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   XPost: rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1970s   
   From: dockery@knology.net   
      
   "Joe" wrote   
   >"JUDY BARRETT" wrote:   
   >   
   > >I always liked the Kingston trio, Several years  ago John was the   
   featured   
   > >performer at the Gamble Rogers Folk festival in St Augustine and I looked   
   > >forward to hearing him.  I know most of the good Florida musicians who   
   > >played before him and I enjoyed  them a lot.   
   > >   
   > >When John came to the stage, the ampatheater was packed.  John gave a   
   > >totally incomprehensible  performance.  His  diction was terrible. and he   
   > >repeated songs and verses all over the place. After a time, folks began   
   to   
   > >slip away, at first a few at a time, then in larger and larger numbers.   
   I   
   > >hate to leave a performance, but finally did because I wasn't haven't a   
   good   
   > >time, and the thought of my bed in the camp ground was getting very   
   strong.   
   > >   
   > >I wonder if he was sick even then.  This was probably about 2002 but I am   
   > >not sure.  Someone said he was drunk, but I don't know that and will not   
   > >accuse him falsely.   
   > >   
   > >My friends and I speak of the heavenly jam circle, where instruments   
   never   
   > >need tuning, and nobody calls for the last song. May john find a welcome   
   > >there.   
   >   
   > One of the Obits on the net said he was in the early stages of   
   > alzheimer's but that was only a year ago.  Maybe he was drunk at the   
   > performance he gave in Florida.  HUmm he wrote the Monkees hit Day   
   > Dream Believer. Interesting .Doesnt sound much like   a folk song.   
      
   Interesting coincidence that right after his death there were stacks of   
   cheap-o Monkees CDs on the ''Value'' racks with ''Daydream Believer'' in   
   huge letters on the covers.   
      
   Since in what little press coverage of his death there was, the fact that   
   John Stewart wrote the song was pretty much the only detail other than the   
   KT connection and the 1979 hit ''Gold'' in the obits made me wonder if the   
   makers of the CDs did this to try and sell a few copies from a possible   
   revived interest in him.   
      
   > by the way this guy died in Jan. why the late post?   
      
   Better late than never...   
      
   --   
   The Ride (Combat Zone) by Will Dockery and Dennis Beck   
   Recorded at SoHo   
   Columbus, GA 31907   
   Video by Janis Petersen   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lZ3VAmNTWc   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)