Cortland, not Corning
To the Editor:
Thank you for the front-page article on Colin Hancock, an amazing young musician and more whom I’m privileged to know. But I did not recognize the author, Joe Bebco—until I got to page 3. The piece was very well written, and I look forward to reading more from Joe.
There was only one small error: Spiegle Willcox lived not in Corning, but in the opposite direction from Ithaca, in Cortland, NY. Actually, in his last years he lived about 20 miles east of there, in Cincinnatus, NY.
Bill Hoffman
Lancaster, PA
The Editor takes full responsibility for all factual and typographical errors, as well as any stray smudges on the company beer glasses. Seriously, we do our best to fact check, but at times we feel like that plate-spinner on the Ed Sullivan Show. Occasionally one falls and hits the floor; we’re somewhat consoled that it’s not a chain saw. - Ed.
The Blues Get Bluer
To the Editor:
In “The Professor’s Guide to The Blues” in the February issue Professor Cunningham appears not to have sufficiently illustrated the seriousness and pathos of the blues. I herewith submit two of my songs which I trust will correct this omission.
The first is to be sung in the style of Bessie Smith by a disappointed and angry wife: “Some Strange Woman Left Her Lipstick On Your Old Kazoo.”
The second is to be sung by an old man who can
