03 Feb 07 - 07:02 PM (#1956942) Subject: RE: BS: Hello - from new member Actress Wendy-memories From: GUEST,ira rogers aka inman and ira yo art willie wright was special with a special voice . so sad how he passed ,agallon of paint fell on his foot causing gangrene , it killed him at age 26 of course every knows ella jenkins talked to her a few months ago . she's still doin it. few know that she was an original advocate for civil rights. she gave inman and ira a classic song "LONG TIME" I BEEN PICKIN YOUR COTTEN FOR A LONG TIME BUT WHEN FREEDOM COMES I'M GONNA BE FREE FOR A LONG LONG TIME". pete seeger had just signed 60,000 dollar contract with columbia records. lots of people put him down but he seemed to have maintain ed his integrity except ,it is a fact that he and the brothers four with others snubbed inman and ira when we sang "LONG TIME" at the columbia convention 1961 in the southern city of miami.you could hear a pin drop as we defied convention and let everybody know where we were comin from. thats when i realized how phony all of the so called folkies were . josh white and odetta warned us but i was naive. i thought this country was on yhe verge of waking up to racism 40 yrs later nothings really changed terry collier had to go to europe to get the recognition he deserves. by the way wendy were you referring to terry collier or terry rebenaur. that was a time when lou gosset came through chicago as an actor in Genet's,"THE BLACKS" few know that he was an accomplished guitarist and folk singer. we got to be pretty tight helped him get gigs . cicely tyson and the others went back to n .y.few know he wrot a folk classic made popular by ritchie havens oh by the way the columbia convention launched tony bennett back into the spotlight with "I LEFT MY HEART etc etc. sorry didnt mean to ramble on with respect ira |