tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636657064478092824.post6406684362366197500..comments2009-09-12T16:38:19.626-07:00Comments on skip's blog: vid: the folk music of my youthskip hellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07474148907383183209noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636657064478092824.post-42181488367998575872009-09-12T16:38:19.626-07:002009-09-12T16:38:19.626-07:00actually, i'm one of the people who bought tha...actually, i'm one of the people who bought that book real fast, and i can't say enough wonderful things about it.<br /><br />In Philly, the show was definitely called Philadelphia Folk Festival, and opened with the amazing un-be-credible Gamble Rogers playing "Deep Gap Salute", which was his tribute to Doc Watson's "Doc's Guitar". You have audio at all of this?!<br /><br />By the way -- your interview with John Hartford where he discusses legacy... amazing. Thank you personally for such a wonderful book about such a worthy artist.skip hellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07474148907383183209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636657064478092824.post-43230402747715799302009-09-12T14:00:18.326-07:002009-09-12T14:00:18.326-07:00Skip:
Great to see your fond and insightful post ...Skip:<br /><br />Great to see your fond and insightful post that invokes the 1982 video of Jethro Burns and Steve Goodman playing Goodman's "City of New Orleans." Goodman often doesn't get his due. You might be interested in my 800-page biography, "Steve Goodman: Facing the Music." The book delves deeply into the musical friendship of Steve and Jethro, and Jethro's son, Johnny, is a key source among my 1,050 interviewees. So were John Hartford, David Bromberg and, of course, John Prine, with whom I had four hours of talks, and Michael Smith, whom I interviewed for two hours.<br /><br />You can find out more at my Internet site (below). Amazingly, the book's first printing sold out in just eight months, all 5,000 copies, and a second printing of 5,000 is available now. The second printing includes hundreds of little updates and additions, including 30 more photos for a total of 575. It won a 2008 IPPY (Independent Publishers Association) silver medal for biography.<br /><br />'Nuff said. Thanks again for the post!<br /><br />Clay Eals<br /><br />P.S. The PBS show you're referring to is "Folk Festival USA." I don't have any video of that, but I do have a little audio.<br /><br />= = = = =<br /><br />Clay Eals<br />1728 California Ave. S.W. #301<br />Seattle, WA 98116-1958<br /><br />(206) 935-7515 home<br />(206) 484-8008 cell<br />ceals@comcast.net<br />http://www.clayeals.comClay Ealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196401847360473286noreply@blogger.com