AllenLowe

"we don't know what the motive was. the attacker hasn't been found yet" yes, but the police have been questioning all livestock within a 5 mile radius of where the racoon was found, and canvassing all chicken coops in the area. They'll get to the bottom of this -

I know the Cadence people well, though I have not ordered like this. They are very honest people - just give Slim a call at 315-287-2852 and tell her I sent you. After she hangs up, call her back -

best thing, than, it just to photocopy the CD -

I saw a dead racoon in the road this morming - unless he was just napping - but I don't think he was murdered -

I was gonna call him the Liberace of guitar -

now that's my kinda guy - sort of like a no-show record date -

PP2 is ok but just adequate - actually the Bugle pre-amp is superior to it, at something like $150 assembled - sincerely yours, Allen the Invisible

that's ok, as Weizen doesn't have any class -

no, but I can show you how to meet 78s and BUY redheads -

well, as someone who has been playing the 6 string banjo (shades of Papa Charlie Jackson) - I say we need more banjo records - actually, people have forgotten how deep the banjo can be, per Gus Cannon, Papa Charlie Jackson, Doc Boggs - Mike Seeger also plays beautifully - I have more than a few of that series that Chris produced, and am glad Larry brought it up - along with some of the Atlantics that I think Herb Friedwald (Will's late dad) produced of New Orleans musicians, they showed how much life there still was in this music, how it could be organized in such a way as to not only evoke certain nostalgic feelings but to also produce great and vital music - it's not merely a matter of "authenticity" but of going to the sources, to the musicians who understood and still felt the music -

let's not forget Omer Simeon, one of the greatest jazz clarinetists -

well, for best sound I would get a good phono pre-amp, send from the pre-amp to a power amp, and go out from the power amp into an A to D converter- from here I would go digitally into your computer. This is more complicated but the sonic difference will astonish you -

actually, I was thinking of suing Weizen for giving me a headache -

that's the label - it's fairly easy to find these as used LPs -

if I remember correctly, he died very young - Al Rose wrote about him in his autobiography. I've heard him on a few LPs that were ok but somewhat disappointing, but I'm not sure if I can put my hands on them - as I recall they were on some label that was dedicated to New Orleans -

sorry, I love Dolphy, but nobody steals the show from Jaki -

I saw the original band in 1968 in NYC - I've always thought that there was a loose edge to them that no suceeding Zappa band has matched, a much closer tie to older rock and roll, and more of a feel for the old stuff, which made the NEW stuff even more interesting. one intersting thing about Zappa, to me, is that, though he claimed the opposite, he was a real lover of old fashioned rock and roll, and understood how great that music could be. The night I saw him, he introduced Sam the Sham, who was in the audience, brought him up on stage, went into a huddle with the band, and produced a letter-perfect version (with Sam singing) of Wooly Bullly -

I'm sure these guys are fine, but the original band (1968+) had a nice precise/roughness to them, much funkier than the Steve Vai generation -

just wanted to post my apolgies fort the lateness of shipping the last few orders, which all went out this weekend - I had a bit of a personal tragedy this last week, and on top of a new job and schedule, things have been a little difficult - everything is on its way -

I know there are some ethical issues but, trust me, nobody gets rich issuing (or reissuing) this stuff - and without these guys we'd probably never see these sessions again -

I like Handy, but I don't see any stylistic connecrtion with Dolphy - and, as Handy has indicated in interviews, he had/has little sympathy for free or tonally extended improvisation - he's a good player but a bit conventional for me, even when playing in more open contexts -

I'll take 19 - and than see you guys on Ebay -

Bobby and I worked together a lot - he was a terrific musician - his brother Eddie was also a fine player, but Bobby was really the pro in the family (Eddie was a fine accompanist but not much of a soloist) - I liked Bobby, though he was one of those guys who was so personally bitter that I never quite felt he was telling me to my face what he really thought about me, or life in general (read: race) - and he knew the tunes, which was why I liked to work with him, just to get away fromt he real-book stuff. He died in a car crash, apparently after having a heart attack -

Berendt is quite the poet, and for those who haven't seen the DVD, he says the following; "Ikh ver alt, ikh ver alt... Un der pupik vert mir kalt."

at New Haven jazm sessions at the old Monetery, Bobby Buster used to turn up his amp and start doing this when he decided the soloist had gone on long enough - it was funny, as his expression never changed, but everybody got the message -