Hi Charlie, thanks for another great newsletter and audio. You mentioned one of your musical heroes as being The Jim Kweskin Jugband. Legendary 60's musicians.
When we moved house about 6 years ago, I inherited a really lovely mancave at the bottom of the garden that meant I could actually host real house concerts, the very reason I started Grateful Fred's Americana, Roots and Acoustic Nights all those yeras ago (2010). At the time my wife Barbara wasnt' too keen on my holding GF's at our house so I held the first one in the back room of a pub. Eventually I was asked to move it to the beautiful Arts Centre that we've been in for that last 10 years. But with the mancave I was able to also host mid-month house concerts.
After holding quite a number I was eventually called, out of the blue, by a redord label owner here in the UK who was issuing a Jim Kweskin album and also promoting a short UK tour for him. He asked me if I'd be interested in having Jim Kweskin play a Grateful Fred House Concert.
Would I? Would I? You bet I would. So on the 2nd of November 2018 Jim Kweskin performed two 45 minutes spots for about 40 "Fredheads" who'd gathered in my mancave. I couldnt' believe it.
It was a great night and Jim performed a lot of songs that we knew and a whole host of things we didnt'. The Fredheads loved it and, of course, so did I.
O M G, Colin! I suspect you can feel the heat of my envy from all the way over here. All of us band founders — Dave, Roger, me — we’re such devout Kweskin fans. Honestly, so much of interest in mixing music and history came from two groups— the jug band and the New Lost City Ranblers.
Hi Charlie, thanks for another great newsletter and audio. You mentioned one of your musical heroes as being The Jim Kweskin Jugband. Legendary 60's musicians.
When we moved house about 6 years ago, I inherited a really lovely mancave at the bottom of the garden that meant I could actually host real house concerts, the very reason I started Grateful Fred's Americana, Roots and Acoustic Nights all those yeras ago (2010). At the time my wife Barbara wasnt' too keen on my holding GF's at our house so I held the first one in the back room of a pub. Eventually I was asked to move it to the beautiful Arts Centre that we've been in for that last 10 years. But with the mancave I was able to also host mid-month house concerts.
After holding quite a number I was eventually called, out of the blue, by a redord label owner here in the UK who was issuing a Jim Kweskin album and also promoting a short UK tour for him. He asked me if I'd be interested in having Jim Kweskin play a Grateful Fred House Concert.
Would I? Would I? You bet I would. So on the 2nd of November 2018 Jim Kweskin performed two 45 minutes spots for about 40 "Fredheads" who'd gathered in my mancave. I couldnt' believe it.
It was a great night and Jim performed a lot of songs that we knew and a whole host of things we didnt'. The Fredheads loved it and, of course, so did I.
Your newsletter brought it all back.
O M G, Colin! I suspect you can feel the heat of my envy from all the way over here. All of us band founders — Dave, Roger, me — we’re such devout Kweskin fans. Honestly, so much of interest in mixing music and history came from two groups— the jug band and the New Lost City Ranblers.