JACK ELLISON IS NINETY YEARS OLD TODAY
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August the eleventh is a very special day
Because happy Jack Ellison is ninety today
A talented musician he used to play the banjo
With the Canadiana singers, many years ago
A ladies' man...
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string bass, birthday, happy, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
The Banjo Man
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When I sit alone with my memories
My mind drifts back to the early 60s
When folk music was all the rage
The New Christy Minstrels, Peter Paul and Mary
The Brothers Four, The Limelight...
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Categories:
string bass, music,
Form: Free verse
The Canadiana Folksingers
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When I sit alone with my memories
My mind drifts back to the early 60s
When folk music was all the rage
The New Christy Minstrels, Peter Paul and Mary
The Brothers Four, The Limelighter...
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Categories:
string bass, music,
Form: Free verse
Felonious Funk
...In what way shall I improvise myself?
Shall I memorize the first way I felt?
And my origin from West Africa
Through the European landing in hell?
Jelly with a honeysuckle belly
Make it catch l...
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Categories:
string bass, memory,
Form: Free verse
Bruce Played a One String Bass
...Once was a folk singer back in the sixties
It was surely my time to shine
Along with the great Peter Paul and Mary
They seemed like good friends of mine
A group of six, The Canadiana Fo...
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Categories:
string bass, joy, memory,
Form: Narrative
The Five String Banjo Man
...When I sit alone with my memories
My mind drifts back to the early 60s
When folk music was all the rage
The New Christy Minstrels, Peter Paul and Mary
The Brothers Four, The Limel...
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Categories:
string bass, music, pride,
Form: Narrative
Musicianship
...Musicianship
(3 May 2014; For my son Steven, an ACCOMPLISHED guitarist)
Real musicianship can truly drive you nuts—
There really are no “ifs”, “ands”, or “buts”.
Practice, study, memorize, then mo...
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Categories:
string bass, education, humor, inspiration, music,
Form: Quatrain