BangZoom Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 OT: forgive me for posting this link to the Water Cooler here, but I thought it may be of interest to some of the sagacious legion who visit this remarkable thread - I've started a 50's/60's science-fiction film contest, with a free GA or SA book of my choice going to the winner. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=5815905#Post5815905 (BZ, feel free to delete this post if you deem fit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 Yesterday was the 100th birthday of Woody Guthrie. Woody Guthrie was not just a song writer, world famous singer and general folk hero - he was an artist too. And the Okfuskee County Historical Society Museum in Okemah, Oklahoma is the permanent home to a collection of Woody Guthrie's political cartoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key Words by Woody Guthrie, Music by Billy Bragg I lived in a place called Okfuskee And I had a little girl in a holler tree I said, little girl, it's plain to see, There ain't nobody that can sing like me She said it's hard for me to see How one little boy got so ugly Yes, my luttle girly, that might be But there ain't nobody that can sing like me Ain't nobody that can sing like me Way over yonder in the minor key Way over yonder in the minor key There ain't nobody that can sing like me We walked down by the Buckeye Creek To see the frog eat the goggle eye bee To hear that west wind whistle to the east There ain't nobody that can sing like me Oh my little girly will you let me see Way over yonder where the wind blows free Nobody can see in our holler tree And there ain't nobody that can sing like me Her mama cut a switch from a cherry tree And laid it on the she and me It stung lots worse than a hive of bees But there ain't nobody that can sing like me Now I have walked a long long ways And I still look back to my tanglewood days I've led lots of girls since then to stray Saying, ain't nobody that can sing like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 Sung by Billy Bragg and Wilco (my oldest nephew's favorite band). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 yes- while Woody's old stuff is great- after his disease kept him from performing he kept writing, and in the 1990s his daughter Nora released many lyrics to musicians including Bragg and Wilco... I LOVE that song... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I was listening to Arlo last weekend on NPR and he pointed out that though Woody wrote thousands of songs, he recorded only a couple of hundreds? Am not an expert so please correct me as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 the batch of post-disease stuff was quite large, most of them exist as mostly lyrics. but truly a prodigous and prolific talent. The man of letters Clifton Fadiman said it best: 'One day the American people will wake up and realize that Woody is as big a national treasure as Yosemite or Yellowstone.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generic user Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Nothing to add here but thanks. I had to have heard the Mermaid Avenue album when it came out, but I must have been too young to appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 (edited) My wife is a fan of Woody's songs. I like them too but I am probably a bigger Arlo fan. Saw him perform at the Texas Opry house in Houston and in Valley Forge. I also have his autograph on his "Mooses Come Walking" book. He always told pretty good stories. Edited July 30, 2012 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generic user Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 a photo of Joe Musial from Ace #32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generic user Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Text illos from Famous Funnies 170. Early Al Williamson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 a photo of Joe Musial from Ace #32 Very nice. I'll have to check my copies of Ace for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Text illos from Famous Funnies 170. Early Al Williamson I didn't know Williamson had done work for Famous Funnies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Text illos from Famous Funnies 170. Early Al Williamson I didn't know Williamson had done work for Famous Funnies. Didn't Frazetta do some text illos too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Didn't Frazetta do some text illos too? Yes, he did quite a few of them. Here are a couple of examples from Barnyard Comics #19 (August 1948). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Here are a couple of text illos by Alex Toth that were published in Future World #2 (Fall 1946). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Sometimes I just don't understand Amazon - the Margaret Brundage book just came out two days ago, and now Amazon lists a "1 to 3 month" delivery time. http://www.amazon.com/The-Alluring-Art-Margaret-Brundage/dp/193433149X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344044308&sr=8-1&keywords=Margaret+Brundage I'll have to find another source for this book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 I'm looking forward to seeing that book. I've been a fan of Brundage since the late 1960's. Late in her life she was selling paintings through the mail. If I remember correctly, this one cost $75. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
