Another more than a nugget piece. Damn! We are both sides after all. Michelle Shocked is now the bass player of SEWAGE! She was/is an Anti-folk legend as attested to by Roger Manning at a recent speech Artifacts Presentation at "The East Village in Music & Words: A Conversation with Jesse Rifkin & Roger Manning" - Tompkins Square Library 2/22/2024 See pic of merch/artifacts table with the 109 Records Broome Closet AF Sessions and other Tompkins Riot 88 related releases along with the MS records https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10231845565142903&set=pcb.10231845568902997
I was at the 1973 KFF and remember wondering who Allen Damron and Carolyn Hester were. I was from San Antonio and had no clue about the Austin folk scene. Townes Van Zandt and BW Stevenson were the ones I was most impressed by.
Son David Morrison says he knows you! Even knew his Blanche persona. Cool. I sang T the flag 67 and 68! I’ll be sharing info on my own Substack once I get off this plane. Heading to Miami for Cayamo (my 8th).
a fake ID got me into the Checkered Flag Club and Frummox had their album out and several enjoyable shows I saw there and I believe you were talking Alan Ramsey w/o the Willis would not also be the case of Michael Murphy w/o the Martin since there was an actor Michael Murphy also back about that time I think -fun times
What the hell happened to Michelle Shocked? She got signed to a major label with her debut LP, sang with Bob Dylan, then basically disappeared. (At least in my mind she did.) I remember that when her debut LP came out, those of us who didn't go to Kerrville were wondering who she was, but she DID land a major record deal. She still around?
I seem to remember seeing Allen Damron at The Red Lion with my sister Arnette. Always wondered what happened to that club. Nice piece on The Chequered Flag
"Some former New Folk Finalists who have gone on to achieve name recognition in the music industry include Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, John Gorka, David Wilcox, James McMurtry, Tish Hinojosa, Hal Ketchum, Cosy Sheridan, Slaid Cleaves, Mark Elliott, Johnsmith, Ellis Paul, Anne Feeney, Buddy Mondlock, Pierce Pettis, Jonathan Byrd, Anaïs Mitchell, and many more."
Another more than a nugget piece. Damn! We are both sides after all. Michelle Shocked is now the bass player of SEWAGE! She was/is an Anti-folk legend as attested to by Roger Manning at a recent speech Artifacts Presentation at "The East Village in Music & Words: A Conversation with Jesse Rifkin & Roger Manning" - Tompkins Square Library 2/22/2024 See pic of merch/artifacts table with the 109 Records Broome Closet AF Sessions and other Tompkins Riot 88 related releases along with the MS records https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10231845565142903&set=pcb.10231845568902997
I was at the 1973 KFF and remember wondering who Allen Damron and Carolyn Hester were. I was from San Antonio and had no clue about the Austin folk scene. Townes Van Zandt and BW Stevenson were the ones I was most impressed by.
Son David Morrison says he knows you! Even knew his Blanche persona. Cool. I sang T the flag 67 and 68! I’ll be sharing info on my own Substack once I get off this plane. Heading to Miami for Cayamo (my 8th).
Blanche was great, but the Austin Chronicle boycotted him because he made them all pay cover at Liberty Lunch. Ha ha!
He mentioned that!
a fake ID got me into the Checkered Flag Club and Frummox had their album out and several enjoyable shows I saw there and I believe you were talking Alan Ramsey w/o the Willis would not also be the case of Michael Murphy w/o the Martin since there was an actor Michael Murphy also back about that time I think -fun times
What the hell happened to Michelle Shocked? She got signed to a major label with her debut LP, sang with Bob Dylan, then basically disappeared. (At least in my mind she did.) I remember that when her debut LP came out, those of us who didn't go to Kerrville were wondering who she was, but she DID land a major record deal. She still around?
I seem to remember seeing Allen Damron at The Red Lion with my sister Arnette. Always wondered what happened to that club. Nice piece on The Chequered Flag
This chapter has a bit about the Red Lion: https://michaelcorcoran.substack.com/p/the-ballad-of-cody-hubach
Wonderful! I was bewildered
by the incongruity of the place when I went there and now I get it! Thank you
Fabulous article, Michael! Loved it!
"Some former New Folk Finalists who have gone on to achieve name recognition in the music industry include Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, John Gorka, David Wilcox, James McMurtry, Tish Hinojosa, Hal Ketchum, Cosy Sheridan, Slaid Cleaves, Mark Elliott, Johnsmith, Ellis Paul, Anne Feeney, Buddy Mondlock, Pierce Pettis, Jonathan Byrd, Anaïs Mitchell, and many more."
https://www.kerrvillefolkfestival.org/history-of-newfolk