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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | The Blues Magoos - they did a version of Tobacco Road, no? And had something of a hit song with You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet? It's so long ago, maybe my memory is playing tricks on me. |
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Location: NJ | David Bromberg |
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Location: SoCal | Re: David Bromberg
One of my favorites...never saw him live, but love his persona and style :cool: |
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Location: NJ | Bromberg still tours, but not very often.
He came thru this area last spring, but I missed him.
He owns/operates a storefront shop of very fine violins in Wilmington, Delaware.
Evidently, the city gave him a sweet deal on purchasing/renovating the historic building that the store (and his home) is in, in return that he and his wife organize the city's cultural/arts programs. |
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Location: SoCal | dang, that would be worth a visit to his store even though I can't even pretend to know anything about a violin...would probably ask to see the "bowl" models :p :p |
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Location: NJ | I saw bromberg pre the violin stuff. He put on a great show. |
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Location: State College, PA | Saw Bromberg in Northfield, MN in the early '70s. The crowd kept asking him to play Mr. Bojangles. He kept saying, "Listen, that poor song has been played to death, listen to this one, see if you like this...."
When he finally relented & played Mr Bojangles, he began by asking if anyone in the audience knew the name of Mr. Bojangles dog...
A few guesses were called out, but he shook his head. "Why, it's right in the song," says Bromberg, "listen for it..."
Then when he got to the line, "His dog Up n' Died," he paused in his singing and said, "Up n' Died. See, I told you, right in the song..."
Best wishes -
Michael Pelikan
State College, PA |
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Location: SoCal | I've got a live recording of Bromberg doing Bojangles on a record I bought in college (mid 70's). Does a great solo in the middle that I've been trying to learn ever since. It's just him on acoustic and somebody else on bass. |
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | I met Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee backstage when they played at Le Hibou in Ottawa in the 60's. Brownie was nursing a whisky and milk - guess he was having stomach problems, but didn't want to swear off the "hootch." He was cradling this wonderful beat-up old Martin; he looked down at it and said something like "I gotta throw out this old wreck of a thing one of these days." My eyes went wide, I looked at him, and said "Look, when you throw it out, please, please throw it in my direction!" I knew, though, that he was yankin' my chain; there's no way he was parting with that guitar.
That was a great show, and they were two great guys. |
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Location: Midland, MI | A bunch of good ones posted so far (have to agree with Bill...BB is good, but Albert and Freddie are better). Lately I've been listening to Gary Moore 'Blues Alive.' Very good stuff. |
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