Comments on: Information on Skip Wensher Sought http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2005/12/information-on-skip-wensher-sought/ News, Commentary and Links for the Folk Music Community Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:16:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 by: Tom http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2005/12/information-on-skip-wensher-sought/#comment-36203 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:19:40 +0000 http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2005/12/information-on-skip-wensher-sought/#comment-36203 <p>In case you haven’t seen this: </p> <p>The Subject: Skip Weshner At 10:04:56 on 09/19/07, Heidi Wilson (h.wilson45@yahoo.com) wrote: Hey you! I know you dont remember ME, however I think you remember my folks.Skip Weshner was my dad, Lynne Taylor (Walk Right In, The Rooftop Singers)was my mom. I learned how to play the "gitar" because of you!(Blackbird)anyway, I am a highly acomplished singer/songwriter, with a6 (yes,no bull---- 6)octive range and have 2 cd's out.Kenny I hope to hear from you, I am in touch with sooooo many artists "then & now" I think youd get a kick from "old home week"Much Love.....Always...Heidi Wilson </p> <p>Heidi Wilson</p> In case you haven’t seen this:

The Subject: Skip Weshner
At 10:04:56 on 09/19/07, Heidi Wilson (h.wilson45@yahoo.com) wrote:
Hey you! I know you dont remember ME, however I think you remember my folks.Skip Weshner was my dad, Lynne Taylor (Walk Right In, The Rooftop Singers)was my mom. I learned how to play the “gitar” because of you!(Blackbird)anyway, I am a highly acomplished singer/songwriter, with a6 (yes,no bull—- 6)octive range and have 2 cd’s out.Kenny I hope to hear from you, I am in touch with sooooo many artists “then & now” I think youd get a kick from “old home week”Much Love…..Always…Heidi Wilson

Heidi Wilson

]]> by: Lillian O MacNeill http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2005/12/information-on-skip-wensher-sought/#comment-33642 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:00:34 +0000 http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2005/12/information-on-skip-wensher-sought/#comment-33642 <p>I was the second of Skip's three wives.</p> <p>I was often called "the face that launched a thousand Skips'</p> <p>we started the shows at WBAI together(I also worked at that station as program director for several months.)</p> <p>Those wonderful,awful,never boring days with him in the fifties shaped may life forever. He introduced me to a music world of folk and i introduced him to Cubin jazz and dance. We shared five apartments in the village. When WBAI could no longer tolerate Skip"s famous lateness,he started broadcasting from home. It was about that time we started shipping tapes of each show to Los Angeles......my memory dims.</p> <p>I have a hundred "Skip" stories. </p> <p>We met in 1951 and split in 1958. </p> <p>Does anyone have tapes of the early new york shows? The music box theme that played in the opening was mine and though the box has been lost, I can still hear the sound..............</p> <p>And does anyone know of his son Bill or his daughter,Heidi?</p> <p>Lillian MacNeill,ne Lillian Weshner</p> I was the second of Skip’s three wives.

I was often called “the face that launched a thousand Skips’

we started the shows at WBAI together(I also worked at that station as program director for several months.)

Those wonderful,awful,never boring days with him in the fifties shaped may life forever. He introduced me to a music world of folk and i introduced him to Cubin jazz and dance. We shared five apartments in the village.
When WBAI could no longer tolerate Skip”s famous lateness,he started broadcasting from home. It was about that time we started shipping tapes of each show to
Los Angeles……my memory dims.

I have a hundred “Skip” stories.

We met in 1951 and split in 1958.

Does anyone have tapes of the early new york shows?
The music box theme that played in the opening was mine
and though the box has been lost, I can still hear the
sound…………..

And does anyone know of his son Bill or his daughter,Heidi?

Lillian MacNeill,ne Lillian Weshner

]]> by: Jack Watt http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2005/12/information-on-skip-wensher-sought/#comment-25246 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:41:51 +0000 http://www.backporchnews.net/archive/2005/12/information-on-skip-wensher-sought/#comment-25246 <p>I knew Skip personally when I lived in L.A. He lived not far from me and broadcasted from his living room, acting as his own engineer. When My 11-yr-old son broke his neck and was in the hospital for several mos. Skip and Lynne visited him regularly and taked to him each evening on the radio. He had a painting of mine in his living room. ric Darling once said, "Skip has a heart as big as a watermelon." He was right.</p> I knew Skip personally when I lived in L.A. He lived not far from me and broadcasted from his living room, acting as his own engineer. When My 11-yr-old son broke his neck and was in the hospital for several mos. Skip and Lynne visited him regularly and taked to him each evening on the radio. He had a painting of mine in his living room. ric Darling once said, “Skip has a heart as big as a watermelon.” He was right.

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