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All posts by “Eugene Knapik”
No Happy Mining Songs
As you know I like all kinds of folk music. There are rich and complex traditions of songs about work. Working on the Railway. Farming. Working as Sea. I was thinking there are no happy mining songs, but I was wrong. First let’s here some… Read More
Correction – this is Memphis, not Ellie Mae
Can you believe that, I would mix up my own dogs?
Starsky’s on a rainy Saturday morning
I didn’t teach this morning, so I headed over to Starky’s to pick up a few things, primarily some of their delicious Goralska sausage. For those wondering, Starsky’s is unrelated to the bad television series Starsky anbd Hutch. Most people will tell you that Starsky’s… Read More
Robert Pete Williams
I think I first heard Robert Pete Williams’ music in 1980 in the Listening Room at the York University library. They had a great collection of blues music there and a bunch of turntables. You could sign out records (some of you may remember those)… Read More
Brushy One String
Another Tuffy P night shot….inside Fort York
Tuffy P’s Night Shots
Bromberg
I was thinking about the music of David Bromberg, so I figured it was time to dig up some cuts from the YouTube machine and share them here tonight. Let’s start with a bittersweet song called Watch Baby Fall. In this next video Mr. Bromberg… Read More
Two big grey units
No this isn’t some new furniture from IKEA ready for assembly. These two grey units are sitting out behind the filtration plant down the street, waiting for installation.
27th Street 