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Alec Guinness Rex Stout Bob Porter

Fiona Apple Professor Plum John Quincey Adams

I Roy Mimi Farina Mina Loy

Freddie Cannon H-Bomb Ferguson Atomic Rooster

Thelonious Adrian Monk Chip Monck

Number 6 Patrick McGoohan Spike Milligan

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Horatio Hornblower Louis Armstrong

I'm in a place where I'm not much interested in picking up any new recordings - I've been spending time relistening to LPs and CDs that I've had for years and haven't listened to in a long time. There are a couple of things that I may pick up - Bunk Johnson: King of the Blues and What We Live Fo(u)r - but, in general, I'm set for the time being. (I have to say that it feels amazing to honestly say that. And I'm sure my wife is happy.) That said, I'm still interested in what recordings others have an interest in getting. Feel free to share your musical wants and needs.

Aggie87 Kevin Sumlin Hubert Sumlin

Don Lee: The Collective Lee tells an okay story but, when it was over, not much stayed with me.

Tarzan Boy George Gorgeous George

I imagine that it's from the American Folk Blues Festival tours - 1963? The video may come from this: http://www.amazon.com/American-Folk-Blues-Festival-1962-1966/dp/B0000AYL2N/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1364768665&sr=1-3&keywords=american+folk+blues+festival

Happy Easter!

Willie Mays will always have a special place in my collection of memories.

A good reason to pick up on Memphis Slim's United (now available on Delmark) and VeeJay (formerly on Charly - now available here http://www.amazon.com/Messin-Around-Memphis-Slim/dp/B00004TY20/ref=sr_1_9?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1364746447&sr=1-9&keywords=memphis+slim - and probably elsewhere.) 2 Delmark releases: http://www.amazon.com/Memphis-Slim-U-S/dp/B000009O4L/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1364746447&sr=1-4&keywords=memphis+slim http://www.amazon.com/Come-Back-Memphis-House-Rockers/dp/B00006I09M/ref=sr_1_7?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1364746447&sr=1-7&keywords=memphis+slim

Another !!!

Fanne Foxe Larry Williams Iceberg Slim

Michael Hedges Penn Jillette Brian Blade

Eliot Weinberger: Oranges & Peanuts for Sale Very good essays, in general.

I remember watching Giant games on tv from 1955-57. Two things I remember about the Polo Grounds: 477 feet to dead center (iirc) and watching the players from both teams walk out to center field to their respective clubhouses after the game.

Rick Ilsa Sam

Happy Birthday!

Early fave - Blowin' In Late faves - Masters from Different Worlds and The Mellow Side of Clifford Jordan I've told this story before, but it probably bears repeating: About 25 years ago, Clifford Jordan was playing a concert in Poughkeepsie, NY. I guess money to put on the concert was tight because although he brought his own bass player, the drummer was local (I believe it was the guy who financed the concert) and the pianist was a guy who played piano on the side (someone told me that he was an IBM engineer.). At one point, Clifford Jordan called a standard. The pianist was unfamiliar with it and read the chords from sheet music on the piano. The bassist was unfamiliar with it also and was reading the music from the other side of the piano. When they finished the tune, Clifford Jordan announced that he had advised the bassist to stop reading. Mr. Jordan's comment: "I told him that he could hear better than he could read upside down," got a big laugh.

Carl Dennis Carnie

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