The Phil-list May_2007: [philmont] Me and My Uncle

From: <Michael_J_Conkey@nbc.gov>
Date: Wed May 23 2007 - 10:27:31 CDT

I don't think Judy is from a Scouting family, but she is from a camping
family. Her Mom and step-dad live in Denver and belonged to the same
church as I did. Bob and Marjorie were very acting in the church camping
group back in the day, although they had a nice travel trailer instead of a
tent...... YIS. Mike Conkey ('76, '02, '04 and '07).

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Yes, Judy must be from a scouting family. Not everyone would be that
honest. The link I found was dead. I have the 54 mb podcast saved on a
computer at home.
Doug

From: "Dr. Bob Klein" <drbob@troop111.org>
Date: 2007/05/23 Wed AM 05:32:03 CDT
To: philmont List Member <philmont@troop47.com>
Subject: [philmont] Me and My Uncle - the Real Story

Pretty cool.

Come to think of it, I believe I wrote Stairway to Heaven one night, I
just can't recall. Maybe I can get 30+ years' worth of royalties?

Doug Latimer wrote:
> I think the Coverdale podcast was last summer and here is want I found
> on Me and My Uncle. I feel the Judy Collins version is the best. I
> have the podcast downloaded and will try to locate a link for it.
>
> Doug
>
>
>
> "Me and My Uncle", often also written "Me & My Uncle", is a song
> composed by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, and popularized by
> the Grateful Dead and Judy Collins.
>
>
> Origins
>
> John Phillips originally wrote "Me and My Uncle" at a drinking session
> in a hotel room with Judy Collins and Neil Young (among others) in 1963.
> According to Grateful Dead Lyric & Song Finder[1]
>
> John often used to tell the story behind "Me and My Uncle". Years ago he
> began receiving publishing royalties from a song on a Judy Collins
> record with which he was unfamiliar. It was titled "Me and My Uncle". He
> called Judy to let her know of the mistake because he hadn't written any
> such song. She laughed and told him that about a year before, in Arizona
> after one of her concerts, they had a 'Tequila Night' back at the hotel
> with Stephen Stills, Neil Young and a few others. They were running a
> blank cassette and John proceeded to write "Me and My Uncle" on the
> spot. The next day, John woke up to the tequila sunrise with no
> recollection of the songwriting incident. Judy kept the cassette from
> that evening and then, without informing John, recorded the song for her
> own record. Over the years the song was recorded by several people, and
> eventually became a standard of the Grateful Dead. John used to joke
> that, little by little, with each royalty check, the memory of writing
> the song would come back to him.
>
>

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