tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post5226221807064604485..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: This Bloody Episode of Four Who I Could Understand Better DeadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-5231388837712198662022-05-24T11:13:48.754-04:002022-05-24T11:13:48.754-04:001/after reading fisher's poem i wondered if it...1/after reading fisher's poem i wondered if it could be autobiographical - after reading the wikipedia bio i decided yes it could<br /><br /><i>Fisher describes the landscape of his childhood as ‘ugly’, the industrial sprawl of Smethwick to the south of Handsworth a place of danger. The grimy cityscape, the bomb damage of the war, and the industrial decline of the post-war years were important influences on Fisher. But ‘something called Nature’ was also present early in his life, with excursions into the nearby countryside a regular aspect of family life.</i><br /><br />2/after reading the wikipedia bio i wondered if i could find a recording of fisher playing the piano - not listed as such on youtube, it seems<br /><br /><i>Fisher went to Handsworth Grammar School. As a teenager he became interested in jazz and taught himself to play the piano. He was particularly influenced by a group of Chicago musicians including Bud Freeman, Pee Wee Russell, and the pianist Joe Sullivan. By his late teens he was playing in public with local bands.</i><br /><br />2.5/i did find joe sullivan - 1940 recording of gershwin song "i've got a crush on you"<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee8-1NuqzYY<br /><br />3/that gershwin song is also on the 2010 album<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson_Reimagines_Gershwin<br /><br />mistah charley, sb, ma, phd, jspshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786934467640941804noreply@blogger.com