From: Doris Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: BG: Joan Baez
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:01:14 -0600
11/29/2005
Dear All:
I wish we could all be as nice & tolerant as most of us are here. IF we
can all
just remember that this website is about Stanley music, Ralph & his bunch
of
great musicians, and so many others who do so much to promote music and
work so
hard to ensure that we can continue to hear it all the time we all have
much to
share with one another here. Buddy, you're one of our voices of reason
here
along with several others, thanks!
Vietnam has already taken enough from us all, don't you think? We can't go
back
and redo that terrible mistake that cost us the lives of so many, many of
our
brightest & best. It's a good thing I'm not head of the world, folks. I'd
probably get fired the first day I was head of this country! I think the
first
thing I'd do is try to figure out why none of the people we elect & send to
represent us EVER votes the way we want them to AFTER they get up to
Washington-that'd probably take me the rest of my born days, huh? IF we
could
just figure out what happens to elected officials between the campaign
promises
& their VOTES on issues, I think we could probably cure all the ills of the
world! I'm all for making every vote on every issue public so we can
figure
out how someone who's FOR something while campaigning turns around & votes
AGAINST that something 22 times the first year he/she is in office.
What I am absolutely amazed at is that just in the last week or so my
respect
for the people participating here has absolutely GROWN by leaps & bounds.
We've had discussion-even if we don't agree about everything, we all agree
we
love Ralph & his band & this music-and lots of people have participated and
given input. I've read messages here from a gentleman from England who is
actually getting a masters' degree in music & loves bluegrass-HOW GREAT IS
THAT, GUYS? Even if we don't agree with everything everyone here says or
does,
I'm very proud to know that folks from so far away, from so many walks of
life
love this music. And other folks are stepping right up to the plate,
introducing themselves-I was so impressed with the gentleman who writes
poetry.
Most great songwriters are GREAT poets, sir, right on there! That's what
made
Daddy & Ralph get in music & stay there through all the hard, lean years
when
it was hard to buy gas to get to the next show & hard to feed all us kids
at
home. Somehow, wise as they were, they knew this music would grow and
prosper
and the following would be as huge as it is now someday. They used to play
personal appearances where there'd be 25 people, tops, in the audience to
listen. Daddy put on a show just as good as if there were 25,000 PEOPLE
sitting out there-they played & sang their heart out, and were so thankful
for
people just like you all here who kept on coming out to hear them and buy
records and kept talking & discussing their music. I know for a fact that
BOTH
Ralph & my Daddy hope every one of you keeps discussing their music, keeps
talking about it, & keeps loving music forever. Both Stanley Brothers
recognize that there are a number of very good performers and they promoted
other musical performers all the time. Ralph has said many times he sees
some
of the younger performers in this type music who are coming up now & thinks
when he's gone it'll be in pretty good hands. I couldn't agree more.
To the individual who has asked if there are others who raise the hairs on
the
back of your neck like Daddy & Ralph-NO! Let me quote my Daddy to answer
that.
When he introduced the band members, he'd often say, "My name is Carter
Stanley
& this is my brother Ralph and we're the Stanley Brothers and these other
boys
here making such good music are the Clinch Mountain Boys. We're the REAL
thing, folks, the Stanley Brothers-often imitated but never duplicated!"
Of
course, I'm biased, prejudiced, etc, so perhaps someone else should also
answer
this one?
However, also to this person, there are many, many fine performers who are
carrying on the tradition of bluegrass, gospel & "mountain" type music.
The
people on THIS very website have an absolute TREASURE CHEST of knowledge,
information, experiences & can tell you about MOST of them. I never cease
to
be amazed at the things you all KNOW & discuss here. I know many of you
can
give this gentleman names of GREAT bluegrass performers-Rhonda Vincent,
Larry
Sparks, Jim & the Virginia Boys, Ricky Skaggs, Dolly Parton is singing a
LOT of
bluegrass these days, Josh Graves, Allison Krauss & Union Station, James
King,
Ralph Stanley II-watch out for that name, my prediction is you'll be
hearing it
LOTS in the future, The Lewis Family, and on and on and on....You all help
out
here, you folks know more than I ever will about the good ones and the
better
ones & then the best performers around now.
If anyone listened to the "Country Music Association" awards show Nov. 15,
is it
just me, and the fact that I only saw the last 65 minutes of the broadcast
here
over Knoxville's tv station, but was everyone on there signing SACRED songs
or
WHAT? The last 3 or 4 numbers (not Dolly Parton & Elton John's version of
Imagine) were ALL gospel, sacred songs. When I hear that, knowing how far
"country" music has strayed from its roots at times, it makes me think
there's
hope for this civilization after all. Seeing so many people participate
here
who have so much to give one another & know so very much about this field
impresses the heck out of me!
I'm not nearly as good at this as Renee & Willie, but pass the CAFFEINATED
decaf, give me a handkerchief, giggle, & can somebody tell me what is a
"Digest", please? I never heard of such a thing to do with a website, but
it
must be okay because somebody here wants to get one & asked about it. What
it
is?
Keep loving bluegrass & gospel music, it's the very best music in the
world!
Cordially your friend,
Doris S. Bradley
Quoting Buddy Woodward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
" "
" " > Joan Baez? I wouldn't give her the time of day after her
" " > Vietnam protest. Please don't send me this junk.
" "
" " Well obviously that didn't bother Ralph when he invited her to appear
on
" " Clinch Mountain Sweethearts (& of course history has subsequently
turned
" " out
" " to prove the war protesters were on the correct side of the argument).
" "
" " Most civilized people of differing viewpoints can "agree to disagree"
" " without getting contentious, disparaging each other's character or
calling
" " each other names.
" "
" " I'm beginning to suspect that concept is lost on more than a few of the
" " folks here...
" "
" " bw
" "
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