Hey, what about us?!
Hola P2ers! I came across this and thought you folks might be amused and wondered if anyone has written about us? Having met and known a few P2ers, perhaps we are best kept secret.g Wynn Short article about BGRASS-L: http://www.citypaper.net/articles/041599/mus.pointing.shtml
Mandy Barnet, again
I had been paying not so close attention to the Mandy Barnet thread, but did anyone mention the obvious kd lang/owen bradley/shadowland comparison? If I am being redundant, please forgive me for I am not all together, together.g If not let the expounding begin... Wynn
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
Hey folks, I just saw Rhonda Vincent and the Rage with Ron Spears, Ron Stewart, Steve Sutton and I forget the bass player. They were just awsome. I love Rhonda's voice and how she sings with Ron is killer!! History please?!? I have two of her CD's, Yesterday and Today and The Sally Mountain Show, but I would like more of her progressive stuff.Thanks! Wynn
Re: Today is the 99th day of the 99th year:Tornadoes
After all that likker, you may want to turn on REM (is that "our favorite band?") and listen to "It's the end of the world...and I feel fine." Wynn, cryin'in my beer
Dashboard Saviors
Has anyone ever heard of the Dashboard Saviors? If so, do you know how many releases? Where are they now? ETC.! Wynn
I really hate doing this......
I received this on Sunday, March 21 in the morning. Hopefully, when Charles (Sawtelle) was making the transition to his new life plane he passed over/thru Austin and enjoyed some of the great music he had been a part of during his life here on earth. It is with great regret to inform his friends and loved ones, that Charles died at 8pm PT. He will be missed.
Re: SXSW
What I remember, by Wynn Harris What, where, who??? Don who? Only kidding. Hanging out with a bunch of P2ers for the first time, really, and having a blast. For a bunch of twang geeks, we sure know how to have a good freakin' time! Oh and then there was the music. Hadacol, Jim Roll, Continental Drifters, Chip Robinson solo, Paul Burch, Silos, jesus, there was so much and so little time... CISCO, Cisco, Cisco, Beaver Nelson, Hazledine - boy that ND party rocked, Alejandro at the Taco Express, the Yard Dog rules! Ted Roddy at the Broken Spoke, the Doolittle party with Say ZUZU and Todd Thibaud, the Blueground Undergrass show at Maggie Mae's. dissapointments: Freakwater, bad room and Reckless Kelly at the AMA -was Steve Earle there? I don't think so. However, my all time favorite gig was the Brooders. They rule It's good to see Randy and Michael back on stage. BTW, smilin' Jim, you rock too and throw a GREAT party! You'll never be able to get out of it now.g
More bad news....
I'm loving being back *lurking*, but I'm really beginning to hate all this bad news. Please pray, dance, ritualize, shout, drink - do whatever healing thang you do to help this guy get well. Not only is he a great guitar player, IMHO, but a good friend and sweet, sweet person. Thanks! Hey bluegrass fans: The word from the Boulder, Colorado area is that Hot Rize member Charles Sawtelle is in the hospital, locked in a terrible struggle with leukemia. It sounds pretty serious, from what I've heard. Healing vibes sent in the direction of Mr. Sawtelle sure could not hurt.
Re: Grammyszzzzzzzzz....
On the subject of last nights music spectacle: one of my dj's told me she could only get through 20 minutes of the Grammyz and turned to VH1 where Johnny Rotten was talkin about how there are no real celebrities left in the world and he was the only one! :-) No ego there! Which show was better? np: Jimmie Dale Gilmore on World Cafe'
Re: Return of the Grevious Angel
There is a small bookstore in Atlanta called Acapella Books that carries it. They are located on Euclid Avenue in the Little Five Points area. Not sure if they have a website, but you could call information and get the # . The owner's name is Frank, and he is a great guy. My sister just called and there aren't any there, only books. I guess you can special order it, but can't you do that from anywhere?
Re: Return of the Grevious Angel
Is Son Volt conspicuously absent OR is this only a partial listing? This does look like a partial listing, but I'm sure someone out there knows.. A listing of tracks from the GP tribute album, "Return of the Grevious Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons", from a blurb in today's Tennessean "She" -The Pretenders with Emmylou Harris, "Ooh Las Vegas"-Cowboy Junkies, "Sin City"- Beck and Emmylou Harris, "$1000 Wedding" Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield, "High Fashion Queen"- Chris Hillman and Steve Earle, "Juanita"-Sheryl Crow and Emmylou Harris, "Sleepless Nights"-Elvis Costello, "Return of the Grevious Angel"- Lucinda Williams and David Crosby, "100 Years"- Wilco, "Hickory Wind"-Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, "In my Hour of Darkness"-The Rollng Creekdippers, "Hot Burrito #1"-The Mavericks "Proceeds from the album, tentatively scheduled for mid-May of Almo Sounds, will benefit the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation's Campaign for a Land Mine Free World."
Re: GrooveGrass
Jeff Wall said: 5. The stated purpose behind Groovegrass is to introduce Bluegrass to kids who would never otherwise hear it. This seems to resurect an old thread regarding the lack ofpopularity and high dollar sales in the Americana market, does it not? If country/alt.country purists aren't crazy about this hybrid does that mean its bad? Not having heard the album I have NO opinion, but I did have a conversation with Jerry Douglas (the best dobro in the world IMHO and secretary or treasurer of IBMA) this summer regarding getting *young* people into bluegrass etc. He pondered that it would be great to get Phish or some such band popular with the *kids* to play at the IBMA conference to attract a larger crowd. This seems like a good idea to me-- IF you believe that it will trickle down (sorry for the Reagan-ism) and translate into more record sales. And that you believe record sales are the bottom line. What do ya'll think of efforts like this to spread the word? I selfishly would fear the loss of the intimate crowds at festivals!g Wynn
Re: RIP Donald (not David) Lindley
Brad wrote: It was not David Lindley, the multi-instrumentalist known for his lap steel and fiddle playing with Jackson Browne and about a million other people. This is how rumors get started. Amen brother! The whole station just about fell apart. np: Arlo Guthrie - "Moonsong"
RE: Jimmy Day
I was so moved I went and got all my albums and had my own little memorial, right here at the station, in front of everyone. Wynn
Re: why we hate line-dancing
Ummm, except in Texas, where drinking and dancing are both obligatory, preferably at the same timeg. Thank god for Texas. Amen junior! Only that's not the only reason to thank god for Texas. wynn
