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Love Steve Goodman…
a couple of my faves… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJLOaBUCEgs …and hangin with Bobby Bare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz2ZC4g_3xY
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Here's a story from the Chicago Sun-Times regarding the whole "City of New Orleans" Goodman/Guthrie/Denver debacle:
http://www.ecwpress.com/review/chica...ve-goodman-bio
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Long time fan
I've always thought that Steve Goodman set the bar high when it comes to acoustic live performances. When Jethro Burns played with him, you just had to sit back in awe of the amount of talent on display.
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I have the pleasure of taking lessons with Ed Holstein here in Chicago at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Ed and his brother Fred Holstein were a key part of the Chicago folk scene in the '70's including owning Holstein's a prime venue for Bonnie Koloc and others during that time. By all accounts from Ed who knew him personally, Steve was as nice a guy off stage as he was on. I don't think you can find a more skilled and joyous performer. People at Old Town still miss Steve 30+ years after his passing. My only regret is not having seen him live.
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I used to frequent Holstein's...rarely saw Fred sober... but he and Ed could put on a show. In my head I still can hear Fred playing "Freight Train" *footnote...parking around there sucked.**
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Thanks for posting
Enjoyed the concert and then watched this:
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Got to see him at Northwestern in the 70's with Jim Post and a guest appearance by Jethro Burns. It was their second of the day, started at around 11 pm and went for almost 3 hours. Great show!
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And since I didn't see anyone else say this I will. A friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song, and he said it was the perfect country and western song. Name that tune.
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"You Never Even Called Me by My Name", written by Steve Goodman and John Prine, recorded by David Allan Coe.
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I agree that the credits on the "Aerie" Album were wrong, but I don't know for sure that JD is the one responsible for putting them there. It hardly seems with his own talent for songwriting he would feel the need to take credit for someone else's material. It seems like an isolated event to me that was just as likely to be someone else's fault. It seems that people agree that his version with the changed words was sub-par to both Arlo's release as well as others. It certainly was not one of John Denver's often requested hits, so that is more than likely why he stopped performing it. Not some evil plot to prevent Steve Goodman from making money. Rest in peace Steve Goodman and John Denver!
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So the story goes the co writers were friends of his and he went to see them and they showed him the song. It's said he helped them finish the song, but I've always wondered if he didn't change it up and put his style with it and then took co writer credit. It really doesn't matter, it's just something I always wondered about because I've read different versions of how the song came to be. I've always been a JD fan and always will be. I just can't see him purposely taking what was not his because he had plenty of talent himself. Guess we will never know for sure. Steve Goodman was a genius.
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Great song!!
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I was fortunate to see Steve out here in L.A. in what I believe was the first West Coast appearance at the Santa Monica Civic, and he rocked my world. SO funny and such an awesome picker. To this day, folks, if you ever meet anyone who saw Steve live (and I was lucky to see him four times, including once with JP where he did the “broken string” song at the L.A. Roxy and literally had the audience on its knees with laughter), they will tell you that he was the single best solo performer that they've ever seen. This is just fact. I will write more later, when I have more time. For you young pups who've never heard of Steve or see him play: You owe it to yourself to see some of the vids on YouTube. I will post a few later when I have more time. Sorely, sorely missed. So many ironies on the timing of “Chicago Shorty's” passing which I will relate in a day or two. sm |
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Thanks to the OP for making me rediscover a great talent who l hadn't listened to in many years.
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