paul secor

I feel that the oral history/interviews that have appeared in Cadence will be valuable sources in years to come. Some of the musicians may put their own spin on things, but there's a world of first hand information there.

In about ten minutes I'll be watching "Endeavour", the start of a new series about the early years of Inspector Morse. Looking forward to it. Hope it's up to the standards of the original Morse series with John Thaw.

Good point. Musta missed that one. Paul must be WAY old I am way old, but I never went to Ebbets Field. Must have been someone else who posted that.

If the editor is changing your ratings, he or she is basically changing your opinion, even if they leave your words intact. I can't speak for you, but if it were I, I'd tell the editor to leave my ratings intact or sayonara.

Watched the Yankees' Old Timers Game today - believe it was the 66th. Whatever your feelings about the Yankees, they do a great job of bringing back former players, both so the fans can see them again and so that the players can have a yearly reunion. Seeing Mickey Rivers at the plate always brings a smile to my face.

Had all of those at one time. Still have most of them - stored in the garage.

Happy Birthday!

Michael Hurley: Watertower (Fundamental) I posted this once before, but it's worth rereading or reading. Twenty five years ago, my friend Bill Morrison wrote what I find is the truest and most descriptive review of Michael Hurley's music: "I guess Michael Hurley fits in with folkies as a genre - he totes a guitar, mostly writes his own tunes, is influenced by blues and country. But there it stops - Hurley needs a bin of his own in the shop, if you ask me. His songs sound like they were pulled together out of spare parts - a little Hank Willians, a little Fats Domino, a little Appalachian fiddle melody, and some other stuff that Hurley machined on his own slightly off-center lathe. His loosest songs resemble the Rustoleum-and-duct-tape jalopies you see on the road in rural Vermont, where Hurley lives - weld together the right spare parts, and you can get something that will run forever, even if it emits some funny rattles and maybe needs a jump-start sometimes. Cars and songs like this elicit a kind of affection that factory-fresh ones will never know." Nick Tosches put it another way at the end of his notes for Hurley's Weatherhole: "Let's just shut up, you and me both; let's just shut up and listen and go where Michael Hurley is. After all, we can always turn around and come back. He can't."

Read "Eddie Boyd" and immediately thought of the blues piano cat. Then I saw the saxophone .... New to me. Wonder if Jeff knows him or knows of him. edir: Did a search and found this

Wonderful record - it includes the best version of "Harlem Nocturne" that I've ever heard.

Tom Waits: Nighthawks at the Diner (Asylum)

Pass. I already have a fair number of S.S. recordings & can't see how this box will make any great difference in my life, so there'll be one more box for someone else to order and enjoy.

Froggie the Gremlin Toad Mole

Lash LaRue A-Rod John McCain

Maria Rodriguez: La Tremenda (World Circuit)

Good things come to those who wait.

Inspector Clouseau Hercule Poirot (Though in Mel Brooks' words, Poirot is a Belgie, not a Frenchie.) Monsieur Lecoq

Rava/Blake: Duo en Noir (betwen the lines) One to check out if you don't already know it.

Lou: Lou: Louie:

20% of the top 15 reissues. Pretty damn good.

Mother Fletcher Ma Rainey Beethoven

Puff the Magic Dragon Windy Stormy

Hope it's agreat birthday!