tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post4702785420092021607..comments2024-03-05T23:42:30.151-06:00Comments on The Poor Farm: In My HeadJeffrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-43151826466345002352008-03-03T09:13:00.000-06:002008-03-03T09:13:00.000-06:00I remember an amateur folk singer and Iowa State U...I remember an amateur folk singer and Iowa State University student named Al Burns who used to do a killer rendition of <I>Black Betty</I> at the weekly "hootenanny" in the basement of the YMCA building at Ames, Iowa. The crowd, mostly beatniks and proto-hippies loved it. <BR/><BR/>Just a couple blocks away was the house where Leadbelly lived in the basement for a while.<BR/><BR/>My girlfriend at the time thought the words "Black Betty, Bam-de-Lam" were actually "Black Betty, Bondurant" and asked me if the song was about the <A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bondurant,+IA,+United+States+of+America&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title" REL="nofollow">Iowa town</A> of the same name.<BR/><BR/>Memories.ptghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079577478993790527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-57931680093431591442008-02-24T08:27:00.000-06:002008-02-24T08:27:00.000-06:00I love that song! It is a cult classic down here i...I love that song! It is a cult classic down here in Alabama. We love it when people talk about us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-54728385941643309272008-02-23T09:46:00.000-06:002008-02-23T09:46:00.000-06:00On the upside, Mr Rogers and the Edition put out a...On the upside, Mr Rogers and the Edition put out a prime piece of psychedelia, even if it was written by Nashville mainstay Mickey Newbury: "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)."<BR/><BR/>Yeah, yeah, <I>oh yeah.</I>CGHillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789097361138861462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-37256754559448504792008-02-22T00:07:00.000-06:002008-02-22T00:07:00.000-06:00Is that as icky as you feel when you think about K...Is that as icky as you feel when you think about Kenny Roger and the 1st Edition?<BR/><BR/>Now I can wrap my head around Leadbelly doing this tune. But not Harry Belafonte.<BR/><BR/>BTW, Meatloaf did it pretty well too, but Spider Bait tops 'em all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-27460627102161112662008-02-21T23:02:00.000-06:002008-02-21T23:02:00.000-06:00Oh crap, yeah, the Lemon Pipers! I didn't make the...Oh crap, yeah, the Lemon Pipers! I didn't make the connection when I read the Wiki.<BR/><BR/>Gads, I feel all icky now....Jeffrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-35591452591528816662008-02-21T20:57:00.000-06:002008-02-21T20:57:00.000-06:00The hard part, of course, is getting your mind aro...The hard part, of course, is getting your mind around the fact that this here guitarist got his biggest hit out of a lame psychebubblegum number called "Green Tambourine."<BR/><BR/>"Listen while I play," indeed.CGHillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789097361138861462noreply@blogger.com