[philmont] Packing in Music

As the story goes, John Phillips wrote "Me and My Uncle" in a single
evening, in a drunken (or drug induced) stupor. The next day, he had
no memory of the song. Fortunately, a friend had written the song down
as Phillips composed it the night before. Not exactly the kind of
story to share around the campfire, but it's a great song.

Dan Preston
On May 22, 2007, at 8:23 PM, Joe Simonis wrote:

> They play a bunch of tunes I've heard associated with and at Philmont,
> like
> El Paso, Big River, Friend of the Devil,...
> An old jug band that became legends.
>
> Me and My Uncle was actually written by John Phillips (I wonder if he
> was a
> relation to Waite?), and performed by Joni Mitchell a year before the
> Dead.
> You can hear her sing it here
> (http://www.proper.com/lookit/archives/Music/MeAndMyUncle-
> JoniMitchell.mp3)
> from 1965 CBC television show "Let's Sing Out".
>
> A Scout/Philmont/Dead connection. Strange indeed.
>
> Joe Simonis
> ASM T6
> West Chester, PA
> "Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of
> places if
> you look at it right"
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: philmont@troop47.com [mailto:philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of
> Dr.
> Bob Klein
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 5:59 PM
> To: philmont List Member
> Subject: [philmont] Packing in Music
>
> "Me and My Uncle", on at least three Philmont albums, is a Grateful
> Dead
> song.
>
>
> Daniel Preston wrote:
>> An old scouter, a Philmont veteran and a Deadhead. What a long,
>> strange
>> trip it's been.
>>
>> Dan Preston
>> On May 22, 2007, at 4:01 PM, bill55@comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> I note that Shane Hoffman (and perhaps others) end their posts
>> with
>> an aphorism. Think I'll give that a try.
>>
>> Bill Sheehan, ASM
>> Troop 55, Pitman, NJ
>> Philmont '70, '72, Autumn Adventure '01, '03, '05
>>
>> "It seldom turns out the way it does in the song" - Jerry Garcia
>>
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