Steve Goodman Appreciation Thread (John Prine's Best Friend) - Page 8

Charmed Life Picks · #**106** 03-23-2019, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Cabarone

It never occurred to me the dvd I have isn't the original release...and yeah, there can't be enough Goodman material out there...he was definitely one of a kind...

Cabarone: I'm not sure, but maybe that's the difference. I sure would like to look through a vault of Goodman film clips and see what else hasn't seen the light of day. What a showman.

scott memmer

lowrider · #**107** 07-06-2019, 09:29 AM

Scott, I just found this pic on a folk music Facebook page;

No real info, But Steve sure had a lot of talented friends!

vintage40s · #**108** 07-06-2019, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by lowrider

Scott, I just found this pic on a folk music Facebook page... No real info, But Steve sure had a lot of talented friends!

It is also on page 457 of the book Facing the Music, which says it's Steve with Peter Seeger and Harry Chapin, taken Nov. 14, 1976 at Huntington (NY) High School, during a fund raising concert for Chapin's arts foundation. The foundation's site:
http://harrychapinfoundation.org

Brent Hahn · #**109** 07-06-2019, 09:41 AM

Some folks are masters at presenting a lyric, and Goodman was one of them. Best I've ever seen at that was Sammy Cahn. And he couldn't sing even a little bit.

Charmed Life Picks · #**110** 07-06-2019, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by lowrider

Scott, I just found this pic on a folk music Facebook page;

No real info, But Steve sure had a lot of talented friends!

Lowrider, thanks for the beautiful photo. Yes, folk was a much more intimate enclave back 40-50 years ago. Everyone knew everyone.

Funny, just last night I watched a short video bio of Harry Chapin. I think "Taxi" is a terrific song. Hope to someday learn and cover it.

thanks again,
scott

Cabarone · #**111** 07-09-2019, 08:59 PM

https://americanahighways.org/2019/0...pIA0bVpCIXuhCc

Here's a link to a review of two either recently or soon to be released reissues...hope I did this right...

lowrider · #**112** 07-20-2019, 03:28 AM

Great article on Steve in Rolling Stone;

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...oodman-860284/

Two album re-issues, I'm glad he's being remembered.

Here's another RS article from May. Two articles in two months, pretty soon Steve will be famous!

lowrider · #**113** 07-20-2019, 03:31 AM

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...rleans-839618/

rolleiguy54 · #**114** 07-20-2019, 06:20 AM

I love all the posts here thanks for sharing.

kathyson · #**115** 07-20-2019, 09:04 AM

Opened for him at the Earle back in the day. Amazing talent.

rolleiguy54 · #**116** 07-20-2019, 09:23 AM

very cool Kathy. I saw him once in Chicago and once in Springfield with Jethro.
Great shows.

Cabarone · #**117** 08-09-2019, 06:25 AM

Hey Scott, this looks like it's from ACL, but it's not on the DVD I have...does yours? I seem to remember you had an older release...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyfj...3s&app=desktop

Charmed Life Picks · #**118** 08-10-2019, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Cabarone

Hey Scott, this looks like it's from ACL, but it's not on the DVD I have...does yours? I seem to remember you had an older release...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyfj...3s&app=desktop

Thanks for posting this. No, not on my DVD either, but it's clearly from the same ACL show. I'm wondering if perhaps they added it to a later edition of the disc. I have a very early one.

Thanks Again. Amazing player and human.

Scott

Cabarone · #**119** 08-17-2019, 02:19 AM

Does anybody know what model Gibson he's playing in that last posted video (from his first ACL appearance)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyfj...3s&app=desktop

Charmed Life Picks · #**120** 08-18-2019, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Cabarone

Does anybody know what model Gibson he's playing in that last posted video (from his first ACL appearance)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyfj...3s&app=desktop

I'd love to know, too. It's clearly a Gibson jumbo, but what throws me off is that custom double pickguard. I've seen a few Martins with that double pickguard right from the factory, but don't recall seeing any Gibbies that have it. I wonder if it was added custom by a luthier down the line somewhere. Or possibly Steve used to joke about what a heavy-handed player he was. I wish I was that "heavy-handed," then maybe I'd be able to play 1/4 as good as Goodman.

Don't know if you've ever seen this vid of Steve doing "You're the Girl I Love" solo in the studio playing that monster director into a microphone. Even through a one-inch laptop speaker that's one of the best acoustics I've ever heard in my life. What tone. And a real cannon -- a true blaster. And listen to Stevie make it sing. Wow.