Re: blues fiddle, (was np: Gatemouth Brown - Blackjack)

1999-03-13 Thread vgs399
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

Re: dreaded artist of the decade (plus Rushmore)

1999-03-13 Thread vgs399
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

RE: Need info on weird SxSW thing...

1999-03-13 Thread Robin Hall
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

Steve Earle Borders Chicago

1999-03-13 Thread Tom Mohr
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)

1999-03-13 Thread KATIEJOM
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

Re: Kelly Willis (was Re: The Mountain (LONG w/1999 Reviews)

1999-03-13 Thread Tom Mohr
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

Re: Miss America thread ...

1999-03-13 Thread JKellySC1
She's A Beauty" - the Tubes

Pinetop 7

1999-03-13 Thread Lazarevic Aleksandar
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]

latest on Garth-ball

1999-03-13 Thread Danlee2
(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

gourds

1999-03-13 Thread Jim_Caligiuri
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

P2 radio? Have a transmitter!

1999-03-13 Thread Carl Abraham Zimring
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

1999-03-13 Thread Carl Abraham Zimring
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)

1999-03-13 Thread Don Yates
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

Old 97's (was Re: gourds

1999-03-13 Thread Don Yates
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.

Re: Terry Allen (was Re: Alejandro (was: need info)

1999-03-13 Thread Carl Abraham Zimring
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

Re: Terry Allen (was Re: Alejandro (was: need info)

1999-03-13 Thread Don Yates
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)

1999-03-13 Thread Bob Soron
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...

Re: Fragile Jewel Cases

1999-03-13 Thread Bob Soron
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

16 Horsepower

1999-03-13 Thread LindaRay64
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!

Re: Clip: Geek alert: Microsoft's challenge to MP3 format

1999-03-13 Thread Jeff Weiss
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

Re: Fragile Jewel Cases (and other packaging pet peeves)

1999-03-13 Thread Jeff Weiss
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

Re: Terry Allen (was Re: Alejandro (was: need info)

1999-03-13 Thread Bob Soron
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

Kinky / Terry Allen / was Alejandro

1999-03-13 Thread BARNARD
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

Re: 16 Horsepower

1999-03-13 Thread JKellySC1
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

Chuck E. Weiss and the Goddamn Liars

1999-03-13 Thread BARNARD
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

Rufus Wainwright

1999-03-13 Thread musicdirector
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,

re: Richard Thompson

1999-03-13 Thread James Gerard Roll
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

NEA nightmares

1999-03-13 Thread Kristen Rigney
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

Re: Coming to Town: Prine

1999-03-13 Thread Larry Slavens
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

1999-03-13 Thread BARNARD
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

Got my Grand Funk dose

1999-03-13 Thread Masonsod
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

1999-03-13 Thread Dutch
-- 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

Re: Covers v2.01 (was Re: Got my Grand Funk dose)

1999-03-13 Thread Moran/Vargo
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

Re: Covers v2.01 (was Re: Got my Grand Funk dose)

1999-03-13 Thread Masonsod
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