Re: Radio M show about No depression music
Hey there, Linda post scripts... np. The Mary Janes. All of you must get this record. Must. Except for Jon who can sell his back if he wants. I can't remember ever being so bowled over by a first record. I must say the first time I saw the band, maybe 3 years ago, now, at Schubas, they were a mess. Um, I saw em at Schuba's 3 months ago (w/ Jim Roll and The Damnations TX) and although they werent a mess, there were not above average. Later... CK It's a common failing of the listening public that they listen to old Rhythm and Blues records and miss the fact that this is folk music. Frank Zappa ___ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Re: More new releases
Hey there, Jim, smilin (and gloatin) Days like today make me glad I'm a music weasel. In the mail I received: Damnations-Half Mad Moon Kelly Willis-What I Deserve Dusty Springfield-Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield-Dusty In London Rex Allen-The Last Of The Singing Cowboys Spade Cooley-Shame On You Clarence Gatemouth Brown-Blackjack Terry Allen-Salvation David Allan Coe-Recommended For Airplay and a cassette from Fear And Whiskey. A stellar day I'd say. and yeah some of these aren't out for a while. I just wish everyday could be my birthday. g Jim, smilin' till I'm silly Note to self: Distract Jim at chili party Take everything Later... CK ___ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
RE: sxsw criticisms (my take)
It's rare enough that I agree with Jim that I thought I better point it out. IMO, his view of the value of SXSW - or any kind of CSRF - is exactly right. Bluegrass has something a little bit like that in the International Bluegrass Music Association's annual trade show - though not surprisingly, it's on a much smaller scale. Even so, there are similar discussions about the value, or lack thereof, of showcasing, etc. Those folks that have a plan get something out of it (good example: Blue Highway. They got a good buzz going before they appeared, and they really nailed down their big-time status by doing a hot showcase for a big crowd), those that don't, don't. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: sxsw - doggin
Many of you have not gotten the point that I had tried to make. I agree with all of you that you have to make your own opportunites, network, exposure, bla bla bla... SXSW is great. Go home and tell em you went. Make contacts. bla bla on and on. The point is simply this. SXSW seems to have a good racket going with the ticket price, registration price, hotel deals bla bla bla. Damn they have got to make a lot of money. SOmeone is making a lot of money. DO they have to keep all of it. Can any more of it go back to the bands somehow? All I am hearing are the stories that it was great, but stressfull, we ate peanut butter for a month afterward, etc SXSW would not be jack shit if bands did not show up. It would be nice if the bands could actually be compensated better than they are right now. Seems to me that whoever is in charge is worried about "putting on a good show" and "going to the bank afterwards." Again I say, if bands did not show up SXSW would not be jack shit. My redneck-hate-to-see-musicians-get-used opinion.
Re: sxsw criticisms (my take)
(good example: Blue Highway. They got a good buzz going before they appeared, and they really nailed down their big-time status by doing a hot showcase for a big crowd) This brings up something I've been curious about Jon. What might you consider big-time status for a bluegrass act? Ever since I experienced the legend Ralph Stanley hocking his own CDs in between sets have I wondered how big the big- time really in that there world. Neal Weiss
Elena Skye The Demolition String Band
If you're in the Atlanta, GA or Chapel Hill, NC areas - check out Elena and her band when they come to town this week. We just had them as guests at the Americana Showcase in Charlotte and they sure deserve a listen! A great honky-tonk 4-piece - John Abbey smokes on the upright bass and Phil Cimino drums with only a snare high-hat, he's a heavy hitter with such a musical touch that you'd think he was getting all those sounds out of a huge kit. Then there's Boo Reiners' guitar work- Bill Kirchin would be proud of the way he makes that tele twand - and Elena's voice - it's powerful and full. She's a pretty hard-driving guitar player herself! If you like the DeRailers sound, you'll like 'em - not as polished tight (yet) but they had people up and dancing for the full hour set. Or if you liked their new CD, One Dog Town, I think you'll like the live show even better. By the way - don't miss the quote on the back side of their band T-shirts - it's way funny! Check the week's listings - I think they said Dottie's in Atlanta (Wed??) and Local 506 in Chapel Hill.
Re: Austin Motel
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Christopher M Knaus wrote: Just curious, what P2ers are actually staying at the Austin Motel? I know Alex is, and Jake London and maybe Jerry Curry. I need to know who No, I won't be attending SXSW. I have zero vacation time until June and just don't want to fit that much music into a two day weekend. Jerry
Re: Mike Ness (Re: SxSW) Cisco Insley
Dan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: He's a little too limited in the sound and type of songs he writes w/ Social Distortion, but I wouldn't put anything past the guy. If this thing is really gonna be an acoustic folkish-country record I'll be there the day it's released. A little more insight on Mr. Ness's upcoming solo thing. He's got Chris Lawrence (ex-Neon Angels) whose currently doing axe-man duty as part of Cisco's Reasons Why band playing guitar on it which tells me there's going to be some serious twang going on. And speaking of Mr. Lawrence, he and his pal Cisco were damn impressive at the NEA in Nashville this weekend. Definitely have that Dwight Yoakam thing going, but with a harder edge to it all. Unfortunately, they were somewhat of a last minute addition and not many folks in the Gibson Guitar Cafe to see them on Friday night. Another impressive twanger was Mark Insley who also hails from the Southern Calif. neck of the woods. He had a pretty fine record out a year or so ago on Country Music Town Records. Reminds of sort of a cross between Lauderdale and Ricky Nelson. Also didn't hurt a bit that he had Tim Carroll guesting on guitar. Called Rosie on stage during his Wolfy's gig and they did a duet on "Sin City" that'd make you melt. Boudin Dan
Re: sxsw - doggin
Nancy: The point is simply this. SXSW seems to have a good racket going with the ticket price, registration price, hotel deals bla bla bla. Damn they have got to make a lot of money. SOmeone is making a lot of money. DO they have to keep all of it. Can any more of it go back to the bands somehow? All I am hearing are the stories that it was great, but stressfull, we ate peanut butter for a month afterward, etc Damn, they *do* make a LOT of money and the bands see squat. You don't have to persuade me, I agree with you wholeheartedly. Obviously the players are getting screwed and everyone knows that. It's just that many people are happy with this status quo or rationalize it in one way or another. That's the way the music industry works, actually. Thinking about popular music from a labor-managment perspective is a very depressing and/or eye-opening practice. I've often wondered if there's any real possibility of change in this area, but I suspect there's not. Making music is literally a labor of love for the vast majority of people who do it. And as we all know, virtually all bands operate at a loss. I don't begrudge any successful act their hard-earned money, but it just ain't true that hustling for exposure is "paying dues" that may some day pay off in this particular industry. It's a way to maintain enough visibility to be able to perform at a loss for a longer period of time. Promoters and labels have all the cards, financially speaking, and 99% of performers do it until they can't tolerate the financial and work deficit it puts them under any longer. So Nancy, Amen and keep testifyin'!! g --junior
SXSW
It looks like there are going to be several cool showcases at SXSW this year. I ran into Johnny Dowd last night, and he told me that his band, the Old 97s, the Bottle Rockets and Robbie Fulks are playing at the Liberty Lunch Saturday night (he's also playing a Checkered Past party at the Yarddog, I think on Saturday). Monte Warden is playing Thursday night at the Broken Spoke along with Bruce and Charlie Robison. And New West Records will have a showcase: Stephen Bruton, Jon Dee Graham and Billy Joe Shaver, but I'm not sure when it is. Hopefully, it won't conflict with Right Said Fred's set. jim np: Belle Sebastian, "Boy with the Arab Strap"- Smiths lite
Re: SXSW
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It looks like there are going to be several cool showcases at SXSW this year. I ran into Johnny Dowd last night, and he told me that his band, the Old 97s, the Bottle Rockets and Robbie Fulks are playing at the Liberty Lunch Saturday night (he's also playing a Checkered Past party at the Yarddog, I think on Saturday). Psyched to hear Mr. Dowd will be here but damnit I've got to go to a wedding in Dallas on Sat. nite. As far as the Old 97s I believe they are playing Thurs. night at La Zona Rosa. Chad -- Chad Hamilton University of Texas Graduate School of Business [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sxsw criticisms (my take)
If this is the case, and I have no reason to dispute it, why should poor old Garth get such a ragging around here for all *his* efforts at self-marketing? It's just a difference of scale, isn't it? Ross Whitwam[EMAIL PROTECTED] Molecular Pharmacology Therapeutics Program Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC At 10:27 PM -0600 16/2/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Despite what y'all say about SXSW or any event like it, I think that when playing a showcase, or any CSRF like it, it is up to the artist to make the most of what's available. You *do* have the opportunity to get important people out to see your band/act if you take the initiative to let people know you're out there. You can't expect to just show up and draw a crowd. These things are really about networking, getting the word out about what makes you different or better than what else is out there. If you go into it thinking that you've got no shot and no one cares, your probably right. If you work at it and actually have something interesting to say or maybe think of different way to grab some attention, the right folks will find you. These events are good opportunities, if you look at them as a start or continuation of whatever plan you have and if you don't have a plan, then maybe you better reconsider what you're doing in the first place. Jim, off my soapbox
NEA photos
http://www.hellcountry.com/twangfluff/nea.htm hardly any folks this time, mostly music...including a lot of shots from the David Lindley tribute show at the Sutler on 2/14. Enjoy, Stacey
Chicago content -- Hideout this weekend
Since the always humble Ms. Kessler hasn't blown her own horn about this (at least as far as I've seen), and I don't think Steve Rosen's lurking around here anymore, I wanted to make sure the Chicago contingent noticed there will be an all-too-rare appearance of our town's old-time string band homiez, the Volo Bogtrotters, at the Hideout this Saturday. In my uninformed yet vehement opinion, there is no better old-time band in the land. My only complaint is that it's a late show so that I can't take my kids along; they're big fans too. In fact, since I'm on my own with the kids this weekend, I probably won't make it either -- which means the rest of you have absolutely no excuse for missing it. For those of you lucky enough to be seeing Iris or Solas earlier that evening, this would be a perfect nightcap. yr old-time mule, Tom np: "Deserter's Songs" - Mercury Rev
Re: sxsw - doggin
That's the way the music industry works, actually. My last comment on the subjest, and I promise I will shut up. I am really sorry if I have stumbled upon a touchy subject for many of you. It just seems like we all love music so much, and I am not just being selfish when I suggest that we try to give something more back to the musicians who give so much to us. SXSW is a good thing for the bands that get to play. The whole experience has got to be great. Just playing in Austin is cool. I have never been accepted to SXSW, I quit send them shit in the early 90s. But it would be a good gesture on their part to at the very least give all band members passes to everything so no one is left out. It would also be cool to have a cafeteria catering set up so thebands can atleast get a couple decent meals a day, for free. With all the sponsorships, don't you think someone would want to make sure the musicians are fed. Hell, tell someone to call Fred Smith at Fed Ex here i Memphis. I bet HE would want to make sure they all eat. And last, if SXSW did these things, then the bands would be much happier, probably play much better, and may not feel so bad about how much income they lost in travel and hotel to do it. I bet if Elvis were still alive, he would not play for SXSW unless they fed him.
Mojo Magazine
Hey there, Does anyone have the US address for Mojo magazine that I posted back in november? Thanks. Later... CK
Re: NEA (was sxsw criticisms)
. But when all is said and done, it's the music that matters. And that is not the message these mega-festivals send to the bands. The bands are sent a very different message. I thought that NEA came off pretty well, which totally shocked the hell out of me. Up until the event started, I was complaining loudly how unorganized it was. I couldn't get anyone on the phone. It was nearly impossible to find out essential information like show, load-in, and sound check times. I recently read an interview with the director of NEA. It appears that he only took over the event in September. The previous director and event coordinator quit over the summer. Now, I've planned big events. Five months is not nearly enough time to prepare for something like NEA. I can't believe he even pulled it off. The event went very smoothly. Bands started on time. Sound checks and the like seemed to go smoothly. Great networking opportunities. All the bands that I spoke to said that they had very positive experience. Sponsor presence was subdued. NEA really seemed to be about the bands and the music. marie np: Hadacol
Re: NEA (was sxsw criticisms)
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, marie arsenault wrote: all the bands I spoke to said that they had very positive experiences. Sponsor presence was subdued. NEA really seemed to be about the bands and the music. I have to agree. NEA was a good experience. As Marie mentioned, the sound/mix people were professional, the sets started and finished on time, the shows (that I know of and played) were very well attended, and there was not a lingering corporate cloud. It was fun. I didn't schmooze much, and the night I played I hadn't heard of anyone but maybe Josh Rouse and possibly one other act, but none-the-less the quality of the music seemed good, and from a music watching and playing standpoint I thought it was pulled off rather well. oh well . . . -jim
Re: sxsw criticisms (my take)
Kip writes: But I suspect if you're in the Joe Blow Band from Scranton, PA and you try to convince a rep from Hightone to make your set, it's probably not gonna happen. Why not? Isn't the Joe Blow Band any good? Why are they making music then? What's the point of making the trip? If the band REALLY cares about what they are doing you CAN communicate that with people who attending these things. I know I come across as a jaded f*ck sometimes, but really believe that you can make these things work to your advantage, if you TRY. Dale Watson and The Hot Club Of Cowtown both claim to be signed to Hightone after SXSW gigs, btw. I think it would behoove a lot of these bands to simply concentrate on their music and spend less time trying to figure out how they're gonna get the attention of AR. Yep, it depends on what you want out of what you're doing and you need to think about WHY you're doing it. "If you only find the right combination of green and purple, the Right People will bestow their blessings upon ye!". So then you have all these little bands desperately looking for the right combination of green and purple and suddenly it's not about music anymore, it's about green and purple. I'm not sure I follow this. But yeah, if you wanna sell your band, you need to concentrate on things other than music once in awhile. Life can be like that, no? g But when all is said and done, it's the music that matters. And that is not the message these mega-festivals send to the bands.The bands are sent a very different message. What message do you get out of this? oh and welcome to the music business. It doesn't have to be this way, I guess, but it is and until or unless you change it, I think I behooves you to work inside the system. Any day I agree with Jon W and disagree with Nancy is a scary day for sure. Jim, smilin'
Re: Radio M show about No depression music
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob Soron! You and Tracy saw TWO SONGS! And you were getting beer through half of one. Sorry to bust ya, buddy, but. . . let's be fair. The second song you saw, which was the last in their set, was an a' capella ballad--which doesn't work for Ryan Adams, either. It was a bad idea. Well, now let's both be fair. I saw four, they were as audible at the bar as they were a few feet from it, and as Chris says, they were about the same at the Jim Roll/Damnations TX show. I loved their entire show, but the record is much much better. Give it a chance. For free, sure. For money, no. Bob
KW doesn't mean Kenworth anymore
Just got the new Kelly Willis CD, thoroughly enjoying it 7 cuts in and not a stinker in the bunch. Move to the top of the list, or damn close to it! 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
Car Tunes Playlist
Car Tunes Playlist WEVL FM 90 Memphis Monday 4-6 PM February 15th I walked out of the house leaving behind a bag of some of my fave cds (had sheet rock dust all over them ha ha grin cry). Look for them next week. I really missed the Gravel Train, Hadacol, The Ex- husbands, Angry Johnny, Jim Roll Also, Sophie from Australia is visiting Memphis after SXSW and I have asked her to be a co-host on my show that Monday afternoon. Well call it Sophies Choice, and let her play some CDs she brings. So look her up at SXSW. I have my address at the end if any of you cool bands want to send me music that might fit what I play on my show Groove Grass 101 - Howdy Reckless Kelly - Walton Love Pawtuckets - Shade / SHovel Riverbluff Clan - Opal's Prayer / Until I'm Gone Hogwaller Ramblers - You Shook Me All Night Long (had a buch of calls about this. Seems everyone in Memphis used to be an AC/DC fan). Asleep at the Wheel - Dolly P - Billy Dale - Johnny Rodriguez - Across From the Alamo Wayne Handcock - Knocked Out Rhythm Buck Owens - Excuse Me I Think I've Got A Heartache Merle Haggard - Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am Iris Dement - Hobo Bill's Last Ride Groove Grass - Walkin After Midnight Emmylou - 2 More Bottles of Wine Paul Burch - Percy Lynn's Run Jesse Taylor - Naked Light Of Day Chris Wall - Damn Good Time Connie Smith - How Long Michael Fracasso - Your Gift To Me (I love this guy) Hogwaller Ramblers - She Held That Bottle Lucinda Williams - Drunken Angel Robbie Fulks - Pretty Little Poisen Greta Lee - Somebody New Greg Trooper - I'll Keep it With Mine Lone Justice - The Train Hogwaller Ramblers - You Shook Me All Night Long (for all the callers who could not believe it, loved it, and wanted to hear it again) Nancy Apple 3992 Hawkins Mill Road Memphis, TN 38128 I would give you WEVL's address too, but I can't remember it. They take calls on Tuesday's about records. NP: Merle Haggard, "Is This The Beginning Of The End" from his box set.
Re: sxsw criticisms (long)
In a message dated 2/17/99 12:14:17 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: what are chances he's gonna come check out JBB? Slim. Leave me outa this. Slim
Re: sxsw criticisms (preachy)
I just wanted to say I have no arguments with either of Kip's or Erin's stance on this. yeah the music biz can suck, but if you go into it with your eyes WIDE OPEN, it'll suck less. Do the people at these conferences make a lot of money? A qualified yes. They are running a business, providing a service. Whether or not you think it's worth the price they ask you to pay is an individual choice. I know I'm speaking in cliches, but you only get out of it what you put into it. a positive attitude (hell, any kind of ATTITUDE) goes a long way (I'm surprising even myself here g) at these things. I've rambled enough. JC, smilin' NP: Damnations-Half Mad Moon
Re: More new releases
jhoover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also: Waco Brothers, The Del McCoury Band, Tom Russell and yeah! Kelly Willis And for you import-loving types, the just released "West Texas Bop" compilation of early Norman Petty humdingers is exactly that. Check it out at http://www.acerecords.co.uk/gotrt/feb99/cdchd699.html. Boudin Dan
Time line?
A while back there was some talk here of putting together an alt.country timeline. Did that ever happen? if not does anyone know where I might be able to find such a thing? Thanks, Jim, smilin
Re: SXSW Saturday
This always happens. That's happenin' opposite The Gourds, GBV, and T. Waits (or Iggy Pop) outdoor showcase deal. Well I gotta say, I can't imagine seeing *anybody* but Tom Waits if the opportunity arises. NW
Re: The song Wah! Hoo! by Cliff Friend
My latest ebay acquisition (and count me among those of you who have bought an un-needed accordian from this site! I think I'm going to have to have a feature (on the soon-to-be-launched ezine) called Accordian Tales! stories of people who have been forced by supernatural powers to buy accordians on ebay! --- anyway, by latest ebay acqusition is the sheet music to Wah! Hoo!, by Cliff Friend. The question: what movie was this song featured in? The song was written in 1946, i know that Riders in the Sky have recorded it, and Garrison K has sung it on his radio show. The movie is a mid-30s musical with the typical Depression-era good-times-are-just-around-the-corner attitude. All I remember of the song is cowgirls in full cowgirl getup RIDING stationary HOBBY HORSES in a most --er-- coquettish? way and singing Wah Hoo, Wah Hoo, Wah Hoo. I was so happy when my hunch that the sheet music I bid on and bought turned out to be right. The lyrics go: Way out west where men are men and women are very sweet that's where I wanna be, that's where I'm gonna be Way out west just once again where happiness is complete there's just one thing I miss -- and it is this. Oh gimme a horse, a great big horse and gimme a buckaroo, and let me Wah! Hoo! Wah! Hoo! Wah! Hoo Oh! gimme a ranch, a big pair of pants and gimme a stetson too and let me you get the idea.I love this song! but what's the movie?? (driving me crazy) diana
Re: un-needed accordian
un-needed accordian I did not know there was such a thing. I have 3. I wish someone would have told me.
Re: SXSW Saturday
This always happens. That's happenin' opposite The Gourds, GBV, and T. Waits (or Iggy Pop) outdoor showcase deal. I'd love to see my homeys in The Bottle Rockets play at the Lunch, but The Gourds playing a much bigger show means me and my camera. --Matt Cook Chad Hamilton wrote: Someone mentioned the lineup at Liberty Lunch on Saturday evening. Here is what the SXSW website says: 8:00 Johnny Dowd 9:00 Reckless Kelly 10:00 Road Kings 11:00 Robbie Fulks 12:00 Bottle Rockets 1:00 Meat Puppets Damn wedding.
Re: SXSW Saturday
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:28:53 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I gotta say, I can't imagine seeing *anybody* but Tom Waits if the opportunity arises. Um, yes. Tom Waits for no one, so they say. William Cocke, off to buy that damn Damnations TX album everyone's raving about Senior Writer HSC Development University of Virginia (804) 924-8432
Re: un-needed accordian
In a message dated 2/17/99 9:39:56 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: un-needed accordian I did not know there was such a thing. I have 3. I wish someone would have told me. Three of them? God Nancy, marry me now! Mitch Matthews (owner of 2 accordians) Gravel Train/Sunken Road np: Those Darn Accordians "Hotsy Tosty Girl"
Re: The song Wah! Hoo! by Cliff Friend
Diana Quinn wrote: Oh gimme a horse, a great big horse and gimme a buckaroo, and let me Wah! Hoo! Wah! Hoo! Wah! Hoo Oh! gimme a ranch, a big pair of pants and gimme a stetson too and let me you get the idea.I love this song! but what's the movie?? (driving me crazy) diana Look up Bill Boyd (Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers) in AMG and explore from there. He wrote the song, and he and his group appeared in several films in the '40s including Raiders of the West and Prairie Pals. -jp
Re: nxnw
If you want a more locally oriented festival, try NXNW or NXNE. I've been to the former a few times. Unfortunately, I missed it this year, but it's cool they moved it to August when the weather is better in Portland that time of year. actually nxnw has been moved back to autumn again - september 29th-october 2nd - and will be headquartered at the new embassy suites hotel downtown. i can't remember what i paid for a wristband last year, but i think it was around $20. the deadline for bands to apply is sometime in april -- might want to check their website. elaine np: joe henry fuse
Re: The song Wah! Hoo! by Cliff Friend
Diana Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/17 3:32 PM by latest ebay acqusition is the sheet music to Wah! Hoo!, by Cliff Friend. The question: what movie was this song featured in? The song was written in 1946, i know that Riders in the Sky have recorded it, and Garrison K has sung it on his radio show. Do you really mean 1946? I have a 78 record of this number by Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers that dates from the mid-thirties. It's not in fromt of me, but it may have the title of the movie on the label. Jim Nelson
Hot Damnations Dallas Observor 2/11-2/17 (long)
Picked up the album last night and was impressed enough (strong songwriting, striking harmonies, and some musical twists and turns that'll make you grin) to want to learn more about the band. Wandered across this in the process. Hot Damnations Leave it to two Yankee sisters to kick it TX style By Rob Patterson The Damnations TX Kelly Willis opens Saturday, February 20 Gypsy Tea Room It is a story too good to be true, something only a publicist could concoct during a fever dream -- so much to hype, so little time. But it all happened, and it of course makes for great copy: The Hottest Band in Austin Gets Hotter, or something along those lines. Get the advertising department on it. It first occurred not long ago, when The Damnations TX were opening for Cake at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. During the band's set, a building next door caught fire. Then, less than a week later, while The Damnations TX were onstage at the Agora in Cleveland, sparks flew once more. "We had all these problems with feedback," recalls Damnations singer- bassist Amy Boone. "We kept looking over at the monitor guy, because it was really loud and hurting our ears, and he just threw his hands up in the air." "I was right next to him," continues singer-guitarist Deborah Kelly, Boone's sister. "And he goes, 'I can't even deal with the soundboard right now, because the system is on fire.' There was smoke pouring out from behind the curtain. Amy kinda wanders over to me nonchalantly in the middle of the song and whispered, 'Don't freak out, but backstage is on fire.' It was kind of weird: a second 'fire incident' while we were opening for Cake. We thought they were going to start thinking we were arsonists." You see -- maybe, in a way, The Damnations TX really are Austin's hottest band. "We're going to add new meaning to that term," Boone says, laughing it off. Almost from the moment The Damnations (as they were once known) stepped onto a stage in their hometown, they've been adored and hyped beyond any wannabe rock star's wildest dreams. They've been showered with open-mouth, wet-kiss press clippings, hailed as saviors and second- comings before anyone outside of Austin ever heard of them no easy task in a city where it takes forever to build a loyal local following. Even the Capital City's alt-pop hitmakers Fastball were only playing to a handful of fans after releasing their first major-label album. Since every building with a spare corner considers itself a concert venue and there are enough aspiring musicians to populate a small city, on most any night Austin has an embarrassment of, well, if not riches, at least original music offerings. It's not uncommon to catch some group with a buzz and still find oneself in sparse company. Yet The Damnations TX were a strong local draw well before they even recorded their debut, Half Mad Moon, which will finally be released next week on Sire Records. And it's not just that the band has found an audience, but that they actually have fans -- enthusiastic followers who crowd the front of the stage, some of them zealously doing a slightly spastic jig Kelly calls "the get-the-bug-off-me dance." Given their music, it's no surprise. With a polished country-punk attack that's more comfortable in X's "Los Angeles" than the Eagles' "Hotel California," the band plays with adrenal-charged élan, making the rush they get from being on stage and performing not just tangible but downright infectious. Backing up that enthusiastic approach are songs with smarts and heart, led by Kelly and Boone's bittersweet harmonies and the wiry, electrified picking of guitarist Rob Bernard, onetime member of the Dallas- based Picket Line Coyotes and Austin rockers Prescott Curlywolf. Where so many recent country-rock converts are content to trot out Branson-ready tribute acts, dressing up in bargain-bin honky-tonk drag while playing slide- guitar blues-by-the-numbers, The Damnations TX have achieved a sound much their own, making their inspirations more implicit than apparent and melding rural stylings with an urban kineticism. Although their approach has a distinctly Texan roots-music stamp, Kelly and Boone grew up in the heart of the Upstate New York rust-and-truck farm belt. The progeny of a civil engineer father and schoolteacher mother, they were weaned on everything from Bob Dylan to Stax and Motown soul, early influences that seal all the cracks on Half Mad Moon. But within the circumscribed horizons of the Upstate hills, there was little to do beyond "drive out to the cornfields and drink and smoke pot," as Kelly remembers. (As to why these sisters of the same parents have different last names, Deborah explains, "I changed mine to Kelly because we have Kellys on my mom's side and Kellys on my dad's side. I just wanted to have that name instead of Boone, y'know Debbie Boone. The joke got to be annoying after a while.") After their parents divorced, first Kelly and then Boone
Re: SXSW Saturday
That's what I figured. But there was a chance (he's on a movie during SXSW). Iggy Pop's not bad. --Matt Cook William T. Cocke wrote: On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:28:53 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I gotta say, I can't imagine seeing *anybody* but Tom Waits if the opportunity arises. Um, yes. Tom Waits for no one, so they say.
Re: sxsw criticisms (my take)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . Look: SXSW sells a dream. That's why all those bands make the drive (well, that and it can be fun to hear all the great music, depending on how superhuman you're feeling that week, as Junior Barnard once said). And let's not forgot there's a group of people making an *enormous* amount of money off that dream. The actual musicians are not among this group, for the most part. .Sounds like big time college football and basketball. Another arena of riduculously uneven exchange due to the star-struck nature of spectacle. Stuart off to England tomorrow. Church and King ah, the majesty of it all!
Re: un-needed accordian
In a message dated 2/17/99 11:02:31 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Play an accordian. Go to jail. It's the law. Hate an accordian, hate life. Buckwheat Zydeco and Frankie Yankovic rule! Mitch Matthews np: Frank Wojarnowski "Jedze Boat"
Re: sxsw criticisms (my take)
Ross Whitwam wrote: If this is the case, and I have no reason to dispute it, why should poor old Garth get such a ragging around here for all *his* efforts at self-marketing? It's just a difference of scale, isn't it? .Well sure. But its also the same difference of scale that gives the rich and poor equal rights to sleep under the bridge. Or for Wal-Mart and "the little man" in Newman GA to sell records. Scale matters. Plus it's the damn spectacle of Lord Garth that I find so annoying.
Re: sxsw criticisms (preachy)
I'm willing to accept this, but I still have some problems withthe underlying concept of the beastie. we do to. That being said, I'd enjoy the heckout of playing the Broken Spoke on Friday night, sure and I would.(Congrats, Countrypolitans). thanks. After I posted I checked the snail mail and received an application for New Music West 1999 in Vancouver B.C. this May. Immediately I went in to thinking,.okay, now if we can play Seattle on the way up and Bellingham on the way down, maybe we can pay for gas and food. And if we.. Wait a minute. I'm not going to go through this again. I look at the app. and of course there is nothing mentioned about what the showcasing acts (about 150) get in return. So I call them up and ask what the deal is and to my amazement she says each band will have a choice of a wristband for everyone in the band and one pass to the conference or $100. I thought.h, where did they get that idea? And that's Canadian Dollars we're talking about, and like at SxSW I don't get a wristband as the manager. They will also cover the border fee to cross into Canada. I said There's a fee now? she said there is a fee for those who cross the border to work in Canada. hmm.She then went on to tell me the line about all the good schmoozing you can do and all the industry types that will be there and blah blah blah. Well, like I said though, .okay, now if we can play Seattle on the way up and Bellingham on the way down, maybe we can pay for gas and food. And if we stay at. Erik www.countrypolitans.com
Re: Time line?
Jim, smilin', asks: A while back there was some talk here of putting together an alt.country timeline. Did that ever happen? if not does anyone know where I might be able to find such a thing? Thanks, Jim, smilin It hasn't happened... yet. I've been working on it a little bit. But holy moly, what a daunting task. Call for volunteers! Call for volunteers! Step right up! Actually money might be involved if you want to really work hard. (Talk about musicians... nobody wants to pay writers, either.) While I'm thinking about it, I came up with a solution -- that works for me -- to dealing with the infernal question "What is Alternative Country?" For the purposes of the time-line -- although it's also my general philosophy -- I don't attempt to define "alternative country" at all. Instead... sort of turn it around a bit, and consider -- -- an alternative way of looking at country music. Ta da! It works, I tell you! Example: If I say Twangin' is an alternative country website, then the word "alternative" modifies "country website." An different kind of website about country music, not (necessarily) a website about a different kind of country music. Example: Mainstream and "alt-country" do not break down into simple, mutually exclusive categories. People like Dwight Yoakam can become popular in the mainstream; people like Dolly Parton do albums an alt-boy can love. So instead of cudgelling one's brains trying to place these artists on one "side" or another, why, you take up your handy-dandy alternative way of looking at country music, which allows you to to see that what the mainstream country media (esp. radio) defines as "real" country is not historically accurate, correct, or definitive. Country music encompasses more than what's on the charts, and especially more than what's played on the radio. It includes bluegrass! Old-Time music! Rockabilly! Anyone who defines country music narrowly is WRONG! The narrow definition whereby "alternative" = "obscure" is untenable as well. A musician isn't disqualified from being regarded from an alternative way of looking at country music when he becomes popular and successful. Furthermore, even an established mainstream artist can be considered interesting according to an alternative way of looking at country music if her music wanders away from the currently narrow, cramped, blindered definition and frolics 'round the wide-open spaces of Country Music Through Space and Time. Defining it as post-Tupelo country-rock, or as "authentic" pure real country music -- not in my book. I prefer an alternative way of looking at country music that takes it all into account. And the tiresome phrase "alternative country, whatever that is" is answered. It's a viewpoint, is what. Or actually -- *coff* -- many alternative viewpoints... Well, hell. We need more. Gets stifling in here sometimes. Hey, anybody want to discuss how working class people listen to country music? Think we can find any of them critters? (I'm in one of my moods. Chip? What chip?) Anyway, as for the timeline, *my* alternative way of looking at country music means I can include Buck Owens if I dang heck want to, and Dolly Parton and Johnny "Alternative to what?" Cash. As well as that country-rock band from the Midwest. To me, a timeline based on an alternative way of looking at country music would be a lot more intersting and useful than a timeline of alternative country bands. (Well, you can do your own, then!) Rather than having to decide, "is this artist really alternative country?" the question would be, "how does this artist fit into an alterantive way of looking at country music?" How does Ralph Stanley fit in? Tish Hinojosa? Merle Haggard? What effect does Garth Brooks have? Etc. More on this later, --Cheryl Cline
Re: Time line?
Wow! Cheryl you are my hero. I'm still trying to figure out the anti-country (any country) backlash in Gallup and one theory that was presented to me was that it wasn't actually anti-country but anti-Navajo. So not only should we discuss how working class listening to country but also now there seems to be racial component--Yikes. Jamie
Information on dem Gourds
Just a little bit of Gourds information for those of you who are interested: The Gourds' third album, 'Ghosts of Hallelujah' (Munich Records), will be released on March 9. Austin, TX will have an early release date of March 2. The album will be distributed by Allegro (not ADA). You can listen to a handful of the tracks on Real Audio and order the CD prior to street date, and we will be giving away a copy of the album each day next week from February 22-26, to those who register. Go check it out at: www.allegro-music.com/gourds Lastly, confirmed tour dates (with more to be announced) Mar 5 Release show - Liberty Lunch (Austin, TX) 6 Gypsy Tea Room - (Dallas, TX) 19 The Lab - (San Antonio, TX) 20 SXSW show - Waterloo Park (Austin, TX) 24 Slims (San Francisco, CA) 25 Starry Plough (Berkeley, CA) 26 Tractor Tavern (Seattle, WA) 27 Roseland Grill (Portland, OR) Myles Allegro Media
Re: Time line?
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 17-Feb-99 Re: Time line? by Cheryl [EMAIL PROTECTED] More on this later, --Cheryl Cline Much more, please. I sense a mighty fine thread starting up. Carl Z.
1R1R in ET
Howdy, I am so dang far behind in reading posts I am wondering if I should even attempt to read the 634 unread posts filtered into my P2 mailbox. While I ponder that decision, let me share with you a tale of the legendary bluegrass boys from Ohio known as One Riot One Ranger and their debut in East Tennessee. This also includes a bonus O'Henry short story-type moment about Knoxville's musical past, but don't worry, I won't charge you extra for that. It was great to meet the rest of the band (I'd met Mark about five years ago at a hotel in Owensboro where we transacted some business...) and to chat about various trivia. I will admit that the Thursday night crowd at the Birds Eye View was disappointing. Okay, for a while there, it looked like *I* was the crowd. (Hey, I'm a big fella, but really, that's putting a lot of pressure on one person.) So, while waiting for the audience, the Ranger boys entertained me with jokes in the bar. How's that for personalized service? After a while, though, the guys jumped on stage and decided to play anyway. I suppose, if nothing else, the show would be a good warm-up for what I hope was a well-received appearance at NEA. Let me say, that at that point, I was immensely impressed...before they'd even played a note. If I were a musician and saw an audience of one geek-boy like me, I'd probably decide it wasn't even worth the effort. But low and behold, the music was great fun and yea and verily it drew an audience to the venue like moths to a flame. Before the first few songs were completed, we (the audience) almost out-numbered the band. A few songs later, we had the makings of a very small crowd. If nothing else, we were an enthusiastic bunch and I think (I hope) the Rangers began to enjoy the experience of playing in Knoxville. I will digress a bit here to say that I am proud to note that a few people had come to the show based purely on hearing 1R1R perform live on WDVX earlier in the afternoon. Word from station manager Tony is that the guys sounded fantastic broadcasting from Studio C. I, unfortunately, was in a meeting and unable to hear the performance. A couple of notes about the set list. I enjoyed the inclusion of the cowboy classic, Cool Water, but was really pleased to hear some of the new Ranger songs. (Coming to mind right away is the song about Little Rock -- that's a sure-fire country classic waiting to happen, if you ask me.) I can't say enough how much I admire the guys for putting up with what could easily have been a nightmare evening. Some quick reasons why I'd never want to be a professional musician (beyond my lack of talent): small or non-existent crowds, violently broken guitar strings, the sound guy who keeps knocking over drinks, sound systems that don't apparently work too well unless there's "20 or 30 people in the place to help dampen the noise," people who keep yelling for "Rocky Top," long drives to places like Knoxville, Tennessee. Some quick reasons why the Rangers make me want to live that kind of life... getting to play the music you love, playing to a small crowd that wants to be entertained and is genuinely happy to hear your stuff, long drives to exotic locales like Knoxville, Tennessee. When the 1R1R set was over, the audience more than made up for in enthusiasm what it lacked in size. I hope the Ranger boys know that the folks who did get to see the show, enjoyed the hell out of it. I hope they enjoyed it, too, and I sincerely hope that NEA was successful enough for them to make their first extended Tennessee tour at least a bit worthwhile. Of course, the problem for me now is that the Rangers are able to "out" me. It's true, I have no friends. I had no one to turn to help me build an audience. I resolve to make friends before the Rangers return to the mountains of East Tennessee and plant them in the audience (guaranteeing that they'll quit being my friends pretty quickly...g) All in all though, I wish more people got a chance to hear 1R1R in their Knoxville debut (I promoted it on my show, honest, but I told you I only have two listeners and mom doesn't like to drive at night.). I was reminded of another country music act that debuted in Knoxville at a bar called Ella Guru's. It was just a block down the street from the Bird's Eye View, where 1R1R played. At Ella Guru's that night, the fellow singing and playing stuff from his album was able to generate an audience of 6 people. (1R1R had that beat...) The singer said he didn't mind and he'd be happy to go on with the show. The six people who were there apparently got quite a treat, because like Woodstock, a whole lot more than six people claim to have been there. The bar owner, though disappointed with the turnout, was rumored to have loved the show quite a bit, too. Flash forward to the next time the guy showed up in town... at a sold-out Thompson-Boling Arena. After playing a few of his hit songs, he decided to play a favorite from his first album. He mentioned
Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night 2/13/99
Howdy, Oops. My car broke down and the show was only 44 minutes late getting on the air. But I work for free, so I don't think they'll cut my paycheck. A fun night with some Valentine's Day requests, and a small tribute to stock car racing. An important note for anyone who cares-- effective February 20, the show is moving to a new time slot. I'm backing up TSN one hour to start at 6 p.m.. The show will continue in its three-hour format, running until 9 p.m.. This allows the Fringe to expand from two to three hours on Saturday nights (more details on the Fringe play list posted separately). The regular contact information, etc., follows the play list. Here's the skinny... Tennessee Saturday Night -- Show #21 -- 7:44 PM to 10 PM WDVX-FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- February 13, 1999 Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley with the Cumberland Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Ruby -- Cousin Emmy and Her Kinfolk -- From the Vaults: Decca Country Classics -- MCA 'Til I Kissed You -- The Everly Brothers -- Cadence Classics -- Rhino Instant Love -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultapolitan Battle of New Orleans -- Johnny Horton -- America Remembers Johnny Horton -- TeeVee I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes -- Jimmy Martin -- 1954-1974 -- Bear Family Box of Pine -- The Deliberate Strangers -- Mood Music for Snake Handlers -- Payday Meet Me in Heaven -- Johnny Cash -- Unchained -- American I Love No One But You -- The Stanley Brothers -- 1949-1952 -- Bear Family Junior's Guitar -- Kevin Gordon -- Cadillac Jack's #1 Son -- Shanachie Two More Bottles of Wine -- Emmylou Harris -- Profile: The Best of Emmylou Harris -- Warner Brothers High Lonesome Sound -- Vince Gill with Alison Krauss and Union Station -- High Lonesome Sound -- MCA Tennessee Plates -- John Hiatt -- The Best of John Hiatt -- Capitol My Baby's Just Like Money -- Lefty Frizzell -- Hillbilly Boogie -- Columbia Take Me Back to Tulsa -- Bob Wills His Texas Playboys -- The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 2 -- Edsel Why Baby Why -- Webb Pierce with Red Sovine -- Honky Tonk Songs -- Country Stars My Baby's Gone -- The Backsliders -- Throwin' Rocks at the Moon -- Mammoth Any Old Time -- Alison Krauss and Union Station -- The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers -- Egyptian Sheik of Araby -- Cluster Pluckers -- Just Pluck It -- CPR Grizzly Bear -- The Youngbloods -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 5 -- Rhino St. Louis Blues -- Craig Smith -- Craig Smith -- Rounder Peach Pickin' Time Down in Georgia -- Willie Nelson -- The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers -- Egyptian Ain't Misbehavin' -- Cluster Pluckers -- Just Pluck It -- CPR This Old Porch -- Lyle Lovett -- Lyle Lovett --Curb/MCA You're Part of Me -- Roger Miller -- King of the Road -- Bear Family Mary -- The V-Roys -- All About Town -- E-Squared The Cold Hard Facts -- The Del McCoury Band -- Cold Hard Facts -- Rounder A Week in a Country Jail -- Tom T. Hall -- The Hits -- Mercury Ribbon of Darkness -- Connie Smith -- The Essential Connie Smith -- RCA Foggy Mountain Breakdown -- Flatt and Scruggs -- The Golden Hits -- Highland I Can't Stop Lovin' You -- Merle Haggard -- Down Every Road -- Capitol Doin' My Time -- Flatt and Scruggs -- The Golden Hits -- Highland Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room -- Dwight Yoakum -- Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room -- Reprise My Own Peculiar Way -- Willie Nelson -- Teatro -- Island The Wall -- Collin Raye -- NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open -- Columbia Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) -- Jim Croce -- The 50th Anniversary Collection -- Saja The Ballad of Thunder Road -- R.B. Morris -- Take That Ride -- Oh Boy Stupid Cupid -- Patsy Cline -- The Patsy Cline Collection -- MCA Sad Singin' and Slow Ridin' -- Jean Sheppard -- Honky-Tonk Heroine -- Country Music Foundation A Better Man -- Union Springs -- Ten Past Midnight -- Vetco She's No Lady -- Lyle Lovett -- Pontiac -- MCA/Curb And that's an abbreviated Tennessee Saturday Night. Set your clocks back an hour, the Saturday nights in Tennessee start earlier beginning next week. TSN is moving and will air on WDVX each Saturday from 6-9 pm. Want to send music for air play consideration? Contact me at: Shane Rhyne 208 W. Glenwood Avenue, #2 Knoxville, TN 37917 I'll also accept help with my electric bill, applications for internships to help me at the historical society, and used books by notable Southern writers. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Jeff Black, Birmingham Road
Playlist: Fringe 2/13/99 featuring LONE JUSTICE
Howdy, It is my pleasure to announce that, beginning next Saturday, the Fringe is expanding to a three-hour format. Now, listeners to can tune into my show for an hour, watch Austin City Limits for an hour, and still tune in to catch the last hour of the show, too. Truly something for everyone. This week's show featured Lone Justice, but suffered from an outbreak of blabbermouth disease, wherein I talked more about the band than I played music. I hate when I do that. At any rate, the show featured some good stuff. Artists making Fringe debuts included: Jim Croce, Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers and Marcia Ball. Knoxville held its annual attempt to mimic a Mardi Gras parade on Saturday. That put me in the mood for a mini-Mardi Gras set about midway into the show. At any rate, I'm pretty excited about the expansion of the show. Here's hoping that I can keep the show listenable for 180 commercial-free minutes. Contact information, etc., follows the playlist. Here's a review of another quick trip to the Fringe... Fringe -- Episode #22 -- 10 PM to Midnight WDVX- FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- February 13, 1999 Good Year for the Roses -- Elvis Costello and the Attractions -- Almost Blue -- Rykodisc The Salt in My Tears -- Dolly Parton -- Hungry Again -- Decca Operator -- Jim Croce -- The 50th Anniversary Collection -- Saja Ways to Be Wicked -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen No Place in History -- Al Anderson -- Pay Before You Pump -- Imprint Hang On -- Link Wray -- Rumble! The Best of Link Wray -- Rhino Love Hurts -- Gram Parsons the Fallen Angels -- Live 1973 -- Sierra Drugstore Cowboy -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen Steppin' Out -- Cadillac Cowgirl with Her Back Door Men -- High on the Hog -- Sur It Ain't Easy Being Me -- Chris Knight -- Decca This World Is Not My Home -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen The Kiss -- Radney Foster -- See What You Want To See -- Arista/Austin Pontiac -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies, and Gasoline -- Razor Tie Chere Mignonne -- Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers -- Pick Up on This -- Rounder That's Enough of that Stuff -- Marcia Ball -- Louisiana Spice -- Rounder That Was Your Mother -- Paul Simon -- Graceland -- Warner Brothers Marie Laveau -- Bobby Bare -- The Essential Bobby Bare -- Columbia Brother John -- The Wild Tchopitoulas -- Treacherous: A History of the Neville Brothers -- Rhino Go Away Little Boy -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen Maureen -- Nick Lowe -- Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe -- Columbia Little Lisa -- Wayne Hancock -- That's What Daddy Wants -- Ark21 When It Rains I Get Wet -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Dixie Storms -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen Pauline -- Kevin Gordon -- Cadillac Jack's #1 Son -- Shanachie When Will I Be Loved -- The Everly Brothers -- Cadence Classics -- Rhino Don't Toss Us Away -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen 18 Wheels of Love -- Drive-By Truckers -- Gangstabilly -- Soul Dump Blackjack David -- Dave Alvin -- Blackjack David -- Hightone Soap, Soup, and Salvation -- Lone Justice -- Lone Justice -- Geffen Better Off Believin' -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI And that's the end of the two hour version of the Fringe. Next week, the Fringe expands to three hours with Hillbilly Idol as the featured artist. I'm enjoying the heck out of that disc (and some other new stuff that has arrived lately, including the Countrypolitans, Hogwaller Ramblers, and Nancy Apple aka The Cadillac Cowgirl). With three hours to fill, I may be able to fit in a whole bunch of additional new stuff. Provided, of course, anyone sends me any. Here's how you can do that very thing... Shane Rhyne 208 W. Glenwood Avenue, #2 Knoxville, TN 37917 Be sure to include two box tops from your favorite breakfast cereal... In the meantime...take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Jeff Black, Birmingham Road
Re: Time line?
Jamie Hoover wrote: I'm still trying to figure out the anti-country (any country) backlash in Gallup and one theory that was presented to me was that it wasn't actually anti-country but anti-Navajo. --Yikes. Yikes indeed. Just outta curiosity, if country is out, what's "in" instead? Tom Smith
Let's have some fun! With WXTU
Today a DJ on WXTU in Philly played a snip of Wayne The Train Hancock He couldn't play the whole thing since they didn't have it on the play list. We called and jumped on it. They were confused since they never heard of it "Americana Music" They said we could come in and talk to the program director. He was very interested in hearing more about it. So it might be fun since this is the Biggest Commercial GARTH PLaying station in Philly if we all wrote in and asked to hear Wayne and the other folks we love so much. This is the Email to the station [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the kind of things that can really change the sound of these stations ! V.P./General Manager Deborah Parenti [EMAIL PROTECTED] General Sales Manager Tom O'Brien (Sales/Advertising) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Program Director Ken Johnson (Music, On-Air Programs) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Promotions Director Mark Vizza (Station Events, Contests, Prizes) [EMAIL PROTECTED] WXTU Air Staff Harmon Evans (Morning Show) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lani Daniels (Mid Days) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack Wilensky (Afternoons) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leigh Richards (Evenings) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Quinn (Overnights) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone Numbers Contest/Request 215 263-6700 (Pennsylvania) 609 964-4300 (New Jersey) Business Office 610 667-9000 General FAX 610 667-5978 WXTU Dateline 800-WXTU-345 (Get Connected)
Re: SXSW Saturday
Yeah, but The Gourds, Guided By Voices, and Iggy Pop vs. Sparklehorse or The Bottle Rockets (nothing againgst them, of course)? I know where I will be. At 'the show of legends'. --Matt Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of his pr folks said on the Waits list he will not be at SXSW...but who can ya trust? Well, so far, it's his pr folks (was it Tresa Redburn by any chance?) or Matt Cook. You make the call. Guess this opens up my Saturday night again. And I was suddenly panicking that it would be opposite Sparklehorse. NW
Re: CDs for SALE (+/-435 CDs)
Hello again stillbuying/stillculling/stillselling CDs are $5 each if you buy 10 or more and i pay shipping in the US via Post Office CDs are $6 each and i pay the shipping (extra outside USA) I will try to accomodate as many people as possible so if you want to get the 10 please give me more than 10 choices so i have a fighting chance to get you ten. give me a week or two to reply because it takes that long to get everyone's e- mails and sort everything out PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST thanks Mark Acetone "Cindy" (unopened) Tina Adair "Just You Wait And See" C.C. Adcock American Lesion (unopened)(ND #14) American Standard "Piss Vinegar" Bill Anderson "Fine Wine" Thomas Anderson "Blues For The Flying Dutchman" (ND# 7) Ass Ponys "Electric Rock Music" (unopened) (ND#4) Ass Ponys "The Known Universe" (unopened) (ND# 4) Athenaeum "Radience" (unopened) A3 "Exile On Coldharbor Lane" (2 CD promo w/ regular CD and bonus mix CD) Sherrie Austin "Words" Backbone (Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann) (unopened) The Bacon Brothers "Forosoco" (unopened) The Badlees "River Songs" (unopened) David Baerwald "Bedtime Stories" (unopened) Tom Ball Kenny Sultan "Double Vision" (unopened) Bare Jr. "Boo-Tay" (unopened)(ND#19) Mandy Barnett (unopened) (ND# ) Mandy Barnett "I've Got A Right To Cry" (advance w/ no front insert;) Beat Farmers "Manifold" (unopened) Beau Sia "Attack! Attack! Go!" Harry Belafonte Friends "An Eveening With..." (unopened) Joshua Bell "Gershwin Fantasy" (unopened in paper sleeve) Martyn Bennett "Bothy Culture" Bestkissersintheworld "Puddin'" Big Back Forty "Bested" (unopened)(ND# 10) Big Blue Hearts (ND# 10) Big Hate "You're Soaking In It" Big Head Todd and the Monsters Big Head Todd And The Monsters "Stratagem" (unopened) Big House "Travelin' Kind" Big House Terri Binion "Leavin' This Town" (ND# 13) Birddog "Ghost Of The Season" Jeff Black "Birmingham Road" (ND#16) Hal Blaine "Buh-Doom!" John Blinn "Notes From The Road" Blue Flannel "XL" Deanna Bogart "The Great Unknown" Bonepony "Stomp Revival" The BottleRockets "The Brooklyn Side" (unopened) The BottleRockets "24 Hours A Day" (no front insert)(ND#9) Boneshakers "Shake The Planet" (unopened in paper sleeve) Marques Bovre and the Evil Twins "Flyover Land" (ND#16) Robert Bradley's "Backwater Suprise" Doyle Bramhall "ll" (unopened) Randall Bramlett "See Through Me" Chuck Brodsky "Letters In The Dirt" Marty Brown "Here's To The Honky Tonks" (unopened) The Buffalo Club Buffalo Tom "Sleepy Eyed" (unopened) Buttercup "Love" (no front insert) The Carpetbaggers "Sin Now...Pray Later" Neal Casal "Fade Away Diamond Time" (unopened) Peter Case "Six Pack Of Love" (unopened) Chance The Gardner "The Day The Dogs Took Over" (ND ad) Marshall Chapman "It's About Time" Marshall Chapman "Love Slave" (unopened) Charm Farm "Pervert" (unopened) Citizens' Utilities "Lost And Foundered" (unopened) (ND #12) The Clarks "Someday Maybe" (ND# 9) (unopeneed) Claw Hammer "Hold Your Tongue (and say apple)" Claw Hammer "Thank The Holder Uppers" Clarence Clemons "Peacemaker" (unopened) Jerry Clower "Peaches And Possum" Jerry Clower "Live At Dollywood" Bruce Cockburn "Big Circumstance" Bruce Cockburn "Nothing But A Burning Light" Bruce Cockburn "Dart To The Heart" Phil Cody "Offering" Adam Cohen (unopened) Marc Cohn "Burning The Daze" Marc Cohn "The Rainy Season" Marshall Coleman "Love Is Suicide" (unopened) Gerald Collier (ND# 7) (unopened) Neal Coty "Chance And Circumstance" (ND ad) Floyd Cramer "Favorite Country Hits" Hank Crane (ND ad) Cravin' Melon "Red Clay Harvest" Cravin' Melon "Squeeze Me" Kacy Crowley "Anchorless" (ND# 11) (unopened) Wes Cunningham"12WaysToWinPeopleToYourWayOf Thinking"(unopened)(ND#19) The Customers "Green Bottle Thursday" (ND ad) DAAU "We Need Some New Animals" (unopened) DAG "Apartment #635" The Damnations "Half Mad Moon" (no front insert) Charlie Daniels "America, I Believe In You" Kyle Davis "Raising Heroes" Dead Hot Workshop "1001" Dead Hot Workshop "River Otis" EP The Dear Janes "No Skin" (unopened) Del Amitri "Twisted" (unopened) Wesley Dennis John Denver "The Very Best Of..." The Derailers "Reverb Deluxe" Ditch Croaker "Secrets Of The Mule" (unopened) Donna The Buffalo "Rockin' In The Weary Land" Drill Team "Hope And Dream Explosion" Drivin' n' Cryin" "Wrapped In Sky" (unopened) Pete Droge The Sinners "Find A Door" Francis Dunnery "Lets Go Do What Happens" Fred Eaglesmith "Lipstick Lies Gasoline" (no inserts) Don Edwards "Songs From The Trail" John Ewing Band "Delta Flares" Fabulon "All Girls Are Pretty" (unopened) Amy Fairchild "She's Not Herself" Farm Dogs Last Stand In Open Country" (unopened) Farm Dogs "Immigrant Sons" (unopened) Five Easy Pieces (unopened) Flat Duo Jets "Lucky Eyes" (no front insert)(ND#18) Matt
Re: Announcing New Website: Great Lakes Twang
Randi wrote: Does this geographical definition include Southern Ontario/Toronto? If so, I'd be happy to throw in some info... D'oh! Uh, Mitch, what were we U.S.-o-centric fools thinking? If you ask me, the answer is YES. And Randi, I'll be in Toronto at the end of next week on business. Can I make up for this unintentional slight by buying you an expensive Canadian beer? --Jamie S., suddenly re-remembering why they call that northern portion of Minnesota the BOUNDARY waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wavetech.net/~swedberg http://www.usinternet.com/users/ndteegarden/bheaters
That's Mr. Rubin to you
This from the SXSW schedule of panel discussions: Mr. Rubin's Neighborhood San Jacinto You're a musician? Are you crazy? Hear sage advice from Bad Liver Mark Rubin and his panelists, who offer tips on how to stay sane in an insane occupation. Mark Rubin, Bad Livers (mod.) NW
Ruthie tourdates/CD on sale
Howdy folks, Ruthie and the Wranglers will be out on the road again in the coming weeks. Their new "Life's Savings" CD is available lots of places, and is "sale priced" at Tower ($12.99) thru Wed 2/24/99. The "LS" CD hit the Gavin Americana Radio Chart Top 20 in January! Check their web site for more places to get it and more info: A HREF="http://www.ruthieandthewranglers.com" http://www.ruthieandthewranglers.com/A Here's some upcoming early '99 tourdates: Fri Feb. 19 New York, NYRodeo Bar Sat.Feb. 20 Washington, DC Metro Cafe Thurs. Mar. 4 Richmond, VAAlley Katz w/ BR5-49 Sun.Mar. 14 Bladensburg, MD Chick Halls Surf Club Thurs. Mar. 18 Texas???TBA Fri.Mar. 19 Austin, TX Threadgills Riverside 2:00 - 3:00 pm Fri.Mar. 19 San Antonio, TX Carlsbad Tavern 9:30 pm Sat.Mar. 20 Austin, TX Under The Sun 2:00 - 2:45 pm Sat.Mar. 20 Houston, TX Fabulous Satellite Lounge w/The Iguanas 9:30p Sun.Mar. 21 Ft. Worth, TX White Elephant Saloon Mon.Mar. 22 Tulsa, OK Cains Ballroom Tues. Mar. 23 Kansas City, MO Grand Emporium Wed.Mar. 24 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway Thurs Mar. 25 Tennessee ?? TBA Fri.Mar. 26 Atlanta, GA Star Bar Sat.Mar. 27 Martinsville, VATBA Fri.Apr. 2Annapolis, MD Rams Head Tavern Fri.Apr. 9Pittsburgh, PA Rosebud Sat.Apr. 10 Charleston, WV The Empty Glass Sun.Apr. 11 Bethesda, MDUncle Jeds Roadhouse A current quote or two: San Antonio Express News says: "Logsdon...is one of the most engaging country singers on the road today." No Depression adds: "Guitar slinger Phil Mathieu is one of those guys who comes to town and makes everyone gasp, "Who is that?"" Come on out to the shows, buy the CDs, you'll have fun doing either or both! Eat BBQ! Support Americana! Take it easy, thanks for reading, Ted Ted Smouse Smouse Productions Rockville, Maryland [EMAIL PROTECTED] *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*
Re: Radio M show about No depression music
Bob Soron--an editor, I might add--wrote: I liked the lead singer better than Tracy Really? Does Tracy know about this, Bob? --Amy
Re: sxsw criticisms (my take)
Kiplet says, On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Despite what y'all say about SXSW or any event like it, I think that when playing a showcase, or any CSRF like it, it is up to the artist to make the most of what's available. You *do* have the opportunity to get important people out to see your band/act if you take the initiative to let people know you're out there. Again, if you go into SXSW with a buzz on your band, then sure, you might realistically expect some "important people" to come to your show, chat you up afterwards, etc. etc. But I suspect if you're in the Joe Blow Band from Scranton, PA and you try to convince a rep from Hightone to make your set, it's probably not gonna happen. As an ex-weasel and one-time band manager, I'd say that Kip is exactly right about this. Letting people know you're out there only goes so far, especially if you haven't been to whatever the last CSRF on the calendar was and thus haven't had an opportunity to chat up the AR guys at the labels you're hoping will sign you. It's all about buzz, really, and bands can't do all that much to manufacture a buzz (other than being a really great band, and God knows that doesn't always make a difference); it's either there or it isn't. Label weasels are people like anyone else (well...sorta g) and they want to go to the shows their friends are going to, go to the clubs that are supposed to have the coolest bands playing. Some have every intention of trying to take in as many bands as possible on a given night, but it doesn't always, or even often, work out that way, particularly not at CSRFs like SxSW, where there are so many good choices at competing times. Even if a band does all the self-marketing stuff right, there's no guarantee and not that much likelihood that they're going to get seen by anyone who can make a difference to their careers. It's probably true that the bands who pay the most attention to self-promotion and are the most marketing-savvy are fairly often the ones that come away from events like SXSW with contracts. Maybe that's because that type of band is also marketing-savvy enough to have come up with a commercial sound. But I don't think it's the case that simply doing a good job of self-promotion is going to lead to a contract or to the big-deal weasels showing up at your gig at SxSW. There are too many other intangibles involved. These things are really about networking, getting the word out about what makes you different or better than what else is out there. I agree there's worth here in the sense of meeting other bands, trading shows with them, meeting some lower level label reps, d.j.'s, yadda yadda. But all of the emphasis here on schmoozing and networking and "taking it to the next level" and so on...I dunno, I think it would behoove a lot of these bands to simply concentrate on their music and spend less time trying to figure out how they're gonna get the attention of AR. Indeed. Not that that will guarantee future success either, since it's painfully obvious that talent and skill don't automatically lead to success or recognition. Look: SXSW sells a dream. That's why all those bands make the drive (well, that and it can be fun to hear all the great music, depending on how superhuman you're feeling that week, as Junior Barnard once said). And let's not forgot there's a group of people making an *enormous* amount of money off that dream. The actual musicians are not among this group, for the most part. Which was Nancy's point, I think, or part of it, and I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that the founders of SxSW could do more to make the event band-friendly, even if that meant higher expenditures on their part. But bands also need to go into any CSRF with their eyes open. If you're expecting it to be the music-biz equivalent of winning the lottery, you're right only in that the odds of your winning are so microscopic as to be virtually nonexistent. (And why any band would want to score a big fat contract with a big label in today's completely unstable biz is somewhat mystifying, but that's a topic for another day.) Unfortunately, Jim's statement: If you go into it thinking that you've got no shot and no one cares, your probably right. If you work at it and actually have something interesting to say or maybe think of different way to grab some attention, the right folks will find you. strikes me as more wishful thinking than anything else. --Amy "Ain't no use in hanging around/Emptiness swallows its own path/I watch my weakness go down easy/And I pray it won't last..." (The Damnations TX)
