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jangle-poets-digest      Monday, January 7 2008      Volume 09 : Number 127



                               Today's Subjects:
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  [JP] Hungrytown - Ken's Birthday Bash 1/4/08        [Nieldsforever@aol.com]

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Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:48:51 EST
From: Nieldsforever@aol.com
Subject: [JP] Hungrytown - Ken's Birthday Bash 1/4/08

Ken's birthday bash was at Rebecca's parents' loft condo in  Boston.  There 
was a lot of food served starting at 7PM, followed by a  Hungrytown set at 8PM, 
with birthday cake served after.  It was a house  concert buzzing with 
excitement, as the Hall parents had packed the room  with family members and 
longtime family friends.  

Hungrytown are Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson of the Strangelings.  I  managed 
to rustle up a rare posse of both Peter and Stephen (home on  break from 
college), and Chris Thompson Lively and her husband were also in the  house.
 
Completely coincidentally, Stephen discovered that his best friend at  
college was a close personal friend of many people at the party, although none  of 
them had met Stephen before.
 
Hello Stranger
Rose or the Briar (with Bruce Palmatier)
One Morning in May
If I Needed You
Going North
On the Other Side (with Bruce Palmatier)
Solid Ground
Every Day
Rosemary Lane
Come Around
Hungrytown Road (with Bruce Palmatier)
 
Hard Way to Learn (encore)
Lucille Lucille
 
This was my first time singing bass on "Hungrytown Road," wanting to follow  
in the footsteps of Laura Molinelli after she beautifully lent a high  soprano 
harmony on that same song at Newfane VT 12/14/07.  Several audience  
singalongs also added fun to an already fun evening.
 
After the show, people asked me how I knew R&K, and I explained that I  was a 
fan of folk music who had first started following the Nields in 1995,  
leading me to the Kennedys, who later formed the Strangelings, hence to  R&K.
 
- -- 8/6/94 - my first time seeing TN at Newport Folk Festival
- -- 5/9/96 - my first time seeing TK with TN at the Bottom Line
- -- 6/25/05 - "birth of the Strangelings" when C&M Thompson played "A  Bend in 
the River" opening for TK at Lancaster Fireworks Show
- -- 1/12/07 - first Strangelings show at PACE, TK with C&M
- -- 5/25/07 - first Strangelings show with R&K at Guthrie Center, Great  
Barrington
 
Hungrytown next embarks for a 2-month stint in FL and the South, including  
the South Florida Folk Festival, touring for their new self-titled CD.
 
Bruce

Check out the Kennedys' Official Home Page: http://www.KennedysMusic.com/
Fab photos, the Official tour diary, dashboard Buddha haiku, groovy
merchandise...what more could you ask for?

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