tasteless background music....?

well said...

Snakefiddler-
"Bob Patton" rwpmailatcharterdotnet wrote in message
...
"a-happy-up-yours" wrote
in
message ink.net...
//beauty snipped//

I'm sure that many (most?) of the recipients of this newsgroup have
little or no interest in this thread. The "Country" or "Folk" or
"Appalachian" flavor/sense of the music genre espoused herein is
indigenous to the same areas where native trout abound and where those
of us who appreciate the fish and the cultural history find a place of
heritage and an opportunity to both "plug-in" and continue appreciation
of the heritage. To those who are bored, I apologize.


Tom
Wake Forest, NC

Eloquent. Marvelous description of the meaning of fly fishing. Reminds me
of
Harry Middleton.
Bob

Charlie Wilson wrote:
For the culturally bereft go to..... and listen to track 14.

Indeed, sends chills up the spine. There is a nice rendition of said song
on the Songcatcher soundtrack, sung by David Patrick, Bobby McMillon, and my
favorite female singer of protest songs, Hazel Dickens. She sings some
very moving songs involving coal mining and the UMWofA. She kicks ass!!

Snakefiddler- just a little obsessed with Appalachia's coal mining history
and its unionization efforts

BTW- Having been inspired by all this talk of Ralph Stanley, I picked up my
dulcimer this morning and picked out O Beautiful Star of Bethlehem, and
might I say that it transfers from banjo to dulcimer very nicely...

"Charlie Wilson" wrote in message
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"asadi" wrote:
I would have thought an old Ralph Stanley number would have been more
appropriate...

For the culturally bereft, go to http://www.obrothermusic.com/preview.html
and listen to track 14.

"SnakeFiddler" wrote in message
Snakefiddler- lovin Roy, listenin to Mr. Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and
missin'
the HELL out of Hank Williams, SR

Indian Joe adds - so with your educational interests should certainly
enjoy my favorite ballad by Hank--KAW-LIGA

Now Wayno help me out --who sang---There Stands the glass--it's the first
one today----

"Joe McIntosh" wrote in message
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"SnakeFiddler" wrote in message
Snakefiddler- lovin Roy, listenin to Mr. Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and
missin'
the HELL out of Hank Williams, SR

Indian Joe adds - so with your educational interests should certainly
enjoy my favorite ballad by Hank--KAW-LIGA

Now Wayno help me out --who sang---There Stands the glass--it's the first
one today----

joe, i remember the song, but not the singer.

ah, but a quick trip to google saves the day, once again: it was webb
pierce.

yfitp
wayno

"Wayne Harrison" wrote in message
.com...

"Joe McIntosh" wrote in message
...

"SnakeFiddler" wrote in message
Snakefiddler- lovin Roy, listenin to Mr. Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and
missin'
the HELL out of Hank Williams, SR

Indian Joe adds - so with your educational interests should certainly
enjoy my favorite ballad by Hank--KAW-LIGA

Now Wayno help me out --who sang---There Stands the glass--it's the first
one today----

joe, i remember the song, but not the singer.

ah, but a quick trip to google saves the day, once again: it was webb
pierce.

.. . . and I think Willie Nelson recorded the song as well. Not such a happy
little jingle, that:
http://tinyurl.com/zgk7
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

For the culturally bereft, go to http://www.obrothermusic.com/preview.html
and listen to track 14.

Not a bad track at all. I also enjoyed "He's in the Jailhouse Now. Must
admit my favorite cover of that song, which I recall hearing at an early age
on AM radio as I rode in the back seat of the family Ford on dusty country
roads, was released by Tony Glover and Dave Ray on the Album "Ashes In My
Whiskey."

--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Darkstar

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm

Maybe Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum would be aprapo.........needs to be
asked why are you calling the coroners office John or did i miss a post


Handyman Mike
Standing in a river waving a stick

Joe McIntosh Wrote:
Indian Joe adds- with your educational interests should certainly enjoy my
favorite ballad by Hank- KAW-LIGA

A goodn indeed. I used to love that song when I was a kid, and rarely get
to hear it anymore. Although I love Hank, my collection of his music is
sadly anemic.

Snakefiddler- cigar anyone?

"Joe McIntosh" wrote in message
...

"SnakeFiddler" wrote in message
Snakefiddler- lovin Roy, listenin to Mr. Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and
missin'
the HELL out of Hank Williams, SR

Indian Joe adds - so with your educational interests should certainly
enjoy my favorite ballad by Hank--KAW-LIGA

Now Wayno help me out --who sang---There Stands the glass--it's the first
one today----

You got right inside my head and heart with that one, Tom- hit right on one
of my obsessions. Wasn't Tommy Thompson one of the original Red Clay
Ramblers?

Have you ever heard of a book called, Only a Miner- Studies in Coal Mining
related songs? I just ordered a copy of it- my Christmas gift to myself.
With my major, and my particular interests within it, this is a must have.
It may even contain this song. I'll have to check.

Snakefiddler-

"a-happy-up-yours" wrote in
message ink.net...
SnakeFiddler wrote:


.......snip..........
I'm sure that you know that the author of this, –Tommy Thompson, 1976:

Just across the blue ridge, where the high meadows lay
And the galax spreads through the new mown hay,
There’s a rusty iron bridge, cross a shady ravine
Where the hard road ends and turns to clay.
With a suitcase in his hand there the lonesome boy stands,
Gazing at the river sliding by beneath his feet,
But the dark water springs from the black rocks and flows
Out of sight where the twisted laurel grows.

Past the coal-tipple towns in the cold December rain,
Into Charleston runs the New River train.
Where the hillsides are brown, and the broad valley’s stained
By a hundred thousand lives of work and pain.
In a tar-paper shack out of town across the track,
Stands an old used-up man trying to call something back,
But his old memories fade like the city in the haze
And his days have flowed together like the rain.

And the dark water springs from the black rocks and flows
Out of sight where the twisted laurel grows.


Died last January.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'm sure that many (most?) of the recipients of this newsgroup have
little or no interest in this thread. The "Country" or "Folk" or
"Appalachian" flavor/sense of the music genre espoused herein is
indigenous to the same areas where native trout abound and where those
of us who appreciate the fish and the cultural history find a place of
heritage and an opportunity to both "plug-in" and continue appreciation
of the heritage. To those who are bored, I apologize.


Tom
Wake Forest, NC

Yes, Tommy Thompson was the founder of the Red Clay Ramblers and the lead
singer. A very bright fellow, who earned a Doctorate at UNC-Chapel Hill,
Tommy just couldn't get away from an inner force that propelled his musical
endeavors. He wrote some really great stuff and was one helluva performer.
I suppose that I've witnessed his performances, live, a couple of dozen times.

If you look at this site, you'll find a great amount of information about
the Red Clay Ramblers, the and now, and the man that engendered it:

http://www.redclayramblers.com/

There are links to related sites, some of which are quite touching, having
to do with his decent into the Alzheimer's maelstrom.

As for the book, I'm not familiar with it, but see it available on Amazon.
Perhaps I'll buy it. Tommy Thompson was born in West Virginia and that may
have piqued his interest in writing about that subject. Certainly, he wrote
lots about West Virginia; "Black Smoke Passenger Train" comes to mind,
wherein he described himself standing beside the tracks as a passenger train
passed and he observed:

"Fancy women
Squeezin' lemons
....And blind to West Virginia rolling by...."

While not of the Appalachian genre, there is a Welch folksinger, Max Boyce,
who has written and recorded many pieces having to do with the plight of the
Welch miners:

"In our little valley, they've closed the colliery down
and the Pittard Bogs is a supermarket now"

rattles about in my mind.

Fascinating subject, this.

Tom

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SnakeFiddler wrote:

You got right inside my head and heart with that one, Tom- hit right on one
of my obsessions. Wasn't Tommy Thompson one of the original Red Clay
Ramblers?

Have you ever heard of a book called, Only a Miner- Studies in Coal Mining
related songs? I just ordered a copy of it- my Christmas gift to myself.
With my major, and my particular interests within it, this is a must have.
It may even contain this song. I'll have to check.

Snakefiddler-