I have Doc Watson with Fred Price and ??? Howard, The New Lost City Ramblers, The Late Great Grant Rogers, Tom Paxton, Judy Collins, Richard and Mimi farina, Sonnie and Brownie, John Hurt, Hedy West, The Clancys and Tommy Makem, a Puerto Rican band, Bernice Regan, and others. Being on Beta I haven't seen them in a while.

Don Meixner

Murray

Try Mabel's at:

http://www2.mabels.com/mabels/vestapol.html

....Tiger

Rick: I think Clint Howard is a much underrated performer. He and Price both combine well with such diverse people as Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley.

Many times his and Price's name don't even appear on the record cover.

Murray

Murray, the Mississippi John Hurt tape also includes old-time banjoist (banjoist?) Paul Cadwell, and also Hedy West. With Pete, they do a "'round the table" exchange, so John only does two songs by himself plus one where he leads all four in a fairly rousing version (!) of "Goodnight Irene". He also tells a story about getting his first guitar. Sparce, but still well worth the price.

I started another thread called "Hedy West" as a result of seeing her again. It more-or-less asked what she was doing these days. Sandy Paton answered the question to some extent. Click here if you want to find out.

The only complaint about Mabels is that they sent me the wrong tape in the first instance and asked me to send it back in exchange for the right one. That added somewhat to the expense of the thing.

Ronn, I think Howard and Price have been good every time I have seen them. I have seen videos with them accompanying Clarence Ashley and they fit in with him beautifully.

There is no doubt Doc Watson is more special. In fact he is a phenomenon. He more-or-less invented a sound combining blues, hillbilly, (and jazz?).

Murray

Did anyone know that James Brown and Pete Seeger have the same birthday?

My name is Hedy West, a folk singer from the 70s. I recently made a limited editionof some of my records onto CDs, and had them remastered to get rid of the record's effects(distortion/pops). Are you interested in purchasing any of them from Larkspur Records?

Here Is The List Of My Re-Mastered Records:

1. Pretty Saro 2. Getting Folk Out Of The Country 3. Vanguard II 4. Non-Released Record Of Hedy West & Ian McCloud- Authorized 5. Welcome To Caffe Lena 6. Serves 'em Fine 7. Old Times And Hard Times 8. Ballads

If you only wish to purchase a few for $18 a piece, order them from the Larkspur Records website(www.geocities.com/larkspurrecords) If you wish to buy more than 10, the price drops dramatically. From 10-40 cds, the price is $14. From 40-100 cds the price is $12 per cd. If you purchase more than 100 cds the price is $10 a piece. Additionally, I will autograph each cd for $1 extra for each cd. Shipping and handling is free if you purchase more than 40 cds. It is $10 for less than 40 cds. To Order; 1. email in your order to hedywest@hotmail.com 2. Send the total payment in a check or money order in US dollars to:

Hedy West Larkspur Records 821 Larkspur Lane Narberth, PA 19072

Thanks,

Hedy and Larkspur Records

Click here

I found a couple, in my public library, John Hurt, Leadbelly, Rev. Gary Davis. I'm looking for the one with Patrick Sky and for most of the others.

Anybody want to trade?

The announcement/s posted in my name Jan 12 & 19, 2000 were neither written nor posted by me, even though my name was used to sign it/them. I was unaware of both this Mudcat.org posting, and of a parallel one at the site "HedyWest@Hotmail" which was set up by an enthusiastic young friend whose judgement failed him. I was dumbfounded that he was writing and receiving mail as if he were I. The information posted is thoroughly incorrect. I am extremely sorry that people must have been misled.

A provisional project begun with that young friend at Larkspur displeased me extremely when I became aware of its poor technical quality, and of my young friend¹s misleading and hucksteresque approach. Larkspur will not produce or sell my recordings. I am in the process of rewriting liner notes and digitally remastering them with care at Masterwork Recording, Inc in Philadelphia. When they are ready I plan to issue them on TraceChain Recordings. TraceChain¹s website will be: www.TraceChain.com/

A bright part of this false start has been seeing the interest and activity of the readers of Mudcat Forum.

Best wishes to you all,

Hedy West 440 Righters Mill Road Penn Valley, Pennsylvania 19072-1441 HedyWest@aol.com (& for a while longer: HedyWest@hotmail.com)

And, Sure, I'll be here in September. I'd love for you and Caroline to walk right in, set right down. I'll make a pallet on the floor if that's to your taste.

Do, come.

Yes, TraceChain.com is as of now just a registered website. You're a diligent detective.

Hedy

Spaw