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katie
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Grexers Onstage
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Apr 13 22:33 UTC 2008 |
I have a concert this Sat, Apr 19, 8pm at Unity Coffee House in
Livonia. Appearing solo (accompanied by David Mosher on guitar) and
with All About Eve (accompanied by John Goodell on piano. Two 45 min.
sets.
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mary
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response 1 of 27:
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Apr 13 22:56 UTC 2008 |
Here is a link with more info:
http://www.unityoflivonia.org/coffeehouse.htm
By the way, love the photo, Katie. You look real perty. ;-)
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tsty
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response 2 of 27:
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May 5 05:37 UTC 2008 |
pic's gone .. anywhare else to see?
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katie
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response 3 of 27:
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May 5 12:01 UTC 2008 |
katiegeddes.com, myspace.com
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remmers
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response 4 of 27:
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May 5 20:07 UTC 2008 |
My usual spate of late May/early June solo piano performances is coming
up soon:
Old Time Piano Playing Contest, Peoria Illinois, May 23-25.
http://oldtimepiano.com
Click on the "2008 Contest" link for the list of contestants.
This event is devoted to the popular music of the early 20th
century, most particularly ragtime, and is probably the only
contest of its kind in the world that is open to all comers.
This is a rare opportunity to see me in period costume, in-
cluding straw hat and sleeve garters.
Ragtime Rally, St. Louis Missouri, May 26.
http://www.mostateparks.com/scottjoplin.htm
This event is held every Memorial Day at the Scott Joplin House
in St. Louis. Joplin's former residence (circa 1902) has been
converted is now a museum devoted to Joplin's life and music.
It's worth a visit if you're ever in the St. Louis area. The
annual Ragtime Rally features performers in an outdoor tent as
well as in the indoor "ragtime saloon".
Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival, Sedalia, Missouri,
June 4-8.
http://scottjoplin.org/festival.htm
With over 50 scheduled performers and numerous simultaneous
venues, the Scott Joplin Festival takes over the city of Sedalia
for five days and is by far the largest of the ragtime festivals.
I'll be playing sets at various outdoor locations around town
(free) and in the Legacy of Scott Joplin concert on Friday
afternoon (admission charge).
See http://scottjoplin.org/performers.htm for the list of
performers.
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mary
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response 5 of 27:
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May 7 13:22 UTC 2008 |
I'll not be on stage but rather playing in the aisle, at Hill, this
Saturday evening, when a large number of flutists salute James Galway with
a modern composition on the theme of Danny Boy.
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tsty
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response 6 of 27:
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May 17 05:49 UTC 2008 |
sorry i misdedd it ....
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mary
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response 7 of 27:
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May 17 12:34 UTC 2008 |
Our seats, at Hill, for the concert were at the very most back of the
second balcony. Oh. My. God. Is that up there. The piano looked like
something Barbie might play. But the sound was better than the back of
the main floor. It was fun all around.
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tod
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response 8 of 27:
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May 17 14:14 UTC 2008 |
The piano looked like
something Barbie might play.
I was thinking you mean it had mirror finish or something until I realized
you were talking about size perspective.
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cyklone
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response 9 of 27:
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May 17 19:59 UTC 2008 |
Are you sure you weren't really thinking about Liberace?
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remmers
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response 10 of 27:
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May 24 22:28 UTC 2008 |
Played Blind Boone's "Camp Meeting #1" and Julia Lee Niebergal's "Hoosier
Rag" in the opening round of the Old TIme Piano Playing Contest. Made it
to the semifinal round (top ten, tomorrow). Semifinal round is tomorrow.
If I make it to the top five, I get MONEY.
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durrett
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response 11 of 27:
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May 24 22:31 UTC 2008 |
I'm rootin fer ya!
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slynne
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response 12 of 27:
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May 24 22:50 UTC 2008 |
I sure hope you get the money, remmers!
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edina
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response 13 of 27:
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May 25 00:29 UTC 2008 |
Show us the money, John!! ;-)
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tsty
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response 14 of 27:
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May 26 05:43 UTC 2008 |
buy his ReallyGreate (tm) cd and you can show him teh money .... which
he deserves more of, imnsho.
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remmers
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May 26 12:12 UTC 2008 |
Well, I was not fated to make it to the top five, but I certainly don't
begrudge it to any of those who did - they're all outstanding piano
players and a fun bunch of folks. The winner of the contest is 16-year-
old Adam Swanson, formerly of Michigan, now living in Iowa. (He's the
first under-18 person to have won in the "adult" division in the history
of the contest. (Under the rules, he has to compete as an adult because
he won the junior division three times.))
Today, for me, it's on to St. Louis and a gig at the Scott Joplin House.
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slynne
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response 16 of 27:
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May 26 12:53 UTC 2008 |
Sounds fun, remmers. it is too bad about the money but I imagine that
the fun your having is more valuable anyways.
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tsty
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response 17 of 27:
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May 31 12:56 UTC 2008 |
remmz.... what is the url for your cd-sales site?
for just one of severeal who have lilsened ... it's excellent - stonetruth.
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remmers
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response 18 of 27:
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May 31 13:28 UTC 2008 |
http://cdbaby.com/cd/remmersjohn
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tsty
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response 19 of 27:
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Jun 1 10:12 UTC 2008 |
hey. folks .. buy this cd! *i* said so, ok? [[you have no other idea]]
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remmers
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response 20 of 27:
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Jun 16 14:50 UTC 2008 |
The Illinois/Missouri ragtime festival tour was great fun. Four
festivals - Old Time Piano Contest (Peoria, IL), Ragtime Rally (St.
Louis, MO), Blind Boone Festival (Columbia, MO), Scott Joplin Festival
(Sedalia, MO). Much splendid music, enthusiastic audiences, and
opportunities to hang out with not-often-seen friends.
A number of the performances from these events have been posted on
YouTube, thanks to attendance by some video fiends who also happen to be
ragtime fans. If you're curious, check out recent postings here:
http://youtube.com/user/tdub1941
http://youtube.com/user/idasynco
http://youtube.com/user/rtpress
Here are a couple of videos of me at the Blind Boone Festival:
Weeping Willow (Scott Joplin, 1903)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d2gXdDC1eBQ
Hoosier Rag (Julia Lee Niebergall, 1907)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jdo-R1qLWuk
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lar
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response 21 of 27:
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Jun 17 01:19 UTC 2008 |
I listened to it on m-net
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katie
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response 22 of 27:
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Jun 17 03:26 UTC 2008 |
I have a bunch of gigs coming up. Too lazy to post them all, but
they are listed in detail at www.katiegeddes.com. This Thurs is in
Fenton. Next week Linden, then a few times in Chelsea...etc
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remmers
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response 23 of 27:
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Jun 19 15:45 UTC 2008 |
Another video from the Scott Joplin Festival, this one in an outdoor
tent called the "John Stark Pavilion", after Scott Joplin's publisher.
My interpretation of Blind Boone's "Camp Meeting #1".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTzkCE8W6dQ
(Unfortunately, the final chord of the piece was truncated...)
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remmers
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response 24 of 27:
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Jun 20 14:20 UTC 2008 |
Prodigious video-make Tom Warner has posted a few more samples of my
playing at the Blind Boone Festival in Columbia, MO:
"Snookums" (Charles Johnson, 1918)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Vw3wC44s8
"The Sycamore" (Scott Joplin, arr. William Tyers, 1910)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjTjULsNHh4
"The Alabama Slide" (Charles L. Johnson, 1911)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8CumPPqkzk
"The Thriller" (May Aufderheide, 1909)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Wkdk02wkU
Actually, you should check out Tom's video feed at
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=tdub1941
He's posted a huge collection of videos of the many, many fine musicians
who participated in the Blind Boone and Scott Joplin festivals. Lots of
extraordinary stuff.
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