Re: Sammy Walker revisited.........
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> Anonymous wrote: > khematite wrote on Wed, 27 November 2019 00:18 > >> On Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 5:49:13 PM UTC-5, Just Walkin' wrote: >> On Monday, November 25, 2019 at 3:19:52 PM UTC-6, khematite wrote: >> On Monday, November 25, 2019 at 3:27:47 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote: >> That's something. They can't take that away from me. >> >> Hey there iron man, remember Don Freeman, Really Real, was a big Dan Bern fan. He'd say he was no knock off but had his own voice, vision and artistic talent. >> >> If you want a knock-off, look no farther than snappy Sammy Walker: >> >> Catcher in the Rye >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhkG5iU7Xww >> >> Ragamuffin Minstrel Boy >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQIG1Lav4Io >> >> and then of course on a completely unrelated note, there's this from a bunch of stiffs a few years back: >> >> The Takeaways -Food >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFdixBQDGLI >> >> Nice list, btw! >> >> >> Hard to forget Don Freeman, one of the most prolific contributors to rmd till his death in January 2015 (fifth anniversary of his death coming up soon). And he did seem roundly to detest both Sammy Walker's singing and his songwriting. Personally, I didn't agree with that assessment, though I definitely agreed with him about the excellence of Dan Bern. >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.music.dylan/avaricious$20scorpion%7Csort:date/rec.music.dylan/FFqh4NnCTEg/6xL0mkTuul4J >> >> Don seems to have taken a special dislike to Sammy Walker's line about "the avaricious scorpion" in "Song for Patty," though I suspected that (possibly because he was Canadian) he was unaware that the Symbionese Liberation Army's flag featured a highly stylized scorpion and that therefore Walker was not just spouting pretentious Dylanisms. >> >> Walker's "Ragamuffin Minstrel Boy" is, of course, not a parody of Dylan, but rather a tribute to him (not that a song can't be both simultaneously). It's included on what's known as the "Barf List," which compiles a list of quite a few songs that contain references to Dylan or are about Dylan (and even some parodies, as well). >> >> https://www.expectingrain.com/dok/edlis/barf20011111.html >> >> >> Tribute to Phil Ochs (NYC, 2005) - How Phil Ochs Met Sammy Walker >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEx9RRDhIko >> > > > > Sammy Walker was damn good..... Good find This response appears in the discussion at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=659849429#659849429 -- Via JLA Forums web gateway for alt.arts.poetry.comments: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655