Comments on: Brother Blue on Street Storytelling http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/2007/10/07/brother-blue-on-street-storytelling/ Interviewing the best of the Storytelling Community. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Guy Davis http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/2007/10/07/brother-blue-on-street-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-159200 Guy Davis Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:11:40 +0000 http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/?p=65#comment-159200 I first saw Brother Blue in 1979 at the Cambridge River Arts Festival. I was playing an acoustic guitar atop the kiosk in Harvard Square, when I saw, on the street below me, a peculiarly dressed fellow. He was dressed in Blue from head to foot, with ribbons and balloons tied to his arms and legs. He was an older man but not like others. He had a lean, youthful muscularity and a smile that shone like the sun. The word “charisma”, comes to mind. In his hand was a tamborine which he began to tap as I played. Something about him made me want to be near him. The next thing I knew, he was up on top of the kiosk with me. that’s when I noticed his feet were bare. We became fast friends. I met his darling wife Ruth later. Sometimes, his voice sounded like Louie Armstrong. His stories enchanted me. My favorite story of his was “Muddy Duddy”. Many years later I got to tell that story to a group of folks at the U.N. Godspeed my mentor, my master, my friend Brother Blue. Bittersweet tears fall from the middle of the middle of my heart. Oceans of love traveling through my fingers go to Blue’s Missus; Ruth, my ma. Love always Guy Davis I first saw Brother Blue in 1979 at the Cambridge River Arts Festival. I was playing an acoustic guitar atop the kiosk in Harvard Square, when I saw, on the street below me, a peculiarly dressed fellow. He was dressed in Blue from head to foot, with ribbons and balloons tied to his arms and legs. He was an older man but not like others. He had a lean, youthful muscularity and a smile that shone like the sun. The word “charisma”, comes to mind. In his hand was a tamborine which he began to tap as I played. Something about him made me want to be near him. The next thing I knew, he was up on top of the kiosk with me. that’s when I noticed his feet were bare. We became fast friends. I met his darling wife Ruth later.
Sometimes, his voice sounded like Louie Armstrong. His stories enchanted me. My favorite story of his was “Muddy Duddy”. Many years later I got to tell that story to a group of folks at the U.N.
Godspeed my mentor, my master, my friend Brother Blue. Bittersweet tears fall from the middle of the middle of my heart. Oceans of love traveling through my fingers go to Blue’s Missus; Ruth, my ma.
Love always
Guy Davis

]]> By: Deirdre McKeown http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/2007/10/07/brother-blue-on-street-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-157188 Deirdre McKeown Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:03:32 +0000 http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/?p=65#comment-157188 oh, thank you, thank you, thank you. I can't believe the miracle that connected me to this website. Years ago, when I was a storyteller I read Brother Blues "caterpillar" story. It moved me so much I can't begin to express it in words. Its stayed with me all these years. Recently as many of the old friends and family I love have died, the story has been a comfort to me. I'd never heard Brother Blue...I read the story, and always wanted to know how he told it. Now I know...from the pure soul within him. God bless you for posting this, and god bless Brother Blue and his work and inspiration. Deep gratitude and love, Deirdre McKeown oh, thank you, thank you, thank you. I can’t believe the miracle that connected me to this website. Years ago, when I was a storyteller I read
Brother Blues “caterpillar” story. It moved me so much I can’t begin to express it in words. Its stayed with me all these years. Recently as many of
the old friends and family I love have died, the story has been a comfort to me. I’d never heard Brother Blue…I read the story, and always wanted to know how he told it. Now I know…from the pure soul within him.

God bless you for posting this, and god bless Brother Blue and his work and inspiration.

Deep gratitude and love,

Deirdre McKeown

]]> By: Tim http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/2007/10/07/brother-blue-on-street-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-157187 Tim Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:06:50 +0000 http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/?p=65#comment-157187 Fascinating interview. Nice to have Ruth on the line too, so there were two of you to help focus the conversation ;-) Fascinating interview. Nice to have Ruth on the line too, so there were two of you to help focus the conversation ;-)

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