Definitely the Alexis Korner of skiffle...by schulps
And don't forget, Dwight's producer and guitarist was Pete Anderson, an all-arounder from Detroit, who was certainly as well versed in rock styles as he was in country (and is still playing the clubs in the L.A. area to this day).by schulps
Not sure how much his label had to do with it, but the first time I saw Dwight live (I think Ira was there, too, that night) was opening for Husker Du at Irving Plaza in New York. I think he'd probably already had a country radio hit with "Guitars and Cadillacs" at the time. He may have played more shows with college radio bands in the '80s than you might expect. Totally agreeby schulps
I saw Dew-wight (as Buck Owens always called him) the last time he played the Greek and he was effing great. To me, he's a TP artist, and I co-founded the mag.by schulps
What odds would you have given for Alexis Korner and/or John Mayall? I was totally gobsmacked by Korner's embrace, less so Mayall, who at least has tons of U.S. releases, including ones with (of course) Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor as his lead guitarist. Do you think Robert Plant told them he'd make a large donation if they inducted Alexis in the same way he recently agreedby schulps
Alexis Korner and John Mayall will be enshrined in the RockHall in the Musical Excellence category. Does this mean the door has opened a crack and we may someday see Mott the Hoople and The Move inducted, or is it just a blues thing? (And if so, where is Cyril Davies?) Discuss.by schulps
Denise and I were in early on Phoebe, since she used to busk at our local Farmer's Market in Pasadena. The first time we saw her she was tentatively putting out her guitar case. Who knows, could've been her first time doing it. She did Dylan and Neil Young covers. No originals. She was haunting and engaging from the getgo. Denise asked her who she was. She said, "Phoebe" and Dby schulps
I wrote this to a few friends on the day the news of his death came out. Having just seen this thread, I figured I'd share: I'm very sad. He wrote me a letter at Trouser Press when he was getting set to move to New York from Cleveland. (I wish I still had it, but I think it disappeared in one of my many late 80s moves) saying that he didn't know anyone in NYC and hoped we would meby schulps
