Posting these things is a pain in the ass

10/22/2010

I try to get commentary posted and it just sits there like a lox. This system can and will drive me around the bend.

I need to remember to save to drafts. It seems to be the only way to do this without failure.

As I tried to post before, I do appreciate the comments and messages I have gotten from people I haven't seen in a bazillion years. It's nice to know we're all still out there doing something other than just getting older.

I want to tell Mike Tearson thank you and I will try to find you on Facebook. Patches 15 Below contacted me literally the night before I moved away from NYC to California to invite me to a reunion party at the club. Patches and his family had returned to the US after about 10 years in Spain and were setting things up again. I was very sorry I wasn't able to come to their party, and I've wondered in the 20+ years since (this was in 1988) how the party went, who came to it and performed, and how they all are now. Is Patches still upright and with us or has he joined the Choir Invisible? Hopefully, someone will see this post and let me know. And what happened to Liz Murray, his wife, and their daughter? Do they still have at least 5 dogs? These are important questions, folks.

On that happy note, I'll say have a nice weekend.

6 Comments

Michael Quitt

11/4/2010 06:54:31 am

Hi Raun,
Patches and Liz are still kicking, and Patches has a Facebook page under his real name Jarrett Lickle. I tried to "friend" him but didn't hear back. If you search for him on Facebook, you can see a picture of he and Liz.
I, too, was invited to the party, but was unable to make it. I sang at the "15 Below", twice a year, for many years...back in the old days.
I recently reconnected with Sam Bass. He still has his two pound mustache and goatee, but it is gray like the rest of us :^)
I've been meaning to contact Hank and Dockey Lingenfelder and will post on your site again after I go see them.
Best,
Michael Quitt
mqpens@gmail.com
P.S.
I used to play 5 string banjo, concertina and sing old songs.
MQ

Scott Mills

12/6/2010 11:41:15 am

Raun,
I found your website just today and I will be taking a look at it, so know that your online musings will be read.
I don't know if you would remember me, but I knew you in Cleveland in the 1960's. You came to sing at the Student Union at Case Western Reserve, and I was on the committee there. I remember spending an evening talking to you. I am deaf but can hear a little bit and your voice always moved me because of its purity - I could hear that part of it really well.
Scott

Leonard link

8/14/2011 10:21:34 am

Posted at the Redtelehone66 music blog:

Al Martinez
am2450@hotmail.com
71.125.243.152
Submitted on 2011/08/14 at 7:56 pm

Hi Raun, bet you never thought that you would hear from me. How are you and Jerry?
Good i hope. I miss you guys. I see that you are still singing.
tell me how much your CD”s are. I would love to buy them. E-mail me at am2450@hotmail.com so we can talk further. Love you guys. Al( killer)

Rose Tharp

10/5/2012 02:56:18 pm

Hi Raun,
I remember you from the 15 Below.
Just wanted to let you know that Patch passed away this evening.

Steve Askins link

10/5/2012 10:57:30 pm

Hi Raun,
Perhaps you remember me. I used to play at the 15 Below oh so many years ago. Just discovered your website. Have thought of you many times over the years and your wonderful guitar playing. I was sad to hear Patches passed away. He would have been in his late eighties, I believe. He was something of a mentor to me. I have been in touch with Liz but not recently. I still play. Most of my gigs are for senior citizens. I'll check out your music. Would enjoy hearing from you. Hope you are well.

Michael Quitt

10/17/2012 06:13:47 am

Just wanted to let you know that Patches died a week ago Friday.

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