Re: blues fiddle, (was np: Gatemouth Brown - Blackjack)
Lest we forget Andrew Baxter. Tera Papa John Creech. Of course he played for a while with all the dopers out in Californicate, The Jefferson Airplane to be exact, but if you ever had the opportunity to catch him without all them long-hairs, he played blues, funk, and jazz. Then there's also Vassar Clements. He might not be black on the outside, but with all the blues and soul in his playing, Vassar must be black on the inside. I love dat sumbitch.
Re: dreaded artist of the decade (plus Rushmore)
Btw, Jon, I must confess I'm hearing more and more mainstream Nashville cuts that strike me as good, respectable stuff these days. Maybe there *is* a trend Yesterday , for ex., I heard that Trisha song, "Powerful Thing" (or whatever the title is) and thought it was an entirely enjoyable sort of pop-twang number, nice fiddle line, etc. Better than a lot of what I've heard in recent times Don't really care for that Trisha song, but have you heard the new Loveless? "Can't Get Enough" even sports a similarity to Twain's "If You're Not In It For Love(I'm Outta Here)" with that break in the chorus. The video is a bit more suggestive than anything Loveless has put out to date. Tera
RE: Need info on weird SxSW thing...
Reply to: RE: Need info on weird SxSW thing... Paula Batson, the woman who arranged the original Los Super Seven sessions at Los Manitas a couple of years ago, told me about it. She's involved with this, too. She said that, "Alejandro is doing his musical," but didn't offer much other information. I got the feeling from her that the event was going to take place at Los Manitas, but I don't know that for sure. Robin Hall Ndubb wrote: Can anyone tell me anything else about this? Thanks. -- NW Friday, March 19th, 5:30 to 7:30 By The Hand of the Father A 20TH CENTURY JOURNEY (UN VIAJE DEL SIGLO VEINTE) A theatrical work-in-progress by About Productions WITH MUSIC BY ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Sponsored by a2bmusic and National Council of La Raza RFC822 header --- Received: from server6.singular.com (204.140.208.6) by smtp.crewcuts.com with SMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 1.2b4); Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:38:45 + Received: from lists5.u.washington.edu ([140.142.56.6]) by server6.singular.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 0-42397U400L100S0) with ESMTP id AAA105 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:32:38 -0800 Received: from host ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [140.142.56.13]) by lists5.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with SMTP id IAA22906; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:30:01 -0800 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id IAA31144 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:29:52 -0800 Received: from imo27.mx.aol.com (imo27.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.71]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id IAA13602 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:29:51 -0800 Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by imo27.mx.aol.com (IMOv19.3) id 9ZIKa23612 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:29:37 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:29:37 EST Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Need info on weird SxSW thing... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN
Steve Earle Borders Chicago
The Exit O Digest shows this: (March) 26CONFIRMED - IN-STORE PERFORMANCE at Borders, Chicago (Clark Street) 1:00 pm -- Tom Mohr at the office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at the home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dreaded artist of the decade (plus Rushmore)
Nashville cuts that strike me as good, respectable stuff these days. Maybe there *is* a trend Yesterday , for ex., I heard that Trisha song, "Powerful Thing" (or whatever the title is) and thought it was an entirely enjoyable sort of pop-twang number, nice fiddle line, etc Thankfully, people like Al Anderson (ex-NRBQ) have a lot to do with that new sound. Tapping into songwriters like him give us hope for the future. Also, Kim Richey, Kostas, Jim Lauderdale and many other talented songwriters are getting their goods to the hitmakers. K.
Re: Kelly Willis (was Re: The Mountain (LONG w/1999 Reviews)
One more Kelly Willis note. If you have a copy of the Fading Fast ep that you're willing to part with, it's been going for over thirty bucks on ebay recently. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=75030986 -- Tom Mohr at the office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at the home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Miss America thread ...
She's A Beauty" - the Tubes
Pinetop 7
Can somebody send me any web address where i can find informations about Pinetop 7? I really like those boys and would like to get more info. They're like from outer space for other bands in ND genre. Alex Aleksandar Lazarevic p.fah 80 11400 Mladenovac Serbia Yugoslavia [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel.+381 11 8220 554
latest on Garth-ball
(from the wire)... "You might want to get a helmet." (San Diage manager Bruce Bochy, to Garth Brooks, heading to the plate helmet-less) Nope, not touching that one. dan == === "There is one word in America that says it all, and that one word is 'You never know'." (Cardinal pitcher Joaquin Andujar)
gourds
You probably knew this was coming. g I got my hands on a copy of the new Gourds and it's in the CD player right now. Despite everyone's raving, I still don't get it. Can someone PLEASE tell me what distingushes this band from the ton of other bands that are working the same territory? I find the vocals particularly annoying. The Band comparisons more pronounced, the melodies pretty ordinary (not that you'd actually wanna sing along), the playing better than I remembered them and any sense of adventurousness, veering towards silliness. I don't get the fake hillbilly schtick at all, it just confirms they're making fun of the music or maybe it's a joke that I just don't find funny. The Damnations blow these guys outta the water any day of the week. FWIW, If you wanna see me get excited about something new, ask me about the Old 97's. g Jim, smilin' (really)
P2 radio? Have a transmitter!
WRCT is selling its old 100-watt FM transmitter on ebay. If you're interested in starting up a station or increasing your broadcast power, it's at: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=77628084 Carl Z.
Re: Pinetop 7
Dunno if they have a web site, Alex, but guitarist Charles Kim answers mail sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Carl Z. P.S. Thanks for the Gary Floyd info. I hope to hear the new record soon.
Re: Terry Allen (was Re: Alejandro (was: need info)
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote: Yeah, I know this is songwriting analysis 101, but I just cringe to hear AE thrown in with the pejorative "snooze-rock guys" phrase. Or "overly polite and artsy." Well, anyone who covers the Stooges probably isn't too "overly polite."g I was referring more to the likes of Bruton and McMurtry. I picked up Terry Allen's re-released double record -- two of his earlier records combined as a double CD -- a couple years ago, and was bored to tears. The songwriting was right there, but the tunes were, um, damned slow. This is music we're talking about, not poetry. Not even beat poetry. Pick up the tempo, Terry. Even though they contain a few good songs, those are probably two of his weaker records. Try Lubbock (On Everything) for prime Allen, or more recently Human Remains and Salivation.--don (gettin' ready for another round of on-air begging. Ugh.)
Old 97's (was Re: gourds
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, If you wanna see me get excited about something new, ask me about the Old 97's. g Ooh, yeah. The twang is definitely de-emphasized (as is the rawk), but it's nice to see the band takin' a more subtle tack and succeeding gloriously. Rhett's grown into quite the tunesmith.--don
Re: Terry Allen (was Re: Alejandro (was: need info)
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 13-Mar-99 Re: Terry Allen (was Re: Al.. by Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, anyone who covers the Stooges probably isn't too "overly polite."g I was referring more to the likes of Bruton and McMurtry. Can someone who covers Kinky Friedman (McMurtry) be accused of being "overly polite"? Carl Z.
Re: Terry Allen (was Re: Alejandro (was: need info)
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Carl Abraham Zimring wrote: Can someone who covers Kinky Friedman (McMurtry) be accused of being "overly polite"? Sure, if he smooths 'em out like McMurtry does.--don
Re: Fragile Jewel Cases (and other packaging pet peeves)
At 4:54 PM -0500 on 3/12/99, Carl Abraham Zimring wrote: Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 12-Mar-99 Re: Fragile Jewel Cases (an.. by Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] I always hated breaking the shrinkwrap off an LP because it required such precise use of a well-maintained fingernail, though... I found pocketknives handy for that task. Well, sure, Carl, they let you have pointy objects, but at that stage I was lucky to be getting the crayons once a week. g Bob
Re: Fragile Jewel Cases
At 5:48 PM -0500 on 3/12/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me? I lucked out at Big Lots one time where they were selling jewel cases 4 for $1!! (I loaded up!). Also, I've seen lots (of 50-100) of jewel cases being hocked on ebay (of course)...and my local Disc Go Round franchise carries all sorts of pretty colors...but I'd recommend getting the "p2 discount" from Mr. Lavery ;) I've seen them as low as a dime apiece at the Micro Center in Boston. I haven't been there for a year and a half, of course, so I don't know if they still do that. The price isn't always available; it's an occasional special. I still have empty cases from the last time they had that special while I was there, though. Also, office supply stores carry them, and some of those chains have 155% price-match deals. Bob
16 Horsepower
Anybody know how to contact this band these days? A friend of a friend wants to interview them on a radio show and asked me how to reach them, but all I have is an empty number at AM Thanks as always for your indulgence. BTW, the V-Roys rocked to beat all last night. What a fraggin' show! Eat- your-heart out moment: Kelly Hogan/Scot Miller duet on "Lie I believe"--a two kleenex song under the rockin'est of conditions, which that show pretty much was. Also noted, V-Roys currently leading the "Classiest-looking dewy-eyed groupies" category. Later, Linda, trying to figure out how to be less secure in what she thinks she knows, cuz it's wrong too often
Re: Clip: Geek alert: Microsoft's challenge to MP3 format
At 11:10 AM 3/12/99 -0800, you wrote: http://www.mp3.com/news/197.html Exclusive: Microsoft Prepares Breakthrough MS Audio 4.0! By Doug Reece March 11, 1999 Sources say that Microsoft will release MS Audio 4.0--a new file format that compresses audio files to half the size of an average MP3 file while improving sound quality--sometime in April. Is there any aspect to computing they do not feel entitled to be a part of? Geez. Jeff Miles of Music mail order http://www.milesofmusic.com FREE printed Catalog: (818) 883-9975 fax: (818) 992-8302, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alt-Country, rockabilly, bluegrass, folk, power pop and tons more.
Re: Fragile Jewel Cases (and other packaging pet peeves)
I always hated breaking the shrinkwrap off an LP because it required such precise use of a well-maintained fingernail, though... Nah. You just wore jeans and rapidly rubbed the edge on your thigh. The friction opened the shrinkwrap without doing any damage to the jacket. Jeff Miles of Music mail order http://www.milesofmusic.com FREE printed Catalog: (818) 883-9975 fax: (818) 992-8302, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alt-Country, rockabilly, bluegrass, folk, power pop and tons more.
Re: Terry Allen (was Re: Alejandro (was: need info)
At 5:36 PM -0800 on 3/12/99, Don Yates wrote: And here's an interesting contrast to the overly polite and artsy "roots rock" types: Terry Allen's an arty Texas singer-songwriter who also just happens to be thoroughly immersed in various roots styles. He does more than just name-check roots music greats in his publicity sheets (a la Bruton) -- his music is identifiably based in country, cajun, tex-mex, etc. There's also an edginess to his sound that's noticeably absent from that of the polite snooze-rock guys. His new album's definitely gonna make some folks uneasy, and others even downright mad. Titled Salivation, the album takes dead-aim at religion, skewering its hypocrisies with irony and irreverence while also demonstrating that Allen's lost none of his ability to tell a powerful tale. Terry Allen doesn't make background music, and thank god for that.--don I dunno, Don, juxtaposing Allen and McMurtry like this doesn't work for me. I haven't listened to the new Allen at all, not being a weasel g, and I've listened to the new McMurtry just once, yesterday in fact, and as background music, so there. Seriously, just as Allen's work is not all prime -- I think more highly of the two albums on the Sugar Hill twofer than I do of "Rollback," for example -- you can't point to a weaker McMurtry album and say, "Well, the guy's no Terry Allen." "Too Long in the Wasteland" is as strong now as it was then. I'd say that, allowing for Allen's decade-long head start, they've got about the same track record. To belabor the obvious just in case, I'm not saying McMurtry's as strong as Allen. I've traveled hundreds of miles to see Terry Allen; I catch McMurtry about half the chances I get. But I sure don't lump McMurtry in with background music or roots music for people without roots (which his first release addressed kind of critically, after all). Bob
Kinky / Terry Allen / was Alejandro
Bob: Well, here too: The only time I've ever seen Friedman, he literally spent the evening belching on stage and then told us at the end how lucky he was to be going to New York, where he'd play to an audience that appreciated him. (Doubters are welcome to go to the Boston Globe archives at www.boston.com and search on Friedman and belch.) Anyone who "smooths out" that crass piece of shit is OK by me. Yeah, even though I like Kinky (his recordings? g), it's a fact he's really self-indulgent in live appearances and may do just about any damn thing. Kind of the Charles Bukowski of free range country?? I've seen him do the belch thing too. These days, Kinky usually just runs through ok acoustic versions of his songs in conjunction with book readings or book signings. I mean, he no longer has a band or does honest-to-god music gigs or anything. I'll be checking him out at SXSW and hoping for the best. I won't stand too close, however g. Junior, np: Lyle Lovett "Sold American" (from Pearls in the Snow)
Re: 16 Horsepower
In a message dated 3/13/99 1:37:09 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Slim -- you know anything? (Well, I know you know lots -- know anything about the upcoming Bubbapalooza?) I know 2 things: 1 Bubbapalooza is scheduled for Memorial Day weekend May 28, 29, and 30. 2 Slim Chance the Convicts will be playing at 10PM friday night, just as we have for every other Bubbapalooza. Any P2 bands interested in playing should contact Cole Skinner and Gayle Thrower at "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" . The focus is on regional southeastern bands playing country/rockabilly/roots type music, so keep that in mind if you are interested. Slim
Chuck E. Weiss and the Goddamn Liars
In light recent phlegm and Kinky threads, I'm sittin' here listenting to the Kinky Tribute album "Pearls in the Snow" and I note that "Old Ben Lucas" (who had a lotta mucus, etc...) is performed by LA's Chuck E. Weiss and the Goddamn Liars. With Tony Gilkyson on guitar and gang chorus vocals, no less. So I assume this is a pseudonym for either Jeff or Neal? C'mon, fess up guys. It's a fine version and it's good to see ya working with folks from X. You're makin' P2 proud --junior
Rufus Wainwright
I'd say that Rufus Wainwright's debut has only sold 35,000 copies so far because it doesn't sound like anything else on the market right now. We filed the cd in rock at Vintage Vinyl but I'd be hard pressed to name an album that rocks less. Folk/Country/Americana is clearly the wrong place, though, if he were filed with the McGarrigles a few people would stumble across him. I thought about putting him in Pop Vocals but I don't think people looking for Rufus are going to look for him along side Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennet. KDHX has Rufus filed as rock, as well, a decision made before I started, by the way. How'd Dreamworks manage to spend a million bucks on making Rufus' album? What was Van Dyke Park's fee? Tony Renner music director KDHX St. Louis Community Radio 3504 Magnolia Avenue St. Louis, MO 63118 314 664-3955 314 664-1020 fax
re: Richard Thompson
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Gregg Makepeace wrote: I guess I don't buy a Richard Thompson album for the cool percussive effects or keyboard noises. Amnesia doesn't really have too much of the heavy handed stuff on it but "Mirror Blue" sure does. this sums it up perfectly. I really really agree with Gregg here. I heard richard do a live radio NPR tour prior to Mirror Blue and was blown away by the songs and looking forward to it . . . then I get the disc and it is flat, overproduced, w/bizarre drums and percussiona and a couple of stupid songs about fast food/cars that I (w/complete ignorance) blame on Froom! g This is well said -- the less production the better with a talent like RT. -jim
NEA nightmares
National Endowment for the Twang: I just reread all of tonights' postings on the NEA/Alejandro thread with carl w. and junior. I have to say something as I myself was on the ass end of a congressinally pressured NEA rejection of a project I organized a couple years ago. (Actually I think you can still find a C.Carr article about the project Hallwalls were applying for in the 1996 archives of the Village Voice. I'd continue about it, but I get bitter and nasty. Suffice it to say we got boned.) What I did want to express was to Junior that I have a problem with his framing of NEA grants as "official institutional validation" and nothing else. That is not at all what those grants are about. What NEA grants should be, and it appears Alejandro's project as described here fits this to a T, is an opportunity for an artist to do something more than just what they do. in other words, going beyond themselves in order to achieve something more than the usual. Composers and musicians frequently apply for and are awarded grants that help them move into different mediums, to do projects they otherwise couldn't do through commercial channels. Actually, I mean "used to" apply for individual NEA grants. The NEA hasn't had an individual grant program in more than seven years. Only institutions can receive them. Alejandro's project would have to be presented in the context of a group's seasonal programming, or within the aegis of a related group of projects under the wings of an arts center or some such other entity, like California's Border Arts Workshop. Now, I don't think the NEA should give him money just to put out a record of just his own stuff. He has a contract and seems to do that fine on his own. His effort to "do something more" in this case is to enter the theatrical realm with his work and that could be very interesting. Especially if he collaborates with other artists which of course he will. Thus, the money affects not only him, but the people he works with as well, and if the project in some way involves his community, enriches the cultural life of the community and helps raise awareness of culture, then by God, send him the money. In the long run, that actual cash award will be small in relation to what the project will cost. Also thanks to the congressional insanity of the last few years, Alejandro will have to guarentee at least a 2 to one match of those funds from other sources. (at least the last I looked). He will have some scrambling to do, believe me. And theatrical productions have costs like you wouldn't believe. Anyway, the bottom line is these grants are not tokens or some sort of cash prize, but a venture capital investment in an artist's efforts to bring their work to new audiences and new heights. Or at least they used to be. Bring back the individual grants! Shit, wish I was on that panel. Dan Rigney http://www.moths.com
Re: Coming to Town: Prine
For those of you with a hankering to visit the Scruffy City... Concert tix for these shows in Knoxville go on sale this Saturday: John Prine ... April 16 Good to see John's doing shows again. I heard rumors some time ago that he was quite ill; was there anything to that?
Re: NEA nightmares
Dan, I see your points. I've been on the "ass end," as you rightly put it, of several NEA (and several *other* NEH) grants myself, so I'm not a stranger to the institutional logic we're discussing here. I know good things get done and good projects get supported with NEA monies and I sure know how difficult it is to get one's project funded. I'm working in and around such projects every day. Overall, however, let's face it, we're not talking about a hotbed of innovation or populist initiative either in the arts in general, or in popular music in particular. Again, my point is about Alejandro and it's a taste point. I find him uninteresting. The NEA is another and more complex ball of wax I'm not suggesting that govt funding of the arts is somehow wrongheaded and everything should be left to market principles. Neither am I suggesting that getting NEA funding de facto invalidates anyone's or any institution's work. Of course not. If I'm the only one to perceive irony in the situation, so be it. Maybe I have an overactive sense of humor g. But the day NEA funding leads to as much good popular music as, say, Texaco Truck Stops, I'll gladly buy you a round! --junior, off to see Big Sandy
Got my Grand Funk dose
So I'm flipping channels at my parents' place, adn VH1 has "Behind the Music" on, this episode covering the rise and fall and rise of Grand Funk Railroad. I'm satisfied for a while. Mitch Matthews Gravel Train/Sunken Road ns (now showing): Webb Wilder "Corn Flicks" video
Re: Help With A Class
-- From: Stoker, Aaron M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help With A Class Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 6:21 PM Hey All-I am long time lurker on this list, and I was hoping that you guys could help me out. I am taking a Stat class and have to do a project. All I need you to do is fill out the survey below and send it back to me. To answer the questions you can either put an X under the answer that applies, or just delete the answers that don't apply. After you have filled out the survey just send it back to me at this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for your help. Aaron Stoker Smoking Survey Age: Sex:Male Female Circle the category that best describes your current smoking status: Smoker Former Smoker Non-Smoker If you answered smoker or former smoker, please answer questions in section B. If you answered Non-smoker, please answer questions in section C. Section B:(For Smokers and Former Smokers) At what age did you start smoking? At the time that you started smoking, please circle the category that best describes the smoking status of your primary care givers. Father or Father figure: Smoker Former Smoker Non-Smoker Not Applicable Mother or Mother figure: Smoker Former Smoker Non-Smoker Not Applicable Did your parents discourage or encourage you to smoke?Encourage Discourage Were you allowed to smoke in the house? Yes No Were you punished if you were caught smoking? Yes No Did your parents give you cigarettes? Yes No Did your parents give you money for cigarettes? Yes No Section C:(For Non-Smokers Only) Please circle the category that best describes the current smoking status of your primary care givers. Father or Father figure: Smoker Former Smoker Non-Smoker Not Applicable Mother or Mother figure: Smoker Former Smoker Non-Smoker Not Applicable Did your parents discourage or encourage you to smoke? Encourage Discourage If either of your primary care givers are former smokers, please list the age you were when they quit smoking. Father or Father figure: Mother or Mother figure:
Re: Covers v2.01 (was Re: Got my Grand Funk dose)
So, if you had a set at Twangfest, what Grand Funk tune would you slip into the list, and why? Gee, that's a tough one. Maybe T.N.U.C. from that double live album with a really long theremin solo. That leaves "American Band" for Gravel Train and "Closer To Home" for Hillbilly Idol - Al can do the "seagull" sounds with the pedal steel. Tom Moran The Deliberate Strangers' Old Home Place http://members.tripod.com/~Deliberate_Strangers/index.html ***New and Improved!
Re: Covers v2.01 (was Re: Got my Grand Funk dose)
In a message dated 3/14/99 3:44:30 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, if you had a set at Twangfest, what Grand Funk tune would you slip into the list, and why? Gee, that's a tough one. Maybe T.N.U.C. from that double live album with a really long theremin solo. That leaves "American Band" for Gravel Train and "Closer To Home" for Hillbilly Idol - Al can do the "seagull" sounds with the pedal steel. I was hoping that there could be this P2 jam session going and we could do a bluegrass version of "Some Kind of Wonderful". Mitch Matthews Gravel Train/Sunken Road ns: "High and Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music"
