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I can, remember the firs t time I saw Baby Gramps It
seems Ilka I've always known him, time seems to go at a
different speed when he s around It was probably at the
Pike St Market in Seattle in the late sixties or the early
seventies I do remember having to rev ue him from
Oemmesch (Mental Hospital) when he was taken there by
Portland police attar having explained that his name was
'Baby Gramps". they just assumed he was crazy Who am
I to doubt the Portland police7 He looked exactly like he
does now. twenty years ago, oh. a few more miles on the
speedometer. but the same basic mode, He was quoted by
Glenn Howard (Curator of the American Musical Heritage
Foundation) 'Ever since I was a little boy, I always
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how old ha is, but I don't think he has ever been 'carded'
in a tavern
I do know one thing about Gramps he ,s the most
orig in al, interesting and accomplished performer never
to be signed to a recording contract, and has no “product"
to sell ( He has one of the most extensive mailing lists,
in the tiniest lettering you w ill ever see, so when at long
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they are compilation albums, mostly of festivals and
fairs like the Oregon Countr y F a ir, where he usually can
be found once a year
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any other product, Gramps defies the 'r e a lity ' of the
Music Business That is no, to say he isn't successful, no,
by a long shot11 He has played for millions, opened for
some of the great names ,n music .ban Baez, The
Blasters, Bala Flack and the Flectones ( he named their
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latest album, UFO Tofu, which ,s a palindrome, which he
collects, and has written into a very long, funny and
mentally challenging song, called, obviously,
'Palindrom es') He does soundtracks for movies
including the Academy Award nominated "Streetwise', has
appeared in movies - - with Jeff Bridges in 'American
Heart', and has been live on National Public Radio with
John Hotkenberry
Even though Paul De Barros of the beattle Times calls
him the 'Most famous musician in Seattle", he is more
than a Northwest favorite Gramps managed to 'make I t '
a ‘ INTO I H f W OODS' August 4th 8pm
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in the Big Apple, pretty much proving he can make it
anywhere James Marshal, from the East Village Ege
calls him, 'The living embodiment of everything
wonderful in the last hundred 'Tears of American music,
wrapped up in one totally eccentric package that is
cons,stent in every way I have honestly never heard
better music or seen a better performer anywhere '
So, if you have a mind of your own, and don t think
everything 'good' is on television, you might want to
drop by Flying Barney's August 6,h and see something
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