At 9:33 PM -0500 on 4/28/99, BARNARD wrote:
Jeff, the last I saw the Albini text was when Purcell posted it way back,
at least 18 months ago?...
Maybe Dave still has the reference.
I don't remember the exact search phrase Mr. P used, but if you search
for "Albini" and "fucked" in your
At 12:20 AM -0500 on 4/26/99, marie arsenault wrote:
Terry Smith:
assume consensus
on this notion that any guitar solo over 30 seconds is self-indulgent.
30 seconds, no. Over 5 minutes, perhaps.
I'd rather have a 5-minute guitar solo than a 20-second drum solo.
Bob
At 11:19 AM -0400 on 4/24/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, I consider bluegrass alt-country.
This isn't my objection to calling bluegrass alt-country, but I dunno
how a staid, conservative genre like bluegrass becomes an alternative
to a staid, conservative genre like country. It's just
At 6:33 PM +0200 on 4/23/99, Marie wrote:
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the world does not need
anymore
tribute albums. g It's one of those ideas that are better in theory.
The only really good one
is *Tulare Dust*, imo. And the Tom T. Hall tribute is pretty good.
The Jo
Dunno if any of my old homies have already posted this, since I'm a
little behind. Sorry if you've already seen it...
ROCK NOTES
Chesnutt and Wilco: works in progress
By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff, 04/23/99
About 10 years ago, Vic Chesnutt - singer-songwriter-guitarist - spent
an evening he
At 4:11 PM -0400 on 4/23/99, Jon Weisberger wrote:
Ummm, who are these bands that are getting on the radio and
turning newbies off of "altcountry"?
I could name some pretty rotten Southern Ohio bluegrass bands
That doesn't answer the question, which was about alt country... g
Bob
At 3:04 PM -0400 on 4/22/99, the guy who said, "You have to
understand, Bob, Robbie Fulks and the Wacos *are* our music scene"
wrote:
Although
Chicago scores extra negative style points for Moonshine Willy and
the Handsome Family, two of the worst alt.country bands of all
time (though, I did
At 4:18 PM -0400 on 4/20/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I dunno tho, sure he might be more the artiste nowadays, but I still
think he
tends to be very charming onstage. At least I've never seem him be anything
but. I even saw him do an acoustic performance once in LA before AM
came out
where he
At 11:47 AM -0400 on 4/17/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By the way, Miss Deanna Varagonna has some kinda stunning blues feel I must
say.
This wasn't at all there when she opened for Vic Chesnutt, although
she's got a really nice voice. She might have varied both her material
and her delivery
I'd suggest damn near any blues album recorded by someone other than
Buddy Guy.
Bob
At 4:22 PM -0700 on 4/15/99, Jeff Weiss wrote:
Neal: I just got back from Kentucky
Friend: Really?
Try...
Neal: I just got back from Kentucky
Friend: You must be pretty happy.
Neal: I just got back from Kentucky
Friend: Insurance premiums are gonna go up, huh?
Neal: I just got back from
At 8:48 AM -0400 on 4/15/99, Dave Purcell wrote:
CK liking these 7:30 shows
Early shows rock. We played a 7:30 Sunday night show at a cool
neighborhood bar where Jon's 52 bands play regularly. Great fun, a
cool way to wrap up the weekend, and everyone (except the band)
was home by 10:30. I
At 4:23 PM -0500 on 4/14/99, Joe Gracey wrote:
"Touched By An Angel" is apparently a rilly hot
TV show right now
I was startled to see that there's a weekly show about people whose
lives have been changed by the show. Scary.
Bob
At 8:44 AM -0400 on 4/15/99, Geff King wrote:
I think we should take a P2 poll - find out a.) who's paying this year;
and b.) who got or is getting a refund. People in Category b.) can buy the
drinks tonight.
Refund, though not much of one. I'll see if I can send something to the
barkeep at
At 9:04 PM -0400 on 4/15/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*4/20: RELS: Spade Cooley (Bloodshot Revival), "It's Heartbreak That
Sells"
a tribute to Ray Mason
Good lord. Is this the mediocre guy from western Mass. that
consistently drove a bunch of us out of clubs a few years ago? Turned
up
At 10:03 AM -0700 on 4/13/99, Jeff Weiss wrote:
At 01:39 PM 4/12/99 EDT, you wrote:
Linda McCartney.
The thread *isn't* the sideperson kept on the payroll because he/she is
sleeping with the boss.
Not that that would be a bad thread either.
Personally, I'll go for Jesse Taylor. All the other
At 11:24 AM -0400 on 4/11/99, Barry Mazor wrote:
I was thrilled to get a chance to speak with Doug Sahm for a few moments in
that Texicali Grill parking lot during SXSW, mostly just thanking him for
good music I've gotten to listen to from him for about the last 34
years--though I didn't
At 1:13 AM -0400 on 4/10/99, Amy Haugesag wrote:
I'm planning on going to the Saturday show, since on Friday nights I prefer
to have a sleepfest--you know, that's when you come home, take a nap, wake
up, have a glass of wine, and go back to sleep.
Amy gets my vote for P2 party animal of the
At 7:44 AM -0500 on 4/10/99, Tom Mohr forwarded:
In collaboration with the Hideout, thursdaysomething presents the
best in twanging,
two-stepping, heart-breaking country music. Throw in a yodeling
contest or perhaps
a few films by Heather McAdams.
Can I confess something? A few months ago
At 11:41 AM + on 4/9/99, Ph. Barnard wrote:
Interesting how lots of people chime in with Peter Wolf memories
That Cobo Arena show sounds great g.
I've always heard stories about what a marvelous and
influential DJ Wolf was in his early Boston period, but I was in
NY and Philly then and
At 8:11 AM -0400 on 4/9/99, James Gerard Roll wrote:
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Bob Soron wrote:
If I weren't seeing The World's Allegedly Best Living Songwriter Who
Was So Bad I Couldn't Wait to Walk Out on Him (hi Deb#s) tomorrow
WHo is Bob/Deb referring to here?? This is too intriguing g
At 12:34 PM -0500 on 4/9/99, Meshel wrote:
caught the show in Nashville a couple of nights ago, and they were great.
I do miss Guy as the frontman, but Whammo has some new songs, and the best
part is that they give Stan the clarinet player front stage for about 4
songs now, and it's just
From today's Boston Globe:
-
Joyce Linehan, formerly with Sub Pop Records, is the new PR director at
the South Shore Music Circus
-
Congrats, Joyce! The South Shore Music Circus is a pretty decent venue
outside Boston that books a pretty eclectic selection of musicians
(plus
At 12:04 PM -0700 on 4/9/99, Lowell Kaufman wrote:
Anyone know why Dead Reckoning has become so dull recently?
I haven't bought any of the three you mention, but I thought the new
Mike Henderson was good enough to balance any suckage from the rest of
the list's artists. I think I'm up to
At 4:06 PM -0500 on 4/7/99, Joe Gracey wrote:
Christopher Adams wrote:
"Stoned Slow and Rugged" from 1975 was one of the decade's best
"outlaw country"
LPs. It had great songwriting and good musical support, including
Chris Hillman,
Richie Furay, Herb Pedersen, and Rusty Young. One of the
At 4:32 PM -0400 on 4/8/99, Dave Purcell wrote:
Pardon the lack o' twang, but are any of my Chicago sistren and
brethren familiar with 40K? The local arts weekly raves about them,
and I'm wondering if I should chegemout tomorrow night.
I'm not ignoring you, Dave, I just never heard of 'em.
At 10:32 AM + on 4/5/99, Ph. Barnard wrote:
First Amy:
Well, referencing Peggy Lee's "Fever" isn't going to win any points with
me, as I don't love either the song or her toneless version of it.
If this
loses me major kitsch-cred points, that's fine with me.
Then Ross:
Well thanks, I
After missing two Kelly Willis shows thanks to apartment hunting, it
was a treat to see Jon Dee Graham tonight, all the moreso since the
Gourds backed him the last half of his set. We hung around for six or
seven songs of the Gourds' own set, so I can't say much there, but
Graham already had a
STEVE EARLE THE DEL MCCOURY BAND
at the Vic, March 25
By Peter Margasak
The first few times I listened to "The Mountain," the new album Steve
Earle recorded with the Del McCoury Band, I couldn't stop thinking what
poor use he'd made of the group he himself calls the "best bluegrass
band
At 9:43 PM -0500 on 4/1/99, Moran/Vargo wrote:
Yeah, and they just happen to jump right over Philadelphia as well. g
But two nights in Pittsburgh!
And two in Chicago! They were great (if amplified) at a brief outdoor
show this past summer, and I'm looking forward to seeing them in their
At 1:59 PM -0800 on 4/1/99, Don Yates wrote:
At this point, Willis has left her early rockabilly influences behind. In
search of a more mature sound, she has chosen to record songs about
searching for love, for identity, for a reason for being.
I'll heave a Tom Ekeberg Memorial Sigh here.
Bob
At 9:03 AM -0800 on 4/1/99, Don Yates wrote:
I'll take a stab at this. Was it Hank Williams, Jr.?
What do I win?
You are correct! Proving that Mandy has infinitely better taste than all
those kneejerk alt-country Bocephus-bashers.g
Well, do you think Hank Jr.'s current work is as good as
At 12:21 PM -0600 on 4/1/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for posting that Marie. Here's a clip from the Bottlerockets
interview that ties in with some of what's been discussed here lately, I
think. g
Yeah, well, this is why this Big Tent approach just doesn't work. At
its best, it just
At 8:42 AM -0500 on 3/31/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Although there are many great shows at the station, those of most
interest to
P2ers would be Wed 6-8am, Debbie Does Dallas; Sat 8-10am, Lost Highway; and
10-noon, Backwoods. These are all EST timeslots.
Good to hear, Kate, but all of these
At 6:28 PM -0400 on 3/31/99, Jon E. Johnson wrote:
Yeah, I remember when I used to think the same thing about the
Boston Globe. "The Globe? Make up stories? It'll never happen"
Oh, we were innocent then! We had a song in our hearts and a spring in
our step!
Have any reporters made
At 11:14 PM -0500 on 3/28/99, Jeff Wall wrote:
At 09:54 PM 3/28/99 -0600, you wrote:
At 11:34 AM -0500 on 3/28/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think drummers should ever drink during or
before gigs. They totaly suck when they do and tend to drool alot.
I see why Prellboy switched to
At 9:02 AM -0800 on 3/29/99, Jeff Weiss wrote:
Hadacol was one of the real surprises for me at SXSW. Twangy, rocking,
energetic, above average songs, connecting with the audience. They won that
crowd over. I had plan to stay for a few songs, but got sucked into the
vortex of fun.
I picked up
At 3:29 PM -0500 on 3/29/99, Steve Gardner wrote:
While I
have some sympathy for Steve's POV, I'd like to add that there are fine
songs out there that simply sound superior in-studio.
I didn't say every live recording is better than every studio
recording. Steve Earle's, for instance, is far
At 6:51 PM -0500 on 3/29/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I dunno, JeffMoM and Mr. Soron like it, but I kinda thought it was too
much of
a generic ND/Tweedy knock off.
Can you have too much of a good thing?
Bob
At 11:34 AM -0500 on 3/28/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think drummers should ever drink during or
before gigs. They totaly suck when they do and tend to drool alot.
I see why Prellboy switched to guitar.
Bob
At 8:49 PM -0600 on 3/26/99, Kelly Kessler wrote:
I saw the instore today, and besides enjoying it thoroughly, I came away
with new respect for Del's ego. The crowd was totally into the McCourys -
no problem there - but he spends a great deal of time hanging around in the
back while Steve
At 12:10 AM -0500 on 3/27/99, Jeff Wall wrote:
At 10:42 PM 3/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
Those of you who have seen the tour elsewhere, what type of
reception is Del getting? Last night is wasnt so hot.
From where I was sitting at the show's stop in Durham, it seemed that most
of the crowd was
At 10:37 AM -0600 on 3/26/99, Christopher M Knaus wrote:
Earle "Bluegrass is the original alt.country"
Soron "Western Swing!"
I only wish I'd been willing to stand in line for an hour today to say
it to him in person. It ain't *my* fault he's uneducated. Now that he's
getting his
Someone (Dave?) asked about him recently -- Dennis turned up at Steve
and Del's instore today. (Said he walked past me last night at the Vic,
but I was too deep in another conversation to interrupt.) He's doing
well and should soon have a new email address -- he changed jobs and
his new work
Tunesmith to the miserable
By Joan Anderman, Globe Correspondent, 03/26/99
Elliott Smith is not a junkie. He's not desperately messed-up, at least
not any more than anyone else. He claims to have written a happy song,
and believes that his music seems a bit darker than most because for
one
At 11:53 PM -0500 on 3/24/99, Bob Burns/Big In Iowa wrote:
Is anybody else as tired as I am of hearing about how Wilco never
settles into one specific style?
No, and I'm still even more open to wondering why they don't do any of
them well.
So what! If Wilco recorded a Polka
record it would
At 2:46 AM -0500 on 3/25/99, Bob Burns/Big In Iowa wrote:
Bob,
Well, I said I wasn't going to break down Wilco's new record
piece by piece. Obviously you didn't feel the same way about my message.
Bob,
It was late and I couldn't sleep. But hey, y'gotta watch out with that
polka stuff.
At 9:19 AM -0500 on 3/25/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone ever seen this band perform? What did you think?
Didn't like the CD, thought they were pretty good live though. Worth
checking out.
Bob
At 10:37 AM -0600 on 3/25/99, Joe Gracey wrote:
Mike Hays wrote:
Oh dear! From "People Online" 3/24/99:
* ARRESTED: Grammy Award-winning country singer Ray Price ("For the
Good
Times"), on a marijuana charge, near his Texas ranch. He was charged
with
possession of marijuana and drug
At 10:57 AM -0600 on 3/25/99, Joe Gracey wrote:
Let me try to explain my vehemence regarding this subject...
I produced an album with Stevie Ray Vaughn and Lou Ann Barton- two,
actually, in 1979. Stevie and I parted ways when he went to Epic and I
handed over every single one of my tapes to
At 12:00 PM -0600 on 3/25/99, William F. Silvers wrote:
Bob Soron wrote:
I swore Jeff Tweedy would never get another cent of my money. So far,
I've succeeded, no small feat in the town he lives in. (I didn't know
he was opening for Patti Smith, I swear. We only saw a song and a
half
At 1:21 PM -0800 on 3/25/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a fanciful
interview transcript that ended:
Let me add, though, that I fully support our troops in Yugoslavia,
and if I wasn't a card-carrying atheist, I'd be praying for their safe
return.
I know you're joking by taking this to its
At 12:59 PM -0800 on 3/25/99, stuart wrote:
Bob Soron wrote:
At 10:37 AM -0600 on 3/25/99, Joe Gracey wrote:
Mike Hays wrote:
Oh dear! From "People Online" 3/24/99:
* ARRESTED: Grammy Award-winning country singer Ray Price ("For the
Good
Times"), on a ma
At 2:18 PM -0600 on 3/25/99, William F. Silvers wrote:
Bob Soron wrote:
Well, now, I don't want to turn this into Postcard, but I think this is
a useful distinction: I don't hate Tweedy, I hate his work.
Point taken. I was guilty of imprecision there.
A fine point it is, but like I say
At 10:29 AM -0800 on 3/24/99, Hill, Christopher J wrote:
And - unless the artist AND venue have come out as tape-friendly -
I doubt someone would risk losing their MiniDisc recorder by asking
a performer for permission, so it'll remain an underground pursuit.
There's a list of taper-friendly
At 2:09 PM -0500 on 3/24/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone right now is selling t-shirts for $20 plus postage of a live concert
shot of Todd. They are calling it the "unofficial Todd Snider T-shirt"...
Were I working with Todd, I might inquire to this guy about buying out
the stock at $17
At 2:30 PM -0600 on 3/24/99, Ferguson, Dan wrote:
And the digest is now an email with an attachment for each
seperate email in
the digest. In other words 52 attachments for today. Not so bad
considering this was a slow P2 day. The thought of a digest
with upwards of
150 attachments
At 5:19 PM -0500 on 3/24/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
so now that i've been beaten up for my views on bootlegging, am i to assume
that all those that have had a dissenting view point in one form or another
have never purchased, or even traded for, such an item? just curious...
In one of those
I've heard two reports that Earle McCoury are at Borders tomorrow
(Thursday) at 1 PM for an instore. But just today comes a note from
someone who says the unofficial Earle page lists the instore on Friday.
Anyone able to pin this down?
Bob
At 11:42 PM -0600 on 3/22/99, Christopher M Knaus wrote:
My one regret (other than the miserable hangover) is I didnt get to as
many new (to me) bands as I wanted to - as Alex mentioned "We might as
well be in Chicago"
You didn't miss much, but the Peter Rowan/Tony Rice show Saturday night
was
At 11:01 AM -0500 on 3/21/99, Stick wrote:
From Bluegrass-L
very sad.
I am very sad to inform you that Charles Sawtelle died Saturday night at
8pm Pacific Time.
Indeed. Last night I saw Peter Rowan and Tony Rice with a couple other
semi-P2ers; at the beginning Rowan dedicated the set to
At 8:59 PM -0500 on 3/16/99, Phil Connor posted a clip that started:
Gwen Shamblin is 5ft 4in, 7st 11lb, and an American size six - but
it's not down to slimming pills.
Well, fine, but is she related to Eldon?
Bob
At 1:40 PM -0500 on 3/17/99, Matt Benz wrote:
I'm also kinda disappointed with Kelly Willis' release. I guess I was
hoping for something more along the lines of "Kelly Willis," a harder
country sound. This is too ...erm.americana for my tastes, at least
some of it. Still, it is her voice,
At 12:40 PM -0500 on 3/17/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Case in point: Last night I went to see a free gig in town by the V-Roys,
who I thought were a great bar band, though they were batting about .500 on
decent songs. But the crowd was a really roadhouse-country-rock-lovin'
bunch, who wanted
At 1:36 PM -0500 on 3/17/99, Dave Purcell wrote:
Wilco, on the other hand, would get killed at a biker bar.
Too bad they're too big to play 'em these days. g
Bob
Broadcast.com: MP3 Will Die by Judy Bryan
3:00 a.m. 15.Mar.99.PST AUSTIN, Texas -- Mark Cuban sees no good reason
for MP3 to be the format for delivering digital music. He thinks
distribution, not content, will be king, that pay-per-view services
will eclipse free downloads, and that in
... 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
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...
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
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
At 12:27 AM -0500 on 3/12/99, Jim wrote:
Hey Bob Soron or somebody else. Can you send me a private e-mail with the
recent Buckner interview where he is so surly??
I've already trashed it. Mebbe someone else?
ps -- I posted that SPIN review of Wilco a few days ago in the midst of my
rant
At 10:34 AM -0800 on 3/12/99, ldk wrote:
Yep - Ryko is by far the worst in cd case/inner ring quality. I bet more
than half my Ryko cds are busted inside. What I find amusing is that they
priase their packaging as some patented special thing.
They patented the use of the color. (It's a design
At 11:10 AM -0800 on 3/12/99, Brad Bechtel passed along an article
that said:
Sources say the format will have a security feature built in, but reports
are mixed as to MS Audio 4.0's e-commerce capability. Some believe the
format will launch with commerce functions built in; others say it's not
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
At 12:00 AM -0500 on 3/10/99, vgs399 wrote:
Some while ago there was some gossip going around which spoke of a piece of
equipment which would instantaneously alter any off-pitch singing.
There's Mac software that does this -- a friend in an a cappella group
uses it for voice training. I'm
At 10:07 PM -0500 on 3/7/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OTOH, I've seen 2001 countless times, far more than 100
certainly, last a restored widescreen print on the largest movie screen
in Boston on my birthday. That film still never ceases to amaze me, and
I still find stuff I've never seen
At 12:11 PM -0800 on 3/5/99, Cheryl Cline wrote:
If they're not "alt country" or "alternative country" according to the
UT/No Depression revisionism, er, I mean yardstick, then, we're back to
the original problem being batted around back then (and when *did* this
s
At 5:34 PM -0500 on 3/5/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Guess they didn't know about Joe Ely's tour with the Clash. UT was a
decade too late.
Yeah but, can't a decade too late also mean brand new to a new generation?
Well, sure, if they've got no perspective. Asleep at the Wheel invented
Anyone got some dope?
Bob
At 11:42 AM -0800 on 3/6/99, Cheryl Cline wrote:
I'm askin' you! g. Of course Gracey is the one to ask, as he goes back To
The Beginning of Time, what a maroon I am. It's just that back when I first
got on the Net, reading rec.music.country.western, I remember you as being
the one with the
I dunno if these count as additions or changes or both, but this week's
House of Blues ad says that Dick Dale is the 11th, not the 4th, which
means I may be able to go out on my birthday after all. And the Metro's
got some benefit going, including folks such as Langford, Escovedo,
Fulks, Mavis
At 8:16 AM -0600 on 3/5/99, marie marie wrote:
I think John was actually one of those non-dancers dancing at my last Spurs'
show. I always complained that the men in Boston never danced. Well,
they don't appear to dance in Nashville either.
Hey, back in the day, I used to lose serious water
At 10:16 AM -0800 on 3/5/99, Shawn Devlin wrote:
I've been thinking about picking up a home CD Recordable unit. Does
anybody out there own one, or have you heard of a particular
brand/model that is supposed to be good? Does the quality vary alot
between brands? Also, is there any audible
At 11:18 AM -0600 on 3/2/99, David Cantwell wrote:
(She's going to tackle "REAL CW and roots
music"? Oh come on, won't this silly distinction ever be discredited?
You lost me there, David. Country may be roots music, but not all roots
music is country. Why's her distinction silly?
Bob
At 12:20 PM -0600 on 3/2/99, David Cantwell wrote:
You're right, Bob, about roots and country. But I was referring to the
distinction between REAL and unreal. --david cantwell
Well, but have you written this off as a question not worth exploring
-- how far can a style be stretched and still be
At 3:35 PM -0600 on 2/26/99, Jim Moran wrote:
This can be heard live on the net at http://www.wnur.org
A really fine set it was, too. Worth y'all heading over to the site to
check it out.
Bob
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Jon Weisberger wrote:
Courtesy of country.com...
After being approached by TV's VH-1 about playing their video for "Wide Open
Spaces," the Chicks declined because they were asked to get rid of the
fiddles in the song. "You might as well just edit out the banjo and the
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, John Kinnamon wrote:
try to come up with an artist that all can agree
should be eradicated from the earth, their history taken with them:
Two words: Kenny G
Why restrict it to artists? Two more encompassing words: "Lite" jazz. And
a couple more: New age.
Bob
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Brad Morris wrote:
Clapton was embarrassing, and are we sure he and BB even
rehearsed? That was a pretty lamo blues performance all around.
As stated elsewhere, Clapton/King was a mess.
I liked the way each of them made a show about being deferential to each
other
At 8:08 PM + on 2/26/99, Louise Kyme wrote:
*And* Scotty Moore is coming to Southampton. Yippee! Can anyone tell me
what to expect?
Moore briefly played at Chicago's Blues Fest last year. My expectations
were low but I thought he was still pretty good. OTOH, I got to see one
song; I make
At 7:48 PM -0500 on 2/26/99, Jon Weisberger wrote:
Oh, yeah, forgot about that Joni Mitchell thing. Eradicating her would
leave the world without "You Turn Me On I'm A Radio," hence without Gail
Davies' fine first version of it (she recorded it again for her recent,
misleadingly-named Greatest
At 12:32 AM -0500 on 2/25/99, Mitch wrote:
THE DIXIE CHICKS WON? Oh God, country's answer to The Spice Girls gets an
award for Best Cleavage--Country Duo or Group (couldn't be for their talent,
or lack thereof).
That's a great line, but -- although I liked the previous Chicks much
better than
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Jon Weisberger wrote:
[Matt Benz] Hmmm. I was thinking that wasn't even her actual
band behind her...
It was, or at least one of the fiddle players was the same. I've seen
him/her (!) before on other televised performances.
You aren't alone on that question,
According to this week's NewCity, before their show at the Vic in a
month, Steve Earle and the Del McCoury band will do a in-store set at
the Borders on Clark and Diversey at 7 PM. Good thing it's a short walk
to the Vic.
Bob
At 7:19 PM -0500 on 2/25/99, Mike Hays wrote:
Kate - No, Merle didn't play with Dale at Tramps. I know Dale would
have thought he had died and went to heaven if Merle had.
Must be the show Dale opened for Merle. Dale did come out and do a harmony
on "Okie" at Bonnie's urging. Dale was
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 Rebecca wrote:
I bought a Merle Haggard box set a few months ago and have greatly
enjoyed it. I recently saw in the Globe that he is coming to the Boston
area in a couple of months and am wondering if he is worth going to see.
What do you guys think? Anyone seen him
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Joe Gracey listed some of Jack Clement's work:
Johnny Cash
Jerry Lee Lewis
Charley Pride (he shared production duties, and his stuff is the best by far)
The Stoneman Family
John Hartford
Townes
Inspiration for the Don Williams/ Crystal Gayle early 70s sound
Louie
When Ely was in town recently, the guy at the merch table mentioned that
Jesse Taylor had a site and was selling a few things off of it. A few
searches on AltaVista haven't turned it up -- can anyone steer me there?
TIA...
Bob
On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
I fet the feeling that Chet shoe-horned everybody
into his own poppy world, whether they belonged their or not.
FWIW, Terry, having grown up on that era of country music, I agree. I'm
reminded of a wonderful pic on the back of one of Waylon's LPs
At 5:10 PM -0600 on 2/23/99, David Cantwell served me up the perfect
opening:
I don't think anyone told you this. I can't imagine anyone on this list, in
fact, ever telling anyone this, not even me g. But: Please don't tell me
that the Nashville Sound was some kind of artistic decline in
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