OMG, you just caused a synapse to fire!   In the winter of '81-'82, I
walked into the side door of Desperados one night when Skip was
playing.  This placed me in the barroom, rather than the music room.
Serendipitously, Bo had just stepped off stage into that side room,
setting off on one of his fabled (and now wireless) guitar walks.  He
spotted me and handed me the guitar.  I did my best to replicate what
he'd been playing, likely a pathetic attempt, and wandered into the
rear of the music room and up on stage.  That was one of maybe three
times that I've played with Skip in 30 plus years, and by far the
most fun, especially because Charlie, Danny and Corky were as
surprised as anyone.


--- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, wcusmano@... wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 8/1/2008 10:12:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> greenr@... writes:
>
> The  episode referred to in this string occurred in the winter
of '79,
> and the  principals were George Thorogood and the Nighthawks' Jim
> Thackery.  Thorogood at the Cellar Door (NE corner of 34th and M)
the
> Hawks at  Desperados (south side of M, just east of 34th. Song in
> question was  Elmore James's "Madison Blues," a slide guitar number
> played in open E  tuning. Jim played a red '67 Gibson Flying V,
> Thorogood a Gibson hollow  body, sunburst, perhaps an ES-135, of
> unknown (at least to me) provenance.
>
>
>
> this is no doubt more accurate than my recollection, my only other
thought
> that it must have happened more than once, because I remember being
in
> Desperados for the adventure, and I would not have been there in
1979.   more like
> 1981.
> of course, memory after thirty years -- she's not so good.  there
have  been
> studies where people have sworn to remember something, when they
weren't
> there and merely were told about it.  so, who knows?
>
>
>
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Now don't make me pull this car over, you kids!

The episode referred to in this string occurred in the winter of '79,
and the principals were George Thorogood and the Nighthawks' Jim
Thackery.  Thorogood at the Cellar Door (NE corner of 34th and M) the
Hawks at Desperados (south side of M, just east of 34th.  Song in
question was Elmore James's "Madison Blues," a slide guitar number
played in open E tuning.  Jim played a red '67 Gibson Flying V,
Thorogood a Gibson hollow body, sunburst, perhaps an ES-135, of
unknown (at least to me) provenance.

By prior arrangement, both bands started the song at the stroke of
midnight.  The two players met in the middle of M St., swapped cords
(cords, mind you, as wireless rigs weren't widely available at the
time) and then burst in to gobsmacked and delighted audiences in
their respective clubs.  The whole charade was remarkably well
executed, especially given the crude technology.  Bo, to my
knowledge, did not post that night.  Too bad, because that really
would have been something.

The Post covered the episode the next day on the cover of Style, I
believe, though it might even have been a slow enough news day to
have made the front, below the fold.  I searched its archives and
could find only a recent reference, not the original coverage.  (The
NY Times has archived everything back to 1851, just another reason
that the Post SUCKS, as if we needed one.)

As a postscript, Buzz White, the Allstars manager at the time,
submitted a bogus press release a few weeks later to the now long-
defunct DC arts paper, the Unicorn Times, claiming that Thackery and
I had pulled of a similar stunt in NYC, starting from clubs in the
Upper West Side and the Village, respectively, hopping the 7th Avenue
Local and pulling off the switch at Times Square.  The paper printed
the item (they knew it was BS).  The Hawks, uncharacteristically,
were not amused.

Now put down that racing form and get back to work.  Andy, there's a
fire on the F line at Nostrand Ave., so take the bus.


--- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, andy herz <buzzsawfilms@...>
wrote:
>
> It may well have happened more than once. But the story I've heard
is Bo trading guitars with Thorogood in the middle of the street
outside desperadoes
>
>
> --- On Thu, 7/31/08, wcusmano@... <wcusmano@...> wrote:
>
> From: wcusmano@... <wcusmano@...>
> Subject: Re: [livefromthehook] Re: Crash-ola
> To: livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 10:14 AM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/31/2008 10:00:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
samtheman57@ gmail.com writes:
> (I once heard a rumor that Bo(with Skip) and George Thorogood were
> playing in DC at clubs across the street from each other and met in
> the middle at the street median..never knew if this was true but
> extremely possible!)
> I remember being in Desperados when this happened.  I think they
probably did it more than once, and maybe not just with Thorogood,
because, truth be told, I don't think that I was there for the first
and only, and I can't remember if it was Bo and Thorogood or maybe Bo
and Jimmy Thackeray.  In any case, one was playing at the Cellar Door
and the other in Desperados.  Playing Madison Blues, they met in the
middle of the street and then traded rooms/bands for awhile.
>  
> William M. Cusmano
> WILLIAM M. CUSMANO, P.C.
> 2000 N 14th Street, #210
> Arlington, Virginia 22201
> 703-527-1775
> 703-524-7610 (fax)
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>
>
>
>
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OUTSTANDING!!

THANKS!!





--- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, simmons@... wrote:
>
>
>
> Andy H. asked me to post these photos from the show.  Great seeing
everyone.
>
> Scott Simmons
>
>
> You're invited to view these photos online at KODAK Gallery!
> Just click on View Photos to get started.
>
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=a3v35lm.bp9rx28a&x=0&y=-lbsq8h&localeid=en_U\
S
> If you'd like to save this album, just sign in, or
> if you're new to the Gallery, create a free account. Once you've
> signed in, you'll be able to view this album whenever you want
> and order Kodak prints of your favorite photos.
>
> Enjoy!
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> join the Gallery for free.
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>
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> If you cannot see the links above, copy and paste the
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>
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>

So I was perusing YouTube and found these performances of Skip from
1988, someone from Charlotte,North Carolina videotaped this with a
hand held camera.

The footage is a little shaky, the audio pretty good.

Except for the film, this is as close to "vintage Skip" as one is
likely to get, with the exception that Corky is not playing drums.

A lot of your favorites here, about 15 songs

Hopefully it will stay up for a while, the last link I posted to a
Skip performance was taken down.

http://www.youtube.com/user/chubby28278

Sam

Just posted 4 pics from Saturday's Really Live from the Hook show,
courtesy of Philip Avery.  Thanks Philip - and Bryan for passing them
on.

Where are the other pics? Mr. Grafmuller? Mr. Simmons?

Anyone can post; just go to photos and add an album. Piece of cake.

So, please, whip em out.

Andy

Thanks to all of you for sharing your impressions of the event.

If/when there is a point of sale for DVDs please let me know!

I can verify the Crash Ola.

I actually went to the site yesterday morning and got the same message
about exceeding the bandwidth limit, I thought it was highly unlikely
that so much traffic would be directed to the(Live From The Hook) site
on a weekday morning, and was slightly incredulous.

Bo Randall is really a trooper, I hope he is not seriously ill, and he
is definitely one of the best guitar players and showman I have had
the privilege to see.

(I once heard a rumor that Bo(with Skip) and George Thorogood were
playing in DC at clubs across the street from each other and met in
the middle at the street median..never knew if this was true but
extremely possible!)

Best wishes to all members of all the bands keeping the tradition of
playing great music live.

Sam


--- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Herz" <buzzsawfilms@...>
wrote:
>
> Well, enough people must have been checking out the site this
> afternoon, probably videos, that we exceeded bandwidth and crashed the
> sucker.  (Thanks for the warning Charlie).
>
> Our webhost says we're his first site that managed to exceed the
> healthy bandwidth normally allocated.
>
> So we've got that going for us, which is nice.
>
> Please keep spreading the word.
>
> Andy
>

Well, enough people must have been checking out the site this
afternoon, probably videos, that we exceeded bandwidth and crashed the
sucker.  (Thanks for the warning Charlie).

Our webhost says we're his first site that managed to exceed the
healthy bandwidth normally allocated.

So we've got that going for us, which is nice.

Please keep spreading the word.

Andy

Kirby,
   thanks for the info. I guess most of us are all a lot bigger than we
used to be!
Thom
--- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "krhutto" <krhutto@...> wrote:
>
> Thom-
>
> The actual scanned in crowd was was 1117.  We just seem bigger these
days.
>
> Kirby
>
> --- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "OneVaGent" <thomlewis@> wrote:
> >
> > Andy,
> >   I thought the film was good, though as you probably noticed, the
> > sound was uneven. I thought the story hung together well and my
> > friend, who was not part of the music scene then, thought it gave a
> > real sense of the time and what was going on in C-ville musically.You
> > guys did a super job and I can't wait to see what else you have in
> store.
> > Thom
> > P.S. I estimated the crowd at the concert as about 2,000. Was I close?
>

Thom-

The actual scanned in crowd was was 1117.  We just seem bigger these days.

Kirby

--- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "OneVaGent" <thomlewis@...> wrote:
>
> Andy,
>   I thought the film was good, though as you probably noticed, the
> sound was uneven. I thought the story hung together well and my
> friend, who was not part of the music scene then, thought it gave a
> real sense of the time and what was going on in C-ville musically.You
> guys did a super job and I can't wait to see what else you have in
store.
> Thom
> P.S. I estimated the crowd at the concert as about 2,000. Was I close?

Thanks Thom.

I'm not sure on the crowd. My guess was 1500 but have no degree in
crowd-estimology.  When Deke is back online next week we can pose the
question to him.

Danny was full of jokes this weekend. Holy crap; really full of them.

Here's one of the better merely R-rated ones:


******************
Guy goes to see his proctologist.

Proctologist is examining down there, seems a little concerned, says:

"Uhhhm, do you realize that you have a lettuce leaf hanging out of
your anus?"

Guy says, "Oh, that's just the tip of the iceberg!"

*************************************
Ba-dum-bum.

--- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "OneVaGent" <thomlewis@...>
wrote:
>
> Andy,
>   I thought the film was good, though as you probably noticed, the
> sound was uneven. I thought the story hung together well and my
> friend, who was not part of the music scene then, thought it gave a
> real sense of the time and what was going on in C-ville
musically.You
> guys did a super job and I can't wait to see what else you have in
store.
> Thom
> P.S. I estimated the crowd at the concert as about 2,000. Was I
close?
>
>  --- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Herz"
> <buzzsawfilms@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Thom
> >
> > It was great seeing you this weekend. Cloning would have
definitely
> > helped. Felt like I got to see some folks only for a few minutes
here
> > and there, given all that was going on.
> >
> > We did film the show.  At some point in the future, we'll begin
to
> > release various other live performance or "best of" DVDs and
CDs.
> > First step is the film itself though. So we'll be focused on
selling
> > those DVDs for now.
> >
> > Between this board and the website, we'll have info on when other
> > releases become available.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> > --- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "OneVaGent" <thomlewis@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Andy,
> > >    What a great time on Sat. I wish I could have cloned myself,
so I
> > > could have spent time with all the friends who were there. It is
> > > amazing that Bo played so well despite being sick. I heard
several
> > > people, who had not seen Skip, comment on what a great
guitarist Bo
> > > was; little did they know... The music was awesome and the
stage
> > crew
> > > did a super job of staying on schedule over a 6 hr. period.
Could
> > any
> > > other small city have supported a show like this? What other
town
> > > under 50,000 has Willie Nelson and CSN the same week? Only the
Hook!
> > > Were you taping the show? Will there be a Cd or DVD available? I
> > > bought 4 of the movie DVDs and it mentioned that some shows
from the
> > > past will be available. Any idea when? I lok forward to more
great
> > > times and great music!
> > > Thom
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Herz"
<buzzsawfilms@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks to everyone who came and laughed and danced and said
nice
> > > things about the film.
> > > >
> > > > How did the Casuals play such a tight set with so little
practice
> > time?
> > > >
> > > > How great did Bo sound - even though he was sick as a dog and
a
> > half
> > > step from the
> > > > emergency room?
> > > >
> > > > How cute was Charlotte Beirne at the piano with Danny and up
front
> > > with the crowd?
> > > >
> > > > How amazing was it to see so many old friends and dance like
> > decades
> > > had melted away?
> > > >
> > > > We'll be doing more of these events going forward; taking the
film
> > > and a band or two to
> > > > venues or private parties in the area.
> > > >
> > > > If you're interested in hosting a Live from the Hook party, or
> > > helping to organize an event at
> > > > another venue in your town, please let us know.
> > > >
> > > > Oh, and Deke and Bob - enjoy the beach.
> > > >
> > > > Andy
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Andy,
   I thought the film was good, though as you probably noticed, the
sound was uneven. I thought the story hung together well and my
friend, who was not part of the music scene then, thought it gave a
real sense of the time and what was going on in C-ville musically.You
guys did a super job and I can't wait to see what else you have in store.
Thom
P.S. I estimated the crowd at the concert as about 2,000. Was I close?

  --- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Herz"
<buzzsawfilms@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Thom
>
> It was great seeing you this weekend. Cloning would have definitely
> helped. Felt like I got to see some folks only for a few minutes here
> and there, given all that was going on.
>
> We did film the show.  At some point in the future, we'll begin to
> release various other live performance or "best of" DVDs and CDs.
> First step is the film itself though. So we'll be focused on selling
> those DVDs for now.
>
> Between this board and the website, we'll have info on when other
> releases become available.
>
> Andy
>
>
> --- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "OneVaGent" <thomlewis@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Andy,
> >    What a great time on Sat. I wish I could have cloned myself, so I
> > could have spent time with all the friends who were there. It is
> > amazing that Bo played so well despite being sick. I heard several
> > people, who had not seen Skip, comment on what a great guitarist Bo
> > was; little did they know... The music was awesome and the stage
> crew
> > did a super job of staying on schedule over a 6 hr. period. Could
> any
> > other small city have supported a show like this? What other town
> > under 50,000 has Willie Nelson and CSN the same week? Only the Hook!
> > Were you taping the show? Will there be a Cd or DVD available? I
> > bought 4 of the movie DVDs and it mentioned that some shows from the
> > past will be available. Any idea when? I lok forward to more great
> > times and great music!
> > Thom
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Herz" <buzzsawfilms@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks to everyone who came and laughed and danced and said nice
> > things about the film.
> > >
> > > How did the Casuals play such a tight set with so little practice
> time?
> > >
> > > How great did Bo sound - even though he was sick as a dog and a
> half
> > step from the
> > > emergency room?
> > >
> > > How cute was Charlotte Beirne at the piano with Danny and up front
> > with the crowd?
> > >
> > > How amazing was it to see so many old friends and dance like
> decades
> > had melted away?
> > >
> > > We'll be doing more of these events going forward; taking the film
> > and a band or two to
> > > venues or private parties in the area.
> > >
> > > If you're interested in hosting a Live from the Hook party, or
> > helping to organize an event at
> > > another venue in your town, please let us know.
> > >
> > > Oh, and Deke and Bob - enjoy the beach.
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> >
>

Thanks Thom

It was great seeing you this weekend. Cloning would have definitely
helped. Felt like I got to see some folks only for a few minutes here
and there, given all that was going on.

We did film the show.  At some point in the future, we'll begin to
release various other live performance or "best of" DVDs and CDs.
First step is the film itself though. So we'll be focused on selling
those DVDs for now.

Between this board and the website, we'll have info on when other
releases become available.

Andy


--- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "OneVaGent" <thomlewis@...>
wrote:
>
> Andy,
>    What a great time on Sat. I wish I could have cloned myself, so I
> could have spent time with all the friends who were there. It is
> amazing that Bo played so well despite being sick. I heard several
> people, who had not seen Skip, comment on what a great guitarist Bo
> was; little did they know... The music was awesome and the stage
crew
> did a super job of staying on schedule over a 6 hr. period. Could
any
> other small city have supported a show like this? What other town
> under 50,000 has Willie Nelson and CSN the same week? Only the Hook!
> Were you taping the show? Will there be a Cd or DVD available? I
> bought 4 of the movie DVDs and it mentioned that some shows from the
> past will be available. Any idea when? I lok forward to more great
> times and great music!
> Thom
>
>
>
> --- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Herz" <buzzsawfilms@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks to everyone who came and laughed and danced and said nice
> things about the film.
> >
> > How did the Casuals play such a tight set with so little practice
time?
> >
> > How great did Bo sound - even though he was sick as a dog and a
half
> step from the
> > emergency room?
> >
> > How cute was Charlotte Beirne at the piano with Danny and up front
> with the crowd?
> >
> > How amazing was it to see so many old friends and dance like
decades
> had melted away?
> >
> > We'll be doing more of these events going forward; taking the film
> and a band or two to
> > venues or private parties in the area.
> >
> > If you're interested in hosting a Live from the Hook party, or
> helping to organize an event at
> > another venue in your town, please let us know.
> >
> > Oh, and Deke and Bob - enjoy the beach.
> >
> > Andy
> >
>

Andy,
    What a great time on Sat. I wish I could have cloned myself, so I
could have spent time with all the friends who were there. It is
amazing that Bo played so well despite being sick. I heard several
people, who had not seen Skip, comment on what a great guitarist Bo
was; little did they know... The music was awesome and the stage crew
did a super job of staying on schedule over a 6 hr. period. Could any
other small city have supported a show like this? What other town
under 50,000 has Willie Nelson and CSN the same week? Only the Hook!
Were you taping the show? Will there be a Cd or DVD available? I
bought 4 of the movie DVDs and it mentioned that some shows from the
past will be available. Any idea when? I lok forward to more great
times and great music!
Thom



--- In livefromthehook@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Herz" <buzzsawfilms@...>
wrote:
>
> Thanks to everyone who came and laughed and danced and said nice
things about the film.
>
> How did the Casuals play such a tight set with so little practice time?
>
> How great did Bo sound - even though he was sick as a dog and a half
step from the
> emergency room?
>
> How cute was Charlotte Beirne at the piano with Danny and up front
with the crowd?
>
> How amazing was it to see so many old friends and dance like decades
had melted away?
>
> We'll be doing more of these events going forward; taking the film
and a band or two to
> venues or private parties in the area.
>
> If you're interested in hosting a Live from the Hook party, or
helping to organize an event at
> another venue in your town, please let us know.
>
> Oh, and Deke and Bob - enjoy the beach.
>
> Andy
>

quick reply to sam et. al.,

Without naming particular bands or individuals, I can tell you that the display
of talent on Saturday was tremendous, a great day to throw your worries out the
window. You know all the players and they dialed it in like they were 20 years
old again. Generally flawless and exceptionally tight. The sound was well
balanced in a 'tough room". It was great to see so many musicians and friends
come together. Anyone that couldn't attend this one, keep your eyes peeled for
the next chance.

The documentary has been edited and greatly improved. Very entertaining and of
course, a good story line we can all relate to. As I understand from Deke, the
DVD ought to be available to order on line this fall, we can look forward to
more specifics later, but as I told someone on saturday, there will be one under
every Christmas tree this year. I also got a kick out of some of the T-shirts,
new and old reproductions: capt. Tunes, Casuals, etc. and of course, "Boogie at
Midlife".

No outlandish outstanding foolish things to pass on. No police brawls or mud
slides that I know of, but please share if you have any good stories(besides Bo
crawling in and out of a coffin to play).

cheers,   JDSJr

On Monday, July 28, 2008, at 06:26AM, "sam_theman83" <samtheman57@...>
wrote:
>If anyone has anything at all to share..verbal impressions, photos, it
>would be greatly appreciated by people who couldn't make it!
>
>Thanks so much !
>
>Sam
>
>

Thanks to everyone who came and laughed and danced and said nice things about
the film.

How did the Casuals play such a tight set with so little practice time?

How great did Bo sound - even though he was sick as a dog and a half step from
the
emergency room?

How cute was Charlotte Beirne at the piano with Danny and up front with the
crowd?

How amazing was it to see so many old friends and dance like decades had melted
away?

We'll be doing more of these events going forward; taking the film and a band or
two to
venues or private parties in the area.

If you're interested in hosting a Live from the Hook party, or helping to
organize an event at
another venue in your town, please let us know.

Oh, and Deke and Bob - enjoy the beach.

Andy

If anyone has anything at all to share..verbal impressions, photos, it
would be greatly appreciated by people who couldn't make it!

Thanks so much !

Sam

------------------------

Ahh Gayle, both erudite and aerodynamic.

  I recall you telling me,  once long ago, something similar about bringing
outside booze in to
the Shaft (Skip and Go's poured into Everclear bottles maybe...but you mentioned
something
about "are you fucking kidding me?" or some such king's english witticism

I'd be honored to grab a bottle of bloodies come Sunday.  You do make the best.

andy