Tom Rush - Panama Limited Videos

niteshadow88 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - *snore*

pineraven Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Oh, I love this song; got it on an old album. Saw him live once too. Sang Galveston.

wrkngsnwbrd Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Hey - what years were you at PSC and UNH? I was at UNH 68-70 and played music at frat parties & such at PSC till 72. Good times, good music, good memories. Tom Rush is an American treasure!

alphuez Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - How weird a coincidence, eh? Was also in Durham 68-70 -- though at ORHS. Was at PSC in '72 and '73; followed by UNH (class of '75). Then off to gradual school at HU in Cambridge MA -- another favorite haunt of his.FWIW, my wife and I met at PSC in '72, then followed the above trail together. We were listening to The Very Best of Tom Rush the other night -- what was nice was how much our two teenagers also appreciated his music on first listen!

alphuez Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - PS -- (still as a reply to wrkngsnwbrd, below) -- I take it from your board name you've since moved further south? :-)FWIW, still have a nice closeup photo I took of him playing steel guitar at an outdoor concert behind the Field House -- maybe spring of '70? Great then, still great.

alphuez Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Sorry -- typo that I was slow to correct in time: slide guitar (not steel). Cool pic, though. Also agree with the comment further below about how great the earlier albums also are. Still have about 7 or so in the basement; have been using the new TEAC to convert them to CD's...

wrkngsnwbrd Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Yes, we live in St. Pete Fl in the winter, NH in the summer. Do you remember a band called Gunnison Brook at PSC? Drummer was a PSC student, Pete Shackett. I was the lead singer. We played there a lot and opened for Miles Davis at the field house.

kjcon54 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I've been listening to Tom Rush constantly since the early '60s. He's one of my guitar heros. I've spent many hours happily trying to figure out how he does the things he does--mostly unsuccessfully. This video gave me some insights. Thanks for posting.

Splingman Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Saw Tom do this in Cambridge England 1965/66 - he had to do twice in the set as everyone was knocked out - still sounds a good a aver

Branagorn Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - wow, i dont know anything about tom rush (found this when searching for van halen) but if u saw him in 65, he looks very good for whatever age he is

gcgoldman Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Why does the audio and video stop and start during a performance?

janetf123 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - He's about 67 or so.. looks much better in person than in this video...daylight is so harsh! but you should have seen him when he was in his twenties.. made every woman's knees weak for miles around. His voice has lost some of the range, but the songs, the stories and the guitar are still breath taking and so is he..

MrsAriaAmour Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Absolutely! I had one of his LP's in the 60's and he looked 20 something and no mustache! I was a teen and just stared at the cover for an hour! I feel in love with him and his music right then and there!

elvisapresley68 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - A great song... Story songs like this are a dying breed... God bless the storytellers like Tom and Gordy Lightfoot!

FudbertWine Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - PANAMA!.PANAMAHA!

ferlottes Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - superbe. Merci à toi Tom Rush : toute une chanson qui fait frisonner.

alphuez Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - First, sorry for the VERY delayed reply. Absolutely remember Gunnison Brook (!) -- spent many a great night rocking to you guys up there. Aside from some serious rocking, you also did a fine cover set medley from a certain Brit group's (arguably best) album, no? Ask me to remember two really fun bands who played PSC in that era, and it would be you guys (GB) for rocking/partying, and "The Shittons" for their very funny 50's group sendup. Any chance you remember the latter? best, Richard B.

vegetableswife Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Lacks the sheer primitive force and sadness of the Bukka White original but has a nice melodic sound all of its own. If you like slide guitar you must listen to Bukka White, just brutal power and emotion.

bogtrotter52 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I had a cassette tape that had this song on it, recorded at a live concert. It also had a song done by someone else that was one of the coolest songs I ever heard. The song was called The Boy With The Violin, if memory serves. Does anyone know this song and who did it? I would be eternally grateful

moaningatmidnight Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - wow white people just can't play the blues... that wasn't blues at all, black people play better blues, especially the black musicians who first wrote/performed the songs that have been covered by whites and blacks (mostly whites) so many times, because blacks have actually had to deal with the blues (poverty, oppression, racism), and later generations of blacks/whites only have a privileged form of blues/no REAL problems

meteoritelight Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - You sound like a jackass. Why should we listen to your opinion on music? If you dont know that this is good music then you dont know shit.

TheXLCHKid Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Late reply to kjcon54- If you REALLY want to see how Tom does this, and other tunes, he has a DVD titled "How I Play 'some of' My Favorite Tunes with tuning and tricks revealed. You can obtain it via his web addy.Saw him in Chicago recently at The Old Town School of Folk Music. After the regular show, he sat on the stage and played some requests there was no time for in the regular program.He is a marvelous entertainer!

songwoend Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - The Boy with the Violin was performed by Robin Batteau on a Buskin & Batteau album. Somewhere, I still have that old tape and another later tape. They are great singer/songwriters. Both made a good living writing commercial jingles ("Like a Rock"...& others for McDonald's, NBC, etc.)but performing their own material was their true love. I wonder if they still book dates?..

sab0881 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - listen now. true blues is only about one thing. its the only topic on which all other blues stem from. blues is all about one boy and one girl and the problems therein. all people experience that. dont be racist. it aint worth it.

JacquesBrel11 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Is this based on Travelin' Blues by Blind Willie McTell?