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Thanks Jacob, Brian and Bill for the nice comments about the story.
--- In , "supertwangreverb"
<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
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> I LIVE in Chicago and have NEVER heard of this magazine, not that
> that takes away from the great story, because every bum is trying to
> pedal some magazine around here. I'll have to look to see if I can
> find a few copies someplace.
My impression is that Lake Magazine is aimed more at the affluent set
that lives along the Lake (thus the name). They do a lot of life-
interest type stories, and probably very little about music and the
hip scenes which is why it isn't surprising you haven't heard of
them. But given that it's a thick full-color magazine and it's free,
their advertising must be doing really well! They've probably been
around for a while.
The way the story happened is that almost two years ago when the
Troubadours played Chicago Exotica 2003 with the Cocktail Preachers
and the Volcanos, Dave Hoekstra approached me after the show wanting
to do a story on us. His full-time job is with the newspaper Chicago
Tribune and he covers the music beat for them. We thought he wanted
to do the story for the newspaper, but he decided to do a much
lengthier piece for the magazine. Well, one shouldn't look a gift
horse in the mouth! He said that the next time the Troubadours play
in Chicago he'll try to run a condensed version of the story in the
Tribune, which would be really damn cool.
> What a great story Ivan, your father is someone to be very proud
> of. When I saw you guys last year I couldn't stop smiling at the
> fun it looked like you two had together. Like everyone says his
> rhythm skills blew me away.
Thanks, Bill. You're right, how many people get to have an experience
like that? I do feel very lucky and priveleged. We're focusing on
the Madeira now, which leaves my dad out of the loop, but we'll get
back to the Troubadours again soon enough. He thought he might have
had enough last year, but then I talked to him about it again last
month, and he said if all those doo-wop guys in their seventies can
still perform on PBS, he can do it too!! (He's only in his early-
sixties...)
> Makes me really miss playing guitar with my dad.
Why can't you play with your dad anymore? Did he pass away?
Thanks again!
Ivan
