Shel Silverstein - Ever heard of him??

[Frank Reid]

In Article <46a5e4$i...@agate.berkeley.edu> "sch...@garnet.berkeley.edu (Rudi Schmid)" says:
> In article <steve_hoffmann-...@shoffman.sdd.trw.com>,
> Yet Another Steve <steve_h...@qmail4.trw.sp.com> wrote:
> >In article <465vrh$f...@agate.berkeley.edu>, sch...@garnet.berkeley.edu
> >(Rudi Schmid) wrote:
> >
> >> Shel also graces folk music, or his songs do. Check out the recently
> >> released _Bob Gibson sings Shel Silverstein,_ which has some new SS songs.
> >
> >Anyone know where he is, or what he's doing now? Are these "new SS songs"
> >recently-written, or previously-unreleased?
>
> The CD Bob Gibson sings Shel Silverstein (Asylum 1995) has 13 tracks, 11 of
> which are 1994 copyright songs.
>
> --Rudi Schmid, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley <sch...@garnet.berkeley.edu>
>
>

He's best known for his childrens' books and funny songs ("The Slithery Dee")
but he wrote some good serious songs too, like "The Hills of Shiloh" and "The
First Battalion" (early '60s when the "folk-song revival" coincided with
the Civil War centennial).

--

Frank re...@indiana.edu

[Pete Dako]

In article <19951021095522.reid@frank_reid.electronics.indiana.edu>,
re...@indiana.edu (Frank Reid) wrote:

> He's best known for his childrens' books

Has anyone mentioned yet that Shel Silverstein was/is widely known as a
PLAYBOY cartoonist (for over 20 years! Even if you can't recall his
drawings -- his scrawly signature is pretty hard to forget!)

Oh and he also wrote:

Loretta Lynns "One More on The Way"

_and_

Mary Kay Places "Paintin' Her Fingernails"
(from the "Aimin' To Please" LP)

Pete

ps: M.K. Place is the singer/actress who portrayed taht other "Loretta"
on the "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" TV show.

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[Paul Grosso]

Shel also wrote nearly all the songs for the '70s rock group "Dr. Hook
and the Medicine Show" - remember "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" and
"Sylvia's Mother"?

- Paul

[Russel Albright]

In article <19951021095522.reid@frank_reid.electronics.indiana.edu>,
re...@indiana.edu (Frank Reid) wrote:

He also wrote "A Boy Named Sue", Johnny Cash and "Four Poster Bed", Brenda Lee.

--
"Teach children HOW to think, not WHAT to think."

[SamXYZ]

Sure.

My first exposure to him was through Bobby Bare's double album,
"Lullabyes, Legends and Lies," around 1972, which rates in my mind as one
of the greatest albums of all time. (He wrote all the songs.)

Other Silverstein songs have been recorded by a lot of people over the
years. Somehow, Johnny Cash's recording of "A Boy Named Sue" comes to
mind.

And in addition to the songs and the children's books, his cartoons used
to appear with some regularity in Playboy.

[GollyAngie]

Here's one of my favorites:

Chester come school and said,
"Durn, I growed another head."
Teacher said, "It's time you knowed
The word is 'grew' instead of 'growed.'"

[Richard Sheir]

Don't forget why you never gonna see a Unicorn! Thatwas a top ten SS hit
for the Irish Rovers.
--
Richard

[Jeff Waldron]

Bobby Bare also did a couple of albums that are all or almost all
Shel Silverstein songs. The song Susan's Floor by Gordon
Lightfoot was also by him. His albums are not easy to find, but
they are definitely worth seeking out.

Jeff Waldron
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[Robyn C. Reed]

Richard Sheir (rsh...@freenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote:
: Don't forget why you never gonna see a Unicorn! Thatwas a top ten SS hit

: for the Irish Rovers.
: --
: Richard

And a memorable "Stump the Band" piece at a They Might Be Giants concert in
1992.

[John Hilvert]

pa...@wco.com (Paul Grosso) wrote:

While your at it Shel also put out an amazing live record performance
in the mid 60s called "I'm So Good that I don't have to Brag!
(ISGTIDHTB)". A desert island pick - awesome, wry worldly and I am
playing it still (Cadet records).

That said, Shel's voice is definitely an acquired taste: somewhere
between a choked puppy and an off-key Johnny Cash, I reckon. But he'd
_look_ perfect for a rap video with his pre-Isaac Hayes look.

- A triumph of substance over style in folk music or anywhere else, I
suspect.

The best way to get into Shel's material is to search out his song
book: "Dirty Feet" with the words and music to about 120 of his unique
and still singable fare:

Consider classics such as Boa Constrictor, Beans Taste Fine, The
Unicorn, Fog Horn, Folk Singer Blues ("Wha da ya do if you're young
and white and Jew-ish..), Hey Nelly Nelly, Masochistic Baby, Three
Legged Man, Wave's Roll Out and of course (ISGTIDHTB),

My copy's spine is creaking, but what a gem! It was published in 1969
by Hollis Music Inc, NY NY.

My personal favourite remains his knowing and poetic: "I'm eating
cornflakes with sugar and teardrops. (Since the milkman ran away with
you)"

John Hilvert
Journalist at Large
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[Val Workman]

Bobby Bare sings a lot of shel songs. Shel on the other hand can't sing
at all.

Val Workman

[Jack Esco]

Shel is a multi-talented "character." He was in the vanguard on the
"Mr.Clean" shaved-head look, for instance. He's a writer, illustrator,
satirist [Playboy magazine, children's books] and, of course, a song
writer of note. Examples: "Sylvia's Mother" via Captain Hook and the
Medicine Show and "A Girl Named Sue" via Johnny Cash.

[Paul Grosso]

vwor...@thenews.com wrote:
: Bobby Bare sings a lot of shel songs. Shel on the other hand can't sing
: at all.

: Val Workman

He can't sing the same way that Tom Waits can't sing but I'd buy either
of their albums in a minute!

- Paul

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[reeder]

One the greats in folk. A writer with a social conscieness to match none.
Books Big "O" and "End of the Sidewalk" , Cartoons for Playboy
Comentaries, Publisher-Evil Eye Music,
What a guy! What a guy!
"Never bite a married woman on the thigh", "Bury me in my shades"
What a guy! What a guy!

[Thomas W. Cowdery]

One of my all-time favorite albums is LULLABIES, LEGENDS and LIES
which is Bobby Bare singing Shel Silverstein. Silverstein is (was?) a
genius.

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[Pete Dako]

Here's another song title from Shel Silverstein for this never ending thread:

"I've Never Gone To Bed With an Ugly Woman
(but I sure woke up with quite a few)"

from Bobby Bare's "Drunk and Crazy"

[Linda F. Cauthen]

>Here's another song title from Shel Silverstein for this never ending thread:

"I've Never Gone To Bed With an Ugly Woman
(but I sure woke up with quite a few)"

from Bobby Bare's "Drunk and Crazy"<

I thought R.C. Bannon wrote this deathless classic! (We used to tease him
about it all the time, back when he was married to Louise M.)

[Jeff Waldron]

In article <249816675...@vine.org>,

Just checked and you are right, although Shel wrote most of the
other songs on this album.

[Bert D. Dodds]

>Shel Silverstein is not my favorite singer, but he's among my favorite
>songwriter/artists.

For the second time in my life, I ran into Shel yesterday (he's easy to pick
out in even the least likely places). We talked for a little and I got some
valuable parenting advice. A very nice guy.

Bert D.

[Yet Another Steve]

In article <bddodds.18...@students.wisc.edu>,

So where did you see him? How'd he look - well, happy? I don't suppose
you got an address while you were chatting...

Steve

[Editurz]

If you like Shel Silverstein music, look for Bob Gibson's recent "Making a
Mess" album -- all Shel's songs. You can find Shel's songs on Gibson
albums going back to the early 1960s. It was, before Gibson's health
forced him to retire, one of the longest-lasting collaborations between
writer and singer in recent history.
Michael Dresser
Baltimore, Md.

[Bert D. Dodds]

In article <48pdil$k...@odin.cc.pdx.edu> psu0...@odin.cc.pdx.edu (Linda Flessas) writes:
>From: psu0...@odin.cc.pdx.edu (Linda Flessas)
>Subject: Re: Shel Silverstein - Ever heard of him??
>Date: 20 Nov 1995 00:17:25 -0800

>I'd love to know what Uncle Shelby's parenting advice could be...?

>Bert D. Dodds (bdd...@students.wisc.edu) wrote:

>: >Shel Silverstein is not my favorite singer, but he's among my favorite
>: >songwriter/artists.

>: For the second time in my life, I ran into Shel yesterday (he's easy to pick
>: out in even the least likely places). We talked for a little and I got some
>: valuable parenting advice. A very nice guy.

>: Bert D.

Waiting 'til I was past 40 was a good idea (get to pass on the theory of
football without getting hurt). With age comes patience and tolerance for
disorder. Mostly, Shel was justifying my choice (or circumstance) in
becoming an over-40 dad.

[Linda Flessas]

[Linda F. Cauthen]

>> >Shel Silverstein is not my favorite singer, but he's among my favorite
>> >songwriter/artists.
>>
>> For the second time in my life, I ran into Shel yesterday (he's easy to
pick
>> out in even the least likely places). We talked for a little and I got
some
>> valuable parenting advice. A very nice guy.

>Is this the same Shel Silverstein who wrote A Light in the Attic and Where
the Sidewalk End. Big guy, dark hair and beard?<

Shel Silverstein is rather tall, has a beard but NO hair (shaved bald). If
you mean the song "Where the Sidewalk Ends" that Strait sings in "Pure
Country," it was written by Jim Lauderdale (who recorded it first) and John
Leventhal.

[Bert D. Dodds]

>Shel Silverstein is rather tall, has a beard but NO hair (shaved bald). If
>you mean the song "Where the Sidewalk Ends" that Strait sings in "Pure
>Country," it was written by Jim Lauderdale (who recorded it first) and John
>Leventhal.

"Where the Sidewalk Ends" is a book. And Shel is a distance from tall (he's
about 5'6" or 5'7"), stocky, short, bald, grey beard....Bert

[Matthew S. Weiss]

Folks,

Does anybody know where I can get ahold of some Phil Ochs sheet music or
just the chords to his songs? If so, I'd be grateful for a tip.

Thanks,

Matt Weiss
<mw...@andrew.cmu.edu>

[roger colin shouse]

In article <Ikknkqy00...@andrew.cmu.edu>,

It may be out of print now, but Ochs did have a book back in the late 70's
called "The War is Over." It had many of his songs, plus a number of his
writings and reviews by others. I've got a copy, packed away somewhere, but
I don't know where you might get another.

[Kevin Kelly]

"Matthew S. Weiss" (mw...@andrew.cmu.edu) writes:
> Folks,
>
> Does anybody know where I can get ahold of some Phil Ochs sheet music or
> just the chords to his songs? If so, I'd be grateful for a tip.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt Weiss
> <mw...@andrew.cmu.edu>

Try http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/ and enjoy

Musically
Kevin Kelly