Shootin' the Bull, hangin out, Bull Sh%tin', scratchy butt talk!
I was speakin with a friend of mine a while back, and in reply to his question I said " there are only two things I ever really wanted to do in my life...play some great music and hang out and bullshit.
So with that in mind... I would like to propose this discussion be about anything that comes up.. and we all just climb all over it... Have a little fun and get to know each other a little bit... so when we meet in bumf@#l, AR we can be actually some footin to start out with... I started playing during a time when musicians supported other musicians, hipped each other to gigs, warned about bad agents, helped and supported each other as best we could...and, of course did alot of hangin without
all that braggin and name dropping that is so easy to do!
So the ceiling is high... let's get to it...networkin is what this space is supposed to do
but I don't see a lot of it.
So with that in mind... I would like to propose this discussion be about anything that comes up.. and we all just climb all over it... Have a little fun and get to know each other a little bit... so when we meet in bumf@#l, AR we can be actually some footin to start out with... I started playing during a time when musicians supported other musicians, hipped each other to gigs, warned about bad agents, helped and supported each other as best we could...and, of course did alot of hangin without
all that braggin and name dropping that is so easy to do!
So the ceiling is high... let's get to it...networkin is what this space is supposed to do
but I don't see a lot of it.
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Permalink Reply by Ed Vadas on -
I was shocked at the extent of their library... the main fault is some of the old great stuff was never converted to CD format...
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Permalink Reply by Scissormen on -
Seems like there's some discussion of the stuff Fat Possum got on CD here. I was lucky enough to get to know R.L., Junior, Paul Jones, Jessie Mae and at least rub elbows some with CeDell, T-Model as well as Kenny Brown and a bunch of other folks from the hills when it was all going strong - at least for that generation. Actually saw the first Spencer/R.L. date, which was at the 9:30 Club in D.C. That's where my wife Laurie took the photo on the inside of Come On In. Those were some beautiful times, and they were really the foundation for a lot of us on this site. Not in blues in general, necessarily, but in blues that became nailed to our souls, a real part of us that compelled us to get involved. I recently got asked to write about the Fat Possum legacy for Gibson, and if anybody wants to they can see at least some of my thought on that at http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/How%20Mississippis%2...
There's a cool old picture of R.L. at the top of the page. I miss that guy! I got a lot more opinions and insights from the times I spent with these guys on the road and at sessions and workshops and things, and I'm happy to be able to carry that stuff with me. Knowing those people is something in my life I can be thankful for without an equivocation.
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Permalink Reply by Blind Rat on -
I think we will get there sooner or later,I tend to not be long winded on the forum but get me in the same room as you and you can't shut me up.
Blind Rat
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