Gwil Owen address?
Awhile back, someone posted this address: Rambler Records, P.O. Box 90685, Nashville, TN 37209 for tapes by Gwil Owen (writer of songs recorded by Toni Price, Joy Lynn White et al.). Being a fan of those songs, I mailed off a note asking for a list of what he had for sale. It was returned to me marked "Returned to sender/Not deliverable as addressed/Unable to forward". I've searched CDNow and Amazon with no luck. Does anyone know of anywhere else I can get his music?
Dixie Chicks/Joy Lynn White song
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Turned out to be the latest Dixie Chicks single. Anyone else heard that one? And Don said: I haven't heard it yet, but I love Joy Lynn's version of it. As a Joy Lynn White fan who doesn't listen to the Dixie Chicks (or radio in general, except NPR), I'm curious - what song are we talking about?
Wilco @ Pearl Street
Last night, fellow P2-er/Albany denizen Jeff Sohn and I saw Wilco with Vic Chesnutt at Pearl Street in Northampton, Mass. A couple of random drive-by observations: Some of Wilco's new pop songs are OK, but overall I wasn't impressed by the new stuff. I can't see myself humming any of them in the shower, which is my simplest criterion for a good, catchy pop tune. On the other hand, the new material did seem to attract a younger crowd as compared to the last time I saw them. Lots of college kids. Of course, Northampton is a college town, but there's usually a wider range of ages at Pearl Street shows. I was surprised by how many of the younger folks recognized the Uncle Tupelo material. I wonder how well their records sell now as compared to when they were together? Maybe Tweedy's getting road burnout, but for most of the evening, he looked like he'd rather be almost anywhere but onstage. I know life on tour can be a drag, but am I expecting too much when I think a performer should at least try to look like they're having a good time? He finally broke out of his funk when he got pissed off at a couple of drunks in the front row. They wanted him to speed up "New Madrid", so he deliberately slowed it down to spite them. The rest of the audience got a kick out of it, and it was the most engaged I'd seen Tweedy all evening. So there's my off-the-cuff review. On Thursday, it's back to Northampton to hear Kelly Willis with Bruce Robison at the Iron Horse. We'll be sending a full Albany P2 delegation (Jeff, myself, Evan Cooper and assorted wives and friends). Stay tuned...
RE: Wilco @ Pearl Street
Bill Silvers said: But how the audience's bad behavior affects the performance needs to be taken into account. I totally agree. An indifferent or drunkenly annoying crowd can't expect the band to be having a good time. But other than the two drunk guys I mentioned earlier, the crowd as a whole was clearly supportive: dancing (or at least head-bopping), singing along, applauding loudly, etc. If Jeff couldn't have a good time with us, he should check his pulse ;-) If the club can't take steps to quiet, or remove drunken-stupid patrons who are disrupting the performance, I can't blame the performer for getting pissed-off enough about it to "break character", so to speak. Just for the record: what I was saying in my original post was that I was actually glad to see Tweedy lose patience with the drunken Canadian guys. It was the first time all night that he'd shown any interest in the whole concert. It was after he told them off that he seemed to loosen up and have some fun. Normally I would say that people like that should be a bouncer's first target, but last night they actually served a purpose. It's just too bad that Jeff couldn't have been having more fun all along. It goes back to what Joe Gracey said earlier: it really looks like the guy doesn't enjoy performing.
SXSW Report/Houndog/blues fiddle
Jerald reported from SXSW: Back to Stubbs to catch Houndog, the David Hidalgo side project. Good greasy, bluesy sounds. I'm listening to this CD as I eat lunch, and I've got to say, it's really cool. Very bluesy, as mentioned, and very primal. And getting back to the blues fiddle thread that popped up last week, David Hidalgo plays a lot of fiddle on this record, as well as all the other instruments. All (gritty, anguished, gutbucket) vocals by Mike Halby, formerly of Canned Heat and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. More info at http://www.mindspring.com/~krazyfish/loslobos/dog.htm Of the various Los Lobos related side projects to come out in recent months (Los Super Seven, Cesar Rosas solo album, Latin Playboys) this one is rapidly emerging as my favorite.
Another Richard Bennett question
-- From: Jon Weisberger[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 9:29 PM To: passenger side Subject: RE: Richard Bennett question I read a good review of this CD: Richard Bennett, "Walking Down the Line" (Rebel Records) Is this the same Richard Bennett who used to produce Steve Earle and Marty Stuart? Good question. The answer is no, it's a different one, OK, here's another question - I assume that the Richard Bennett who produced Earle and Stuart is the same one that produced the first Kim Richey release. Does that Richard Bennett have any recordings of his own?
RE: New Cesar Rosas
-- From: George L. Figgs[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 12:18 PM To: passenger side Subject: New Cesar Rosas anybody have two cents on this? -george I'm not sure this opinion is worth even two cents, since I just bought the CD on Tuesday (the release date) and haven't had time to listen all the way through yet, but here goes: Most of the songs are written or co-written by Rosas, with the exception of "You've Got to Lose" which I think is an Ike Tina Turner song, and "Adios mi Vida", which is credited to Ortiz (don't know who that is). There's a lot of funky, RB sounding stuff as well as the blues-influenced rock that Rosas has contributed to Los Lobos all along and a couple of traditional-sounding Tex-Mex polka things with accordian by Flaco Jimenez. IMO the songs are much stronger and more melodic than the jam-oriented style that Los Lobos have had in recent concerts and on their last band album "Colossal Head." Again, this is just a first impression, but I think I'm going to like it a lot.
Re-posting: Ray Price on Fresh Air today, 1/19
I didn't see this come back to me as a list message, so I'll try it posting it again. -- From: Fredette, Kevin T (PS, CASE) Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 11:51 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Ray Price on "Fresh Air" today, 1/19 Tune in to your local NPR station, check http://www.whyy.org/freshair for more info, or just wait for Phil Connor to post the transcript ;-) I just started reading Lone Star Swing, which may have been mentioned here earlier. It's by a novelist (Duncan McLean) from Orkney (remote islands off the coast of Scotland) who travels to Texas looking for western swing musicians from the Bob Wills era. Very funny and insightful, so far. I'll post a more complete review when I finish it. I also just bought "This World is Not My Home", the new Lone Justice CD. Someone posted earlier that this compilation gives a more complete picture of them as a "cowpunk" band, and I couldn't agree more. The demos and punk-ish early stuff are a real eye opener for me, since I missed the band completely when they were together, and have only had the recorded tracks to go on. Back to work...
Ray Price on Fresh Air today, 1/19
Tune in to your local NPR station, check http://www.whyy.org/freshair for more info, or just wait for Phil Connor to post the transcript ;-) I just started reading Lone Star Swing, which may have been mentioned here earlier. It's by a novelist (Duncan McLean) from Orkney (remote islands off the coast of Scotland) who travels to Texas looking for western swing musicians from the Bob Wills era. Very funny and insightful, so far. I'll post a more complete review when I finish it. I also just bought "This World is Not My Home", the new Lone Justice CD. Someone posted earlier that this compilation gives a more complete picture of them as a "cowpunk" band, and I couldn't agree more. The demos and punk-ish early stuff are a real eye opener for me, since I missed the band completely when they were together, and have only had the recorded tracks to go on. Back to work...
