NanciNet Digest 10-09-99
// A little reaction to Nanci's appearance on "Politically Correct,"
// a little more on duets, a couple of DBS reviews, and a young
// lister asks for our recomendations for the 100 best songs...
// Enjoy...[BP]
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Subject: NN: Comfort Music
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 23:33:10 -0500
From: "Kennedy, John M." (kennedyj@indiana.edu>
Last Friday I bought DBS, Van Morrison's Back on Top, Asleep at the Wheel's
Ride with Bob, and Linda and Emmylou's Western Wall in anticipation of being
on the road for about 9 hours over the weekend.
After the driving, I think that I like DBS and Back on Top just about
equally; maybe DBS a little more but it's playing now. I like them better
than the other two, but they are good, too.
It seems that both DBS and Back on Top will be appealing to long-time fans
of Nanci and Van. They are rewards to us who've listened to them for a long
time. There is nothing especially new or challenging in either. And, both
had recent CDs that were a bit challenging for long-term fans. These CDs
give us their usual music in an easily accessible format. It's comfort
music.
DBS brings back so many fond feelings of how much I've enjoyed Nanci's music
over the past 15 years. It will get a lot of play over the next couple
months. Same for Back on Top - I've been listening to Van since Gloria.
I am not sure either will bring new fans but they are solid, good music.
John (is there ever enough time to listen to all the good music) Kennedy
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Subject: NN: Duets
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 06:59:42 EDT
From: RonHennesy@aol.com
All this talk of duets made me think of another dream-duo of mine: Alison
Krauss and Dixie Chick Martie Seidel playing dueling fiddles. . .
And Nanci and Frank Christian dueling guitars.
While they're at it, all four could sing close harmony too.
(It's early in the morning, and I've been fighting a cold, so please forgive
me.)
Best wishes,
Ron Hennessy
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Subject: NN: Great Nanci Review
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 07:46:19 -0400
From: James_Troiano@umit.maine.edu (James Troiano)
Hi folks: The Boston Globe had a very positve review of Nanci's latest
CD. First there was a background on how Nanci's music constantly
changes. As we know, this bothers some reviewers, who constantly long
for the tired and familiar, but not this one. I quote: "With Griffith's
song set to the texturally rich sounds of the London Symphony Orchestra
and members of her own Blue Moon Orchestra, The Dustbowl Symphony may
be her most satisfying album since her early albums. Rather than
sounding overly lush, the London Symphony uses a full spectrum of tone
colors to add potency to Griffith's acoustic-guitar dominated
melodies." .." other tunes are strengthened by contributions of guest
vocalists Jennifer Kimbal, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and former Buddy Holly
collaborator Sonny Curtis. The arrangements enhance long familiar
Griffith tunes, including "Late NIght Great Hotel," and "A Hard Life
Wherever You Go," but eight new tunes are equally memorable." In
addition, I noticed that the album is listed in Border's as number 30
in sales of albums purchased at Borders. Nanici gets great reviews from
the Boston Globe-her last appearances at Harborlights and the Newport
Folk Folk Festival are amongst the best I saw for anyone, anywhere.
Come back to New England Nanci, we love you here. Sincerely, Jim
Troiano.
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Subject: NN: Re: New Katy Moffatt album
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 17:24:47 -0800
From: George Golob (geogo@earthlink.net>
Katy Moffatt's new album. Loose Diamonds, is out. Produced by Dave
Alvin!! I could describe it to you but let me just quote Tom Russell
from the liner notes...."This sound like why I USED to listen to
country music!...Before modern country music became creatively
bankrupt, Katy was there...Before Garth, New Country, Western Beat,
Americana, Roots Rock and all the traps and rusty cages the media have
invented to capture, define and kill the edgy soulfulness of the
music...Katy was there. She's still here , and at the top of her game!"
george golob
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Subject: NN: Nanci on Politically Incorrect
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 08:45:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: OneSmoothSailor@yahoo.com
Hey Netters!
Did y'all get a chance to see Nanci on "Politically Incorrect with Bill
Maher" tonight? She was great. The other people on the show did most
of the talking, and they were loud. But when Nanci talked she had
something poignant to say and she said it succinctly.
She didn't try to talk over people with volume (and I know she has the
volume from listening to her sing when I met her backstage that she
could've talked over them). I really enjoyed seeing her calmly shine in
the midst of these loud people.
Also, the announcement about Nanci being on Leno went out to late for me
to catch her on the show. What did she sing with Darius Rucker?
Tom Overton
// "Tell Me How" [BP]
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Subject: Re: NN: Nanci on Politically Incorrect
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 15:58:20 GMT
From: "barbara costas" (moogirl51@hotmail.com>
I thought that it was entertaining, anyway. Nanci was so classy amid all of
the loudmouths- esp. the radio host/professor-at-a-Christian college (?).
That guy was a little wacky.
Barbara "One week until I see Nanci in Kentucky" Costas
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Subject: NN: Bleecker Street
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 10:29:51 -0700
From: "Grissom, Mark" (mgrissom@bechtel.com>
May I highly recommend this compilation CD to you all. It features a very
interesting lineup of current folkies and rockers doing songs by the
Greenwich Village songwriters of the 60's. Steuert Smith (the guy with
Roseann Cash for a long time?) plays most of the music, so it has an organic
feel throughout, hanging together very well despite all the different
singers. I have enjoyed this very very much...on my Top Ten for 1999 for
sure.
Oh, and any Elvis Costello fans out there...the current tour with Steve
Nieve is STUNNING! I have not been the same since the show last week, one of
those beyond music experiences. It was just so good...
SpinyMark in Berkeley
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Subject: NN: Re: Bleecker Street
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 13:12:51 -0500
From: "Virginia" (ginrose@midsouth.rr.com>
Thanks for the info. WEVL, Memphis' independent station, has a Wednesday
morning show from 8:00 - 10:00 A.M. named "On Bleecker Street" and that song
is the intro. I seldom hear more than a few songs and then only if I'm
running late for work because I can't pick up the station from my basement
office. What I do hear I like!
Hugs,
Gin
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Subject: NN: RE: Bleecker Street
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 14:04:25 -0400
From: Susan Chisom (Susan.Chisom@JWHOMES.com>
Mark said:
>>>
May I highly recommend this compilation CD to you all. It
features a very interesting lineup of current folkies and rockers doing
songs by the Greenwich Village songwriters of the 60's. Steuert Smith (the
guy with Roseann Cash for a long time?)
(((
I have ordered this and can't wait to hear it. So many good people....I
hope it lives up to my expectations. Thanks for the recommendation Mark.
Steuart Smith has been working with Shawn Colvin for the last number of
years. I'm not certain about Roseanne Cash. For those interested, see
below CD Now's review of the record...it quotes our Nanci....
Also:
>>>
Oh, and any Elvis Costello fans out there...the current tour
with Steve Nieve is STUNNING! I have not been the same since the show
last week, one of those beyond music experiences. It was just so good...
(((
And of course, it was this mention of Elvis that brought me from my slumber.
I have tickets for the Atlanta show on 10/28 and I'm getting excited. I
never chimed in on the duet possibilities, but I'd love to hear NG and EC
together (I believe that my fellow EC admirer Vicki also said this...)
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Subject: NN: Top 100 Songs of the Century
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 16:38:57 -0400
From: "Kristina Plath" (flyer23@angelfire.com>
Hi All,
I was listening to NPR (national public radio) today, and I heard they're
making a list of the 300 best songs of the 20th century. These can be
classical, from musicals, or just about anything else. The only criteria is
that the song was composed in the 20th century.
So this got me thinking. I started compiling my own list of 100 (I could never
reach 300) and then I thought: "Hey, those NanciNetter people might think this
was a cool idea."
So: Send me a list of up to 100 of the most important songs you can think of.
Send them to flyer23@angelfire.com so Bill doesn't excommunicate me (: )). I
will take your lists and compile them into a long long list of 300 songs which
I will then put on a webpage. The deadline is December 31st, 1999.
Have fun! (Shawn, I expect to discover 299 new artists from reading your
list. At least. :))
(oh yeah, you can use the same artist more than once.)
The forest for love songs,
Kristina
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Subject: Re: NN: Top 100 Songs of the Century
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 01:08:08 -0400
From: Shawn Kimbro (kimbro@planetc.com>
Hi Kristina,
Tonight, finding myself exhausted after planting a few repro Confederate
belt-buckles in acidic soil in hopes of later sales to Pigeon Forge
tour-ons and unwary antique dealers, I sat down out on the back porch
and started flipping bottle caps at the bug-zapper. After an hour or so
of carefully considering the merits of marketing moonshine whiskey as
gasahol, I started thinking about your suggestion. I believe you have a
great idea here. I love lists, so I've started compiling a collection
of what I consider the most important popular songs of the century. To
make it a little easier, I've decided to break it up into decades and
select ten songs from each. I also made up some other rules which I
can't presently remember except to say I didn't repeat any artist in a
single decade. For example, here's my top ten of the rock-n-roll decade,
the 1950's, since I believe that may be one of the easiest to compile.
Can you sing the words to these?
1. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley 1956
2. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly 1957
3. Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Pete Seeger 1956
4. Maybellene - Chuck Berry 1958
5. I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash 1956
6. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley 1955
7. Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford 1955
8. Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio 1958
9. Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Flatt & Scruggs 1950
10. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells 1952
Warm Regards,
-Shawn (Who saw Nanci on TV twice in two nights!)
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Subject: Re: NN: Calling all Cellists!
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 10:06:29 -0400
From: "Donate von Bredow-Gardner" (dvbgardner@genelogic.com>
> "Kristina Plath" (flyer23@angelfire.com> wrote:
>
> Just to let any cello players out there know...
>..... So if there's anyone out there (and I know there is one!)
> interested in knowin' how to play the overture...
Kristina ---- ME! ME! ME! Please share your notes and finger positions with
me! I am just starting to teach myself the cello (picked up a beautiful one at
a yard sale -- can you believe it?). I can read the
G-clef, but I almost always play music by ear on the few instruments I've
taught myself so far. I could
probably figure the notes out by listening to the song several times, but it
would help so much if I didn't have to reinvent the wheel -- plus, if you give
finger positions, that would be awesome! Perhaps when we're up to speed with
our cello skills, we can offer our services to the BMO?
And, Kristina, I'm with you on John Catchings! Actually, I'd have to fight with
you over marrying him......:). Still excited over this DBS CD. This week, only
three CDs alternately make it into my PC at work ..... Haydn's Creation (in
German, of course), DBS, and Joan Armatrading. Last week it was Alyson
Krauss, Santana and DBS. The week before, Haendel and DBS. Life is good!
Donate "used to have a crush on cellist Yo-Yo Ma" von Bredow-Gardner
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Subject: NN: Politically Incorrect
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 10:21:11 EDT
From: Tastho@aol.com
Just read today's digest and realized that I missed Nanci on Politically
Incorrect. I thought Dan's description of the show was a very accurate one. I
too hope Nanci knocked 'em dead with a quick wit and intellect. So did she?
Anyone have a tape of this they'd like to loan me?
Tasha, it never hurts to ask, Thomas
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Subject: NN: PI
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 07:33:28 -0400
From: Mike Chesman (chesman@preferred.com>
I made a big goof and misprogrammed my VCR hence missing Nanci on Politcally
Incorrect. Anyone out there that taped this and willing to share a copy?
Will reimburse all costs. Would especially like one from an SP speed original.
Mike
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Subject: NN: DBS
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 10:35:05 -0700
From: JOHN PRIVE (prive@internetcds.com>
I have always been embarrassed that I didn't get the meaning of the
lyrics of a certain song so I never posted the question. But now the
song has been reworked on DBS so I'm going to venture forth and ask.
"Nobody's Angel", help me out please. "She's out of the country now"????
The song I would have liked to be on DBS, "Julie Anne".
Have a great weekend,
Molly P.
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Subject: NN: OV2
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 16:34:13 +0100
From: "Mike Barrett" (mikebarrettuk@hotmail.com>
An interesting snippet on the OV2 video which set me to pondering...
Speaking of Tom Russell, Nanci says that when she was 16 years old he
recorded her song "If I Was A Child". She goes on to say he still
performs it, but she can't remember it! So this must be the first song
she ever had recorded?
I only discovered this particular song a few months back, and it's
certainly one of my favourites amongst her earlier output, along with
"West Texas Sun", "Alabama Soft Spoken Blues" and "Texas Boy". So
here's a track that I really like, a great song, and she can't even
remember it!!!
Which got me to thinking that there are quite a few like that - ones
she's written but which are either generally unavailable or have never
been recorded by her. So just imagine a newly recorded acoustic album
with the following tracks -
- If I Was A Child
-Texas Boy
-Toronto Rain
-Roll You Colorado
-Tappan Zee
-Down Of A Feathered Heart
-On Down The Road
Throw in a couple of new songs and new versions of some of the stuff she
used to do live, like "Georgetown" and "500 Miles Fom the Mexican Border", and
what an album that would be. They could call it something
like "Nanci Griffith Revisited"....or has that already been used.....it
seems to ring a bell......
Mike "Dreaming On" Barrett
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Subject: NN: Nanci on CNBC Europe
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 21:32:58 +0100
From: "John Woodward" (jonnee@wearside77.freeserve.co.uk>
Just a note for European readers that according to CNBC teletext the
edition of the Leno Show featuring Nanci will be shown on CNBC Europe at
22:00 UK time, Sunday on Sky TV.
John Woodward jonnee@wearside77.freeserve.co.uk=20
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Subject: NN: At least a little hint of the future...
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 17:12:28 -0500
From: Bill Page (bpage@itol.com>
Hey, y'all...
In her Barnes and Noble chat this week, Nanci let slip the following tidbits
regarding Don McClean (sp?) of "American Pie:"
"I will get to sing with him for Austin City Limits special in November."
and...
"I believe I will go on the road with Don McClean accoustically this spring."
Okay by me!
Bill
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