Since the beginning
“Since the beginning of man, the hours between the coming of night and the coming of sleep have belonged to the tellers of tales and the makers of music.”
~ Performer Walter Craft’s business card
(I recall Walter telling me that some crazy-looking fellow came up to him on the streets of New Orleans and said this to him. It ever after became his signature line. P.S. – His card also says something worthy of note to all singers-songwriters: ‘Serve the Song.’)
Of all the people that ever lifted my signature/card, you have treated me the best in as far as attribution, etc. I especially like that you noted the “Serve the Song”.
Who are you, where are you and- I would like to meet you.
wc
Dear Walter- It’s me, Doug. Douglas Imbrogno. Goodness, the webbed world is an odd place, that we should hook up again in this fashion. Call Bob Webb. And get my numbers – I don’t like to post them. Good to hear from you! Let’s meet up soon.
Doug – I met Walter about 30 years ago when he was playing in a bar in A2 called Mr. Flood’s Party, or just “Flood’s”. I sat in with him, and it became a regular thing when he would come to town. Great guy, great musician, a poet’s soul. We ran into each other at Bob Webb’s house when the Contrarians were recording our CD.
Sometime, deep in the night, after you have set down your cornet for a moment and the tree frogs stop listening and start singing back at us, I will tell you about the very first time I met Walter Craft. He helped get myself back up on my feet and helped set me on the way toward believing I could be a performing songwriter (and as a result helping save me tens of thousands of dollars in therapy, telling my tales to my guitar instead — a much cheaper mode of analysis). Small, small world that you encountered him, too. I met him first in Cincinnati and spent time around his sideyard bonfire, learning how to be a better singer.