Re: Texans and odd hats

1999-02-10 Thread Geffry King
You wrote: Just retuned from Europe where one of my artists , David Gogo, was touring a number of festivals and show with Guy Forsyth. One of his band members was seen sporting a lovely cat hat. Not a racoon - a cat. His head gear, needless to say, got a lot of attention. At the risk of

Sugar Town?

1999-02-04 Thread Geffry King
Today at the local gas station I heard a tune called "Sugar Town" on the piped-in music which I know I haven't heard in 30 years easy. WBAL In Baltimore played a lot of such things in the 60's... Something tells me this is one of those weird Lee Hazlewood compositions. Is this correct? --

Re: Ernest Tubb Query

1999-02-04 Thread Geffry King
Re: Mitch's query about ET's grave... I saw a bio of Tubb which went into this in some detail, but like most normal people, I don't remember the author or title. Damn..there goes my Librarian Guilt. now I gotta go FIND the fershluggint thing. -- Geff King * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread Geffry King
It was a joke, mostly. The Waylon Jennings crack. I like early Waylon just fine. Don't shoot, I'm only the piano player. Kip How many of you know what Waylon's last words to Buddy Holly were? (Hint: see his autobiography. It was on one of my old .sig

Re: soul (of Carol Kaye)

1999-01-28 Thread Geffry King
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Joe Gracey wrote: Jeff Sohn wrote: Don't forget Carol Kaye who also played on many Motown sessions including those of Stevie Wonder, Four Tops, Supremes, and Marvin Gaye. I may be completely wrong, but wouldn't that be later on after Motown moved out to LA? She

16 RPM (was RE: www.lyrics.ch)

1999-01-25 Thread Geffry King
Speaking of which, I remember a trick that an old guitar teacher showed me way back, where you could play (I hope I'm remembering this right) album at 17, or whatever that low setting was on old record players, and get the solo in key, but half as fast and an octave lower.

Re: Honky Tonk Living Room

1999-01-22 Thread Geffry King
On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Christopher M Knaus wrote: Oh, and who was the annoying MC who called both The Louvins and Wanda Jackson 'strange'? Probably some one who hasn't had any strange in awhile, I dunno... g -- Geff King * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www2.ari.net/gking/ "The United States

Terrifying Thought (RE: Clip: Don't let the door hit your ass..)

1999-01-22 Thread Geffry King
I just got the sickest thought. Even though the Decca trademark is not being used by MCA, MCA still owns it and all the rights thereof, right? (Correct me if its not that simple.) What if someone - maybe even someone in the Business - had enough money and, worse still, ambition to decide they

Clip: Garth Brooks Buys Decca Records Trademark

1999-01-22 Thread Geffry King
...and the ghost of Webb Pierce laughs like hell. I told ya I didn't wanna go there... Guess they just shoulda given him the "g". -- Geff King * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www2.ari.net/gking/ "Don't let me catch you laughin' when the jukebox cries" - K. Friedman,

The Booty Call (was Re: Americana guesswork/line-d@#*@)

1999-01-21 Thread Geffry King
Great article in the Washington Post day befor yeaterday about the Booty Call, a new kinda line dance popular with the Black Community. Don't have the URL, but a search through http://www.washingtonpost.com/ should turn it up. I was struck by how folks who dig the Booty Call don't seem to take

RE: the fifth beatle

1999-01-19 Thread Geffry King
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Walker, Jason wrote: I believe that if there was a fifth Beatle, it was Carl Perkins. Any takers? Junior I always said that the Beatles reunion after John's death should have been Paul, George, and Ringo backing up Carl Perkins on tour. That would have been a show! --

RE: the fifth beatle

1999-01-19 Thread Geffry King
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Mike Woods wrote: That should have been the Beatles' reunion tour: Paul, George, Ringo and Carl. -- Mike Woods That does it. I'm never answering another post with this Subject: line again... GBK

Re: Americana guesswork

1999-01-19 Thread Geffry King
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...But really, do I care if Jay Farrar never sells 1,000,000 copies of anything? As long as he can make a living in this silly business, I suspect he'll be reasonably content and will continue making music.

Re: the fifth beatle

1999-01-18 Thread Geffry King
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Mike Woods wrote: How Clarence White, admirable guitarist that he is, qualifies for this is beyond me. -- Mike Woods The fifth Beatle was Don Rich. If not for him, the Bealtes' sound as we know it today would not exist. This I believe. np: Mason Williams, "The Mason

Re: Canadians and MLK (was Re: Luann Kowalek)

1999-01-18 Thread Geffry King
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about Ian Moore's version of Abraham, Martin and John. That work? Or Smokey Robinson's version, which I heard last night on some smarmy blues/Rock Americana show. Magnificent reading of the song, though. -- Geff King * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

Re: Greetings from the District of Country

1999-01-15 Thread Geffry King
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Mike Woods wrote: When we sober up a little, we'll post some more details! -- Mike Woods I love it when he says that. Not for nothing do we call him the Pope of the Telecaster..gg It was a very good night, and I think everyone made it home safe. Some even made it into

Re: If You Ran into Garth .......

1999-01-15 Thread Geffry King
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Matt Cook wrote: "Billie Joel is my hero"--Garth Brooks That's the answer. We hire Liberty DeVito to kick Garth's ass. -- Geff King * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www2.ari.net/gking/ "The United States will collapse by 1980." --Timothy Leary, 1965 (15 years before

Re: Steve Earle/old vinyl/Huddie Ledbetter

1999-01-15 Thread Geffry King
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lance Davis wrote: Also--and on a completely unrelated note--can someone offer a reason why record companies used to make double LP's with Side 1 backed with Side 4? Call me crazy, but wouldn't it make more sense to have Side 2 on the flip

Re: Burn Down the Library

1999-01-14 Thread Geffry King
Like I posted to Jeff off-list... In Tennessee they make Jack Daniels' whiskey in a dry county. Maybe Garth thinks that the only way to make music is to create an environment where music is impossible to listen to.. -- Geff King * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www2.ari.net/gking/ "Don't let me

Re: Query:Archive this list?

1999-01-14 Thread Geffry King
As far as I know, the archives are all still available from the listproc at U Washington, so this should all be moot. List members who want them can retrieve them from there. (And that includes the current month, too.) Any way to do this via FTP? If I try to get the listproc to send me a