Re: Steve Earle/old vinyl/Huddie Ledbetter

[Tom Smith]

Bill Silvers wrote:
>  
> Hey Geff, I'm right about that Joe Jackson BIG WORLD album too. Can I get a
> witness?

You're right, Bill. I went to one of the concerts from which 
they assembled that album. The music was terrific, but it 
was a weird scene. The audience was asked not to clap or 
make any noise whatsoever at the end of the songs, not 
until the very last note had died out. Sort of live/not live. I 
also remember there being a technical difficulty that took 
some minutes to sort out, so Jackson told the audience to 
ask him questions.  There were some takers, including 
somebody shouting, "Where's Graham?" (Maby, JJ's first 
bassist, not present)
Jackson icily replied, "We don't discuss that."
A few months later this three sided thing arrives . . . weird.

Tom Smith