Re: [Harp-L] Studs Terkel: RIP

["Mark Lavoie" <lavoie@xxxxxxxxx>]

The first time I heard of Studs Terkel, was when I purchased an album in 
1973, that was recorderd in 1957, a live interview with Big Bill Broonzy, 
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
This interview happened in the AM, and Studs was at his best, and the live 
performance was spontainious, and the chemesty was amazing!
Through the years, I always felt this connection to Studs, and I never met 
him.
Funny how some people just have that presence.
He will be missed.
Mark Lavoie
4849 Bristol Rd
Bristol, VT  05443

802-236-5665
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bradford Trainham" <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 7:45 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Studs Terkel: RIP


> I read a little while ago that Studs Terkel passed away at the age of 96.
> This matters to me because..., when I was in my early 20's, attempting to
> grasp the chronology and the breadth/magnitude of Blues music, I kept
> running into liner notes on albums written by Studs Terkel.
> There were so many in fact, that I began to recognize his
> style/point-of-view after a while and I once amazed a sighted friend of 
> mine
> whom I had bribed with a combination of alcohol and other un-named 
> substance
> to read me the umpty-page booklet that came with some box set I had
> acquired... By guessing that Studs Terkel had written a particular essay.
>
> He's most famous for his oral histories, but he did a radio show for a 
> long
> time and (harp content at last) I read that Howard Levy was a regular on 
> his
> show during the period when folk music was so popular in the early-to-mid
> 60's.
> But I suspect that as Americana music goes into umpteenth
> compilation/syndication/redistribution..., we'll be seeing essays from old
> Studs Terkel for years to come, who ever reads them to us.
> Brad Trainham
>
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