Bobby Charles

sluggo

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May 30, 2006, 12:00:09 AM5/30/06

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I`m reading a few magazines lately and Bobby
Charles name keeps popping up, and it isn`t good.
Seems he lost everything in the Katrina onslaught
, and seems to think he lost out on some
friendships since...
there was a story with dr.John in a recent issue
of No Depression and he stated that he had a good
number for Bobby but lost his cell and the number
with it and hasn`t heard from him in some
time...Bobby himself sounded very distraught in a
recent Living Blues mag article... and my bottom
line is I wish there were some way I could reach
out to him myself as a kind of pay back for all
of the goodness his music has brought to me and my
friends..
The first time I heard Bobby was quite by
accident..i`m a big fan of the Band and I saw this
lp advertised with members of the Band on it as
supporting
musicians...turns out it was Bobby`s solo lp and I
now own two different copies on vinyl plus the
cd...Of course I then realized that he was the
writer of See you Later alligator which anyone my
age heard when they were a kid...
But his later works have the wonderful wistful
Louisianna atmosphere, kind of slow but not slow,
kind of lazy but not lazy just very comfortably
paced well written songs..
And , well ,again I just would like to reach out
to a guy that might just need a bit of human
kindness right now..

Telecaster...say no more

sluggo

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Dick Waterman

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Jun 1, 2006, 10:51:34 AM6/1/06

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In a message dated 5/29/06 11:00:26 PM, tony.s...@rogers.com writes:

> I`m reading a few magazines lately and Bobby
> Charles name keeps popping up, and it isn`t good.
> Seems he lost everything in the Katrina onslaught
> , and seems to think he lost out on some
> friendships since...
>

Bobby was a member of Paul Butterfield's "Better Days" and both of their
albums are classics. He wrote a very wonderful song called "Small Town Talk" with
Geoff Muldaur on vocal.

There is the memorable story that Bobby called Fats Domino from his home in
Lake Charles, LA, and asked to borrow some money to come down to New Orleans
and Fats kept refusing. Bobby said that he had to have the money because he
had no other way to get there.

So Fats says, "Then you better start walking to New Orleans."

Hey, sounds like a song in there somewhere.

I don't know if it's true but the story itself is great.

Yes, I'm back from Italy . . .

Dick Waterman
Oxford, MS
www.dickwaterman.com

Jimmy Jacobs

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Jun 1, 2006, 10:59:34 AM6/1/06

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And...how was the trip and festival??

Steven Harnar

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Jun 1, 2006, 11:44:30 AM6/1/06

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Welcome back from Italy Jinx, i trust your meeting with the Don went well.

I noticed that Geoff Muldaur does some work with Loudon Wainwright, i've been a big fan of Wainwright since the "Dead Skunk" days but he is so much more than just a dead skunk. I've been wondering what ever happened to him. Now i know who to keep and eye (and ear) out for. I remember ordering one of his LPs on 8 track back in the early 70's.

Good to have you back, you missed the "Carlin Way" political debate; some awipe brought up...i forget who...could it be.....satan?

s

Steven Harnar

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Jun 1, 2006, 11:48:48 AM6/1/06

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Oh forgot the quote i liked so much. Richard Thompson said, "there are only two white blues singers and Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.

http://altmusic.about.com/od/peterspickslists/tp/summerconcerts.htm

Steven Harnar <chrfobl...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Welcome back from Italy Jinx, i trust your meeting with the Don went well.

I noticed that Geoff Muldaur does some work with Loudon Wainwright, i've been a big fan of Wainwright since the "Dead Skunk" days but he is so much more than just a dead skunk. I've been wondering what ever happened to him. Now i know who to keep and eye (and ear) out for. I remember ordering one of his LPs on 8 track back in the early 70's.

Good to have you back, you missed the "Carlin Way" political debate; some awipe brought up...i forget who...could it be.....satan?

s

Michele Lundeen

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Jun 1, 2006, 1:55:24 PM6/1/06

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Yo Chefo... what's cookin'? (ya I know... but couldn't help it)

You know I went to see Geoff Muldaur in concert once on the basis of that
quote (and Bonnie Raitt raves about him as well, etc.) and my ears did not
hear blues. I heard what I would call Folk/Americana, but no blues notes...
I didn't get the blues reference at all. I heard no "timbre and inflections
of a down-home African American" as his bio mentions. Nope.

Onward,
Michele Lundeen
www.michelelundeen.com

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Subject: Re: White Blues singers was Bobby Charles

Oh forgot the quote i liked so much. Richard Thompson said, "there are only
two white blues singers and Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.

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E Willett

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Jun 1, 2006, 6:45:05 PM6/1/06

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I'm still addicted to Geoff's "Secret Handshake"...good stuff..(Still have my Kweskin LPs, too)
George

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Subject: Re: White Blues singers was Bobby Charles

Oh forgot the quote i liked so much. Richard Thompson said, "there are only two white blues singers and Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.

http://altmusic.about.com/od/peterspickslists/tp/summerconcerts.htm<http://altmusic.about.com/od/peterspickslists/tp/summerconcerts.htm>

Steven Harnar <chrfobl...@yahoo.com<mailto:chrfobl...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
Welcome back from Italy Jinx, i trust your meeting with the Don went well.

I noticed that Geoff Muldaur does some work with Loudon Wainwright, i've been a big fan of Wainwright since the "Dead Skunk" days but he is so much more than just a dead skunk. I've been wondering what ever happened to him. Now i know who to keep and eye (and ear) out for. I remember ordering one of his LPs on 8 track back in the early 70's.

Good to have you back, you missed the "Carlin Way" political debate; some awipe brought up...i forget who...could it be.....satan?

s

Dick Waterman wrote:

In a message dated 5/29/06 11:00:26 PM, tony.s...@rogers.com<mailto:tony.s...@rogers.com> writes:

> I`m reading a few magazines lately and Bobby
> Charles name keeps popping up, and it isn`t good.
> Seems he lost everything in the Katrina onslaught
> , and seems to think he lost out on some
> friendships since...
>

Bobby was a member of Paul Butterfield's "Better Days" and both of their
albums are classics. He wrote a very wonderful song called "Small Town Talk" with
Geoff Muldaur on vocal.

There is the memorable story that Bobby called Fats Domino from his home in
Lake Charles, LA, and asked to borrow some money to come down to New Orleans
and Fats kept refusing. Bobby said that he had to have the money because he
had no other way to get there.

So Fats says, "Then you better start walking to New Orleans."

Hey, sounds like a song in there somewhere.

I don't know if it's true but the story itself is great.

Yes, I'm back from Italy . . .

Dick Waterman
Oxford, MS
www.dickwaterman.com<http://www.dickwaterman.com/>

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Ron Weinstock

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Jun 2, 2006, 4:35:39 AM6/2/06

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Dick, the story is recvounted somehwat differently in Rick Coleman's ""Blue Monday, Fats Domino
and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'N' Roll" (De Capo 2006) at page 200, is that Fats had just recorded
Bobby's "Before I Grow Too Old," when Bobby greeted Domino at Domino's dressing room in
Lafayette. Fats had told Bobby if he known Bobby was gonna be at the show he would have
brought the recording for Bobby to hear. Bobby was upset he couldn't hear the recording so Fats
invited him to Nedw Orleans.

"'I don't have a car. If I'd go, I'd have to walk,' Charles replied, as suddden inspiration hit him.
Riding home to Albeville after the show with some friends, Charles borrowed a pencil and in 15
minutes wrote 'Walking to New Orleans' for Domino."

Ron who hopefully did not have too many typos in the quoted portion.

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 10:51:25 EDT, Dick Waterman <Jinx...@aol.com> wrote:

>In a message dated 5/29/06 11:00:26 PM, tony.s...@rogers.com writes:
>
>
>> I`m reading a few magazines lately and Bobby
>> Charles name keeps popping up, and it isn`t good.
>> Seems he lost everything in the Katrina onslaught
>> , and seems to think he lost out on some
>> friendships since...
>>
>
>Bobby was a member of Paul Butterfield's "Better Days" and both of their
>albums are classics. He wrote a very wonderful song called "Small Town Talk" with
>Geoff Muldaur on vocal.
>
>There is the memorable story that Bobby called Fats Domino from his home in
>Lake Charles, LA, and asked to borrow some money to come down to New Orleans
>and Fats kept refusing. Bobby said that he had to have the money because he
>had no other way to get there.
>
>So Fats says, "Then you better start walking to New Orleans."
>
>Hey, sounds like a song in there somewhere.
>
>I don't know if it's true but the story itself is great.
>
>Yes, I'm back from Italy . . .
>
>Dick Waterman
>Oxford, MS
>www.dickwaterman.com
>

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Blue Stew

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Jun 3, 2006, 12:51:38 AM6/3/06

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I dig Geoff Muldaur a lot. Wheather he's a blues cat or not, he sings a
mezmorizing version of the Percy Mayfield classic "Send Me Someone To
Love". He has a very unique "lonesome" sound to his voice. He's a very
pleasant person to talk to.
I met him only once and he showed me some of his guitar tunings that he
uses. Great storyteller too.
mike