Nine years ago in January of 2013. we lost our friend, Translator aka Dr. David Smith. He suffered from depression and his untimely death left those of us in the blog communities who knew him wondering if we could have done more to help him through his struggles. The holidays are rough on people who …
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Nov 23 2023
And Now The Movie
55 years ago Arlo Guthrie took to the stage at the Newport Folk Festival and for 18 and a half minutes entertained the audience with his storied song “Alice’s Restaurant.” You could close your eyes and see the old church in Great Barrington, Massachusetts where the story is centered. At the end of the song …
Nov 23 2023
Alice’s Restaurant Thanksgiving
Re-posted from 11/25/2010 This one was really fun to put together with clips from the movie & Arlo performing “Alice” in the same Church 40 years later. center> Transcript is here Happy Thanksgiving
Nov 12 2023
29 Bells for The Edmund Fitzgerald
When the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America’s Great Lakes. On November 10th, we mark the 48th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald taking her 29 crew members with her to the bottom of Lake Superior during one of the worst of …
Jul 23 2023
Roger Sprung: August 29 1930 – July 22 2023
An entertainer for the ages… Old Molly Hare – Roger Sprung and the Picking Gypsies … From- String Music Recorded live at the 43rd Annual Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Union Grove, NC on the Union Grove Label. This is track 10. From the back cover: “Roger Sprung, virtuoso banjoist from New York City, needs no …
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