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The Polack MSgt

(13,186 posts) Fri Mar 30, 2018, 12:08 PM Mar 2018

A St Louis treasure, Ladies and Gents please welcome

Pokey Lafarge and the South City 3

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A St Louis treasure, Ladies and Gents please welcome (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Mar 2018 OP

I came in here expecting Michael McDonald? Blue_Tires Mar 2018 #1

Yah he no be there.... nt The Polack MSgt Mar 2018 #2

I like the songs he's done with Dom Flemons cemaphonic Mar 2018 #3

NICE FIND The Polack MSgt Mar 2018 #4

The Carolina Chocolate Drops are sorta on hiatus at the moment. cemaphonic Mar 2018 #8

If you want some good music in st louis, Volaris Mar 2018 #5

OH SHIT- I've seen him on Broadway The Polack MSgt Mar 2018 #6

Ayep. The kids damn good...A local treasure for us. Volaris Mar 2018 #7

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

1. I came in here expecting Michael McDonald?

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 02:20 PM

Mar 2018

The Polack MSgt

(13,186 posts)

2. Yah he no be there.... nt

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 02:40 PM

Mar 2018

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)

3. I like the songs he's done with Dom Flemons

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 02:47 PM

Mar 2018

His western swing guitar goes really well win Dom's Dixieland banjo, and the two of them both have an encyclopedic knowledge of pre-WWII American music.

I've been digging your threads. It's nice to get some music threads going here other than the usual 60s-70s rock once in awhile.

The Polack MSgt

(13,186 posts)

4. NICE FIND

Reply to cemaphonic (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 03:12 PM

Mar 2018

I didn't know they'd ever played together

Seems that the Carolina Chocolate drops got some shine here in ST Louis, on 88.1 KDHX, member funded radio - please contribute - A few years ago and then sort of faded from view...

So many good artists that even someone accused of being obsessive about music (as my wife accuses me) just can't keep up.

But these threads help.

I posted the unappreciated guitar player thread over in M.A. as a cheap trick to get tips on new music, and I don't care who knows it

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)

8. The Carolina Chocolate Drops are sorta on hiatus at the moment.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 31, 2018, 02:42 AM

Mar 2018

Dom left a couple of years ago, and the rest of the band has basically turned into Rhiannon Giddens' backing band. Not necessarily a bad thing, especially since both her albums are really fucking good, but it's certainly a different focus than their old black folklore preservation mission.

And yeah, if you search the tubes, there's a bunch of Pokey and Dom playing together. I think they shared a tour a couple years ago.

Here they are with a massive band leading a really fun singalong to Ray Charles' "Let's Go Get Stoned."

Volaris

(10,269 posts)

5. If you want some good music in st louis,

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 09:20 PM

Mar 2018

Go facebook Matt 'the rattlesnake' Lesch. Blues. Local venues. The kids a genuis.. mostly, he taught himself to play.
The disclaimer is I've known his dad for about 20 years.
But yeah, he's got it.

The Polack MSgt

(13,186 posts)

6. OH SHIT- I've seen him on Broadway

Reply to Volaris (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 10:39 PM

Mar 2018

At BB's Jazz blues & soups

Volaris

(10,269 posts)

7. Ayep. The kids damn good...A local treasure for us.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 11:23 PM

Mar 2018

I wish I had more time to socialize and get out more (and more valuable peeps to do it with for sure)
Where in st louis are you, if u need to PM me I'm ok with that.
I'm in Central St Chas, work in chesterfield valley and drive all over the region for work.

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