I'm too old to fall for a young singer, but I have: Sandy Denny.

[DemoTex]

I knew her when, too. Know what I mean, Vern?



BTW: Sandy is the wailing soprano voice on Led Zep's wonderful Battle of Evermore.

[DemoTex]

1. Shameless kick for Sandy ( 6 January 1947—21 April 1978)

[graywarrior]

2. This Sandy ??

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0Rd_gMrmf6g

[DemoTex]

4. That's Sandy!

Classically-trained pianist. Scottish. Went south to SoHo. Picked up a guitar. The rest is history.

Thanks,
Mac

[Colobo]

3. Battle of Evermore, great song

Led Zeppelin IV, great album (and this is coming from a hardcore Afro-Cuban/Salsa fan).

[DemoTex]

6. What is the best Afro-Cuban/Salsa to start?

I'm just a music freak (I am a string-bassist with a past and an oboist with an echo).

[greendog]

5. You knew her?

I found this on youtube. It's her home demo recording of "Who Knows Where the Time Goes".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbpURBJA4uA&mode=related&search=

[DemoTex]

7. No! No! No!

I knew her (not Biblically) and loved her (again, not Biblically) around early 1971 as I thrust my ass into the meat-grinder that was Lam Son 719 (Viet Nam). She got me through that ordeal.

I happened upon her again recently. On I-Tunes. Old love.

[greendog]

8. OK. Gotcha

She was wonderful.

[DemoTex]

9. Still is ..

[TomInTib]

10. And let's give Richard Thompson a little credit.

Damn. man, Sandy Denny was really something...

I wish that she would have watched her step...

The first one will kill you...

[mitchum]

16. "Did she jump or was she pushed?"

She was both an incredible singer and writer. I've often wondered what it must have been like to be the person responsible for Richard Thompson being the second best songwriter in the band. And Thompson is no slouch himself...

RIP, Sandy Denny

[DemoTex]

20. Yeah. What was the final verdict on that?

Lots of peeps clammed up. I lost track, at the time. But oh, what a devastating loss. Up there with Buddy and Cass .. and John Lennon.

[Poiuyt]

25. From Wikipedia:

Sandy Denny died of a cerebral haemorrhage on 21 April 1978 at the Atkinson Morley Hospital, after falling down a flight of stairs. The exact circumstances of her death are somewhat murky. Most likely, she fell at her parents' home and the fatal haemorrhage occurred several weeks later. The confusion occurred due to friends' efforts to protect the privacy of Denny's family regarding the messy details of her life, specifically Denny's long-term abuse of alcohol and her marital troubles (she was living apart from Lucas and their daughter at the time of her death). Denny was only 31.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Denny

[DemoTex]

27. I think she lived for a few weeks after that fall ..

If I remember correctly. Again .. so sad.

[TomInTib]

11. Wanta hear something cool?

Click on "Quiet Hell"

Katie is my banker

http://www.myspace.com/katieknipp

[DemoTex]

21. Damn! Where do I send my deposits?

Katie is GOOD! A little raspy, like Janis Joplin, with a better range.

[TomInTib]

22. I was thinking that you might like her.

And she is an absolute sweetheart.

Did you listen all the way through (her thing with the harp makes me want to perform lewd acts)?

That was recorded in Seabiscuit's barn.

No kidding. The barn was to be demolished and a bunch of us got together and bought it. Numbered every little piece of it and moved it to a ranch and reassembled it.

Acoustic Heaven.

[DemoTex]

24. I listened to the whole thing, my friend.

Also, she is E-Z on the eyes. My banker is a tight-ass yuppie with hairy nostrils. Actually, he is not my banker. He is just an asshole we are dealing with on a last-will probate matter. We both do our major banking with our credit unions.

[wildhorses]

12. so weird--i was just thinking of her the other day

almost started a thread...

thanks for this one

[DemoTex]

18. I saw something in a magazine a few days ago on Sandy Denny ..

That was what fired my long-dormant synapses.

[argyl]

13. Hell yeah. "Liege and Lief" w/ "Matty Groves", "Tam Lin". Great

album.

[Poiuyt]

14. Liege and Lief has been one of my favorite albums for 30 years

[CrownPrinceBandar]

15. I love "Tam Lin".......

what a great story song and what a delivery by the late Ms. Denny.

[DemoTex]

19. Hi argyl!

Sorry we didn't discuss Sandy Denny that day in the rain on the Mockingbird Bridge. BTW: Sirius died on 8/25/2005. Sad day.


Sirius was at the Dallas anti-war march on the Mockingbird Bridge the day before the November 2002 "elections."

[argyl]

23. I remember and enjoyed our meeting on the Mockingbird bridge,Demo Tex.

So sorry about your beloved pooch.Small gathering,200 to 250 people,it was cold and drizzly but the little failure did see a number of people most dissatisfied with his actions in a place,the Park City section of Dallas,where he must have thought he was immune.Recall traffic reaction(flipoffs to thumbs up)were running about ten to one in our favor.

See your user name is still Demo Tex instead of Demo NC.This place,ornery as it can be,is hard to shake off regardless.I recall a post where you said you were a direct descendant of Mirabeau Lamar,2nd president of the Republic of Texas.I went to Lamar Junior High School in Temple,Texas. I've got deep roots on my mother's side in Central Texas;Caldwell,Giddings,Brenham and thereabouts.

Weather's nice here now,a bit cloudy with thunderstorms moving in so that will probably be changing shortly.If it's still a little cold in North Carolina I guess you are soon going to be experiencing a beautiful Appalachian spring.

Keep fighting the good fight,amigo.

[DemoTex]

26. You have a good memory, argyl.

Yep, the 2nd president of the Republic of Texas was my racist (Indian-killing) ancestor, Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar (Billy-Bo, in the family).

[RandomKoolzip]

17. Yes, yes, yes. Loves me some S. Denny.

Favorite Sandy Denny song: "One Way Donkey Ride."

For a contemporary singer with the same kind of melancholy feel and autumnal songwriting, try on Kathy MCarty, ex-lead singer of Glass Eye. Save shivery power, same ability to turn summer air frosty with her voice alone.

[FredScuttle]

28. Sandy has a MySpace page....

well, someone put it up. And it has my favorite song of hers playing...."Solo"

http://www.myspace.com/sandydenny

[DemoTex]

29. Thanks Fred. Love "Solo."