Happy June, y'all... hope the weather is treating you well and that you are all healthy and happy - but if not... well then, have I got a show for you this evening!
I was under the weather last week, and hope you will forgive my absence from the air waves. The show was hexed or vexed -- I'm not sure which -- and so was I. No matter how I tried I could not get the whammy off me. I meant to buy a lottery ticket (because, as my friend John says, "Money doesn't buy happiness, but it can buy off a whole lot of unhappiness"), so I was even giving that a try.
I arrived too late to buy a ticket for the $222 million dollar pot-o-dough, which I was told someone in Minot S.D. had apparently won. It was meant to come to "My HOUSE, S.C.!" Again, the whammy. I guess it was "Why not Minot?" and Lord knows if you can live out a winter in that neck of the world, you deserve some bounty, baby.
I asked to buy a ticket for the next go-round and the clerk told me it wasn't worth my while - the pot was only twenty million. I said I'd just have to learn to scrimp and I thought I could deal with that little bit of scratch... she and I both laughed.
Sorry for the long lead-in to this week's show plans - a special day... Marconi patents the radio (and that cheese dish I like so well... "Marconi" and cheese. Ahem.) That and other things that have happened in history on June 2 and the Blues songs those events triggered in my mind.
Celebrating on June 2…
Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio in 1896 – thanks, Gugli! – and Rolling Stones 1st U.S. concert tour debuts in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1964 – wish I could have seen them live and in person then…
SET 1~~~~~~ 1981 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be
Eddie Fontaine_Nothin’s Shakin (But the Leaves on the Trees)_Chess Rhythm & Roll Disc 3_
Deborah Coleman_Bendin Like a Willow Tree_Blind Pig Records 25th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
Eddie Taylor_Peach Tree Blues_Testament Records Sampler
SET 2~~~~~~ 1989 14 year-old Scott Isaacs spells “spoliator” to win the 1989 Spelling Bee
Geoff Achison_Queen Bee-Lovin in My Baby’s Eyes_Acho Solo
Louisiana Red_King Bee_Midnight Rambler [Rhino
Muddy Waters_Honey Bee_Atlantic Blues- Chicago Blues Masters
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie_Bumble Bee_Blues Masters, Vol. 12- Memphis Blues
SET 3~~~~~~ 1989 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students
demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Lonnie Johnson w-Jim McHarg’s Metro Stompers_China Boy_Stompin’ at the Penny
~~~~~~ 1986 Regular TV coverage of U.S. Senate sessions begins
Jimmy Anderson_Goin Crazy over TV_House Rockin & Hip Shakin’, Vol. 2- Louisiana Hoodoo Party
Elmore James_TV Mama_The Sky Is Crying- The History of Elmore James
~~~~~~ 1957 U.S. TV interviews Khrushchev
Sister Dora Alexander_Russia, Let God’s Moon Alone-Times Done Changed_Blues Masters, Vol. 10- Blues Roots
SET 4~~~~~~ 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey
Robert Johnson_Little Queen of Spades_The Story of the Blues [Sony] Disc 1
Robert Lockwood, Jr_Little Queen of Spades_Blues Routes- Heroes & Tricksters
Omar & the Howlers_Mississippi Queen_Big Delta
SET 5~~~~~~ 1935 Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player
James Cotton_My Babe_Blind Pig Records 25th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
Napoleon Strickland Fife & Drum Band_My Babe_Testament Records Sampler
~~~~~~ 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House
Melvin Taylor & the Slack Band_Dirty Pool_Evidence Blues Sampler- Six
SET 6~~~~~~ 1910 Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
Little Charlie & the Nightcats_Poor Tarzan_Alligator Records 35X35 Disc 1
Eddie C. Campbell_King of the Jungle_Rooster Blues Records- 1980-2000 Sampler
The Mills Brothers_Jungle Fever_Tribute to Black Entertainers Disc 1
Papa Charlie Jackson_Jungle Man Blues_Blues Images Presents 1920’s Blues Classics, Vol. 2
Pee Wee Crayton_Hey, Little Dreamboat_Legends of the Blues
Technical Difficulties - the planned music for the second half of the show will not be played - but we'll fill in with some great music... you can tune in to the playlist at
http://wusc.sc.edu.
Sorry for the trouble!
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
"Making Notes: Music of the Carolinas" book launch
Clair DeLune has two submissions in the new anthology from Novello Press which features music of the Carolinas.In case you are interested in attending the book launch:
Writers, musicians and book lovers will gather on Wed., May 14, as NFP’s newest book is unveiled during a festive evening of readings, live music and book signings.
The event will be held from 7:30 – 11 p.m. at the Visulite Theatre, 1615 Elizabeth Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204. (704) 358-9200. Doors open at 7. FREE!
Full news release:
Celebration Will Launch New Book from NFP: Making Notes: Music of the Carolinas
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Writers, musicians and book lovers will gather on Wed., May 14, as NFP’s newest book is unveiled during a festive evening of readings, live music and book signings.
Making Notes: Music of the Carolinas was edited by Ann Wicker and showcases more than 50 contributors (note: including Clair DeLune writing on Etta Baker and Shrimp City Slim).
It’s a lively, readable sampler of essays, articles and reminiscences about the region that’s famous for being home to musicians as diverse as James Taylor, James Brown, John Coltrane, Hootie and the Blowfish, and Nina Simone. They are just a few of the icons profiled in this collection.
Here are some other highlights:
• Rockabilly piano-player Rev. Billy C. Wirtz reports on the enduring popularity of Carolina Beach Music.
• Novelist Sharyn McCrumb explores the murder mystery behind the popular folk song, “Tom Dooley.”
• Journalist Frye Gaillard profiles old-time musician Arthur Smith, who fought Hollywood moviemakers for ownership of his song, “Duelin’ Banjos” – and won.
“Making Notes is a rollicking road trip through the music of the Carolinas, an amazing collection of memories from people who lived the music life and still remember it like it was only yesterday. It’s a compilation of memories about music – but universal in its appeal,” praises former Rolling Stone publisher Terry Hummel.
These musicians are scheduled to appear:
Steve Stoeckel, a writer, musician, electronics technician, and amateur tango instructor who’s best known for his work with N.C. band The Spongetones.
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz, a humorist, musician, columnist, and host of a syndicated radio show, “The Reverend Billy's Rhythm Revival.”
The Local Tomatoes, a group of Charlotte Folk Society members who meet every Saturday morning to play “old-time” music at the Mecklenburg County Market.
These readers are scheduled to appear:
John Grooms, an award-winning journalist, freelance editor, and writer who saw James Brown perform in Charlotte in the early 1960s.
Sheila Saints, an award-winning broadcast journalist who has worked in the Carolina newsrooms of NBC News Nightside, WBTV, WFAE and FOX Charlotte.
Tommy Tomlinson, a Charlotte Observer columnist and a 2005 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in commentary.
Books will be available for purchase. Doors open at 7; the event will be held from 7:30 – 11 p.m. at the Visulite Theatre, 1615 Elizabeth Ave,, Charlotte, NC 28204. (704) 358-9200. FREE!
Find out more about Making Notes: Music of the Carolinas, the latest release from Novello Festival Press
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