tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post9158311677118311768..comments2024-03-04T03:38:43.177-05:00Comments on Self-Absorbed Boomer: Erik Darling, 1933-2008Claude Scaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183579833702456213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-25213622174965032502008-08-15T22:02:00.000-04:002008-08-15T22:02:00.000-04:00Tony and Michael, thanks for your comments.Tony, I...Tony and Michael, thanks for your comments.<BR/><BR/>Tony, I'm afraid the only time I saw FC live was at Carnegie Hall in 1975. I wish I could have been at Joe's when they played there. When was that?<BR/><BR/>Michael, I also once sang a duet with Vince Martin. I first heard of him from my college roommate, who had a copy of the album he and Fred Neil made, which I liked enough to get my own copy. One night Rick Danko was playing at the Lone Star, and he and Cheryl Floyd invited me up to the little room where musicians hung out between sets. I was sitting next to a man who looked a lot like the picture of Vince on the album cover, plus a few years and pounds, but I wasn't sure enough to ask him. Rick gave me an opening by picking up his guitar and singing "Cindy, Oh Cindy". When he was done, I said, "That's a great old Vince Martin song", and the man to my right held out his hand and said, "Hello, I'm Vince Martin." I told him how much I liked <I>Martin & Neil</I>, and he asked me what song I'd like to sing. I said, "Dade County Jail", Rick handed Vince the guitar, and we sang, with me making a pitiful atempt to sound like Freddie. Afterwards, we talked some more, and he gave me his business card, which said he was a real estate agent somewhere in Brooklyn. Unfortunately, I lost it.<BR/><BR/>"Dorothy" does ring a bell, though my social/familial universe contains probably a statistically anomalous number of women with that name. There's a rave recommendation of her book <A HREF="http://www.hillbilly-music.com/library/books/index.php?id=3505" REL="nofollow">here</A>Claude Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183579833702456213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-55828754799067484612008-08-14T01:49:00.000-04:002008-08-14T01:49:00.000-04:00As for "Walk Right In," Lincoln Myerson, the conce...As for "Walk Right In," Lincoln Myerson, the concert director at McCabe's Guitar Shop out here in Santa Monica, California, told me last week that after the song hit the charts, the demand for acoustic 12-strings surpassed the supply. The luthiers at McCabe's had to graft 12-string headstocks onto Martin bodies and retool the bridge to accommodate 6 extra strings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-50195680483477511332008-08-14T01:30:00.000-04:002008-08-14T01:30:00.000-04:00I was pals with the late Vince Matthews (as well a...I was pals with the late Vince Matthews (as well as Vince Martin, but that's another story). My band Slewfoot used to back up Matthews at O'Lunney's in the mid-'70s. Great cat. I haven't thought of "On Susan's Floor" in years. He was part of the Kristofferson/Mickey Newbury/Chris Gantry/et al Nashville crew of literate hardcore freaky songwriters. Before the Outlaw movement and before Willie and Waylon had long hair and before Austin had a "sound." Was the woman you referenced Dorothy Horstman, author of Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy? The latter was a fine anthology of country lyrics. She lived on the Upper West Side and would throw killer parties populated by inebriated pickers. I very well may have been present at the bash you describe. Physically at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-76075360183156371422008-08-11T10:44:00.000-04:002008-08-11T10:44:00.000-04:00Thanks for this reminder. I got my 12 string many ...Thanks for this reminder. I got my 12 string many years after "Walk Right In", but that was the first tune I played on it. While I'm here, thanks for the Fairport Convention mention recently. Looking at your pix here, I believe that we sat near each other the last time FC played at Joe's Pub. Your favorite song list shows a very similar musical taste to mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com