FW: Pere Ubu, kind of review
I know Carl and Gary might want to see this. It's not a real review, but since the band doesn't seem to tour in the statesand this ties into that theremin thread. saw Pere Ubu last night at a pleasantly intimate club in a red light district of Tokyo--couldn't have been more than 150-200 people there. Dave Thomas is very, very large and bald these days (sings barefoot, wears a small plastic apron with an extra mic taped haphazardly to it, looks like a really angry butcher). Tom Herman was on guitar--guy's got a weird finger-picking style, and kept a tiny slide on his pinky throughout the show (two solid hours of entertainment). Those two were the only original members, although the current keyboard player still plays one of those 70s-era Moog-ish EMLs and a theremin--that thing that makes odd science fiction movie sounds when you wave your hands around it. The playing was tighter and more coherent than I expected. They truly rocked on Final Solution--and I had an intense flashback to the spring of 1988 and the God Things. [Matt Benz] (Editor's note: the God Things (named after a Stark Trek quote: "That must be their "God thing" or some such nonsense) was a college cover band I was in. Yes, we did Final Solution. The frat boys loved us.) Don't know if the earlier, self-consciously arty Michael Stipe swiped some of Dave's rhetorical asides (asking "Any questions so far?" every few songs) or odd facial ticks and hand gestures that he (Stipe) used to do before he became a rock star, but there were some striking similarities. That is all.
RE: Here We Are Now, Entertain Us .......
[Matt Benz] You know it's gonna suck when you see: "Diane Warren." Possibly the worst songwriter of the 20th Century. Gotta be Marshall Crenshaw's most embarrassing moment on wax when he recorded one of her vomit inducing ballads way back when. So now someone's gonna tell me the "benefit concert" was for her cos she's dying, or something, and I'm gonna feel like a shmuck
RE: Dixie Chicks (was Re: www.lyrics.ch)
Still seems to me they are working hard to low profile the original sound which begs the question, WHY. It's not like the CD's were horrible or something. Just a different sound. Are they afraid the current audience will find out they know how to play bluegrass and traditional country? If that's what they're afraid of, I think they'd drop the banjer, fiddle and dobro, eh? Maybe they will, but so far they haven't. I think it's more accurate to say that they're not working hard to highlight the original sound, original members, etc., which isn't, or shouldn't be, too surprising. This isn't exactly uncommon, and it's not restricted to bands jumping to major labels from minor ones or self-release. Rebel doesn't feature Charlie Sizemore's pre-Rebel records, Sugar Hill doesn't highlight the Seldom Scene's earlier albums on Rebel, Rounder doesn't make much mention of J. D. Crowe's earlier albums on Rebel and Starday, Sugar Hill doesn't profile Doyle Lawson's albums on Brentwood, Asylum said little or nothing about the Cox Family's Rounder recordings (but Rounder had little to say about their pre-Rounder recordings), etc. I know of one major bluegrass band that has left an entire album out of all their official materials and discography. The troublesome part of this story, as far as I'm concerned, is that a pretty solid case can be made that posting short (30 second) clips from earlier, out-of-print releases in the context of a "complete" history of the act and its recordings *does* fall under the fair use provision of copyright law. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: Old 97s in NYC
Barry wrote: I know a number of New York P2ers are planning to see the Old 97s show at the Mercury Lounge next Saturday night The other act that night--probably AFTER the 97s, by the way it's advertised, is "Sea of Cortez," about thich I know nothing... I'll attempt to make sure I have a ticket beforehand. And the opening act is The Hangdogs, making a rare appearance in the city. Well... o.k., actually they play around here a lot, but they are always a good time and well worth catching. They are scheduled to play at 9 pm (though at the Mercury you can usually add a half-hour to scheduled start times for true performance times.) Definitely worth arriving early for, imo. Ross Whitwam[EMAIL PROTECTED] Molecular Pharmacology Therapeutics Program Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC
Paul Kelly
Words Music - it's superb. His best solo effort yet, imo.
Punched up guitar, reggae/blues influences allowed to
shine, and the best darn Xmas song I've heard in many
years ("How to Make Gravy"). My favorite song rotates,
depending on mood: the above tune, "I'd Rather Go Blind",
"Glory Be to God" (a lustful ode to his wife), "Gutless
Wonder", "Tease Me"... Well worth the money.
He played Seattle's Crocodile Cafe last June. The songs
were even better live.
Chris
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From: Jerry Curry[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
NP: Paul Kelly - Wanted Man
BTW, what's the name of his latest and what's it like?
Jerry
Re: Hazeldine
*ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY: Hazeldine, "Orphans" (All Swoll Music) * * * All Swoll Music?? Where do I find this release? Do I have to succumb to the Capitalistic pigs at MoM? oops...did I say that outloud?? g Paul Yes, the piggy has it. In fact he's had it for several months. Why all the buzz now? Anyhoo, let me say that I find I go back to this album pretty often. It's really something that is mostly quite gorgeous, and I'm always a sucker for bands twanging up non-twang song (which in this case includes tracks composed by Radiohead, Sparklehorse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Peter Gabriel...). There's just a great feel to this collection, much more so than what I saw from the full-band electric Hazeldine the other night. Good, but not nearly as special. Speaking of the twangification of rock songs, got the new Clash tribute in the mail the other day. Mostly one big pee-you, but you gotta love Cracker making a dusty shuffle out of "White Riot." Good stuff. Neal Weiss np - Waco World
Re: 2 queries
On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Second, do you suppose that the persistent misattribution of "Wild And Blue" is an effort to cover up the fact that writer John Scott Sherrill gets cuts with the likes of Brooks Dunn? I think they're more afraid that someone will find the Billy Hill album. Just to keep the record straight, It was not Ndubb who proffered the Brooks Dunn cover-up theory, as this cut-and-paste might suggest. My name's tainted enough without such thoughts being attributed to me. g NW
Billy Hill (wasRe: 2 queries)
In a message dated 1/25/99 12:30:38 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think they're more afraid that someone will find the Billy Hill album. One of my favorite obscurities. Billy Hill also included Nashville songwriter Bob DiPiero, and one other fairly popular writer, Dennis Robbins. I saw them do a show in Atlanyta many years ago, and loved it. DiPiero's future ex-wife Pam Tillis was one of the 15 or so people at the gig. I think Bobby Keys and Rusty Young played in the live band. Slim np - Allison Moorer "Call My Name" (my new favorite song)
Re: 2 queries
Jon Weisberger wrote: .Second, do you suppose that the persistent misattribution of "Wild And Blue" is an effort to cover up the fact that writer John Scott Sherrill gets cuts with the likes of Brooks Dunn? Damn. Jon's onto the conspiracy. OK. ..Plan B
Re: favorite song
Slim np - Allison Moorer "Call My Name" (my new favorite song) oh yah. mine too. Does your appreciation of it have anything to do with working in the Thorazine mines? She sure can write a spooky song.
16 RPM (was RE: www.lyrics.ch)
Speaking of which, I remember a trick that an old guitar teacher showed me way back, where you could play (I hope I'm remembering this right) album at 17, or whatever that low setting was on old record players, and get the solo in key, but half as fast and an octave lower. [Matt Benz] That the old 78 speed, isn't it? No, young man. The correct speed was 16 rpm. Has anybody ever seen an actual 16rpm record? I heard that the Highway HiFi offered as an option on some old Chrysler automobiles played these, but was never able to verify it. Twang content: the original Dukes of Hazzard car was a 1958 Chrysler 300. -- Geff King (who doesn't need to play 16rpm to sound half fast)
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RE: 16 RPM (was RE: www.lyrics.ch)
Ah yeh: 78's play faster, don't they? Duh me, Matt No, young man. The correct speed was 16 rpm. Has anybody ever seen an actual 16rpm record? I heard that the Highway HiFi offered as an option on some old Chrysler automobiles played these, but was never able to verify it.
Re: 2 queries
On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ya know, both of these records have an edge that is missing for a lot of country (that's why it's Alt.) that may explain their appeal to people who favor rock over the slicker stuff. Or maybe it's "alt" simply because it's more poorly executed.g--don
Re: 2 queries
Don writes: Or maybe it's "alt" simply because it's more poorly executed.g Is this the beginning of a taste vs. chops thread? g I think they're executed just fine. Jim, smilin'
RE: 2 queries
-Original Message- From: Don Yates [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Still, I just don't consider John Anderson to be terribly obscure. Along with Ricky Skaggs and George Strait, he was one of the folks who paved the way for the New Traditionalist movement of the '80s. [Matt Benz] And Bottlerocket fans know that they claim Anderson as one of their first country influences, and have covered Wild Blue. Before the Mekons, etc
RE: 2 queries
Jeez, Neal, you've never heard "Swingin'?" I pretty much agree with Don in this regard - and my "theory" was just a way of poking a little fun at the idea that there's a Sony-driven effort to erase history when it comes to the Dixie Chicks - and more to the point, if a critic is going to go out of their way to label a song as being "from" an artist, that raises the bar to me in terms of what I expect in the way of their knowledge. FWIW, I had the same reaction when the HNC cover band opening for Sara Evans identified "Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine" as a Kentucky Headhunters song, so it's not just rock critics involved here. Or maybe I should say, not always rock critics. And Jim, did you really mean to say that we might be reopening a "taste vs. chops" thread? It's "soul" that's usually the counterposed term; as far as I'm concerned, taste (as in, to play with taste) is practically a synonym for chops g. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
NEA
Been checking out the schedule for NEA. Look at what's happening on Thursday night at the Station Inn: 8pm: Blue Highway 9pm: Jerry Tammy Sullivan 10pm: The Whites 11pm: Gibson Brothers 12am: Del McCoury Band Wow!
Re: 16 RPM (was RE: www.lyrics.ch)
Geffry King writes: Has anybody ever seen an actual 16rpm record? I heard that the Highway HiFi offered as an option on some old Chrysler automobiles played these, but was never able to verify it. Yeah, it's true. It was an option on certain Chrysler models in the late '50s. Actually, I think I have something about this on one of my computers and will post it if I can remember what I did with it. Chrysler had a deal with Columbia to produce 16rpm records for the auto market. I can't remember exactly why the whole thing fizzled, but it was pretty much kaput by 1960, if memory serves. I recall actually seeing 16rpm records that were made for classroom use when I was a kid; basically children's stories and stuff like that. --Jon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wollaston, Massachusetts
Re: Columbia House has an Americana section in their new cd mag.
Linda Ray writes: my favorite of those I've seen recently is Sturm Twang. Did you make that up Ms. Kessler? No, ma'am, I just stole it from David "Modern Twang" Goodman. Like I say, he's a great resource. Kelly http://www.bcity.com/texasrubies http://www.bcity.com/honkytonk
Re: NEA
Is there a finalists list yet, a definitive one? Can someone forward me this, if so? Much obliged. Kip On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Been checking out the schedule for NEA. Look at what's happening on Thursday night at the Station Inn: 8pm: Blue Highway 9pm: Jerry Tammy Sullivan 10pm: The Whites 11pm: Gibson Brothers 12am: Del McCoury Band Wow!
Slow down the sound
from this week's EPulse, for whoever was listening to records at 17 to pick up the solos. Reminded of Bill Hick's bit on playing records backwards to pick up Satanic messages: "If you're playing records backwards, you are Satan!" 8. SOFTWARE OF THE WEEK: Ostensibly, a new piece of software called SLOW GOLD II ($89.95), a product of www.WorldWideWoodshed.com, renders fake books redundant -- provided you have the patience to do its bidding. The software's premise is simple: it will play back recorded music at a considerably slower rate, facilitating study by maintaining the music's original pitch throughout, whether you slow the tune to half or even a fifth of its original speed. Trying to ape one of Janis Joplin's inestimable yodels or one of Thelonious Monk's leapfrogging melodies? Just drop your CD in your PC clone's drive (Macs aren't eligible), apply Slow Gold liberally and mimic to your heart's content. Reviewers from PC Magazine to Guitar Player have praised Slow Gold's simple interface and quality audio. The instructions report "a 10-second loop, slowed down 50% with the highest-quality algorithm, took 15 seconds to slow down on a 300 MHz Pentium II"; repeated experimentation confirms those numbers. The only thing that's missing, really, is the software's ability to provide note values at various points along the way -- but since the software is aimed at the guitar enthusiast or someone with rudimentary music theory, that feature would be pretty superfluous. An additional audience, however, lays in wait. The sound quality of Slow Gold's samples is excellent, and the paint-by-numbers controls suggest that ambient music fans may have a new tool to play with. Has repeated listening to your favorite Steve Roach or Brian Eno CD lent the music an all too familiar feel? Well, then dial it down with Slow Gold II. Make Eno's 'Thursday Afternoon' album last all day. (Weidenbaum)
Re: Kelly Willis??
the new Kelly Willis release? Album title, label, release date, etc. What I Deserve, Rykodisc, Feb 23. It roools!
Re: Kelly Willis??
John Kinnamon wrote: Can someone give me the scoop on the new Kelly Willis release? Album title, label, release date, etc.I can't seem to find any record of it in the pipeline and I've been waiting wy too long for this one John,Check out: http://www.rykodisc.com/RykoInternal/Features/420/default.htm I did the other day, and preordered *two* copies, just so's I could get the autographed picture with the disc... shameless KW slut, b.s.
Playlist-Mother Road
Sounds from the Mother Road Saturday January 23, 1999 Noon-2pm KGLP-Gallup Public Radio Alan Rhody--The Mother Road The Blasters--American Music Butch Hancock--West Texas Waltz Kimmie Rhodes--West Texas Heaven Robert Earl Keen--Amarillo Highway Emmylou Harris--Amarillo Lyle Lovett--West Texas Highway Bob Wills--Can't Get Enough of Texas Buddy Holly--Rave On Waylon Jennings--Untitled Waltz The Flatlanders--One More Road Jimmie Dale Gilmore--Treat Me Like a Saturday Night Joe Ely--Because of the Wind Butch Hancock--Two Roads Terry Allen--Lubbock Woman Kimmie Rhodes--It'll Do Jo Carol Pierce--Secret Dan Robert Earl Keen--Levelland Jesse Taylor Tornado Ally--Last Night Joe Ely--Buildin More Fires Butch Hancock--Wind's Gonna Blow You Away Terry Allen--Thunderstorms Neon Signs Joe Ely Jo Harvey Allen--Cup of Tea Hadacol--Big Tornado Hillbilly Idol--Half Empty Johnny Cash--New Cut Road Contrypolitans--Tears'll Be Pouring The Free Radicals--Skylight Joni Harms--Belle Starr Ricky Skaggs--How Mountain Girls Can Love J.D. Crowe--My Blue Eyes You Left in Tennessee Kimmie Rhodes--Home John (for Jimmy Day) Happy Trails, Jamie
Re: POSTCARD2 digest 1293
If any of you good folks are in Nashville Feb. 11-13 for the NeA Extravaganza, you're all invited to come see Davis Raines @ 9:30pm, Feb. 13 at Wolfy's, which is on Lower Broadway not far from the Ryman auditorium. Hope to see y'all there! Tricia Walker
Not Exactly Nashville playlist - 1/23/99
Not Exactly Nashville WCNI 91.1 FM New London, Connecticut Saturday 12noon - 3PM (EST) on RealAudio elm.conncoll.edu:81/audio/live.ram Country Roots playlist - 1/23/99 Mike Trynosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] This week's show featured birthday salutes to Steve Earle (1/17/55), former High Noon lead singer Sean Young (1/22/68), and drummer Lisa Pankratz (1/23/68). Axe To Grind / Hellecasters / Escape From Hollywood / Rio Little Bit / Janis Martin / The Female Elvis / Bear Family I'm Gonna Live Some Before I Die / Faron Young / Live Fast Love Hard - Capitol Recordings - '52-'62 / CMF She Leaves Her Heart At Home / Charlie Robison / Bandera / Vireo Why Do I Love You / Joy Lynn White / The Lucky Few / Little Dog Mexican Wind / Don McCalister, Jr. / Love Gone Right / Biscuit Boy A mostly acoustic set from Steve Earle: Goodbye / Train A Comin' / Winter Harvest White Freight Liner Blues / Rig Rock Deluxe / Upstart - Diesel Only Don't Take Your Guns To Town / Restless On The Farm w/ Jerry Douglas / Sugar Hill Poor Boy / I Feel All Right / E Squared Poison Love / Poison Love w/ Buddy Miller / HighTone I Still Carry You Around / El Corozon w/ Del McCoury Band / E Squared She's The Devil I Know / 5 song EP w/ Supersuckers / Sub Pop Someone To Hold On To / Uncut Gems A lengthy set of music featuring the drumming of Lisa Pankratz, the barefoot powerhouse from Austin: Somthing Blue / Susanne Van Tassel / Edge of Country / Stockade When The Sun Comes Up / Libby Bosworth / Outskirts of You / Freedom Good For The Blues / Hollisters / True Sounds of The New West / Freedom Hello Hello / Horton Brothers / Hey! It's Bobby Billy. / Crazy Love Hey / Toni Price / Hey / Antones I'm Comin' Home / Sleepy LaBeef / I'll Never Lay My Guitar Down / Rounder Just One More Time / Derailers / Austin Country Nights / Watermelon Shim Sham Shimmy / Ronnie Dawson / Live At The Continental Club / Continental Spare Me The Details / Charlie Burton The Texas Twelve Steppers / True Sounds of The New West / Freedom Chet Flippo of Billboard reported last week in "Nashville Scene" that Kasey Chambers, lead singer of Australia's excellent Dead Ringer Band, recently performed at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe in front of a group of label reps and label heads. She's shopping a solo album and it appears that Nashville's extremely interested, however, a US record deal fell through in '97 that would have resulted in the band's most recent album LIVING IN THE CIRCLE being released on a domestic label. In the past both imports on Massive Records have been available at various times from Miles of Music. Gypsy Bound / Dead Ringer Band / Home Fires / Massive If I Needed You / Dead Ringer Band / Living In The Circle / Massive Back To Black / Wayne Hancock / Songs From Chippy / Hollywood Hit And Run / Fly Rite Boys / Big Sandy Presents / HighTone Mr. Lonesome / Heather Myles / Highways Honky Tonks / Rounder-Mercury I Can't Stop Loving You / Ray Charles / Modern Sounds In Country And Western / ABC Hot Time Mama / Hank Penny / Stompin' Western Swing - Roots of Rock N' Roll Vol 2 / President 100 Miles Away From City Lights / Hardtops / It's Hard / Hardtop Crazy Ones / Cisco / Wishing You Well From The Pink Motel / Propellant Transmissions A Mansion On The Hill / June Webb / Greatest Hits of Hickory Records Vol. 1 / Scotti Bros. Love Sick Blues / Wylie The Wild West / Total Yodel / Rounder It's No Use Talkin' Baby (I'm Through) / Gene O'Quinn / Hillbilly Music...Thank God! Vol. 1 / Capitol I'm Not Breathless Anymore / Leroy Preston / Country Pedigree / Alcazar Just One Time / Don Gibson / A Legend In My Time / Bear Family A set of music featuring the singing and drumming of ex-High Nooner Shaun Young: Rickey Shack (By The Railroad Tracks) / Shaun Young / Red Hot Daddy Roll, Hot Rod, Roll / Horton Brothers / Ecco Fonic / 3 song 7" Boo Hoo Boogie / Marti' Brom / Mean / Squarebird Ain't It Wrong / High Noon / Glory Bound / Goofin' Glorybound / High Noon / Show Dance / cassette Don't Stop / Marti' Brom The Jet Tone Boys / Jet Tone (7") Carl's Boogie / Carl "Sonny" Leyland / Farrish Street Jive / Goofin' Lookin' For Better Days / Ridgetop Westernaires (feat. Wayne Hancock) / Jet Tone (7") Some Like It Hot / High Noon / Live In Japan / On The Hill (7") Mixed Signal Mama / High Noon / Stranger Things / Watermelon So Long Baby Goodbye / Last Train Home / Blastered: A Musical Tribute To The Blasters / Run Wild Me And Billy The Kid / Joe Ely / Live At The Cambridge Folk Festival / Strange Fruit Bud's Bounce / Duke Levine / Country Soul Guitar / Daring
Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night-- 1/23/99
Howdy, I had intended to play a three or four song set of Decca tunes from the Decca box set. Instead, the show evolved into a full blown Decca-themed show, with about an hour and a half worth of music from the Decca vaults. For what it's worth, I received more audience response to this installment of Tennessee Saturday Night than any other, except possibly the Cas Walker tribute show. The Decca stuff was good to have from the box set, because admittedly, I was a bit tired tonight. I had come on the air at 2:30 that afternoon to prepare for a live in-studio interview with the Freight Hoppers. With the exception of a 90 minute dinner break just before the kick-off of Tennessee Saturday Night, I was on the air continuously until midnight. The Decca set helped me conserve my energy for the Fringe and our special live guests. But, I digress... Here's what a Tennessee Saturday Night sounds like, with a special thanks to all the folks who've worked through the years at Decca records. (Contact information, etc., follows the playlist) Tennessee Saturday Night -- Show #18 -- 7 PM to 10 PM WDVX-FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- January 23, 1999 Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley w/The Cumberland Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Fall on My Knees -- The Freight Hoppers -- Waiting on the Gravy Train -- Rounder When It Rains I Get Wet -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Pink Pedal Pushers -- Carl Perkins -- Restless: The Columbia Recordings -- Columbia Back to the Barrooms -- J.D. Crowe the New South -- Come On Down to My World -- Rounder That's How I Got to Memphis -- Kelly Willis -- Real: The Tom T. Hall Project -- Sire Do-Re-Mi -- Woody Guthrie -- Hills of Home -- Rounder Marcella -- The Deliberate Strangers -- Mood Music for Snake Handlers -- Payday Nagasaki -- The Cluster Pluckers -- Just Pluck It -- CPR Give Back My Heart -- Lyle Lovett -- Pontiac -- MCA/Curb College Horn Pipe -- Mark O'Connor -- Hills of Home -- Rounder Sink the Bismarck -- Johnny Horton -- Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits -- I Never Picked Cotton -- Johnny Cash -- Unchained -- American Penneyrille -- Blue Mother Tupelo -- My Side of the Road (1/23@Baker-Peter's Jazz Club) Best Friend -- Mike Cross -- High Powered, Low Flying -- Sugar Hill (1/23@Down Home) Our Town -- Iris DeMent -- Infamous Angel -- Warner Brothers (1/23@Bird's Eye View) Lookin' For Love -- Junior Brown -- Long Walk Back -- MCA/Curb (1/29@Bijou) Texas Plains -- Stuart Hamblen His Covered Wagon Jubilee -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA After the Fire Is Gone -- Loretta Lynn Conway Twitty -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Honky Tonk Songs -- Dolly Parton -- Hungry Again -- Decca (Texas Plains was the first hillbilly recording from Decca's new "Hillbilly" series in 1934. After the Fire Is Gone was written in 1970 by L.E. White, a fiddler from my hometown and an army buddy of my great-uncle's. Hungry Again is the best album of 1998.) Uncle Pen -- Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Put It Off Until Tomorrow -- Bill Phillips -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Short Life of Trouble -- Riley Puckett -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Fraulein -- Bobby Helms -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Raggedy Ann -- Jimmy Dickens -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA They Took the Stars Out of Heaven -- Floyd Tillman His Favorite Playboys -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Tennessee -- Jimmy Martin -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA The Eyes of Texas -- Milton Brown and His Brownies -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Pork Chop Stomp -- Grady Martin and His Winging Strings -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA I Never Had the One I Wanted -- Claude Gray -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Truck Driver's Blues -- Cliff Bruner and His Boys -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Another -- Roy Drusky -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA This Much a Man -- Marty Robbins -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy -- Red Foley -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Hello Vietnam -- Johnny Wright -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Bile Dem Cabbage Down -- Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Blue Days, Black Nights -- Buddy Holly -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA My Dixie Darlin' -- The Carter Family -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA I'm Sorry -- Brenda Lee -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Coal Miner's Daughter -- Loretta Lynn -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Walking the Floor Over You -- Ernest Tubb -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA It Ain't Easy Being Me -- Chris Knight -- Chris Knight -- Decca Sweet Dreams -- Patsy Cline -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA I Ain't Never -- Webb Pierce -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Rocky Top -- The Osborne Brothers -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA The Salt in My Tears -- Dolly Parton -- Hungry Again -- Decca Hello Darlin' -- Conway Twitty -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Paralyzed -- Elvis Presley -- Elvis 56 -- RCA Great Balls of Fire -- New Grass Revival -- New Grass Revival
RE: Dixie Chicks (was Re: www.lyrics.ch)
On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Jon Weisberger wrote: Are they really trying to tell their fans that the earlier configuration of the band didn't exist? or is this something the record suits thought up. How about neither. The bio on their page on Sony's website (http://www.sonymusic.com/labels/nashville/DixieChicks/Bio.html) discusses earlier configurations of the band. That isn't much of a test; one wouldn't expect a corporate site devoted to the Dixie Chicks' current incarnation to do much more, and as someone else pointed out, it doesn't "discuss" earlier configurations, it barely mentions them. Laura Lynch used to hang around after the shows the group did at Johnny D's and was quite open about Robin leaving because she felt the band was taking too commercial a turn. Even then, given the information on some of the sites, that's a bit of a gloss. "Rewriting history" may be too strong a phrase to use under the circumstances, but I think they're very tightly controlling their marketing and image right now. (And as others have said, that's fine if that's what the current members want, but it's a shame that the contributions of Lynch and Macy are swept under in the process and that new fans of the group will miss out on the three better albums.) Bob
Re: Hazeldine
At 11:11 PM 1/24/99 EST, you wrote: Phil clipped wrote: *ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY: Hazeldine, "Orphans" (All Swoll Music) * * * All Swoll Music?? Where do I find this release? It is distributed by ADA via E-Squared. Any store should be able to get it. If not... Do I have to succumb to the Capitalistic pigs at MoM? oops...did I say that outloud?? g I'll ignore that. G Jeff
Stipe (was: FW: Pere Ubu, kind of review)
A Damn Sovine plagerized someone with: Don't know if the earlier, self-consciously arty Michael Stipe swiped some of Dave's rhetorical asides (asking "Any questions so far?" every few songs) or odd facial ticks and hand gestures that he (Stipe) used to do before he became a rock star, but there were some striking similarities. That wouldn't surprise me due to the fact that Stipe is, indeed a big Pere Ubu fan. I recall him praising the work of the band, and then covering one of their songs (i forget which one) when I saw them in '87. The opening band: the dB's Speaking of Stipe, today I stumbled upon an album by Our Favorite Band (OFB) which had Mr. Stipe listed as a guest vocalist. I also recall seeing a Scorcher listed as a "guest" musician as well... Can anyone tell me anything about this band/release? It was on Bigtime. It was still sealed (and a cutout), but I need more convincing that it's worth the $15 the dude was askin' for! (i'm especially cautious, due to the fact that he had a sealed Dead Milkmen - "Big Lizard" LP for $25 and a used (which cover wear) "Metal Machine Music" album for $40!) I'm intrigued. Paul
A Month's Worth of Music in East Tennessee
Howdy, Here's a partial listing representing a portion of the live music available to folks visiting East Tennessee in the next thirty days or so... Not all of this is necessarily directly related to twang, but is selected based on musical interests discussed at various times on P2. (Including Local H...alas, playing the same night as One Riot One Ranger...choices, choices.) Chattanooga, TN Greg Horne -- January 29 -- Blue Angel Willie Nelson -- February 14 --Tivoli Theater Elton John -- February 20 -- UT Chattanooga Arena Cleveland, TN Sparky Rucker -- February 5 -- Blythe Elementary School Crossville, TN Molly Mason Jay Unger -- February 12 -- Cumberland County Playhouse Johnson City, TN Blue Rapture -- January 28 -- Down Home Gove Scrivner -- January 29 -- Down Home Richard Bennett Phil Ledbetter -- January 30 -- Down Home David Massengill -- February 4 -- Down Home Steve Forbert -- February 5 -- Down Home Martina McBride, Diamond Rio -- February 6 -- Freedom Hall Hector Qirko Band -- February 6 -- Down Home John Cowan Band -- February 12 -- Down Home Jay Unger Molly Mason -- February 13 -- Down Home Trout Fishing in American -- February 20 -- Down Home James King Band -- February 25 -- Down Home Knoxville, TN Varnaline -- January 26 -- Tomato Head Junior Brown -- January 29 -- Bijou Theatre The Bystanders, The Town Criers -- January 29 -- Long Branch Saloon Jag Star -- January 29 -- Bird's Eye View Pub Phil Leadbetter, Richard Bennett and Friends -- January 29 -- Laurel Theater Nancy Brennan Strange -- January 29 -- Knoxville Museum of Art Greta Lee -- January 30 -- Bird's Eye View Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, Atomic City Rhythm Rascals -- January 30 -- Laurel Theater Benny Skyn's Performers Showcase -- January 31 -- Manhattan's Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brian Lee -- February 2 -- Knoxville Civic Auditorium Son Volt, Alvin Youngblood Hart -- February 2 -- Bijou Theatre Bobby Blue Bland -- February 4 -- Bijou Theater Blue Mother Tupelo -- February 5 -- Knoxville Museum of Art Jennifer Daniels -- February 5 -- Bird's Eye View Bill Mize and Martha Jacobs -- February 5 -- Laurel Theater Brian Setzer Orchestra, Bare Jr. -- February 6 -- Tennessee Theater Lantana Drifters, Danny Gammon, All Over the Road -- February 6 -- Laurel Theater The Nevers, Flesh Vehicle (Superdrag) -- February 6 -- Moose's Music Hall Benny Skyn's Performers Showcase -- February 7 -- Manhattan's Peter Myer -- February 9 -- Bijou Theater Fuel Local H, Mayfield Four -- February 11 -- Moose's Music Hall One Riot One Ranger -- February 11 -- Bird's Eye View Wishing Chair -- February 11 -- Laurel Theater Eddie from Ohio -- February 12 -- Bird's Eye View Ray Charles -- February 13 -- Knoxville Civic Coliseum Willie Nelson -- February 13 -- Tennessee Theatre Benny Skyn's Performers Showcase -- February 14 -- Manhattan's Gaelic Storm -- February 16 -- Bird's Eye View Edward's Canvas Tent -- February 19 -- Laurel Theater Steve Kaufman -- February 20 -- Laurel Theater Benny Skyn's Performers Showcase -- February 21 -- Manhattan's David Vai Friends -- February 25 -- Tomato Head Powell, TN Larry Maples 24 Karat Country -- January 30 -- David's Music Barn Larry Maples 24 Karat Country -- February 6 -- David's Music Barn Larry Maples 24 Karat Country -- February 13 -- David's Music Barn Larry Maples 24 Karat Country -- February 20 -- David's Music Barn Sevierville, TN Ricky Van Shelton -- February 13 -- Louise Mandrell Theater Ricky Van Shelton -- February 14 -- Louise Mandrell Theater Tazewell, TN Turner Brothers Gospel Singers, Grassy Ridge, Hamblen County Boys, David West --January 30 -- Claiborne County High School Doyle Lawson Quicksilver, New Harvest -- February 6 -- Claiborne County High School That's a pretty good selection with a little something for everyone. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lasso
Hi there!!! I am desperatly trying to get my hands on an album of Kinky Friedman's. Lasso from El Paso (1976) Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thanks, Jen
Lasso
Hi there!!! I am desperately trying to get my hands on an album of Kinky Friedman's. Lasso from El Paso (1976) Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thanks, Jen
Re: Hidden Tracks: Crossposted
Howdy, Neil Weiss says: I've been scared shitless many a time by a song or some sort of weird noise that comes out of my speakers ten minutes after the album has supposedly ended. Um, yeah. That's happened to me more than a few times, too. I think most recently it happened to me on Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" cd. I had totally forgotten about the disc being over and was in a housecleaning mode (a rare mode, to be sure) when suddenly I heard a girl whispering to me somewhere in the house. It took me a minute to figure out someone wasn't hiding in the kitchen cabinet. Neil also says: A couple of note include the previously mentioned "Eurotrash Girl" by Cracker, which might be the first case of CD hidden track becoming hit single? Along about the same time, if I recall correctly, Nirvana had a college radio single with a hidden track from the "No Alternative" compilation album. I don't remember the name of it off the top of my head. Of recent vintage, for folks collecting such information, there is a hidden track at the end the V-Roys "All About Town." I'm kind of partial to the hidden Prince cover on the Derailers "Reverb Deluxe" myself. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Radney Foster
Current Freakwater Lineup
Could some brave soul put themselves on the firing line by revealing their knowledge of the band, and hip me to the current bandmates in Freakwater? Strictly research on my part, of course. William W Western
Re: Chuck E. Weiss other cool new shit
Don't know if this came up last week, but I just heard on the radio that Weiss is the inspiration behind Rickie Lee Jones "Chuck E.'s in Love." And it's a bit of info that Chuck's often considered an albatross. Hopefully this new album will redefine how folks think of him. It is quite a good, rollicking time. Twang content: his backing band at last week's schmoozy Viper Room record release party included Tony Gilkyson and Don Heffington. Weiss calls Gilkyson, the best guitarist he's ever played with. Neal Weiss Here's some synchronicity - a year or so ago I was in LA with a punkish band called the Adults and we opened for Chuck E Weiss at a joint called the Garage. About twenty people showed up and 18 of 'em left when the Adults were done. The reason I was thinking about this today before I check my mail was that I was telling Tony Gilkison's sister Eliza about meeting him that night and what a phenomenal player he was.
Re: Dixie Chicks (was Re: www.lyrics.ch)
Would their new fans would enjoy the previous records? Doubt it. My listener interaction tells me that the freshness of the current sound is the appeal of the Chicks, particularly the banjo and fiddle playing, so maybe they would appreciate the older material. Personally, I haven't heard but just a few clips of the older material (and I liked them) but do have 2 CD's enroute and hope to grab a copy of the third one soon. Expect plenty of play on TwangCast, if for nothing else, a little rage against the machineg! NOW ONLINE, www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry netcast 24 X 7 Please Visit Then let us know what you think! Mike Hays www.MikeHays.RealCountry.net For the best country artist web hosting, www.RealCountry.net
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NP: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band "The Mountain" Maybe it's just 'cuz it's new, but geez, I really didn't think he could top "I Feel Alright" but this seems to do it.
Re: Dixie Chicks (was Re: www.lyrics.ch)
My listeners were real impressed by the Dixie Chicks previous albums. Most of them did not know. I feel, as well as my listeners, the Dixie Chicks, old and new have a GREAT variety for all. RW WDVR-FM -Original Message- From: JP Riedie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, January 25, 1999 8:48 PM Subject: RE: Dixie Chicks (was Re: www.lyrics.ch) "Rewriting history" may be too strong a phrase to use under the circumstances, but I think they're very tightly controlling their marketing and image right now. As Charlie Robison (who's engaged to the single one, Emily, I think) told me last week, the label is consciously trying to erase the band's past. Check their current wardrobe and hair against the early years. Nashville doesn't think that anything remotely hokey (or, "country") can break big these days. (And as others have said, that's fine if that's what the current members want, but it's a shame that the contributions of Lynch and Macy are swept under in the process and that new fans of the group will miss out on the three better albums.) Would their new fans would enjoy the previous records? Doubt it.
Re: Chuck E. Weiss other cool new shit
At 07:41 PM 1/25/99 -0600, you wrote: Here's some synchronicity - a year or so ago I was in LA with a punkish band called the Adults and we opened for Chuck E Weiss at a joint called the Garage. About twenty people showed up and 18 of 'em left when the Adults were done. The reason I was thinking about this today before I check my mail was that I was telling Tony Gilkison's sister Eliza about meeting him that night and what a phenomenal player he was. Some more synchronicity... I'm going to the Garage tomorrow night... but not to see Tony. To see Ryan MacAnany and Cisco (not together). Jeff
Re: 2 queries
Sez bill f-w: but linda, "wild and blue" was a HUGE hit for john anderson, and saying so ain't snooty. and as much as i love the meke's version, it's not irk-worthy, either. rather, it's analagous to pointing out that nirvana, not tori amos, first gave us "smells like teen spirit." bill f-w Working on the timeline, here, I remember hearing Cathy Irwin singing "Wild and Blue" in her pre- and early Freakwater days. Maybe she and Janet BB introduced the tune to the Mekons? And John Anderson's got funky country soul eking out his pores. He's a good'n. I thought I heard from a reputable source that he's got some kind of distant family relations to Merle *and* Lefty. Mighta been hyperbole, but when he sings, I listen. Except for (shudder) "Swingin'". I can't go there. Kelly
RE: 2 queries
I think it's safe to guess that the critic in question probably just assumed that Mr. "Sherry" was a member of the Mekons It does surprise me, though, that a writer would hear a fairly traditional-sounding country tune like "Wild and Blue" (even as done by a rock-influenced band like Hazeldine) and assume it was written by the Mekons. Unless of course that writer had never actually heard the Mekons either, which I guess is a possibility. At that point of ignorance, it seems like a wiser course would have been simply to give the song's title and avoid mentioning anyone else altogether g. I guess it's a good illustration of different attitudes in rock and country; there have been so many covers, and such a division between songwriters and performers in the latter that it seems pretty much like second nature to check this kind of thing out before committing to paper. Part of learning about country music is learning where songs come from, and my sense is that that's true with various kinds of roots music - blues, Cajun and so forth, but I guess it's not so big a thing across the board. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
