Re: [Harp-L] Hippest Musician's Towns

[Russ Bradley <wbradley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I lived in Richmond and used to go to C'ville a lot in that period.  
You're right about both Richmond and C'ville.
The music scene in Charlottesville then was amazing.  Muddy played the 
Mine Shaft a number of times.  Robert Jr. Lockwood played the West 
Virginian a few times.  There were great local bands like the the 
Charlottesville Allstars, The Screaming Targets, Captain Tunes.
A lot of people don't know it, but Bruce Hornsby started cutting his 
gigging teeth there with is brother's band, Bobby High Test and the 
Octane Kids in the early '70s.
And the 4th St. in Dylan's "Positively 4th Street" refers to 4th St. in 
Charlottesville, where he rented a house with Dick Farina in the early 
'60s, not 4th St. in Greenwich Village, NYC.
Springsteen and Southside Johnny might have been playing Richmond a lot 
in that period, but Charlottesville was where the real scene was.

Just my $0.02,
Russ

Johnny Bishop wrote:

> Being from Charlottesville, and having lived the last 12 years in Richmond
> before moving to New England,
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> I would definitely take Richmond off of the hippest anything list. However,
> Charlottesville in the late 60's thru late 80's
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> was incredible. 
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>      Johnny
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