Monday, August 01, 2005
Last Saturday night, I went up to Fiddler's Dream to catch some Haris Blackwood's show (with musical friends). Haris is a long-time singer, songwriter and supporter of Fiddler's Dream, who moved up to Portland a few years ago with her partner, Donna. (Thanks to Canada, they are now married.) Some of the best musicians and songwriters in town call Haris a friend so the place was packed with talented people and stuffed to the gills with audience.
It was my first real chance to see Jim "Trooper" Pipkin, a guy I'd heard about for years with his own army of local fans and boy was I not disappointed. This guy is the real thing. Moving material, good choice of songs, man oh man.
All the other people who played were no slouches, either. Haris even let me play a couple and fortunately I remembered all the words.
That's what's neat about the folk music community here; everybody kinda supports each other because let's face it: it may not be a dying art form but it's a fading one, and the only way we're going to keep it alive is to remember the rest of us are out there.
Or something like that.
TT
It was my first real chance to see Jim "Trooper" Pipkin, a guy I'd heard about for years with his own army of local fans and boy was I not disappointed. This guy is the real thing. Moving material, good choice of songs, man oh man.
All the other people who played were no slouches, either. Haris even let me play a couple and fortunately I remembered all the words.
That's what's neat about the folk music community here; everybody kinda supports each other because let's face it: it may not be a dying art form but it's a fading one, and the only way we're going to keep it alive is to remember the rest of us are out there.
Or something like that.
TT
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