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Please let me know!

Cheers, Alex]]>
Please let me know!

Cheers, Alex]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21255.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:06:00 +0000 ]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21255.html https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21264.html Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:58:00 +0000 ]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21264.html https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21265.html Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:28:00 +0000 ]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21265.html
Thanks and best regards,

Tilen]]>
Thanks and best regards,

Tilen]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21267.html Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:17:00 +0000 ]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21267.html
Now that we have the Supreme Court ruling (be careful what you wish for [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/eek.gif[/img] )some entity should acknowledge the work of a person who has carried on the fight to bring wine from producer to consumer without jumping through innumerable middle man hoops. I have my nominees, but what group should give the award. COPIA? The Wine Appreciation Guild. Family Winemakers? The New World International wine competition (yet another trophy...)?

Any thoughts on this subject....?]]>
Now that we have the Supreme Court ruling (be careful what you wish for [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/eek.gif[/img] )some entity should acknowledge the work of a person who has carried on the fight to bring wine from producer to consumer without jumping through innumerable middle man hoops. I have my nominees, but what group should give the award. COPIA? The Wine Appreciation Guild. Family Winemakers? The New World International wine competition (yet another trophy...)?

Any thoughts on this subject....?]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21261.html Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:06:00 +0000 ]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21261.html
I almost felt like he was here....]]>
I almost felt like he was here....]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21263.html Fri, 19 May 2006 23:09:00 +0000 ]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21263.html

Oh! My!! GAWD!!! Best blues show I have seen in more than ten years, Charlie is off the sauce, having a ball and playing great (and even sang in tune most of the time).

But......the BAND!!!!!

Rock solid rhythm section, they were like a freight train full of groove (especially considering that they do not pay ANY visual attention to each other while playing). The drummer has a different approach to every song, not just differing speeds of shuffle and boogie. One minute it is second line city, the next he is throwing military / college marching band power rudiments in and the next he is all over a big Bo Diddley style jungle beat. I would have KILLED to have him when I was playing.

The bassist just stands there bobbing and weaving with his eyes closed and LAYS IT DOWN like Patton's tanks on the move. Great tone and feel and no funny stuff.

Then, a twenty something guitarist from NORWAY named Kid Andersen who has completely absorbed and made his own the best parts of the styles of Steve Cropper, Hubert Sumlin, Pops Staples and John Lee Hooker PLUS lots of Robbie Robertson meets Big Al Anderson country style double and even triple stop bends. He plays a Les Paul with a Bigsby with his fingers and no picks and knows the values of dynamics, space, tone and telling a story. I bought two copies of his CD and will review it later.

Charlie was obviously proud of them and they all played together as a BAND, not a back up group and a front man. Every song had a different arrangement, breaks, distinct groove and lots of fun and even surprising call and response.

A great time was had by all and we really DID drink a toast to Curmy!


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Oh! My!! GAWD!!! Best blues show I have seen in more than ten years, Charlie is off the sauce, having a ball and playing great (and even sang in tune most of the time).

But......the BAND!!!!!

Rock solid rhythm section, they were like a freight train full of groove (especially considering that they do not pay ANY visual attention to each other while playing). The drummer has a different approach to every song, not just differing speeds of shuffle and boogie. One minute it is second line city, the next he is throwing military / college marching band power rudiments in and the next he is all over a big Bo Diddley style jungle beat. I would have KILLED to have him when I was playing.

The bassist just stands there bobbing and weaving with his eyes closed and LAYS IT DOWN like Patton's tanks on the move. Great tone and feel and no funny stuff.

Then, a twenty something guitarist from NORWAY named Kid Andersen who has completely absorbed and made his own the best parts of the styles of Steve Cropper, Hubert Sumlin, Pops Staples and John Lee Hooker PLUS lots of Robbie Robertson meets Big Al Anderson country style double and even triple stop bends. He plays a Les Paul with a Bigsby with his fingers and no picks and knows the values of dynamics, space, tone and telling a story. I bought two copies of his CD and will review it later.

Charlie was obviously proud of them and they all played together as a BAND, not a back up group and a front man. Every song had a different arrangement, breaks, distinct groove and lots of fun and even surprising call and response.

A great time was had by all and we really DID drink a toast to Curmy!


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Ed, PR Ed, and all un-Eds:

Perhaps like many of Jerry's Kids, I am at moments speechless and ot other times just ready to kick a wall over the thought of The Ultimate Curmudgeon being snatched from our physical and electronic midst.

I second the idea of all picking a day of solidarity to applaud his memory and remind us of all the unfinished business he'd be ranting about to us if he had a shot at one last email from up in heaven. Rather than a 2000 NWIWC apron, I think I'd opt for wearing a classic "Have you had your glass of
red wine today?" buttons. He once sent me about two dozen, and I was careful not to give the last one away.

There's really no way to sum up Curmy's impact on all of the Kids, let
alone on the wine industry. I can add a few notes, however. First of all, I remember first meeting Jerry about 10 years ago, after his first wrestling bout with serious illness. It was at the Sonoma County Wine Auction (back when they had just one), at a picnic at Chateau St. Jean. He was sitting, quite pale in fact, apparently too weak to be up and around much. He told
me he had lost all of his ability to taste due to the treatments. But by G-d there was a tenacious sparkle in his eye. He had won that round. And perhaps the energy he applied to wine and work carried extra oomph thanks to his beating the devil that time.

As years went on, I always admired Jerry's indefatigability. He was persistence personified. He tired of making the same truth-driven arguments over and over and over and over again. Because he knew that it wasn't
enough to be right. You also have to fight to convince everyone else to get on board.

I am not alone in considering Jerry to be one of the most important forces behind the wine and health movement. I am glad he lived long enough to see real success on that front, despite the continued ATF shenanigans that he
so regularly skewered in The Wine Trader. My biggest regret is that he didn't live to see the day when the Supreme Court knocks down all the direct-shipping restrictions that he had railed against to widely and intelligently over the past few years. So when that day does come, we'll all have to make our collective toast to TWC really really loud.

Tish]]>
Ed, PR Ed, and all un-Eds:

Perhaps like many of Jerry's Kids, I am at moments speechless and ot other times just ready to kick a wall over the thought of The Ultimate Curmudgeon being snatched from our physical and electronic midst.

I second the idea of all picking a day of solidarity to applaud his memory and remind us of all the unfinished business he'd be ranting about to us if he had a shot at one last email from up in heaven. Rather than a 2000 NWIWC apron, I think I'd opt for wearing a classic "Have you had your glass of
red wine today?" buttons. He once sent me about two dozen, and I was careful not to give the last one away.

There's really no way to sum up Curmy's impact on all of the Kids, let
alone on the wine industry. I can add a few notes, however. First of all, I remember first meeting Jerry about 10 years ago, after his first wrestling bout with serious illness. It was at the Sonoma County Wine Auction (back when they had just one), at a picnic at Chateau St. Jean. He was sitting, quite pale in fact, apparently too weak to be up and around much. He told
me he had lost all of his ability to taste due to the treatments. But by G-d there was a tenacious sparkle in his eye. He had won that round. And perhaps the energy he applied to wine and work carried extra oomph thanks to his beating the devil that time.

As years went on, I always admired Jerry's indefatigability. He was persistence personified. He tired of making the same truth-driven arguments over and over and over and over again. Because he knew that it wasn't
enough to be right. You also have to fight to convince everyone else to get on board.

I am not alone in considering Jerry to be one of the most important forces behind the wine and health movement. I am glad he lived long enough to see real success on that front, despite the continued ATF shenanigans that he
so regularly skewered in The Wine Trader. My biggest regret is that he didn't live to see the day when the Supreme Court knocks down all the direct-shipping restrictions that he had railed against to widely and intelligently over the past few years. So when that day does come, we'll all have to make our collective toast to TWC really really loud.

Tish]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21251.html Tue, 08 Mar 2005 01:49:00 +0000 ]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21251.html
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Considering this guy is a PR flack for the industry, lamenting the loss of Jerry as Devil's advocate is pretty interesting.]]>
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Considering this guy is a PR flack for the industry, lamenting the loss of Jerry as Devil's advocate is pretty interesting.]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21257.html Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:18:00 +0000 ]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21257.html https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21253.html Sun, 23 Dec 2001 17:00:00 +0000 ]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21253.html https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21259.html Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:56:00 +0000 ]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21259.html
Bucko]]>
Bucko]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21249.html Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:33:00 +0000 ]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21249.html https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21252.html Tue, 21 Nov 2000 22:45:00 +0000 ]]> https://www.wines.com/wineboard/thread-21252.html