Not their best, but it gives me a will to live some days is WSQ's
Ellington record.
Helps me soar sometimes.
I think I'll stick with a Duke
recording as his 100th birthday is tomorrow. Maybe something from _And
His Mother Called Him Bill_, a tribute to Billy Strayhorn and my
On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Roy Kasten wrote:
Kip writes:
It's becoming all da rage here in St. Louis, too: half-proficient
tie-dyed youth playing fiddles, mandolins, banjos and Martin
guitars.
Who do you have in mind here, Kip?
Oh, I'd rather not incriminate myself in public,
On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
Yeah, it's a hoot to make fun of defenseless hippies, but lots more fun if
a couple of 'em come roaring up beside your pickup truck, and flip you off
when you make an off-hand comment about their hair.
Doh!
Seriously, though, it's not
Heh heh...Marie comments on the alarmingly growing ranks of
faux bluegrass and hippy acoustic bands.
It's becoming all da rage here in St. Louis, too: half-proficient
tie-dyed youth playing fiddles, mandolins, banjos and Martin
guitars.
Jeez, Kip, you're almost as easy to bait as Curry.g--don
Waddaya mean, *almost* g
Naw, I knew what Yates was up to. But I had just gotten through
defending the Midwest to a friend of mine, so I was already in battle
fatigues and figured I'd play along.
And about that cd cover. From what I hear it's all=20 airbrushing,
airbrushing, airbrushing.
Yeah, well she's no Ashley Judd or anything
Dave
Okay Dave, you've forced me to reproduce this tidbit on Ms. Judd.
It's from today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"After
On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Jon Weisberger wrote:
More importantly g, it's not "Who Wants To Buy This Diamond Ring," it's
"This Diamond Ring" ("this diamond ring doesn't shine for me anymore...").
Those guys were right up there with Dino, Desi Billy.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Joe Gracey wrote:
James Gerard Roll wrote:
It was reported last night that Garth's next desire is to tour with Kiss.
I AM NOT kidding.
Stay tuned . . .
-jim
I take it back. He is a idiot
But see, this makes total sense to me. The guy has long
Speaking of the V-Roys...does anyone have Scott Carpenter's e-mail
address handy? I know he was hanging around these parts for awhile there.
Contact me off list, por favor.
Kip
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Iain Noble wrote:
Justin. Every time.
Ironic that it takes an Englishman to point out the obvious g.
Kip
--
Iain Noble
Hound Dog Research, Survey and Social Research
Seeing Jim Nelson's post reminded me...
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
An Evening of "Old-Timey", Bluegrass and Classic Country:
The IL-MO Boys and The Rockhouse Ramblers
Sat. March 13
Ralph Stanley The Clinch Mountain Boys are confirmed for Sunday 4/11/99
at
Blueberry Hill's Duck Room.
Doors: 7 pm
Show: 8 pm (an evening with - 2 sets - no support act{Sorry, Kip}).
Tickets: $15 flat and go on sale next Wednesday 3/10.
Yes yes, no one likes to be pidgeon-holed and many want the
freedom to re-invent themselves from time to time musically. All well and
good. But methinks Mr. Tweedy protests too much that
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Don Yates wrote:
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes yes, no one likes to be pidgeon-holed and many want the
freedom to re-invent themselves from time to time musically. All well and
good. But methinks Mr. Tweedy protests too much that
He
Well, anyone who doesn't own "Dusty In Memphis" needs to go to
their local record store post haste and purchase this sucker. I think
Rhino re-issued it on CD not too long ago with previously unreleased bonus
tracks. A marvel of smooth (in a good way g) '60 soul-pop.
Melissa Etheridge, Best Female Blues guitarist.
There's a rich giggle.
Who the hell decides these awards?
Kip
Hey Cheryl,
Hi there ho there, Kip here. In answer to your question...well, I
dunno. How's this for an answer. If it's just a acoustic thing, I'd say
$25 and a meal would suffice. If it's a whole band and it's a
weekend, well...shoot for $50. Maybe $60. It all depends on 1) how
Oh yes! He shoots, he scores, he sends a private e-mail to the
whole friggin' list! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go meet the rest
of the Twang Gang out behind the shed...
Kip
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Owen Bly wrote:
According to some DJ on Q101 (Chicagos Rock Alternative) The next Trent
Reznor CD is going to be all Hank Williams covers. The DJ wasnt as
excited as I was. If I was not in my car I might've called him up and
given him what's fur.
God. Say it ain't
We're officially extending the deadline for this (but not for
much longer!) so if you're new to the Postcard2 mailing list
or you figured this deal was past due, well...send us your songs!
Last year's "EDGES FROM THE POSTCARD 2" featured
P.S. Please note that Dave Purcell's e-mail address has changed,
with regards to the EDGES III post. His current, correct address is
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oops. Sorry.
Your Twang Gang (well, just Kip this time, actually)
Okay, so maybe this should have gone to the fluff list. If you
know the melody it's a good hee-hee.--Kip
-- Forwarded message --
"Would You Like to Play the Guitar?"
Pat Donohue - lyric
(to the tune
In a message dated 2/16/99 11:47:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I figure it cost us about $65 for every minute we were on stage
"showcasing" for our big break.
NancyApple:
I am so sorry, see this is why I don't "do" these things. Everyone I know who
has ever gotten anything
Thank you John Wendland for your terrific accounting of the Mavis
Staples show in St. Louis on saturday night. I wasn't there and now I wish
I'd have gone. John reminded me that St. Louis is the home of some
truly world class gospel, blues and rb
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Jon Weisberger wrote:
Who are y'all talking about here? I know Clawhammer has done Pere Ubu and
Ellington covers, but I'm pretty certain that isn't the group under
discussion.
It's One Riot One Ranger, known to intimates as 1R1R. BTW, add my voice to
the "poor
Okay Hogan, I'll bite: how the heck did Bloodshot end up with
these rare radio transcripts? Let's have the story.
(Btw, I think this is a wonderful and somewhat well, unexpected
project from the label g)
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Jon Weisberger wrote:
Ty Herndon seems to have overcome the, er, questions raised about his
sexuality (not just male/female orientation) by his solicitation arrest of a
couple of years ago.
Yes, but did he then come out and say "okay folks, cat's out of
the bag,
Kip:
Oh for christ sake...the fact that K.D. made her anti-meat
sentiments loudly known had a lot less to do with her lack of success in
the country market than the fact that she didn't look/act the way
succesful Top 40 female artists are supposed to look/act.
Slim:
There
One last thing about Ms. Lang, and then I'll leave the topic
alone. Not like's it's never been discussed here g.
To clarify: although k.d.'s sexual orientation probably wasn't the
only factor that aliented potential fans and kept her off the radio
(another being she was,
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, James Nelson wrote:
Jerry Curry wrote:
In my opinion, Richard Thompson is one of the most important
and influential artists of the late 70's/80's. His swansong albums with Linda: _I
Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight_ and _Shoot Out the Lights_ are two definite
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just thought I'd be the first to chime in that today (Wed. Feb. 3rd) is
the *40th Anniversary* of the plane crash that took the lives of Buddy
Holly, Richie Valens and the Big
It was a joke, mostly. The Waylon Jennings crack. I like early
Waylon just fine. Don't shoot, I'm only the piano player.
Kip
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Whoa, I must've missed the part about how you concluded that Ryan is not a
considerate thoughtful human being.
Well, I don't "know" the guy, maybe you do. Maybe he shows all
kinds of
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Barry Mazor wrote:
, we're already makin' plans for Twangfest3, once again taking place
at Off Broadway in faboo St. Louis, MO on June 11-13.
uh, my calendar show these dates to be Friday through Sunday. Does it be
starting (or not) on night of June 10th, the
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Amy Haugesag wrote:
Kip sez:
Oh contraire, I'm glad Westerberg grew up. Now I just wish he'd
stop making crappy music. Or are you making the case that artists of a
certain age aren't capable of being as good as they were in their youth?
Amy H. retorts:
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Jim Cox wrote:
Ok, the article is a little ridiculous. And Ryan is ridiculous, or maybe he
was fucking with the guy, or both. Anyway, who cares. Sometimes I think
the same people are at once upset at Westerberg for growing up and at Ryan
for not growing up. If he
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Kelly K. wrote:
Who can
tell me more about Johnnie Johnson?
Barry replied:
Already am experienced Midwest keyboard man (St. Louis or Kansas City
originally, I think) when he met Chuck Berry--this was the guy who
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Claire Nixon wrote:
Does anyone here like motown?
When it comes to Soul music I prefer Stax stuff, but...yeah!
Motown Records put out some very heavy sides, especially in the '60's.
Twang content: Records that
Kip:
Twang content: Records that *successfully* combine country and
soul elements are as wonderful as they are rare.
Neal:
totally, because the down side means twangless groove rock with an acoustic
guitar.
Can you
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the down side of (fusing country and soul) means twangless groove rock
with an acoustic guitar. In fact, the more I thought about it, the more
it seems like the
country-soul equation gone
We're officially extending the deadline for this so if you're new
to P2 or you figured this deal was past due, well...send us
something! Last year's "EDGES FROM THE POSTCARD 2" featured unreleased
tracks by Robbie Fulks, Kimmie Rhodes, Mike Ireland Holler, Wooden Leg,
Five Chinese
Is there a finalists list yet, a definitive one? Can someone
forward me this, if so? Much obliged.
Kip
On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Been checking out the schedule for NEA. Look at what's happening on
Thursday
St. Louis' "Best Country Band" (!?), Belle Starr, will headline a
benefit show this Sat. Jan. 23 at the terrific Off Broadway club. All
money goes towards community radio station KDHX and their ongoing drive to
purchase a new transmittor (the old
Owen, tried to forward you the info you requested but it bounced
back. At any rate, here's Pat Hagin's phone number: 314-963-1015. E-mail
address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry for the personal (and rather dull) content of this post,
y'all.
Kip
Good Bob Soron:
I'm not saying it's inevitable by any means. But so far, every claim
that (alt-country) can't (get huge) ignores the fact that right now it
*is* happening in
another genre, and every reason for the claim that it can't happen is
Kip writes:Although mutton chop sideburns might qualify for a Look,
standing aloof in the back of the bar with a bottle of Bud doesn't make
much a Dance.
Smilin' Jim (Jim, why are you always smilin'?) writes:
That depends on
Actually, I agree with Mr. Riedie (and Yates, for that matter).
The term "Americana" has proven itself to be too vague to mean much to
listeners; it seems to denote singer-songwriter types, if anything. So as
much as the term "Alt-Country" makes me groan, I be happier seeing it used
than
But see, that's the thing...there's never going to be an
"Alt-Country Nirvana" because fifteen year-olds don't generally listen to
Steve Earle or Dale Watson or even the Old 97's. Let's face it, folks:
this P2 bag, this Americana/Alt-Country/Roots-Rock thing that gets
discussed here?
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, BARNARD wrote:
I tend to agree with JP that the "Tupelo" vein of twangy
alt-rock was never destined to break big, but should be distinguished from
the Austin-and-elsewhere style of *country* outside the Nasvegas
mainstream. This latter vein, to my mind, is another
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