Greg, great story. I'd love to hear more about the Avalon Ballroom days. RIP earl!
Thanks, MD On Mar 29, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a hard edged, really loud acid rock band called Country Weather that > the hippies at Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco booked as the opening act for > Flatt & Scruggs back in 1968. (See, we had the word "country" in our name, > so....) The dressing room was small and packed with pot smoking hippies and > the Flatt & Scruggs band in their Nudie-cum-bluegrass outfits. Lester Flatt > looked like he wanted to kill somebody, preferably someone with hair that > went past their collar. He was openly antagonistic. Earl Scruggs, on the > other hand, was relaxed, convivial, and openly happy at the attention and > sincere enjoyment of their great bluegrass by this odd-looking audience. He > saw a crowd of people who loved music; Flatt saw a crowd of hippie scum. They > broke up the following year. > R.I.P., Earl. You shredded, and you were really polite and encouraging to me, > a 19-year old long hair who was absolutely in awe of your picking. > Greg Douglass > On 3/29/2012 1:01 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote: >> http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/28/showbiz/obit-earl-scruggs/index.html?hpt=us_c2 >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: >> [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely >> responsible for its content. >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4902 - Release Date: 03/29/12 >> > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
