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Joe_Stax

11/10/07 Show

HOLY FONG! Shocked

I've been listening to the afterhours for just a few minutes now and digging the Leadbelly, but that version of Gallows Pole...amazing stuff. I love that song and have never heard it like that. Wow. just wow.

And now he's doing Sam Hall, another classic. This is unreal.

Jim, where did you get this? I gotta know! Very Happy
Astrakhan

Tonight's show was excellent, and I hope that Doc and Chesty will be feeling better and back next week.

The mention of Remembrance Day and poppies, along with Joe's remark about Flanders Field made me do some research. I've heard of Flanders Field, and knew it was related to World War I, but here's a little more from Wiki:

Quote:
Flanders Fields is the generic name of the World War I battlefields in the medieval County of Flanders. At the time of World War I, the county no longer existed but corresponded geographically to the Belgian Flemish Region and the French Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. The name is particularly associated with the battles of Ypres, Passchendaele, and the Somme. For much of the war, the front line ran continuously from south of Zeebrugge in Belgium, to the Swiss border with France.

The poppies are worn as reminders of the battles fought there, as they grew in great profusion around Flanders, where the war dead were interred. There was a poem written about it, by John McCrae:

Quote:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
— John McCrae
Astrakhan

A bit more about things related to Remembrance Day.

There's an interesting site called the Virtual Gramophone, an online library of historical Canadian recordings, taken from 78s. Visit it at:
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/gramophone/index-e.html

It's a fascinating site, but if you're particularly interested, search for "Flanders" and about a dozen references will come up, all about recordings related to the war.

There are several entries for recordings of "In Flanders Field", and at least one can be listened to, streamed or downloaded. I listened to the poem set to music and performed by Joseph Phillips on the Okeh label. The entry isn't dated, but most of the others seem to be from 1918-20.

Lastly, for a modern view of Remembrance Day, try listening to the Vinyl Cafe. Host Stuart McLean's story segment is quite affecting on the subject and well worth a listen. If you can't pick up the CBC, the story is available as a podcast through itunes.



http://www.cbc.ca/vinylcafe/

http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/index.html?arts#vinylcafe
JimENight

Joe - I KNOW!
Picked this up at a folk music festival in upstate NY two years ago. An amazing document - like you said, nobody ever has done Gallows Pole like THAT! Think I will play this again in the end of November also...
http://www.cduniverse.com/images....vate+Party+November+21%2C+1948+CD
JimENight

Hey A. Kahn, thanx for the info on Rememberance Day. I like the name of that day much better than Veterans Day; it really gets to the point of having this day.
I caught a little bit about it this very morning on Canada Radio International on 9515kHz shortwave... same freq which used to carry the Vinyl Cafe on Satruday Mornings. Boy do I miss that program!
Thanx again.
Rockin'_Art_Lewis

I had no luck with the stream or shortwave, this past Saturday. Crying or Very sad
Couldn't get 'BCQ's signal at all.
To double my displeasure and double my non-fun, I'm still slogging away on this loaner compy from the repair place. 28.8 modem and a K6! Needless to say, the stream would last about 15 seconds, re-buffer and then totally conk out.
Reporting live from the Bummerville trolley........

Peace!

-R.A.L.

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