tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post116854509026488927..comments2024-03-26T01:59:52.206-04:00Comments on Just outside: Brian Olewnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567239067604835372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-1169733741916576232007-01-25T09:02:00.000-05:002007-01-25T09:02:00.000-05:00Yep, Pickens taught in the art studio. He'd been t...Yep, Pickens taught in the art studio. He'd been there for a while when I arrive and I think taught through the early 80s. He dies in '91. Great teacher.<BR/><BR/>I caught the Incredible String Band at Vassar in '71 or '72 when I was still in high school (in Poughkeepsie). While at Vassar, I remember seeing Papa John Creach, Paul Winter, Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, many classical things (Ursula Oppens was teaching there then), others I'm sure I'm forgetting.<BR/><BR/>Blanca Uribe! Yes, I remember the name and I'm sure I heard her, though I can't think of the context.Brian Olewnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567239067604835372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-1169705669956529272007-01-25T01:14:00.000-05:002007-01-25T01:14:00.000-05:00But I see from your bio profile that you are into ...But I see from your bio profile that you are into music. The music scene at Vassar was something else also. Gene Dinwiddie gave an incredible concert in the Chapel about a year before you got there. Blanca Uribe on the Piano. Miriam Makeba. I wish I could remember it all. As the years go by, music and art memories come as flashbacks at odd moments from unexpected stimuli. Maynard Fergusen coming by because his daughter Kim was a Poughkeepsie girl. Leonard Bernstein's niece Alison getting artists to show up for impromptus. Firefall hanging out at Matthew's Mug. The Guarneri in the music building consert hall. Having my own Steinway in one of those little cells the semester I studied piano under Todd ... after Stephen Lubin spent a semester as an artist in residence. The Powerhouse Theatre. Heady days those.Deacon Rogeliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516488791076263993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-1169704867574255742007-01-25T01:01:00.000-05:002007-01-25T01:01:00.000-05:00Was he in the art department? Perhaps I spent a se...Was he in the art department? Perhaps I spent a semester learning a little bit about charcoal sketching because one of my girl friends dared me to.Deacon Rogeliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516488791076263993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-1169704119192802802007-01-25T00:48:00.000-05:002007-01-25T00:48:00.000-05:00Refresh my memory about Alton Pickens.Refresh my memory about Alton Pickens.Deacon Rogeliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516488791076263993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-1169704003431635182007-01-25T00:46:00.000-05:002007-01-25T00:46:00.000-05:00I was around in those years. My sister graduated i...I was around in those years. My sister graduated in '73. I had sidejobs at both Frivolous Sal's and Squire's east. And for awhile when I was in Manhattan I was married to the Dean of Faculty's daughter.Deacon Rogeliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516488791076263993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-1169690584235518342007-01-24T21:03:00.000-05:002007-01-24T21:03:00.000-05:00Hi Deacon, No I don't think so. I went from '72-'7...Hi Deacon, <BR/><BR/>No I don't think so. I went from '72-'73 then was back there unofficially (studying privately with Alton Pickens) in '75.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, that library tends to stick in the memory. Amazing place.Brian Olewnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567239067604835372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-1169686649431309462007-01-24T19:57:00.000-05:002007-01-24T19:57:00.000-05:00Well, I was a student at Vassar from 1969 to 1971,...Well, I was a student at Vassar from 1969 to 1971, Garduated '71 in Polit.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to figure out if I know you. It has been almost 40 years. But I remember the library at Vassar so much it is like part of my unconscious.Deacon Rogeliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516488791076263993noreply@blogger.com