[mplpost] "Live at the Bunkhouse"

[rtwright@grassrootsgroup.com]

Okay Vic,

...but did you ever see The Times Square Two, Peter Ebling? and
Michael Joquette?  Fantastic performers, funny and clever.  They
had a shtick where they each played the other's guitar--without
changing instruments.  Arms reached behind heads etc. and somehow
they did it.  Great act.  I think Ebling went into film.

I had forgotten about Les's karate acts.

Yes, Sonny and Brownie was at the Vancouver Bunkhouse.

Then there was the Ark on Broadway with acts like Jeannie Redpath,
Jesse Fuller, Rev. Gary Davis, Guy Carawan ...

Yes, the Rovers were quite different then.

"Those were the days my friends, we thought they'd never end ..."

Richard Wright


> Jeremiah wrote:
>>A propos of not much, but one of my most treasured LPs is "Sonny Terry &
>>Brownie McGhee - Live at the Bunkhouse".
>>
>>Come to think of it, I hope it's the same Bunkhouse we're talkin' about!
>
> I'm sure it is since I saw Sonny and Brownie there several times.
> Also, Josh White, Jose Feliciano and locals like Joe Mock who won a
> guitar there in a contest one evening.  I recall owner Les Stork was
> a karate guy who would occasionally go onstage in full regalia to
> break bricks.  This might have been done so he wouldn't need to hire
> a bouncer.
>
> Richard Wright wrote:
>>The Sequel was managed by Al Pilgrim and owned by the Bartlett
>>brothers who also had a Pizza chain. The Irish Rovers played there
>>early on.
>
> I also remember seeing the Irish Rovers...in those days their act was
> considerably more adult and rowdy.
>
> I also recall seeing local singers Tom Northcott as well as Susan
> Pleskevitz (sp?) who later married Terry Jacks and formed the Poppy
> Family.
>
> If I follow this timeline further I'll have to remember Retinal
> Circus and the Easter Be-Ins in Stanley Park which could be difficult.
>
> cheers,  Vic
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