// Hey, y'all, Bob Edwards interviewed John Prine on NPR's "Morning
// Edition" this AM. The second half od the interview is Wednesday AM.
// More lists than you can imagine...
// Enjoy...[BP]

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Subject: Limited Nanci content, more an appreciation for those who post
   Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:43:10 EDT
   From: VickiStein@aol.com

It has been slow here, hasn't it?  I joined the Indigo Girls List because I 
am going to see them at the Wiltern Theatre in LA in two weeks, and oh my, 
that list is quite a bit more active; more outspoken and "political" than 
this one.  "Who'dda thunk it?"  Just kidding.   The Indigo Girls are great, I 
very much appreciate their music (LOVE Emily's lyrics and music...she echoes 
my mind, and what I am unable to translate into music),  and their work to 
further their beliefs, and I look forward to the concert.  (Thanks, Bob, for 
the tickets!  I love you for thinking of me!)

How do I state this delicately?  Let me put it this way:  The Nanci List has 
many people comment who are very knowledgeable and passionate about music 
(sometimes, you blow me away with what you all know...),  astute politically, 
and "respectful," if not restrained sometimes, about what they post.    Quite 
a classy and kind group of folks, I think.    I appreciate the maturity of 
this group, the intelligence, and the ability to focus on music.

DBS is still in rotation on the CD player.  I like it.  If any folkies are so 
inclined, check out the Indigo Girls' "Come On Now Social."  It's quite 
good...rocks a bit more than the typical Indigo material, but then, that's 
alright.

Peace,

Vicki

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Subject: NN: Falls Road,Belfast
   Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 15:15:24 -0400
   From: Steve Robertson (stever@mindspring.com>

Hey Folks-

I decided to watch a show last night on the Travel Channel called Great
Railway Journeys. This episode was called "Derry to Kerry" and was
hosted by Michael Palin. Most of the show was concerned with several
major rail lines in Ireland and Northern Ireland, but when the train
pulled into Belfast, Michael left the train and took a lengthy auto ride
down Falls Road. I don't think his driver was named Seamus, but there
was plenty of barbed wire in evidence.

The first few times I listened to"A Hard Life", I thought Nanci was
saying "false roads". After reading the lyrics, listening to the song
always created a vivid mental picture of how I thought Falls Road might
look. Now, every time i hear it, I'll think of Michael Palin's view of
the road.

I wonder if it's better to remain unfamiliar with the locations used in
songs- to give your imagination free rein- or if it's better to
familiarize yourself with the reality of the situation?

Hidin' Out in the Georgia Pines-
Wishin' It Would Rain,
Steve Robertson

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Subject: NN: UK video source
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 14:08:22 +0100
   From: Tony Bloomfield (tonyb@reading.u-net.com>

UK Nnutters might like to know that Country Music Stores in Kent (tel.
01580-763936) now has copies of the Other Voices Too video.

Do note though that this is in US format, so you need the right hardware to
watch it; a VCR with the NTSC Playback option, and a fairly modern TV
(though my old 1985 Phillips set used to work fine). If you're in any
doubt, check with your local TV dealer, don't blame me.

The cost is 18.20 including postage. You could probably get it cheaper from
cdnow or somewhere, but that would depend on what duty UK customs might
charge. And CMS offers a next day service.

They also have US format copies of other videos (including Nanci's earlier
efforts) and an excellent selection of country/folk music CDs; if you have
Word 6.0 or later, I think they'd probably be happy to email you a copy of
their catalog. They may do it in other formats too, ask them
(countrymusicstore@btinternet.com). They do export orders to Europe (well
to anywhere really but if you're in the US you'd find them pretty pricey!).

Usual disclaimer, I'm nothing to do with the company, just a satisfied (and
too frequent for my bank balance) customer.

Cheers,
TonyB.

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Subject: NN: What happened to the Nancinet Poll result?
   Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 18:18:52 +0200
   From: Georg (gvallest@online.no>

I haven't seen the result of this. Did I miss it
or has it not happened yet?

Georg

// umm, our pollster dropped off the list before he published the results. 
// [BP]
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Subject: NN: Tom Russell and Andrew Hardin
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 20:21:41 -0000
   From: "Charlie Macdonald" (charlie.macdonald@virgin.net>

Hi:

On Saturday night, as Mary Chapin Carpenter was playing to thousands (?) at
the Armadillo in Glasgow (how was it jenni?), my wife and I and two friends
went to see Tom Russell and Andrew Hardin in the upstairs lounge of
Glasgow's Chambers Bar.

It was a wonderful evening, Tom and Andrew gave a superb performance which
lasted from 8.30 to 10.45 with just a 15 minute break.

The first half of the concert was almost exclusively songs from "The Man
from God Knows Where" , the only exceptions to this were "The Angel of Lyon"
and "Gallo dell Cielo". Tom explained the background to TMFGKW and sang the
title track, "The Outcast" (he mentioned that he asked Jerry Lee Lewis and
Tom Waites to do this before Dave Van Ronk), "Rider on an Orphan Train",
"Sitting Bull in Venice", "Throwing Horseshoes at the Moon" and "When Irish
Girls Grow Up" (when he introduces this song he tells of Nanci asking him to
get Delores Keane, who sings this song on the album, out of the bar at the
Dublin OV2 concert - he delivers the story in a very high pitched
impersonation of Nanci's voice).

The second half of the show included highlights from Tom's career and
included "St Olav's Gate", "The Eyes of Roberto Durran", "Blue Wing",
"Spanish Burgundy", "Haley's Comet", "Walking on the Moon", "Out in
California" and "Canadian Whiskey". It also featured a couple of numbers
from Andrew Hardin, who is a truly remarkable guitarist.

During the interval and at the end of the show they signed CD's and chatted
to crowd before packing up their guitars and heading off. If you get the
chance to see these two perform, don't miss it!

Next up - Eric Taylor on the 10th of November.

Best Wishes,

Charlie

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Subject: Re: NN: Tom Russell and Andrew Hardin
   Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 11:24:35 +0100
   From: Andy Gaskell (agaskell@kopite.demon.co.uk>

Charlie Macdonald (charlie.macdonald@virgin.net> writes

>On Saturday night, as Mary Chapin Carpenter was playing to thousands (?) at
>the Armadillo in Glasgow (how was it jenni?), my wife and I and two friends
>went to see Tom Russell and Andrew Hardin in the upstairs lounge of
>Glasgow's Chambers Bar.

I'll re-iterate what Charlie says here.  I saw Tom and Andrew in Preston
last Thursday in the function room of a pub that was not much bigger
than most people's front room!  Truly magnificent.  

I also had the extreme pleasure of seeing Mary Chapin Carpenter at the
Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool last night.  What a show!  The place
rocked.  She was supported by Catie Curtis who I'd never heard of before
but I reckon she was worth the entrance fee alone.  I think we'll be
hearing a lot more from her in the future.

If you get the chance to catch either of these concerts then you will
not be disappointed!!

Eric Taylor is coming up soon and Tom Paxton is on at Southport Arts
Centre on Friday, so it's been a pretty good few weeks here!!


Andy

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Subject: NN: Hoyt Axton Dies
   Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:57:31 -0400
   From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>

This clipping just came in over the Associated Press wire.
Roman

Singer-Songrwiter Hoyt Axton Dies 
By SUSAN GALLAGHER
Associated Press Writer 
          Axton dead at 61 AP/ [12K]            
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Hoyt Axton, the folksy singer, songwriter and movie
actor who penned Three Dog Night's ``Joy to the World'' and other pop and
country hits, many of them showcasing his singular sense of humor, died
early today. He was 61. 
Axton suffered a severe heart attack two weeks ago and was struck by another
while undergoing surgery in Missoula, said Jan Woods, a longtime friend in
Nashville. He had never fully recovered from a 1996 stroke, using a
wheelchair much of the time. 
Axton died peacefully at his ranch home in Victor, surrounded by family and
friends. He moved to Montana's Bitterroot Valley after playing a sheriff in
the movie ``Disorganized Crime,'' filmed there in 1988. 
``There was nobody that didn't like Hoyt,'' said Fran Boyd, executive
director of the Los Angeles-based Academy of Country Music. ``He was an
entertainer's entertainer. It's a big loss for country music. Oh God, was he
fun.'' 
Axton wrote hits for Ringo Starr (``No Song''), Steppenwolf (``The Pusher'')
and an array of others. Performers who sang other songs he wrote included
Elvis Presley, Joan Baez, Waylon Jennings, John Denver and Linda Ronstadt. 
Axton's own singing hits include ``Boney Fingers'' (``Work your fingers to
the bone, what do you get? Boney fingers, boney fingers'') and ``When the
Morning Comes.'' 
Steppenwolf's songs ``The Pusher'' and ``Snowblind Friend,'' were rare
forays into a more serious theme. John Kay, the lead singer of Steppenwolf,
recorded ``The Pusher'' after seeing Axton perform it at a club in Los
Angeles. It was a powerful, passionate song that condemned drug sellers. 
Three Dog Night's recording of his novelty ``Joy to the World'' (``Jeremiah
was a bullfrog...'') was No. 1 on the charts for six straight weeks in 1971,
making it the top hit of the year. Axton had pitched the song to group
members when he was their opening act in 1969-70. He also wrote ``Never Been
to Spain'' for the band, a song that was also recorded by Presley. 
A large man, Axton as an actor specialized in playing good ol' boys on
television and in film. He appeared in many movies and television shows,
including ``Gremlins'' and ``The Black Stallion.'' He sang the ``Head to the
Mountains'' jingle used to advertise Busch beer in the 1980s. 
Born in Duncan, Okla., he began singing folk songs in the clubs of San
Francisco in 1958. A song he co-wrote, ``Greenback Dollar,'' was a 1963 hit
for The Kingston Trio. 
Axton's mother, Mae Boren Axton, had her own spot in popular culture history
as the songwriter of Elvis Presley's ``Heartbreak Hotel.'' 
``When Mae died three years ago, she left me Hoyt,'' said Woods, a longtime
friend of the singer's mother. ``He was probably one of the most honest,
humorous kids that never grew up.'' 
``He just loved music,'' Woods said. ``I don't think he could pick a
favorite song.'' 
In February 1997, police found 500 grams of marijuana, slightly more than a
pound, at the Victor home of Axton and his wife, Deborah Hawkins. She said
she gave her husband marijuana because it relieved some of the pain, anxiety
and stress he suffered after his stroke, her lawyer said. 
Last year, Axton was given a three-year deferred sentence and fined $15,000
for marijuana possession. Hawkins had pleaded guilty to possession of
dangerous drugs and drug paraphernalia, getting a one-year deferred sentence
and a $1,000 fine. 
Survivors include Axton's wife and five adult sons and daughters. 

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Subject: NN: Nanci video sources? (and a recommendation)
   Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 19:32:30 EDT
   From: Tricia9999@aol.com

Anyone have a good source for Other Voices, Other Rooms and/or OFSE videos? I 
ordered the former at Amazon weeks ago and have heard only apologies.

Have been listening to Tim O'Brien, The Crossing. Very nice CD if anyone 
might be interested in a combo of Celtic/Bluegrass flavor. 

Tricia

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Subject: Re: NN: Nanci video sources? (and a recommendation)
   Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:57:25 -0700
   From: Kathy Wallace (kathyw@walltech.com>

Tricia wrote,

>Anyone have a good source for Other Voices, Other Rooms and/or OFSE videos?
>I ordered the former at Amazon weeks ago and have heard only apologies.

I would definitely try NanciNet's very own Bill Lavery at
http://www.villagerecords.com.

-Kathy

Kathy Wallace [kathyw@walltech.com]          Wallace Technical Communications
Voice: 650-938-1352 Fax: 650-961-9151                 http://www.walltech.com

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Subject: NN: Top 100 songs
   Date: Sun, 24 Oct 99 22:17:55 +0100
   From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>

I've resisted doing this so far, but Shawn has convinced me to 
contribute, so here goes. I listened to music in my teens, but was 16 
when I got really srious about it, that was 1970, so there's very little 
here that pre-dates that time. In no particular order, no era's, just a 
list, where I've also listed the performances I prefer of those songs, 
rather than the songwriters.

Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
The Water Is Wide - traditional
If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt
The House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
King Harvest Will Surely Come - The Band
Imagine - John Lennon
Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan
Take It Easy - The Eagles
Madame George - Van Morrison
Boulder To Birmingham - Emmylou Harris
For Everyman - Jackson Browne
$1,000 Wedding - Gram Parsons
Talk To Me Of Mendocino - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Seed Of Memory - Terry Reid
Christine's Tune - The Flying Burrito Brothers
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Rock'n'Roll Doctor - Little Feat
Ohio - CSNY
Southern Man - Neil Young
Crazy In Alabama - Kate Campbell
Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold
Month Of Sundays - Don Henley
The King Of Pain - The Police
Independence Day - Bruce Springsteen
Across The Borderline - John Hiatt
The French Inhaler - Warren Zevon
Ambulance Blues - Neil Young
Desperados Waiting For A Train - Guy Clark
Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger
Ice & Snow - Terence Boylan
Someone To Lay Down Beside Me - Karla Bonoff
Vigilante Man - Woody Guthrie
Rain Just Falls - David Halley
King Of Seventh Avenue - Ellis Paul
Someday - Steve Earle
Ricochet In Time - Shawn Colvin
Reverend Jake - Tom Pacheco
Jack Straw - The Grateful Dead
Red-Blooded American Boy - Kevin Montgomery
Carry On _ CSNY
For A Dancer - Jackson Browne
2nd Street - Vince Bell
Hello In There - John Prine
My Old School - Steely Dan
St. Dominic's Preview - Van Morrison
Blue Sky - The Allman Brothers Band
The Gangster Of Love - Steve Miller
Last Time Around - Rick Nelson
Long Distance Love - Little Feat
Shot Through The Heart - Jennifer Warnes
Fly By Night - Nanci Griffith
She Ain't Going Nowhere - Guy Clark
Til I Gain Control Again - Rodney Crowell
Black-Eyed Dog - Nick Drake
Vagabond Moon - Willie Nile
Even The Losers - Tom Petty
Angel From Montgomery - John Prine

Well that's 60 so it will have to do.

John "100 is too many to think about" Graveling

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Subject: NN: Rest of Top 100
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 99 12:11:58 +0100
   From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>

My sixty yesterday and the remainder today are the songs that stop you in 
your tracks when you first hear them, and continue to do so to this day. 
There's nothing sacred about them, very few were hit singles and some are 
pretty obscure, but that's the beauty of music, what it means to you the 
listener.

Rex's Blues - Townes Van Zandt
Hide It So Deep - Manassas
Saturday Night - Eagles
I'm Not From Here - James McMurtry
Too Many Memories - Stephen Bruton
You Take The Town - Will T Massey
Angel Of The Morning - Juice Newton
Never Had It So Good - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Fallin' - Kim Richey
The Wonder Of Birds - The Innocence Mission
Early Summer Rain - Kevin Welch
Kiss This Thing Goodbye - Del Amitri
Small Town - John Mellencamp
Call It A Loan - Jackson Browne
Cortez The Killer - Neil Young
Some People (Just Can't Walk The Line) - Jamie O'Hara
Blue Train - Tom Kimmel
The Other End (Of The Telescope) - Til Tuesday
Little Things In Life - Green On Red
Love Like This - Kennedy-Rose
Baba O'Riley - The Who
Through The Eyes Of a Broken Heart - Buddy Miller
Two Different Roads - Michael Nesmith
Leavin' Tennessee - Robert Earl Keen
>From A Kitchen Table - Dave Alvin
The Goodnight-Loving - Clint Black
Where Is My Love - Joe Ely
When You Say Nothing At All - Keith Whitley
City Of New Orleans - Steve Goodman
I Sang Dixie - Dwight Yoakam
Me In Honey - REM
Amarillo Highway - Terry Allen
You're Not The Rule (You're The Exception) - Helen Watson
Walk Through The Bottomland - Lyle Lovett
Turn to Stone - Joe Walsh
Back To Bayou-Teche - Sonny Landreth
Mobile Line (France's Blues) - Jimmie Dale Gimore
My Town - Iris Dement
The Night's Too Long - Lucinda Williams
Hole In My Shoe - Traffic

Well I got there evntually, thanks Shawn for the inspiration to do this.

John "never counted to 100 before" Graveling

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Subject: NN: RE: Top 100-My list
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:09:28 -0400
   From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>

I just have one I'd like to throw out:
Signs, by the Five Man Electrical Band.

Roman P

"And the sign said, you got to have a membership card to get inside"

Subject: NN: Top 100-My list
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 05:32:53 EDT
   From: RZwerdling@aol.com

Well I've also resisted for some time but here goes.

No particular order:
Part of the Plan -Dan Folgelberg
Don't think Twice, It's alright -Bob Dylan
Take it easy -Jackson Browne
Have a little faith -John Hiatt
Friend of the Devil -Gratefull Dead
Thirsty Boots -Eric Anderson
Give Yourself to Love- Kate Wolf
There's a light beyond these woods- Nanci Griffith
Hammer and a Nail -Indigo Girls
February -Dar Williams
Spirit in the Sky- Norman Greenbaum??
Heard in Through the Grapevine- Marvin Gaye
The last Thing on My Mind - Tom Paxton
Little Pink Houses -John Cougar
The Wedding Song -Peter Paul and Mary
Ten Year Night -Lucy Kaplansky
In Your Eyes- Peter Gabriel
Below the Surface -Dan Folgelberg
Fire and Rain -James Taylor
Sexual Healing -Marvin Gaye
You've Got a Friend -Carol King
Late for the Sky -Jackson Browne
Fountain of Sorrow - Jackson Browne
Heart of Gold -Neil Young
Love the One Your With -Stephen Stills
Tangled Up in Blue- Bob Dylan
Time of Your Life -Green Day
Taxi -Harry Chapin
Long and Winding Road -Beatles
Big Yellow Taxi -Joni Mitchell
Circle Game -Joni Mitchell
Graceland -Pul Simon
The Weight- The Band

Wow- that's enough for now  

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Subject: NN: The "Top" 100
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:21:45 EDT
   From: VickiStein@aol.com

Mr. Zwerdling's post prompted me to put some thought into this task.  Although,
I haven't listed 100, I’ve really enjoyed reading the posts on the “Top 100.” 
Some of the recent selections echo my tastes.  My choices kind of meld with the
songs many of you have selected. I offer the following list, which is by no
means comprehensive (and not totally “folk” oriented), but it does include some
of the songs that have touched me the most: 

I’ll be Your Baby Tonight, Bob Dylan
Prisoner in Disguise, J.D. Souther
Our House, CSN&Y
Don’t Think twice, It’s Alright, Bob Dylan
The Pretender, Jackson Browne
Time Is On My Side, Rolling Stones
Changes, David Bowie
Stars, Dan Fogelberg
Indoor Fireworks, Elvis Costello
What I Did For Love, from A Chorus Line
Blood of Eden, Peter Gabriel
Tangled Up In Blue, Bob Dylan
Sail Away, Randy Newman
Man Out of Time, Elvis Costello
You Can Close Your Eyes, James Taylor
Watershed, The Indigo Girls
Trouble in These Fields, Nanci Griffith
Wasted Time, The Eagles (just about any song from “Hotel California” is on my
list)
These Days, Dan Fogelberg
What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, Elvis Costello
Stand By Your Man, Tammy Wynette (not sure of the composer)
Danny’s Song, Kenny Loggins
Love Has No Pride, Eric Kaz, Libby Titus
Imagine, John Lennon
Day In The Life, Lennon and McCartney
By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Jimmy Webb
Willing, Lowell George
Hammer and A Nail, the Indigo Girls
Leaving on A Jet Plane, John Denver
It’s A Hard Life Wherever You Go, Nanci Griffith
It’s Too Late, Carole King
Suite Judy Blue Eyes, CSN&Y
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?, Carole King, Gerry Goffin
The Wood Song, The Indigo Girls
Love Will Come To You, The Indigo Girls
Grafton Street, Nanci Griffith
I Will Always Love You, Dolly Parton
Crazy, Willie Nelson
I Can’t Help It If I’m Still In Love With You, Hank Williams
Biko, Peter Gabriel
Night Swimming, R.E.M.
Flowers on The Wall, Statler Brothers (not sure of the composer)
I Walk The Line, Johnny Cash
Romeo & Juliet, Mark Knopfler
(I’ll Be) Wrapped Around Your Finger, Sting
Working Class Hero, John Lennon
Me In Honey, R.E.M.
Make You Feel My Love, Bob Dylan
Boys of Summer, Don Henley
Next Time, Dan Fogelberg, 

and last but not least,

What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding?, Elvis Costello

Thanks!  (Now that I've written and posted this, I am CERTAIN more songs will
come to mind! Oh Well) !

Vicki

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Subject: Re: NN: The "Top" 100
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 22:30:49 EDT
   From: Tricia9999@aol.com

Well, I'll play, even though I'll want to change my answer tomorrow...

In My Room - Beach Boys
In My Life - Beatles
Song for Adam - Jackson Browne
For Everyman - Jackson Browne
Kind Woman - Buffalo Springfield
Morning Glory - Tim Buckley
Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley
My Father - Judy Collins
Who Knows Where the Time Goes - Judy Collins
Time Passes Slowly - Judy Collins (written by Dylan)
Writer in The Sun - Donovan
It's Alright Ma - Dylan
Marcus - Gentle Soul
High Flyin Bird - Richie Havens
Follow - Richie Havens
Inside of Him - Richie Havens
Morning, Morning - Richie Havens
Comin Back To Me - Jefferson Airplane
Your Song - Elton John
Some Kind of Wonderful - Carole King
The Summer Knows - Cleo Laine
Love Song - Loggins and Messina
Winterwood - Don Mclean
River - Joni Mitchell
Last Time I Saw Richard - Joni Mitchell
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (or anything on this album)
Stoned Me - Van Morrison
Old Time Woman - Holly Near
Christmas in My Soul - Laura Nyro
Rolling Home - Peter, Paul and Mary
Great Mandella - PP&M
Sunday Kind of Love - Kenny Rankin
Darlin Be Home Soon - John Sebastian
Feelin Alright - Traffic
Here We Are in The Years - Neil Young
Cowgirl in The Sand - Neil Young
Black Orchid  - Cal Tjader
Across the Great Divide - Kate Wolf
Trouble in The Fields - NG
These Days in an Open Book - NG
Europa - Santana
Samba Pa Ti - Santana
Loan Me A DIme - Boz Scaggs
Slow Dancer - Boz Scaggs
Carolina in my Mind - James Taylor
There's Something in the Way She Moves - James Taylor
Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Temptations
Tracks of my Tears - Smokey Robinson
Samba de Orpheus - Vince Guaraldi
Face Without A Name - Bill Evans
Passacaglia in C Minor - Hubert Laws

Oh, god, I could go on forever. Not a fair game. Music is wonderful.

Tricia

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Subject: NN: My top something less than 100
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 21:08:22 -0500
   From: Ed Maier (eddie@flash.net>

Couldn't resist, so here they are. On some of the real old songs,
I'm not sure that I have the artist's name right, so cut me some
slack. In a very few cases I listed the composer. Enjoy them. I 
certainly did.

Ed Maier

You Never Even Called Me By My Name- David Allen Coe
Harbor Lights- Guy Lombardo
Hey Jude- The Beetles
Bolero - Ravel(?)
The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy From Company B- The Andrew Sisters
The Wayward Wind- Gogi Grant
She- ELH
You Are My Sunshine- Gene Autry?
The Old Rugged Cross- Traditional (was Mom's favorite song)
Beer Barrel Polka- Traditional (Dad's favorite song)
The Cross-eyed Bear Named Gladly*- Traditional hymn
In The Ghetto- Elvis Presley
A River For Him- sung by either Linda Ronstadt or Emmylou Harris
Battle Hymn Of The Republic- Fred Waring And The Pennsylvanians
Mares Eat Oats And Does Eat Oats- (?)
Ballad Of A Runaway Mare- Emmylou Harris
The Gorilla Song**- Vaughn Monroe (?)
Take Five- Brubeck
How High The Moon- Les Paul, Mary Ford
Rags To Riches- Tony Bennett
Ode To Joy- Beethoven
Midnight Pieroutte- Leslie Smith
Texas When I Die- Tanya Tucker
Fields Of Summer- NG
1917- ELH and LR
It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go- NG
Delta Dawn- Tanya Tucker
Please Come To Bostan- Joan Baez
Up On Cripple Creek- The Band
Hotel California- Eagles
I'm Not Lisa- Jessi Colter
Money Can't Buy It- Annie Lennox
Pretending- Eric Clapton
River Deep, Mountain High- Celene Dion
Havin' Some Fun Tonight- Little Richard
Rock Around The Clock- Bill Haley And The Comets
On Blueberry Hill- Fats Domino
Crazy Arms- Ray Price
Young Love- Marty Robbins
I Walk The Line- Johnny Cash
Tennessee Waltz- Anne Murray
What's Forever For- Anne Murray
The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis Of A Coed- Dar Williams
Wild Iris- Kate Campbell
Sunny Came Home- Shawn Colvin
Darcy Farrow- NG
Still Life- Lucy Kaplansky
Give Yourself To Love- Kate Wolf
Remembering Road- Cory Sipper
No One Knows But You- Beth Neilson Chapman
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On- Jerry Lee Lewis
Hey There- Rosemary Caloney (sp?)

(*Gladly The Cross I'd Bear)
(**Girl Of My Dreams, I Love You)

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Subject: Re: NN: My top something less than 100
   Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 09:42:55 -0400
   From: Steve Robertson (stever@mindspring.com>

Ed Maier wrote:
> You Are My Sunshine- Gene Autry?

I like your list, Ed. Some very good choices from among the older songs.
In response to the question mark above, "You Are My Sunshine" was
written and first recorded by Jimmie Davis- two time governor of
Louisiana. It could very well have been covered by Gene Autry. I know
this because this is the song I performed on stage at the Ryman ( along
with all the other tourists! ).

Hidin' Out in the Georgia Pines-
Wishin' It Would Rain,
Steve Robertson

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Subject: NN: Re: top 100 songs
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 23:04:59 -0400
   From: Nancy (nannynan@earthling.net>

Hey, let's not forget "Put Down the Ducky," "C is for Cookie," and 
that great standard, "Rubber Ducky."

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Subject: NN: more on Ducky (only peripheral Nanci content)
   Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 01:01:54 -0400
   From: Nancy (nannynan@earthling.net>
 
>I was too old for Sesame Street and I don't have kids

I was in grad school at Penn State when Sesame Street started and it 
was very popular in one of the bars, so much so that Rubber Ducky was 
one of the most-played songs on the local radio station. Nanci 
content?  Well it makes us both children of the sixities, in that we 
both were around when Sesame Street Started.

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Subject: NN: My Top "75" Songs of the Century
   Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 02:26:58 EDT
   From: Annavedo@aol.com

1.  Ed Ames-"My Cup Runneth Over With Love"
2.  ???(several artists)-"More" (Theme From Mondo Cane)
3.  Tony Bennett-"I Left My Heart in S.F.
4.  Percy Faith-"Theme From A Summer Place"
5.  Andy Williams-"Moon River"
6.  Patti Page-"Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
7.  Gale Garnett-"We'll Sing in the Sunshine"
8.  Doris Day-"Move Over Darling"
9.  Doris Day-"Sentimental Journey"
10.Jo Stafford-"Long Ago and Far Away"
11.Jo Stafford-"Symphony"
12.Ella Fitzgerald-"Dream" (Not the Everly Bros song)
13.Ella Fitzgerald-"Skylark"
14.Helen Forrest-"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered"
15.Jane Froman-"With A Song in my Heart"
16.Keely Smith-"I Wish You Love"
17.(Mama)Cass Elliot-"Dream A Little Dream of Me"
18.Dionne Warwick-"Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"
19..Dusty Springfield-"Son of  Preacher Man"
20.Anne Murray-"Danny's Song"
21.Anne Murray-"Snowbird"
22.Floyd Cramer-"Last Date"
23.Patsy Cline-"I Fall to Pieces"
24.Patsy Cline-"Sweet Dreams"
25.The Highwaymen-"Michael Row Your Boat Ashore"
26.Peter, Paul &Mary-"Puff the Magic Dragon"
27.P,P & M-"If I Had A Hammer"
28.Shelby Flint-"Angel On My Shoulder"
29.Meredith Willson-"Till There Was You" (The Music Man)
30.Johnny Mathis-Wonderful! Wonderful!"
31.Irving Berlin-"White Christmas"
32.T-Bones-"No Matter What Shape Your Stomach's In"
33.The Fleetwoods-"Mr. Blue"
34.Nat King Cole-"The Christmas Song"
35.Nat King Cole-"Ramblin' Rose"
36.John Denver-"Looking For Space"
37.John Denver-"Take Me Home Country Roads"
38.Cat Stevens-"Peace Train"
39.Barbra Streisand-"Stoney End"
40.Paul Mauriat-"Love Is Blue" (also Claudine Longet)
41.Nanci Griffith-"I Knew Love"(the song that introduced me to NG in 1988)
42.Claude King-"Wolverton Mountain"
43.Lynn Anderson-"I Never Promised You A Rose Garden"
44.Eddy Arnold-"Cattle Call"
45.Eddy Arnold-"Anytime"
46.Glen Campbell-"Gentle On My Mind"
47.Bobbie Gentry-"Ode To Billy Joe"
48.Everly Brothers-"Dream"
49.Louis Armstrong-"Wonderful World"
50.Willie Nelson-"You Were Always On My Mind"
51.Dolly Parton-"I Will Always Love You"
52.Dolly Parton-"Here You Come Again"
53.Four Seasons-"Sherry"
54.Glen Miller-"In The Mood"
55.Andrews Sisters-"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
56.Rosemary Clooney-"You'll Never Know"
57.Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen-"Sisters"
58.Dakota Staton-"The Folks Who Live On The Hill"
59.Simon & Garfunkle-"Sounds of Silence"
60.Simon & Garfunkle-"Mrs. Robinson"
61.Xavier Cugat-"Begin The Beguine"
62.JellyRoll Morton-"Jelly Roll Blues"
63.Billie Holiday-"Travelin' Light"
64.Helen O'Connell-"Green Eyes"
65.Liltin' Martha Tilton-"All Of Me"
66.Garry Lewis & the Playboys-"This Diamond Ring"
67.The McGuire Sisters-"He"
68.Bo Stevenson(?)-"My Maria"
69.Steppenwolf-"Magic Carpet Ride"
70.Blue Oyster Cult-"Don't Fear the Reaper"
71.The Moody Blues-"For My Lady"
72.The Sherman Brothers-"Feed The Birds" (Mary Poppins)
73.Judy Garland-"Over The Rainbow"
74.The Troggs-"Love Is All Around Us"
75.Spike Jones and his City Slickers-"Cocktails For Two!"

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Subject: Re: NN: My Top "75" Songs of the Century
   Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:47:39 -0700 (PDT)
   From: Reid Mitchell (reidmitchell@yahoo.com>

Killer list; I've managed to hunt up a few composers
to go along.

Bless you for not including among your Andrews Sisters
songs "Rum and Coca cola" so we don't  have to have a
fight about who composed that.

Oh, and at the risk of having people think this email
is a fraud and not really from Reid Mitchell at all,
should we add to the list the Cantabile Semplice from
the third movement of Gorecki's 3rd symphony, as
performed by Dawn Upshaw and the London Sinfonietta? 
It's heartbreaking.

... Annavedo@aol.com wrote:

> 5.  Andy Williams-"Moon River"
      Is this Johnny Mercer?  and isn't "Skylark" by him too?

> 14.Helen Forrest-"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered"
      Rodgers and Hart (from My Pal Joey)

> 15.Jane Froman-"With A Song in my Heart"
       is this Rodgers and Hart too?

> 16.Keely Smith-"I Wish You Love"
       Trenet/Beach

> 18.Dionne Warwick-"Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"
      Bacharach and David.

> 23.Patsy Cline-"I Fall to Pieces"
     Hank Cochron and Harlan Howard (a Nanci connection)

> 24.Patsy Cline-"Sweet Dreams"
     Don Gibson

> 41. Nanci Griffith-"I Knew Love"
      Roger Brown

> 46.Glen Campbell-"Gentle On My Mind"
     John Hartford

> 48.Everly Brothers-"Dream"
   "All I Have to Do is Dream"  B. Bryant

> 50.Willie Nelson-"You Were Always On My Mind"
     Caron/James/Christopher

> 56.Rosemary Clooney-"You'll Never Know"
     Warren?  Warren/Arlan?

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Subject: RE: NN: My Top "75" Songs of the Century
   Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:13:25 -0400
   From: Susan Chisom (Susan.Chisom@JWHOMES.com>

> 5.  Andy Williams-"Moon River"
      Is this Johnny Mercer?  and isn't "Skylark" by him too?

Yep.  It is Johnny Mercer, but Skylark is Hoagy Carmichael.

> 15. Jane Froman-"With A Song in my Heart"
      is this Rodgers and Hart too?

Yes.

Susan

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Subject: Re: NN: My Top "75" Songs of the Century
   Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:42:03 EDT
   From: Annavedo@aol.com
Susan.Chisom@JWHOMES.com writes:

>>> Is this Johnny Mercer?  and isn't "Skylark" by  him too?

>>Yep.  It is Johnny Mercer, but Skylark is Hoagy Carmichael.

Actually, you're both right.  It's Johnny Mercer AND Hoagy Carmichael. Johnny
Mercer also wrote "Trav'lin' Light."

*Anne*

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Subject: NN: Rest of the top 100
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 23:07:57 -0400
   From: "Aquarian Resourses" (Aquarian@1acc.com>

I came with a few more songs to at least come close to a hundred.
The Road-Jackson Browne
Rambling Man-Allman Brothers
Break the chain-Eliza Gilkyson
Nowhere Man-Beatles
The last Resort-Eagles
Machine Gun-Hendrix
change-Carlene Carter
long haired country boy-Charlie Daniels
Dark Star-Grateful Dead
Never comes the day-Moody Blues
blue Bayou-Linda rhondstat
Coyote Dance-Robbie robertson and the red road ensemble
wing and the wheel-nanci Griffith
Lodi-Creedence clearwater revival
Sunday morning coming down-johnny Cash
Seeds and Stems-Commander cody and the lost planet airman
I don't know why you don't want me-Rosanne Cash
Desolation Row-Dylan
Darkness of space-Constance Demby
Cotton fields-traditonal
Rebel rebel-David bowie
The trouble with loving today-Asleep at the wheel
Runaway-Del Shannon
Ripplin water-Nitty gritty dirt Band
I never found the time-america
Stories we could tell-Tom Petty
Good Shepard-jefferson Airplane
The pusher-Steppenwolf
to the evening child-stephen Micus

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Subject: NN: You Are My Sunshine
   Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 10:07:26 EDT
   From: Petop@aol.com

(( You Are My Sunshine- Gene Autry? >>

Yes, indeed, Gene Autry (along with just about everyone else in the world) 
recorded "You Are My Sunshine." But the person who wrote this song, Jimmie 
Davis, is one of the more interesting persons in popular music history. He 
came from Louisiana, born in 1902, the son of a poor sharecropper. He got a 
bachelor's degree and a masters from LSU in 1927. His first job after college 
was as a history teacher but he also began singing for a Shreveport radio 
station in 1928 and by 1929 had signed a record deal with Victor. Over the 
next five years he recorded something like 70 sides, although none of them 
sold anything. He switched to Decca in 1934 and a a hits with the songs 
"Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" and "It Makes No Difference Now." He wrote and 
recorded "You Are My Sunshine" around 1940, which proved to be his biggest 
hit.

   But what makes Davis interesting is what he did with his other career, 
while he was singing and recording. He quit teaching and joined the Criminal 
Court in Shreveport. Then, in 1938, he came Shreveport's chief of police. In 
1942, he was elected Louisiana's Public Service Commission and then in 1944 
he was elected governor of Louisiana. In the interim, he also appeared in 
three western movies. Now, get this: During his first term as governor, he 
kept recording and had three Top 5 singles, including one, "There's a New 
Moon Over My Shoulder," that made it to No. 1.
   
   After his term as governor ended in 1948, he went back to full-time 
recording, going a bit toward the gospel area. Then in 1960 he ran for 
governor of Louisiana again, this time on a segregationist platform, and won, 
although, thankfully, he proved to be somewhat more moderate once he was in 
office.

    He kept on recording, mostly gospel, well into the 90s, and was elected 
into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1971.

    Anyway, one of the more interesting characters responsible for a song on 
anyone's Top 100 list.

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Subject: Re: NN: You Are My Sunshine
   Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 21:08:46 -0500
   From: Ed Maier (eddie@flash.net>

Petop@aol.com wrote:
> Yes, indeed, Gene Autry (along with just about everyone else in the world)
> recorded "You Are My Sunshine." 

Way back in 1945, my Dad bought an RCA record player (electric) and
two records to celebrate VJ Day. One of the records (78 rpm) was
*You Are My Sunshine*, sung by Gene Autry (I think). The other record 
was *The Prodigal Son*, but ever since 1945 I could *not* remember the
name of the artist. 

Anyhow, it just came to me out of the blue: ROY ACUFF! To remember
something forgotten since I was six years old fifty-four years ago
is spooky. Geez, sometimes I scare myself...

Eddie

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Subject: Re: NN: Top 100-My list
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 14:16:29 EDT
   From: SierraSkyz@aol.com

Gee, I wish I was in charge of programming for a much-needed folk music show 
here in Phoenix.  These lists are absolutely wonderful resources for songs we 
all loved.

My additions:

John Prine-Hello In There
Steve Goodman- The Dutchman
Neil Young-Four Strong Winds
Patsy Cline-Crazy
That Charlie Brown Song that makes me dance around like Snoopy when I hear it

Deb " Still squawking opera tunes after seeing Turandot this Sat" Meyer

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Subject: Re: NN: Top 100-My list
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:27:30 EDT
   From: Brimpls@aol.com

Dear Deb,

That Charlie Brown song that makes you wanna get up and dance is called 
"Linus and Lucy" and was written by the jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, who also 
wrote the other "Charlie Brown" music. Great songs! My favorite is probably 
"Christmas Time Is Here," which has the most bittersweet and beautiful 
quality. They are all available as piano music and they are just irresistible 
pieces of music, you're so right!

Sabrina in Mpls.
(can you tell I used to be a piano teacher?!)

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Subject: NN: My sermon for today (where to find folk music on the radio)
   Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:07:11 EDT
   From: Petop@aol.com

SierraSkyz@aol.com writes:

(( Gee, I wish I was in charge of programming for a much-needed folk music 
show here in Phoenix. >>

    Unfortunately, you're located in one of the all-too-many places without a 
folk music show. Now that our public radio station in Dallas and given up on 
music completely, there is no outlet here either. The closest one to you is 
in Tucson: Station KXCI, 91.3 That station has a good program called 
"Acoustic Alternative" that runs from 8-10 a.m. on Saturdays. I recommend 
everyone in that area support that program. If you like bluegrass, the 
station features two hours of bluegrass immediately following the "Acoustic 
Alternative" show.
    The problem is that we are in a distinct minority. Bandwidth is limited 
and there just isn't enough public support for folk music, singer-songwriter 
formatted stations or programs to justify alloting bandwidth to them. 
Therefore, what you have is a few public radio stations in predominantly 
university towns that allocate one or two hours a week to this type of 
programming.
    Now, let me get on my soapbox: If there is such a program in your 
area--support it. Listen to it and let the station know you are interested. 
If the station is subscription, than subscribe when that program is on the 
air. If it's sponsored, buy those products if you can. Call and request Nanci 
Griffith songs (next to Dylan, and, because of his new album, John Prine, 
Nanci is probably the most played artist on these stations--I know because I 
review and track playlists daily). That's the only way to start building a 
reason for these programs to exist in the minds of radio station executives 
and probably the only way you'll discover such well hidden gems as the latest 
CD from Mary Gauthier (pronounced Go-Shay) called "Drag Queens in Limousines."
    If you are wondering whether there is such an outlet in your area, I 
recommend you check out the following website:
	http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ata/folkradio.html

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Subject: NN: Re: Protest Songs you can dance to
   Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 12:11:24 EDT
   From: RoanInish@aol.com

Protest Songs You can Dance To:

"Walking Down Madison"   Kirsty MacColl
"Free World"   Kirsty MacColl
"Exhuming McCarthy"  R.E.M.
"Where the Rose Is Sown"   Big Country
"Games Without Frontiers"  Peter Gabriel
"Stand Down Margaret"  English Beat
"Radio Radio"  Elvis Costello
"Sister Rosa"   Neville Brothers
"Rose of England"  Nick Lowe (although the version by The Oyster Band is even 
more danecable
"EntertainMen"   Sam Phillips
"Power World"   Sam Phillips
"Same Rain"   Sam Phillips
"Black Sky"   Sam Phillips
"Dreamworld"   Midnight Oil
"Blue Sky Mine"   Midnight Oil
"The Dead Heart"   Midnight Oil
"Read About It"   Midnight Oil
"Young Ned Of The Hill"   The Pogues
"Put The Message In The Box"   World Party
"Once In A Lifetime"  Talking Heads
"Dirty Blvd."   Lou Reed
"Spanish Bombs"   The Clash

....well you get the idea!  :-)


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Subject: NN: PROTEST SONGS YOU CAN DANCE TO
   Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 12:41:28 EDT
   From: ChocChippy@aol.com

PROTEST SONGS YOU CAN DANCE TO

"Everyday People," Sly & the Family Stone...

There is the black one who won't accept the white one who won't accept the 
rich one, who will not help the poor one...and so on and so on and scooby 
dooby do on... different strokes, for different folks...

KW

Subject: NN: Re: Protest Songs You Can Dance To
   Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 19:55:48 -0400
   From: Shawn Kimbro (kimbro@planetc.com>

Hey, 

Has anyone mentioned The Guess Who's "American Woman?"

-S  (Who is also entering Reid's dance contest.)


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