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Post by Marshall on May 7, 2023 8:41:48 GMT -5
The highest compliment society can offer is for a music style to graduate to Elevator Muzak. Then you know you made it.
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Post by drlj on May 7, 2023 12:18:38 GMT -5
Was Kiwi Nixon ever on this forum or was it the old AG forum?
Nice person. John & I met her at Front Porch Music many years ago when she was on a layover from a flight at Midway Airport. She lived in Boston, maybe? I don’t recall. Anyone else remember her?
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Post by howard lee on May 7, 2023 15:48:41 GMT -5
Was Kiwi Nixon ever on this forum or was it the old AG forum? Nice person. John & I met her at Front Porch Music many years ago when she was on a layover from a flight at Midway Airport. She lived in Boston, maybe? I don’t recall. Anyone else remember her?
Yes. To the best of my memory, Kiwi was a regular on the old AG magazine forum. When we transitioned out to TTT, I am not sure she came over with us. Maybe for a bit, but she left soon after. Job? A new addition to the family? Illness? I can't remember.
I also remember Cranky Yankee, whose real name was Jim ________...
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Post by Marshall on May 7, 2023 16:43:06 GMT -5
Schizo Mulberry Bush
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Post by drlj on May 7, 2023 16:48:55 GMT -5
Was Kiwi Nixon ever on this forum or was it the old AG forum? Nice person. John & I met her at Front Porch Music many years ago when she was on a layover from a flight at Midway Airport. She lived in Boston, maybe? I don’t recall. Anyone else remember her? Yes. To the best of my memory, Kiwi was a regular on the old AG magazine forum. When we transitioned out to TTT, I am not sure she came over with us. Maybe for a bit, but she left soon after. Job? A new addition to the family? Illness? I can't remember. I also remember Cranky Yankee, whose real name was Jim ________...
Jim Swazy(sp?) Kiwi was nice. I think she had a baby which might be why she left. Her time was occupied. |
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Post by billhammond on May 7, 2023 16:54:59 GMT -5
The name Kiwi Nixon, as distinctive as it is, rings no bell for me, regrettably.
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Post by drlj on May 7, 2023 16:58:06 GMT -5
The name Kiwi Nixon, as distinctive as it is, rings no bell for me, regrettably. I don’t recall her real name. Kiwi Nixon was her forum name and I think Howard is correct. She was part of the old AG forum. |
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Post by dradtke on May 7, 2023 17:02:02 GMT -5
Yes. To the best of my memory, Kiwi was a regular on the old AG magazine forum. When we transitioned out to TTT, I am not sure she came over with us. Maybe for a bit, but she left soon after. Job? A new addition to the family? Illness? I can't remember. I also remember Cranky Yankee, whose real name was Jim ________...
Jim Swazy(sp?) Swayze. I believe he was a cousin of some sort to Patrick. |
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Post by billhammond on May 7, 2023 17:06:24 GMT -5
The name Kiwi Nixon, as distinctive as it is, rings no bell for me, regrettably. I don’t recall her real name. Kiwi Nixon was her forum name and I think Howard is correct. She was part of the old AG forum. Her handle was just one first word short of a great blues name. |
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Post by drlj on May 7, 2023 17:22:26 GMT -5
I don’t recall her real name. Kiwi Nixon was her forum name and I think Howard is correct. She was part of the old AG forum. Her handle was just one first word short of a great blues name. Rob’s post about Blues names is what reminded me of her. That’s how she came up with Kiwi Nixon. When I won the 3 instruments in the AG monthly drawing, Swayze helped put me in touch with a professional Oud player in Boston who bought one of them. He bought the Glissentar, which was a crazy 11 nylon string fretless electric instrument, built by Godin, that was based on the Oud. I sent it out to the guy within 10 days of my receiving it. And breathed a sigh of relief. |
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Post by John B on May 7, 2023 18:57:33 GMT -5
Ooh I would have loved that Glissentar. Not paying for it, of course, but playing around with it.
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Post by drlj on May 8, 2023 7:44:04 GMT -5
Ooh I would have loved that Glissentar. Not paying for it, of course, but playing around with it. It was strange and I had some fun for a couple of days with it, but I realized I would never produce anything close to music with it. Just as I was wondering what I would do with it, Cranky got in touch and told me his Oud playing friend wanted one. Off to Boston it went. |
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on May 8, 2023 9:33:23 GMT -5
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Post by drlj on May 8, 2023 9:39:43 GMT -5
Wow! That is going for a lot more than they cost in 2000 when I won it. I think I got $600 for it. They were selling for $850-900 at the time—actual price, not list. Of course, I don’t think they make them any longer. I also won 12 sets of strings for it, which I sold to the guy @ a couple bucks each. |
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Post by John B on May 8, 2023 10:42:16 GMT -5
Not that badly. There are a few other things I'd do with that money first. |
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Post by coachdoc on May 8, 2023 14:46:16 GMT -5
I'd like my blues name to be Big Willie Robicheaux. Kind of rolls off the tongue, don't it? Good. But more Cajun than blues. |
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Post by Marshall on May 8, 2023 17:36:36 GMT -5
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Post by howard lee on May 8, 2023 20:21:11 GMT -5
I'd like my blues name to be Big Willie Robicheaux. Kind of rolls off the tongue, don't it? Good. But more Cajun than blues.
I could live with that, Doc.
The only problem is, I never shot a man in Memphis. Or any other city, at that.
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Post by John B on May 8, 2023 20:48:37 GMT -5
Good. But more Cajun than blues. I could live with that, Doc. The only problem is, I never shot a man in Memphis. Or any other city, at that.
That's strange; I heard you shot a man in NYC.  I've seen some of your other shots that turned out pretty well, too. |
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on May 8, 2023 21:33:43 GMT -5
I remember Kiwi Nixon. She was nice. I didn’t remember that LJ won three instruments. I thought it was two. That’s when I started to hate him.
Mike
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