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Hi Les, Say, thanks for the Joni Mitchell note....I think she is doing well....at least that is what I heard from David Crosby yesterday. Also, THANKS for the nice review of the "live" version of my old blues/hippie anthem, "I'm The Ice Cream Man". It was recorded "live" at the infamous Cowtown Ballroom in Kansas City back on 9/11/1971. The recording was not the best, but pretty good...lots of interference from a radio station antenna 200 years away from the club and the recording board was a bit squirrely..... but it is a fun song and very popular "Back Then"......although, today, it would be considered as "politically incorrect". Is this world screwed up or what? This was actually a song I wrote back in 1963 when I was a busboy in an ice cream shop in the center of town. I was 13....and would play on Sunday to the ice cream crowd....then go clean the tables. No rest for the weary. It was a simple blues song.....that morphed when the late 60's came along and I was touring, I added the spicy and fun talking blues part about a "street corner ice cream salesman"....who sold ice cream and MORE. Anyway, glad you liked the song. It comes from the only "live" show that made it through the years and the CD is entitled, "Black & White". This and all my albums are available at Broadjam. Best to you, Chet Nichols
Thanks Chet !, I was hoping Van Halen didn't steal your idear and put it on their 1978 album ??, man you certainly have a history, keep up the great work Chet... Cheers Les
Actually, Tom Waitts heard the song and jammed with me on it back in the 60's. And being who he is/was, he was "inspired" to write HIS version of the song. He surely wasn't writing blues songs when HE was 13.
Hey Les, I almost forgot..... I recently did a "Studio Version" of, "I'm The Ice Cream Man", which I think you'll enjoy. It comes from my 2014 classic-rock album, "Band IN The Basement"..... I KNOW you'll like this 60's inspired album and the new version of the song.
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Hey Les, who is this "Jonnt" being?
I have no idear Chet ?, hey' we decided to do the big trip to the states, staying in Hollywood for a few day's then moving on to Hawaii, then home. Love the people and culture, awesome !!!
Coo-el.....sometime, our paths should cross..... Chet
My poem AMERICA--thanks for tuning in--cheers--joe