Yes Terri.
Colette
http://miceandchips.com/bluemood

Emerging out of deep lurk with a small problem:  I have two tickets for Shelby
Lynne at Zankel Hall for Saturday Dec 12.   I can't use them because I will
actually be on a plane to England at showtime!  which, btw, is 10pm.    They are
$40 each, great seats, fourth row.   Would anybody like to purchase them?

thanks
Jennie (soon on the way to Britain)

I heard the Pat Guadagno song-- Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues
Again.  I had the show on tape and that song was so rockin' that I rewound and
played it again.  I even wrote down Pat's website that Vin announced so I could
check out the rest of the album.

Marsha

--- In iddiots@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Dubrow <traderdube@...> wrote:
>
> Well Alright!
> I don't have the inclination and it's certainly not worth the time and effort,
but I have been crowing about Pat Guadagno on the IDD since I have been on it,
goes back a few years, huh?
> Anyway, I understand that Vin played Pat's new CD "That's a Bob Dylan Song" on
his sirius show. Did I post about this already? Senility starting to sink in....
> I checked the site to see if there was a copy of the weds show I understand
Vin played it on, but only the FUV shows are there, does anyone archive the sat
shows?
> Would so love to hear Pat on a Vin show after all these years. I know Vin
would be thrilled to meet and interview Pat on his show....Pat is the epitome of
the professional
> musician.....if your interested, http://www.magombo.com/
> Dube, I think(:???:)
>

Wasn't there a recent emusic discussion here, that emusic just brought on a very
iddiot friendly label?
I actually went to the yahoo iddiots page and searched but nothing came up.
I have 16 credits on emusic and have no idea what to download, what label was
that?

I was stunned to read that Jody Denberg has resigned from KGSR effective
this Saturday. I have enjoyed Jody's Sunday Night News and more recently
"Sunday Morning" forever and have found a lot of new music courtesy of
Jody.

The de-evolution of AAA radio continues....

-Austin Bob

http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/2009/12/1201denberg.html

So I'm walking southbound at about 10:30 this morning and when I get to 59th
& 5th, it's gridlock when I hafta cross.  There's a northbound pedestrian
trying to squeeze by me and I look up and it's Eliot Spitzer, looking
extremely dapper. I nod and say, "Governor."  He says, "Good morning."

That really made my day (so far).  Too bad he turned out to have
problems--not just the sexual thing, but in his own
self-righteousness--cause I kinda wish he were still the governor.

Well Alright!
I don't have the inclination and it's certainly not worth the time and effort,
but I have been crowing about Pat Guadagno on the IDD since I have been on it,
goes back a few years, huh?
Anyway, I understand that Vin played Pat's new CD "That's a Bob Dylan Song" on
his sirius show. Did I post about this already? Senility starting to sink in....
I checked the site to see if there was a copy of the weds show I understand Vin
played it on, but only the FUV shows are there, does anyone archive the sat
shows?
Would so love to hear Pat on a Vin show after all these years. I know Vin would
be thrilled to meet and interview Pat on his show....Pat is the epitome of the
professional
musician.....if your interested, http://www.magombo.com/
Dube, I think(:???:)

May I post this on the Townes list? See if there is a back story, too.

Sarah


On 11/30/09 5:12 PM gbrook10 wrote:

> So today I'm listening to Townes Van Zandt all day. Recently I heard Lyle
> Lovett sing Loretta, and when I get to a Townes version I decide to listen to
> all the Townes versions. So I get to the version that's the original, on his
> album Flying Shoes. And I'm wondering who's the female vocalist doing
> backup... is it Emmylou Harris? So I look it up on the internet and see it's
> someone named Toni Wine,

 

The once and future great Jay Rosen wrote:
> Far out,tasty dude

Which reminds me: Why is there an Idiot's Delight Digest, but no Pat Dawson
Digest?

The once and future great Jay Rosen wrote:
> Far out,tasty dude

Which reminds me:  Why is there an Idiot's Delight Digest, but no Pat Dawson
Digest?

 

There's a gourmet grocery in my building that plays rock music, which used
to be an AOL service and might still be. As a matter of fact, when I was
about to move here 13 years ago, the manager of the gourmet grocery in my
old neighborhood (one that played classical music), said to me that there
was a gourmet grocery in my future building that played rock music (as he
thought that that was weird).

So, for the last 13 years, they've always tried to be somewhat
intellectually hip in their choice of songs. Today, I was nonchalantly
singing along to the song, while shopping, knowing how famous it was, when
it dawned on me that it was "You Set The Scene" by Love. I found it so
incredible to be shopping in the year 2009 in a grocery that was playing
"You Set the Scene" (and not from a radio station) that I wrote this post.

Does anyone have a scan of the article about the Hobobash that appeared in the
Jersey Journal way back in March 1996?  If you do, I'd appreciate a copy.

Dp,

  - FiL

There's a gourmet grocery in my building that plays rock music, which used
to be an AOL service and might still be.  As a matter of fact, when I was
about to move here 13 years ago, the manager of the gourmet grocery in my
old neighborhood (one that played classical music), said to me that there
was a gourmet grocery in my future building that played rock music (as he
thought that that was weird).

So, for the last 13 years, they've always tried to be somewhat
intellectually hip in their choice of songs.  Today, I was nonchalantly
singing along to the song, while shopping, knowing how famous it was, when
it dawned on me that it was "You Set The Scene" by Love.  I found it so
incredible to be shopping in the year 2009 in a grocery that was playing
"You Set the Scene" (and not from a radio station) that I wrote this post.

So today I'm listening to Townes Van Zandt all day. Recently I heard Lyle Lovett
sing Loretta, and when I get to a Townes version I decide to listen to all the
Townes versions. So I get to the version that's the original, on his album
Flying Shoes. And I'm wondering who's the female vocalist doing backup... is it
Emmylou Harris? So I look it up on the internet and see it's someone named Toni
Wine, who I don't think I ever heard of before. And so I find out that she's
done lots of things (and still does) including singing for The Archies. That's
weird. Also Tony Orlando and Dawn, and wrote lots of syrupy hit singles. So how
did she get on Townes' album? I find a bio and there it is in the last paragraph
(below)... married in the early 1970's to Chips Moman, who plays guitar on the
album and lived in Nashville. So now I know...

Toni Wine
Profile:
American singer songwriter (born June 4, 1947, Washington Heights, New York, is
an American pop music songwriter, who wrote songs for such artists as The
Mindbenders ("A Groovy Kind of Love"), Tony Orlando and Dawn ("Candida"), Elvis
Presley, and Checkmates Ltd., in the late 1960s and 1970s. Wine also sang the
female vocals for the cartoon music group The Archies, most notably on their #1
hit song "Sugar, Sugar" (however, she did not sing the lead vocal in the song
"Jingle Jangle"; it was Ron Dante using a falsetto. In addition, Wine was a
backing vocalist on Gene Pitney's "It Hurts to Be In Love" and on Willie
Nelson's "Always on My Mind."

Wine was a child prodigy who studied piano at the Juilliard School of Music
before going to work at Screen Gems Publishing. There she initially collaborated
with songwriters including Gerry Goffin, Howard Greenfield and Steve Venet. The
first Wine composition that was recorded was The Cookies' "Only to Other
People," but she needed the following three year association with Carole Bayer
Sager to blossom. The earliest fruits of their partnership, "A Groovy Kind of
Love," topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965. By this time Wine was
also recording as a solo artist, releasing singles for Colpix Records to minimal
acclaim.

By 1969, Wine joined with Ron Dante, Ellie Greenwich and Andy Kim to record as
The Archies. The following year, according to some reports, Wine reunited with
fellow Brill Building alum Tony Orlando to lend vocals on her song "Candida,"
which was nevertheless accredited to Dawn. (Some accounts also place Wine at the
sessions for Orlando's follow-up, "Knock Three Times.")

After recording a handful of bubblegum flavoured tracks, in the early 1970s,
Wine married the record producer, Chips Moman, and relocated to Memphis,
Tennessee. There she released material for Atco Records and Monument Records in
addition to a continuing career as a writer and session vocalist.

In 2007, Wine toured and appeared in concert with Tony Orlando, as vocalist and
keyboardist.

Cool....

This store does let you stay all day Adam. The owners son told me that
when Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top comes in, he stays forever, plays
everything, talks to everybody, and even helps sell guitars. He walks
people to their cars with their new axes and everything. I'd like to be
a fly on the wall for one of those days.

There is a brand new song by Guy Clark called "The Guitar" off of Guy's
new record "Sometimes the song writes you" which goes the same place as
you describe, albeit somewhat fictitiously. Still it serves well to make
your point. I totally get what you say here and agree completely.

-Bob


Adam Bernstein wrote:
>
> Last time I went bass shopping, I spent all day in Rudy's. I told the
> guy to leave me be and just let me try everything, and he did.
>
> Spent about 4 hours.
>
> Went back the next day and got a great one after narrowing it down to 3.
>
> My philosophy? You gotta hang with a lot of axes and really play them,
> smell them, talk to them. See which one answers back.
>
> Most stores don't like when you do this. Too bad.
>
> Peace, AB
>
>

Last time I went bass shopping, I spent all day in Rudy's. I told the
guy to leave me be and just let me try everything, and he did.

Spent about 4 hours.

Went back the next day and got a great one after narrowing it down to 3.

My philosophy? You gotta hang with a lot of axes and really play them,
smell them, talk to them. See which one answers back.

Most stores don't like when you do this. Too bad.

Peace, AB

Bob,

Congrats to you and your son on his first guitar! I agree totally that a D-28 or
D-35 would not be good for a college environment. That said, we bought our son a
Martin D-1 (solid top and back, laminate sides) when he was 15. Martin recently
resurrected that line of guitars after retiring it for a while, and for the
price (still higher than your

Similar to your story, he started out on guitar by following along at a couple
of the IDD guitar pulls we used to have regularly, and regretfully have much
less frequently now. He started out on what was MY first guitar, an old Yamaha,
and within 2 months was playing rings around me.

Ken turned out to be quite a player - he went on to learn banjo and mandolin
(mandolin is now his instrument of choice, and he has several videos on
Youtube), plus he plays viola with the North Shore Symphony here on Long Island.
He got his BA in Music Theory from Binghamton - I hope he uses it some day.

Listening to your son excel at playing music is a unique joy, and a bond that
you and he will share forever!! Welcome to the club!

Scott

Thanks Scott, {and Sarah}

We spent about 2 hours yesterday with Ray and then son Shane Henning at
Heart of Texas Music here in Austin. The legend goes that Ray sold Steve
Ray "old #1" which Stevie went on to make history with. I could not
imagine going anywhere else, particularly since HOT music is only 15
mins from my house.

Ray is a dear soul... The years show on his 6 foot frame, but he still
has a wonderful twinkle of blue eyes and a friendly smile and oh can he
set up a guitar. We didn't pick up but 2 or 3 guitars before he engaged
us with "Well if you're serious, buy a Martin!" and proceeded to take
several out of their cases for us. (all of the Martins at his store are
in cases in the back)

Unfortunately for me the only Martins that I liked were the D28's and
D35's which are upwards of $3,000. I cannot spend that much on the boy
at this time. Plus he's in a house with college guys coming and going
and I don't trust a $3,000 guitar to that environment. But he does
deserve the quality cause he's really got some chops from working hard
at it.

We did pick up a Fender with Scalloped bracing which Ray pointed out
usually only the Martins have. Interestingly the boy found that guitar
fun to play and sounding as good as I did. Perhaps that has something to
do with genetics or some such I don't know.. What I do know is it was a
good feeling guitar: Satin finish, cutaway, had a built in Tuner and
Preamp and could be had for less then $300.

Turns out we are chasing a ghost... as it turns out I have a Yamaha
FG-340-II which has quite a reputation. I'm not sure the Fender will
play as good and sound as full bodied as my Yamaha, but perhaps it'll
stop the boy from stealing it!

Round one down, round two of shopping coming up....

-Bob B.



iddwiz wrote:
>
> Congrats on your guitar shopping. If you haven't gone yet, I offer the
> following:
>
> You MUST buy a solid topped guitar - most tops are spruce these days.
> A solid back and sides would be even better, but the top is most
> important. A solid top will age and sound better as the guitar is
> played. Be sure to talk to the salesman about proper humidification also.
>
> If possible, try to find the guitar's retail list price, and then take
> 40% off - that's the ideal. The dealer typically pays 50% of list from
> most manufacturers.
>
> Play EVERY guitar in the place!! Find the one that feels and sounds
> best to your son. If the price is too high, find one in your price
> range that has some of the same attributes as your ideal. Idally,
> you'll find two or three that become the favorites. Play them against
> each other, or better yet, have the salesman play and you just listen.
>
> Also, if you're narrowing down
> If the strings are aging or dead, ask the dealer to change them for
> you. All guitars will sound better with fresh strings.
>
> Listen to the guitars with your eyes closed - you'll be better able to
> define what makes one guitar special if your eyes aren't busy looking
> at all the eye candy around you.
>
> Try to stay with a name brand - Martin, Taylor, Gibson (if you're in
> their price range.) Blueridge also makes some very nice guitars, but
> are a cut below the above. A good dealer should have dozens of guitars
> in a given price range.
>
> Good luck!!!
>
>

> THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE

I wouldn't call a film in which Blake Lively is nude a chick flick.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Why did the chick cross the road?


Its mom was on the other side.

Yes, a great article with an especially poignant IDDiot-like ending, but... (and
possibly to prove I'm more boring and nerdy than the somewhat boring and nerdy
conservative) shouldn't a columnist - or at least the columnist's editor - know
the difference between, "Last week, my kids attende their first Springsteen
concert in Baltimore" and "Last week, in Baltimore, my kids attended their first
Springsteen concert"???

r-gordon-7

--- In iddiots@yahoogroups.com, Lew Goodman <lew.goodman@...> wrote:
>
> Dennis, although I virtually always disagree with David Brooks, both in the
> Times and on Jim Lehrer's Newshour, I don't dislike him.  I just find him to
> be a boring, yet dignified, and somewhat nerdy conservative.  However, the
> ending of his op-ed column about Bruce literally brought tears to my eyes
> (and I'm not a Springsteen fan).  It also surprised me that he even liked
> rock of any kind, yet alone with such fervor.
>
> But, most importantly, I'm glad that you liked it!
>

Ziracote ("Texas Rosewood), top, back and sides
http://www.pawless.com/bell.html

(The site seems to be down at the moment, take a look later)

Sarah


On 11/29/09 8:50 AM iddwiz wrote:

> You MUST buy a solid topped guitar - most tops are spruce these days. A solid
> back and sides would be even better,

Congrats on your guitar shopping. If you haven't gone yet, I offer the
following:

You MUST buy a solid topped guitar - most tops are spruce these days. A solid
back and sides would be even better, but the top is most important. A solid top
will age and sound better as the guitar is played. Be sure to talk to the
salesman about proper humidification also.

If possible, try to find the guitar's retail list price, and then take 40% off -
that's the ideal. The dealer typically pays 50% of list from most manufacturers.

Play EVERY guitar in the place!! Find the one that feels and sounds best to your
son. If the price is too high, find one in your price range that has some of the
same attributes as your ideal. Idally, you'll find two or three that become the
favorites. Play them against each other, or better yet, have the salesman play
and you just listen.

Also, if you're narrowing down
If the strings are aging or dead, ask the dealer to change them for you. All
guitars will sound better with fresh strings.

Listen to the guitars with your eyes closed - you'll be better able to define
what makes one guitar special if your eyes aren't busy looking at all the eye
candy around you.

Try to stay with a name brand - Martin, Taylor, Gibson (if you're in their price
range.) Blueridge also makes some very nice guitars, but are a cut below the
above. A good dealer should have dozens of guitars in a given price range.

Good luck!!!

Dennis, although I virtually always disagree with David Brooks, both in the
Times and on Jim Lehrer's Newshour, I don't dislike him.  I just find him to
be a boring, yet dignified, and somewhat nerdy conservative.  However, the
ending of his op-ed column about Bruce literally brought tears to my eyes
(and I'm not a Springsteen fan).  It also surprised me that he even liked
rock of any kind, yet alone with such fervor.

But, most importantly, I'm glad that you liked it!

This a great article taking Springsteen's music and cultural impact to a new
level. More, it is a follow up to our short discussion about Bon Jovi and Pop
music.
Giving me the benefit of the doubt about Bon Jovi's pop song writing the Times
article more than shows how satisfying, but shallow that body of pop songs is
when compared with the works of artists like Springsteen.....I think(?:)

Beautiful and sad.  Thanks for posting, Mr. B.
Hope you had a wonderful birthday in your old stomping grounds and that everyone
had a Thanksgiving full of love and contentment.

I have a buddy here in Austin whom I met in Houston when I first moved
to Texas 28 years ago. He is missing his legs after a horrific accident
near Buffalo, NY. Being legless never stopped my friend from getting out
and as you can guess he was really into music. While he was convalescing
from his injuries years ago his Dad gave him a Fender Acoustic guitar
and he played it as therapy endlessly and got quite good. We'd sit up
nights in Houston playing songs and drinking.... those were good times.


After I moved to Austin my buddy did too and we continued our friendship
over the years. A few years ago he moved to Nashville to try his guitar
lesson practice there. Incredibly his method for teaching included him
coming TO the students house! (he's always had specially equipped cars)

While in Nashville my buddy busked on the street and he met this
Musician Velvet Thunder who was a homeless man and street musician.
Velvet has just recently died and was subject to a paupers grave since
he'd had nothing, including no family.

My buddy just forwarded this to me and I share it with you all since I
think it'll be appreciated here.

Enjoy

-Bob Borowicz




Nashville street musician Velvet Thunder to get proper funeral

Funeral services, a cemetery plot and even a suit are provided for man
who spent three decades performing
/
By Kate Howard
THE TENNESSEAN/

When Velvet Thunder was on life support in the hospital, his friends
were hoping they could at least raise enough money to cremate him and
keep the street musician out of a pauper's grave.

Instead, he will have a proper funeral on Saturday, free of charge, a
headstone to mark his final resting place and a musical sendoff benefit.
A plaque is in the works to permanently mark his signature spot in front
of the Old Spaghetti Factory, and his friends are glad Velvet will be
laid to rest in the city he loved.

Velvet, whose real name was Elringo De'Angelino, died Nov. 16 after
three decades of playing his guitar on the streets of downtown
Nashville. A story in /The Tennessean/ described friend and outreach
worker Steve Samra's hope that he could raise enough money to give
Velvet a proper burial, and many people reached out to help.

Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home donated deeply to the cause,
offering a plot in its cemetery and the entire funeral for free.

"Nashville has a lot of icons," said general manager Rodney Wells. "I
believe he was one of them."

The more than $400 donated to his memorial fund this week will go toward
a headstone for Velvet. Homeless advocates who are also ministers will
speak at the service, which will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at 660
Thompson Lane.

The funeral home even bought Velvet a suit to be buried in. It's a beige
pinstriped number with a red velvet shirt, bought at a deep discount
from K&G Clothiers.

"(They) nailed Velvet's taste, and I'm sure he'd be strutting proud in
the suit they got him," said Samra, who is handling arrangements.

Samra hopes to get Velvet's guitar encased and displayed somewhere, and
an upcoming songwriting class at the Campus for Human Development will
be named for him. A benefit for the remainder of the costs to honor the
musician will be held at Center Stage at 4 p.m. on Dec. 9.

Samra said people have bent over backwards to help honor Velvet, and his
phone has been ringing nonstop from people wanting to reminisce. Some
knew Velvet well, and others just heard him once or twice and didn't
know the circumstances under which the soulful singer lived.

Velvet will always hold a special place in the heart of June Novelle,
not just for his music but his compassion.

"He wasn't just a homeless musician," said Novelle. "He was someone who
cared about other people."

Novelle's son Danny was in an accident in 1996, and she used to take him
to Second Avenue to practice walking. Blind and in pain, he'd try to
make the trek from one end of the tourist-laden street to the other.

*A helpful gesture*

Velvet kept a chair out for Danny every day, knowing he would need a
break halfway down. She recounted the memories after learning of his death.

"It was a small kindness, but it made such a difference in my son's
life," Novelle said. "After my son got better I'd still go down there to
see him, and even though he had his own needs, he'd always ask me how he
was doing."

Krissa Barclay, who often put money in the street performer's bucket in
front of the Old Spaghetti Factory, felt compelled to donate to Velvet's
burial fund to honor all the times he honored her requests for his
raunchy rendition of "Big-Legged Woman."

She said it broke her heart to hear that he'd begun sleeping there.

"I always thought he was there because he wanted to be, and I'm sad I
didn't know the true story," Barclay said. "I hope tonight that Velvet
Thunder is at peace with no worries and playing to a crowd that admires
his talent as much as I did."