barbequebob
2515 posts
Apr 03, 2014
10:24 AM
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This was taken in 1977 at the now long defunct club called The Speakeasy in Cambridge, MA and I was all of 22 years old back then. That same year, my last gig with him was a week before he went into a studio in CT to record with Muddy Waters and Big Walter Horton for the I'm Ready LP that came out on JOhnny Winter's Blue Sky label, which was a subsidiary label of Columbia Records.
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
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Joe_L
2454 posts
Apr 04, 2014
8:34 AM
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Bob - Nice pic. Jimmy was one of the most soulful singers and players around. I miss him. The scene is less vibrant with his absence.
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tmf714
2482 posts
Apr 04, 2014
2:21 PM
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Great pic Bob-I lived about 30 minutes away from that Westport studio-is it still there?
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blueswannabe
465 posts
Apr 04, 2014
3:02 PM
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Great photo...the good old days. Bob, you'r easing an astatic with a crystal I take it. What amp are you blowing out of... Great stuff. thanks for sharing.
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stokeblues
78 posts
Apr 05, 2014
8:11 AM
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Great photo Bob!
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barbequebob
2516 posts
Apr 05, 2014
8:39 AM
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@tmf714 -- I have no idea if that studio is still there or not, but I'll try to find out. My guess is that it's long gone, tho.
@blueswannabe -- The amp I had at the time was a real '65 Super Reverb that I bought earlier that year from a guy who had bought it brand new in '65. I sold that amp for the price I paid for it back then ($300) in 1983 so I could get the amp that I still use to this day, a real '59 Bassman (which, with a silver faced tube reverb thrown in the deal, for a grand total of $425), which had I been able to afford to keep it back then, I would've made a freaking killing on the vintage market today.
Thanks everybody. Great memories of working with a legend, but I still wish I had a tape recorder with me because of all the funny stories he had about the old blues men, most of which I've forgotten.
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
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