04-03-2013, 06:07 PM
I wento hear Doc Watson and his opening act was Gillian Welch. With David Rawlings. Doc Watson was a brave man. I went to see Buddy Guy, and his opening act was Donovan. No one but a true patron of the guitar arts would let Donovan on the stage ahead of him with a Strat (But, that was at Humpheys). And, the subject now, is all the great acts that The Britt has given us. If not for Britt, all I would know about Donna Summer, is that she was a troubled soul. Judy Collins is back in The Valley. I caught her at Britt, under a bad, bad, thunder storm. Randy Neuman was in a bad mood, over a "Fuckin"' lobster.
If your company's name is on the back of the empty seats in front of me, it isn't winning you points. I've hardly ever left unhappy that I went. And, I usually went sick, and cold, and faced a long drive home. Let's see if they can tempt me in the shape I'm in. It helps, if I know the words. With Gillian Welch, all I knew was the audience's reaction. She did Acony Bell, and they went nuts. I'd read about her in Time, with one of her depression outfits on, in the pic. I thought it said "Agony Bell". And I thought, I guess....I was her biggest fan, before I remembered that.
If your company's name is on the back of the empty seats in front of me, it isn't winning you points. I've hardly ever left unhappy that I went. And, I usually went sick, and cold, and faced a long drive home. Let's see if they can tempt me in the shape I'm in. It helps, if I know the words. With Gillian Welch, all I knew was the audience's reaction. She did Acony Bell, and they went nuts. I'd read about her in Time, with one of her depression outfits on, in the pic. I thought it said "Agony Bell". And I thought, I guess....I was her biggest fan, before I remembered that.