Dia del Muerto Celebration at Pleasant St Tea and Coffee Co

From Kitt Cox-

Hola Familia y Amigos,

Sunday November One, we hope you’ll join us for our second recognition and celebration of the Day of the Dead, or Dia del Muerto….it’s a chance to reflect and remember those of our family and friends who are dead, but never really gone from our thoughts and often, even our actions.

We’ll be at the Pleasant Street Tea Company in Gloucester beginning around two in the afternoon. Last year, it proved to be  the perfect environment for our first gathering. It’s a great space to sing, reflect, tell a story, connect with a friend or share a poem.

There’s a fine selection of food and beverages available, and we’ll provide a microphone to any and all with a tale to tell or past lives to ponder … both tears and chortles are encouraged.

Please let us know if you’re interested in joining us on Pleasant Street …it will make our planning a bit easier.

Where Zat? #30

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This week’s contest has a PRIZE! Kitt Cox has donated a great CD of his music! So the first person who identifies this location wins! Have fun and thanks for playing!

Salvy Benson Medley From Kitt Cox

From Kitt Cox-
“The idea was this….
I got to know Salvi when I worked for many years cooking at Sailor Stan’s. Two guys, two different backgrounds but we hit it off pretty well, especially when it came to relating the tales of our lives (it was my father who famously said, “any damn fool can tell the truth”).
It was also during my Rocky Neck years that the inspiration for both the song and the Sunny FishCakes (that name appeared to me on some barely decipherable ticket for a breakfast order that some waitron had just scribbled out).
So flash forward to this winter when we gathered musicians and friends into our West Gloucester home to record the song I’d been inspired to write by Salvi. Fisherman’s Ale and fiery burritos and a couple live take son the recording machine and we had our song, shaped by each of those present that evening. With the microphone still on, Sal shared his memories of the Greasy Pole and all of the fine folks and adventures his thoughts brought back. Doc Vincent caught it all and put the sound through his wayback machine.We had a blast making this recording and hope you’ll find something in it for you, too.”

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Salvy Benson Greasy Pole Interview- Thanks To Kitt Cox

Thanks to Kitt Cox for providing this interview and thanks to Mike Lindberg for converting it to a file suitable for uploading here.

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