From: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org (jangle-poets-digest) To: jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Subject: jangle-poets-digest V9 #207 Reply-To: jangle-poets@smoe.org Sender: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jangle-poets-digest Wednesday, August 20 2008 Volume 09 : Number 207 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [JP] Philly Folk Fest [Jeffrey Epstein ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:12:44 -0400 From: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: [JP] Philly Folk Fest Just got back from a warm and wonderful Philadelphia Folk Festival. While I cannot hope to do as in-depth a reporting job as Bruce, I thought I would share a few thoughts with the list, and hope others who were there will do the same. Pete Kennedy, Anthony Da Costa, and Jake Shimabukuro (an awesome uke player, and new to me) shared a Friday workshop stage for a music "summit"...plus, making an unbilled but much welcomed guest appearance was Maura Kennedy! :) who sang "Me Myself and I" and a few others, and borrowed a hula hoop for the Hawiaan number I will never be able to spell from memory if I live to be 100. Jamming was the point, and everybody kicked off a few tunes, which led into great improvised solo deliciousness....Pete did "Minor Swing" "Rhapsody in Blue" and others, while Jake performed his amazing, incredible, not-to-be-believed head arrangement of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Anthony offered up his Dylan and Dylanesque songbook and joined in on the jamming. (Disclaimer: I'm afraid I did not write down every song title performed...I'm not Bruce and my thing is just to let the music wash over me. Sorry.) A similar superjam happened on Sunday...with Pete, Anthony, Samuel James, Oscar Lopez, and Bill Vanaver. There were no Kennedys sets at PFF, but the Strangelings blew the house down in Saturday and Sunday sets...Matty Groves getting Standing O's both days. Season of the Witch went down well as well, as well did the whole set. Sunday's set prompted much happy dancing on the hillside. Everybody got writer's cramp in the autograph tent later on as the CDs merrily flew away... Lots of "big names"...Tom Paxton, Kathy Mattea, Janis Ian, July Collins, etc. but my own joy, aside from the above, was hearing other great harmony makers like The Refugees and of course, Red Molly. And nothing but sunshine all three days. I could on but I'll stop here....and again, sorry for any omissions. as the kiddle say: It wuz awesome, dude!!! Eppy 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? ------------------------------ End of jangle-poets-digest V9 #207 **********************************