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| Author | Subject: Chuck Cuminale Remembered ~ Page 1 ~ 2 ~ 3 ~ 4 |
| Kyle Hughes |
Posted At 13:26:14 07/19/2001 Here is the story from the U.K. newspaper, The Independent. All I can add is, what a great songwriter... I'm glad I had the chance to hear him sing at Caffe Lena last year. My condolences to his family, Kyle Hughes ---- Chuck Cuminale 18 July 2001 James Charles Cuminale: guitarist, vibraphonist, singer and songwriter: born Oswego, New York 1952; married Janet Marshall (three sons); died Rochester, New York 10 July 2001. "I'm considering a move to Memphis / With my hair all aglow. / When I arrive in Memphis, / I'm bound to meet up with someone I might know." So opens the droll ditty by the quirky American act the Colorblind James Experience. With its bouncy rhythm and rambling narrative namechecking Elvis, Graceland and jug bands, the song proved a huge favourite on John Peel's Radio 1 show and even made the Festive Fifty, as voted by the listeners, in 1988. Chuck Cuminale, as Colorblind James, fronted this loose collective who, during their 20-year existence, released six studio albums and attracted a cult following in Europe and on college radio in the United States. As Cuminale explained to Sounds magazine in 1988, Colorblind James is a name I've used since 1975 when I was doing my solo coffee-house kind of thing. It's a reference to Blind Willie McTell who's probably my favourite songwriter of all time. As well as a nod in the direction of someone like Blind Lemon Jefferson. But it's this white guy trying to do this sort of thing so it winds up being washed out. Instead of being blind, I'm just colourblind, which isn't a whole lot of handicap. Cuminale played guitar, vibraphone, keyboards – "all to the same level of incompetence", he would joke – and delivered his lyrics from a battered back ledger. "I've got a real limited voice. I just got plain sick of embarrassing myself trying to sing melodies and I realised I could get away with just reading the stuff," he told interviewers. A fan of Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley, he thought nothing of playing three-hour sets of his two favourites on their respective birthdays. Born in Oswego in New York State in 1952, Cuminale released a single with his first band, the Whitecaps, before moving to San Francisco in 1980. While in California, he met Phillip Marshall (guitar, banjo, dobro) and his sister Janet – whom he later married – but found little success with his peculiar brand of Americana. Three years later, they drifted back east and settled in Rochester, adding Jim McAvaney (drums, washboard), Ken Frank (acoustic bass), Dave McIntire (clarinet, saxophone) and John Ebert (trombone). Between 1984 and 1987 the group recorded a track whenever they had $400 saved up from gigs. "I've always dreamt of that little small-town orchestra sound," Cuminale later reflected. The group pressed 1,000 copies of their début album, Colorblind James Experience, releasing it on their own Earring Records label: We sent out 300 promotional LPs to the US media and one to Europe, to John Peel. We weren't expecting a lot so it was surprising the way it happened. I think our music is pretty oddball. Featuring the rather morbid "Why'd the Boy Throw the Clock out of the Window?" and "Gravel Road", the album incorporated polkas, trad jazz and Yiddish music, and clicked with listeners to John Peel and Andy Kershaw, who gave "Considering a Move to Memphis" a lot of airplay. Cuminale recalled: I just liked the phrase. I drove through Memphis once and I wasn't at all impressed. It was OK, you know. I guess I wanted to conjure up the odd feeling of a poetry reading and a parody of that. It's about some not very with-it guy who has a lot of dreams and not much else going for him. It's just a bunch of little rhymes based around a feeling of alienation and not being able to fit in. In 1988 the Colorblind James Experience fitted right in. The Fundamental label picked up the British rights to their album which made the indie charts and the six-piece took time out from their day jobs – Cuminale worked as a teacher – and toured Europe. The following year, the group issued The Peel Sessions EP and their second LP, Why Should I Stand Up?, while developing their even more acoustic side as the Death Valley Boys. This was eventually documented on the Strange Sounds from the Basement album, released in 1990, but was received less favourably. The group issued a further three albums – Solid behind the Times in 1992, I Could Be Your Guide, 1996, and Call of the Wild, 1999 – and carried on playing grassroots festivals but never quite recaptured the public's imagination. Pierre Perrone |
| Joe |
Posted At 23:07:44 07/19/2001 Not being a friend or family member of Mr. Cuminale's (and, for that matter, not even knowing his real name), I wasn't aware of his passing until a message from Dan Aloi arrived in my mailbox. Consider me just a devoted fan. I had corresponded briefly with CBJ several months back about his music and about the possibility of getting the excellent first album on CD. I also tried to convince him of the importance of him and his band making a visit to central Texas, but that visit never materialized, unfortunately, or at least not that I'm aware of. I was happy to be put on his mailing list, though, to receive notices of his local appearances in the distant Northeast, even though I would of course not be able to attend those gigs. So I never caught 'the Experience' live or met Chuck Cuminale in person, but I did eventually find a used CD copy of that classic first lp, much to my delight, and I now have that timeless music in my possession again, alongside several other fine CBJ releases. (I unwisely sold the first lp several years ago in a massive vinyl purging that accompanied one of my many interstate moves following college, and have regretted it ever since, until I finally found the CD.) I'm saddened to receive the news, but glad to still have all the great music. There's nothing else quite like it. Joe Austin, TX |
| Rick Joswick |
Posted At 10:45:09 07/20/2001 to see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower: hold infinity inthe palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour ---William Blake |
| Susan Miller Silva |
Posted At 15:39:42 07/20/2001 Got the news a couple of days late. Came back home to San Francisco from a vacation and had messages from people I hadn't seen in 10, 25 years. Still wandering around a bit like a zombie. Wish I could have gone to the memorial service. Like many of the people whose names I've read here, I know Chuck from the old days -- Webster, Oswego, Saratoga Springs. And Chuck and Jan's early SF days, living in the big purple house on Henry St. I always counted him as a close friend and a tremendous influence, but somehow the years slid by, and I can't believe I haven't seen Chuck and Jan since their older two boys were little. It's so #!? classic: you just assume you'll always have time to visit another time, to write another letter. So I did what anybody would do. I went on a binge, poring over old photos and sketches and even sat up and read through our high school yearbook (1970. I thought I'd feel depressed afterwards, but instead I just feel rich. Great memories: Chuck and Norm Ladd singing "Come Together" in class, like a manic chant. Chuck and Gary Bennett and others effectively dismantling the fraternity system by inviting every guy into their new "Pink and White" frat. Rattling off to Cornell in a van that leaked carbon monoxide. Standing on the side of a lacrosse field with Chuck, and Joan, and Wedge, talking about what music would go with the scene. Anticipating music videos? No, Chuck's idea stretched beyond that. He talked about how cool it'd be if you had a slot in your head where you could slide the record right in. Big plans, big dreams. We were going to make movies, we were going to bust into Fort Knox, we were going to buy Sava's. Live at Lima. Later, the birth of the Cold Water Flat: Chuck repeating the landlord's daughter's explanation ("It's called a cold water flat") just as Mark Dodd was reading "Howl." Remember, Mark? How after you saw it, you said, "This will reduce Lima to a footnote." The wonderful irony of how that dump became a magnet, a place people connived to move into. Great times, great music, great laughs. Staying up late listening to his records. Flo and Eddie; Captain Beefheart; Lmabert, Hendricks, and Ross. Jolson was the secret weapon, to close down the party if it ran too long. Chuck and Scott singing "The Rat Came in the Room" and "In My Old House" on the porch at Saratoga in the middle of a rainstorm. Chuck and Janet in that place in the Tenderloin where they first stayed, and later, C & J at my wedding, wearing matching purple high-top sneakers. And always Chuck was a great friend, truly supportive, a great encourager. I still feel encouraged by him. I'm sure he would enjoy/is enjoying seeing how so many people are reconnecting as a result of his sudden exit. It just wasn't like him to live the party early. |
| Uncle Phil |
Posted At 12:26:19 07/21/2001 Hey Chuck, You've been gone a little over a week now but it feels so much longer. We're all kind of getting by here, doing what we can to help each other out, sorting out feelings and such as we attempt to go about our day to day. My son is doing well. He's closing in on 9lbs and I'm afraid to report he has my temper! I think you experienced that on more than one occasion as I did yours. Roy's a good kid and I'll be telling him all about you in years to come. We've had a stretch of hot weather lately. I know how much you liked that. We keep Roy stripped down to his diaper as there's no air conditioning in our current apartment. I had lunch with your oldest son John the other day: wings at Richmonds. He's a great young man and I know how proud of him you were. Just the look on your face at the last Dylan show. Thankfully, some astute observer was videotaping the night and John's been able to see just how close to Heaven you were that night. Your proudest moment, right? Mark has been tearing it up on your red Guild guitar. He looks so much like you and with that guitar strapped on, it takes my breath away. He blew me away the other day as he sat down and confidently ran through the changes to "Let's Go Back". Then, through the basement door, I heard him playing AND singing the song. It was a powerful moment for me. Paul's been hanging out with friends and being a typical nine-year-old super-intelligent kid. I think he's wondering just who's left on this earth who can help him with his wonderful cast of characters from Professor Clockwork to Dr. Negative! You were his Dad, his best friend, and in his own words, his hero. I'm happy to say that Roy has got some great and gifted cousins to watch him grow and help him along his way. If I could ask for anything, Chuck, it would be your gentle manner, deep understanding, and your ability to guide as I take my own steps into fatherhood. Please check in with me from time to time. My dreams are always open. Love, Your Brother -PHil |
| Bob Feldman |
Posted At 18:28:58 07/21/2001 I put out CBJE "Solid Behind The Times" cd on my label, Red House Records several years back. I never met Chuck but we talked on the phone quite a few times. It was always so pleasant and I enjoyed his good nature and wonderful humor and love of music. I was always hoping I'd get to Rochester to a gig or the band would come out this way. I heard the news and it has made me so sad for Chuck, his family and his many friends and fans. I've been playing his music every day and it is just so good to hear it and know that we'll always have it. Every song he recorded was a "greatest Hit". His death has made me think about life and whats important and whats not. I miss him. |
| M. Gilman |
Posted At 21:05:16 07/21/2001 I am so very sorry to about about Chuck. He was an oasis of sanity, compassion and common sense when I had the priviledge of being one of his co-workers at the Center for Youth some years ago. Being with a fellow practicing artist, him the musican and artist; me merely an artist (and music appreciator) added a common dimension in allowing others, especially young people to connect in life by focusing on the positives, like one's talents. His sense of humor was endearing and profound. In the midst of organized chaos at the Center, the administrative directive arbitrarily focused on the vital issue of "disallowing" counselors to wear jeans. During an informal team meeting, Chuck giving the issue all the attention it deserved replied:"We should all wear our Bathrobes to work..then maybe they'd be happy with jeans". He always helped keep things in perspective. Aside from comparing notes and suggestions on cases, I enjoyed comparing our life's parallels of: growing up in this area, raising children, Penfield/Webster stories, living in S.F. California in the 1980's, life's twists of returning as townies back in the 'burbs in Penfield. I recall how happy and thrilled Chuck was during the process of moving his family to Manse Lane. The times I truely saw him ecstatic and at peace were when he was singing; playing his guitar, with his family close by in attendance, sons dancing, and wife Jan, chasing at least one of them. Chuck's face would always light up whenever he was talking about his sons or wife who all cared and loved each other so much. Chuck agreed he had the "coolist family". My thoughts and prayers are with you. |
| colin macfarlane |
Posted At 18:10:36 07/22/2001 I never met Chuck Cuminale, but I loved the Colorblind James voice and music. I collected all the cd's (not an easy task!) and I was priveleged enough to see the band live in Edinburgh (I live in Scotland). I listen to Colorblind James and the boys when I'm feeling blue and it picks me right up. It's a sad loss, and I feel for his family and friends. |
| Ron Koperdraad |
Posted At 18:29:06 07/22/2001 I was shocked to read the news the other day, albeit a week after the fact, in the Globe and Mail obituaries. I never met Chuck but we exchanged a couple of letters and a few emails, wihich is closer than I have ever got to a music hero of mine. In 1990, I was extremely fortunate to have heard a song from Colorblind James Experience on late-night CBC radio (I think is was, "Why'd the Boy Throw the Clock Out the Window?") and later found the CD. With titles like "Considering a Move to Memphis" (from which I had just returned on a trip) and "Fledgling Circus", how could I resist? I loved it every minute of it, and sang it's praises to everyone I could. And every release since has been as great. I managed to see him play live only once, in Toronto, (perhaps his only trip here) in 1992(?). Later I talked my wife into a road trip to Rochester and a crazy drive around the city looking for the elusive 24 Goebel Place address so invitingly printed in the CD sleevenotes. Alas, no one was home, but we left a note in the mailbox and received a postcard a couple of weeks later from "CBJ" saying "sorry we missed you". Years later, once I had email, I tracked him down again and mailed to him a couple of photos of our visit and told him how we played "...Memphis" at our wedding (and a couple more weddings too). He sent me back a copy of "I Could Be Your Guide" as a wedding gift. Anyway, I sure wish I had a chance to take him up on his offer to come down to Rochester for a show (and even stay over at 463 Manse Lane). From the tributes I read here, I can only think, (He Must've Been) Quite a Guy. Condolences to family, friends, and other fans like me. |
| Dave Davies |
Posted At 21:15:46 07/23/2001 It's been a couple weeks- The blow to the chest feeling went to disconnected disbelief to the beginnings of reluctant acceptance- Now the way is clearer,my departed contemporary. I'm changed yet again by your ways- You were always the first to act in our jug band brotherhood- I miss you Chuck |
| margaret |
Posted At 09:08:05 07/24/2001 I remember arriving in San Francisco. Our second stop was Chuck and Jan's. Chuck was overcome with grief over John Lennon's death and had to excuse himself. SF nearly killed us but at Chuck and Jan's we could always find sanity and a good meal. Kevin was the first member of the original CBJE to go, and now Chuck. Hey, guys, start without Phil and Thad, they won't be there for a while. |
| Paul Beattie |
Posted At 14:23:45 07/24/2001 Just heard today,still very shocked. How can it be, that the singer in a band I saw once can have this effect? I put up some web pages about the band and somehow he found them. Thanked me for doing it :) He sent me the new CD's when they came out (and a handwritten not to apologise for it taking so long!!!!) From reading all these comments, he was obviously loved by most people that met him. My thoughts are with his family. |
| Liz Heveron |
Posted At 15:07:04 07/24/2001 I was looking through my quote collection today and found these two: "...This world is not conclusion; A sequel stands beyond, Invisible, as music, But positive, as sound..." (Emily _ _ _ _inson [my computer sensored the first four letters of the last name of this famous poet--begins with "d" and rhymes with "pick"--what is this world coming to that I have to do this?!]) "Until the sixth grade, I wanted to be pope, and then the Beatles came along..." (Colorblind James) |
| Greg Cotter |
Posted At 15:45:30 07/25/2001 I remember one night back in 1985 when my friends dragged me down to Jazzberrys to catch this band who had some guy in it who was colorblind and played the vibes. I was hooked after that show. Two weeks later while I was embarked on a Med Cruise with the U.S Navy Chuck's voice came blasting over the sound system in this little hole in the wall juke-joint in Barcelona, Spain! The name of that juke-joint' was none other than the world famous (at least for us sailors) 'Bob Dylan Bar'! As a Live Sound Tech both on the road and here in Rochester at Milestones, I have had the great experience to work with Chuck on many occassions. Chuck never got an attitude when his monitor may have not been loud enough,,,Chuck always made a point to thank me everytime I worked for his great band. He was one of the most professional, kind, and generous musicians I have ever worked with. But, Chuck was more than just a great musician and songwriter. He cared about the people many others forget,,,that's his way. Some people, if they are lucky enough, have moments of greatness in their life when they realize the secret to their success is not how good 'they are', but how good they are to others. Chuck had this one figured out a long time ago. I will see ya down the road Chuck, in heaven you will always hear your monitors! Thank you for giving me the chance to work with you, thank you to my friends in Colorblind who welcomed me into that great place known as 'The ColorBlind Family'. |
| Don Carpenter |
Posted At 23:35:16 07/28/2001 There was a solid year somewhere in the mid nineties during which you could have seen me at every single CBJE show. At least the ones within a two hour drive of Rochester. I bought a tiny, broken, antique toy xylophone at a garage sale once with every last cent that I had and took it to Chuck's house as a gift, although I'd never really formally met him, just badgered him and the band to play this song or that at the gigs. I took guitar lessons from Phil, although I really wasn't interested in learning much except how he played CBJE songs, and if I could coax him play into playing in private. Thanks, UP, for putting up with me. I wrote a lame review of 'Strange Sounds' for Freetime that I unashamedly used as an excuse to conduct an extensive interview with Chuck, during which I held him hostage on the telephone for no less than an hour. I stayed much too long at Chuck's house a few times, weasled my way into an invitation to play at the birthday party only to cancel out of cowardice, called his house from bars at inappropriate hours, and generally became real pain in the ass. I couldn't help myself. Phil asked me once at a bar (where, of course, he had to buy) "So, what do you like best about the band?" I was too nervous to answer then, and I still can't quite put a finger on it. Something about the chemistry, the oddity, the artistry of those six guys (the lineup I most enjoyed - Chuck, Phil, Jim, Ken, Dave and John) struck me. Cooler than the Beatles, Dylan, XTC, R.E.M. and Uncle Tupelo combined, and they lived right in my back yard. I just couldn't help myself. I dragged my wife (then fiance) to all of those shows, and whatever other friends I could corral. I pressed a tape into the palms of Leo Kottke and Mitch Easter when the band was label-shopping 'Solid!Behind the Times.' I told everyone I knew about them, and dubbed them tapes if they showed any interest. Chuck said something to me on that hour-long tape that has always stuck in my head. He said, "We're just a local band; we'll always be a local band." Thanks, Chuck. I haven't seen you in years, and I miss you already. |
| Robert Doyle |
Posted At 05:13:30 08/02/2001 Its wrong to say I knew Chuck, but I loved his music and I wrote fan cards to him a few times and was amazed when he took the time and trouble to write back and take an interest. I met him briefly when he did a gig in the Mean Fiddler(?) in London about 10 years ago. My girlfriend and I had hitched there all the way from Liverpool to see him and the band. Not only was this the best concert I've ever been too, Chuck kindly asked the band to play an obscure B-side that I shouted out from the audience and later shook hands with me and offered advice on setting out on a music career - I was gigging about under the name of Bob Cookie at the time . There was no reason for him to do this and I suppose I just got a glimpse of someone who you all knew and obviously loved. My deepest sympathy to all who loved him |
| Dan Aloi |
Posted At 17:03:35 08/02/2001 Be advised that the URL above to my obituary story in the Star-Gazette (8/19/01) is no longer valid (though it did hang around a week longer than expected.) If anyone wants a copy by fax or mail, please contact me. one small correction, per Kerry Regan: Chuck only lived in Oswego, didn't attend college there. And "Fledgling Circus" certainly belongs in the "genius song" list. Dan |
| Simon Fox |
Posted At 08:16:57 08/05/2001 I am a CBJE fan from England. In common with his many British fans, I first "experienced the Experience" on John Peel's BBC Radio 1 Show. He played "Considering a Moe to Memphis". The moment I heard it, I was hooked. It was the most funny, innocent, yet downright funky song I'd heard in a long time. CBJE went on to record a number of sessions for John Peel's programme and they remeained a cult hit over here for a long time. I was browsing for lyrics when I found out about Chuck's untimely death. I only wish I'd have had the chance to see the band play live. He was a unique individual. |
| Cousin Annie |
Posted At 08:34:45 08/09/2001 I am writing on behalf of the LaMonica family. Chuck was our second cousin. My mother, Aunt Helen and Chuck's grandmother, Aunt Connie were sisters. We knew Chuck more as a family member than a musician, however we did go to see him perform several times in Rochester. We never realized what a significant musician he was, not only in our community, but in places around the world and how he touched so many lives. As my brother Jimmy stated at the memorial service, "Chuckie was the best kept secret in our family". I'd like to relay a little story that my 92 year old mother tells us so often. Whenever she's having dinner with any of us and she especially likes what we've cooked, she always tells us what Chuck used to say to his mother when he was a little boy - "Ma, you're the best cooker, you make the best baloney sandwiches". This is just one of the fond memories we'll always have of him. Our love and prayers are with Janet, John, Mark, Paul, Bea, Linda, Laurie, Kathy, Joanie, Ellen and Joel. |
| BRIAN CLOVER |
Posted At 13:10:45 08/11/2001 Our family discovered Chuck's music ten years ago at a time of tragedy for us. It helped us and will help others since it has the heart and soul of humanity at its best. |
| Dan Aloi |
Posted At 11:51:33 08/15/2001 Hey all: Still closing that circle, I've gathered some reflections on Chuck and the band's career into a review of "Greatest Hits!" for the latest Miles of Music MoMzine and its staff "DIGS" column... http://www.milesofmusic.com/momzine/reviewmain.html -- Dan |
| Michael |
Posted At 07:53:48 08/16/2001 I just hope you have gone "down the road to ecstasy" God bless you good man. Michael |
| Mike Rae |
Posted At 18:50:14 08/20/2001 As I
continued to see and record the group more and more, I slowly got
to know the members of the group, though for a few years Chuck was
the enigmatic "Colorblind James" to me; it wasn't until around 1989-90
that I started to get to know him better, for he had become a regular
at The Blessed Thistle Bakery, so my friend/employer Mark called me
out from my breadchores and made the intros. I'll always remember
that Chuck was a regular sort of guy, and he always seemed interested
in how you were doing as well; during my BTB days I was having trouble
coping with "girl problems" and I remember Chuck talked some of it
over with me, even inviting me along to a hootenanny in Ithaca with
his old friends from his Oswego days....later, Chuck's generosity
extended towards letting me stay over at the house a few times, rather
than me driving back out to Brockport, only to get up and bake the
bread once again! I feel privileged to have gone along with the band
during their "potential career" phase; I was with them at The Wetlands
gig in NYC, the night that we watched Bagdad be pounded by smartbombs,
and I was also with them when they played the 1991 Mariposa festival
in Toronto, backed by the gaudy Las Vegas-like water fountains and
the majestic Toronto skyline. When the band entered what I call their
final phase, I was starting to play music more and record shows less
often; Chuck, as Uncle Phil would say, played his cards In 1996, I was flattered, sooprized and honored (all of 'em at once, really) when Chuck asked me to sing a song at The Elvis Presley birthday party; as I was once again smitten by pangs of love, I chose "Don't be Cruel"....though I was put at ease during rehearsals, I was a bit nervous onstage, but Chuck and the group (along with the friends in the audience) made me feel cozy and right at home.....I would later perform some Bob Dylan renditions, and feel REALLY FLATTERED that Chuck referred to me as one of their favorites for those b-day/tribute gigs. I went to the last CBJE gig at the Bug Jar; the group turned in a short but spirited set, even though Brother Jaffe couldn't make it.....I remember a warm greeting from Chuck, along with our usual exchange of tidings, though none of us knew wot would surpass a few days later. It would be futile for me to build up some grandiose tribute to Chuck; while he was not my best friend (and vice-versa) he was an incredibly good friend, and I am still having trouble coming to grips that he is gone, though his presence will shine on in all those he touched.....it is still hard to believe that such a humble, regular sorta guy could be such a treasured cornerstone in our Rochester community! I Guess it reflects upon what kind of town Rochester is. Sorry we never swapped the xylo for the vibes, Chuck.....guess the recording project you offered to produce will hafta await some other timeworthy juncture......I can only hope that your heavenly timber supply tides you over well, and that we'll all see you again sometime. May God bless Jan, the boys, and all others who'll need some extra strength in our times of loss. |
| Brett |
Posted At 13:04:14 09/01/2001 I was very sorry to hear about Chuck passing away. I liked his music very much. He was always really nice to me. My sympathy to his family. |
| Gill & Richard |
Posted At 20:08:02 09/04/2001 We were in Charlotte N.C. way back in 1989 when we heard 'Considering a move to Memphis' on the radio. It is one of those performances which immediately register in the brain, at least that is what we experienced. Even though we never heard this tune ever since, we just had to hum 'considering a move to' certain moments in time. We always wanted to know who the artist was and through the internet we found out..yesterday!! Yes, it took us some time to come up with the idea to use the internet for this query. So now we know who this singer with the intriguing voice was...But it also very sad to hear about Chuck's death, which comes over as a bit of a strange coincidence. What a shame we didn't find out earlier about the Colorblind James Experience - reading through the contributions posted here, we realise that Chuck and his art will be sadly misse |
| DALE JOWETT |
Posted At 14:39:49 09/13/2001 ONLY TODAY ON A CHANCE LOOK AT A WEBSITE DID I HEAR OF THE DEATH OF CHUCK CUMINALE. |
| DALE JOWETT |
Posted At 13:22:47 09/14/2001 AND YESTERDAY WAS A VERY SAD DAY FOR ME |
| Kim Torgerson |
Posted At 19:01:48 09/14/2001 In this surreal week of trauma in the country--Sept 11 but a few horrific days ago--I searched for news of friends in New York and somehow came across the outpouring for Chuck Cuminale, whom I remember as a positive soul on this earth. I'm sorry to hear he is gone. Our paths crossed in the early 70s and 80s, when I was part of the Mahoney clan and running around and returning to Rochester regularly for kinship and much goofing-off ship. I remember meeting Chuck and Janet, in San Francisco in the late 70s amd 80s, and there was much laughter and music talk. I would listen to his tapes over and over in one beat up car or another. One about throwing the clock out the window still comes to mind if I curl up and get very, very still. The outpouring of love for him speaks volumes. |
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| Dan O'Donnell |
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| John Gilmore | This was the list of the songs Bob Dylan played in Brescia , Italy , Piazza Duomo on July 10 , 2001, the day Chuck died. Now it all makes sense ::::::::::: Roving
Gambler (acoustic) , The Times They Are A- Changin' (acoustic) (Larry
on bouzouki), Desolation Row (acoustic) , Maggie's Farm |
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