[mplpost] "Live at the Bunkhouse"

[David Holmes]

At 04:52 PM 11/5/2001 -0800, you wrote:

Ye gods.   The Times Square Two?  That even hits the nostalgia button for 
some of us south of the border.  I remember seeing them in Wooster, Ohio in 
1967.




>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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