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MaskedMarvel

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Dec 16 05 4:04 PM

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http://www.bluesaccess.com/No_26/brownie.html

All the above written is in my opinion unless it is someone else's opinion, or a fact.

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Les Forgue

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Dec 16 05 8:45 PM

Thanks good buddy That is interesting to read. I started to read it and scanned through and when I have time I will go back to it.

Les from Chicago

"Nobody sits on a rolling stone".
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frethead

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Dec 18 05 1:13 AM

Masked.... That was marvelous!!

Thanks for the read,

enjoy,

fret

"The more you play ... The bluer you get...."

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CornElvis

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Dec 18 05 8:10 PM

good stuff MM.

thanks

CornElvis

Well, within short notice, I tell them where I�ve been.
What they are missing and what they�ve never seen.
Try to sell myself no matter how to.
Even try tell them black men stole my blues.
But somehow, nobody ever heard of me.

Jackie D. Blues & Rock Band
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7844219

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Dec 18 05 10:55 PM

Halloween on Easter? with Brownie McGhee

"A short time after I'd played drums with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee one night (Mance Lipscomb, too, during the same 1968 Berkeley venue) Brownie invited me to his place in Oakland for a holiday Bar-B-Que.

I'd never been to his house before, having just recently met him. After I got there with my date (a story in itself, for some other time) and as I was listening to the blues jam (of unknown-to-me musicians) and meeting other guests, Brownie asked me to go find his wife and ask when the potato salad was going to come out... He said she was "in the house."

So, I went across the yard, down the walkway, turned into his house, the door was unlocked... and entered. All the lights were off... After briefly adjusting to the relative darkness from being in that Oakland sunshine, I looked around and discovered that the large Victorian living room and parlour were entirely FILLED WITH COFFINS - upright against the wall and on stands.

What a contradiction to the party! I was a bit creeped-out for a moment, and I wondered how this blues master's taste in decor may have related to his own version of blues.

I heard sounds from upstairs, cautiously walked up there, where I found his wife in the kitchen, and - still a bit in shock from that living room scene - introduced myself and asked her about the potato salad and got out of there without much discussion.

I went back to the yard and told Brownie about when the potato salad was coming, and then of course I just had to ask about the coffins!

He said that it's a big place, and they dont use the ground floor, so they leased it out to a mortuary to store coffins.

Well, that was relief, but... I didn't ask him what he had in the freezer."

�2004 S G Schoenfeld excerpt from work in progress

(When I get around to scanning them, I'll post a photo of that party.)

Sandy Guy Schoenfeld howlingsandy1@netzero.net
See 99 fresh FANTASTIC photos of the legendary Howlin' Wolf at
www.howlingwolfphotos.com

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tanta07

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Dec 21 05 1:26 AM

QUOTE (Howlin' Sandy @ Dec 18 2005, 10:55 PM)

He said that it's a big place, and they dont use the ground floor, so they leased it out to a mortuary to store coffins.

Well, that was relief, but... I didn't ask him what he had in the freezer."

LOL Holy crap!

The Buzz Brothers Band

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7845539

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Jan 4 06 12:44 AM

That's the single best story i've read on this site.... superb

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Sharna

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Jan 4 06 4:27 AM

that really got me smilin...... Howlin'Sandy.....thanks!

keep it real...play the blues

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angmack

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Jan 5 06 1:59 PM

You can listen to our own John4y talking to Brownie McGee here:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=157137

angmack

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frethead

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Jan 5 06 2:17 PM

folks,

Speakin' of BM and ST - Can someone recommend a great cd of theirs to buy? I have been checking them out and haven't pulled the trigger and plunked down the change to buy one yet..

Recommandations welcome - I love the song "Burnt Child" that is on one of the American Folks Festival DVD's.. but haven't found it on one of their cd's yet...

enjoy,

fret

"The more you play ... The bluer you get...."

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