//  Much more discussion of the style of OVToo.  - MF

From: Robert & Barb Braswell           
Subject: OVT                                                         

I woke up this MAWRNING and guess who was on my mind? Yep, Nanci Griffith.
In fact,  she has been on my mind from time to time for a dozen or  so
years. I remember her music even before the multi talented James Hooker
arrived to add his numerous benefits to her career. The first time I saw
Nanci in "concert" was in a small venue called Ella Gurus in Knoxville,
Tn.. It was in the mid to late 80's.  My wife and I, along with  my two
college student sons, drove from Nashville to Knoxville to see this
singer/songwriter whose music was becoming a most enjoyable part of our
musical listening. Because of our early arrival and open seating , we were
able to have a table about 6 feet from where Nanci would perform. For about
an hour and a half we were able to enjoy her music as she sat on a bar
stool and performed alone with only  her guitar and small spotlight. Ella=
Gurus was small at that time, and  was packed, with standees on any spot =
available. Her presentation was an overwhelming success , and afterward we
all remarked on what an effort she had made, and how  "draining" it must be
to perform in the manner in which she had.
We have been following Nanci and her music ever since. Through the NN and=
with other Nanci fans here in Nashville, we have also learned a lot about=
her , and the way she is always doing whatever she can  to help other
musicians advance their music. We have grown to think of Nanci , not only=
as a singer/songwriter, but also as a special individual. Each time we hear
her music or see her in concert, we hear and see that " special"  person.=

For this reason, Nanci's music will always provide a pleasureable
experience for us.

It was the "Darcy Farrow" song on OVT that reminded me of the trip to
Knoxville and our wonderful experience there. There are many other songs on
this album that are also treasures. Although my preference is for Nanci's=
own material , she  has in my opinion, accumulated a group of  songs on OVT
that should provide almost everyone an opportunity for fond rememberances=
and enjoyment. Maybe at times we want Nanci's work to be SO SO good, that=
we don't recognize how wonderful it really is.

I wish all of you could  have the same experience I am having with this
album. Like all of Nanci's work, it is providing  an improvement to my
listening world. I hope she will soon begin work  on an album of mostly her
own work. The treasures in life are few, and Nanci Griffith is one of them.

Thank yew (or is it you),
Bob
 
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From: c572559@showme.missouri.edu                                 
Subject: First thoughts, whispers and last chances                   

Hello all,

This is, as the subject line suggests, my initial posting here.  I've just
joined the list, but I've been listening to NG for about eight years.  I
suppose my favorite album is "The Last of the True Believers", perhaps b/c
it has what is definitely my favorite song by her--"More Than a Whisper."
If the subject hasn't been overdone already, I'm curious what others think
about the song.  If there's a home page, etc. which lists "favorite NG
song" surveys and so on, I welcome private posts pointing me in the
right direction.

One more thing.  I've heard rumors to the effect that NG is going to stop
touring.  Any truth to this?  I've never seen her perform, and I'm
wondering if I should scramble to find a relatively close venue . . .

Regards to all,
Thom

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From: Lacey                                  
Subject: Re: Nanci's voice                                           

i like the way she says it, too.  i think it's just as much a gift to get
to hear her cute little twists of words, as to hear her crystal clear
voice with all words pronounced "correctly".  i'm from the south, there is
no correct way to speak...drag it out, add a few syllables, have fun with
it.

as for the changes in her voice, maybe it's just me, but in the 7 years
that i have been a nancinut, her voice has changed  right along with my
life.  i was in 6th grade when i discovered her, and my life has gone
through some drastic changes since then.  nanci's music has gotten me
through every change in my life.  it was her voice that was with me when i
drove my car to my high school graduation, and her voice that comforted me
those first few miserably homesick weeks of college.  her music is home to
me.  her voice keeps me grounded, so whatever it is that she wants to do
with her music is fine with me.  as long as she keeps on singing, i can go
home again. to me, her new cd's are like hearing from a dear, dear old
friend with new stories to tell.  her stories are what has carried me this
far in life, and i'm sure that when i am finished with college and making
a life for myself, traveling to new exciting places and leaving my old
life behind, her voice will be there, hopefully with many more new
stories to tell.

sorry, this started out as a very short post, but get me talking about
nanci, and well.....

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From: eurydice@cruzio.com (eurydice)                              
Subject: Folk Singers' voices 

I find it disconcerting to read all these letters criticizing the voices of
folk singers. They crow about "singing from the throat," or "singing
offkey" etc. Do they ever think that what they consider bad singing is
actually "song styling?" These same people would attack Woody Guthrie and
Odetta, Jean Ritchie, Florence Reece, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Roscoe
Holcomb, Hazel Dickens, Clarence Ashley, Buell Kazee,and just about
everyone on the Anthology of American Folk Music, as being bad singers.

Folk singers have traditionally been song stylists, and their delivery is
often idiosyncratic. Some of you crow about "having come to expect
perfection." Well, as far as I'm concerned, the folksinging soul that I
perceive behind the voice of a genius like Dave Van Ronk or Bob Dylan or
Nanci Griffith is what folksinging is all about. And their voices seem to
me to be pure poetry, SOMETIMES ESPECIALLY when they do unorthodox things
with them. These people whose voices you attack are people who paved the
way for Nanci G. and Dar Williams and Iris Dement. They helped build Folk
Music. They were the pioneers. And they are giants.

The greatness of Folk Music is that it is OF THE FOLK, and sometimes we
folk don't eggzactly speak good english, and sometimes we have funny
accents... but we sing from out of our heart and soul, and that is where
the artistry comes from, and that is what folk singing is!
And sometimes someone who CAN sing in perfect pitch decides for the
purposes of the interpretation of certain songs,to sing them in a a
particular way, to throw a growl or a twang or a whine in for effect. To
the listener who said of Nanci's voice on the last few albums, "that ain't
a Texas accent," well no, it probably ain't. Just like Bob Dylan's accent
is not a Hibbing, Minnesota accent either. It's a folk accent. Get used to
it, if you're going to seriously listen to Folk Music.

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From: John Files                            
Subject: Kenn Being A Bit Mean-Spirited... -Another Reply            

I am from the panhandle of Texas (Lubbock - near Lockney, but not too
near) and I hear a lot of this as a panhandle Texas accent. You have to
remember that there are many Texas dialects (this is one thing I studied
while working on my Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Texas at
Austin). Now, I'm not suggesting that this is only a west-texas accent.
Nanci has the ability to control the strength of this (as we all do), but
I definately hear this as familiar. I think that she is also just having
a lot of fun and is being very playful with her accent and accentuating
it. As a Linguist I always find it surprising how people take stands on
dialects and inflections (purposeful and/or genuine or not) and how some
people get offended by them or they become really very artistically or
politically charged by some people's vowel quality, dipthongs or their
lexicon. I see this album all about as Nanci just enjoying herself making
sounds and creating music and not being anywhere as analytical about it
as we have all become. I have resloved to enjoy the music, the history
and the purspose of this CD as it was intended and to open myself up to
the experience. Again, your mileage may vary.

John

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From: "Vicki & Marc Martel"                      
Subject: Friends/Accents                                             

As for Nanci's pronunciation of certain words: I remember Maggie answering
this question when BRFTM came out, saying she was likely just having fun and
playing with the words. Come on, can't you see her singing "When I got up
this mahr-nin'" with a great big smile on her face and having a blast? I
mean, you can't say "mahr-nin' " without smiling!

Vicki
 
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From: Joann Rodriguez                
Subject: Nanci in San Diego                                          

Well, Nanci came to Humphrey's back on June 30th, which is a wonderful,
intimate setting by the bay.  This is the second time we saw Nanci.  The
first time was up at the Wiltern Theatre in LA.  We were hoping to get a
chance to meet her after the show, as many other artists come out to
chat with people & greet them at Humphrey's, but Nanci decided not to.
She sounded wonderful, but we got the overall impression that they were
having an off day. Was this just us?  Has anyone else experienced seeing
Nanci on an "off day"?  Our ultimate show would be to see her in Texas,
at a small venue with the maximum capacity of 100 people,
 
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From: "DeYoung, Andy G."                       
Subject: OV Too                                                      

I hope this goes through to y'all, cause I haven't been getting any mail
from the Nnet.  I re-subscribed today, and I guess this posting is a
test as well as a comment on OVT.  Anyway, I liked the CD a lot,
especially Dress of Laces, where the harmony was fantastic.  Tom Russell
was great on Canadian Whiskey.  Darcy Farrow sounded just like the
version Nanci did on that 1980 tape that was circulating last year.
While I like Deportee generally, I was shocked and disappointed at how
rough ol' John Stewart's voice had become (Kenn Lippert's observation
about the guy knockin' on deaths door must have been in reference to
John, who did Sweet Dreams Will Come on the Little Love Affairs CD).
None the less, John's contribution to folk music, from the Kingston Trio
on, earn him a place on this CD, and Nanci sure seems to have a great
deal of respect for him. He's still my hero. And for trivia buffs, John
Stewart's brother Michael was a member of the We Five, who made You Were
On My Mind a hit.

Later from Galveston, where we don't need a hurricane, but a little
tropical anything would be nice.  Man its hot and dry down here!

Andy DeYoung

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From: "Bill Page"                               
Subject: Re: [moonpie] go tell it on Black Mtn                       

The following comment was made on the Kate Campbell list. I'm replying to
the Nanci list as I think it's applicable:
>It's a bit ironic to me when I find myself
>comparing Nanci Griffith, a well-established
>artist, with relative newcomers like Kate Campbell
>and Gillian Welch because the comparison usually
>goes in the opposite direction.  However,
>I can't help it.  I've been disappointed with
>Nanci Griffith's work on her last two albums.

Nanci's competition isn't Kate and Gillian. It's Nanci.

Fact is, if OVToo had been Nanci's first other voices, we'd be fairly happy
with the concept; but OVOR is so spectacular that OVToo fails the
comparison. By the same approach, if BRFTM was from anybody other than
Nanci, we would like it a lot. But it pales when placed along side of OIVBM
or LOTB or Flyer or even LNGH.  There's not a song on BRFTM that can stand
up to the expectations of "Trouble in the Fields" or "The Wing and the
Wheel," just to name two.

Nanci's always had pronunciation peculiarities (cf "Ford Econoline" and the
line "Now she sings her songs around this country" -- I've never been able
to actually get that line from her pronunciation). But lately she's taken to
affectations that go beyond pronunciation. For me, the most bothersome one
is the hesitation that she's using, I guess for emphasis: "wouldn't that
be -- fine" or "may-be-to-mor-row."

Maybe Eurydice is right -- maybe I don't understand "song styling." I think
I do -- and I think others who have complained about OVToo do, as well.
Styling that enhances the song is welcome; styling that causes one to wince
takes away from the song.

Nanci is still head and shoulders better than 99% of the folks out there.
She's just not Nanci.

Bill "one of these days I'll buy it" Page
 
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From: "Randell, Peter PW"            
Subject: OVT                                                         

I've been a Nanci fan ever since I was first introduced to OVOR and I
have all her albums.  I have been following the posts on OVT with a lot
of interest to see whether people in general are willing to review the
album objectively or sentimentally.  It seems that I am not the only
Nanci fan who is willing to criticise a poor performance from Nanci.

Firstly, the poor pronunciation.  I have never heard anyone with any
accent pronounce some of the words Nanci uses in such a horrible way.
To a New Zealander, the American accent usually sounds quite harsh to
our ears anyway but when Nanci comes up with some of her clangers, you
have to wonder whether she has recently been abducted by aliens and
their accent has rubbed off on her.  Or maybe Nanci is just having a bit
of fun with us and is laughing at everyone buying her album.

This last statement might also explain why she insisted on having a
"cast of thousands" on some of the tracks.  A lot of these people seem
to have lost their singing skills a long time ago.  Some tracks sound
worse than the cats down a dark alley.  I don't want to be unkind to
anyone in particular (by the way I like Jimmie Dale Gilmore), but some
of these people should have been left in retirement,  and some should
retire before they completely embarrass themselves.  But again, maybe
Nanci is having a joke with us and just wants to see how far people will
stretch.

Lastly, the production.  Even though it is a HDCD encoded disk the sound
quality is quite poor and sounds very compressed and harsh.  The mixing
and editing is very poorly done.  The instrumentation was poorly done
and does not really fit on some of the tracks.  It can best be described
as a cheap and nasty production and very lo-fi.

Nanci's last album gave me mixed feelings,  some tracks were poor but
others were quite good.  I certainly hope that Nanci continues to record
and I will be eagerly awaiting her next album but I am not willing to
listen to any old rubbish that somebody wants to throw together.

I also hope that at some time I can see her perform live but I guess
there is probably not a big enough audience down here and Nanci's latest
effort certainly won't increase her fan numbers.

Peter Randell
rancom@ihug.co.nz
 
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From: Kristina Plath                        
Subject: Nanci's Voice                                               

Hi All

As far as her "new" voice is concerned, I like it.  My favorite
description of it is one I found in "Rolling Stone" They called it
"honey and ashes."  I think that says it all.  I like her new
pronunciation, it makes the stuff a lot more fun to sing.  Take
Battlefield, for example.  "My hohm, is a sheil-hole filled with tahrs
and-a-muddy wahtuh."  Now that's just fun.  Maybe she's concentrated
more on having fun than her breathing?  I don't know.

I'd call JDG's voice, in a word "unique."  It's, ummm, different,
that's for sure.  I haven't heard enough of it to decide whether to
buy a CD or not.  Probably the latter, considering that I've already
booked "Santa" for about 100 CD's, ranging from U2 to The Rankin
Family.  Luckily, my birthday is right before Christmas (Dec 23), so
maybe I can combine them!  Oh well.  Adios mi amigos

Kristina 'the forest for love songs' Plath
 
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From: Ed Maier                                   
Subject: Re: Comments on OV2                                         

I don't think I care too much for the dialect / accent / pronunciation
/ mispronunciation / affectation / East Texas / West Texas / Oklahoma
or whatever it might be called. Don't know why Nanci does it; she surely
doesn't need it. It tended to grate on my ears enough that I programmed
out the worst offenders on my CD player.

Just to give it another shot, I followed the advice and listened to it
from start to finish one more time. Unfortunately, my brain fell out on
the floor.

Ed

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From: Mike Chesman                         
Subject: Re: themz is figh-tin wahrds                                

>But lately she's taken to
>affectations that go beyond pronunciation. For me, the most bothersome one
>is the hesitation that she's using, I guess for emphasis: "wouldn't that
>be -- fine" or "may-be-to-mor-row."
>
>Bill "one of these days I'll buy it" Page

Now you've done it Bill... crossed the line with me ;-)
I LOVE what Nanci did with May-be To-mor-row.  The song wouldn't be nearly
as interesting without those hesitations.

And to comment on other folk's posts, BRFTM may not make everyone's top five
but I find many songs like Two For the Road, Not My Way Home and Is That All
There Is are always on the compilation tapes I make for listening at work
and in the car.

Now that's not to say that I enjoy all of Nanci's vocal experiments...
Nanci's accent was very present on, for example, the Flyer album... but it
seemed to be very natural.  But on both BRFTM and OVTOO she seems to be
using it in a very unnatural way and it has gotten too forced and prominent.

I remember when Nanci performed "Everything's Coming Up Roses" on Letterman
I cringed and had to bear the jibes of all the folks at work I convinced to
stay up for the show (So much for attracting new Nanci fans).  Next day on
the Rosie O'Donnell show, I enjoyed the same song, with the same accent, but
performed in a much smoother and controlled manner. Go figure!  No doubt
this is something Nanci can use, or not use, at will and is not a problem
with her voice and only a problem (in my opinion) of judgement.

Although the artists that Nanci associates with are all talented, I think
that sometimes her guy friends have had too much impact on her vocal style
and she wants to sound gruff and gritty like one of the boys.  She
occasionally forgets the qualities of her own voice that attracted many of
us to her music in the first place.

Oh well, that felt good.  Now I'll have to brace myself for the firestorm
from the rest of you.

Mike "I asked for it" Chesman
 
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From: "Broyles, Julie A."                 
Subject: OV2

This is my first time on NanciNet, though I am a long-time fan.  NG is
my favorite performer in the land.  I've caught three live performances
- all I can say is wow.  All of her albums are great, but I am partial
to PIMW, OIAVBM, Flyer, OV/OR-the finest album on the planet, and I love
LNGH and I don't care what any of y'all say.  My sentimental favorite
song is TALBTW . . . it takes me back to about age ten and the first boy
I fell in love with-on a school bus, no less; my childhood pal Kody; and
of course my brother John who we lost as a babe.

OV/ORToo is fabulous.  My only lament is I wish it had more of NG's
vocals and her guitar playing (she played on only 2 of 19 tracks!).  I
was surprised at the picking apart of the minutiae of the music I've
been reading here -- right down to the syllables!  Geez.

I have been looking for some time for a copy of the first issue of
Performing Songwriter magazine - cover and article about NG.  Does
anyone know how to track one down?  I would be most appreciative.

Thanks, MF, for doing this NanciNet thing.  I have been enjoying the
archives.  You are the Wizard of Oz in these pages, pulling answers from
behind your cyber-curtain (How did you find out it was an actress
playing NG as a child in the OV/OR video? -- fooled me) and sending
subscribers scurrying back down the Great Hall of Oz in search of a
heart when they dare to ask an inappropriate question.

Thanks and good night,
     Julianne 'lost to the fiction' in San Diego.

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From: Shawn Kimbro  
Subject: Re: themz is figh-tin wahrds                                

Hey, is somebody havin' a mud-wrestling match?  Dang, why wasn't I
invited?  I was starting to get a little paranoid that this thing was
about to degenerate into a flame war, but now that Page and Chesman have
started a pillow fight, I guess all bets are off (shucks).  I don't
really have that much of a problem with the pro-nunce-e-a-shun on OVTOO,
I just don't understand the point of the album.  I suppose I was hoping
for something different than what we got.

What is the point anyway?  (I'm completely serious here.)  If it is to
introduce the work of obscure musicians to a new audience, I suppose
it's doing that.  If it's to point out the diversity of styles exhibited
by artists outside the mainstream, it does that too.  It may even be
successful in providing a tour through the history of the folk genre.
But honestly, I'm disapointed. I've been salivating over the songlist
slated for OVToo for what seems like years, but I was anticipating
Nanci's artistic interpretations of these wonderful songs - not a "We
Are The World" style all-star gang-bang.  Nanci's cover of Guy Clark's
"She Ain't Going Nowhere" on BRFTM is an example of what I wanted more
of.  The mistreatment of Clark's "Desperados Waiting For A Train" on
OVTOO is NOT.

I think she comes close on a couple of songs, especially "On The Wings
of a Dove".  I really like the way Nanci and Lucinda's very different
voices come together on that one.  There's a couple of other cuts I
like, but for the most part, I don't see the artwork and I can't find
any flow or atmosphere to the conglomeration.  Maybe it has something to
do with the timing of the release.  I put OVTOO in my CD carousel right
between "Car Wheels On a Gravel Road" and "Hell Among the Yearlings", I
thought maybe that would encourage me to listen to it more.  Instead, it
just points out how much OVTOO pales in comparison.  (And that from a
diehard Nanci fan!)  But maybe I'm missing the point.  Is it unfair to
compare these discs?

Warm Regards,
-Shawn

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From: Codiscout@aol.com                                           
Subject: Re: Comments on OV2

I can appreciate Nanci wanting to share/introduce us to other artists that she
loves and respects.  I loved OVOR in part because I was introduced to artists
I'd never heard of before and went out to buy a few more CD's.  But I loved
it, too, because it was Nanci's interpretation of songs.  Though she had a
couple of guess appearances, harmonies, etc., it was a Nanci Griffith album,
not a compilation of artists like OVT.

I don't have a problem with her offbeat pronunciations -- can anyone out there
say they don't love the way she says "Thank yew" on OFSE?!?-- and have to
admit I kind of want to say, "Get over it folks".  Coming from a group of
people who love Nanci's music, it seems a bit nit picky.

What I have a problem with is the absence of Nanci.  OVT just doesnt feel like
a Nanci Griffith album.  The songs that I like, that I find myself playing
over and over, are the songs where Nanci is the lead, rather than a background
player.  It's not about comparing OVT to OVOR.  Rather its about longing for a
Nanci Griffith album rather than 19 songs performed by 60 some odd artists.

What I REALLY want:
a) a list of the songs/artists that didn't make the cut.  What a great way for
Nanci to introduce us to other favorites of hers....
b) another live album, preferably pre- Crickets/BRFM era
c) another simple album like PIMW.

(I'd also love a Flyer t-shirt, but I'm giving up on that wish)

Anyway, my 2 cents.

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From: Paul Larsen                              
Subject: Re: themz is figh-tin wahrds                                

I am still trying to formulate an intelligible review of the new album, but
I feel like I have to jump in here and join the melee.  For me, this album
is Nanci.  We hear her talk about Disney and Cronkite and Martin Luther
helping form her vision of the world.  I think that this is the music that
helped her form her musical vision.  Without these influences bearing on a
young Texas girl, perhaps we might have never known Nanci Griffith.  I
honestly believe that this is her way of sharing herself with us.  That is
the point I got from the album.  Count me with the camp that really enjoys
this latest effort.

As for the issues of interpretation.  Perhaps it is just me, but I know
that when I am singing along with almost any music, I interpret parts of it
and think that it might just sound better if I hold this note out longer or
repeat that phrase once or twice.  Of course, my interpretations are not
produced (Thank God) so you are all spared the pain of knowing how I hear
the music.  I fault her nothing for performing the music the way that she
feels it should sound.  (Of course, what do I know?  I am just a cellist,
not a vocalist...)

Paul "I guess I fell for Nanci's joke on all of us" Larsen

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From: "Avery, Debora" 
Subject: OV2

My turn to jump in!  I totally agree with Paul.  No, this may not be the
Nanci Griffith we've come to expect, but isn't that part of the reason
we find her so appealing?  I mean, I never know what's comin' around the
corner when I listen to her.  I appreciate the fact that in all the
years she's been recording/writing that she's never become stilted or
stale.  Whether I like what she gives us or not, I've never been able to
say it hasn't been something different from the last recording.  

So many are whining that OV2 isn't like this album or that album, etc.
How loudly would you whine if every single one of her albums sounded the
same?  How long do you think she would last in the music business?  I
for one am sincerely grateful that Nanci is a risk-taker instead of an
artist willing to glide through a career on the success of a single
sound.  (just one of the reasons she's so dear to me).

Oh, back to Paul's comments (sorry for the tangent):  the first time I
listened through the CD I felt as though I had been given an incredible
gift.  Here was a glimpse into the life of Nanci, a generous artist
willing to sacrifice a personal album to create for her fans (and
herself) a record of those she finds crucial to the musician she has
become.  I could see her in the studio having a blast and thinking she
must have died and gone to folk music heaven!

I guess the bottom line for me is, if you don't like it, don't listen to it.


Debbie "waiting the the Newport Folk Festival" Avery

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From: jcq@ABPEDS.ORG                                              
Subject: Re: Folk Singers' voices 

Look, here's the deal. I love Nanci, and have ever since I first heard
LSSOM back in '87. She is my favorite songwriter, period, no
qualifications. And yes, I'm glad she hasn't remained static and decided
to just endlessly repeat herself. I like, or love, all of her albums. There's 
at least something on all of them that speaks to me. The best of them, such
as LOTTB and FLYER are so good that I can't find anything wrong with
them. Others, like LNGH and Storms, don't quite do it for me on the whole,
but they still have some really great songs that I love.

So some of us just think that the recent spate of mangled words in some
songs is a little strange, and that this sort of hampers our enjoyment of
those songs. I still think that there are a lot of good songs on OVT. But I
also think it's not likely to join LOTTB and FLYER at the top of my list.
Production values have something to do with that, too.

And Bill Page is right that the old Nanci is the new Nanci's true
competition, not people like Lucinda, Gillian, and Kate. Nanci raised the
bar to a really high level in the past, and there is the tendency to expect
her to repeat that with new efforts. So she does, sometimes, suffer in
comparison to herself. If I were her, that would not make me happy, but
there it is.

Jeff Qualls
 
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From: Kenn Lippert                               
Subject: Re: [moonpie] go tell it on Black Mtn                   

I dunno.  I didn't buy OVT because Nanci recorded it (amongst a group of
thousands), I bought it because I generally REALLY enjoy Nanci Griffith's
music.  If she stops making music I enjoy, I will stop buying her
recordings and going to her concerts.  I am getting older too, my tastes
are changing, but I still know what I want to hear again and what I don't.
And frankly there are some tracks on OVT that I don't care to hear again.
I don't look to Nanci for spiritual, political, or intellectual guidance,
I just like to listen to her music and relate to the common follies
sorrows, and joys of humanity that we all share, and that she expresses so
well in her songs.  If she stops doing that to my satisfaction, or if she
does it with so much "affectation" (have we used the hell out of this word
or what?) that it is no longer pleasant, comforting, interesting, or
stimulating to listen to, then I won't.

This whole "Cricket" thing was fun for a while.  Nanci looks great behind
that powder blue Strat (obligatory gender-biased, insensitive
observation).  But I grow weary of it.  I don't think she has been the
same since Flyer either.  I am just happy to have found other artists to
fill the present gap.

And speaking of dissapointments: I've only had one time through, but
"Miles From Our Home" from the Cowboy Junkies, did not grab me at all like
every other recording of theirs did (except "Whites Off Earth Now").

kenn "one of these days I'll saddle up..." lippert
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