Thanks. I couldn't help being reminded of the hobo with the hurdy- gurdy on top of the Polar Express, in the movie. [Sorry -- that's my only other experience of trains and hurdy-gurdies.] He was quite the philosopher, too. Had the hat, but no pipe...
In case someone's not familiar with that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxCkIlBvF-s [briefly seen at the begining and end of the segment located around 1:30-5:30] --Michael On Nov 10, 8:46 pm, Andrew Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Group: > I've put together a piece that tries to reflect some ideas on the > 'archetype' of Hurdy Gurdy player..unfortunately, I'm not > documentarian, so I couldn't get in the references to Schubert or > Donovan. But yes indeed, I did drag wife, child and visiting cousin > to a local train track at 5am one sunday morning to record this > sound..... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Xrv5NvEXI > > For entertainment purposes only! > > , > andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
