Jim Ringer-The Brand New New Deal Blues
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Wow. Finally got to see my Grandpa perform. Thanks for posting this.
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wow...this is great. Thanks for posting.
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What an awesome song and arrangement. I've always love Jim RInger, and this is such a great vid. Thanks for sharing, coyote.
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I met Jim and Mary at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in the late 70's. I gave them a cassette of a couple of my cowboys songs. Never heard from them but it was nice of them to take it with a smile. Both have always been among my favorite singer/songwriters. RIP Jim.
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thats my teachers dad no lie jim ringer he died a few years back
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I saw Jim at the University of Buffalo during a weekly "Coffeehouse Concert" on a Friday Night in 1974 or 75. They had three cameras and a mixer and one of the camera guys had to take a leak so they let me fill in for about three minutes. Jim had a big ole Yellow Rose tattooed on his right forearm. It looked cool to me and I zoomed in with the camera. The guy on the mixing board said: "Nice!"
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Ahh,,this is good stuff....great Job !!
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I just heard the ballad of california joe for the first time ever today. I seriously cant find it anywhere to listen to or even buy on itunes!
Does anyone know if there is a version on youtube or anywhere. Please god help me.
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I emceed a live radio broadcast with Jim and Mary from The Second Fret in Oklahoma City in 1984. Jim had just written this song and announced it from the stage as "The Brand New New Deal Blues." He even sang a verse or two from Stephen Foster's "Hard Times" to introduce it.
I have been looking for this song ever since, and this is the first time I've come across it in all these years.
Wonderful people and great musicians. Thanks for posting this.
BKentAnderson 6 months ago
@BKentAnderson
Awesome! As far as I know this is the only record of it. I think its certainly one of best. Thanks for the title.
coyotesahowling 6 months ago
Thanks for posting this! Jim is one of my all time favorite singers. Where in the world did you find this footage?
wobblykate 2 years ago
Part of a special that was broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service ca. 80's (America's Folk Vol.2). I first saw it on Vermont Public Television ca. 96/97. Couldn't get it out of my mind. Recently, I found a used copy of the VHS on amazon.
coyotesahowling 2 years ago