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There are 2 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Martin Scorcese's "Blues"
From: Bill Reed
2. Kenny Young, The Seagulls
From: Art Longmire
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 20:49:21 -0000
From: Bill Reed
Subject: Re: Martin Scorcese's "Blues"
Mike Rashkow:
> --and where oh where and when oh
> when do we get to Ray Charles.
Brother Ray was on the Clint Eastwood installment dealing with
piano blues that was shown Saturday night in the U.S. Charles,
in new footage, was shown playing simply great piano. Also
featured were Fats Domino, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Dr. John
and others.
BTW I have not watched much of the series. Was there any coverage
of L.A.'s great blues guitarist Pee Wee Crayton?
Bill Reed
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 22:17:25 -0000
From: Art Longmire
Subject: Kenny Young, The Seagulls
Thanks to "Johnny Cymbal" for the comments on the Seagulls...
I hadn't heard of any of the acts mentioned in your post and
I welcome the information! So Kenny Young was a member of the
Seagulls? I know him only as a writer credited on a number of
45s that I have. I was going to say I didn't know he'd done
any solo work, but I just realized I have a 45 by him somewhere
- I think it's on United Artists records-I can't for the life of
me think of the title. All I know about him is that he seemed
to share a lot of co-writing credits with Bruce Yardley.
I have two 45's by the Seagulls, both on Date, and both are great
favorites. "Anabel" is a beautiful, dreamy and melancholy pop number
and is the b-side of the Seagulls' great version of Dave Davies'
"Death of a Clown". The other 45 is a song called "Shooting At the
Moon With a Slingshot", another excellent and more upbeat song.
No question, I'd love to see any of these on a compilation someday.
Best,
Art Longmire
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