To all fellow listmembers: may you and yours have a happy, healthy, prosperous, and (of course), Rockin' New Year.... see y'all at Liberty Hall January 21st! ...
The best to you, Allen.....C.U. the 21st. Bob ... From: allenblasco To: KS_and_KC_GenOne_Rockers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 3:29 AM ...
... Thanks Allen. I wish the same to all the HOF listmembers as well. May 2006 be a wonderful year for all. I'm gearing up for March! Wish I could be there...
... Les, your link doesn't work, try it again. A year or so ago, I posted a series of emails about my late -60's- early- 70's group Stone Wall. I spoke at...
I remember seeing this guy when I was at Fisherman's Wharf a few years ago. Had no idea he had a Kansas origin. A sad life that came to an even sadder end......
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Jan 5, 2006 8:19 am
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Hey, Dano, contact me offlist, wouldja please. My emails to you keep bouncing but I can evidently reply to one of yours with no problem. And no, you're not in...
Hi Ron! Thanks for the CD's Yes, you are right.....I hope Friar Tuck gets nominated soon.....and when you do, you've got to play Gene Clarks song....that's my...
Ditto = I wanted to find out about his new CD set and also I have some interesting 'barn tapes' from 1961 in the Johnson County, KS area........ sent an e...
I've just learned of the passing of Mark Craney, who came down from South Dakota to play with a couple of Mid-Continent bands back in the late 60s-early70s....
... from South ... late ... recall him being in ... west. I lost ... another ... I posted this about Mark Craney back on Nov 30 on another music forum: From:...
Just heard on the news tonight about the passing of Lou Rawls from lung and brain cancer (he hadn't smoked since the early 60's). He was 72. His last gig, I'm...
I had the pleasure of hearing Mark a few times in Lawrence back in the Mid-Continent era. Also saw him with Gino in K.C. after that. The guy was phenomenal....
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Allen, Once, back in the 80's, when I was working for Roy Clark in Vegas, Wayne Newton invited Roy to his home for dinner. Roy asked me to go with him, which...
I missed this story in the paper a month ago, or I would have shared it then. Stan's a great guy and a great bassist. Another Kansan who had to leave the...
A great loss, to be sure. I remember even in the proto-hippie scene of Lawrence in '67 there was nothing cooler than Lou Rawls Live - a superb album (with Herb...
Indeed Lou Rawls was a major artist-such a great, smooth voice, one of a kind. He's joined the great "band" in the sky along with the other greats who went...
Allen, Never bought a Lou Rawls LP, but whenever I was channel surfing and he was on TV I would always stop and be amazed by his voice. Definitely a unique...
Dano, I've written but haven't heard back. Probably just busy but thought I'd check. Any news on any new Midwest Showtime Volumes? Also, I've just digitalized...
Dano, I've written but haven't heard back. Maybe you're just busy but thought I'd check. Any news on any new Midwest Showtime Volumes? Also, I've just...
I've purchased several of Lou's work. In fact, he performed in Albuquerque not long ago (actually got into some police trouble while here). However, I must say...
In a message dated 1/7/2006 9:11:42 P.M. Central Standard Time, paul_schlapper@... writes: I've written but haven't heard back. Maybe you're just busy...
In a message dated 1/7/2006 9:56:54 P.M. Central Standard Time, dhiggins@... writes: I've purchased several of Lou's work. In fact, he performed in ...
... Actually, I once was on the same bill as John Denver. Played just before he did. He blew me out of the water. We were performing together in Wisconsin. ...
In a message dated 1/8/2006 12:00:50 A.M. Central Standard Time, dhiggins@... writes: Actually, I once was on the same bill as John Denver. Played just ...
Bill, I began a tour with John Denver in Chicago. We played The Quiet Knight...then on to numerous other cities and colleges. We became very good friends. John...
Chet, Great story. You mentioned that John helped you "become a better writer." So that's why your CD Modern Progress frequently gets played on my CD player in...