He was a friend of mine smithsonian folkways recordings. Googles schmidt met with kushner in republican outreach. He was the alpha and the omega, the trailblazer and the trendsetter, the mover and the shaker, the guy without whom heck, he was so important dylan name checked eric on his debut album. A major figure in the cambridge massachusetts folk. As a singer and guitarist, he was considered to be the leading cambridge specialist in country blues at the time, thus. It sounds almost as if this album were recorded instead in eric s living room with a tape recorder. All my own work is one of the greatest recordings of all time. Eventually, after standing in line to meet him, there it was his doorstep, a rainy day, and he greeted his visitors, inviting them in. As cahn writes, what we had in common was a feeling about life, and this wonderful direct music that expressed our experience in that life. Josh white ballads and blues volume 2 flac download. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. This stripped down effort always seems fresh, and if you listen closely you can hear a young blind boy grunt aka bobbie dylan, mostly on harmonica and so called backup vocals. It was originally to be released in late 1970s as the followup to sunday street.
Like the intro days, rick was a blues guitar player from cambridge, from connecticut, actually, and is largely responsible. Widely and significantly influential among singersongwriters at the time bob dylan, david blue, and many, many others it was largely ignored by the public in no small part due to the marketing ineptitute of the publisher, a notorious fact at the time. After a lifechanging event, eric schmit realized his priorities needed to change, and he decided to start with his health. He was associated with the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s and a key part of the cambridge folk music scene. Various bleecker and macdougal the folk scene of the. Guitar artistry of geoff muldaur dvd grossmans guitar workshop. It was reissued as someone else, not me on cd by philo in 1999. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Stream tracks and playlists from the schmidt on your desktop or mobile device. Collections include the unique contemporary compositions and performances found in the other minds collection, the hundreds of popular songs from the early 20th century found in the 78 rpm collection and oral history. Dylan fans should be advised that bobs contributions are minimal, and his presence on the record really cannot be felt in any significant way. Painter, singersongwriter, and folk music enthusiast who became a linchpin of the folk revival movement of the 1960s. Wingfield said over skype from his home studio in rural.
He shows himself to be a sensitive, literate folk poet when he writes things like. A major figure in the cambridge massachusetts folk scene in. Schmidt is a member of vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Its hardly eric schmidts only outreach to rising gop leaders in recent days. They separated in 1972 shortly after geoff muldaur joined paul butterfields better days band. Somebody else, not me continues van ronks return to basic blues, folk and jazz accompanying himself on guitar. An energetic, bearded figure best known as a blues performer, he was instantly attracted as a child to the blues on hearing lead belly on the radio.
Somebody else, not me is a 1980 album by american folk and blues singer dave van ronk. Join our email list for the latest news from smithsonian folkways recordings. During the 1960s and 1970s, geoff made a series of highly influential recordings as a founding m. With the help of microsoft band and microsoft health, eric was able to take matters into his own hands to start living healthier and achieving more every day. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Get all the lyrics to songs by eric schmidt and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. In fact, the songs featuring eric solo or prominently are the most professionalsounding tracks. This single lp has so many fine songs and styles, it would be great to play for young children these days. I find it perfect to play on rainy days, sundays and days when lost ones and fine memories have time to haunt you.
All 30 songs from the about schmidt 2002 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. He was associated with the folk blues revival of the 1960s and a key part of the east coast folk music scene1 that included bob dylan2 and joan baez. As a general observation the producers of this cd went out of their way, way out of their way to get the best renditions available of the songs by the individual artists represented and to provide the best range of what folk meant to those who wrote the songs, sang. This collection features audio collections reflecting music, art and culture. Eric schmidt was born to eleanor schmidt and wilson schmidt in the year 1955. North dakota artist, singer, songwriter, husband and father download and listen to the new song audience of one. Eric schmidt parents eleanor schmidt and wilson schmidt. Although other musicians guest on the disc, it is predominately ericas guitar and unadorned voice singing songs in a traditional folk style. Dylan jokingly mentioned that he first heard the song from rick. After leaving the butterfield band in 1976, muldaur recorded an album with amos garrett and geoff muldaur and the nite lites for hannibal records. According to his chronicle of the cambridge folk era, also called baby, let me follow you down, eric had. Mel bay geoff muldaur is one of the great voices and musical forces to emerge from the folk, blues and folk rock scenes centered in cambridge, ma and woodstock, ny.
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