Songwriters & Music Lovers:
There was no music, that I heard, released during the Celebration for Tom Mindte. So, I thought
to include Tom’s harmony singing on a live cut from the Appalachian Jubilee.
I met Tom around 1980 at a restaurant open mike at La Stresa (?) on Rt 355 in Rockville, run by
Jeanne Walters. Some others who attended: Nelson and Andrea Spangler, Jim Barnett, Mike
Marceau and others. Bill Harrell would drop by on occasion; he enjoyed the comradery.
After the open mike ended, Tom, Jim, Mike and I decided, one time in the rain, to pick under the
protection (and light) of a nearby bank “drive-out”. We wanted to pick! And we started! Before you
knew it, up drives a Cop, and the band was forced to immediately dissolve.
Another story, from back in those days. Tom, on the way to a local music event, somehow drove
over a rock, and did some car damage. Later, around the campfire, there ensued a group joke
about Tom…. from Rockville, running over a Rock! Just simple fun! Tom took both the car
damage and the joking in stride.
As for this song itself, “He Took Your Place” was written by Flatt and Scruggs and appeared in
the album “Foggy Mountain Gospel”. Traditional material, as Tom likes it! It appeared on the
CD: “Brimstone Bluegrass” from that performance at the Jubilee.
Congratulations to you, Tom Mindte, for your contributions to Bluegrass Music here in the
Washington DC area! To have music woven into your life, as it has been, is not a bad “way to go”!
Line up:
John Seaburn Fiddle
Jim Barnett Banjo
Ed Schaeffer Guitar & Vocal
Tom Mindte Bass & Harmony
Simply, click on Attachment!
Ed
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