Roseanne Cash and Me!

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SixxStringer	Roseanne Cash and Me!	Lead	[-]
(05/20/09 11:28 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Monday night, 5/18, I was fortunate to be in a cozy audience of about 300, waiting for Roseanne Cash and her husband, John Leventhal, to perform a short set for this private gathering. I was at a dinner table, one back from the small stage, and was disappointed to see that the only guitar on stage was NOT the Martin Roseanne Cash Signature OM-28M, but rather a Collings OM. "Another Martin artist playing someone else's guitar", I thought. Then Ms. Cash came on stage, alone, and said she would do one song for us before asking her husband to join her on guitar. (So, it was HIS guitar, not hers--VINDICATED!) She then picked up the Collings, and started fishing in her jacket pocket and said, out loud, "Oh shoot--no pick". She asked her hubby if he had one, and he said "No". (I shortly found out why he didn't--he is a masterful fingerstyle player!) At that moment I figured "why not"...and I stood up and said "Roseanne--I have one", and walked up and offered her a choice of medium or light, both of which I always have in my pocket. Needless to say--she was most grateful, and the audience, about 20% of whom I knew personally, roared with laughter and approval! (Many thought it was a "set-up" of some kind. After all, who the heck carries multiple guitar picks around with him to a dinner meeting?!) The ironic thing is that I was scheduled to receive an award the next day for "Quality Improvement Initiatives", and had been receiving kudos from colleagues in advance of that event. Well, for the next two days, I must have had 100 people approach me and congratulate me on....rescuing Roseanne Cash! She only used it on that one song, then turned the guitar playing over to John (really an extremely skillful player), while she sang five or six songs. It was my first live experience with this very talented lady, and I will be sure to catch a full concert at the next opportunity, as well as purchase one or more of her CD's. She is also quite funny and has a great rapport with her audience. She hooked me! P.S. Yes, I reclaimed the pick! Richard My Video of "Hiscox Drop Test" Hiscox Lite-Flite Cases (U.S. Dealer)
switchback9		#1	[-]
(05/21/09 5:49 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Cool story! I've been to several of her shows and she is always graceful and genuine - qualities that come through in her music. Hope you got a picture together!
jscio		#2	[-]
(05/21/09 10:38 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Excellent story! She's one of my favorite artists. (Although I can't see why it would be bad for her to play a Collings.)
ruralgurl		#3	[-]
(05/21/09 12:44 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	LOVE stories like this! Lucky man. And BTW, any time I'm wearing pants or a skirt with pockets, I've got a couple of picks on me. Why is that so unusual? Walk in beauty, live in peace.
gitargeezer		#4	[-]
(05/21/09 1:43 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Great story Richard ... would love to see Rosanne and John Leventhal in a small venue like that. Rosanne is pretty terrific. In addition to being a fine singer, performer, and songwriter she's a gifted prose writer. I highly recommend checking out the blog she keeps on her web site (where she refers to herself as "Mrs. L."). John Leventhal is excellent in his own right, songwriter, producer, and as you saw, a fine guitarist. He collaborates with Shawn Colvin among others (both playing Martins here!) He's also a fine Tele player ... this is a pretty nifty version of "Tennessee Flat Top Box" where he does Luther Perkins proud and trades licks with a D18 player whose name I don't know: P.S. Yes, I reclaimed the pick! Should have asked her to autograph it. Neil
Flat5sub		#5	[-]
(05/21/09 1:48 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	So did she go with the medium or the light?
TChristianHD28		#6	[-]
(05/21/09 6:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Believe it or not, when Sea Level came to Roanoke College, drummer Joe English was almost out of sticks! That dude STILL owes me a few pairs! Chris "Fear The Dreads!" HD-28, D-18, LX-175, LXM, Tele, Dano, Alvarez
sausgirl		#7	[-]
(05/21/09 9:04 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Fantastic story Richard! I would say she chose.....medium! Jan
SixxStringer		#8	[-]
(05/21/09 11:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yes, medium pick! No, no photo! (Darn!) Richard My Video of "Hiscox Drop Test" Hiscox Lite-Flite Cases (U.S. Dealer)
Davids Harp		#9	[-]
(05/22/09 1:15 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	ruralgurl wrote: LOVE stories like this! Lucky man. And BTW, any time I'm wearing pants or a skirt with pockets, I've got a couple of picks on me. Why is that so unusual? Me too, except without the skirt part. There's usually one or two loose picks in with my pocket change, and I also have a little pick-carrier on my key chain, which I got from Tonguy a year or so ago. There's maybe 3-4 in there. Hmm ... wonder what hot-but-also-mature female guitarist I might be able to rescue around here ... By golly, Richard, a whole new kind of fantasy. David They said, "You have a blue guitar, you do not play things as they are." The man replied, "Things as they are, are changed upon the blue guitar." -Wallace Stevens Last Edited By: Davids Harp 05/22/09 1:22 AM. Edited 1 times.
zshai		#10	[-]
(05/22/09 1:18 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	great story Richard. glad you had fun. I always carry a pick in my wallet. Zohar. 2007 D28 Marquis Madagascar 2007 custom 000-28EC 2006 Gibson Sheryl Crow Sig.
jnomos		#11	[-]
(05/22/09 8:54 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	When I'm not playing, I keep my picks in the washing machine--at least that's what my wife says! Doug
Zipster100		#12	[-]
(05/22/09 9:22 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'm sure I speak for many us when I say that I such a clear visual image of the pick offering. I can just see you standing up and offering it up. I'm surprised you didn't have a little Inteli tuner to offer as well. AKA "EyeCandy" "A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz." --Humphrey Bogart I'm just a guy who doesn't get coffee in Vernon or Vermont.
dwtrux		#13	[-]
(05/22/09 10:41 AM) Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Excellent Rescue Richard. Always carrying extra picks in my pocket and in my key change and in my wallet and??? sometimes in my guitar cases, just for occasions such as this. Now the real questions is -- if she would have said "darn I can't find my guitar" -- did you also have one of yours to hand her? Trux D35(1983);E28(1981 solid body Martin);Backpacker(1992);00028EC(2004);000X1(2003);OMC15E(2003);00015S(2006); 0018VS UMGF Sunburst#67( 2006);WashburnD236(1975)Hondo12String(1980); 000XHippie (2008-mrs.trux); LX 175th (2008); 00042VS Custom Vintage Sunburst (2009)
Martingirl		#14	[-]
(05/22/09 3:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Great story!
WaveRay		#15	[-]
(05/23/09 7:32 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I had to lend out two capos last Wednesday night. I wondered why I carry them around. Now I know. Cool story, Richard. Ray Page 63 in the introduction thread 05 HD-28V 03 Taylor 455ce 12er (dealer custom rosewood) 05 M3M 71 D-18 00X1 2/3 of my hair
HD28 Player		#16	[-]
(05/23/09 8:42 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Richard - I can't believe you didn't have an extra Roseanne Cash signature Martin to lend her.

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