Re: Mandy B

1999-04-20 Thread Jim_Caligiuri
Tiffany says: But Americana does embrace these artists, we just have to make the format grow and Jessie Scott is one step in the right direction in making that happen. Oh please. You've been saying the same thing (Insert Chris or Rob for Jessie at will) for too long now. Americana ain't

Re: My Bing-a-Ling

1999-04-20 Thread Joe Gracey
Tom Smith wrote: Dave Purcell wrote: I honestly had no idea about Bing Crosby's importance in popular music Johnny Shines told Peter Guralnick that Robert Johnson was as likely to play Bing's hits as one of his own blues tunes if requested. Dunno if that constitutes an influence,

Re: Welfare Music

1999-04-20 Thread Jeff Weiss
My only complaint is that Chris Gray (singer/gee-tar) says he likes Sheryl Crow... Sheryl Crow is a three on a scale of 1-5. She ain't great, but she ain't Mariah Carey. Jeff Miles of Music mail order http://www.milesofmusic.com FREE printed Catalog: (818) 883-9975 fax: (818)

Re: Who are these people

1999-04-20 Thread vgs399
Linda, Here are some good websites to help you out with these artists - 1. Mark Wills - www.markwills.com 2. Kenny Chesney - www.kchesney.com 3. Tim McGraw - www.timmcgraw.com Tera -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

Clip: the Mary Janes on salon.com

1999-04-20 Thread rob westcott
from todays salon.com The Mary Janes "Record No. 1" | Delmore By Bill Wyman | "Shooting Star," the first song on the Mary Janes' debut album, starts out soft and resigned -- "Pale Blue Eyes" as reinterpreted through the uncynical mind of a Midwestern woman. But as a violin, a thumping drum

Re: Single Most Influential 20th Century Pop Musician

1999-04-20 Thread vgs399
David said (edited): There's no doubt that Crosby idolized Jolsen. EVERYONE idolized him, but I'm not so sure he was that big a musical influence on Crosby. Certainly Jolsen's charisma as a performer was an inspiration, but as for the way he actually sang, Crosby was far more influenced by

The Byrds in South Africa

1999-04-20 Thread Richard Haslop
It's taken me a while to get around to this, but I said I would, so ... As some of you may know, since it seems to have been one of the most notorious of rock 'n' roll tours, the Byrds visited South Africa in 1968 following the release of Sweetheart Of The Rodeo and some dates in the UK when

RE: Who are these people

1999-04-20 Thread Jon Weisberger
1 pm: Mark Wills Earnest young feller. Did "Don't Laugh At Me" that Matt Benz thought was sucky and I rilly dug; current hit is a pretty vacuous number called "Wish You Were Here." If he has any staying power, it has yet to reveal itself. 3: Kenny Chesney I like Chesney pretty well, mostly

RE: Mandy B

1999-04-20 Thread Jon Weisberger
Americana ain't happening until it can cross artists like Mandy and the Derailers over to other formats. We've been through this before. Americana won't be a REAL format until it has quite a few influential major market stations playing the music 24-7. Let's see. It ain't a REAL format

Re: Julie Reeves

1999-04-20 Thread vgs399
Thanks, Jack. Funny you should mention Sara Evans in relation to Reeves as someone I know also said that the vocal quality is similar. Guess I'll have to check it out. Yes, Griggs is reminiscent of Cobain...even that video for "You Won't Ever Be Lonely" has that dark-tinged, alone in the world

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