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Buckwords

Jan 02 2023
7

Buckwords: The gift of the present

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

I am just starting to write this column on the first day of 2023. Just before I wrote that sentence, I was looking at a blank white page. I stared…

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Dec 06 2022
2

Buckwords: On Time, and Stuff Like That

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

Last month I had the pleasure of chatting with Greg Hennessey for his “In the Flamingo Lounge” podcast. (See Elmer Ploetz’s piece on Greg’s podcast in this issue.) During the…

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Nov 01 2022
6

Buckwords: Overdue But Fine – the Library Shows

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

When I was growing up, I had the great good fortune to live directly across the street from a small branch of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library system….

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Oct 03 2022
4

Buckwords: In Praise of the Compact Disc

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Steam Donkeys held a CD release party for our new record entitled EARTHLINGS, at the Cave. We had a really good turnout—especially since we only…

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Sep 04 2022
4

Buckwords: The Summer of Love Revisited

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

Fifty-five years ago this summer the city of San Francisco experienced an influx of an estimated 100,000 young people to its Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. Given the fact that I was only…

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Jul 12 2022
1

Buckwords: True legends of Texas songwriters!

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

In this dream, you are unspeakably tired, walking at twilight alone along a dirt road leading toward a distant mountain range. Against the deepening purple sky, a few high, billowy…

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Jun 01 2022
3

Buckwords: The Spirit of Americana

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It’s been 25 years now since the first Americanarama Festival in Buffalo. We asked Buck Quigley to tell us how it all happened. — The Editor During the 1990s, my…

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May 02 2022
1

Buckwords: Buffalo to pay tribute to Gram Parsons

By The Editor | Buckwords | No Comments

On Sunday, May 22, the Sportsmen’s Tavern will host an encore tribute to Ingram Cecil Connor III, the enigmatic musician known as Gram Parsons. Local musicians Ed Croft, Cody Barcroft,…

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May 02 2022
2

Gram Parsons’ contribution … to fashion

By The Editor | Buckwords, Features | No Comments

By Buck Quigley When Gram Parsons decided to outfit the Flying Burrito Brothers in stage clothes designed by Nudie Cohn, he was following what had become a country music tradition….

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Mar 01 2022
5

Buckwords: Fat Tuesdays and French Ticklers

By The Editor | Buckwords | One Comment

Credit the idea for this month’s column to Dave Meinzer. With Mardi Gras at our doorstep, he suggested shining a light on a Buffalo band that formed specifically for one…

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