The Gift (38 page)

http://www.tommycomeaux.com/the-fund

This fund was established to honor the memory of Dr.
Tommy Comeaux, a member of the band Beausoleil.

“They have recently completed fundraising to establish a
unique million-dollar Eminent Scholar Chair in Traditional Music at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The chair focuses attention on the preservation and
perpetuation of traditional music with special emphasis on the indigenous music
of the Acadiana region.

The fundraising continues to ensure the Traditional
Music Program at ULL.”

Massachusetts

The Traditional Music Foundation, Inc.

P.O. Box 470422

Brookline Village, MA 02447

The Traditional Music Foundation, Inc. (TMF) was
established in 2007 to ensure that American traditional and bluegrass music
styles remain vibrant, community-based, living traditions. TMF provides
opportunities for the general public to explore and experience a range of
traditional American music, as well as contemporary styles with strong
traditional roots. Through events, individual music scholarships, and funding
for education and artistic development programs, TMF provides access to
resources, educational opportunities and musicians who will pass along these
musical styles. TMF hosts Bluegrass on the Farm, an annual event held at an
agricultural history park in Derwood, MD and other events in the Boston metropolitan area, (Appalachian Barn Dance 2010, Bluegrass and Traditional Kidsfest,
Mardi Gras Cajun Dance 2011.)

TMF awards college scholarships to music students
pursuing American traditional and bluegrass styles. Recipients to date have
attended the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Most of all, my husband Kris and my son Gabriel for
their continuing support.

Dr. Bobby Jones, aka Dr. Tom Bibey, author of “The
Mandolin Case” and “Acquisition Syndrome”, who inspired me to write my own
bluegrass novel.

Special thanks to the following for their help with this
book:

Nancy Crowther for reading my two books and her
proofreading assistance .

Mark Bennett for information on clubs in Louisiana during the 1980’s.

Alison Mork for her help with clubs in Nashville in
1981.

Dave Rizzuti for his advice on sound and recording
aspects.

Kris Krug for assistance with formatting.

My parents, Albert Warren, Jr, and Henrietta Lis Warren
for paying for violin and piano lessons in spite of the fact that I never
practiced.

Mr. Leary, my violin teacher in junior high school and
senior high school.

Mr. Mori and Mr. Corley who conducted the high school
orchestra.

My friend Lynn Morton who introduced me to the band
Seatrain and progressive bluegrass music.

It takes a village to produce a bluegrass musician:

My mandolin teacher Howie Tarnower for putting up with
me for over ten years.

My other mandolin teacher John McGann who started the
mandolin program at Berklee College of Music and influenced an entire
generation of mandolinists .

Alan Kaufman, my fiddle teacher and leader of the Boston
Front Porch bluegrass jam and the old-time jam at the Skellig.

The Boston Bluegrass Union for sponsoring the annual Joe
Val Bluegrass Festival as well as concerts and the Boston Front Porch Jam.

Thank you to Denise Jarvinen and Pierre Cremieux for
hosting the Boston Front Porch Jam in their home.

Mike Holmes for organizing Mandolin Camp North where I
had the opportunity to take mandolin workshops with Sam Bush, Roland White,
Rich del Grosso, Joe Walsh, Ben Pearce, Jeff Foxall, and Alan Kaufman.

The Boston Bluegrass Union for sponsoring vocal
workshops with Claire Lynch, Laurie Lewis and Stephen Mougin and mandolin
workshops with Tom Rozum, Mike Compton, and others.

The Cantab Lounge for hosting the Tuesday night
bluegrass jam as well as featuring many bluegrass artists.

The Burren, the Skellig, and the Shaskeen for hosting
bluegrass and old-time jams.

The Stage Coach Inn which hosted the Groton Picking
Party. We were so sad when the Inn burned down recently.

Peter and Corbit Larson at Centre Music in Framingham for taking care of my instruments.

The Music Emporium in Lexington, MA for their inspiring
selection of instruments and maintaining my mandolins. Thanks also for
sponsoring instrument workshops with musicians such as Matt Flinner and David
Grier.

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ATTRIBUTION OF LYRICS

Chapter 2

“Boogie Til You Puke”  Root Boy Slim  lyricist

Chapter 3

“Me and Bobby McGee”  Kris Kristofferson lyricist

Chapter 4

“Jambalaya”  Hank Williams lyricist

Chapter 5

“Truck Stop Girl”  lyrics by Lowell George and Bill
Payne

“Kind Woman”  Richie Furay  lyricist

Chapter 8

“I Will”  lyrics by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Chapter 10

“If I Needed you”  Townes Van Zandt  lyricist

Chapter 15

“Light In The Darkness”  lyrics by Pamela Warren

Chapter 16

“C’est La Vie”  Chuck Berry lyricist

Chapter 22

“Candle in the Night” lyrics by Pamela Warren

“No One Would Have Known” lyrics by Pamela Warren

“Wait A Minute” Herb Pederson lyricist

Chapter 23

“Such A Night”  lyrics by Dr. John

Chapter 24

“Women Be Wise”  lyrics by Sippie Wallace

“Get Over It”  lyrics by Pamela Warren

“Here Comes the Sun”  lyrics by John Lennon and Paul
McCartney