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Post by dradtke on Jul 8, 2023 20:49:23 GMT -5
Does seem like a good idea for a book -- beyond legendary electrified bluesmen like Buddy Guy and BB King when he lived there, you got your Steve Goodman, John Prine, Mark Clark and so many more. Madison, Wis., up the road, seems to have produced an unusually high number of fine musicians who made it at least semi-big, although I'm sure many of them were not Cheeseheads by birth, but collegians who stayed put. Corky Siegel comes to mind. Siegel was a Chicago product, too, but my memory places him in Madison in the latter part of his career, I may have that wrong. I'm not sure about Siegel, but Jim Schwall taught at UW.
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Post by drlj on Jul 8, 2023 20:52:55 GMT -5
There's a guy on route 23 named Bradley Kinkade. I once asked if he was related to THE Bradley Kinkade. I got a blank look. Maybe if you had called him the Kentucky Mountain Boy it would have caused bells to ring. Bradley had a nice 000 slot head Martin with torch inlay and pearl trim across his knee in one picture. I wonder where that guitar is now.
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Post by Dub on Jul 8, 2023 22:01:23 GMT -5
Does seem like a good idea for a book -- beyond legendary electrified bluesmen like Buddy Guy and BB King when he lived there, you got your Steve Goodman, John Prine, Mark Clark and so many more. Madison, Wis., up the road, seems to have produced an unusually high number of fine musicians who made it at least semi-big, although I'm sure many of them were not Cheeseheads by birth, but collegians who stayed put. Corky Siegel comes to mind. Siegel was a Chicago product, too, but my memory places him in Madison in the latter part of his career, I may have that wrong. I think Maddison would include Paul Prestopino and Danny Kalb. Chicago should definitely include Mike Bloomfield.
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Post by billhammond on Jul 8, 2023 22:09:39 GMT -5
Does seem like a good idea for a book -- beyond legendary electrified bluesmen like Buddy Guy and BB King when he lived there, you got your Steve Goodman, John Prine, Mark Clark and so many more. Madison, Wis., up the road, seems to have produced an unusually high number of fine musicians who made it at least semi-big, although I'm sure many of them were not Cheeseheads by birth, but collegians who stayed put. Corky Siegel comes to mind. Siegel was a Chicago product, too, but my memory places him in Madison in the latter part of his career, I may have that wrong. I think Maddison would include Paul Prestopino and Danny Kalb. Chicago should definitely include Mike Bloomfield. < Madison >
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Post by Dub on Jul 8, 2023 22:22:45 GMT -5
Oops. I shouldn’t try to carry on a conversation and post here at the same time.
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Post by billhammond on Jul 8, 2023 22:37:42 GMT -5
Oops. I shouldn’t try to carry on a conversation and post here at the same time. You are forgiven, my son.
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Post by drlj on Jul 9, 2023 19:46:59 GMT -5
I am in the most interesting part of the book to me because it’s all about the places and performers I knew and followed. Old Town, The Quiet Knight, Holstein’s, The Earl, The 5th Peg. Performers like Ed & Fred Holstein, Bonnie Kolac, Ginny Clemmens, Goodman, Prine, Jim Post, Michael Smith, Greg Cahill, Jethro Burns who appeared with Goodman. And all the places & performers up & down Lincoln Ave. Somebody Else’s Troubles. This is the era I think about when I think Chicago music.
I met Jethro Burns twice in local music stores. In one, he was hanging around cutting up with his pal Homer. Both were very accessible. The second time was at a Hammond music store that was introducing the Washburn Jethro Burns model. I actually talked to him about the possibility of lessons but I procrastinated way too long and Jethro died. No lessons for me!
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