[78-L] Oysters Anyone?

Bud Black banjobud at cfl.rr.com
Sun Mar 1 09:14:20 PST 2009


At one time the term "hitting a clam" was used to describe a fluffed note by
a musician or singer.

Bud 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Taylor Bowie
Date: 2/28/2009 9:59:44 PM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] Oysters Anyone?
 
Ray,
 
Do these two tunes have lyrics by any chance?  I've found that most songs
with  clambake in the title have nothing to do with clams!
 
Taylor B
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "RAY KILCOYNE" <kil at roadrunner.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Oysters Anyone?
 
 
> CLAM CHOWDER
> CLAMBAKE IN B FLAT
> RayK
>>
> From: "Michael Biel"
>> This Was A Real Nice Clambake.
>> Cockles and Mussells, Alive Alive O.
>>
>>> I'd be interested to know if there are other songs about shellfish...I
>>> don't
>>> mean people (e.g. Barnacle Bill)  or places (Mussel Shoals) or metaphors
>>> (You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew) but actual songs with lyrics
>>> about
>>> clams,  oysters,  etc.  No fair counting lobsters,  shrimp,  crawdads,
>>> etc.
>>> or anything else than swims around...just the ones that affix themselves
>>> to
>>> a surface  or burrow in the sand.
>>>
>>> Taylor
>
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