NanciNet Digest 10-14-99
// Nanci in Kentucky,Top 100 songs of the century, and more...
// (I can't believe no one has picked anything by Gershwin or
// Carmichael or Porter or Rodgers or Kern or...)
//
// Anybody planning to be at the Lucy Kaplansky/Carrie Newcomer
// show in Chicago tomorrow (Friday) night? Dawn-Marie and I will
// be there...be sure to say "Howdy."
// Enjoy...[BP]
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Subject: NN: Nanci Griffith Tics -Ashland,KY -Friday
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 15:40:46 -0400
From: "Rappold, Ray" (jrappold@MARSHALL.EDU>
Anyone interested?
I have 2 (maybe 3) tickets for Nanci's performance at the Paramount in
Ashland, Kentucky for Friday nite - 10/15 (tomorrow). Will sell for
slightly less than cost - $24.00 each. Good seats - row K or M (I forget
which), seats 5-8.
Contact me immediately at this phone number (from 8 am to 6 pm)
304-546-7222, or after 8 pm (until 12pm) at 304-779-2373 (all are Eastern
time). Or send an e-mail to rappoldr@aol.com
Thanks
Ray Rappold
Asst. Professor of Geography
Marshall University
Huntington, WV
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Subject: Re: NN: Nanci Griffith Tics -Ashland,KY -Friday
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 19:58:59 GMT
From: "barbara costas" (moogirl51@hotmail.com>
There was a message posted that NN'ers from Lexington were maybe going to
get together after the show. Is anyone that is going to the show in Ashland
that would be interested? Maybe we could meet at CJ Maggie's Grille?
Barbara Costas
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Subject: NN: Revisited revisited
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:22:23 +0100
From: "Pugsley, R.M." (rmp6@leicester.ac.uk>
Donate wrote...
(((Take it easy with that flaming, guys. I'm only an independent spirit, a
little weird, but perfectly harmless.... :)I sure hope that Pugsley is armed
and ready to defend me...........>>>
Well, I've got a water pistol in the shape of a fish but it takes such a long
time to fill up trying to get the water in the stupid little hole in it's tail
that I don't think it'd be any any good...but I am ready to defend otherwise...
I put St Teresa (Cyphonix Mix) on a tape for a friend of mine and she said it
was the first thing that Nanci had ever done that she liked...
OK, back to work...
Robert "Comfy chair" Pugsley
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Subject: Re: NN: BRFTM/Rodney Crowell
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 21:47:02 +0100
From: "jenny.frog" (jenny.frog@virgin.net>
Yo,
> I have to say that the version of Gulf Coast Highway with darius Rucker
> did nothing for me on first listening and that I prefer the earlier
> version[1988?]-does anyone feel the same.
Yeah, about the whole album, now i'd really not be able to function if i
didn't have a fix every now and then...;) it'll grow on ya. i love that
version.
jenny*, and i'll act like i have faith and that that faith never ends,
but i really just have friends
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Subject: NN: Austin and Appearances
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 07:16:15 -0500
From: Kelly Beam (KLBEAM@computron.net>
Hi guys! Just got our tickets to the Austin Nanci/McClean concert.
Purchased my tickets Monday, and I got the impression there were plenty of
seats available. I wanted to thank everyone on NN who posted information
about the gig and how to get tickets.
By the way ...... okay, stay with me here -- open your minds. This
weekend, my husband and I were at our local theatre watching the recently
released Double Jeopardy, and all I could think was how very much Ashley
Judd looked like Nanci in this movie. I mean truly. Once I mentioned it
to Andy, he wholeheartedly agreed. Of course, the actress' hair plays a
large role in this resemblance, and it's more apparent in some parts of the
movie than others. Just thought I would mention it, and I don't think I'm
crazy. (Well, maybe just a little.)
Kelly, driving my Chevy to the levy, Beam
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Subject: NN: 100 Songs...
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 11:57:27 -0400
From: "Kristina Plath" (flyer23@angelfire.com>
Hi All,
Thanks to you who have sent in songs! It took me an hour to get through the
last digest (gasp! I'm on digest!) because I had songs to write down! Shawn,
you never cease to amaze me. How many albums do you own??? Reid, you're
pretty incredible, too. I've been making my own list of 100... they're mostly
songs Nanci has covered. Very few are from beyond 1960.
Now, my question is, where are the rest of you?? Even if you only have 5
songs, send em in! Every vote counts! I've got a whole spiral notebook to fill
with songs and composers! They don't have to be American! This is the
NanciNet list of the 300 Songs of the Century. So if everyone sends in some
songs, I'll take the 300 out of all those that got the most votes, and put em
on a webpage somewhere out there... it'll be fun!
Peace,
Kristina
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Subject: NN: Re: 100 Songs...
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:38:23 +0200
From: "Hans Janssen" (hjanssen@zeelandnet.nl>
>
> Now, my question is, where are the rest of you
Not such a hurry, wasn't the last day the last day of this millennium?
So I'm still thinking about it.
What is on the list:
Fairport Convention - WKWTTG
Flying Burrito Brothers - Sin City
Peter Koelewijn - Kom van dat dak af
Something from the Beatles for sure
Bob Dylan - Times they are a-changin'
Sandy Denny - Like an oldfashioned waltz
Gram Parsons(after the tribute maybe Lucinda Williams) - Return of the
grievous angel
Rollingstones - Satisfaction
Abba - Happy New Year
Sam the Sham and the Pharaos - Wooly Booly(sp?)
Lou Reed - Walk on the wild side
But I'm still thinking and trying to get in a good order.
met vriendelijke groeten,
Hans Janssen.
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Subject: Re: NN: 100 Songs...
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:34:53 +0200
From: Georg (gvallest@online.no>
Hi Kristina.
I don't have 100 songs, but here are some (in random order)
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
Nanci Griffith - Late Night Grand Hotel
Beatles - She Loves You
John Lennon - Imagine
Abba - Waterloo
Bob Dylan - Highway 61
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
Rod Stewart - Maggie May
Emmylou Harris - Boulder To Birmingham
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
Gram Parson - Return Of The Grievous Angel
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan
Frank Sinatra - My Way
Nanci Griffith - Trouble In The Fields
Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
Chuck Berry - Around And Around (or one of his many others)
Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well
Paul McCartney/Wings - Band On The Run
Derek & The Dominos - Layla
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Billy Joel - Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High
Fairport Convention - Crazy Man Michael
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
That's all I can think of for now...
Georg
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Subject: NN: RE: 100 Songs...
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:54:28 -0400
From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>
Kristina,
I could never do a list of top 10 for each decade, but I can give you a very
short list of what I feel should be ranked as songs of the century. Here
goes:
In the Mood & Chattanooga Choo-Choo (Glenn Miller)
This Land is Your Land (Guthrie)
St. Louis Blues (Handy-- I hope this was written in this decade)
Johnny B Goode (the Chuck Berry version)
Cool Water (Sons of the Pioneers)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (the Bing Crosby Version)
Whistle While You Work (I think every kid in America knew this song for 3
decades)
Hello Dolly (Louie Armstrong)
Will the Circle be Unbroken (Carter Family?)
Singin' in the Rain (from the Fred Astaire movie, another song that
everybody knew for decades)
Stand by Your Man (Tammy Wynette)
Mrs. Robinsoin (Simon & Garfunkel)
and
Happy Trails (Rodgers & Evans)
I can think of lots more but these are a few that I feel have had an impact
on us this decade.
Roman P.
PS. I purposely left out that 20 minute version of Keep Me Hanging On by the
Vanilla Fudge. Anybody care to compile a list of the top 10 songs that
should not be on the list?
// "Singin' in the Rain" -- Fred Astaire? Don't think so! [BP]
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Subject: NN: RE: 100 Songs...
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:27:11 -0400
From: "Kristina Plath" (flyer23@angelfire.com>
Roman,
Good list! One small problem: who would I put as composer for "Whistle While
You Work," the seven dwarfs?? My cousin and I were singing that yesterday.
But the ten that shouldn't be on the list...hmm....
The Macarena
Livin' La Vida Loca
Wannabe
The Barney Song
It's a Small World
hmmm.... this is harder than I thought! Anybody??
Anyway, thanks for the songs!
Kristina
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Subject: NN: RE: 100 Songs...
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:38:57 -0400
From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>
Kristina,
According to one of my databases, the words were by Larry Morey, the music
by Frank Churchill, date of release 1937.
Roman P.
Here's another for the list, Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey".
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Subject: Re: NN: RE: 100 Songs...
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 14:33:13 EDT
From: VickiStein@aol.com
Yes, certainly, I'll open my great big trap and give you a few of the
"shouldn'ts" (in my feeble mind):
1. "I Write the Songs (That Make the Whole World Sing...)", BM
(acronym as double entendre)
2. "For All the Girls I Loved Before..."
Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson sang it
3. "Feelings" by Morris Albert (I think)
4. "Disco Duck"...who did that, Rick Dees?
5. "The Gopher Guts Song" (as sung by my brothers and every other child o
f the 50's and 60's)...
5. Anything recorded by the Brady Bunch
That's enough for now, though I must say it was easy. The list of my "Top 100"
takes much more thought ~ lots of great music to be contemplated!
Vicki "Shoulda woulda coulda" Stein
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Subject: Re: NN: RE: 100 Songs...
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:37:52 EDT
From: Petop@aol.com
In a message dated 10/13/99 12:08:17 PM Central Daylight Time,
panchysr@oclc.org writes:
(( Singin' in the Rain (from the Fred Astaire movie, another song that
everybody knew for decades) >>
No! No! No! It was a Gene Kelly movie. Or perhaps a Donald O'Connor movie. Or
even a Jean Hagen movie (since she received the movie's only Oscar
nomination) or even a Stanley Donen or Debbie Reynolds movie. But the one
thing it was not was a Fred Astaire movie.
// I didn't think so! [BP]
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Subject: RE: NN: RE: 100 Songs...
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:54:43 -0400
From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>
You are correct, my apologies. I had the wrong dancer on my mind. It was
Gene Kelly and the lyrics were written by Arthur Freed, music by Nacio Herb
Brown. The movie came out in the early 1950's, but the song itself goes back
to 1929, from the motion picture Hollywood Review of 1929.
My error!
Roman P.
PS. Another song that should be on the list is Irving Berlin's "White
Christmas", which is coming soon!
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Subject: NN: The Dust Bowl Symphony
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 00:25:44 +0100
From: "Keith Harvey" (tallis@connectfree.co.uk>
Hi all,
Really glad to see James Troiano mentioning the recent [The Dust Bowl
Symphony] CD and its good reviews. It was just *made* for DiscMan
dog-walking in the dark - just one great track after another. I'm really
chuffed too (speaking as a Brit) that Nanci chose the LSO to accompany her.
Her voice here is so intimate, assured, sincere - and the orchestrations are
top grade throughout.
The track [Drops from the faucet] keeps going round in my head, it's got a
real hook. Still, it's my way of getting a song off word perfect :0) James
pleads, 'Come on back to New England'; I could add, 'and to Old England any
time, Nanci, you've lots of fans here'.
I'm pretty jealous of folks in the States who, as this mailing list often
shows, can catch good country/rock on TV far more frequently than we,
especially those of us who won't buy into Murdoch's rip-off 'Sky' services.
Instead of watching the great music shows that Americans e-chat to each
other about here, the BBC and ITV import hundreds of hours annually of
trashy US talk-shows. Millions in Britain frequently watch Gerry Springer
(who, God help us, even comes over here to do his show now) and his ilk, and
we see teenaged pop artists - but Nanci Griffith and other really high
quality American artists of her generation and experience are neglected. If
shown at all, they are usually on after midnight. How much fairer an image
might be exported overseas of an unsensational, common-sense, concerned and
thinking America with values, if the situation were reversed. The lyrics of
[It's a hard life wherever you go] really get to you - if only Gerry's trite
little end-of-show sermon could be a fraction so sincere!
When John Kennedy wrote "is there ever enough time to listen to all the good
music?", he was so right.
Keith Harvey
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Subject: NN: Dustbowl blows into scotland
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 00:55:38 +0100
From: "jenny.frog" (jenny.frog@virgin.net>
Hey,
I meant to tell all you guys that Borders in Glasgow now ahve a big ole
pile of Dustbowl Symphony's in their cd basement, jsut in case any scots
wanta copy
jenny*, the tree frog
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Subject: NN: Heads Up
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 22:32:39 -0400
From: Shawn Kimbro (kimbro@planetc.com>
COLD DOG SOUP - Guy Clark
Clark's eleventh album may be his best. Sugar Hill seems to have
captured Guy's sweet spot with this release which is co-directed by
Darryl Scott. The title cut is a tribute to poets and songwriters and
laments the fact that artists like Townes Van Zandt never receive the
credit they deserve. The accompaniment is sparse enough to showcase the
lyrics--simple guitar arrangements with mandolin and even an occasional
banjo in the mix. There's a more traditional feel to this album than
any Guy has done before. I even noticed the familiar minor key strands
of "Shady Grove" on one song. His last album, KEEPERS was a keeper, and
I'd doubt anyone will throw this one back either. Look for it in stores
on October 26th.
THE GRASS IS BLUE - Dolly Parton
A couple of years ago a poll was taken in which bluegrass fans were
asked which artist they'd most like to see do a bluegrass album. Dolly
Parton was the winner by a landslide. Fortunately for us all, Parton
has obliged. Her lovely, high-pitched voice fits the mountain melodies
on THE GRASS IS BLUE perfectly. There are five Parton originals on this
disc which will be released on Parton's Blue Eye Records label. Jerry
Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Sam Bush and many more of the finest names in
bluegrass show up in the credits. I expect her banjo and fiddle version
of the Blackfoot song "Train, Train" to climb to the top of the
Americana charts. With harmony vocals by Alison Krauss, this is one
bluegrass fan who's prayer's have been answered. It's also due out
October 26th.
I FEEL LIKE SINGING TODAY - Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley
This union of mountain patriarch and country upstart began at Merlefest
a couple of years ago when Ralph Stanley II got sick and Lauderdale
filled in on stage. The chemistry worked and the idea for this album
was born. Lauderdale started writing songs and the result is this
interesting album on Rebel records. There are two great songs on this
disc. The title track with it's gospel sound is a celebration of
singing and the end cut, "Who Thought The Railroad Wouldn't Last" is the
best song Ralph Stanley has recorded in several years. That's saying a
lot considering all the great stuff on CLINCH MOUNTAIN COUNTRY. I'm
always amazed at how the father of mountain harmony can sing so well
with anyone. Lauderdale's voice is a little misplaced on a couple of
songs but this CD is really growing on me. It's in record stores now.
Warm Regards,
-Shawn
___________________Nanci Is My Aeroplane_________________
| __ ____ Shawn Kimbro |
| "I've traveled | \____o__/_/___| ~ |
| with your ghost now \(>-----_/_/____]> Morristown |
| for so many years" `o | Tennessee |
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Subject: NN: Delurking, DBS, descriptions & de digest
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 03:11:41 PDT
From: "Kate Osborne" (kposborne@hotmail.com>
Coming out of deep lurkdom into a dazzlingly bright n crisp autumn day to
say that I have paid my reservation fee at my local library and am waiting
with both baited breath (and some orchestra doubts)to hear DBS. I have
enjoyed the discussions about this album & was particularly intrigued by the
person (I’m sorry that I don’t remember your name) who made the comment that
rather than thinking of your favourite version of a song as the “right” one,
we should appreciate the fact that we have a choice! I shall listen to DBS
with newly enlightened ears.
As I read the digest yesterday I listened to “The Best of Nanci Griffith.”
Stuart Baille (from NME) writes lyrically in the liner notes that go with
it: “When you call NG a songwriter, you’re not really giving her the credit
she deserves – it’s like saying Michaelangelo used to be handy with a
paintbrush. If you wanted to be more accurate you could add that Nanci is a
very gifted observer and storyteller – she writes like a novelist, with all
the detail, character traits, scene-setting and structural planning which
that craft demands. Listening to a Nanci song is the equivalent of reading,
say, Larry McMurty’s The Last Picture Show with its broken-hearted lovers,
dusty roads, pick-up trucks, back porch wisdom, high hopes and whooping
spirits that suggest a special flavour of the American South.” He then
goes on to provide a summary of Nanci’s musical career.
Of late the digest has provided me with moments of reflection, loud
agreement, even louder disagreement and - best of all - laughing out loud.
Recent highlights include stories of chasing motorbikes with “Flyer”
number plates; the wonderful explanations of British vs American cultures;
someone realizing that Robert Pugsley’s babe is still not sleeping through
the night; Todd Williams’ politics/entertainment debate; Jenni’s enthusiasm
for just about everything (I shall seek out Kate Wolf) and who can forget
Reid the Merciless - I daren’t ;-)
Kate Osborne - wonderin’ if I can reserve Revisited from the library ??!!
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Subject: Re: NN: Delurking, DBS, descriptions & de digest
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 07:19:53 PDT
From: "Kat Mc" (carolinapine@excite.com>
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 03:11:41 PDT, Kate Osborne wrote:
>If you wanted to be more accurate you could add that Nanci is a
>very gifted observer and storyteller she writes like a
>novelist, with all the detail, character traits, scene-setting
>and structural planning which that craft demands.
>Jenni's enthusiasm for just about everything (I shall seek out Kate Wolf)...
Kate,
You've brought me out of lurkdom! Yes!--Seek out Kate Wolf, that would be a
worthwhile venture! You won't go wrong and I guarantee you'll love her as
much as Jenny and I do. While we're on the subject of "Kates"--You might
want to give Kate Campbell a listening to, an absolutely wonderful singer,
songwriter, musician, everything! Just like Nanci's songwriting
talent--Kate C. writes her songs like great stories of the South that I know
so well. Nanci is the best of course and she is the reason I've discovered
Kate Wolf and Kate Campbell and of course, all the other folk musicians out
there! Out of those, these three are my favorites!
Incidentally, I will have the opportunity to see Kate Campbell perform in a
very intimate atmosphere tomorrow (Friday). It can't be called a concert in
my picture of what a "concert" is, because she will be performing at a local
(KY) coffeehouse that is a very small place; but the best place to
experience the kind of music she writes. I can hardly wait until tomorrow
nite! :)
Carolina **on the road to Rosaryville** Pine
^ ^
= . . =
kat
"Humanity-Peace-Earth-2000. Only we can bring harmony and peace to our
earth in the new millennium." Chiliad Collection
// Kate Campbell? I think I've heard of her...:) [BP]
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Subject: NN: Gigs
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 99 21:06:10 +0100
From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>
For those of you close enough to get to Nashville there are two virtually
unmissable nights at the Bluebird in November.
Wednesday 3rd/Thursday 4th sees Buddy & Julie Miller opening for Cry,
Cry, Cry (Richard/Lucy/Dar). 9.00 p.m. and a $20 cover charge.
John "can't get to Nashville in November" Graveling
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Subject: NN: Mary Chapin Carpenter tickets (No N, No K)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 99 21:09:53 +0100
From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>
For those Brits on this lists I have one spare ticket for Mary Chapin Carpenter
on Saturday 6th November. Catie Curtis is the support, it's at the Lyric
Theatre, Hammersmith, starting at 7.30 p.m. Cost is face value £22.50. E mail
me privately if you are interested.
John Graveling
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Subject: NN: Wrong Again
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:18:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mike Barrett" (mikebarrettuk@hotmail.com>
I've recently got hold of the instumental "Sounds of Wood & Steel 2" CD,
and must say that it's wonderful stuff for anyone who likes the sound of
the acoustic guitar.
The highlight for me is Nanci's sublime fingerpicking guitar playing on
"Year Down in New Orleans". This has long been a favourite of mine, but
I must admit to having completely misinterpreted the lyric. I've always
thought it was a sad ode to a lost love, and had assumed that it
belonged thematically with what I think of as the "John" songs. But in
the liner notes, Nanci says -
"I wrote this song as a lullaby for Tennessee Williams, upon hearing of
his tragic death, in loving memory of his characters, especially those
in 'This Property is Condemned'."
So there.
The rest of the album is excellent too, and running Nanci a close second
for best track is our old friend Rodney Crowell with his superb "Taylor
Willobee".
Mike Barrett
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