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Re: kent listie gathering/VoL/Monk gig
hi.
that nice Mark said,
> Maybe we should take up a collection and
>send you to all the shows as the official concert reviewer!
>
at age 38 i figure out what i wanna do when i grow up!
>you asked:
>
>
>> 6. next song, i should know this because i'm so old, is ~i think~ a
byrds
>> cover. the chorus goes, "i was so much older then, i'm younger than
that
>> now" and it was jangly sounding, so i'm gonna bet my nickel that it was
>> the Byrds. binkybuddy chime in here: this is your field, help me out of
>> this jam i'm in, please.
>
>They've been doing two Dylan songs: "My Back Pages", and "All along the
>watchtower"-- I'm not that *farm animal* with either, but could it be
>MBP?
evidently it was. oh, look, he picked up on my cute little "farmanimal"
word. thanks!
>
>
>> 8. Bill introduces the song "to the roof of the sky" by telling us that
>> it;s based on his reading an account of the 1930's ascent of Mt. Everest
to
>> his son, and how the climber did it "because it was there" and how he
died
>> on the trip up.
>
>This song was one that really didn't manifest for me until the May first
>discovery Of George Mallory's body frozen into Mt Everst. Now that I
>have read up on it and know the story, the song gives me chills. Bill
>is probably one of the best songwriters we have today!
>
he seems to have a good combination of intelligence, education, memory,
compassion, and talent, so it works out into some cool tunes. (feeling
like i understated the case here somewhat.)
thanks for the clarifications. surely they helped out the other VoL fans on
this list.
jg