That R Crumb heroes of blues, country and jazz calendar is still around

[johncorrigan]

The cobwebs are gathering but still time to celebrate, courtesy of the great Robert Crumb, the birthday of Peetie Wheatstraw born this day 108 years back in Tennessee.

http://www.kotapparel.com/images/products/bt-613%5Bblack%5D.png

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqY03NHDMNo

I have unfortunately to recount that Mr Wheatstraw passed on same day in 1941 - car crash in St Louis - you can't be too careful on your birthday, don't you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yly5wfY0yow

[Martin Reynolds]

John you have a most excellent calendar. The 2011 one that came with Songlines has key dates in the world of world music. WOMAD and quite a lot of tour dates and other festivals.

[johncorrigan]

Best calendar I ever had Martin - wish I could get another one - those pictures are timeless. The book with its accompanying CD is terrific too.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g147/lrkinne/R-1.jpg

Is that the Songlines with Andy on the front? Good CDs this time, I thought.

[johncorrigan]

I was doing a spot of tidying around my corner of the bedroom and found last year's calendar - took a sneaky look in - Crumb's great drawing of Papa Charlie Jackson (not known as two sheds) up top for February.

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/72/s_fb7dc6dfcb8c0ded149f55c6be219e39.jpg

Anyway I noticed that that other great banjo picker Dock Boggs suffered the same fate as Peatie Wheatstraw - born on his birthday this very day in 1898 - died exactly 73 years later. What a fate! What did those
guys get up to on their birthday? Anyway here he is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB-W3pygCsg

They just don't make calendars like they did in the old days!

[Globaltruth]

Sounds as if it has a timeless quality

[johncorrigan]

Nothin' to do with the old calendar but JCocker (not Joe) on 6 this afternoon informed me that George Formby was dead 50 years today - and here's what he played to celebrate George.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSc-e-QffTs

[Lateralthinking1]

Nice. A bit of a role model for my father. I like the comment at the top of the YT thread - "I used to think this kind of thing was so old. Funny that the older I get I can see the art in this!"

[Paul Sherratt]

>>George Formby was dead 50 years today

Not everyone took to George!

http://mmimagessmall.moviemail-online.co.uk/20058_George-Formby-Boxset-09.JPG

[johncorrigan]

>>George Formby was dead 50 years today

Not everyone took to George!
http://mmimagessmall.moviemail-onlin...-Boxset-09.JPG

Paul, GF's situation is a bit like what life in the public sector feels like these days - a pair of everything!