Saturday, May 22, 2010

Emory Joseph (wrap up)

By Greg Pool
Host, TreeHouseConcerts.org

Here's a wrap-up of the visit by Emory Joseph to Tree House Concerts (pictures and after-show interview/encore):

* Emory Joseph first contacted us in 2005, wanting to not only play music but also put on a cooking demo. You should have heard him query Juliet about the slow-cooked carnitas she made in a dutch oven on the grill.

* He was living in Oakland at the time before moving to New York City.

* Prior to Oakland, Emory was a DJ at KPIG, with the knickname Lester. He talked up a storm about the old days, both during the show and in the podcast.

* Emory was in town to help celebrate both his daughter's birthday and her black belt.

* He brought with him his friend, Michelle Esrick, who produced and directed the documentary "Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie," which has had a heralded run in 2009 at film festivals and opens to select theaters later this year.

* Emory is listed as the "composer" for that film. Look for his soundtrack when the film opens.

* Michelle is also connected to the famed 60's folk singer Odetta, who was her adopted daughter.

* Odetta made a name for herself in the 1950's, singing folk songs around clubs in the U.S., including the hungry i, which was originally founded by Juliet's paternal grandfather, Eric "Big Daddy" Nord. Small world, huh?

* Before the show, Emory asked me if I had a tambourine for him to perform with. I could only find my daughter's, and like a good father, Emory was insistant that we clear that with her, just in case she got a lil' possessive.

* I'm still hanging on Emory's line in that song about oil: "The river catches fire when there's oil there in the mud / When the world confuses oil as its blood."

* We almost tried to hold the concert outside, but despite the warm sunshine we had a brisk wind that forced us in. Here's to the next show on July 3rd, with warm temperatures and Australian accents, when David Ross MacDonald joins us, fresh from his tour with The Waifs!


1 Comments:

At May 25, 2010, Blogger Greg Pool said...

I have removed an offensive comment. I do not tolerate libel, especially when it's anonymous .

 

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