bob@harpo.UUCP (10/19/84)
I would support wobegon as a folk music focal point. We recently had Bill Stanes at the Minstrel Show in Basking Ridge, N. J. He was fantastic. It was teh largest crowd in the 10 years or so the Show has been running. Can anyone tell me which of his albums has Roseville Fair on it? Also is there any relation between Sally Rogers and Stan Rogers? I recently heard one of her records and the fiddle playing sounded identical to tthat on Stan and Garnett's records. .
reid@Glacier.ARPA (10/22/84)
I'm thrilled to see net.wobegon turning into a folk music group. I think that most of us who've read it for years (without knowing quite what to post) all have a common interest in folk music. bob@harpo.uucp writes: > We recently had Bill Stanes at the Minstrel Show in Basking Ridge, N. J. > He was fantastic. It was the largest crowd in the 10 years or so the > Show has been running. Can anyone tell me which of his albums has > Roseville Fair on it? Roseville Fair is on ``The Whistle of the Jay'', Folk-Legacy FSL-70, 1979. You can probably order it from Roundup Records (a big New England distributor and wholesaler affiliated with Rounder) if your local record store doesn't have it. A tremendously fine record. I've heard Bill several times at Passim in Cambridge MA; he is a regular there. He's great. This record also features Guy Van Duser, one of the all-time great folk guitarists. It also has some world-class yodeling on it. Staines is a real champion yodeler in addition to being a fine folksinger. Brian Reid Stanford (yes, I often DO plan my trips from California to Boston around who will be playing at Passim while I am there....)
david@varian.UUCP (David Brown) (10/23/84)
> > We recently had Bill Stanes at the Minstrel Show in Basking Ridge, N. J. > He was fantastic. It was teh largest crowd in the 10 years or so the > Show has been running. Can anyone tell me which of his albums has > Roseville Fair on it? Also is there any relation between Sally Rogers > and Stan Rogers? I recently heard one of her records and the fiddle > playing sounded identical to tthat on Stan and Garnett's records. > . I'm almost positive there is no relation between Sally and Stan Rogers - Sally is originally from Michigan (and now lives in Connecticut); Stan is from Canada. However, Stan was influential in convincing Sally to turn "pro" - see the article in a recent Sing Out (2 or 3 issues back) about Sally Rogers (it has her picture on the cover). I have both of Sally's records and I don't recall Garnett Rogers listed in the credits (I seem to remember that I hadn't heard of most of the backup musicians). As for Bill Staines, he has quite a few (5 or 6) records out; I don't know which has Roseville Fair on it. However, San Francisco Bay Area folks will be interested to know that he is playing at the Ploughshares Coffeehouse (3rd floor, Building C, Fort Mason, Laguna & Marina, San Francisco) next week - Sunday October 28, 7:30pm. Don't miss it! -- David Brown (415) 945-2199 Varian Instruments 2700 Mitchell Dr. Walnut Creek, Ca. 94598 {zehntel,amd,fortune,resonex}!varian!david
ericf@uwvax.UUCP (Eric Feigenson) (10/23/84)
> > I would support wobegon as a folk music focal point. > We recently had Bill Stanes at the Minstrel Show in Basking Ridge, N. J. > He was fantastic. It was teh largest crowd in the 10 years or so the > Show has been running. Can anyone tell me which of his albums has > Roseville Fair on it? Also is there any relation between Sally Rogers > and Stan Rogers? I recently heard one of her records and the fiddle > playing sounded identical to tthat on Stan and Garnett's records. > . Oooooh, boy, did you come to the right place! First, it's Bill Staines (from Dover, NH). Roseville Fair is on his "Whistle of the Jay" album, on Folk Legacy records. He's one of my favorite contemporary folk performers. There is no relation between Stan Rogers and Sally Rogers. There was a "Rogers Family Reunion" concert here in Madison a few years back, with Gamble Rogers, Sally Rogers, and Stan Rogers. The big joke was, of course, that none of them are related to any of the others (that they were aware of, anyway). -- -Eric Feigenson Usenet: {seismo, allegra, ihnp4}!uwvax!ericf Arpanet: ericf@wisc-rsch.arpa