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GumboStu
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:12 am Reply with quote
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missyjay6 wrote:
And here's the flyer for the London show in September to whet people's appetite (just in case it isn't already Wink):



Lovely - it has a certain 'je ne sais quois' Very Happy

here are a couple of my blurry photos - i didn't want to stand 3 feet away and flash at them so it was kind of pot luck. Always interesting what you get doing that though.





and we're drinking whiskey tonight!
Is that the Ezra Brooks 15 year old Kentucky or the Woodford Reserve or the Green Spot?


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GumboStu
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:41 am Reply with quote
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... and the only video i got

Feels So Good. I was hoping for Weedwacker Rag but despite playing for almost 3 hours they managed to not do that or Old Black Dog, Bag Of Bones or Mississippi Girl. Amazing. There were 31 songs on their setlist and it went on from there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlrp92swpUo

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Katie
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:41 pm Reply with quote
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missyjay6 wrote:
And here's the flyer for the London show in September to whet people's appetite (just in case it isn't already Wink):



Was completely unable to resist after seeing that and have been and bought tickets already! Four tickets in the bag, now I just have to find some people to go with me!
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GumboStu
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:55 pm Reply with quote
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I'm sure we can help you out if you get stuck, Katie Very Happy

edit (in fact i'll be in Berkshire that weekend!)

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Katie
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:09 pm Reply with quote
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GumboStu wrote:
edit (in fact i'll be in Berkshire that weekend!)


You should come then!
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GumboStu
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:35 pm Reply with quote
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that's funny - i was thinking the same thing!!

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Katie
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:41 pm Reply with quote
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GumboStu wrote:
that's funny - i was thinking the same thing!!

Laughing


Then one of those tickets has your name on it Very Happy
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GumboStu
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:49 pm Reply with quote
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Well that's right neighbourly of you. Thanks Very Happy
That's a plan!

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missyjay6
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:48 am Reply with quote
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Aaagghhh! Don't tempt me Very Happy

I really wanna come down for this cos I think it'd be awesome! But will need to wait and see if it can be done! Would be super-cool to meet up with y'all!!
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GumboStu
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:18 am Reply with quote
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There's only one way to get rid of temptation ..

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missyjay6
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:19 am Reply with quote
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GumboStu wrote:
There's only one way to get rid of temptation ..

Wink


I know!! I so wanna! I need to try and sort out a couple of things over the weekend and will hopefully know by next week if I can make it or not. Fingers crossed Smile
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GumboStu
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:38 am Reply with quote
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You wouldn't have to go home straight away, either .. you could go Liverpool, Carlisle over the weekend Twisted Evil

http://www.pokeylafarge.net/tour/

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Katie
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:09 pm Reply with quote
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missyjay6 wrote:
I know!! I so wanna! I need to try and sort out a couple of things over the weekend and will hopefully know by next week if I can make it or not. Fingers crossed Smile


Missyjay, you just have to come! Would be so cool if we could all meet up Very Happy
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therodge
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:34 pm Reply with quote
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Pokey is the first big image on the NPR Music. That's a big deal! They also wrote up a killer review of his newest album. You can read and LISTEN HERE



Nothing about Pokey LaFarge seems to exist in modern times, starting with the name "Pokey LaFarge." His music evokes the old-timey spirit of a thousand crackling 78 RPM records — hell, he's putting out a 78 of his own — and even when you encounter him face to face, he seems to gaze at you out of a dusty archival photo. To witness him as a flesh-and-blood man in the present is to feel tricked; it's as if he's somehow being colorized in a Ted Turner-owned laboratory somewhere.

Maybe the effect wouldn't be so jarring if LaFarge's music felt inauthentic in some unsettling way — if he were just some poseur lucky enough to share a shirt size with his great-grandfather. But his albums never feel like cheap exercises in nostalgia, in part because LaFarge directs his old-fashioned sensibilities in the service of sharp, infectious new material. It feels strange to listen to his work on a CD (let alone an album stream on the Internet), but his songs aren't stiffly posed wax-museum sculptures, either. Their energy makes them feel new and alive.

On Middle of Everywhere, out July 19, LaFarge and his band The South City Three tear through the sounds of the past with manically skittish energy: Even the longest and slowest songs here, like "Coffee Pot Blues" and the four-and-a-half-minute ballad "River Rock Bottom," have a way of angrying up the blood. The rest sizzles and crackles along with speedier verve and style — as archaic as a megaphone crooner, but timeless like great bluegrass. It's anachronistic to call Pokey LaFarge rock 'n' roll, but he belongs on that stage, too.

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missyjay6
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:33 am Reply with quote
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GumboStu wrote:
You wouldn't have to go home straight away, either .. you could go Liverpool, Carlisle over the weekend Twisted Evil

http://www.pokeylafarge.net/tour/


Aye, and go home via Kilbarchan.... Wink

Katie wrote:
Missyjay, you just have to come! Would be so cool if we could all meet up Very Happy


I so wanna! I'm totally gonna try and make it happen and hopefully Mr. Jay and another friend of mine can make it too... I'll try and sort things out as soon as I can. It would be super-cool to meet up!!
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Katie
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:41 am Reply with quote
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I so wanna! I'm totally gonna try and make it happen and hopefully Mr. Jay and another friend of mine can make it too... I'll try and sort things out as soon as I can. It would be super-cool to meet up!!


Hurrah! I have persuaded my other half and a couple of girlfriends to come too. We're planning on making a day of it and paying a visit to http://www.myspace.com/something_hells for some authentic hair pampering Very Happy
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missyjay6
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:12 am Reply with quote
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And here's Pokey and the boys' Shed Session.

Superb!!
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Katie
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:31 am Reply with quote
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missyjay6 wrote:
And here's Pokey and the boys' Shed Session.

Superb!!


You beat me to it!
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missyjay6
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:12 am Reply with quote
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Katie wrote:
Hurrah! I have persuaded my other half and a couple of girlfriends to come too. We're planning on making a day of it and paying a visit to http://www.myspace.com/something_hells for some authentic hair pampering Very Happy


What a great idea Katie!! You'll look fab!

And we're coming to the gig too! Mr.Jay, my friend and I! Yay, can't wait!! Happy days Very Happy

We'll definitely have to meet up!
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Katie
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:52 am Reply with quote
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missyjay6 wrote:
And we're coming to the gig too! Mr.Jay, my friend and I! Yay, can't wait!! Happy days Very Happy

We'll definitely have to meet up!


Woo hoo! Most excellent news. Am I a bit sad to already be counting the days??
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GumboStu
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:41 pm Reply with quote
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Katie wrote:
Am I a bit sad to already be counting the days??


Don't you have an iPhone app for that? Laughing

great news missyjay and the jayclan clan!

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missyjay6
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:05 am Reply with quote
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Katie wrote:
Woo hoo! Most excellent news. Am I a bit sad to already be counting the days??


Not at all Katie!! I'm sooo excited already too!

GumboStu wrote:
great news missyjay and the jayclan clan!
Yup, the JayClan will be in da house!

It'll be fabulous!!
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lbrod
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:42 pm Reply with quote
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Pokey's set at Newport is set to stream live at 5:50 EST. Gillian is just finishing.

http://www.npr.org/series/newport-folk-festival/
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GumboStu
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:13 pm Reply with quote
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Ha! You get Gillian and Pokey and i get the Decemberists :(

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atomicpope
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:16 am Reply with quote
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You can now download the audio from this weekend's festival. Most of them are up now. Gillian's set is streaming only.

I'm waiting on the Middle Brother show. They released my favorite album of the year (so far)!
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therodge
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:29 am Reply with quote
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I'm checking out Middle Brother now. Is DeerTick lead singer in MB? Stupid question, right?

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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:04 am Reply with quote
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Not a stupid question at all. The singer from Deer Tick is part of Middle Brother. The other guys are from Delta Spirit and Dawes. It's like an indy rock super group!

Jonny Corndawg is featured in one fo the songs as well, and he's just too cool!

Apologies for hijacking the Pokey LaFarge thread.
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GumboStu
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:31 am Reply with quote
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Here's the first official vid from the new album
So Long Honeybee goodbye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjuo6mgeqC4


the bad news is that i can't make the London gig in september Crying or Very sad
We are booked that weekend at the electric picnic!

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missyjay6
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:01 pm Reply with quote
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GumboStu wrote:
the bad news is that i can't make the London gig in september Crying or Very sad
We are booked that weekend at the electric picnic!


Yes! No! This is highly cool and uncool all at the same time! Yay for you getting to share the bill with Edward Sharpe & TMZs and Toots and the Maytals etc etc, but not cool that we won't get to meet!!

Will be good exposure for the band though and I really hope it'll go well!! If you're ever tempted by the Edinburgh gig on the following Wednesday, you've got a place to stay for sure.
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GumboStu
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:30 pm Reply with quote
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heheh - double hijack whammy!
let's continue over here in The Fake McCoys topic Wink



EDIT where is the odd formatting coming from? anyone else see that link as dropped?

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