Busker HoF 08 – Joe Cobden Interview

Episode Notes:

Interview by: Robert Nelson – The Butterfly Man
Interviewee: Little Joe Cobden
Original Recording Date: December 8, 2011
Date: Aired: December 19, 2011
Location: Recorded via Skype between Butterfly Acres, Pahoa, Hawaii and Toronto, ON, Canada
Music used in this Podcast:
1. Podcast Opening: “Jubilee Stomp” by Duke Ellington, one of the many tracks in the public domain available at FunFunFunMedia.com.
2. Robert’s Intro: “Pendulum” Royalty Free Jingle available in Apple Computers’ GarageBand.
3. Closing Music: “When You and I Were Young Maggie Blues” as played by Hokum W Jeebs on his Piano ala Cart CD. Little Joe’s Short Film “Sigh” which features a Fats Waller version of this tune can be seen on YouTube here – http://youtu.be/E53gl-vztCc
Mixed and edited by: cbg entertainment in association with Butterfly Broadcasting

Comments: This week Robert catches up Joe Cobden for a great exchange. At nine years old, Joe experienced all 17 days of the 1988 Halifax Busker’s Festival and determined that he too would become a busker. Two year’s later he hit the budding Canadian festival circuit as “Little Joe.” For years he toured with the heros he first met in Halifax – before heading to theatre school and eventually dialing into a successful career in Film and Television. His memories of the street scene are still some of the happiest of his life as you will hear.