Re: Mike Ireland tour dates east/midwest/south/UK
At 05:57 PM 4/17/99 -0500, you wrote: they played a new song or two and some great covers (Twitty, Charlie Rich's wife whose first name I cant remember, That'd be margaret ann rich, who wrote quite a few of Rich's better songs: Go Ahead And Cry (from Pictures and Paintings), Have A Heart (from Boss Man), That's The Day You Said You Stopped Loving Me (from Set me Free), plus Pass On By and great Smash cuts like Down And Out, A Field Of Yellow Daisies, Everything I Do is Wrong and Party Girl. The best M.A. Rich song, though, was Life Has It's Little Ups And Downs, from the Fabulous Charlie Rich. --david cantwell
Re: Ex-Husbands tour dates and stuff
Hey - thanks for the heads up there, I hadn't received this date from their agent yet, but I'll ask if this is happening... Hope you're doing great. Jeff -Original Message- From: Ph. Barnard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, April 16, 1999 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Ex-Husbands tour dates and stuff Jeff, if I'm not mistaken, The Ex-Husbands are also playing Saturday 5/22 at The Replay Lounge, Lawrence KS --junior
Re: Margaret Ann Rich song
Chris, was it any of these? I don't think so. . . It was a song Mike Ireland said he'd learned from a 45 that included some dumb interview in which the DJ credits the song to Charlie Rich. Anybody know of it? Anyway, it was that song and none of these ring a bell, but when I try to think of it I can only remember that Hazel Dickens song that Deanna Varagona and Kelly Hogan sang. Linda In a message dated 4/18/99 10:21:54 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That'd be margaret ann rich, who wrote quite a few of Rich's better songs: Go Ahead And Cry (from Pictures and Paintings), Have A Heart (from Boss Man), That's The Day You Said You Stopped Loving Me (from Set me Free), plus Pass On By and great Smash cuts like Down And Out, A Field Of Yellow Daisies, Everything I Do is Wrong and Party Girl. The best M.A. Rich song, though, was Life Has It's Little Ups And Downs, from the Fabulous Charlie Rich. --david cantwell
The Underappreciated game
Here's a couple more underappreciated albums that I haven't seen listed yet. 1) Walter Hyatt: King Tears - A part of MCA's extremely short-lived "Masters Series'. Great loungey country-tinged jazz - it sounds a lot better than the description. Voice perfectly suited for material - especially the cover of Charles Trenet's Que Reste-til de nos Amour. 2) David Halley: Stray Dog Talk If you like that high lonesome Texas singer-songwriter stuff, this one's for you. Appealing voice and some real purdy songs - especially the slow ones like "Rain Just Falls". Fans of the new Beaver Nelson (speaking of more recent underappreciated stuff) would be well advised to seek this one out. 3) Jann Browne: Tell Me Why I've complained about the lack of attention given to Ms. Brown a couple of other times, but this album really is a great slice of SoCal country. 4) Paul Kelly and the Messengers: Comedy I'll join Carl Z. in praising this guy, especially on this release. Just a great pop-rock album from end to end. And here's a bunch from the late 1980s 1) Kirsty MacColl: Kite 2) Nick Lowe: Pinker and Prouder than Previous (with a name like that... 3) Matthew Sweet: Earth (well, ok, the first half - a lot more synthy than his subsequent release) 4) Sam Phillips: The Indescribable Wow Evan Cooper p.s. in reference to an earlier thread - The Jam still hold up durn well in my book.
RE: Margaret Ann Rich song
Linda: ... I can only remember that Hazel Dickens song that Deanna Varagona and Kelly Hogan sang. Which was...? Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: Margaret Ann Rich song
At 11:46 AM 4/18/99 EDT, you wrote: It was a song Mike Ireland said he'd learned from a 45 that included some dumb interview in which the DJ credits the song to Charlie Rich. Anybody know of it? If that's the story he told, the I'd say it's definately Life Has It's Little Ups And Downs (as in "...like ponies on a merry-go-round, but no one grabs the brass ring everytime, but she don't mind. She's got a gold ring on her finger, and I'm so glad that's it's mine") --dc
Re: Margaret Ann Rich song
thanks, Dave! That's the one. I remember the last part. Linda In a message dated 4/18/99 11:17:43 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If that's the story he told, the I'd say it's definately Life Has It's Little Ups And Downs (as in "...like ponies on a merry-go-round, but no one grabs the brass ring everytime, but she don't mind. She's got a gold ring on her finger, and I'm so glad that's it's mine") --dc
Re: Hazel Dickens song
Jon Weisberger asks "Which one?" and of course, he has to tell me -- if it isn't called "My Better Years" at least that's the way I remember it. Linda
RE: Hazel Dickens song
Jon Weisberger asks "Which one?" and of course, he has to tell me -- if it isn't called "My Better Years" at least that's the way I remember it. That's what it's called. The Johnson Mountain Boys did a great version of it. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Clip: Tom Waits from SF Gate web site
`Variations' On a Twisted Persona Tom Waits talks about his new album, rats' teeth and Yma Sumac's hairdresser James Sullivan, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, April 18, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/04/18/PK21006.DTLtype=music ``All life interests me,'' lisps Renfield, the feverish asylum inmate Tom Waits plays in Francis Ford Coppola's film ``Bram Stoker's Dracula.'' Then he eats a worm. That small scene might best capture the singer-actor's trademark affinity for life's strange beauty. Waits has cultivated an image that's slightly out of whack, and it has served him well. A cult phenomenon by the early 1980s, the scat-singing raconteur recast himself as rock 'n' roll's ingenious rag man with a masterful series of experimental yet deeply traditional albums. He took swatches of immigrant music -- secondhand tangos, pub ballads, Weimar- era cabaret songs -- and made them uniquely American, uniquely his own. Next week, Waits releases his 12th studio album. They came in bunches in the '70s, but this is his first, not including soundtracks, since 1992's Grammy-winning ``Bone Machine.'' Anticipation is high. His first release for the punk label Epitaph, ``Mule Variations'' will be Waits' most public project in ages. In recent years he has earned a reputation as a bit of a recluse, playing only the odd benefit concert while working on plays and soundtracks at his family's home in the Sonoma countryside. He's planning select live dates, as well as a concert taping for VH1, which recently named him one of the ``Most Influential Artists of All Time.'' Not that he buys it, exactly. ``I don't know what it is I do yet,'' Waits rasps on a recent afternoon, hunching over a plate of sweet-and-sour chicken at an old-fashioned, dark-paneled Chinese restaurant on Grant Avenue. ``I guess if you figure it out, you're kind of all done.'' -- True to form, Waits is dressed in rail-yard garb -- scuffed black boots, stiff jeans, a tight denim jacket buttoned up like a shirt. When he takes off his ever-present battered fedora, his kinky hair springs up like a wire garden. It's the same look he took onstage at one of his first concerts in years, in Austin, Texas, at the South by Southwest music conference last month. Waits is reluctant to do interviews and will do only a handful to promote his album, but he is less socially uneasy than simply preoccupied. One thing about Waits is certain: He's the sort of guy who will answer a question with a question. Asked about his long stretch be tween albums, he replies: ``Did you know a rat's teeth will grow through the roof of its mouth into its brain if it doesn't keep eating?'' There's a clear lesson to be learned from that zoological tidbit, Waits claims, suppressing a smile: ``Always keep snacks around.'' He cranes his neck for an imaginary waiter: ``Could we get a little something over here as a starter, really quick?'' he hollers. ``My teeth are growing.'' -- Waits has lived in rural Sonoma County for several years with his wife and longtime collaborator, Kathleen Brennan, and their three children. ``Mule Variations,'' he suggests, is his attempt to get back to the land. ``You know, Robert Johnson started writing about automobiles, and from then forward people stopped writing about animals.'' He says the title phrase of the slow-roasting blues ``Get Behind the Mule'' comes from something the late bluesman Johnson's father told his shiftless son: ``You gotta get behind the mule in the morning and plow.'' For years Waits lived out the gutter-trawling lifestyle of his characters. ``There have been plenty of days when I've gotten up too late in the morning and the mule is gone,'' he says. ``Or somebody else is behind the mule, and I have to get behind the guy who's behind the mule.'' The album, recorded last year, features contributions by Bay Area musicians including harmonica veteran Charlie Musselwhite, brass and woodwind player Nik Phelps of Clubfoot Orchestra, drummer Andrew Borger of the Beth Lisick Ordeal and guitarist Joe Gore and multi-instrumentalist Ralph Carney of the Oranj Symphonette. Primus serves as Waits' backing band on the rambunctious lead track, ``Big in Japan.'' It was Brennan, Waits says, who urged him back behind the mule. They met almost 20 years ago, while working at Coppola's Zoetrope Studios. Among her many songwriting credits with her husband, Brennan co-wrote Waits' music for ``Bunny,'' the short animated film that just won an Academy Award. In between words of devotion, Waits takes great joy in making up a past for his wife: He claims she's been an elevator operator and an anchorwoman, among other things. ``She was Yma Sumac's hairdresser for a very short period of time.'' His slate-colored eyes twinkle devilishly. ``They had to let her go -- too much overhead!'' Such
Clip: San Francisco honors Gram Parsons
SAN FRANCISCO HONORS GRAM PARSONS Plans for the Gram Parsons tribute continue to speed forward. An increasing number of books and tribute albums connected with the late country-rock pioneer are just a small indicator of his flourishing cult appeal. On Saturday, several bands from San Francisco -- including Mover, Dixie Star, the Blood Roses, Four Fathom Bank Robbers, the Tyde and the Decans -- will pay homage to Parsons at the first Sleepless Nights Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic benefit concert at Slim's. Also appearing will be out-of-towners Convoy, Sex 66 and Beachwood Sparks. Why are these young artists kneeling at the Parsons shrine, and why now? ``Because he brought together soul music, hillbilly music and outlaw music to create a sound that has influenced many great songwriters, from the Rolling Stones to Beck,'' explains Sleepless Nights organizer and Mover front man Eric Shea. ``He continues to move more people who discover his songs and his sound. He was from Waycross, Ga., but he put so much soul in California.'' Each band on the bill promises to play at least two Parsons covers, followed by one or two of their own songs that he inspired. At the end of the night Shea plans to show some rare film footage of Parsons, his protege Emmylou Harris and his band the Fallen Angels on the venue's big-screen video monitor. Oddly, Shea never had any grand designs for the concert. ``I really just wanted to play the Cosmic American Music Festival at Joshua Tree. The folks in charge of that never returned my calls, so I thought it would be fun to have one here,'' he says. ``If it goes well, I want to have an acoustic one at the Joshua Tree Inn on December 31.'' Shea has already reserved room No. 8, where Parsons overdosed 25 years ago. -- Aidin Vaziri
Get Cinemax, Watch my big screen debut Long
Hey there you guys, I was in a movie that was filmed 3, count 'em 3 years ago. Harvey Keitell, Bridget Fonda, Jon Schect (sp?). Any, in the film I am the leader/singer/guitar player of a glitzy bad Las Vegas-y house band at a casino. I got to cast the players, and used many of the folks that really play with me in real life. My bass player Ronnie, my old drummer Keith, my other guitar player Jay, keyboard player of my dreams Robert Nighthawk II, trumpet and sax players, 2 back up singers who are also great pals, Reba Russell and JoJo Jefferies. Anyway, Harvey plays a guy who thinks he is Elvis, and Bridget plays a Marilyn Monroe impersonator. JOn is after Bridget, and friend of Harvey. My character is the band leader who is friends with them, gambles with them etc., (I seem to be a gambling jones character, and drink alot). Also, I wear bad bad bad silvery stage clothes, and have Zena the Warrior princess boobs hanging out all over the place because they made me wear an old Madonna-like bra thingy for my top. (They did stuff toilet paper down there give make them a DD size, it was frightning Dolly-like). (Like we really go out and do gigs in that shit!) So, I have not seen the film, and no telling how little I am really in it, but I shot 40 or so various scenes over 15 or so days. I had heard that it was never going to be released, that Harvey had control and did not like his character. But a friend just sent me this clip and it looks like Cinemax is going to specialize in bad B movies. It was fun to do, they sure treated me like a queen, plus I managed to get and endorsment of a couple fine guitars from Epiphone so I made out pretty good. I just called Gibson a couple days before filming when I knew for sure I had the part and told them that my guitars were not flashy enough for the scenes (I have an old Willie-Nelson looking guitar with signatures all over it and an extra hole I wore in, plus my fuzzy cow-covered tele). So they delivered me what I asked for and never asked for them back. Ya'll remember that if you are ever in the same boat. I found Gibson was more than happy to help. I have been an extra in several films, but this was the first one where I had such a cool and bigger part. We play really bad versions of "Suspicious Minds" (Harvey singing), and also "You'd Be Surprised" (Jane singing). I hope that some of that actually makes it in the movie. Sorry this is so long, I have been working on a rap video and have been in hell for several days and not able to talk twang. Was too excited to not share this news Goob-head Nancy Cinemax's salvage job By John Dempsey NEW YORK (Variety) - ``Busted theatricals,'' industry lingo for movie projects that never made it to the big screen, are being rescued from oblivion by Cinemax. The pay network sibling of HBO has embarked on a shopping spree for films featuring the likes of Emma Thompson, Bridget Fonda, Alan Rickman and Harvey Keitel. It will use them in a ``First on Max'' monthly lineup of exclusive American movie premieres. Premiering later this month is ``The Judas Kiss,'' with Thompson and Rickman; in May, ``Finding Graceland,'' starring Fonda and Keitel, will bow. June will see Ewan McGregor starring in ``Rogue Trader,'' James Dearden's docudrama about Nicky Leeson, the stockbroker whose shady deals brought down Barings. In July, Fonda returns in ``The Breakup,'' with Kiefer Sutherland. ``Oxygen'' (August) features Adrien Brody (``The Thin Red Line'') and Maura Tierney (``NewsRadio''). ``Susan's Plan'' (September), directed by John Landis, stars Nastassja Kinski and Billy Zane. ``Sex Monster'' (October) is a comedy written, directed by and starring Mike Binder. The movies were either produced as theatricals but withdrawn, mostly because of the ballooning cost of marketing a picture to the multiplexes, or were filmed as direct-to-video offerings but rescued by Cinemax because of their pay TV potential. Reuters/Variety Hiya Nancy. just found this online, didn't know if you had heard yet. Looks like your movie is gonna be hitting Cinemax next month!!Guess I'm gonna have to break down and get cable once and for all See ya, Steve
Clip: review of Alejandro Escovedo's new one
Just found a couple of things in the paper this morning (93rd anniversary of the Big Quake) and thought I'd share. = IT'S TIME TO DISCOVER ESCOVEDO'S `BLUES' 4 stars ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Bourbonitis Blues Bloodshot, $12.98 Why Alejandro Escovedo remains a peripheral star is something of a mystery. The Austin- based singer and guitarist -- a former member of the Nuns and Rank File, leader of the True Believers and Buick MacKane -- has shared mikes with Willie Nelson and jammed with Charlie Sexton, yet he's rarely received more than a share of the spotlight. If there's any justice, ``Bourbonitis Blues'' will change that. Half originals, Escovedo's fifth solo CD illustrates his wide songwriting range. ``Sacramento Polk'' is a dark, driving tale of (local) obsession, carved with razor-sharp guitar swipes; ``I Was Drunk'' is a pretty acoustic- electric poem; ``Guilty'' reprises an old Esco favorite as a blues-soaked romp that evokes midcareer Rolling Stones. The disc's covers are even better, treating tunes by John Cale (``Amsterdam''), Ian Hunter (``Irene Wilde'') and even the Gun Club (``Sex Beat'') to fresh interpretations. A version of Lou Reed's ``Pale Blue Eyes,'' sung as a duet with Kelly Hogan, is lovely and perfectly placed. With appearances by the Mekons' Jon Langford and members of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, ``Bourbonitis'' should help Escovedo gain some fans. Critics have compared him to Springsteen, Leonard Cohen and Townes Van Zandt. Established fans are guarding the secret, but we're silently wondering: When will the general public ``discover'' this longtime star? -- Colin Berry
Re: Clip: review of Alejandro Escovedo's new one
In a message dated 4/18/99 12:57:10 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Established fans are guarding the secret, HA! Established fans are proselytisig like all get out! Linda
Not so Slowly
Is Jimmy Martin's version of "Slowly" available on CD? Dina
Re: Clip: review of Alejandro Escovedo's new one
Brad Bechtel wrote: ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Bourbonitis Blues Bloodshot, $12.98 Why Alejandro Escovedo remains a peripheral star is something of a mystery. The Austin- based singer and guitarist -- a former member of the Nuns and Rank File, leader of the True Believers and Buick MacKane -- has shared mikes with Willie Nelson and jammed with Charlie Sexton, yet he's rarely received more than a share of the spotlight. Oh yeah, that was the guy I saw at the Continental Club. He really stood out as something special, with great songs, tight band and lovely sparse when necessary arrangements. I bet the CD is something worth buying. Louise -- If you like rocking country music, check out the Okeh Wranglers web site at: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/bluesmoke
Re: Mike Ireland tour dates east/midwest/south/UK
Hey there, David Cantwell wrote: The best M.A. Rich song, though, was Life Has It's Little Ups And Downs, from the Fabulous Charlie Rich. --david cantwell You and Mike Ireland are on the same wavelenght - that was the cover. Later... CK digging the Krebs album ___ 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: Not so Slowly
Is Jimmy Martin's version of "Slowly" available on CD? As far as I know, only on the Bear Family set, making it one of 146 reasons to cough up for it (147 if you count the excellent booklet). Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
wilco and vic
A review of last night's show - with a tip o' the Hee-Haw straw hat to David Cantwell for the illumination of the ELO emulations on Summer Teeth. Carl W. * * * WILCO WITH VIC CHESNUTT at The Guvernment on Saturday by CARL WILSON The Globe and Mail, Toronto I n a certain light, Jeff Tweedy's career - ever since his teenage group the Primitives in Belleville, Ill., metamorphosed into the legendary late-eighties band Uncle Tupelo - has been a struggle to address the question of what to do if it's not possible to play punk rock anymore. Uncle Tupelo's answer, famously, was to mine the distant past: With partner Jay Farrar (now of Son Volt), Tweedy combed old-time country music for sounds that could resonate in the postindustrial Rust Belt. But when Tweedy formed Wilco, he changed tactics. Wilco's alternative to "alternative" is pop music, the 1970s top-40 sound of Tweedy's childhood, from Cheap Trick to - prominently on Wilco's just-released third album, Summer Teeth - the power-pop period of the Electric Light Orchestra. It's a nervy strategy, and its potential and its failings were evident in equal measure at Wilco's early-evening, sold-out show on Saturday at The Guvernment. In a long set that included double-keyboard sugar shocks, a veritable army of guitars, more than enough rock-outs and a passel of "ooh-aah" vocal fillips, waves of pure elation were followed by bland washouts. Tweedy, the man with the most earnest eyebrows in rock 'n' roll, was consistently watchable, remarkably engaged with every line of every song considering the group's punishing tour schedule. The best tunes from Summer Teeth, including Can't Stand It, Via Chicago and A Shot in the Arm, seemed so fresh that you could imagine a new generation of 11-year-olds pumping up the radio volume and posturing to them in front of their bedroom mirrors. Yet in a few songs from 1998's Mermaid Avenue - a collaboration with Billy Bragg in setting lyrics from Woody Guthrie's notebooks - Tweedy discovered much wider thematic territory than he manages to cover in his own writing. The results are musical pearls such as Hesitating Beauty and California Stars, which was received like the time-burnished classic it deserves to be during the otherwise-excessive double encore. Much of the time, however, the samey songs seemed undeserving of the band's prodigious energies, and the hard-core fans' hunger for more thick-necked rock-show gestures left one wondering whether Tweedy would ever fully liberate himself from one or another form of nostalgia. None of those 11-year-olds will ever find out how cool he is if he keeps pandering to the pushing-40 punters. By contrast, Vic Chesnutt, in his opening set - sitting alone in his wheelchair, wrist braces limiting his electric-guitar work, his poignant voice nearly lost in an inadequate sound mix in the cavernous club - served no earthly master, not even himself. The Virginia songwriter specializes in acidic wordplay (he writes like a maudlin-drunk Dr. Seuss), and the barely-there accompaniment let the few people who had the courtesy to listen luxuriate in such lyrical loopdiloops as, "We blew past the army motorcade/ And its abnormal load haulage/ The gravity of the situation/ Came on us like a bit of new knowledge." The shocker here was the reputed misanthrope's easygoing generosity: After a few pieces from his new album The Salesman and Bernadette, Chesnutt bantered with the crowd to determine what songs he'd play next. And frequently, almost casually, with his Valley-of-Demerol death-croak on Supernatural or his teetering, lonesome croon on Where Were You?, Chesnutt hit emotional depths that Tweedy, so far, is just a touch too calculating ever to find.
Re: Remember, its Denver
There is absolutely nothing cool to do in Denver. Boulder is the extreme opposite...possibly one of the coolest places I have ever been to. It's less than an hour away and an easy drive. Non music related, if you want the BEST, and I mean absolute BEST hamburger, Go to a little bar in Denver called the Cherry Cricket, it's across the street from the Cherry Creek shopping mall. It's an alt.country friendly place from what I remember of the juke box and the burgers were incredible. I ate there 4 times in three days it was so good. Also, if you get a chance and the Rockies are home, Coors Field looked like a splendid place to take in a game...they put it right in the city and there are quite a few bars in the surrounding neighborhood. Otherwise, it's one of those cities that are pretty much one big suburb...like most landlocked cities. The people seemed pretty laid back and everyone was really cool from what I saw. Alex "who seeks out the cool in every city he visits and reports back per your request" Millar On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Christopher M Knaus wrote: Hey there, So I'm headed to Denver for a smattering of days during May and if I recall, there isnt squat for a music scene there. Any suggestions? Later... CK trying to remember if that's where Deb wound up *shudder* ___ 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: wilco and vic
That was gorgeous, Carl. man, what the hell am I doing in this business. . . Linda
RE: Remember, its Denver
While I agree with Alex that Boulder is pretty cool, lived ther for 6 years, Denver does have *some* redeaming qualities. However, if you want the real scoop, look for the Westword on-line (sorry I'm not an adept addressprovider). "LoDo" has a few good restaurants, there's good ethnic food - Soeul Food comes to mind, Sushi Den has excellent sushi and the Westword can tell you what music is in either Boulder or Denver. And if you do go to Boulder, the Fox is THE place for live music. Wynn
Kelly, Heather CD observations
Hi all, Typing my life away and listening to the new Kelly Willis in anticipation of her show here on Wednesday at JD's. Thinking that I like this new CD but in no way, shape or form does it come close to the quality of Heather Myles' CD. Have been following Kelly since her first effort and like her voice/style but IMHO Heather should have been presented with the keys to Nashville for recording "Highways Honky Tonks". The songs on that CD are knockouts and should have received the attention and sales that weaker product like the Chicks have been getting for over a year (no Chick-bashing needed, just an observation). Happy Patriots/Marathon Day to all, especially those brave runners!! Kate
Cadillac Hit Men...and thoughts on the Sadies
Cadillac Hit Men... Anyone in the NE know of these guys and would you recommend...the description sounds like they are right up my alley. Also, I have not taken the Andre Williams collaboration with the Sadies, Red Dirt (Bloodshot Reords) out of my cd player since I was able to weasel a copy a week back. It's GREAT and let me just reiterate that the Sadies are unbelievable. The work on this disk really shows how seriously and intensely talented this band is. They can do anything. The cover of Henneman's Queen of the World is great and Psycho has one of the coolest guitar backgrounds I have heard in a long time. Andre is sure a hoot...someday down the line I want to party with the man. Bloodshot just keeps hitting the nail on the head with every new release. Remider that the Wacos are at the Hideout tomorrow night (monday) get there early. Alex "who has been so busy with school and work that I havent been around much since SXSW...lots of good shows coming up so I hope to be more active" Millar _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Life's Little Ups and Downs- Margaret Ann Rich
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher M Knaus Sent: Sunday, April 18, 1999 11:44 AM To: passenger side Subject: Re: Mike Ireland tour dates east/midwest/south/UK Hey there, David Cantwell wrote: The best M.A. Rich song, though, was Life Has It's Little Ups And Downs, from the Fabulous Charlie Rich. --david cantwell You and Mike Ireland are on the same wavelenght - that was the cover. ** Mike and David are undoubtedly on the same wavelength more or less, but in the interest of closing another pop culture circle, I'd like to add that the interview 45 in question, which attributes the song to Charlie rather than Margaret Ann, was purchased for $7 on Ebay. Joyce
help: trying to get stories straight
Any one recall Shania Twain re-recording or remixing "Still the One" for pop airplay? Something about deleting the fiddles or so? Plus, I seem to recall the Dixie Chicks being asked to make some sort of similar compromise to be on some TV show but refused? Do either of these scenarios sound right? Foggy. Neal Weiss
Re: criminally underappreciated albums of the '90s
Jacob London wrote: What are the 5 most criminally underappreciated albums of the '90s? Here's 10, IMO, from my collection: 1. Blood Oranges-Crying Tree 2. Cheri Knight-Northeast Kingdom 3. Daniel Lanois-For the Beauty of Winona 4. John Moony-Testimony 5. Geoff Muldaur-Secret Handshake 6. Kimmie Rhodes-West Texas Heaven 7. Ron Sexsmith-Ron Sexsmith 8. Pops Staples-Peace to the Neighborhood 9. Cassandra Wilson-Blue Light 'Til Dawn 10. Stephen Yerkey-confidance, man Rob McLane
Re: help: trying to get stories straight
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any one recall Shania Twain re-recording or remixing "Still the One" for pop airplay? Something about deleting the fiddles or so? Plus, I seem to recall the Dixie Chicks being asked to make some sort of similar compromise to be on some TV show but refused? Do either of these scenarios sound right? Foggy. Neal Weiss What? you mean the original You're Still The One has fiddle on it? The one released in the UK for the pop audiences has organ and guitar, but no fiddle. My sister bought the single (out of curiosity because we don't get many country singles released over here, nothing else, ahem) I think the Dixie Chicks thing was for MTV, and they refused to take out their instruments from the video. Louise -- If you like rocking country music, check out the Okeh Wranglers web site at: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/bluesmoke
RE: help: trying to get stories straight
Any one recall Shania Twain re-recording or remixing "Still the One" for pop airplay? Something about deleting the fiddles or so? I have a real vague recollection of this - vague enough that I'm not sure whether it's at all accurate. Plus, I seem to recall the Dixie Chicks being asked to make some sort of similar compromise to be on some TV show but refused? This one is a definite; it appeared in print in at least one place, maybe Country Music magazine. The culprit here was VH-1, which wanted a fiddle-less version of one of their videos. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
RE: help: trying to get stories straight
Louise says: What? you mean the original You're Still The One has fiddle on it? The one released in the UK for the pop audiences has organ and guitar, but no fiddle. Same as the album cut then; there's steel on it (Bruce Bouton), and mandolin (Eric Silver), but no fiddle credit. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
new address
please note my email address is now [EMAIL PROTECTED] it was previously [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am subscribed to the postcard2 mailing list. thank you! -- Mary Haggie
RE: help: trying to get stories straight
From the 3/1/99 Blue Chip Report: The rumble is that VH1 wanted to play The Dixie Chicks' "Wide Open Spaces", but wanted to edit out the fiddle parts. The group refused. Guess the banjo didn't bother them. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Not Exactly Nashville playlist 4/17/99
Not Exactly Nashville WCNI 91.1FM New London, CT Saturday 12noon - 3PM webcasting via RealAudio at elm.conncoll.edu:81/audio/live.ram Country Roots playlist - 4/17/99 Mike Trynosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] After the craziness of last week's annual fund raiser it's nice to get things back to normal. Celebrated Loretta Lynn's birthday (4/14/35) with a few of her tunes. Featured a sample of Roy Clark's instrumental work from a couple of his '60s LPs (THE LIGHTNING FINGERS OF ROY CLARK and THE ROY CLARK GUITAR SPECTACULAR) in honor of his birtday (4/15/33). Though he's probably most remembered in his long running role as Buck Owens' pickin' grinnin' sidekick on television's HEE HAW, it should not be forgotten he was also a killer guitar player who strongly influenced another D.C. area legend, the late great Danny Gatton, who was 12 years younger. Also, showcased Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison who are appearing in the "area" a couple of times this week (4/21-Johnny D's in Somerville, MA 4/22 - Iron Horse in Northampton, MA) as well as some new stuff this week from Cornell Hurd (new live recording from the Texicalli Grille in South Austin), Roy Heinrich, Lynette Morgan Her Tennessee Rhythm Riders (UK), Gwil Owen, Carl Sonny Leyland, and Vol 2 of Razor Tie's Speedy West Jimmy Bryant collection. Axe To Grind / Hellecasters / Escape From Hollywood / Rio Pipeliner Blues / Boxcar Willie The Skeletons / Rocky Box: Rockabilly / K-Tel(Boxcar Willie died 4/12/99) I Don't Feel That Way / Charlie Robison / Life Of The Party / Lucky Dog-Sony Fist City (Loretta Lynn tune) / Ruthie The Wranglers / Life's Savings / Lasso Untanglin' My Mind / Merle Haggard / 1996 / Curb Just Call Me Lonesome / Durwood Haddock / The Texas Honky Tonk Blues / Eagle International The Garbageman / Cornell Hurd / At Large / Behemoth Who Do You Think You Are / Roy Heinrich / Smokey Night In A Bar / Stockade Over There, That's Frank / James Hand / Shadows Where The Magic Was / Honky Tonk Texas My Baby Done Gone Away / Al Ferrier / Boppin' Tonight - Goldband Rockabilly / Ace-Goldband Flash Your Diamonds / Charlene Arthur / Welcome To The Club / Bear Family Hillcrest (Opus 3) / Speedy West Jimmy Bryant / Swingin' On The Strings: S. W. J. B. Collection Vol. 2 / Razor Tie The Honky Tonk Wine / Carl Sonny Leyland / I'm Wise / HighTone Reconsider Me / Margaret Lewis / Shreveport Stomp: Ram Records Vol. 1 / Ace Unproclaimed Love / Marti' Brom / Mean / Squarebird Roy Clark set: Chicken Wire / The Lightning Fingers Of Roy Clark / Capitol Caravan / The Roy Clark Guitar Spectacular / Capitol Texas Twist / Lightning Fingers Racing The Mule / Guitar Spectacular A Maiden's Prayer / Lightning Fingers Overdue Blues / Guitar Spectacular Alabama Jubilee / Guitar Spectacular Rhumba Boogie / Lynette Morgan Her ennessee Rhythm Riders / Little Red Wagon / Studio 28 Tennessee Tango / Lucky Stars (featuring Jeremy Wakefield) / Fate 7" Let Me Know / Skeets McDonald / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / TRG Gotta Have Somethin' / Floyd Tillman / The Best Of.. / Sony-Collector's Choice No One / Farmer Boys / Flash, Crash Thunder / Bear Family You Don't Show Me Much / Frankie Miller / Sugar Coated Baby / Bear Family Whole Lotta Nothin' / Horton Brothers / Pull Back The Rug It's / Texas Jamboree Any Old Time / Webb Pierce / The Wondering Boy / Bear Family (4 CD) No One Is Gonna Love You Better / Heather Myles Merle Haggard / Highways Honky Tonks / Rounder-Mercury Kelly Willis set: Get Real / self titled / MCA Standing By The River / Bang Bang / MCA Little Honey / Thelma Louise (soundtrack) / MCA It's A Cheatin' Situation / Dale Watson Kelly Willis / The Wandering Eyes Sing Songs Of Forbidden Love / Lazy SOB River Of Love / Well Traveled Love / MCA Time Has Told Me / What I Deserve / Ryko ... more Kelly and Bruce Robison: When I Loved You / Bruce Kelly / Wrapped / Lucky Dog-Sony Fading Fast / Kelly Willis / Fading Fast / AM Absentee Rag / 8 1/2 Souvenirs w/ Kelly (vcls) / Souvonica / Continental Rayne, Louisiana / Bruce Robison w/ Charlie Robison / Wrapped / Lucky Dog-Sony Wrapped / Bruce Robison / Wrapped Lovin' Dan-60 Minute Man / Dick Curless (feat. Lenny Breau: guitar) / The Soul Of Dick Curless / Tower Tall Men / Maddox Bros Rose / Columbia Historic Edition / Columbia California Blues / Wayne Hancock w/ Cornell Hurd Band / At Large / Behemoth 12th Street Rag / Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith / Guitar Boogie / MGM We've Closed Our Eyes To Shame / Conway Twitty Loretta Lynn / We Only Make Believe / MCA Rated X / Neko Case The Sadies / The Shortening Sessions: Tribute To Loretta Lynn / Bloodshot 7" I Got Caught / Loretta Lynn / Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) / MCA
Re: help: trying to get stories straight
some sort of similar compromise to be on some TV show but refused? Lucinda refused to not "lie on my back and moan at the ceiling", on some morning tv thing.
Re: help: trying to get stories straight
In a message dated 4/19/99 12:42:37 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: some sort of similar compromise to be on some TV show but refused? On a similar note, Gravel Train refused to be the cheesy "Robert Palmer ripoff" band on Shania Twain's latest video. Mitch Matthews Gravel Train/Sunken Road
Re: Underappreciated (long)
And if someone has a copy of Borscht lying around, let me know. (Its remixes of Beet, geddit?) I just picked it up on vinyl for a song at the good ol' Princeton Record Exchange. It's a thing of beauty believe me...
clip: San Francisco honors Gram Parsons
``If it goes well, I want to have an acoustic one at the Joshua Tree Inn on December 31.'' Shea has already reserved room No. 8, where Parsons overdosed 25 years ago. Does anyone else find this disturbingly ghoulish? Buddy Mangler Rockets * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Buddy Woodward - [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE GHOST ROCKETS - "Maximum Rhythm Bluegrass" http://www.hudsonet.com/~undertow/ghostrockets * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Re: Moby Grape's Skip Spence Dies at 52
Very very strange coincidence. I picked up a double "Best Of Moby Grape" cut-out at Music Millenium in Portland, OR today. I hope to see what the fuss was about re: Moby Grape. PeaceMr. Spence. NP: The absolutely BEST reissue anywhere, anytime.Elvis Memphis Sessions 1969. I think Peter Guaralinck exhumed Elvis and performed a Vulcan mindmeld. Incredible detail in the liner notes. anybody else have this reissue comp.? Jerry
Two Moths infested evenings
Seein' double ... yet again. Friday April 23 - 10pm start MOTHS with Lowdown Payment Charleston Bar Grill 174 Bedford Avenue Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (718) 782-8717 Saturday April 24 - 1am MOTHS with a bunch of other bands flittin' around the lights Arlene Grocery 95 Stanton St. btw. Ludlow Orchard Sts. New York, NY (212) 358-1633 http://www.arlene-grocery.com Both events only cost you what you're drinking. http://www.moths.com Operation Save America my ass. Boot 'em out of Buffalo one more time!
Re: help: trying to get stories straight
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, April 18, 1999 6:53 PM Subject: help: trying to get stories straight Any one recall Shania Twain re-recording or remixing "Still the One" for pop airplay? Something about deleting the fiddles or so? Plus, I seem to recall the Dixie Chicks being asked to make some sort of similar compromise to be on some TV show but refused? Do either of these scenarios sound right? Twain's international release of COO was re-mixed; some fiddle and steel removed, while other parts just diluted into the background. "You're Still The One" was released internationally as a pop single sans countrified treatment and was a hit in Europe prior to the single being played in the US. Album cover is even different for the international version. Tera Foggy. Neal Weiss
RE: Criminally Underappreciated Albums
O.K., just the other day I saw a reference to the original Clem Snide, i.e. where the band got its name, but now I can't remember what it was. Help! I'm coming off of a 10-day pledge drive -- my longest night of sleep was 7 hours and that was only because I slept through my 4 a.m. alarm -- so I am BRAIN DEAD! Tony Renner KDHX St. Louis Community Radio 3504 Magnolia Avenue St. Louis, MO 63118 314 664-3955 314 664-1010 fax Clem Snide - You Were a Diamond - It just came out a few months ago, its amazing, no one is even reviewing it. it was reviewed in No Depression by yours truly, july/august 1998 issue #16. i've seen a couple other reviews since then, but i'm also surprised it hasn't spun more people's heads around. elaine np: 44 Long *inside the horse's head*
Third Coast Music Network Playlist 4/18/99
New e-m address for us. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Set your address books, or killfiles. Fiesta in San Antonio. Big-assed drunk party for two weeks. Had lots of drunk phones tonight. That ain't always as much fun as it sounds. Was real impressed with the Houston Marchman record. Anyone else heard it? Third Coast Music Network 4/18/99 *** = request Viva Fiesta! Billy Bacon Forbidden Pigs - Intro / Uno Mas Cervesa Marcia Ball - How You Carry On Blazers - Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin') Steam Donkeys - April Fool For You Bob Wills - Gonna Be A Party For The Old Folks Radiators - Sparkplug Terrance Simien - Iko, Iko / Brother John / Jambalaya Wild Magnolias - Party Sundogs - Little Red Rooster*** Big Bad Johns - Too Drunk To Miss You (HEADS UP, DJ'S - THIS'S A NO PLAY) Ray Wylie Hubbard - Wanna Rock And Roll*** Angela Strehli - Wang Dang Doodle Two Tons Of Steel - Stinkin' Drunks*** Beausoleil - Sophie Wayne Hancock - Brand New Cadillac*** Junior Brown - Freeborn Man Trailer Park Casanovas - Drunk*** Calvin Russell - Down In Texas Cisco - Crazy Ones Cave Catt Sammy - Juke Box Criminals*** Guy Forsyth - Children Of Jack*** Lucinda Williams - Joy*** Billy Joe Shaver - Georgia On A Fast Train*** Joe Ely - If I Could Teach My Chihuahua To Sing*** Terry Allen - The Show*** Geoff Muldaur - Chevrolet / Big Alice*** Dale Hawkins - Born In Louisiana Jimmy C. Newman - Allons Dancer James Hand - Everybody Got It But Me Kelly Willis - Talk Like That Tim O'Brien - Thousand Miles From Nowhere David Childers - Touch Me Baby Bluerunners - To The Country Billy Jack Wills - I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You "- Stardust / Crazy Man Crazy Big Sandy - Playgirl*** Texas Johnny Brown - Strange Situation / Ain't No Way Steve Fromholz - Train Song*** Riverbluff Clan - She'd Rather Be*** Big In Iowa - Let Me Be*** Kimmie Rhodes / Willie - I Never Heard You Say*** Bugs Henderson - She Thinks I Still Care*** Houston Marchman - Fort Worth / Still In San Antone / 2 Sisters Beau Jocque - Suzy Q Charlie Walker - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down Sir Douglas Quintet - Malmo Mama Dale Watson - Gotta Get Home To My Baby Houston Marchman - Leaving Dallas / South Texas Rain / Viet Nashville Joe X. Horn [EMAIL PROTECTED] A HREF="http://www.accd.edu/tcmn"Third Coast Music Network - KSYM 90.1 SATX /A
