and he muses - That is a long time ago - we used to go to the Za-Zen (on Symphony Road in Boston) to hear Tom Rush. He was still in college back then. And coincidentally, Joan Baez's sister Mimi used to baby sit for a couple we knew. She married Dick Farina and they used to perform at the Newport Folk Festivals. Tragically, he was killed in a motorcycle accident in the mid-sixties. You might remember Jim Kweskin and The Jug Band. They were regulars at the Club 47.
We were living in Melrose (a Boston suburb) at the time and took the B&M to the old North Station and the MTA to Cambridge. I didn't own a car at the time so we had to be sure to get back to North Station by midnight for the last train! Memories - Raleigh in sunny but cold Maine... At 07:21 AM 2/22/2011, JGG KahnSr wrote: >He's still around and still performing (or at >least was a few years ago); he was one of a number of folksingers my dear wife >and I found we shared when we got married (Doc >Watson being another, also still performing and probably about the same >age as Tom Paxton--and Pete Seeger older than >both). And indeed I first heard him at the Club 47 (after it moved behind >the Coop) in the mid-1960's. By the late 1980's >the venue had become Passim, sort of a successor, and that may well be >gone by now. A dollar a head back then, except >when Judy Collins performed, when it was $2. > >As one of the local broadcasters where I grew up >used to say, if you remember _____, you're younger with your hat on. > >Jace Kahn > >General Manager >Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > and he notes - > > > > Tom Paxton - now that's a name I haven't heard in > > many a year - he sang at least seven words to a > > musical phrase and all of them nearly the same.. > > He used to perform at the old "Club 47" in > > Cambridge, Mass. back in the 60's and once in a > > while at the Za Zen Restaurant - but them was my salad days! > > > > Hats off to a Paxton fan! > > > > Raleigh in chilly Mainey... > > > > > > > > At 10:36 PM 2/21/2011, Michael & Linda Marmer wrote: > > > > > > > > >Ahh, the only Tom Paxton CD I own! As I > believe Yuppies in the Sky is on it. > > > > > >A great talent,, who also had a song about what > > >happens when Republic Airlines smashed his > > >guitar and a song about the government bailed > > >out Chrysler in the 1970s, pre GM. > > > > > >I am sure he has a train song somewhere,, to > make this a bit train related. > > > > > ><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daBx_PBrvSE>h > ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daBx_PBrvSE > > >Arloâs version of Chrysler. > > > > > >Mike > > > > > >From: JGG KahnSr > > >Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 10:11 PM > > >To: <mailto:s-scale%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > >Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Adult content > > > > > >The great topical singer-songwriter Tom Paxton > > >had a composition some years ago titled "One > > >Million Lawyers." I fear that number has been > > >far exceeded since, and they are all looking for employment. > > > > > >And for any members of the bar on the list, no > > >apologies--just be glad I didn't tell a lawyer joke. > > > > > >Jace Kahn > > > > > >General Manager > > >Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > Don't know, but wouldn't be surprised that > > > some parent caught their 14 year old in a Yahoo > > > Adult Group and sued. Lawyers say put this > up on all Yahoo groups. Don't think? > > > > > > > > There will be adult language used at my next > > > operating session and you will be asked to sign > > > a consent form before operating. Required S scale content. (8-) > > > > > > > > George Courtney > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
