Hey all! Taking a much-needed break from packing, to attend a Castle Rock antique show, today. I really didn't expect to find anything, music-related, as I really just wanted a quiet respite from shoving more of my life in a moving box.
Famous last words.
I immediately spot a vendor with sheet music, for a buck, and dove in. After sorting through about 100 pieces, and finding nothing from Colorado, I get to the very last piece - a 1934 composition, published in the little town of Rye, located about half an hour south of my hometown zip, Pueblo.
"... taken our business to a place called Lewis Record Manufacturing,
where we dealt with a wonderful woman there named Kaye. She was old
enough to be my grandmother and she kind of reminded me of a woman who
would have been comfortable with the likes of Bonnie and Clyde in her
youth. She wasn’t afraid of anything. It was to her that we handed My
God (Jethro Tull boot) and Establishment (Bob Dylan boot - both TMOQ releases) and these were our first records on colored vinyl
which the growing number of bootleg fans really seemed to like..."
Needless to say, shocked doesn't cover my reaction. I couldn't find any information on just how many bootlegs Lewis pressed for TMOQ / TAKRL, nor could I find any information on what repercussions they faced for doing so. I also hit a dead end on finding out what ever happened to Ted Lewis, or Kaye.
The fact that there is now a documented Southern Colorado link with these labels is crazy to believe. If it had not been for that typewritten piece of paper, found in a Cañon City Public School Music Festival LP, that fact may have been lost forever.
Needless to say, shocked doesn't cover my reaction. I couldn't find any information on just how many bootlegs Lewis pressed for TMOQ / TAKRL, nor could I find any information on what repercussions they faced for doing so. I also hit a dead end on finding out what ever happened to Ted Lewis, or Kaye.
The fact that there is now a documented Southern Colorado link with these labels is crazy to believe. If it had not been for that typewritten piece of paper, found in a Cañon City Public School Music Festival LP, that fact may have been lost forever.