Interesting message I received forwarded with the author's permission. Les
>From: "McAuliffe, Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: The Student Song > >Hi: > >Once upon a time, long, long ago on >the backstreets of Detroit, I wandered into a little coffee house on the >campus of the University of Detroit to partake of the music of a guy I'd >heard about, one Chuck Mitchell. On that particular night he had a friend >along for the ride by the name of Joan Anderson (yes, I know you know this >story). I went back to this coffee house, The Chessmate, many times >thereafter, both to steal chords from Chuck and to hear this fascinating >young woman who wrote her own songs and played them on an odd little >instrument called a tipple. A Martin, no less, as I recall. > >Eventually I became a Joan Anderson groupie of sorts, I guess you'd say. I >have a lot of really great memories of those days, one of which includes >Joni asking me for a lead sheet of a song I'd written that she'd heard me >fooling around with a couple of hours before she and Chuck did their set at >the Chessmate. > >Anyway, my real reason for writing is this. I've long remembered a >particular title she used to perform then of a song whose melody I've long >since forgotten. She used to emphasize that she'd written it and that was >somewhat unique as she covered a number of other people's songs then, as >well. I remember "Nancy Whiskey", a song also performed then by Ian & >Sylvia tunes (someone did it before I&S). I remember Chuck & Joan doing >Chet Powers' "Get Together", and so on. > >But I wonder if anyone's ever seen a set of lyrics for The Student Song or >actually come across a recording of it anywhere? > >Jon McAuliffe >Ashland, Mass. >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
