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Bob Gotta's "First Thursday" - December 12, 1999

Tonight, Bob brings us an evening of exciting performances

what's really neat is that due to the low numbers, we get to hear a couple of numbers by Bob

THERE'S A LOT OF PICTURES SO DOWNLOAD WILL BE LONG BUT WORTH IT

So ... first up, sort of,

Our host: Bob Gotta

songwriter - singwriter - guitarplayer - hostbe'er

Bob Gotta

 

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Nice work, Bob!

!ON WIT THE SHOW!

Vic Lancia

A Man with a Mission

his moving performance captivates us all

Vic Lancia

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And now he gets to host

and we get to hear

Bob Gotta

The Buttonwood Tree - Middletown, Connecticut

December 2, 1999

  just one incredible picture after another

Let's welcome

Rick Ross

playing selections from his album

Fireflies in the Rain

side by side Ricks

Rick Ross

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Rick Ross

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Oh, my! Here he is again - that guy from all over the place

Eddy Williams

Eddy plays favorite songs and sings them well

Eddy Williams

The Buttonwood Tree - Middletown, Connecticut - December 2, 1999

NEXT UP!

Mr. Ted Paulson

you know - THE Mr. Ted Paulson - West Hartford, Connecticut

he sings so serious yet his songs are fun

you know he's having a good time

we're enjoying this, too, Ted

Ted Paulson

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Ted Paulson

The Buttonwood Tree - Middletown, Connecticut - December 2, 1999

nice going, Ted - you sound great

NOW WE HAVE A TRULY SURPRISE GUEST

NONE OTHER THAN

Hugh Bloomenfield

Hugh plays true acoustic

no mikes no lights

and does a great job

we're honored, Hugh!

THANKS FOR COMING!

here comes one of our own multi-talented musical singer songwriter harmonica guitar playing performer friends

Robert Alan

Robert gives us what we're looking for

pleasant entertainment

Robert Alan

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NOW HERE he COMES!

MR. RON ANTHONY

plays his good stuff for us

great job, Ron!

Ron Anthony

The Buttonwood Tree - Middletown, Connecticut - December 2, 1999

!next up!

Bill Creighton

Bill plays with a style all his own

energetic, stimulating, clean

Bill Creighton

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OK

I caught these two hanging around doing nothing but smiling

Lavinia and Sharon

can you imagine that?

and was I surprised!

WOW!

it turns out this is the debut performance of a new pair

The Dixie Cups

Lavinia and Sharon

in synch with each other

The Dixie Cups

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here's one half of the 'Cups, as they've come to be known

LAVINIA

GREAT DEBUT, SHARON and LAVINIA

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE DIXIE CUPS

!YAY! * !YAY! * !YAY! * !YAY! * !YAY! * !YAY! * !YAY!

what can we expect after that excitement?

just MORE excitement

in the form of

Ruth George

Ruth George

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Ruth George

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NOW we're on a roll

even more excitement coming CECE joins RUTH

Cece Borjeson - Ruth George

you know, they tour the valley together - keep yours eyes out for these two - they're great!

CECE - RUTH


 

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?will this ever end?

Unbelievable!

- now it's none other than

Gil Dube

picture after picture after picture after picture

Gil Dube

The Buttonwood Tree - Middletown, Connecticut - December 2, 1999

Gil Dube

The Buttonwood Tree - Middletown, Connecticut - December 2, 1999

after Gil comes ME!

NAT KENNEDY

a tribute to Vic Lancia: St. Louis Tickle

and then we all sang together

Green Green Rocky Road

HAPPY HOLIDAYS and HAPPY NEW YEAR everybody!

see you all on Thursday, January 6, 2000 ( ! ) right here @ The Buttonwood Tree

but where's the picture?

- maybe next time

!phwew!

now we can quiet down a little our next performer does just that

Kent Aldrich

hey, everybody - come up here and join me

so they do

thanks, Kent - it's refreshing

and now, here's the moment we've been waiting for

we've heard this guy and have hoped he'd stop by and he did

Eric

Eric

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Eric starts off slow and smooth and develops momentum very quickly

stand back and listen - this guys lays into it

WOW!

ERIC

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GREAT JOB, ERIC

See you soon

what's next? can you believe it - it's our cover man

Rick Johnson

Rick Johnson

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NEXT UP!

Bob Mosbach

a skilled performer

Bob Mosbach 

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Good to see you, Bob - Thanks for coming

hang on to your hats - it's

CECE BORJESON

what can you say to such an image?

and now, finally I get to take his picture:

Marty Brennan

a neat guy

you can tell he enjoys this a lot

Marty Brennan

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and then Marty asks our resident harmonica player to join him

Robert Alan and Marty Brennan

what a neat thing

what's that you said? one more performer? who? a poet? absolutely!

hence

THE POET LADY

FANTASTIC!

and then one last picture of our incredible host

Bob Gotta

imagine looking this happy this late this tired?

Good Night, Bob ... and thank you!

The sign up sheet

it's light at first then lots of people showed up

Thanks to the good folks at The Buttonwood Tree

(c) 1999 Vintagefolk®

- to benefit aging acoustic performers
Email me, Nat Kennedy: vintagefolk@earthlink.net

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