Saturday, October 2, 2010
Hello Country Folk...Uncle Rhubarb is Here!
As many know, we've been planning on putting our name in bright lights and working on our advertising but our advertising man can't get it together enough to even do our business cards nevermind practice his saxophone. So finally it takes a funeral to get him to move his rear and put the fear of death in him to accomplish creating anything at all. So before the business cards get going he thinks to make a blog. What he does not know is that he isn't bright enough to write anything worth reading. So he just sits and thinks of playing his saxophone and writing about absolutely nothing worthy of a first post on the grand Uncle Rhubarb blog. So I guess he should practice and stop thinking and maybe one day we'll have business cards. Oh yeah....Welcome to the Home of Uncle Rhubarb in Blogland!
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Well, after Greg Hackett's service at the East Woodstock Congregational Church I felt exhausted and drained. 1 song. Wiped out. Of course, the song was "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" with lyrics rewritten for the occasion and we were standing in front of a large group of mourning friends. I spent days agonizing over which guitar to bring...a dreadnought with its powerful tone? a smaller, parlor guitar with its lovely string clarity? That sort of obsession wore me out, I think. But I'm glad we did it. I think the song was well presented--and we got a chance to play with Banjo bob Kirk again. Felt good. And let's not forget the invitation to The Fairbanks (AK) Folk Festival in late January 2011.
ReplyDeleteSo, here's a request to all our devoted fans: Who will drive a large Winnebago from Woodstock, Ct to Anchorage, Ak in January?? Should be a 3 week round trip. 15 minutes of stage time. 3 songs. Not "Knockin on Heaven's Door". Not that one. "Big Bamboo" for sure.
FEELING LIKE LIFE IS PASSING YOU BY? HAVE YOU STOPPED DREAMING BIG DREAMS? ARE YOU CLOSE TO GIVING UP? THROWING IN THE TOWEL?
ReplyDeleteSTOP!!!! UNCLE RHUBARB IS OFFERING THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME TO ONE OR TWO RELATIVELY STABLE, SANE ADULTS WITH VALID DRIVERS LICENSES AND A LARGE RV W/CAPTAINS CHAIRS, TV, ROOM FOR 5 PASSENGERS W/LOTS OF CASES. RHUBARB IS PLANNING A CROSS-COUNTRY JOURNEY STARTING IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT IN MID-JANUARY 2011. OUR DESTINATION IS ANCHORAGE, ALASKA AND WE NEED TO ARRIVE IN LATE JANUARY. HOW WE GET THERE AND HOW WE GET HOME IS UP FOR GRABS. MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.
SO, IF YOU THINK HARD DRIVING, FAST FOOD EATING, ADULT BEVERAGE SERVICE 24/7, NON-STOP MOTORING THROUGH THE AMERICAN NIGHT, SLEEPING IN THE VAN, SINGING ACROSS THE USA, TURNING NORTH AT SEATTLE AND THROWING THE MAP AWAY, TRYING TO KEEP YOUR HEAD ON STRAIGHT AS WE SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL INTO THE LAND OF ETERNAL NIGHT MIGHT BE FOR YOU, GIVE US A CALL. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.