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Am I the only one disappointed by this album? I like Harold Land and I like folk tunes too, including many jazz renditions, but I found this one to be, oh how shall I say, "condescending" isn't quite right but it's the best I can do... No offence to those who do dig it, different strokies for different folkies.

Who wouldn't want an Avanti? I missed one here that had been in storage 25 years for $7,000 (that's half what a good one is worth). Of course 25 years in storage still means it was 16/17 years old when it went in and the base engine had 10.25 to 1 compression so it would probably run ok on modern premium...but it's a rolling work of art. My consolation is that I paid less than that for what's almost certainly a more practical daily driver and Avantis are basically tweaked Larks under the fiberglass. Maybe we could start a car/jazz band analogy thread: If the Miles Davis quintet is a ferrari, then what band is the equivalent of an R3 Avanti?

I picked up the Lark and drove it home about 100 miles from Astoria this last Sunday. Still trying to figure out what I'm going to do for insurance. Collectors limited insurance would be cheap but I'm pretty sure I'm going to drive it too much to qualify. The drive home went fine: 50+ psi and zoomed right up the hills. I've taken it to work once. want to get the brakes looked at since the're only adequate for modern traffic if the're working perfectly. Noisy, slow, ineffiecient; what more could you want?

If I play Tequila v. slowly and v. rubato (basically the way I play everything), it sounds kinda like Coltrane.

Fixed first post, hope it's clear(er) now.

In the notes to the Holy Ghost box (hours of fun that is) they refer to one of the selections by the quartet with Don Cherry as "tune Q" and go on to say in a footnote: This compostion has been mistitled regularly heretofore as "Saints" and as "Spirits", though both names already belonged to different recorded Ayler compositions by the time they were appended to it. What we refer to as "[tune Q]" is the same composition that appeared as the first track on side B of Spiritual Unity, ESP 1002 edition I, as distinct from the piece that replaced it on edition II. WTF?! Has anyone heard the Spiritual Unity edition I version of this tune and whyohwhyohwhy hasn't it been included in any of the CD reissues (or has it)? On a related note, is there someplace that explains generally about all the tune/name confusion in Albert's work? I love Ayler but this all getrs kinda confusing...

I liked the expression "the same difference" so much I used it as the title and basis for my philosophy thesis.

Sounds like a Hawk of some sort, looking forward to seeing pics. Funny thing is, I've gotten more response here than at the Studebaker Drivers Club forum...

Great story 'bout the guy buying the prototype but I know Studes well enough to know I'm not getting that lucky? Any more info on what it was a prototype for (the GT Hawk maybe?)

che, You're not getting the subtext here, so i'll spell it out. The politics are an integral part of who they are in total, as anyone who was really paying attention should've known. Part of the backlash may have been the feeling that Dixie Chicks as a name implied a more Nashville product kinda thing as opposed to the Austinite tongue in cheekiness that understanding the name in a more ironical way implies. Shedaisy are a chick trio who as far as I can tell pretty much are Nashville product, no inconvenient politics, instrumental skills, individual perspective on what is or isn't country or any actual character at all... In short, I think the Chicks are (at least relatively) good. Dana

It's a 4dr (by the way did you know that at one point Ford called theirs Tudors and fordors, just for the history and literature majors out there). Nice shade of red it is. '59 was the first year for the Lark, gave Stude its first profit in years and allowed the board to diversify their way out of the auto business and save the stockholders bacon. The Avanti, beautiful as it is, is basically a Lark underneath and helped get them out of the car biz by losing $.

OK, seriously if you take the politics out of the Dixie Chicks whattaya got? Shedaisy, that's what. Who are not exciting to me on any level...

$4,800. Rebuilt motor, brakes and interior. Runs fine. Body worn but straight. No garage.

I'm seriously thinking 'bout buying a '59 Studebaker Lark, anyone want to try to talk me out of it before it's too late?

Nationalize the NHL, put the teams in Canadian towns where no one works in the winter and make collecting poagy contingent on playing...

Natalie's dad, Lloyd Maines, played with pedal steel with Joe Ely back in the day. Stunning stuff. And she needs a spanking, from me.

Man, I gotta get this to practise for my gig! (See thread on "my gig"...) B-)

The new link froze up my computer and I had to restart! But everything seems OK...

Same deal for me re the article and the album(s).

what y'all said. I'm going to go listen to Mr. Smith...

aric, The "with strings" was meant kinda tongue in cheek, it's a fully interactive small combo, all of whom happen to play stringed instruments. Hope you go and post what you think...

I may not always be able to fully hear what he's doing (my ear for harmony is pretty limited) BUT the other musicians can...I've found that there are no bad records with Tommy F. on them, and I probably own close to a hundred.

Aggie, Thanks for filling in the details and corredting my too lazy to look it up spelling mistakes. If the're coming to a venue near you, go see 'em. Esp'ly if said venue is 'intimate'. Still waiting for the Bill Plays Lefty album, Dana

Yesterday my friend of 30+ years, Charlie, and I saw BF at our alma mater, Reed College. He was playing mostly music from his recent cd of songs about the work of some German painter whose work I don't know (I'm sure someone here knows all about this). He shared the stage with Hank roberts, cello, Jenny Schiedman (?), violin, and Even K., viola. They had sheet music on stands, but I assume a good bit of what we heard was improvised. Announcements were somewhat crytic, per usual. They worked in "Pretty Polly" and "What's Going On" and who knows what else that I didn't recognize. Pretty abstract overall, but it worked live, due in part to the excellent sound which allowed each part to be heard clearly.

Yes, but does it have the bonus track ("Hold On, I'm Coming")?