Thursday, May 31, 2012

Gloria Loves Music (May 31, 2012)



SOUTH TAMPA HOUSE CONCERT – NEXT WED!
METHINKS I’D BEST START SPREADING THE WORD
LARRY MANGUM. WED. JUNE 6. 7:30 doors. 8:00 concert.
If you want to attend (and I hope you do), please give me a shout .
(p Photos by Gail Carson
(Gail has posted 532 photos from this past weekend’s Fla Folk Fest to her facebook page – including these two of Larry: https://www.facebook.com/gail.carson.75/photos )
LARRY MANGUM

For over 100 years somebody in Larry's family has been playing music. Mom Kate was Randy Travis' guitar teacher and Uncle Homer was a member of the legendary WBT Briarhoppers! As for Larry, he himself has been at it for the past 40 years or so and has about 3000 performances under his belt, including appearances with the likes of Billy Joe Shaver, Vassar Clements, Alabama, Waylon Jennings, Martina McBride, Roger McGuinn, The Texas Playboys, et al.

His most recent appearance was at the 60th Annual Florida Folk Festival which took place this past weekend. (I was there - a fine time was had by all )

Altho a North Carolina native, Larry has been a Floridian since 1970. Suffice it to say - after years of high quality performances around our fair state at festivals, theaters, taverns, country clubs, and honky tonks, Larry has become a very popular Florida performer !
(Did somebody mention “Honky Tonks?” )
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RIP DOC WATSON: Speaking of the Florida Folk Festival - Doc was a featured performer in 1996. A podcast of that performance can be found here:
Doc also appeared at the 2002 Suwannee Springfest. I remember watching his performance with my granddaughter Katelyn who was about age 7 at the time. I whispered to Katelyn that Doc was blind. She balked. “No he isn’t.” After his set was over & she observed that he was being helped off the stage, she conceded “Well – he’s only blind in one eye. Otherwise, how could he play the guitar like that?”
Per Randall Roberts, Chicago Tribune: His loss of eyesight had not only sharpened his hearing, but filled with light the conduit that connected his brain to his fingertips. http://tinyurl.com/cf8td9x
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Plan Ahead: A jazz concert is in the works for the UU Dome, Sun Sept 9, 3pm, featuring the lovely and talented FAYE TURKE. Add’l details forthcoming .
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