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My mother saw Billy Crystal's one-man show the other night. He talks about the environment in which he grew up, and meeting a wide variety of great musicians - Billie Holiday, etc. Apparently this is Long Island, because his uncle apparently was Milt Gabler. He said his father used to work at the record store. The record store closed when Billy was 15, and his uncle (Milt) who owned it was working for Decca by then. His father had difficulty finding work after the store closed, and died soon after. This is all as my mom's tells me, so I might have details wrong But an interesting footnote.

Well, a couple made it in. Fats Domino, Dylan to Headline Jazz Fest By CHEVEL JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS - Fats Domino, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon will join Keith Urban and Yolanda Adams at this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival as it celebrates this city's music and culture in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Festival organizers on Wednesday announced a lineup filled with hundreds of the city's most famous musicians, many of whom are seasoned performers at the festival. The event is being billed as a homecoming for many musicians. "The true heart and soul of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, as with New Orleans itself, is music," said Quint Davis, the festival producer. "It's the force that drives and defines us. It's not just for entertainment, but it feeds our soul." Many other big acts will grace the festival, such as the Dave Matthews Band, Lionel Richie and Jimmy Buffet. The festival is scheduled to take place April 28-30 and May 5-7. As usual, it will be held at the New Orleans Fair Grounds, a horse racing track that flooded and was seriously damaged by the storm. Irma Thomas, New Orleans' acclaimed soul singer, encouraged displaced New Orleanians to attend. "Find a way to come back home because this is where your heart is," she said. The festival will feature, as always, many of Louisiana's favorite musicians. They include blues guitarist Walter "Wolfman" Washington, singers Charmaine Neville and Clarence "Frogman" Henry, clarinetist Michael White, voodoo rocker Dr. John, pianist Allen Toussaint, the Rebirth Brass Band, clarinetist Pete Fountain, singer Marcia Ball and the Dixie Cups. The festival was born in 1970 and has grown into one of this city's biggest annual events along with Mardi Gras.

I saw that show, but don't remember the introductions. Sorry, I can't help.

Has anyone here obtained this? Little Richard - King Of Rock 'N' Roll: The Complete Reprise Recordings http://www.rhinohandmade.com/browse/Produc...sso?Number=7888 Any thoughts on it? OK to move this to Miscellaneous Music if you like.

Hi, Nope, I don't know, sorry. Which LA show, by the way? All 3 were LA.

I like them a lot, and have seen them live 3 times. The first time, with them as headliners at the Knitting Factory, was amazing. The second time, at the Wiltern, they played with the one-man nband named Iron & Wine. The Calexico set was abbreviated. The third time at a "showcase" at the Barnsdall Park Theatre in Los Angeles just a couple of weeks ago. Had to wait in line 3 hours to get in to the sold out show, which stared at 9:30 and was done by 10:30 - another abbbreviated set, as showcases I believe often are. I need to see a full set from them again.

Hmmm. It's usually in the top five of any list of "greatest films ever made." At what point does it no longer become a cult film? And it is really great.

It's playing (at least, a doc on Cecil is playing) this week at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles this week. I'm going to try to see it. There's also a film on Charles Lloyd & Billy Higgins - I think this is teh film alluded to to during their making of their final album(s). http://www.paff.org/html/index.php

Sunny and dry in Los Angeles. Again. I wish it would rain a little.

It was my birthday, so probably just everyone sending their best wishes.

Heck, even Richard Thompson could cover the years 1000 AD to 2000 AD in one CD!

That's pretty amazing. How could they have let that go to press without the retouched cover? How how how? That's going to be like the upside-down biplane postage stamp. :-)

The Academy Awards, certainly, were created really to help promote movies. Rewarding perceived accomplishment is a useful way to do it. Most presenters are people with upcoming films, etc. I'm sure the Grammys are the same. So if you win one and don't promote, then really you are failing the Academy. ;-) Of course, Harry Smith won one for lifetime achievement for the Anthology of American Folk Music and died soon thereafter, so occasinally some good things happen. So you're saying it's a good thing Harry Smith is dead? Yikes, I am. Bad writing. I shall fix.

The Academy Awards, certainly, were created really to help promote movies. Rewarding perceived accomplishment is a useful way to do it. Most presenters are people with upcoming films, etc. I'm sure the Grammys are the same. So if you win one and don't promote, then really you are failing the Academy. ;-) Of course, Harry Smith won one for lifetime achievement for the Anthology of American Folk Music, so occasinally some good things happen.

Thanks for that - superb. Did he slap the hand of the one grey haired gent in the front row who at least was gamely clapping along? Gave him five?

You called it. Hey sundog, which horse is winning in the seventh race tomorrow?

The set list (too many people in the band to list). -- Concert in the Garden -- Chord Dancado (from Concert in the Garden) -- Journey Home (from Allegresse) -- El Viento second set: -- Andes de Lando (sp?) - a new commission from the LA PHilharmonic and a bunch of other people. Composition based on visit to Peru, and the Peruvian polyrhythm known as "La Do" (sp?) -- unnamed, but a portrait of Windham, MN, also commission by a bunch of organizations. She is looking forward to playing this is Windham in a couple of weeks. The way she described it made it sound very programatic, but it wasn't so much. -- Sky Blue -- Hang Gliding (from Allegresse) encore: -- Sea of Tranquility (from Allegresse) Oh, someone played accordion but was not listed in the program. First name Gary. He had to leave early to catch a red eye. I couldn't hear his last name due to the applause. Gary Versace?

I agree. (I went as well). Pretty, but nothing essential. I wasn't bored (well, not often), but I wasn't sent anywhere either. Everyone gets well-behaved once they are placed in the confines of Disney Hall.

I concur with Shane. I never watch them; they've always been a joke, and everyone knows that worthy people hardly ever (almost wrote "never") get nominated, let alone win. The practice of mixing old acts with new acts is what they've been doing for a couple of years, and as far as I've heard (since I don't watch) they always make a comedy of errors.

An don't forget that the Grammys are tonight at the Staples Center. So everything south of 8th street or so will be tied up. Good thing Disney Hall is on 1st.

Hi Allen, Will the next volumes just continue chronologically? What sort of material might we see? Do you think they will get done?

I have a ticket, but need to see how under the weather I am...

Let's see if I can load a photo: Cline, Amendola, Hoff, Perkins

up What if you have Mac and no Photoshop?

wow. so is it all good? :-)