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Title: Salient. Victoria University students’ Newspaper. Volume Number 39, Issue 7. April 12 [1976]

Editor: John Ryall

Publication details: Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association, 12 April 1976, Wellington

Part of: Salient : An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z.

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Salient. Victoria University students' Newspaper. Volume Number 39, Issue 7. April 12 [1976]

THAT'S LIFE continued' Tommy hits the road, where he stacks his load with longtime-mates Red 'n Willie, to make some gold and a blue record for a white man. Now read on: SUMMER, 1975... AN OBSCURE RECORD COLLECTOR IS CANVASSING SMALL SOUTHERN TOWNS IN HOPES OF FINDING THE GOOD STUFF... GRE, THIS TRIP HAS BEEN A WASHI-OUT SO FAR... ALL THE OL' TIMERS ARE CHIN' OFF... HMM... THIS PLACE LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT YELLOW SOMETHING... WELL KEPT OLD HOUSE, LACE CURTMINS, FLOWER BEOS... 'MORNING MA'AM..UH..I…

THAT'S LIFE continued' Tommy hits the road, where he stacks his load with longtime-mates Red 'n Willie, to make some gold and a blue record for a white man. Now read on: SUMMER, 1975... AN OBSCURE RECORD COLLECTOR IS CANVASSING SMALL SOUTHERN TOWNS IN HOPES OF FINDING THE GOOD STUFF... GRE, THIS TRIP HAS BEEN A WASHI-OUT SO FAR... ALL THE OL' TIMERS ARE CHIN' OFF... HMM... THIS PLACE LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT YELLOW SOMETHING... WELL KEPT OLD HOUSE, LACE CURTMINS, FLOWER BEOS... 'MORNING MA'AM..UH..I'M LOOKING FOR OLD PHONOGRAPH RECORDS... I COLLECT THEM, YOU SEE, AND... UH... IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE KIND I'M LOOKING FOR I'LL PAY GOOD MONEY FOR THEM...? YOU LOOKIN' FO 'WHAT, SUH? OL' REKKIDS? HOW OLD YOU MEAN? I'M AFTER THE REAL OLD STUFF... OL' TIME BLUES, JUG BANDS... THAT KIND OF THINGS... HEH HEH... OH... UHUH... AH SEE... YOU LAK DAT OL' BLUES... OH YES... NOW AH UNNASTAN'. YEAH, I USETA LIKE DEM OL' BLUES MAN SE'F... ME N'N' MAH HUZZBIN',.. HE'S PASSED AWAY... WE'UP WIND UP OAT OL' VICTROLA... AH STILL GOT DAT OL' THING 'ROUND IN BACK SOMEWHERE... OH REALLY? O'YA THINK THE RECORDS MIGHT STILL BE IN IT? OH... AH DON' KNOW... DEY MIGHT... DAT THING'S BURIED UNDER ALOTTA OL' JUNK... AK REALLY DON' WANNA MESS WIF ALL DAT STUFF TODAY... WHY DON YOU STOP BACK 'ROUND HERE IN A COUPLA WEEKS, SUH... AH GIT TO IT IN D' MEANTIME... MAN BACK'S KILLIN ME TADAY... HMM... WELL, Y'SEE, I'M NOT FROM THIS AREA... I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, AND... UH... I'M NOT GONNA BE AROUND THIS AREA VERY LONG... ...LIKE I SAID, I'LL PAY A GOOD PRICE FOR ANY RECORDS I FIND, IF THERE THE KIND I'M LOOKIN' FOR... OH YES, MA'AM! OH... A DOLLAR, MAYBE MORE... IT DEPENDS... YOU LAK DEM OL' TIME BLUES, HUH?.. HOW MUCH DEY WITH TO YOU? DAT'S PRETTY GOOD PO'A OL' REKKID... DEY MUS' BE ANTEEKS, HUH? YOU WALT HERE ON DE PORCH... AH'LL GO AN' SEE IF DEM REKKIDS IS STILL IN DERE... DEM KIDS VSETA BUST 'EM UP... BUT AH'LL LOOK ANY HOW... AH AINT LISTEN TO 'EM NO MO' FO' DE LONGEST TAHM... FIE MINUTES OF SUSPENSE LATER... OH YOU FOUND THEM... HERE DEY IS, WHUT'S LEFT OF 'M, SUH... HERE, YOU TAKE A LOOK... OH GOD... "HI" HENRY BROWN ON TOP OF THE STACK... AN WHAT'S THIS? CANNON'S JUG STOMPERES, BUT IT'S CRACKED! TOOBAD... WHAT ELSE IS HERE... IT'S SHAKING LIKE A LEAF" YEAH, WE USETA LIKE TA LISSEN TO DOSE REKKIDS ON DAT VICTORIA... MAH HUZZBIN AN' ME... WE'D DANCE... WE DID HAVE SOME FINE TIMES INDEED... KING DAVID'S JUG BAND... FRANK STORES... I HIT IT THIS TIME... JOE OPLICOTT.. TOMMY GRADY... WHAT'S HE? NEVER HEARD OF HIM... HERE'S A CHARLEY PATTON! MY HEART! IS DEM DE TYPE YOU LOOKIN 'FO', SUH? DEY KINDA SEAT UP... WE PLAYED EM ALOT, Y'KNOW... OH WE HAD DAT VICTORIA IN DE FRONT ROOM FO 'YEARS AN' YEARS 'FO'WE GOT DAT RADIO... NOW, 'COURSE, AM GOT MAH TV... THE COLLECTOR PAYS THE OLD WOMAN A QUARTER APIECE FOR THE RE CORDS, BEING AS THEY WERE SOMEWHAT WORN... LATER, BACK HOME IN L.A., HE LISTENS TO HIS NEW FINDS... WOW! THAT TOMMY GRADY IS TOP NOTCH! I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HIM BEFORE AND HE'S NOT LISTED IN THE DISCOGRAPHY... WONDER IF GARY SEIDEN KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT HIM... HE'S THE BIGGEST BLUES COLLECTOR ON THE WEST COAST... PO-O BOY LONG WAY F'UM HOME AFMFSM I'LL CALL HIM... TOMMY GRADY? HM! THE NAME'S A COMPLETE MYSTERY TO ME... WHAT'S THE SERIAL NUMBER? HM... COULD I COME OVER AND LISTEN TO IT? NOBLE 1599... SURE... COME ON OVER... LATER AMAZING! THE GUY'S ABSOLUTELY GREAT! EVIDENTLY YOU HAVE THE ONLY KNOW COPY OF THIS RECORD HERE... WOULD YOU CARE TO SELL IT? CONDITION COULD BE BETTER BUT SINCE IT'S FOUND... IT'S A DEAL!! BEAUTIFUL QUITAR STYLE! TOTALLY UNIQUE!! MAKE ME AN OFFER... SEVENTY FIVE... HMM... I DON' KNOW... HOW 'BOUT A HUNDRED AND A COUPLE OF GOOD RECORDS? WEEK LATER, GARY SEIDEN HOLDS A MEETING OF BLUES COLLECTORS AND SCHOLARS AT HIS HOME... OKAY, YOU GUYS... NOW, LISTEN... THIS IS TOMMY GRADY... NOBODY'S EVER HEARD OF HIM... THIS IS THE ONLY COPY THAT'S EVER TURNED UP! HOW'S CONDITION, GARY? IT'S LISTENABLE! LET E'ER ROLL! PO-O BOY, LO-ONE WAY F'UM HOME... PO-O BOY, LONG WAY F'UM HOME.. ...AND THAT'S LIFE.