Saturday, May 2, 2020

The Big Apple Folk Duo Syndrome

Cashman, Pistilli, and West's first album, the shimmeringly gorgeous Bound To Happen, has been FoamFeaured antecedently, but their follow-up recordings, where they ditched the nehru shirts and slimmed down to Cashman and West, may be new to you.

They're full of the good stuff; fine singing, nice songs, edged with the prevailing Simon n' Garfunkel folksy sincerity. Cut from the same quality cloth as Aztec Two-Step.
Here's where you, Mr. Four Or Five Guy©, can help! I can't find the A Song Or Two album, or the Buchanan Brothers album Medicine Man (same guys, different name). Anybody gots? Huh? Hoo hah?

EDIT: binkerbo (Diplomat With Chrome Horse) nets the surprisingly elusive Medicine Man album with his dreamcatcher, and Smash Adams slides home with A Song Or Two - both links in the comments. Thank you! 

 (but/and no thanks at all to this furshlugginer blog template for screwing me around ...)





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19 comments:

  1. Jack Kerouac's CatMay 2, 2020 at 6:44 AM

    Is this Gene Pistilli, who was founding member of The Manhattan Transfer? I might have seen them at The Bitter End on the same bill with (you're gonn'a laugh)....The Simon Sisters.
    There's also a baseball and Jim Croce connection.

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMay 2, 2020 at 6:46 AM

      That's him. Lovely guy. Obit here:

      https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?pid=187893403

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  2. mculticeMay 2, 2020 at 9:30 AM

    THAT'S where I know those names (Cashman-Pistilli_West) - the writing credits on my 45 of the Buchanan Brothers' "Medicine Man"! Thanks, Farq, for solving another childhood puzzle. Link?

    MarcC

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  3. One Buck GuyMay 2, 2020 at 1:43 PM

    Oh my, that last album cover.

    In between those shirts and the manly chest-hair, welcome to the 70s, baby. They also look slightly creepy, no? Like a couple of jovial uncles that, erm, want you to sit on their laps to her their stories.

    Plus West looks like he should be a henchman in a mob movie, whereas Cashman would be the dopey and slightly humorous drug connection who gets killed after a scene and a half.

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    1. Jack Kerouac's CatMay 2, 2020 at 10:36 PM

      The cover illustrates how gritty Manhattan had become by 1974, when, even the mellow Folkies looked tougher than a two-dollar steak . The 60's had come and gone, muggings were commonplace, and the city was broke.

      Oddly enough, I look back on those days fondly.

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    2. One Buck GuyMay 3, 2020 at 3:21 AM

      Now, mixed in with your misadventures in L.A., we could also do with some gritty New York tales from the bad old days...

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    3. Jack Kerouac's CatMay 4, 2020 at 1:42 AM

      "I Saw You In Rudy’s, Sardi’s ... And All That Jazz" happened in New York. My next adventure, I've got "in the pipeline", takes place in France. Maybe after that, I'll do something about the shenanigans that went down on set of "Star 80"
      Stay tuned.

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  4. Frito BanditoMay 2, 2020 at 8:38 PM

    Anyone have " A Song Or Two " by these guys?

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  5. pmacMay 2, 2020 at 9:07 PM

    I looked and could not find the A Song or two album online. But, Amazon has a vinyl copy for under $5.

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  6. Smash AddamsMay 3, 2020 at 2:02 AM

    I am uploading a link for that now, good suh! 'A SONG OR TWO' will be ready in a few minutes. After I heard yer first post on CP&W I went an' downloaded the others...you influencer, you!

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    1. Smash AddamsMay 3, 2020 at 2:09 AM

      https://mega.nz/file/EGQnwQ4K#4_YithfGabU4IflG5v_TuGhouajw_jUY26Ut2mA7M98

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  7. bumppaMay 3, 2020 at 4:05 AM

    I worked a summer maintenance job '69 or '70 in Hackensack NJ at the county court house. My partner in doing nothing all day long was Gene's younger brother Tony. Gene ferried us around a few times, great guy. Stillhave the first two on vinyl.

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  8. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMay 3, 2020 at 5:08 AM



    Medicine Man album!


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  9. PsychfanMay 3, 2020 at 5:36 AM

    Thanks to all!

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  10. One Buck GuyMay 4, 2020 at 12:09 AM

    Yeah, I second that, thanks everybody.

    Had never heard of these guys before, but apart from the horrible "Tuna Fish Song" (I hate it when folkies want to go for funny and almost always end up with music hall whimsy, cf. Brewer & Shipley etc.), this is all really good stuff.

    Re: The Jim Croce connection:

    Does anyone here have the Maury Muehleisen album?

    I didn't even know that existed until just reading about it on Wikipedia, while checking out Mr. Dennis Minogue and Mr. Thomas Picardo.

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  11. EasilyConfusedMay 4, 2020 at 7:11 PM

    Here's the Maury Muehleisen album:

    http://www.imagenetz.de/f6a365670/MAMUGI.zip.html/f6a365670/MAMUGI.zip.html

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMay 4, 2020 at 7:33 PM

      Thanks, but I think the file host is shouting at me that the file doesn't exist.

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  12. EasilyConfusedMay 4, 2020 at 11:20 PM

    Let's try again:

    http://www.imagenetz.de/f6a365670/MAMUGI.zip

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