// My abject apologies for not getting a digest out in the last 
// couple of days...we got home very late Saturday, and Netscape
// sent Windows into oblivion just as I was about to send the 
// digest last night! Maybe this one will get out!
// Enjoy...[BP]

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Subject: NN: LSSOM CD and live recordings for exchange
   From: matthew baker (matbaker@pacbell.net>

hello all,

since snownobile@earthlink.net asked
"Updating some old stuff, which includes Nanci's Lone Star State of
Mind.  This is the second time I have purchase this and ended up with a
defective CD.  It plays along, then sticks on a spot and sounds like a
rapid fire machine gun.  Anyone have the same problem, or an answer to
what is going on?"

yes i have encountered the same problem too. i bought a CD of the album
too, but i thought the defect was just on the copy i bought from a Tower
Records outlet store here in San Francisco. I guess it was just a bad
run. Why does it have to happen to Nanci??

and someone else had asked for live recording of NG concerts. i have a
few that i recorded off the radio a number of years ago. one is from a
show called Our Front Porch. and the other is from Austin City Limits. i
could make a copy of these if anyone is interested. i am looking for
recording of more recent concerts in exchange.

happy holidays and keep warm

"if it is going to be this cold in the Bay Area it might as well snow!
oops, it already did."
--
matthew j. baker
matbakerATpacbellDOTnet



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Subject: NN: Seagull acoustics
   From: Cheri Villines (cvilline@comp.uark.edu>

Hi folks,

My dad is looking around at acoustic guitars and ran across a Seagull in a
local shop. He had never heard of them, but loved the way it sounded. Any
of you players here have opinions about this guitar company? From what I
can find out, they seem to be putting out a quality instrument at decent
prices. 

Thanks,

Cheri


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Subject: NN: Re: Tish in Taos
   From: George Golob (geogo@earthlink.net>

Hi Netters
A belated Merry Christmas to y'all. Hope you all are warm and happy. I 
just got back from another magical Christmas show by Tish Hinojosa in 
Taos, New Mexico (My 5th in six years....for those of you who don't 
know..Tish has made a tradition of bringing her family and her band to 
the Thunderbird Lodge in the Taos Ski Valley every Christmas.  She 
spent a lot of time in Taos early in her career and has a lot of old 
friends there, and they gather for a reunion with her and are joined by 
Tish fans from all over. She puts on several performances while she's 
there in the intimate little tavern at the Thunderbird.  It's a great 
way to spend Christmas...Beautiful scenery, great skiing, and Tish's 
lovely music.)
Don't know if any Nancinetters were there...I had posted news about 
this year's dates in the Nancinet Digest.
Anyway, it was a ball, we got to have Christmas Eve Dinner with Tish 
and her husband, Craig Barker, and Adam and Nina, her kids...as well as 
Marvin Dykhuis and Chip Dolan, her masterful guitarist and 
keyboard/accordianist, respectively. Tish and Marvin tried out a 
handmade "parlor" guitar we brought made by a luthier friend of ours in 
Long Beach, and they gave it rave reviews.
We also saw two of the shows...Tish's usual blend of 
country/folk/mexican flavors on the 23rd, and a special Children's 
Christmas singalong on the 24th.
If any of y'all are interested in coming next year..keep your eyes out 
on Tish's website  www.mundotish.com  it has all her tour information 
and lots more.
Merry Christmas
George Golob and Sheri Sciala


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Subject: NN: NG punchline on MST3K
   From: Rob Stiene (rstiene@ix.netcom.com>

So there my son and I were, watching a really, really bad movie called
"Hobgoblins," and chuckling along with the Mystery Science Theater gang's
heckling and well-aimed gags. During a really, really bad scene in a bar
("Club Scum"; I kid you not), a really, really, really bad band sings a
really, really, really bad song, and loudly, to boot. Puppet Servo then
says, "What's interesting is that Nanci Griffith was the opening act!"

Thus introducing my son to the spit take.

Rgds, and Happy New Year to all...
-----------
Rob Stiene, Independent Creative Director
25 Mozart Street, Binghamton, NY 13905-3934
Phone/Fax: 607 770 9570   Mobile 607 727 0105
stiene@earthling.net (or> rstiene@ix.netcom.com


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Subject: NN: Lumpy, Beanpole & Dirt
   From: Shawn Kimbro (kimbro@planetc.com>

-             Industry and Thrift - The Bad Livers

"Lumpy, Beanpole, & Dirt" is a phrase you're not likely to hear often. 
In fact, just try singing it in a grocery line and see what kind of
reactions you get!  Nevertheless, that's just what I found myself doing
after listening to The Bad Livers' Industry and Thrift. The first cut,
with it's unusual title, sets the mood for a CD that is down-right FUN.

An accurate description of the style of music on this disc might be,
Primus meets the Kr|ger Brothers.  However, it occurs to me that more
people know about The Bad Livers by now than either of those groups. 
The Bad Livers are the flag bearers for a new and innovative musical
style that I've taken to calling thrash-grass.  (I've heard terminology
like country-crunch and bluegrass-punk but I don't like either.) It's
bluegrass with a youthful, bad-ass attitude that concentrates on
scorching musicianship and rebellious lyrics.  Although it's just
getting started, it can be found around the country with acts like
Nashville's Joe Buck who has developed a cult following with his regular
performances at the downtown Blue Grass Inn.

The Bad Livers hail from Austin, Texas, where they started in 1990 as a
tuba and accordion group.  They've since honed their banjo and guitar
skills and toured almost constantly, opening for groups as diverse as
Ralph Stanley and the Butthole Surfers. That in itself is a commentary
on Industry and Thrift.  There is enough reverence to bluegrass
tradition in songs like "I'm Going Back To Mom and Dad" and "Cannonball
Rag" to keep traditional acoustic fans tapping, yet they perform a
blazing electric rock version of the classic "Doin' My Time" and even
add a tuba bass line on "Lumpy, Beanpole & Dirt."  (It's a song about a
bad love affair--one of those where you mix turpentine cocktails for
your ex!)

Dismiss any notions of novelty you might have about the Bad Livers. 
Since I detest any kind of accordion music, I avoided them like the
plague until Industry and Thrift made me sit up and take notice.  But
they have at least four previous releases including one that's all
traditional gospel tunes. Virtuoso Danny Barnes exhibits a John
Andersonesque voice and a twelve note per second banjo style (I'm
serious!) that would make Earl Scruggs proud, and Mark Rubin's furious
dog-house bass and yes, tuba playing, is dandy.

So if you're looking for just the right in-your-face-folk CD to
reinforce your eccentricities to those friends who have just started to
accept your affinity to Nanci, Kate, or Gillian, I highly suggest you
take your Christmas stocking money and get "Industry and Thrift" by the
Bad Livers.  And don't be surprised when you find yourself getting weird
looks in the grocery line.  
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  |==| ////SEE/////\      Warm Regards,
  |  ////ROCK////[]\         -Shawn
  | ////CITY////|__|\
  |  ^|^^^^^^^^^^|  |  "Years go by and everything changes
  |   |          |  |    But nothing does"  -Kate Campbell
  |__ |___[X]____|__|
                       http://www.geocities.com/~trailzzone

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Subject: NN: Another silly question
   From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>

Well folks,
I didn't know that my question about Nanci's lyrics re Silvertones would set
off such a discussion! My old buddy in our first garage band in the 60's
also had a Danelectro guitar, the thing was solid as a rock, you could drop
it, bang it, never had a problem with it!
Now for another silly question. This one is not really Nanci related, so I
don't know if it will get through, but here it is. In the album "Sounds of
Wood and Steel" that Ron Crain was referring to on an earlier post, the list
of contributors mentions "Bill Cooley with Kathy Mattea". My question is, is
the Bill Cooley mentioned here any relation to Spade Cooley, the old C&W
bandleader from the 40's and 50's? Don't know how many of you on this list
know who Spade Cooley was but he was a Texas swing bandmaster along the
lines of Bob Wills. Spade and his band appeared in a whole bunch of
Hollywood "B" westerns back in the 40's and 50's. If there are any Three
Stooges fans out there, Spade Cooley appears in the film "Rockin' in the
Rockies", a rare full-length motion picture the original Stooges starred in
in 1945, a year before Curley Howard had his stroke which forced him to
retire from the act. In that film, Spade's band does a hot version of "Miss
Molly". I have a copy of that film, contact me off the list if anyone is
interested. I can never find any of Spade's albums or CDs anywhere. Does
anyone know if they are still available?
Thanks for putting up with my questions. Have a happy holiday season, folks!
Also, the Telluride tickets showed up in the mail Saturday! Yahoo! Hope
Nanci can make it there this year!

Roman

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