[78-L] Train Blockage Re: Whither NOLA

Cary Ginell soundthink at live.com
Wed May 26 08:26:50 PDT 2010


Forget about any box set other than the one Bear Family put out about 15 years ago. It also has that scarce minstrel routine "Pullman Porters" featuring Rodgers and I.N. Bronsen that was never issued.

 

Cary Ginell
 
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-L at 78online.com
> Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 21:41:41 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Train Blockage Re: Whither NOLA
> 
> >>> We found out on 
> >>> the web while in transit that the Jimmie Rodgers museum was closed Sun & 
> >>> Mon and if the brochure had said that we would have gone on the way down 
> >>> Wed like db did. We went to take pictures anyway and wonder how he found 
> >>> the place because we hit all kinds of blocked roads with detours and a 
> >>> train blocking yet another road!
> 
> From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
> >> Blue Yodel No. 14: aka "Biel Street Blues"
> 
> From: wmfisher at mtsu.edu
> > Lets think about this....TRUTH exposing historians (Beil & Beil, both of 
> > whom we love dearly) are blocked from a shrine to a LEGEND (Rodgers) by a 
> > protective Train (take your pick here). OK..so I'm not an eloquent writer....
> > Is there not something romantically poetic goin' on here?? ;-) Martin
> 
> The train that was blocking the road was only three cars from the end,
> but was parked with no signs of moving the 100 feet that would have
> cleared the crossing. After a few minutes of humming "Waiting For A
> Train" and trying to think of new words about waiting for a train to
> MOVE, we went to to the next interstate exit and let the GPS guide us. 
> That is where we met two construction roadblocks and detours. We did
> eventually muddle our way thru Meridian to the par where the little
> shack is. There is a marble monument, a train engine and caboose, a
> historical marker, and a flag pole that was dedicated by Ralph Peer. We
> took a bunch of photos. I saw that the admission was $8, which is why I
> had asked my question about if it would have been worth it -- it would
> have been $16 for the two of us.
> 
> What label was that box set on? ProperBox??
> 
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
> 
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