//  More Newport news and reviews, another tidbit about Nanci's 
//  recording hiatus, a poem, and other artists.  - MF


From: JC2TEACH@aol.com
Subject: Nanci steals show!

Hello fellow netters!
     I almost never post, but I had to delurk to share some tidbits of
information that made my heart swell!  I recently saw the Raleigh, NC show,
and though I enjoyed the entire show, I must say that (as usual) I was
completely enthralled with Nanci!  That is certainly one woman who brings a
smile to this face.  During Nanci's set, a woman, who had already confessed to
only attending the function because her friend had an extra ticket, tapped my
companion on the shoulder and asked who the woman on stage was....Her remark
was that she was amazing!  Add a new fan to the list.  The next day in the
music store, a young man...early to mid twenties...was purchasing the OVToo CD
and was raving about her set.  He had never heard of her, and thought
wholeheartedly that she stole the show.  All I could do was grin...it seems
Nanci has been the best kept secret around!  That's a shame...I share her with
everyone I know...My best wishes go out to her.  If the show comes near your
town...don't miss it!  Take care...Keep it easy!
                          Janet White


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From: Tracy Dreslinski (tracy.dreslinski@fanucrobotics.com>
Subject: 5 years off?

According to an article in this morning's Detroit Free Press, Nanci will
be taking 5 years off from recording.  Those of us who were hoping she'd
do a PIMW-type CD soon are just gonna have to wait. But then again she
said that the tour with the Crickets was her last world tour...  The
article is at http://www.freep.com/fun/music/qgriff21.htm.  It also has
a schedule for the Newport Folk Festival at Pine Knob Saturday.  Anybody
going?  I'm waiting till Saturday to buy tickets after what happened
with the Chieftains tour. I don't think I can take the disappointment
again if Nanci cancels her Michigan appearance.

Personal note:  Some of you may remember me as Tracy Bryce, now I'm
Tracy Dreslinski.  I married fellow NanciNetter and long-time lurker
Scott Dreslinski.  This wasn't an internet romance or anything like Bill
and Dawn but Nanci sure played a part in it!


Tracy

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From: Tom Gill (tgill@igc.org>
Subject: Article about Newport traveling fest

Link to article about traveling Newport Folk Festival
and quotes from nanci:

http://www.lmnet.com/news/headlines/NEWPORT.980819.htm

-Tom Gill

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From: jimmywolf@switchboardmail.com
Subject: Thank all of you

My name is Jimmy Wolf.  This is my first letter to
Nanci-net.

I have just read most of the recent archives and what
can I say that you fine people havent already expressed?  I first saw Nanci 
play live at the Wiltern
theatre in LA last year.  I melted in my seat.  Wow!
So when Nanci came through town on the recent tour I
had to go see her.  Well I flew up to Reno and saw the
BMO perform.  What a moving experience.  Love at the
Five and Dime was beautiful.  I was really amazed to 
see Nanci tell a story about the McCarthay HUAC era
and perform "If I Had a Hammer".  To think that a song
like that could have been blacklisted.  Anyway, off
to San Diego to see Nanci play only days later.  I saw
the show with a special friend who flew in from New
Mexico.  We loved it.  A different set list than Reno
and "Battlefield" was played at this show.(one of my
favorite songs from Blue Roses)  The next night in
Santa Ana  and a different set list. A special moving
song played to thank Doug Lancio who was performing his last show with the BMO. 
 The audience was in tears.
I felt like a teenager trying to sneak backstage after
the show with my sweetheart but we had to meet Nanci.
Nanci, you are more beautiful up close than I ever imagined.  Thank you for stop
ping to talk with us.  I admire your music so very much.  But I must tell you th
at I really admire what you stand for.  You set an example for us all.  In my op
inion Nanci, you write songs that will be played and sung and enjoyed for genera
tions to come.( like the Weavers, Dylan, Beatles, and too many more to name in t
his note)  I want to thank all the folks who are part of the Nanci following.  Y
ou show good taste and the world needs more of people like you.   So thank all o
f you.(You too Nanci and the BMO)
Sincerely,
Jimmy Wolf,   Newport Beach CA    
  
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From: Keith Farman (kfarman@compuserve.com>
Subject: SUMMER SNOW

For N...

SUMMER SNOW

Born on the plains
By the open restless sea
The summer snow was calling me
The past was a place to visit
But a  helpless place to be

I rode through the lowlands
Into the hills
On past the valleys and streams
Higher still the clean piney air
Chilled my dreams
As in winter's snow the sun remains
High in the mountains
Where the glacial skier rides
I found the solace I required
Summer snow abides

In the circle game
The little wheel spins
While the big wheel turns around
In songs of place and kin
The poet singer enters in
A timeless place
She passes through
Where other voices echo too

The future calls her forward
There's so much left to do
Give the past a present voice
But bring their love with you

I return to the plains
By the open restless sea
The summer snow's still calling me
But the past is a place to visit
And a helpless place to be

Keith =

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From: coneill@oaoservices.com
Subject: Nanci in STL 1997

Does anyone have (or remember) the line-up from last November's show at
Westport Plaza in St. Louis, MO?  I was so excited about seeing Nanci in
such a small venue and my front-row seat that I forgot almost everything
the minute the show was over.  Any help would be appreciated.

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From: Ed Maier (eddie@flash.net>
Subject: Minor key songs

Hi gang,

Has Nanci ever recorded a song written in a minor key? If she has, I can't
think of it. (But that could also be attributed to memory/age thingies.)

Ed "retiring in 2002" Maier

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From: Shawn Kimbro (kimbro@planetc.com>
Subject: Journey Home - Jones and Leva

- Journey Home - 
 Jones and Leva

Carol Elizabeth Jones and James Leva live in a sleepy Shenandoah Valley
town near the corner of Question Mark Lane and Bluegrass Trail.  A
picture of that street-corner sign appears on the liner notes of their
latest Rounder release, Journey Home.  The photo is a fitting commentary
on Jones and Leva's homespun style of music - simple, sparse, powerful
tunes that would make Lester Flatt and Maybelle Carter smile down from
hillbilly heaven. Yet they incorporate direct, intelligent lyrics in the
style of Gillian Welch or Harlan Howard.  Their music isn't quite
bluegrass, but it's certainly not Country either. 

Carol Elizabeth Jones honed her singing skills listening to folks in
Berea, Kentucky, and Madison County, North Carolina. Her voice is fresh
and pure, and her vocal style echoes the time-honored rural quality of
the old-time ballad singers. James Leva learned his trade from
traditional fiddlers like Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham. In addition
to being a foreign language professor at Virginia Military Institute, he
has played in several old-time and traditional bands. He brings an
earthy vocal lead to several songs and adds his archaic brand of fiddle
playing to create a simple, yet oddly sophisticated sound. James and
Carol Elizabeth's voices blend to form wonderfully crisp and slightly
dissonant harmonies. The disc contains thirteen original compositions
which sound surprisingly modern while maintaining the familiar essence
of old-time Country.

The strongest cut on the album is "Loving On Borrowed Time," which is a
ballad of deferred affection.  In many songs on the CD, lying just below
the surface, there seems to be an undercurrent of deep grief, especially
in songs like, "A Sweet Goodbye" and "Hosanna." Guard your heart before
listening to "Where Did You Go?" 

And in the Spring
When little birds on dazzling wings
Fly among the trees
And loose their songs upon the breeze
Where did you go?

A clue may lie in the liner notes; the disc is dedicated to the memory
of Daniel Mark Leva. Other favorites include the original gospel song,
"Satan I Won't Be Your Servant No More" which sounds like it could have
been brought down from a mountain cove by Frank Proffitt and, "Log Book
of Love", an upbeat tune which incorporates a twangy pedal-steel guitar
and a jaunty Cajun fiddle.

Jones and Leva's Journey Home is a trek that not only respects the deep
roots of traditional music, but enhances the tradition with contemporary
arrangements and fresh poetic lyrics. There is a rare timeless quality
to this album. Listening to Journey Home is like taking a pleasant walk
down an ancient mountain trail which leads into a modern suburban
neighborhood. It's a journey to a street corner no one should miss.

- Shawn Kimbro

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From: Cynthia Courtney (courtney@mpi.com>
Subject: Doug Lancio and other ramblings

As y'all know, Doug Lancio, the BMO's erstwhile (love that word!) lead
guitarist, is now touring with Patty Griffin.  I caught Patty's show here in
Boston last night.

Doug came out on stage wearing some sort of wild print shirt, unbuttoned,
over the de rigeur (sp?) black T, and with a cigarette dangling out of the
side of his mouth. His hair was "spiked" and fashionably disheveled (with
the aid of some kind of hair gel no doubt).  honest to god, I almost didn't
recognize him.

Furthermore, he was "jammin' and groovin'" to the music, and he was so
obviously enjoying himself.  Clearly, the man is in his element.  What was
even greater to see was the command he took of the stage, _and_, even though
he has only been touring with Patty for a short time, it's obvious that he's
taken the leadership role in the band.  Quite a change from the way our
"juvenile" used to mostly stand rather unobtrusively on stage while with the
BMO.

Doug sure knows where to hitch his wagons.  From one music legend to the next.

Yes, Patty is the real deal folks.  She's taken a "rocking" road at present,
versus the spare acoustic sound of Living With Ghosts, and the full-band
sound _IS_ a bit tough for old-time fans to get used to.  But she comes from
the same sensibilities as Nanci and other artists we label as
"folk/acoustic" - i.e. she pens tunes from the heart and soul and, best of
all, delivers them with a literally one-in-a-million voice.  

Finally, one last rambling...all the buzz about Lucinda Williams' new CD
(Car Wheels on a Gravel Road) is richly deserved.  It's probably the best CD
I've bought this year, and it's hard to see how it will be displaced from
that spot.  Our listleader Mark can tell you how I usually DON'T like
artists whose voices are "unusual," but in Lucinda's case, the voice works
with her material and her phenomenal band - it just all fits together.  I
love that East Texas country-funk thang she's got going on!

Cindy Courtney

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From: Virginia Rose (ginrose@internetmci.com>
Subject: Wedding Bells

I  have an announcement!!!! Tom and I  got married this afternoon!!!!

There is still hope for the man... musically at least.... otherwise, I think
he's about as close to perfect (at least for me) as one could come. We were
watching a movie on cable last night... don't know the name but it starred
Steven Segal  (sp?) as a government agent trying to bust the bad guys up in the
hills of Kentucky who were dumping toxic waste in old mines. He loved the music,
and asked if I thought the sound track might be available. The last song was by
John Prine. Not having any of John Prine's CD's ((hanging my head>I know, I
know, I should) I put on OV Too and let him listen to The Streets of Baltimore.
This is the same man who was unable to go with me to Nanci's show in Nashville
last fall and realized what he had missed when I played a taped concert for him
a few days later. He said "Oh, isn't she wonderful!". He still has good taste.
He liked Nanci and John's harmony.

He thinks I'm pretty nice too.  The feeling's mutual. :-)

HUGS,
Gin

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