New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter
Alan Lewis, Editor

Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

September 1, 2007
Issue 2007:238

To SUBSCRIBE to this newsletter:
http://www.geocities.com/uridfm/subscribe.htm

E-MAIL via:
http://www.geocities.com/nemsbook/fred.htm
(Please do NOT click the Reply button.)

NEWSLETTER's Yahoo Groups Home Page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uridfm/

General CONTACT Information:
http://www.geocities.com/uridfm/contact.htm


We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

-- "Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
All rights reserved. Used with permission.


. . . . .


BRATTLEBORO, VT, September 1 - It is hard to imagine that it is
September already ... well, except for the fact that cars cresting our
Hospital Hill blinded me with their headlights Friday morning as I
walked back from the supermarket. This is after a few months of
walking up there and back, at approximately the same time, in broad
daylight. So maybe it is a little easier to picture this being
September and to picture fall coming on than I first reckoned.

I am sticking with my seasonal habit of writing Vermont music season
previews, and this newsletter issue is very much dominated by my

VERMONT FALL SEASON MUSIC PREVIEW.

Writing these for a Vermont publication would be ideal, but I don't
have one at the present time.

There are reasons I can think of why this season-preview article could
be of interest to our non-Vermont readers. First, the musicians
covered are by no means all Vermonters. On the contrary, it would not
take much for me to become a little embarrassed that I didn't work in
a few more Vermont musicians. Items about Session Americana (Boston)
and Bill Staines (New Hampshire, by way of Boston) are likely to be of
general interest.

Musicians who may fancy seeking Vermont bookings would want to know
what is happening in this state and where it is happening.

To non-folk musicians, Vermont often does not look especially
inviting. This is a very folky state, and it is a long drive to
Burlington to get at a much bigger, more diversified, and probably
younger music community. But I think anyone who has looked through
several of our season previews will notice that the much closer Middle
Earth Music Hall in Bradford, Vermont, is less folky than it once
seemed to be and that its diversified bookings are more nearly in
keeping with those of the popular Iron Horse Music Hall in
Northampton, Massachusetts. This month, for example, the Middle Earth
has alternative-country, folk-rock, and a belly dance show. In
October, there is blues, more alt-country, and Canadian
singer-songwriter Ember Swift, who I think of as much more of a rocker
than a folkie. The Middle Earth Music Hall is already a fine room and
it is promising to be even better.

Some of our readers occasionally visit Vermont.

And a number of the Vermont shows noted here are a reasonable driving
distance from towns and cities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and
New York.

So while I would not want to try to talk any non-Vermonters, who are
just plain not interested, into reading this season preview, I do
think it will have more than a little appeal for many of our readers.

The Brown University library has catalogued my

ALLEGHANIANS BIOGRAPHY,

"Voice and Spirit," which I self-published in Web pages on the
Internet. Their catalog record includes a link to my Alleghanians
Home Page. Woo woo! Getting this work catalogued by a college
library is a very big step in the right direction, and Brown
University would be my first choice. Brown's library owns a couple
very important Alleghanians songsters, which make it THE place to
start when researching the group.

Materials we received about

BUNRATTY'S REUNION 2

came in the .PDF file format - far and away the most time-consuming
format for us. On a different occasion, we would go the extra mile
anyway and round up details of this event. But right now, we simply
don't have an extra mile to go. Time is very, very tight.

No doubt Boston Globe obituaries we are linking to at the end of this
issue will interest lots of our readers. Scroll down and you will see
what I mean. I will only add in this preamble that the obituaries
connect with the legendary Beacon Street Union-connected Canobie Lake
Park amusement park and the great American punk rock stronghold, CBGB.

We have a notice toward the end about an

ESTEY ORGAN BEE,

an instructional event about repairing Estey organs. There's no
telling how much or how little this may interest our readers. But the
Estey organ company was named for its proprietor, Jacob Estey; and for
over 20 years, I have resided in the Jacob Estey Homestead. So this
music-instrument event is more than local for me. It is just short of
like being right here with me in my living room.

Happy Labor Day Weekend!


VERMONT FALL MUSIC PREVIEW

Getting an Early Jump on Autumn; or,
Why Wait for Harvest-Time To Celebrate the Harvest

By Alan Lewis
New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter
September 1, 2007
Issue 238

When is the first day of autumn not the first day of autumn?
Labor Day of course. And the folks who book Vermont's nighclubs,
listening rooms, music halls, and theaters have given us a lot of
great events and excellent variety to think about and look forward to,
starting this long holiday weekend.

Getting an early jump on autumn and on the harvest season is the
Middle Earth Music Hall's First Annual Bradford Harvest Festival at
Bradford, Vermont on Saturday, September 1, featuring Jimmy Ryan and
Hayride, Josh Lederman Y Los Diablos, and Bow Thayer and the Perfect
Train Wreck. Ex-Vermonter Jimmy Ryan's latest CD, the full-length
"Fun With Music," is quite simply his best. As usual, the leader's
mandolin is sweet, rhythmic, and brilliantly played. But his releases
are mostly vocal recordings. Jimmy Ryan writes SONGS. So it is
heartening that, like on the previous "Gospel Shirt," Ryan's voice has
been captured better than on past band and solo discs. "Fun With
Music" is just the right place to catch on to, or catch up with,
mandolin ace Jimmy Ryan.

Sadly, Ryan's label, Hi-N-Dry Records, is moving out of Mark
Sandman's old Cambridge, Mass. apartment. It was just such a (Jim)
fitting location for a studio and label featuring many, many artists
who were long connected with Sandman. The new studio will be at the
Somerville Art Center.

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic is about as classic as
it gets. These funksters ought to have a lot of folks on their feet
at Higher Ground in South Burlington on Wednesday, September 5.

The variety of bookings at Higher Ground remains positively
dizzying. After Parliament Funkadelic comes singer-songwriter Martin
Sexton on Friday, September 7; the sounds of the United States Gulf
Coast with Marcia Ball on Saturday, September 8; and All That Remains
and Shadows Fall, out of the modern metal stronghold of western Mass.,
on Wednesday, September 12. The capsule biographies of these
Massachusetts metal bands, posted at the Higher Ground website, say
that the "Fall of Ideals" CD contains "some of the most aggressive,
and some of the most friendly, pieces of music All That Remains has
ever written." Now THERE is an interesting combination and
juxtaposition: aggressive tunes and friendly tunes. Those same Web
biographies call Shadows Fall "One of the original forces behind the
New Wave of American Heavy Metal and undisputed leaders in that scene...."

Jeffrey Foucault mixes folk-roots music genres in an attractive
way, while putting his own stamp firmly on these sounds. No one has
ever done anything quite like this before. He is at Brattleboro's
Hooker-Dunham Theater on Friday, September 14.

Session Americana plays the Middle Earth Music Hall, Friday,
September 14. I asked if it may be kind of a long drive from Boston
to Bradford, Vermont to play a room the size of the Middle Earth. I
recall hearing Johnny Carson ask much the same of a pre-Woodstock
Richie Havens in the 1960s. Ry Cavanaugh of Session Americana
responded to my version of this time-tested question with one of the
best from-the-heart answers I have ever gotten. "If we weren't
playing little clubs who want us," he said, "we wouldn't be playing
anywhere at all.

"As long as it's fun and we keep putting one foot in front of the
other, we'll keep moving along this little path we're on. If we could
tour regionally doing maybe two to three weekends a month and make a
little cash, that would be fine with us. Gotta start where the love is."

This Middle Earth show is going to feature an interesting shift
in Session Americana membership. "At the Middle Earth this time,
we're bringing Jeremy Curtis on bass as a sub for Kimon [Kirk],"
reported Cavanaugh. "Jeremy has a whole load of great songs, a great
voice, and we can't say enough good about him. He and Sean [Staples]
were in the original 'Rock City' acoustic roots band, Jethro, with Bow
Thayer. That may be where it all started for our little clan that
became The Benders, The Resophonics, Vinal Avenue String Band ... all
the way down to Session Americana. That should be fun." Sounds it.

Higher Ground takes over Burlington's Flynn Center for a Ben
Harper and the Innocent Criminals show, Wednesday, September 19.

If you were to carry your guitar out of its case, start down a
flight of stairs, lose your grip on your six-string which then goes
flying down the stairs, the very last thought that would ever enter
into your head would be, "Gee, I hope Richie Havens appears out of
nowhere and catches my guitar." But that is exactly what happened
once to singer-songwriter Pamela Means. Havens came around a turn,
caught the instrument, and saved the day, giving new meaning to the
phrase, "guitar hero." When Richie Havens comes to the Vergennes
Opera House, Friday, September 21, you can hear a guy whose '60s
power-strumming made him one of the most influential folk guitarists
of a generation.

Some may remember a young Bernice Johnson of the Freedom Singers
at the Newport Folk Festival and elsewhere. So it could be a little
hard to picture that, after founding Sweet Honey in the Rock in 1973
and then touring and recording with that acclaimed vocal group for
over 30 years, Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon retired in 2004. But Sweet
Honey keeps on with its characteristic mix of sweet sounds and strong
sentiments against exploitation and oppression. Sweet Honey in the
Rock is at Burlington's Flynn Center on Saturday, September 22.

Suzanne Vega, who more than anyone revived the modern
singer-songwriter category in the 1980s, makes a stop at Brattleboro's
Latchis Theatre on Sunday, September 23.

Vermont singer-songwriter Lisa McCormick is at Latchis 4 (the
former New England Youth Theater location) that same day, Sunday,
September 23. McCormick calls this occasion "a full evening of
contemporary female singer/songwriter music, in two separate spaces,
at different times - so people can easily attend either or both
performances."

"I have a new CD coming out in September called 'Talisman Groove'
and will be having a larger CD-release concert later in the fall, so
this September 23rd event is a short-and-sweet 'unplugged' sneak
preview of some of the new songs," explained McCormick. "My show is
free, but seating is limited so reservations are recommended.
Reservations can be made by emailing LisaTickets@...."

Andrew Bird is at Higher Ground, Friday, September 28, Ember
Swift rocks the Middle Earth Music Hall on Friday, October 5, and
roots buzz artist Brandi Carlile does similar honors at Higher Ground,
Sunday, October 7.

Very big doings are in Brattleboro on Friday, October 12, when
the Vermont Jazz Center presents the Cameron Brown/Dave Ballou Quartet
Featuring Sheila Jordan and Adam Nussbaum.

Happy days are here again for Yonder Mountain String Band fans.
This outfit has a two-night stand in South Burlington at Higher Ground
on Monday, October 15 and Tuesday, October 16.

For over 30 years I have been an avid listener to independent
record releases by New England country artists. "Makes You Strong,"
the latest by the Bluegrass Gospel Project, is one of the best of
these I have ever heard. BGP puts on a show at Brattleboro's big
Latchis Theatre, Saturday, October 20, to benefit a favorite cause,
the Vermont Foodbank.

October 20, incidentally, is likely the busiest date of the fall
music season. This preview includes many more listings for that date
than for any other, and there are lots more shows that day than we are
noting here. We are not even picking up all the highlights.

Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson have long had a long-promised album
in the works. Now - finally, one might say - a "Hungrytown"
CD-release event is set for Stone Church Arts in Bellows Falls on
Saturday, October 20. Hall has a creamy voice that would be well
suited for pop. Hearing that voice applied to traditional material
and tradition-grounded originals is a major treat.

Brattleboro's Mole's Eye Cafe has had its shifts in booking
policy, though for the most part it is probably mainly remembered for
having a small list of regular acts who would each appear there, in
rough rotation, maybe every other month. But there has been a regime
change at the venerable Mole's Eye. On Saturday, October 20 and then
again on Friday, December 7, Amity Front - a talented band on the
blues side of roots music - takes the Mole's Eye stage.

Maybe it's just me; but every time I see the name of the band,
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, it calls to mind an old Pioneer Valley
hit, "The Ballad of Dr. J" ("He put the Six in the Seventy-Sixers.")
Stephen Kellogg leads his Sixers to Higher Ground, Saturday, October 20.

The pairing of Ravel's "Mother Goose Suite" with the "Piano
Concerto No. 1" by Brahms is classic Vermont Symphony Orchestra
programming. I am personally not at all familiar even with the title
of "Variaciones Concertantes" by Ginastera, but surprises can be fun.
VSO Music Director Jaime Laredo conducts these works, while the
featured artist is a man with stronger Windham County ties even than I
have (and I've been here since 1970), the great Peter Serkin. What a
perfect way to cap off a remarkably busy Saturday, October 20, and
where better to do it than Burlington's Flynn Center.

Loreena McKennitt ought to draw a good-size audience to the
Flynn, Tuesday, October 23, while the same may be said of folk-circuit
veteran Greg Brown at Higher Ground, Friday, October 26.

The last month of the fall season boasts terrific variety,
starting with a Dark Star Orchestra three-day stand at South
Burlington's Higher Ground, Sunday, November 11 to Wednesday, November
14. Find out why the Washington Post called Dark Star Orchestra "the
hottest Grateful Dead tribute act going."

Bill Staines, easily one of the greats, hits yodeling notes
accurately; and he knows when not to yodel. Not every yodeler does.
"I have always loved it but it was always about five percent of my
show," explained Staines. "Of course, it is something that people
always remember. When I won the national yodeling contest in 1975 in
Texas, Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) was one of the judges." The
question Staines was answering brought in star Canadian yodeler Wilf
Carter, whose influence, starting in the early 1930s, on country music
in Canada and across the northern tier of states was truly massive.

Winning a national yodeling competition judged by Wilf Carter
(most commonly known, in the United States, as Montana Slim) is one of
probably countless remarkable entries on Bill Staines' resume.
Another amazing resume entry is that he and Don McSorley ran the
Sunday night hoots at Harvard Square's legendary Club 47 coffeehouse
from 1966 to 1968, and Staines was in attendance at the Club's closing
weekend.

The tour schedule at Staines' website looked like he would be
driving a major zigzag through the Northeast to get to the Middle
Earth for his Friday, November 23 gig, but he said, "Actually, I'm
driving up to Vermont from home in New Hampshire and then heading down
to Connecticut. The concert at Middle Earth has become a Thankgiving
weekend tradition and I wouldn't miss it. It is one of the few places
that I play in Vermont nowadays. The Connecticut gig is also a
Thanksgiving weekend tradition."

I have been listening to Bill Staines since his 1975 "Miles"
album was new; but, strange to say, until now I have never had a
chance to profile him at even this length. So I take this, my very
first opportunity, to say to the reading public at large that, for me,
Bill Staines' "River" is among the best songs ever written. Ever.

Bill Staines' "Miles" LP, incidentally, was engineered by Rockin'
Ramrod Jesse Henderson and included one of New England's most colorful
characters, Fox Watson, on violin.

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band brings more than a little of New
Orleans to the Barre Opera House, Saturday, December 1.

The Vermont Symphony Orchestra's second Masterworks concert of
the season is at Burlington's Flynn Center on Saturday, December 1,
Anthony Princiotti conducting and featuring pianist Vanessa Perez.
Works to be performed include Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, Overture
to Oberon by Weber, and the Bartok Piano Concerto No. 3.

A Web search on Collegiate Gospel turned up ... nothing. Well,
it's early yet. But evidently a surprise treat is in store for the
folk who turn out for Collegiate Gospel at Brattleboro's Latchis
Theatre, Sunday, December 2.

In recent years I have learned, though I also knew it already,
that Patty Larkin has lots and lots of fans. Expect a quick sell-out
at Bradford's Middle Earth Music Hall, December 8.

Early this summer, Tony Barrand of Nowell Sing We Clear was out
for a pedal on a wonderful contraption while I was out for a jog. As
we passed, I got a classic Tony Barrand grin. Thinking of that
beaming grin, in relation to the visiting customs that Nowell Sing We
Clear is partly about, is a vivid reminder of one reason the time of
year around the winter solstice is called the season of light.

In a November 2005 interview with the Vermont Guardian, Tony
Barrand spoke of a central goal of Nowell Sing We Clear as being "to
take a show drawing from my own cultural center into small communities
to try to show how the full range of meanings in the seasonal
celebration can be incorporated by people to enrich their own family
customs." He said that, after then-31 years of putting the "dance
back into Christmas," he was "not surprised that it feels fresh every
year." Nowell Sing We Clear is at Brattleboro's Latchis Theatre,
December 10.

From Labor Day to the year's shortest days, the music of autumn
2007 is bound to brighten our nights.

CAN WINTER BE FAR AWAY? If you already know about big Vermont-related
events coming this winter - special shows, regional and national
tours, CD releases, venue openings, and other happenings - please
e-mail details to us by way of the following Web page:

http://www.geocities.com/nemsbook/fred.htm


= = = = =


BRIEF ITEMS :


SARA COX
"Crowded Is the New Lonely" T-Shirts

When I say, this just in, I mean JUST IN. A handful of minutes ago we
hastily scanned through a brand new e-mail from

SARA COX

of the great Maine band, The Coming Grass, that t-shirts representing
her fine new solo album, "Crowded Is the New Lonely," are now
available through the Coming Grass website. It seems to me the home
page address is a straightforward www.thecominggrass.com; but even if
that were not to prove true, the band's site can be found easily
enough through a Yahoo search of the Web.

I don't recall details from the Sara Cox e-mail; but if there are
some, I may run this brief item again next week.


OWEN ERELLI

Congratulations to Mark Erelli and his wife on the birth of their son,

OWEN.

As I always say, start the kid out right with a good Welsh name. Mark
Erelli's wife probably has a name, but I must have missed it.


HI-N-DRY

"A melancholy moment, to be sure. Hi-N-Dry will be leaving this very
special place [Mark Sandman's old apartment - Ed.]. This is our last
live presentation. [Our copy of the announcement did not say when. -
Ed.] Twinemen usher us out. (The studio and label will be joining the
folks at the Somerville Art Center - located at The [old National
Guard] Armory in Somerville!)"

-- Ms. L, "Hi-N-Dry Farewell Show,"
August 30, 2007

LONG, LONG AGO we linked to a Boston Globe article about how the
owners of the Middle East Restaurant wanted to develop the old
Somerville National Guard Armory into an arts center. Though the link
dates back to the spring of 2004, it still works. There are reasons
aplenty to complain about the Boston Globe, but this is one of the
great things about the paper. Their direct Web addresses are worth
posting for a whole host of reasons, not least of which is that they
are durable. Here's that link again:

New owners plan to use Somerville armory for arts
By Steve Morse, Globe Staff | May 6, 2004

http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2004/05/06/new_owners_plan_to_use\
_somerville_armory_for_arts/

Thanks to e-friend Maria McLaughlin for help with this item.


YOU MUST BE THIS TALL
Rocky Point Park
Amusement Park Documentary

"Johnny Carlevale and Greg Burgess along with the other fine musicians
in their band/bands (Jack Hanlon, Jeremy Kroger, Dick Lourie, Ace
Brown, Kris Merritt and engineer Greg Bass) were chosen to write many
tracks for the up-coming documentary film 'You Must Be This Tall,'
which is a story about Rhode Island's famous Rocky Point Park. Rocky
Point Park was an amusement park located on the shoreline of the
Narragansett Bay in Warwick, Rhode Island. There will be a world
premiere screening of this film on Friday, September 7th, 2007 at The
Stadium Theatre, 329 Main Street, Woonsocket, Rhode Island."

http://www.stadiumtheatre.com

-- Broken Rhythm Boys, "'You Must Be This Tall'
World Premiere," August 27, 2007


BRETT MILANO
"The Sound of Our Town"

Brian Anastasi got notified by Newbury Comics Customer Service that
the release of the

BRETT MILANO

book, "The Sound of Our Town," has been delayed for a
currently-unknown period of time. A big holdup, though, would not be
my first guess. The notification said it was likely to be more than a
week. This is not one of the more discouraging things that could have
been said. For the quality of book Brett Milano could produce, we can
be patient.

Thanks to Brian Anastasi!

I wonder whether the Brett Milano book's title was influenced at all
by a nifty garage-y album, "Our Town," by a personal favorite Boston
rock band of old, The Dawgs. I loved those guys!


TRIBE WEBSITE

Patrick Timlin once sent us a link to his website dedicated to
the early 1990s Boston rock band,

TRIBE.

http://www.stevelathamdesign.com/tribe/index.htm

He has lately been back in touch with us for the first time again,
apparently having totally forgotten all about us in the meantime. I
am advised by our main Tribe consultant that much has since been added
to this Tribe site. Even if you have visited the site before,
apparently it is well worth a return trip.


JOSH BROOKS
He Has Not Forgotten
About That Next CD...

"The new CD is still on hiatus, but fear not - I'm as anxious to get
it done as I hope you are to hear it. I'm hoping to schedule some
time later in the fall. The financial piece is still an obstacle, but
I'll get it out, even if I have to burn hundreds of CD-R copies by
hand (a la 'The White House Sessions')."

-- "Josh Brooks News," August 24, 2007

JOSH BROOKS IS AMONG VERMONT'S most admired songwriters. So even
though this is something of a non-news item ("The new CD is still on
hiatus"), a lot of Josh Brooks fans will concentrate, instead, on the
more hopeful "but I'll get it out." So we include this item for our
more optimistic readers who see the glass filling up well past half-way.


DROPKICK MURPHYS PLAY LAST SHOW
AT THE OLD-LOOK AVALON

Avalon Borrows Page From John Lincoln Wright,
Closes for Alterations

Dropkick Murphys Release "The Meanest of Times" CD

"Dropkick Murphys will be celebrating the release of their new album
'The Meanest of Times" by playing the last show at the Avalon in
Boston before the club closes its doors for remodelling."

-- Dropkick Murphys, "DKM Album Launch and Last
Show at the Avalon"


REBECCA HALL AND KEN ANDERSON

"Lucille, Lucille, Lucille.

"'Lucille, Lucille' won third prize in this year's Great Waters Music
Festival Songwriting Contest. They treated us nicely, fed us well,
and the waters were, indeed, great."

-- Rebecca Hall Ken Anderson, "September 2007
Newsdumpster," September 1, 2007


BOSTON TEA PARTY MUSEUM FIRE

Evidently the initial news report on Channel 7 said there was a fire
at the museum for the legendary 1960s rock music hall, the

BOSTON TEA PARTY,

when in fact the fire actually happened at a museum which commemorates
the even more legendary event in the American Revolution, THE Boston
Tea Party. This is funny. But it also gives an excellent idea of
what a long shadow was cast by the Boston Tea Party rock club that
such a mixup could have happened in the first place.

More details after I re-read "Johnny Tremaine."


HEADLINE COURTESY OF YAHOO NEWS

Earlier this week, Yahoo Mail users got the following headline from
Yahoo News:

"Husbands do less housework than live-in boyfriends,
survey finds."

Does anyone know if this is the "marriage penalty" we have long heard
about?


end BRIEF ITEMS


= = = = =


ESTEY ORGAN BEE
Saturday, September 15, 2007

The Estey Organ Museum will host another Estey Organ Bee on Saturday,
September 15, 2007 from 9am to 6pm.

This ongoing series of workshops provides hands-on experience
repairing Estey reed organs. The repaired organs are exhibited and
played in the museum.

The organ to be repaired is a c.1860 Estey & Greene melodeon on
display in the Engine House Gallery. This is a very fancy instrument,
with mother-of-pearl keys and many reeds. Participants will
dismantle, clean, repair, and assemble this organ guided by Ned
Phoenix, founder of the museum. Many other Estey organs will also be
seen during this fun and educational Bee.

Cost is $90 per person. To participate, before Sept. 7 send $45 to
Estey Organ Museum, PO Box 8048, Brattleboro, VT 05304. Wear
comfortable work clothes.

For more information see esteyorganmuseum.org or call Ned Phoenix
802-365-7011.

-- Lynn Barrett, "Estey Organ Bee," August 31, 2007


REST IN PEACE :

HILLY KRISTAL OF CBGB

Hilly Kristal; founded iconic rock club CBGB

Hilly Kristal, at CBGB in the Bowery section of New York City. His
club was a dark, dingy incubator for punk rock in America.

By Larry McShane, Associated Press | August 30, 2007

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/08/30/hilly_kristal_fo\
unded_iconic_rock_club_cbgb/


THOMAS MORROW OF CANOBIE LAKE PARK

Thomas Morrow, 66; helped in rise of Canobie Lake Park

Thomas O. Morrow III served as operations manager for 30 years at
Canobie Lake Park, and played a key role in making the amusement park
a favorite summer destination.

By Gloria Negri, Globe Staff | August 30, 2007

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/08/30/thomas_morrow_66\
_helped_in_rise_of_canobie_lake_park/


NEMSnews

New England Music Scrapbook
Brattleboro, Vermont

E-MAIL US via:
http://www.geocities.com/nemsbook/fred.htm

Please do NOT click the Reply button. Clicking Reply sends your
message to several different addresses but NOT to our main address.
It's Yahoo Groups' system, not ours.


. . . . .


IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS WHO WOULD BE interested in any of the items in
this issue, please forward this newsletter to them. Thanks! We
believe this is one of the main ways we pick up readers.


As a rule, we do not post SHOW LISTINGS. The reason is quite
simple. Though our name is the NEW ENGLAND Music Scrapbook, probably
an easy majority of our readers are based outside the six New England
states. The great majority of show listings would be of no interest
at all to the great majority of our readers.

We make exceptions when show listings are part of an item of more
general interest. CD-release events are great examples. For us, the
main point of an item of this sort is that an act has a new record.
The show being announced is of secondary interest to us - if that - as
far as the contents of our newsletter goes.

In the very few, truly exceptional instances where we post show
listings...


... Shows can be canceled, sold out, or even moved to another
date or location. We recommend checking the Web, calling ahead or
otherwise confirming details.


To SUBSCRIBE to this newsletter:
http://www.geocities.com/nemsnewz/subscribe.htm

E-MAIL via:
http://www.geocities.com/nemsbook/fred.htm
(Please do NOT click the Reply button.)

NEWSLETTER's Yahoo Groups Home Page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uridfm/

General CONTACT Information:
http://www.geocities.com/uridfm/contact.htm


Issue 2007:238

Published no less often than monthly.
We're guessing eventually we'll settle
into an every-other-week schedule.

Copyright © 2007 by the New England Music Scrapbook. All rights reserved.

: : :