[AGL] Omar and the Howlers

[Fontaine Maverick]

Well okay; I'll check into that. But it's only your email, and not anybody 
elses.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>
To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s" 
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [AGL] Omar and the Howlers



> Dear Miz Grumpy,

>

> Your computer (PC or Mac) is misconfigured if my email displays

> with blue letters on grey background. My email is composed in

> plain text of ASCI letters, the way g-d wanted email to be. Check

> with your computer guy, he may be able to help.

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Fontaine Maverick" <fmaverick at austin.rr.com>

> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:48 PM

> Subject: Re: [AGL] Omar and the Howlers

>

>

>> Good tunes on that website.

>> Michael, your grey background, blue lettering is irritatingly hard to

> read.

>> Odd that Gerry's reply kept it, then your reply to him didn't.

>> Miz Grumpy

>> ----- Original Message -----

>> From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>

>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:31 PM

>> Subject: Re: [AGL] Omar and the Howlers

>>

>>

>> > Yes, Dykes, not Sykes. For their upcoming dates,

>> > http://www.omarandthehowlers.com/home.html

>> >

>> > ----- Original Message -----

>> > From: Gerry

>> >

>> > Omar came to town with the original Howlers back in about '78. They 

>> > were

>> > from Mississippi, a 5 piece group, not bad but not distinguished. They

>> > struggled in Austin, never got any traction. It didn't take too long

>> > before

>> > most of them went home, but he stayed. His real name is Kent. I thought

>> > his

>> > last name was Dykes???

>> >

>> > In addition to being a hell of a blues guitarist he is also quite a

>> > comedian, one of the funniest guys you will ever meet. When things were

>> > still not going well for him I once suggested that he try being a

> stand-up

>> > comic. He was a big man with a big beard, seldom smiled, kind of

> rumpled,

>> > all of which made him even funnier when took the stage. But he stayed

> with

>> > the blues and before long, fronting a power blues trio, he began to

> score

>> > (mostly out of town). I was glad to see him get it going. Did not keep

> up

>> > with him over the years. Is he still playing blues for a living?

>> >

>> > This weekend I received my Netflix selection "The Doors", an Oliver

> Stone

>> > movie. While I can't say that I necessarily liked it a lot, I thought 

>> > it

>> > was

>> > an excellent depiction of the '60's rock scene and all its weirdness.

> One

>> > particularly revealing sequence is a party at Andy Warhol's place. I 

>> > was

>> > not

>> > a big fan of the The Doors but I thought they had some excellent tunes

> for

>> > the times. Morrison's life was short and wasted but at least he didn't

>> > have

>> > to reorganize the band and tour in the 21st century playing songs he 

>> > had

>> > written as a teenager to keep paying the bills...

>> > G

>> >

>> >

>> > ----- Original Message -----

>> > From: Michael Eisenstadt

>> > To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net

>> > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 7:54 AM

>> > Subject: [AGL] Omar and the Howlers

>> >

>> >

>> > listening to a set of Omar Sykes and his Howlers.

>> > he easily holds his own with other singers in the

>> > same genre.

>> >

>> > yet when he was at a venue on the Drag many years ago,

>> > the sound volume was so loud that i wound up having

>> > to listen from the sidewalk.

>> >

>> > thanks to Internet radio i am more into music now that

>> > i had been when i just had the Austin stations.

>> >

>> > between the Columbia University student radio station

>> > and studio radio at Harvard (both of them non commercial

>> > to boot) there is primo stuff almost 24 hours a day.

>> >

>> > more jazz and blues than other genres but also classical

>> > and ethnic like Indian. wkcr once played a 48 hour sequence

>> > of ragas at the exact time when they are traditionally played.

>> > the 2am ragas at 2am and so on. i almost cratered from

>> > lack of sleep, i couldnt turn it off.

>> >

>> > www.wkcr.org <-Columbia U

>> >

>> > www.whrb.org <-Harvard

>>