Re: Rufus Wainwright

1999-03-14 Thread Jerry Curry
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as. I think he's a fucking hero for coming out guns a'blazing. Would you suggest that James Brown be less Black, or Oasis less British? Silly. Not less British, but definitely less asshole'ish. In out'ingly yours, JC NP: Pernice Brothers -

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

1999-03-14 Thread Jon Weisberger
ns: "High and Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music" Er, that's "High Lonesome," Mitch; no "and" in it. That's what happens if you get a dose of Grand Funk Railroad first g. BTW, my favorite part of the movie is a brief clip of the Osborne Brothers on TV with Harley Gabbard playing guitar

Re: Rufus Wainwright

1999-03-14 Thread Richard Flohil
In a recent post, I suggested that the commercial failure of Rufus Wainwright's excellent record was due, in part, because "Rufus pushes the "gay thing" to excess, and I'm convinced it's this that has managed to turn off the straight audience completely. Had I been consulted, I'd have

Re: 16 Horsepower

1999-03-14 Thread Doug Young
[EMAIL PROTECTED] according to my liner notes. Iceman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: Rufus Wainwright

1999-03-14 Thread vgs399
I must say that I found Neil's final line - "Would you suggest that James Brown be less Black, or Oasis less British?" - rather offensive. Of course not; James Brown IS black, Oasis IS British. And while Rufus is indeed gay, and that sensibility informs his music, I still think he and his music

CMR Playlist: 11th March 1999

1999-03-14 Thread Bob Paterson
Bob Paterson's Singer Songwriter Show Country Music Radio Thursday 11th March 1999 Wilco - ELT ["Summer Teeth", Reprise 1999] segue Kate Campbell - Bus 109 ["Visions Of Plenty", Demon Records 1998] George Jones - I Said All That To Say All This ["It Don't Get Any Better Than This", MCA

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

1999-03-14 Thread Masonsod
In a message dated 3/14/99 5:50:50 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BTW, my favorite part of the movie is a brief clip of the Osborne Brothers on TV with Harley Gabbard playing guitar and singing the third part. He was only with them for a few months, and it's probably the only

Re: dreaded artist of the decade (plus Rushmore)

1999-03-14 Thread JKellySC1
In a message dated 3/14/99 4:05:10 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh..memories of Al Green... Alright! A kindred soul in the cult of Reverend Al. When I was home at Xmas my family was watching the "100 greatest artists.." on VH1. My grumpy Dad was complaining about

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

1999-03-14 Thread Geff King
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was hoping that there could be this P2 jam session going and we could do a bluegrass version of "Some Kind of Wonderful". That might be new enough to get past good ol' Mike Woods. But HTC would have to get pretty damned obscure to get *any* GFR

RE: Rufus Wainwright

1999-03-14 Thread Jon Weisberger
Apparently Wainwright's whatever isn't enough to keep Best Buy from making him a featured artist. Today's ad supplement led me to this, from http://www.bestbuy.com : If you limit your music collection to what video channels and local radio stations play, then you’re missing out on much of what

Re: Alejandro (was: need info)

1999-03-14 Thread cwilson
geez, Junior, don't go gettin' all apologetic on me, ya wuss. for the record, there are many Escovedo moments i find unconvincing too. much less so in a live setting, and i think the live record is a lot more listenable than his studio albums, but, yeah, a lot of the time

A couple of shows in SF

1999-03-14 Thread Brad Bechtel
March 24, The Gourds and Jon Dee Graham at Slim's March 24, Nashville Pussy at the Edge, Palo Alto April 2, Sebadoh, Richard Buckner, lowercase at Bimbo's 365 Club April 18, Jeff Beck at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland May 8, Volunteer Jam Tour '99, featuring Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall

RE: A couple of shows in SF

1999-03-14 Thread Jon Weisberger
I played the cocktail hour at the Spinsters Society ball. Imagine 500 college educated, unmarried women between 25 and 35, dressed to kill (black tie formal, some stunning gowns) with gourmet nibbles, free drinks, and casino gaming... Gee, Brad, that sounds just like the John Deere Day gig I

Re: A couple of shows in SF

1999-03-14 Thread BARNARD
Brad: I played the cocktail hour at the Spinsters Society ball. Imagine 500 college educated, unmarried women between 25 and 35, dressed to kill (black tie formal, some stunning gowns) with gourmet nibbles, free drinks, and casino gaming, all to benefit a summer camp for children with

pearls (was Kinky / Terry Allen)

1999-03-14 Thread cwilson
Junior wrote: np: Lyle Lovett "Sold American" (from Pearls in the Snow) uh, what is Pearls in the Snow? (nice title when you stop to think about it). carl w.

Re: pearls (was Kinky / Terry Allen)

1999-03-14 Thread BARNARD
Carl! Pearls in the Snow is the Kinky Friedman tribute album that came out in December. It's pretty darn good, actually, both in itself and as an intro to Kinky's material. Check this out: Willie, Ride 'em Jewboy Delbert McClinton, Autograph Lee Roy Parnell, Nville Casualty and Life Asleep a

Re: KC area McCoury!

1999-03-14 Thread BARNARD
Tuesday March 30 is the date for both the McCoury and Deke shows. Pardon that typo! --jr.

Re: Rufus Wainwright

1999-03-14 Thread cwilson
I've been following this thread and trying to keep a lid on my temper, since I know that Richard was addressing career strategy and didn't mean his comments to sound the way they did - personally, when I hear someone say "flaunting it" and "shoving it in people's faces,"

Re: Rufus Wainwright

1999-03-14 Thread BARNARD
Carl: Ultimately, I think opera is much more alienating to a pop audience than homosexuality is to college students. But if Rufus keeps This is very true At this point in time, with all the "out" performers there are, etc., I really wonder whether being out is a career

Re: Excuse me? (was: Re: SXSW)

1999-03-14 Thread Douglas Baxter
Absolutely correct I have not been to Pittsburgh. To save a little face here allow me to bow out gracefully by saying that I am saving Pittsburgh to the last moment like the cherry on the icecream float. Doug.

Re: KC area McCoury!

1999-03-14 Thread Larry Slavens
KC folks, if you haven't seen it already, be aware that the McCoury / Earle show is coming to Roadhouse Ruby's in Olathe on Tuesday, March (Bill S and Jack C and I were talking about this last night at a great Big Sandy show here in town). Yeah, well, I hope you guys enjoy the show, as that

Re: KC area McCoury!

1999-03-14 Thread Jack Copeland
Junior wrote: In keeping with the booking traditions of that most beloved of KC venues, the McCoury band is scheduled right between Robin Trower and the Chippendale Dancers!!! Alright! And Larry replied: Why they'd want to play some nightclub in front of a bunch of drunk Kansans instead of a

Bluegrass At The Everson April 1 (No Kidding)

1999-03-14 Thread Jrossbach
PSA For immediate release Date: March 16, 1999 Contact: Dan Ward at 315 435-8554 For artist interviews call: John Rossbach at 315 422-0718 BLUEGRASS FOLK MUSIC CONCERT AT EVERSON MUSEUM APRIL 1 (NO KIDDING) On APRIL 1, The EVERSON MUSEUM will present an evening of Bluegrass and traditional

Re: KC area McCoury!

1999-03-14 Thread Bill Silvers
At 02:53 PM 3/14/1999 Larry Slavens replied to Junior: KC folks, if you haven't seen it already, be aware that the McCoury / Earle show is coming to Roadhouse Ruby's in Olathe on Tuesday, March (Bill S and Jack C and I were talking about this last night at a great Big Sandy show here in town).

Junior's FCC note wasn't a hoax...

1999-03-14 Thread Bob Soron
... but it was vague and late. It took a while to find some confirmation of this -- http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/18420.html -- but I didn't want to say anything until I had it. Although I'm glad Dave posted CIAC's hoax page URL, and everyone should check it out before sending out

Yin? Yang? Meet Twang

1999-03-14 Thread Tucker Eskew
Just got back from Atlanta (a three and half hour drive) and The Mountain express, aka the Earle/McCoury extravaganza. I went in with high expectations -- they were exceeded. A large, appreciative crowd at the Variety Playhouse witnessed greatness Saturday night. There is combustion and

Clip: Another interview with Jeff Tweedy

1999-03-14 Thread Brad Bechtel
You'd think he was pimping a new CD or something... Q A With Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Aidin Vaziri Sunday, March 14, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/03/14/PK98714.DTL It's the morning after the Grammy Awards, and

Re: Clip: Another interview with Jeff Tweedy

1999-03-14 Thread LindaRay64
I LOVE that! Thank you so much for posting it. . . np. Southern Line, different but equal