Re: Compression in radio? (was MP3 article)
BARNARD wrote: BTW, following up on Joe Gracey's comments on the sound quality and nature of these files, I have a related question for Joe or others who know, regarding radio broadcast... That is: do radio broadcasts add compression to the recording being broadcast? In listening to various recordings on the radio, I've gotten this impression, but in technical terms I don't really understand what's going on. Thanks, --junior No shit they do. In the worst cases they compress and even peak limit it half to death, and they also use a lot of phase distortion and terrible stuff to try to be louder than anybody else on the dial. In the best of cases they just add a little touch of compression to make the station louder and more even, level-wise. It is really weird to hear a mix you slaved over for three days reduced to a flat, squashed dime-thin wash by a radio station using too much processing. In fact this is one reason that so much HNC sounds so funky on the air- not only are they mixing the records on consoles with a compressor on each track and a compressor over the two-mix output, but they compress it again in mastering and then the radio stations compress it about ten times more than any sane recording engineer would even consider doing once they broadcast it. This creates a sort of dull, overly-bright, boring final sound that really tires the ears in a subliminal fashion that you don't even realize is happening. On the other hand, in the great old days of Top 40 AM radio, of which I was privileged to attend the funeral as a kid DJ, the records weren't really compressed much if at all in recording or mastering, just peak limited to keep the needle from bouncing around in the groove, so we ran everything on the air through those old glorious tube compressors at a pretty hefty rate of speed and that's why the radio sounded so By-God cool in the sixties. Think of this: Jimmy Reed doing "Baby What You Want Me to Do" over the tube radio in a red '57 Chevy (mine) coming out of a huge-magnet 7X5 oval speaker mounted in the top of the dashboard at about 150 decibels on a Texas summer eve. It sounded very, very good. Can I get an amen? -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
Re: Top 10 Music Critics Organization
Garbage is the only surprise on there. . . to me anyway. Linda
Re: Compression in radio? (was MP3 article)
Can I get an amen? I'll go ya' one better, a BIG AMEN BROTHER! Mike Hays http://www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry 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
Re: Shot My Baby Down
Despite occasional misattribution, "Hey Joe" was NOT written by Chet Powers aka Dino Valenti, nor did he ever claim to have written it. The official writer of record is Billy Roberts, although there is a story that it was actually written by a girl Roberts knew who OD'd. Trying to remember some songs for the sunday nite show that feature the timeless theme of - shot my baby down, etc. Then there's "Hey Joe". Not the Boudleaux Bryant tune, but the one written by Chet Powers, aka Dino Valenti, who is also the author of the hippie anthem "Get Together". -jp
Re: Buckner, free agent status?
Post it here. I'm interested also and I know of a number of others on the list who are too. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're looking for confirmation, I can tell you that Buckner is indeed the lateset victim of "Unigram" Can I make a request here? As the heads roll, can y'all either post the info on P2 or, if the masses aren't interested, drop me a line offlist? I want to keep tabs on the bloodletting. Neal Weiss
Re: Melba Montgomery, still going strong??
Also, I was wondering where might be a good place to start to put a tentative toe into Vince Gill's back catalog. If it helps, I like most of what Randy Travis does (as a point of comparison) except for schlock like "I Did My Part", and I detest things like "Holes in the Floor of Heaven and other assorted unfortunate metaphors" Stevie I'm assuming that you're familiar with "The Key" as you said "back catalog". If not, that work (in my opinion) is his most compelling and personal output to date. However, you could also try "Pocket Full Of Gold", MCA - 1991; "Where Love Finds You", MCA - 1994; or "High Lonesome Sound", MCA - 1996. Tera
Re: OKEH WRANGLERS
I agree. I really like "Lonesome Vistas". Rockabilly, honky-tonk with a modern slant. Pete's songwriting is highly melodic and though the cd travels through several heartbreak songs, it's never depressing or gloomy. I'm so glad you're going to play them, Mike. Tera I just finished a good listen to the OKEH WRANGLERS Lonesome Vista's CD and am happy to report a fine effort. Coming soon to TwangCast! Mike Hays http://www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry 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
Re: OKEH WRANGLERS
Mike Hays wrote: I just finished a good listen to the OKEH WRANGLERS Lonesome Vista's CD and am happy to report a fine effort. With no guest credits I can only assume Louise "Accordion" Kyme and family did a bang up job of performing all the parts and the songwriting holds up well for the most part. Coming soon to TwangCast! Mike Hays http://www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry 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 Thanks a lot Mike. Glad you liked it! Louise -- If you like rocking country music, check out the Okeh Wranglers web site at: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/bluesmoke
RE: Buckner, free agent status?
While ramblin' around looking for details on the Garth story last night, I noticed an item on, I think, BMS, that Suzy Bogguss is now among the free agents, having "parted ways" with Capitol. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: Buckner, free agent status?
Mr. Weisberger writes: While ramblin' around looking for details on the Garth story last night, I noticed an item on, I think, BMS, that Suzy Bogguss is now among the free agents, having "parted ways" with Capitol. According to my sources, Suzy is contemplating both film and Broadway offers as of late but also looking to hook up with another record company. I would not be surprised to see her follow Lari White, Randy Travis, Aaron Tippin or any of the other recent casualties to either Lyric Street or Dreamworks, maybe even Asylum. While all the other labels are downsizing, Lyric has Disney's money behind them and of course Dreamworks is supported by the Hollywood Holy Grail. Mike Hays http://www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry 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
SxSW
Here are the current lists of planned label and other showcases, and artists that have responded positively to our invitations. We expect eventually to invite around 800 acts to SXSW '99, and we'll update these lists at least every week. Showcases Antone's Records, ASCAP, The Billions Corporation, Bloodshot Records, BMI, Checkered Past Records, Deep Elm Records, Emperor Norton Records, Hopeless Records, Japan Nite!, Leaning House Records, Lookout! Records, Mammoth Records, Man's Ruin Records, Pinch Hit Records, Quadraphonic Records, Sony Music Japan, Scooch Pooch Records, sugarfree Records, V2 Records, Wax Trax!/TVT Records. Artists Adam X (Brooklyn NY), Afterglow (Austin TX), Alabama Thunder Pussy (Richmond VA), Terry Allen (Santa Fe NM), All Out War (Poughkeepsie NY), Amstrong (Copenhagen DENMARK), Karen Anderson (Chicago IL), Jake Andrews (Austin TX), ...and you will know us by the trail of dead (Austin TX), 60 Channels a.k.a. The Angel (Los Angeles CA), Angel Tech (Bristol UK), Anne Summers (Washington DC), Annie Christian (Edinburgh UK), Lisa St. Ann (New York NY), Aphrodite (London UK), Appleseed Cast (Lawrence KS), Arling Cameron (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS), A-Set (Chicago IL), Asian Dub Foundation (London UK), Asian Mushroom (Tokyo JAPAN), Asylum Street Spankers (Austin TX), Juan Atkins (Detroit MI), Atom Bomb Pocket Knife (Chicago IL), at the drive-in (El Paso TX), Courtney Audain FUZE (Austin TX), The Audience (San Francisco CA), Back Drop Bomb (Tokyo JAPAN), The Backsliders (Raleigh NC), Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs (San Diego CA), Bad Livers (Austin TX), Dwight Baker (Austin TX), Frank Bango (New York NY), Bare Jr (Nashville TN), Danny Barnes (Port Hadlock WA), Spot Barnett (San Antonio TX), Bass Odyssey (Cork IRELAND), Beach (Dublin IRELAND), Bedwetter (San Antonio TX), Belem-Horizonte Banda (Las Piedras URUGUAY), Bellatrix (Reykjavik ICELAND), The Bellrays (Los Angeles CA), The Bells of Joy (Austin TX), Vince Bell (Nashville TN), Ben (Halsingborg SWEDEN), Cindy Lee Berryhill (San Diego CA), Big Holiday (Houston TX), Big Rude Jake (Toronto ON), Big Smith (Springfield MO), Big Wooden Radio (Iowa City IA), Bingo (Portland OR), Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire (Chicago IL), birddog (Lexington KY), The Black Halos (Vancouver BC), Jeff Black (Kansas City MO), Black Kali Ma (San Francisco CA), The Blacks (Chicago IL), The Blazers ( Los Angeles CA), Blink (Dublin IRELAND), Bloom (Dublin IRELAND), Blu (Austin TX), Blue Beat Cartel (Los Angeles CA), Bluebird (Los Angeles CA), BlueGround UnderGrass (Atlanta GA), Blue Meanies (Chicago IL), The Blues Specialists (Austin TX), The Blue Whale (New York NY), Bonepony (Nashville TN), Boom Boom Satellites (Tokyo JAPAN), Bottle Rockets (Festus MO), Kevin Bowe the Okemah Prophets (Minneapolis MN), Boxcars (Austin TX), Terry Bozzio (Austin TX), Damon Bramblett (Austin TX), Brasilian Pizza Mafia (San Francisco CA), Grace Braun (Atlanta GA), Brave Combo (Denton TX), Brave New World (Austin TX), Bright Eyes (Omaha NE), Brilliant Trees (Dublin IRELAND), Marti Brom (Austin TX), Brother Resistance (Port of Spain TRINIDAD), Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (Slidell LA), Derrick Brown (Long Beach CA), Merrick Brown (Austin TX), Stephen Bruton (Austin TX), Buck Jones (Dallas TX), Built To Spill (Boise ID), Tai Burnette (New York NY), Burning Sky (Darby FL), Charlie Burton The Texas 12 Steppers (Austin TX), Cadillac Voodoo Choir (Atlanta GA), Calexico (Phoenix AZ), Camber (New York NY), Steven Camden (Melbourne AUSTRALIA), Nicole Campbell (Portland OR), Candy Butchers (New York NY), cane141 (Galway IRELAND), Rebecca Cannon (Austin TX), Carmina Piranha (Portland OR), George Carver (Austin TX), Neko Case (Tacoma WA), The Causey Way (Gainesville FL), Exene Cervenka (Los Angeles CA), Ervin Charles (Beaumont TX), Cherry 2000 (Boston MA), Chin (Toronto ON), Chrome Addicts (Sacramento CA), Cibo Matto (New York NY), Cinderleaf (San Antonio TX), Carl Clarke (Urban DK) (London UK), Guy Clark (Nashville TN), Claude9 (Austin TX), Slaid Cleaves (Buda TX), David Clement (New York NY), Clyde's Ride (San Diego CA), Roger Clyne The Peacemakers (Tempe AZ), Coal (Vancouver BC), Tony Coleman Band (Renton WA), Gerald Collier (Seattle WA), Comfort (London UK), Continental Drifters (New Orleans LA), The Countrypolitans (Portland OR), Ralph Covert (Chicago IL), Crawdaddy-O (Tucson AZ), The Creature Comforts (Lawrence KS), The Crumbs (Miami FL), Cubanismo! (featuring Jesus Alemany) (Havana CUBA), Mary Cutrufello (Houston TX), The Czars (Denver CO), DAAU (Antwerp BELGIUM), Dallas Slam Team (Dallas TX), The Damnations (Austin TX), The Dancehall Boys (Austin TX), Danko Jones (Toronto ON), Julia Darling (New York NY), Michael Dart (Pasadena CA), Dash Rip Rock (New Orleans LA), Das Weeth Experience (Hamburg GERMANY), Viveka Davis (Los Angeles CA), Dawn of the Replicants (Galashiels UK), Ronnie Dawson (Dallas TX), Dead Prez, Death Cab for Cutie (Bellingham WA), Deathray (Sacramento CA), The
Insound press release
AUTOTONIC * 796 S COOPER * MEMPHIS TN 38104 * 901 276 2225 / 6554 fax HEY Y'ALL... autotonic is honored to announce our involvement with INSOUND, an information clearing house (of sorts) for true fans of the most adventurous, innovative music out there. INSOUND will launch officially on MARCH 1, 1999! we believe that after checking the site even once, you'll be looking at INSOUND as your primary resource, whenever you need bio information, or can't find the right picture (download it!) or want to read what other critics are saying about the band whose record or show you're assigned to review. i spent hours in new york last week checking out what the INSOUND guys are up to, and was FLOORED. this is the kind of free-form exchange of information the world wide web has idealistically promised, but as far as i can tell, has yet to deliver in such a handy, colorful, succint, user-friendly way... until now! it's incredibly ambitious, and they totally got it going on. read all about it and give us a call, vicky COME OUT AND SAY HI: INSOUND NEW YORK LAUNCH PARTY Date: March 6, 1999 Time: 8PM Location: The Cooler 416 West 14th Street (between 9th and 10th Avenue) New York, NY Featuring: Delta 72 Karate Lo-Hi DJ set by Land of the Loops E-MAIL OR CALL AUTOTONIC, 901 276 2225, TO GET ON THE GUESTLIST! THE MEAT POTATOES: http://www.insound.com INSOUND is the first online music retail site and community designed specifically for fans of indie rock, pop, garage, emo, punk, noise, electronic music and the essentials. At INSOUND, consumers can securely shop from over 200,000 titles, listen to audio samples, read artist and album reviews and enjoy our exclusive, music-oriented community features and content. Insound.com will be launching on March 1, 1999 as a full service e-commerce site, and, in addition to a comprehensive selection of CDs, cassettes and LPs, will also include a zinestand, photo gallery, chat events, specialty items and user reviews. In addition to offering a comprehensive selection of obscure, indie titles, INSOUND's content will cater specifically to like-minded indie enthusiasts. Homepage-featured artists, staff recommendations, site content, navigation tools and special site components such as user reviews, links and the photo gallery will all be indie/alternative-oriented. Following is a brief description of Insound's key services and site functions: ? THE INSOUND ZINESTAND... features exclusive content from zines such as Puncture, Magnet, Rollerderby, Space Age Bachelor, Number 2, Badaboom Gramophone, Hit It Or Quit It, Masstransfer, Pop Culture Press, Sound Collector and Heldlikesound (among many others). Insound visitors will be able to read features, reviews and interviews from the most credible sources on new music. ? THE INSOUND PHOTO GALLERY... a catalog of limited edition, 8x10" photos of indie rock artists will be available for consumers to view and purchase. Taken from photos at live performances by INSOUND's field photographers, these photos document the indie scene in motion. Over time, this gallery will grow with the weekly contributions of INSOUND's field reps from around the world. ? SPECIAL EVENTS... Insound will moderate regularly scheduled chat events with prominent indie artists. Additionally, the site will feature more general, topic-based discussions for users to express their feelings about issues relating to indie rock. MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES: Insound is looking for indie labels to partner with in co-op advertising campaigns and has numerous retail marketing, consumer direct opportunities available for labels. If you are a label looking to cross-promote releases through INSOUND, or if you are a publication or web site with advertising opportunities available for INSOUND, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ATTENTION MAGAZINE/FANZINE PUBLISHERS, RECORD LABELS, PUBLICISTS: If you are a zine looking to get involved with the Insound zinestand or if you are a label looking to schedule an artist for a chat event or looking to notify Insound about product that we should carry, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any general questions about the company or would simply like to find out more about who we are, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or our able publicists at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** INSOUND is throwing a LAUNCH PARTY in New York on March 6. Stop by and say hello! New York Launch Party Date: March 6, 1999 Time: 8PM Location: The Cooler 416 West 14th Street (between 9th and 10th Avenue) New York, NY Featuring: Delta 72 Karate Lo-Hi DJ set by Land of the Loops ** INSOUND IS ALSO PLANNING SOME EXCITEMENT AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST IN AUSTIN... MORE DETAILS FORTHCOMING... ___ Matt Wishnow Director of Marketing, Insound 1133 Broadway, suite 821 New York, NY 10010 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: 212.414.1727 -- FOR MORE
Re: Shot My Baby Down
Despite occasional misattribution, "Hey Joe" was NOT written by Chet Powers aka Dino Valenti, nor did he ever claim to have written it. The official writer of record is Billy Roberts, although there is a story that it was actually written by a girl Roberts knew who OD'd. There's every reason to believe that "hey Joe" comes from traditional sources--cowboy sources. All of those mid-sixties versions (Hendrix, Byrds, Love...for 3 well-known ones)...appear to have been inspired by the slow version of the song recorded by Tim Rose (and often foprgotten singer, still alive and performing some places some times, who was quite influential at the time. His slow version of "Take Me Out in ther Morning Dew" was equally copied)..If you listen to Rose's version, you have, practically note for note, the Hendrix version (minus the instrumental prowess, of course!)...The Experience apparently heard Rose do it at a Village pardon the expression coffeehouse... PS: Rose's basic recordings (first 2 albums) were recently re-released as a 2fer on the UK label BOG (Beat Goes On) as "Tim Rose/Through Rose Colored Glasses"..He was before the solo career one of the semi-famous Big 3--Mama Cass's group before she was a Mama. Barry M. Briefly home before returning to road.
Re: Compression in radio? (was MP3 article)
, in the great old days of Top 40 AM radio,.. the records weren't really compressed much if at all in recording or mastering, just peak limited to keep the needle from bouncing around in the groove, so we ran everything on the air through those old glorious tube compressors at a pretty hefty rate of speed and that's why the radio sounded so By-God cool in the sixties It sounded very, very good. Can I get an amen? Joe Gracey Amen, Joe! Even if I didn't have a readily-available tube Radio much past he early 60s!... The same stuff was still used at the low-power AM campus station I worked in '68-'71 in DC...that was the first place I'd ever heard of peak limiting or compression or any of the available tube-era sound processing --but, yeah, the point and result was actually to sound better on the air, given the "limitations" of the situation--and it did. I'd only add that this is one of the missing elements in less-informed comments on how "bad' all those old records sound in the primitive olden days --back before flaming every recording to hotter than hot than trebler than treble became the norm. You don't hear 'em now the way they most often sounded then. Hell, I've also heard 1930s 78s through a no-juice wind-up player with a resonator box and cone that sounded pretty good--and way louder than anybody would expect, too! (I happen to own one of those "Back to Mono" buttons--but, it's not a philosophical statement, just some ass-busting fun... it was a giveaway with the Phil Spector box set!) Barry M.
Re: Compression in radio? (was MP3 article)
Oh yes, Amen!! g And as Barry said, this is indeed one of those missing elements when people talk about how different older recordings sounded. It's not the just vinyl-vs-CD and analog-vs-digital matters once hears about most often, but also this habit of putting lotso compression on everything, at every level of the recording, from individual tracks, to mixes, etc to broadcast... --junior
Re: SxSW
Mike Ness (Orange County CA), does this mean he has/is working on a solo project? Anyone heard this (Mike solo, that is)? He's he's busy recording, looking for a late spring/early summer release. It's told to be a acoustic country-folk experience that also happens to feature cameos by Bruce Springsteen and Brian Setzer. Bruce, I am told, is quite the Social D fan. The straight dope, Neal Weiss np - Farmer Tan
Re: Top 10 Music Critics Organization
At 06:14 PM 2/12/1999 EST, you wrote: In a message dated 2/12/99 5:01:57 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1. Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Mercury 2. Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Ruffhouse/Columbia 3. Billy Bragg and WilcoMermaid Avenue Elektra 4. Bob DylanThe Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Columbia/Legacy 5. Rufus Wainwright Rufus WainwrightDreamWorks 6. Garbage Version 2.0 Almo 7. R.E.M. Up Warner Bros 8. Elliott SmithXO DreamWorks 9. Madonna Ray of LightWarner Bros 10. Hole Celebrity Skin Geffen Anyone care to guess which ONE of these albums I own? (and love) Slim I believe that'd be the Lauryn Hill record, wouldn't it? I'm a little interested in that disc also, how 'bout some info? Mark Dove [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WCBN Bill Monroe for Breakfast/Folk Show Playlists 2/13/99
You can hear WCBN via RealAudio 23.5/7, at wcbn.org/listen.html -- BILL MONROE FOR BREAKFAST 88.3 WCBN-FM ANN ARBOR W/ THE FUNKY FARMER Saturdays 9-10am Featuring the new Del McCoury Band CD, THE FAMILY Tom T. Hall - Bill Monroe for Breakfast Merle Travis Joe Maphis - Lonesome Road Blues Bill Monroe His Bluegrass Boys - Kentucky Waltz - Salt Creek - Little Cabin Home on the Hill Del McCoury Band - The Look of a Perfect Diamond [3/24, w/ Steve Earle, Michigan Theater] Ricky Skaggs Kentucky Thunder - How Mountain Girls Can Love Ralph Stanley II - Highway of Regret K.C. Groves - Can You Hear It?/Lost Indian One Riot One Ranger - I Think I'll Fall in Love Again Steve Earle The Del McCoury Band - Yours Forever Blue [3/24, at the Michigan Theater] Doyle Lawson Quicksilver - How Long Have I Been Waiting Doyle Lawson Quicksilver - Carolina in the Pines JD Crowe The New South - Grandpa's Shoes Osborne Bros. - Banjo Boys Charlie Moore The Dixie Partners - You've Been a Friend, Babe Flatt Scruggs - Pike County Breakdown Del McCoury Band - Backslidin' Blues --- THE FOLK SHOW aka DAR WILLIAMS ROASTING OVER AN OPEN FIRE 88.3 WCBN-FM ANN ARBOR W/ THE FOLKY FARMER Saturdays, 10am-1pm FEATURING NEW MUSIC BY K.C. GROVES - "CAN YOU HEAR IT?" Emmylou Harris - Loving You Again Martin Simpson - Rose of Allandale David Olney - Little Bit of Poison (March, House Concert in Birmingham) Morphine - In Spite of Me Devil in a Woodpile - Can't Wait Jeremy Wallace - Blue Shoes Beaver Nelson - One Car Collision Neil Young - Hangin' On a Limb Golden Smog - On the Beach The Damnations TX - Half Mad Moon KC Groves - Peach Pie Hogwaller Ramblers - Drowning in the Danube Stacey Earle - Next Door Down [2/23, at The Ark, Free Show] Steve Earle Del McCoury Band w/ Iris Dement - I'm Still in Love with You [3/24 at the Michigan Theater] Hedningarna - Melsan Tytto (Forest Maiden) Frifot - Vi salde vara hemman (We Sold Our Homesteads) Dervish - Molly Johnny Eileen Ivers - Crowley's/Jackson's Kate Anna McGarrigle - St. Valentine's Day 1978 Billy Bragg - Valentine's Day is Over Joe Ely - St. Valentine Fred Eaglesmith - Rodeo Rose Dave Alvin - These Times We're Living In Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Take a Little Walk with Me Geoff Muldaur - Mistreated Mama [tentative: 3/4 at The Ark] Rollie Tussing III - Blow Whistle Blow [2/28, Magic Bag in Ferndale w/ Alvin Youngblood Hart] Alvin Youngblood Hart - Sallie, Queen of the Pines [2/28, Magic Bag in Ferndale w/ Rollie Tussing III] Richard Buckner - Boys, the Night Will Bury You (Live) Lynn Miles - Map of My Heart Kevin Meisel - The Great Transmission Chuck Prophet - Burn this Firetrap Down (Live) Kristin Hersh - Three Nights Drunk Jonathan Rundman - Rock Roll Song for Banjo Low Brass in C Minor (Front Row at the Fashion Show) K.C. Groves Peter Rowan - I'll Take You in My Arms Matt Combs - Miller's Reel Bob Holt - Old Charlie Deckard Texas Rubies - Come On Home Elena Skye The Demolition String Band - I'll Try Not to Cry Tonight Eleni Mandell - Tristeza Tom Waits - Frank's Song Mark Olson w/ Victoria Williams - It Sure Can Get Cold in Des Moines The Flat Irons - Three Crosses Billy Bragg Wilco - My Thirty Thousand Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt - Do I Ever Cross Your Mind? - CHAD WILLIAMSaka THE FUNKY FARMER [EMAIL PROTECTED] WCBN * RADIO FREE ANN ARBOR * 25 YEARS OF FREEING YOUR MIND http://wcbn.org * DOWN HOME SHOW: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FREE ROOTS: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
M. Ness (was: Re: SxSW)
Straight dope talkin' Neal Weiss wrote: He's he's busy recording, looking for a late spring/early summer release. It's told to be a acoustic country-folk experience that also happens to feature cameos by Bruce Springsteen and Brian Setzer. Bruce, I am told, is quite the Social D fan. Ok...that leads to question #2: is this to be released on Epic? Paul
new label
Seems like someone could start a damn good recordlabel with all the artists that are getting dropped or leaving their label. Has Steve Earle officially left WB? tommy np: Auburn kicking Alabama'a ass
Re: Garth plays ball (from The Sporting News)
SAN DIEGO -- Garth Brooks is trading in his cowboy hat for a baseball cap. The Oklahoma country singer will join the boys of summer and suit up at San Diego Padres training camp in Peoria, Ariz. "I'm coming down there to play ball," Brooks said today from Los Angeles during a conference call in which he was introduced as "the newest San Diego Padres outfielder -- Garth Brooks." "I'm excited. I'm nervous. I'm scared. You know, it's going to be neat," the switch-hitting Brooks said. "I want to be a 10th man, a utility man." Brooks, 37, appeared as a pinch runner for the Padres last March during an exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs. It's a fantasy for the "Unanswered Prayer" singer, who was a four-sport schoolboy star in Yukon, Okla., and earned a track and field scholarship to Oklahoma State, where he threw the javelin. He left behind his life as a jock when he graduated in 1985 -- with a degree in advertising. Brooks was asked if heading to spring training was a publicity stunt. "For me, it's totally serious," he said. "I don't need the publicity. . . . I'm going to go down there to live out my dream and the dream of 99 percent of the other guys out there." As he often does, Brooks spoke in the plural: "We're going to take it extremely serious." Padres owner John Moores said earlier it was no secret that Brooks longed to play professional baseball. "He had indicated through channels that he was interested in going to spring training," Moores said, adding, "I think that would add a dimension to the game." Some regard the move as a vehicle designed to shore up support for a publicly funded new stadium. The team badly needs community goodwill after failing to keep the core of last season's championship team, said Diane Dixon, one of the leaders of an unsuccessful campaign last year against public funding. "I see this as damage control, grasping for straws in an attempt to manipulate the fans to get what they want, which is a new stadium at the taxpayers' expense," Dixon said. "I don't think he's going to mend the hearts of the Padres' fans -- unless he can really play baseball." Where the spring training invitation leads is anyone's guess. If Brooks is a bust, he certainly won't have to go hunting for another job. He's sold almost as many albums as Elvis and the Beatles, and makes millions selling out concert dates across the globe. But he has taken the year off from touring. If he shows he can play, he likely would be sent to a minor league club to live out his dream. Several recent developments pointed to Brooks' involvement in baseball. He and several baseball stars, including some Padres players, recently announced formation of the Teach 'Em All: Teammates for Kids" foundation to benefit children's charities. There was talk that Brooks would make a cameo appearance with the Padres at spring training like he did last year, and one of the Padres' vice presidents is now head of the foundation. With the controversial trade of slugger Greg Vaughn still fresh in the minds of fans, the Padres likely will make it clear Brooks isn't going to be paid. In lieu of a salary, the Padres are expected to make a donation to his foundation, with assurances that some will be spent in San Diego. A fling in camp might allow Brooks the chance to develop relationships with ballplayers so his foundation will flourish. "All I ever heard was that he wanted to play baseball," Moores said. "I understand he routinely takes batting practice at home. He's got an athletic build and a big pair of wheels." "Maybe he can make it work -- he obviously knows the Michael Jordan story. Obviously, it would be very hard. If Garth makes it, I'll try to do it myself," Moores joked. "I'm sure he knows this is a tough row to hoe. Everybody's got to follow their dreams." Jordan tried baseball after his first retirement from the Chicago Bulls, but struggled as a member of the Birmingham Barons and went back to basketball. Brooks spent two days working out with the Padres last spring, and even got into a game as a pinch runner. Brooks, who sings of "Friends in Low Places," was almost picked off twice, diving back into the bag once. He hugged the umpire after he was called safe on what appeared to be a generous call. Finally, he was forced out in a double play. "He was nicely received by the ballclub," Moores said. "The players liked the hell out of him." As long as he's with the big-league club, he'll merely be the third musician in camp, albeit the most-recognized. Third base coach Tim Flannery recently released his third CD, and pitcher Mark Langston, who's friends with Bruce Hornsby, plays guitar in his own band. Copyright 1998 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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RE: Melba Montgomery, still going strong??
J.W. mentions: "If You Ever Want My Lovin'" - Sara Evans - a decent song. It seems to me that Ms. Evans has borrowed a lot of Melba Montgomery's singing style. The most blatant example is Cupid, the duet with George Jones on No Place That Far, where she sounds exactly like Melba. I attended a BMG promo shindig here last week featuring performances by Sara Evans, the Warren Brothers (great stage presence; one of them even did some buckdancing...but their songs are generic, flatulent "heartland" rock , not country in the slightest) and Keith Glass Russell DeCarle from Prairie Oyster. The whole thing was filmed by CMT for their "Hot Ticket" concert series. Evans was, as Jon noted a while back, solid as a rock and plenty country. As she is a couple of months pregnant there were a lot of one-liners on the level of "she's gonna be the next big thing in country music", etc. If she is the next big thing, that's okay by me - great voice, good songs, engaging onstage presence and her love of traditional country isn't just lip service. The surprising highlight of the show was a duet by Evans and Keith Glass of Fastball's "The Way", recast with a big heap of twang. I'd mostly ignored this song on the radio - the first few times I heard it I assumed it was Squeeze - but throw in a dobro and now I can't get it out of my head. Allen Baekeland *** Boot Heel Drag can be heard on CJSW 90.9 FM , Calgary,AB Tuesdays at 6:30 PM MST and on realaudio at www.cjsw.com.
Mother Road--2/13/99
Sounds from the Mother Road KGLP Gallup Public Radio Saturdays Noon-2pm Hot, Sweet and Sour Valentine's Day Show Joe Ely--Saint Valentine Charlie Feathers-Defrost Your Heart Hank Williams--Settin the Woods on Fire Christine Albert/Jimmy Lafave--Get You Alone Buddy Miller--Love Snuck Up Lucinda Williams--Passionate Kisses The Cadillac Cowgirl and her Back Door Men--Huggin and Kissin Lefty Frizzell--Always Late (with Your Kisses) Paul Burch and the WPA Ballclub--I am Here Robert Earl Keen--Night Right for Love Bruce Robison--Go to Your Heart Tish Hinojosa--Who Showed You the Way to My Heart The O'Kanes--Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You Sarah Elizabeth Campbell--Somewhere Someone's Falling in Love Allison Krauss/Jerry Douglas--I Don't Believe You Met My Baby Steve Earle/Iris Dement/Del McCoury Band--I'm Still in Love with You Jimmy LaFave--I'm Thinking of You David Bromberg--The Tennessee Waltz Kimmie Rhodes--Just One Love Ray Wylie Hubbard--Bless the Hearts of the Lonely Kelly Willis--Hole in My Heart Dwight Yoakam--Send a Message to My Heart Red Meat--The Heartache's on Me Mike Ireland and Holler--Cry Sarah Elizabeth Campbell--Love Hurts (Queen of Sad Songs) The Riptones-- Barbed Wire Scars The Flatlanders--The Heart You Left Behind Del McCoury Band--Cryin Heart Blues The Deliberate Strangers--Six Pack of Tears Jerry Jeff Walker--Jaded Lover One Riot One Ranger--I Think I'll Fall in Love One Fell Swoop--Good Heart Emmy Lou Harris--Sweet Dreams Riders in the Sky--Have I told You Lately that I love You Happy Looove Day Y'all Jamie
Re: I'll Fly Away
Anybody know *for sure* who wrote this song? Thanks, Linda
Re: I'll Fly Away
Anybody know *for sure* who wrote this song? Thanks, Linda Linda--despite the following official story, (which somewhat fudges why it was an "olde camp meeting song" if he made it up..) I'm pretty certain there are older versions from trad sources with the same tune and chorus, at least, which you hear in recordings (black and white) before this 1932 version that follows I had always been under the impression, before finding the following on the Net, that it was one of those slave songs overtly religious but actually talking about breaking loose and taking off for points north..but here's one guy's story: I'LL FLY AWAY (Albert E. Brumley) © 1932, renewed 1960 Albert E. Brumley and Sons ALBERT E. BRUMLEY: I was picking cotton on my father's farm and was humming the old ballad that went like this: 'If I had the wings of an angel, over these prison walls I would fly' and suddenly it dawned on me that I could use this plot for a gospel-type song. About three years later, I finally developed the plot, titled it 'I'll Fly Away,' and it was published in 1932 [in "Wonderful Message," Hartford Music Co.]. Those familiar with the song will note that I paraphrased one line of the old ballad to read 'Like a bird from prison bars have [has] flown.' When I wrote it, I had no idea that it would become so universally popular. Letter to Dorothy Horstman, 10 Jan 1973; reprinted in Dorothy Horstman, Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy, New York, 1976, p. 51 LYRICS AS REPRINTED IN "ALBERT E. BRUMLEY'S OLDE CAMP MEETIN' SONGS," Camdenton, Missouri, 1971, p. 11 Some glad morning when this life is o'er, I'll fly away; To a home on God's celestial shore, I'll fly away. CHORUS: I'll fly away, O glory, I'll fly away; When I die, Hallelujah, by and by, I'll fly away. When the shadows of this life have grown, I'll fly away; Like a bird from prison bars has flown, I'll fly away. Just a few more weary days and then, I'll fly away; To a land where joys shall never end, I'll fly away.
Re: I'll Fly Away
Linda, I didn't catch the earlier mention of the song -- are you all talking about the spiritual? Deb
