...either of Wayne Hancock's
records (yeah, I know he sings, but in my mind, they still rank as
instrumental albums).
Hmmm. Care to elaborate?
Of all the instrumental (and I'm speaking of strictly instrumental, that is,
*no* vocals) albums I have, my favorite is still Bobby Hicks' Texas
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 10-Mar-99 RE: Kelly Willis
song comments by "Jon Weisberger"@fuse.ne
Amen. I think if she covered (You Can Put Your) Shoes Under My Bed...
OK, I'm bettin' this is a different song than the great Johnny Duncan hit,
"She Can Put Her Shoes Under My
Dan Moth makes some nice points about the Gastr boys. They're also
adept at combining electronic music and classical forms into unique
hybrids. Camofleur features the sampling techniques of Markus Popp, who
makes music with the sound of skipping cds. I find his work as Oval
pretty tedious, but
There's the whole Lubbock/Austin establishment and friends: Jimmie Dale
Gilmore, Joe Carole Pierce, Guy Clark, Joe Ely, etc.
lr
In a message dated 3/10/99 10:56:52 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At the request of Barry Mazor, who's leaving shortly for his
all-expenses-paid, staying-at-the-swanky-Omni trip to Austin,
must be some kinda well-known workin' weasel!
Linda
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At the request of Barry Mazor, who's leaving shortly for his all
expense-paid(etc.)
must be some kinda well-known workin' weasel!
Linda
Naw..in my case, more like an unknown workin weasel,...you know, one more
runna-the-mill ink-stained wretch with no bylines in
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 10-Mar-99 Re: instrumentally
speaking by "Dave Purcell"@one.net
Am I listening to
the wrong stuff or am I just right in thinking a lot of this stuff is
uninspired noodling suckage?
Then Carl said
I'd say the former, as much that could be
Tom,
1) Ronnie "the blonde bomber" Dawson - haven't heard the new one, More Bad
Habits.
2) D.L. Menard "the Cajun Hank Williams" - making rocking chairs when not on
the road.
3) Sleepy La Beef - has been known to play non-stop for over 90 minutes, ask
Tom Lewis.
4) The Hackberry Ramblers - I
Steve Gardner wrote:
Nic Jones is really cool. Nic Jones' records are really cool, too. It's
criminal that they haven't been reissued on CD.
John Wesley Harding is really cool. His records are really cool, too.
The combination of these two on Wes' latest CD "Trad Arr Jones" is amazing.
Wes
Tom Mohr wrote:
Regarding "A Clockwork Orange", Iain Noble wrote:
If I'm baffled by anything it's Tom's description of the film as
'decadent' and 'appalling'. I think he's confusing depiction with
approval.
and
You might
disapprove of what something shows or says but that doesn't
At 06:53 AM 3/11/99 EST, you wrote:
T
I've got to write a short article about what the lives of
famous or historical people looked like at later key ages,
particularly after 50 (examples include: Frank Lloyd Wright,
Sidney Greenstreet - even Philip Glass, who apparently was
a
Iain Noble wrote lotsa sensible stuff and:
perhaps you ought to see 'Red
Dragon' an earlier film about the first Hannibal Lecter novel with
Brian Cox as the good doctor which is rather better.
sorry, being nitpicky, but that movie was called "Manhunter", tho I believe
it was based on the
Howdy,
My ISP and I believe that something from the P2 list has caused my e-mail
box at the server to crash two days in a row.
Has anybody else been having trouble like this? I suspect it may be
something with attachments to it. The trouble first started back on 3/8/99
and has happened at least
-Original Message-
From: Amy Haugesag [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stacey Taylor, I think
Austin Motel
(er, is Stacey still planning to attend? Someone let me know, please.)
Yes, I'm still attending, just in deep lurk mode after my move.
I'm currently working on putting up a page of all the
Don Yates wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Ph. Barnard wrote:
This House bill concerning internet access concerns us all on P2,
lord knows It's a good moment to use email to write your
Representatives and inveigh against this bill. More dangerous than
SUVs and definitely a
Hey Guys! Here it is, finnally almost everything in place. Last time out we
met quite a few P2-ers and it was great fun. Hope to see you all again, and
meet more. This is the Blood Guts tour because much sleep was lost and hair
was pulled to put this together. And there were those who said it
In a message dated 99-03-10 10:12:41 EST, you write:
My band is setting up a very short tour up the Mississippi corridor
from Austin to launch the record that we'll be finishing any day now.
We'd like to have (gasp!) people at the shows, even though we don't
get out of Austin too much, so
Richard Buckner with Fernando and Luther Russell, Ian Moore, Joseph Arthur
Satyricon
125 NW 6th Ave., 243-2380
10 pm Friday, March 12
$6 Visit Richard Buckner's unofficial Web site at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~doubters/buckner.html.
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 23:44:42 -0500 Amy Haugesag
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wynn Harris
staying at his dad's
I don't think I'm blowing anyone's cover here, but I've
known Wynn for a long time and can attest to the fact that
she's a she g.
William Cocke
Senior Writer
HSC Development
Elena Skye The Demolition String Band
THE BLOOD GUTS TOUR '99
sat 3/20 Crooked Pass Ale House
College Station, TX
Because I used to book music here, I should say that I am surprised that
anyone as good as Elena Skye and the
[A late posting - I get P2 on digest - on this topic which has,
by now, already been well covered here] :
Bill Silvers:
... was "A Clockwork Orange" in fact banned in the UK as was
reported here? ... Do you know if was Kubrick's own doing?
Jon Johnson:
My understanding is that the film
Hey all,
turns out the folks I thought would be using my double reservation aren't,
and the room is up for grabs...
it's a single, downtown at the La Quinta for $79 +tax a night
originally I had booked it from Monday 3/15 to Sunday 3/21 (checking out on
the 22nd)
but I'm sure the reservation
At 04:25 PM 3/10/99 -0600, you wrote:
Stuart asks: Who is Damon Bramblett?
He's an Austin based singer/songwriter. Good friends with Kelly and Bruce.
He's supposedly got a record in the can that was supposed to come out on
Watermelon (ha!). I've seen him play a couple of times and he's pretty
Musical suggestions would be appreciated
Bill Monroe!
Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Caught this band called the Hillbilly Cats in a wonderful working
class pub in Sheffield ... This place was great.
Glad you had a good time here: Sheffield is a good, solid, no-bullshit
city.
May I recommend to the list another Sheffield band - The
...either of Wayne Hancock's
records (yeah, I know he sings, but in my mind, they still rank as
instrumental albums).
Hmmm. Care to elaborate?
It's just that what I get out of that record mainly comes from the
instrumental breaks on it, courtesy Billers, Skelton and Miller. I like
Once again, my brothers from Chicago have bailed on the festival
this year, so I have a pair of wristbands for sale. Anyone who
needs them, let me know off list. I'll be selling them at the
original $65 price tag.
--
Jim Fagan| AIX Build Architecture and Integration | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hope this is useful for some:
http://www.hellcountry.com/twangfluff/sxsw.htm
Stacey, although I don't have my notes with me now, I can add a
couple of things to the off-events page:
--Friday afternoon there's a do at the Broken Spoke that has about 5
performers: the 3 I remember are Lonesome Bob, Robbie and Kinky Friedman.
Can't recall the sponsor either...
--Friday
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Bob Soron wrote:
Note to Nicholas Petti: You were supposed to send Don the cough syrup,
not the cod-liver oil. Now he's cranky, sick, and *sober*. Rush up the
good stuff so we can get the old Don back, OK?
Jeez, I shoulda known better than to mention "phlegm" around
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, William T. Cocke wrote:
I don't think I'm blowing anyone's cover here, but I've
known Wynn for a long time and can attest to the fact that
she's a she g.
And a scrappy one at that.g--don
: A lot of folks have had a chance to listen and get
acquainted with Steve Earle's new one, "The Mountain." I was curious about
how Earle fans, and non-fans for that matter, stack this bluegrass
endeavor of Earle's with "Train a Comin," ... My impression is that "Train a
Comin" is the
Shane, I had similar trouble and finally set up a Hotmail account which also
allows you to pull in your POP mail through Hotmail. My e mail was hanging
up after delivering some messages but using the POP mail setting through
Hotmail I was able to pull all my mail that way, clean out my POP acct
Musical suggestions would be appreciated
Bill Monroe!
Not to mention Jim Jesse McReynolds, Ralph Stanley, Charlie Louvin,
Bashful Brother Oswald and much of the membership of the Grand Ole Opry g.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
...either of Wayne Hancock's
records (yeah, I know he sings, but in my mind, they still rank as
instrumental albums).
Hmmm. Care to elaborate?
It's just that what I get out of that record mainly comes from the
instrumental breaks on it, courtesy Billers, Skelton and Miller. I
Neal, friend to the stars, wrote:
Terry, I'll pretty much agree with you there. I tend to lean
toward Train because it's a little less-defined, more far-reaching,
a trait I love so much about Earle. Mountain is really nice, but I
can't help but look at it as kind of a side-gig project, not
Blah blah the lives of famous or historical people looked like at later key ages, particularly after 50 (examples include: Frank Lloyd Wright, Sidney Greenstreet - even Philip Glass, who apparently was a plumber until he hit 40). Musical suggestions would be appreciated (interesting
Other instrumental records of note, in the country area, Buddy Emmons'
record from the 70s, with "Roly Poly" on it...
Uh, that album's title is Buddy Emmons SINGS Bob Wills (emphasis added).
There are, though, two bonified instrumentals on it - "Boot Heel Drag" and
"Twinkle, Twinkle
The Hot Club of Cowtown are doing Happy Hour at the Continental on wednesday
at 6:30PM. I saw them last night and they were amazing. lots of new tunes and
tight as a tick.
Slim
Just when I thought Purcell and I were from different musical planets, he
writes a post that I agree with word for word (except I am not much
worried about Steve Earle burning out, but that is a minor point).
ALong these lines I have these impressions of my latest 1999 purchases:
Kelly
Honorary Austin citizen BARNARD wrote:
Indeed, there is no shortage at all of great off-festival music.
Damn Junior, could you keep it down? I can hear the gloating all the way from
Larryville. g
b.s.
Bill chides:
Damn Junior, could you keep it down? I can hear the gloating all the way from
Larryville. g
Heh, I think I'm getting a little eager to get outta Dodge for a spring
break
--junior
Jim writes, regarding Kelly Willis:
What I cannot figure out is why
her cuts on compilations (i.e. Real: Tom T. Hall Project and Rig Rock
Deluxe) practically bring me to spasms of joy and are often my favorite
cuts on the comps. But Her solo albums always leave me a little let-down??
this
No wonder I cancelled my subscription to SPIN. Here's the first
paragraph of their Wilco review, forwarded to me by a pal (and
intended to piss me off, though it didn't because SPIN is such a
joke).
***
Jeff Tweedy is a big daddy in the alternative country movement, half
the heart of
James Gerard Roll wrote Kelly Willis: A little flat and slick at first
impression but certain songs have really grown on me. What I cannot figure
out is why her cuts on compilations (i.e. Real: Tom T. Hall Project and Rig
Rock Deluxe) practically bring me to spasms of joy and are often my
...PBS country for people embarrassed by The Nashville
Network.
Are we to take it, then, that SPIN isn't embarrassed by the Nashville
Network? Or that it is, but it's embarrassed by PBS, too?
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
So, I'm confused. Which Bramletts are which. I'm talking about Bonny,
Randal and Doyle. Are these folks related? Which one was in one of Stevie
Ray's early bands? And which one were you folks talking about the other
day? I've got a new record, a review copy, of Randal, which so far I
haven't
Here we go again. As I promised, here's some provocative statements from
Patrick Carr's essay in the Country Music Foundation's "Country: The Music
and the Musicians" (a wonderful book, which uses several writers' essays
on different aspects of country music history, to tell the story. I
haven't
Jon Weisberger wrote:
Are we to take it, then, that SPIN isn't embarrassed by the Nashville
Network? Or that it is, but it's embarrassed by PBS, too?
Doesn't matter. The people at SPIN are cooler than you and me
either way, doncha know.
Dave, whose also glad to see from that Buckner quote
Randall lives in Athens -- are you talking about him?
Deb
Clarification needed. Are you talking about folks who hit it big in a
later key age (such as Don Walser) or someone who hit it big early,
but have continued to make vital contributions to their area of
expertise (such as Bill Monroe)?
I think they're most interested in folks whose careers
I think they're most interested in folks whose careers
either took off or changed radically later in life (e.g.
Walser).
Del McCoury. Del was a part-time, regional act until he retired from the
logging bidness, moved to Nashville and went at music full-time. It's
pretty astonishing to
Terry A. Smith wrote:
Which one was in one of Stevie
Ray's early bands?
That was Doyle Bramhall. He co-wrote "Life By the Drop" and
a bunch of Stevie's other later tunes He also drummed for
Marcia Ball for years.
Tom Smith
People have started lumping you in with the alt-country genre.
How do you feel about labels such as these?
I think the No Depression [the 'zine] people use it to make
money, to make a living, by lumping a bunch of shit together as
if it's some sort of fucking movement. I don't like all
I'm with Carr, and by extension, I guess, Terry, up until this:
"On the musical front, the mood was even more fragile. In the cause of
pandering to that imaginary housewife's sense of musical and social
propriety, far too many things couldn't be done: sounds not made, songs
not sung, stories
At 4:52 PM -0500 on 3/11/99, Jon Weisberger wrote:
People have started lumping you in with the alt-country genre.
How do you feel about labels such as these?
I think the No Depression [the 'zine] people use it to make
money, to make a living, by lumping a bunch of shit together as
if
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Dave Purcell wrote:
I'll third that emotion. So far, I'm digging the record, but it's not
inspiring me to play it, oh, 42 times a day like new Earle releases
typically do. The playing and singing on it are great, but I miss the
adventuresome nature of his other
Randall lives in Athens -- are you talking about him?
Deb
Yep. Sorry about the mispelling. Just saving my typographer a little time
by deleting the L. g -- Terry Smith
I understand Mr. Buckner a liitle better now.
But I still don't think I like him very much.
--
Geff King * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www2.ari.net/gking/
"Don't let me catch you laughin' when the jukebox cries"
- Kinky Friedman, "Sold American"
From the March 11 USA Today:
NASHVILLE--George Jones was sitting up
in his hospital bed Wednesday, talking
and cussing, and doctors planned to
have the country singer walking by the
end of the day.
"I want to get a tape recorder so
bad and tape some of the things he's
said in there," says a
I've been asked how you can get hold of the recording of Nic Jones
live in concert that I mentioned.
Go to http://www.lesk.demon.co.uk/pages/search.htm
and you'll find the details. Also a lot of interesting stuff and
links about Nic and other revival folk singers.
Sweet. I hope ND and the rest of the crud return the favor.
Likewise. And while Dave pointed out one of Buckner's idiocies, there
were *plenty* in that interview -- the man really painted himself a
fool. His 15 minutes must almost be up, I hope.
Bob
Hmmm. I don't - _Since_ is great.
Don't I qualify as an Austinite? I realize I've only lived here for twelve
years Or maybe I don't qualify as a P2er... Well, either way, I'll
be around and looking forward to seeing everyone everywhere I go.
James Hand:
Wednesday, 10 PMBroken Spoke
Thursday, 6PM Under
The Hideout (the Chicago club that hosts the
Honky Tonk Living Room) is having a party Saturday afternoon at Green Mesquite,
and all music lovers are invited, no cover charge. Here's the
lineup:
2:00 Jon Langford, Kelly Hogan Champ
Hood
2:30 Devil In A Woodpile
3:00 The Blacks
3:30
Hello folks --
Sorry for the mass email, and some of you already have this info --
but here's the final line-up for Bloodshot doin's at SXSW next week.
Thanks for everything --
Your press mule Hogan
Going down Texas way for SXSW? Well here's the poop.
BLOODSHOT SXSW 1999 goings-on:
Jeff Wall wrote:
At 06:53 AM 3/11/99 EST, you wrote:
T
I've got to write a short article about what the lives of
famous or historical people looked like at later key ages,
particularly after 50 (examples include: Frank Lloyd Wright,
Sidney Greenstreet - even Philip Glass, who
Twang-daverius:
Here's three people you all have to hear. Now the genre is more
contemporary "outside' jazz and not twang, but once you hear
them your life will no longer be the same.
1 - Leroy Jenkins:
he's in his seventies and can still be one of the most exiting
solo players you have ever
Tom Smith wrote:
Brad Bechtel wrote:
Clarification needed. Are you talking about folks who hit it big in a
later key age (such as Don Walser) or someone who hit it big early,
but have continued to make vital contributions to their area of
expertise (such as Bill Monroe)?
I think
Howdy,
Here's another message chunked over the wall.
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
Lucinda Williams ... April 29
Jonny Lang ... May 2
All shows are at the Tennessee
tell me about Let's Active, if you would be so kind.
she of boundless ignorance,
lr
I feel guilty because I don't know more about the Bramletts than I do,
but.
Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett used to be married. Delaney has a new disc out.
His voice is shot to hell from all the liqour, dope, and cigarettes, but it
still ain't bad. I ain't sure what Bonnie is up to. Bekka, their
In a message dated 3/11/99 9:24:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
tell me about Let's Active, if you would be so kind.
she of boundless ignorance,
lr
Mitch Easter's band from North Carolina. Mitch recorded early R.E.M. at his
Drive In Studio in Winston Salem, NC.
I saw Bekka in October '98 at Barbara's in Printer's Alley. She just
walked in to jam for a little bit. She has a rockin' voice filled with
soul. Her Mama would have been proud. A lot of Tina Turner influence -
just happens that Tina and Bonnie are close friends. Bekka had just
come off the
In a message dated 3/11/99 9:55:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Bekka, their kid,
Wasn't she also in Fleetwood Mac for a while too?
In a message dated 3/11/99 9:41:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I hope and pray that one day that whole Macon/Muscle Shoals scene will be
throughly documented in a box set and/or a book.
Hell, The rise and Fall of Capricorn Records or the whole Allman Bros scene
Oh, one of the things I remember reading about Bonnie was that she had worked
as a backup singer for Ike and Tina Turner -- an Ikette -- wearing a wig and
blackface. She also punched Elvis Costello in a bar somewhere in Ohio for
calling Ray Charles a blind ignorant nigger. I think she's boss.
Don't I qualify as an Austinite? I realize I've only lived here for twelve
years Or maybe I don't qualify as a P2er... Well, either way, I'll
be around and looking forward to seeing everyone everywhere I go.
Erm, the omission was purely unintentional, John. I left off a few other
At 09:54 PM 3/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
Bekka, their kid, had a rekkid out, Country Music, Nashville Style.
That's not a terribly good description of Bekka Billy, IMO.
Well, I should've taken a second to think before posting that. I haven't
heard that album, I was just *told* by someone that it
In a message dated 3/12/99 3:13:28 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Now, back to my question...who did that cover!?!?!?!?
Paul
No Paul, I'm a pretty big fan of The Who, and I'm sure that they have never
recorded "Every Word Means No."
Mitch Matthews
Abbott Train/Costello
TS wrote:
I think they're most interested in folks whose careers
either took off or changed radically later in life (e.g.
Walser).
no twang...no music...off subject? how 'bout Grandma Moses?
Paul
np: Ernie Isley - "Let's Go"
In a message dated 3/11/99 9:06:47 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
She has a rockin' voice filled with
soul. Her Mama would have been proud.
My brother worked for Almo Sounds in Nashville for about a year. He was on the
radio promo tour with Bekka and Billy (Burnette,
Dave Purcell wrote:
No wonder I cancelled my subscription to SPIN. Here's the first
paragraph of their Wilco review, forwarded to me by a pal (and
intended to piss me off, though it didn't because SPIN is such a
joke).
***
Jeff Tweedy is a big daddy in the alternative country movement,
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
She also punched Elvis Costello in a bar somewhere in Ohio for
calling Ray Charles a blind ignorant nigger.
Glad Deb mentioned this. Even if she'd never been a great single I'd
always think the best of her for having done that.
Will Miner
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
She also punched Elvis Costello in a bar somewhere in Ohio for
calling Ray Charles a blind ignorant nigger.
Glad Deb mentioned this. Even if she'd never been a great single I'd
always think the best of her for having done that.
Will
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
She also punched Elvis Costello in a bar somewhere in Ohio for
calling Ray Charles a blind ignorant nigger.
I remember hearing this story 10 or 15 years ago; I think the town was
Columbus, but I could be mistaken.
Try 20 years ago, as I
Bonnie had a bit part (several episodes) in the sitcom Roseanne. She
sang in their local drinking establishment with David Crosby.
In a message dated 3/11/99 11:00:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I remember hearing this story 10 or 15 years ago; I think the town was
Columbus, but I could be mistaken.
Try 20 years ago, as I recall. I think it was the piss-you-in-the-face
tour he did for
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