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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | About a month a go I did a short set at the Overflowing Cup, a Christian Coffee House-type program held every month here in Poughkeepsie. It's pretty much amateur hour, but fun nonetheless. I like to take my Zoom H4 recorder just to see how I sound and maybe keep something different for my kids. But sometimes the recording gremlins just have it in for you.
When my turn up came, the regular sound guy had just left to run an unexpected errand, and no one else was sure how to get me plugged in and set levels, etc. This is exacerbated by the lack of monitors, so I just have to trust for the best.
As it turns out, my mic was dead. Additionally, some moron (that would be me) had failed to notice the refrigerating unit right next to where I had set up my recorder.
Suffice to say, I'm hard to hear.
But the person before me had closed with, of all things, Michael Row the Boat Ashore. This provided the perfect story to start my set with.
So here it is, no music, just a short bit of off-the-cuff improv to set the tone for my set. And every bit is true, give or take a lie or two.
Michael\'s Boat |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Steve Trott, one of the founding members of the Highwaymen (who recorded Michael Row Your Boat Ashore and enjoyed the success that comes with a No. 1 hit single and a No. 3 hit on Billboard's top 100 for 1961) is a professional acquaintance. As he told it to me, it was just a few college buddies making a recording pretty much as a lark and none of them had any dream whatsoever that it would be popular. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Steve's also from Idaho, a judge, but still an incredibly bright and interesting guy. Lawyer bashers should listen to him talk about his involvement in the Watergate prosecutions.
Looks like Brad and I have only a couple degrees of separation. |
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Location: NW Washington State | Yeah, but they're law degrees, so it doesn't count. |
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| Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Looks like Brad and I have only a couple degrees of separation. Interesting thing, this degrees of separation idea.
I went to school with the wife of Bob Burnette of the Highwaymen, who presumably knew this Steve guy, who you know. So I'm separated from you guys by what? Four degrees? |
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Location: south east Michigan | There was the time I ran into Slim Pickens at the Salt Lake City airport.
Does that fit in somewhere? |
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Location: Flahdaw | Slim Pickens once played a lawyer in a skit on HeeHaw, so I'd say "yes" |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | That is indeed slim pickin's! |
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Recording Screw Ups and the Little Gems In Between
