The Ruby Vignettes

The Techau Tavern

nobody@vox.com(Geene Rees) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:32:43 -0700

John Davis wanders into the Techau Tavern for a bite to eat. Ruby Adams is performing the song Bill and Johnny encounters the enchanting Ruby for the first time.

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The Cirque Room- Ruby First Appears

nobody@vox.com(Geene Rees) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:24:26 -0700

Ruby's spirit first appeared on my birthday some 20 years ago. It was at the Cirque Room of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.

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Hesitation Blues

nobody@vox.com(Geene Rees) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:00:59 -0700

In my research, the first song I could find that Ruby sang in front of an audience was Hesitation Blues. There are two versions of Hesitation Blues one by W.C. Handy and the other by Scott Middleton both songs are featured in this vigne...

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The Slide

nobody@vox.com(Geene Rees) — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:28:48 -0700

I was buying my second cup of coffee to ease myself through the morning. Ruby, my aunt, who visits from the “other side” lived in San Francisco during the early 20th century. She has been visiting me for many years telling me her story an...

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Cosmo Place

nobody@vox.com(Geene Rees) — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:07:23 -0700

I was meeting friends at a restaurant. Cosmo Place is in the heart of San Francisco's theater and hotel district. I was waiting upstairs in the bar for my friends watching a jazz trio set up for the night. When I felt a slight breeze ...

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The Aladdin on Sutter St. S. F.

nobody@vox.com(Geene Rees) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:55:30 -0700

On a tree lined street in the Berkeley Hills, I was examining a guest book from an old restaurant in San Francisco. I was looking for Ruby’s signature. Finally, on page 24 I found it. It was unsophisticated signature, a signature of a young...

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Please be Good to My Old Pal

nobody@vox.com(Geene Rees) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:28:10 -0700

I was in the San Francisco Library combing through microfilm of newspapers from 1925. I needed information on the one story Ruby doesn't talk about. I found the article and the location, Strand Theater on Market St. I walked over to this...

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A Butterfly

nobody@vox.com(Geene Rees) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:42:09 -0700

A Butterfly tells the story of the aftermath of the Ruby's performance at the Strand Theater in 1925. This vignette features a melody written by Walter Rees and Lloyd Allen. A Judith Cunningham musical arrangement.

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Agua Caliente

nobody@vox.com(Geene Rees) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:44:07 -0700

I was picking up tacos for dinner at a small, Mexican restaurant on Courtland Avenue in Bernal Heights one Thursday night. The place wasn’t much just a local hole in the wall; Formica wood grained tables, padded chairs and Mexican fla...

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The Burbank Airport

nobody@vox.com(Geene Rees) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:47:48 -0700

I was flying back to San Francisco from Burbank, California just as the town was beginning to cool down after a hot summer's day.

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