// Two digests tonight, because I took too long between trains...
// Lots of lists, some suggestions for a show, and some falling stars...
// Enjoy...[BP]

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Subject: NN: Re: Dustbowl Symphony
   Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:20:07 -0600
   From: "Hank Van Slyke" (chevelle@pnx.com>

Alun Smith was asking:

> PS who was Bob Claypool referred to in the DBS dedication

  One of the best reviewers I've read in years was Bob Claypool, and the
last newspaper he worked for was the Houston Post.  Bob passed away a few
years ago, and the Post was bought by the cross-town rival The Chronicle.
He could eloquently describe a performance by any kind of music performance,
and usually made the reader wish they'd been there.
  The strict deadline of the Post caused him to miss the encores of a lot of
good acts, which no doubt upset Bob, but you'd never know it to read his
reviews.  He reviewed Elvis' last show in Houston and caused a minor uproar
when he wrote that he liked the Elvis of years past better than the current
version; gee, from the readers' reactions you'd think he had blasphemed.
  I think the Post is still on archives at the Chronicle's website,
chron.com  I think I'll try to search for Bob's reviews of Nanci tomorrow.
  After Claypool passed away, his successor was another excellent reviewer
whose name escapes me, but I remember that she had worked at the
Jacksonville, Fla. Journal in the 80s.

Hank "dredging the memory bayous" Van Slyke

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Subject: NN: If I could only have ten ...
   Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 07:30:18 -0500
   From: "Scott Johnsen" (sjohnsen@webhire.com>

The following is a shot at picking only ten.  As if that were really possible!
At any rate, here it is.  (Strictly speaking, I did not meet my 40% Canadian
content.  Actually, I didn't meet that requirement even loosely speaking.)

Nanci Griffith      Other Voices Other Rooms
Cheryl Wheeler      Driving Home
The Rankin Family   North Country
Lucinda Williams    Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Patty Larkin        Tango
John Gorka          Between Five and Seven
Alison Kraus        so long, so wrong
Chris Smither       Up on the Low Down
Ellis Paul          Stories
Iris DeMent         My Life
Mary Black          By the Time it Gets Dark

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Subject: NN: My top ten for 90's
   Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 05:49:50 -0400
   From: James_Troiano@umit.maine.edu (James Troiano)

Hi folks: I decided to include my top ten albums for the 90's. My
criteria: albums I could not live without: 1) Flyer: Nanci Griffith 2)
Late Night Grand Hotel: Nanci Griffith 3) Dustbowl Symphony: Nanci
Griffith 4) Other Voices: Nanci Griffith 5) Blue Roses from the Moons:
Nanci Griffith 6) Other Voices Too: Nanci Griffith 7) Retrospective:
John Stewart 8) Redemption Road: Eliza Gilkyson 9) Time Between Trains:
Susan Werner 10) LIve at the Tin Angel: Susan Werner. I am sure that
there is a gem that I forgot and left out. I am excited that Nanci is
doing a concert with Dar Williams, even though it is impossible for me
to go because of time and place. I hope that our hero does more of this
kind of concert with  talented  people like Dar Williams. One great
thing about the Nancinet is that some kind soul will write all about
it, and that will be the second best thing to being there. See you, 
Jim Troiano.

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Subject: NN: Guy Clark Report
   Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 11:14:05 -0500
   From: Steve Robertson (stever@mindspring.com>

Hey Folks-

Guy put on a great show Saturday night at Atlanta's Variety Playhouse.
But the highlight of the evening was the fact that I got to meet Cate in
person for the first time. She's obviously a big Guy Clark fan, so she
can probably tell you a lot more about the set list (Guy says he doesn't
use a set list!) than I can.

Jesse Winchester was the opener. Anybody remember "Rhumba Man"? And it
turns out that Guy is a serious woodworker. He said he dropped a bundle
at Highland Hardware (which is Atlanta's premiere source of tools and
supplies for the serious woodworker) and his favorite acquisition was a
new hat bearing the message "He who dies with the most tools, wins."

He didn't play many songs from his new album, but he did play "Cold Dog
Soup". Does anyone have any ideas on how he came up with that title?

Comin' Out of Hidin' for Good Live Music,
Steve Robertson

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Subject: Re: NN: Guy Clark Report
   Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 11:29:28 -0500
   From: Sarah Wrightson (sarahwrightson@vincebell.com>

Steve Robertson wrote:
> turns out that Guy is a serious woodworker. 

Designs and makes guitars, has a studio in his house.  Is quoted in
interviews talking about its being relaxing etc...lovely one I saw last
summer that he gave to Susanna.

Sarah

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Subject: NN: Top ____ of 1999
   Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 12:54:17 -0500
   From: "David Steere" (dsteere@sil.si.edu>

Susan Chisom asked when we might start compiling the top 10 of the year.  I
can't even begin to deal with the thread about best of the decade--given how
tough it will be to decide on the best of 1999.  Might we expand the lists this
year to "best 20 of 1999?"  This has been one extraordinary year for new
releases.  I know I'll have trouble limiting my best of the year to 20, much
less 10.   Two or three releases in November alone are worth considering.  What
do people think?  Bill??  Can we make it "best 20 of 1999?"

David T. Steere, Jr.

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Subject: Re: NN: Top ____ of 1999
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 06:47:06 -0600
   From: Bill Page (bpage@itol.com>

David Steere wrote:
> What do people think?  Bill??  Can we make it "best 20 of 1999?"

Nope. Stick with tradition!

Bill "old and stodgy" Page

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Subject: NN: polls, decades, year's best, music by candlelight, guy clark
   Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 18:08:21 EST
   From: Catelaw@aol.com

// for space purposes, I have had to snip much quoting...[BP]

and then we got

a top 10 of the decade poll going
a top 20 of the decade poll going
a top 25 of the decade poll going
a however-many-i-can-think-of-the-decade poll going
no 1999 top 10 poll going for holiday gift-giving purposes, hint, hint

// more snipping [BP] [sorry, Cate]

I am so pleased to be have been part of such great confusion and am having 
way too much fun with all these lists and now graphs & charts.  Apologies to 
Bill P, though.

Bill, since no one wants to do the 1999 shopping list, is it permissible to 
mention Music by Candlelight, the used CD fundraiser at 
	http://www.cruzio.com/~billpeet/MusicByCandlelight/index.htm?
I was browsing over there yesterday and noticed that the Sue has been 
stocking up on new and used and CDs and had some good stuff. I picked up Kate 
Wolf's double CD "Give Yourself to Love," OFSE and OVOR (I've been borrowing 
our library's copies forever) for $22.  A book store has also been added that 
has some selections we've discussed here on NN, like "High Fidelity" by Nick 
Hornsby and some "roots" type music history selections.  All proceeds from 
the CDs and 15% of the book sales go directly to benefit Mary Margaret 
Heenie's (There's a Light Beyond These Woods, Mary Margaret) lung transplant 
fund, although it is a VOLUNTEER project and NOT SPONSORED OR OFICIALLY 
ENDORSED by Ms. Nanci.

Bill, if that rates a Huh, just cut it...but it really is Nanci-related 
because there are also copies of TALBTW, Storms and LLA for $6 each at MBC 
about 5 brand new copies of Hooker's Sea Prayers & Whispers for $9  -- a 
gorgeous piece of music.  And because it is a Nancicentric universe, after 
all.

I'm still trying to recover from the complete swoon caused by meeting Steve 
Robertson and hearing Guy Clark sing Dublin Blues and his unplugged version 
of Randall Knife in the same night.  Maybe I'll recall the rest of the set 
list when and if I ever get over it.

Cate, "no need to forgive me for thinkin' what i thought", in Atlanta 

// I'm always willing to give the Candlelist a plug...[BP]

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Subject: NN: Surveys
   Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 14:23:19 EST
   From: MreenParr@aol.com

kimbro@planetc.com writes:

> If you haven't had a chance yet to visit Kenn's survey pages,
> http://www.fyi.net/~lippert/NanciNet/ I strongly encourage you to do so.

I didn't realise these existed and have just spent an interesting half-hour 
or so browsing the results.  They are truly excellent.  What a fascinating 
bunch of people we are!

Maureen Parr
London

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Subject: NN: Top 20 of the decade
   Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:33:21 EST
   From: MreenParr@aol.com

Here's my top 20 of the decade.  In alphabetical order:  

Joan Baez               Ring them bells
Kate Campbell           Visions of plenty
Mary Chapin Carpenter   Stones in the road
Beth Neilsen Chapman    Sand and water
The Chieftains          Tears of stone
Cry cry cry             Cry cry cry
Iris Dement             The way I should
Celine Dion             D'eux
Dixie Chicks            Fly
Nanci Griffith          Flyer
Emmylou Harris          Wrecking ball
Beth Hart               Screamin' for my supper
Indigo Girls                1200 Curfew
Kate Jacobs         Hydrangea
Lyle Lovett             Step inside this house
Kathy Mattea            Love travels
Tom Russell         The man from God knows where
Rufus Wainwright        Rufus Wainwright
Dar Williams            The honesty room
Lucinda Williams        Car wheels on a gravel road

Maureen Parr
London, England

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Subject: Re: NN: Top 20 of the '90s
   Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 16:46:57 EST
   From: Brimpls@aol.com

Twenty CDs that have been important to me in this decade--what a fun 
assignment! I hope we weren't talking "categories" here 'cause mine are all 
over the place.

CPR (Crosby, Pevar, and Raymond) - 1st CD, entitled CPR
Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach - Painted From Memory
David Crosby - Thousand Roads
Nanci Griffith - Flyer
Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs
Shawn Colvin - Cover Girl
Patti Scialfa - Rumble Doll
Chris Isaak - Speak of the Devil
Tony Bennett - Astoria: Portrait of the Artist
Marc Cohn - The Rainy Season
Mary Chapin Carpenter - C'mon C'mon
Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers - At the Ryman
Annie Lennox - Medusa
Kenny Loggins - Return to Pooh Corner
Linda Ronstadt - Dedicated to the One I Love
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Diana Krall - When I Look In Your Eyes
Lucy Kaplansky - Ten Year Night
Dwight Yoakam - If There Was A Way
Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town
various artists - Beat the Retreat, Songs by Richard Thompson
Joan Osborne - Relish
soundtrack - "The Commitments"

Oops, I believe my Top 20 is really the Top 25. I meant well but I can't bear 
to cut any of these from the list. They're all so good.

Sabrina in Mpls.

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Subject: Re: NN: Top 20 of the '90s
   Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 16:51:08 EST
   From: Brimpls@aol.com

Just saw my list all printed up and I made a wonderful mistake in listing 
Mary Chapin Carpenter's CD as "C'mon C'mon" -- it's really "Come On Come On" 
and she even tells a funny story about the title and about how you can 
interpret it many ways.  You can be all seductive and whispery and say "Come 
on, come on...." to the object of your affection...or you can be all 
impatient and ornery and say to him: "C'mon! C'mon!" Hope there aren't any 
intense MCC fans out there in Nanci land ready to get mad at me...sorry!

Sabrina

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Subject: NN: Mills Brothers
   Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 17:00:19 -0500
   From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>

Story came across the AP wire this AM, Donald Mills, last surviving member
of the Mills Brothers passed away over the weekend in LA at 84. Sad news.
I wonder if any Mills Brothers tunes will show up in our top 100 of the
decade. Here's some lyrics from one of them, a song with a Texas connection,
so I hope that's good enough to tie it in to the Nanci list.

"Across the alley from the Alamo
Lived a pinto pony and a Navajo
Who used to bake frijoles in cornmeal dough
For the people passing by
They thought that they would make some easy bucks
By washin' their frijoles in Duz and Lux
A pair of very conscientious clucks
To the people passin' by
One day, they went a walkin' along the railroad track
They were swishin' not a-lookin' Toot! Toot!, they never came back"

You all get bonus points if you remember what Duz and Lux were.

Roman "callin' this road a day" P

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Subject: Re: NN: Mills Brothers
   Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 17:19:40 EST
   From: Annavedo@aol.com

Hey Roman,

I know Lux was soap, and I suspect Duz wuz too.  I seem to remember an ad 
campaign that included "Duz does!"  Anyone?  Anyone?  Bueller?

Also thanks, Roman, for always filling me in on celebrity losses.  Helen 
Forrest, The Mills "Brother" and was it you who mentioned Hoyt Axton?

*Anne*

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Subject: RE: NN: Mills Brothers
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:23:33 -0500
   From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>

Anne,

Yes, I'm afraid it is me. As a librarian I have constant access to the wire
services here, so I usually run across these kinds of things during my work.
As for Duz and Lux, if my memory doesn't fail me, Duz was laundry soap, Lux
was dishwashing soap. They were some of the major advertisers in the early
days of TV, and sponsored a lot of the afternoon programs. Because of their
sponsorship (and that of a  few other soap companies), the term "soap
operas" evolved for these afternoon shows.
Just another piece of useless trivia.
Roman "I saw it on TV" P

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Subject: NN: Warren Zevon's "From a Distance"
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:46:50 -0800
   From: Tom Gill (tgill@igc.org>

Heard on another list today:
(The Warren in question is Warren Zevon.)

> During this tour Warren is doing a cover of 'From A Distance" as part of his 
> encore, and many of the audiences are treating it like it's a joke.  A friend 
> of mine was at the show in Atlanta Saturday night and she said before he 
> started he told the audience that people up north had been rude while he sang 
> this song but he knew the people of Atlanta were better behaved, and that 
> this was a beautiful song about peace and that they should listen to it.  I 
> am happy to say my friend told me you could have heard a pin drop during that 
> song.

Tom Gill
tgill@igc.org

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Subject: NN: Re: Re: Denice Franke, Questions & a list
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 03:27:51 EST
   From: GregS2@aol.com

Hi all,

How timely are your explanations of royalties for me. In my spare time (?) at 
work, I've gotten the go ahead to look into producing a local (& probably 
syndicated) tv music show featuring artists that would play in a 600-800 seat 
venue. (That would probably exclude Nanci, but who knows.) I'm sure there 
would be some of you who could tell me what the approximate BMI/ASCAP fees 
would be & if or how much those fees are negotiable. E-mail me privately if 
you can help me out. Also, for the list: what deserving folk/pop artist/group 
would you like to see on a show like this? (if this gets off the ground & on 
the air)

thanx,
Greg St. Martin

oh yes, I have my quick list too, in no particular order:

Mortal City - Dar Williams
OVOR
Falling Farther In - October Project
Spyboy - EmmyLou Harris
Blue Divide - Richard Shindell
Slightly Haunted - Lynn Miles
Living With Ghosts - Patty Griffin
Ten Year Night -  Lucy K.
Drive-In Movie -  Fred Eaglesmith
Cry Cry Cry
Songs From The Levee - Kate Campbell
Blue Pony - Julie Miller
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams
Late Night Grande Hotel 
Bitter Sweet - Kim Richey
DBS
Mirror Blue - Richard Thompson

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Subject: Re: NN: Re: Re: Denice Franke, Questions & a list
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 07:16:06 EST
   From: "Tracy Applebaum" (poohbear512@hotmail.com>

>I've gotten the go ahead to look into producing a local (& probably
>syndicated) tv music show featuring artists that would play in a 600-800 
>seat venue. (That would probably exclude Nanci, but who knows.)
(snip>
>what deserving folk/pop artist/group
>would you like to see on a show like this? (if this gets off the ground & 
>on the air)

OK, I know i'm being unrealistic here, but basically the people from my top 
15 list...NANCI, Lucinda, Emmylou, John Hiatt, Dixie Chicks...

OK, OK.  More realistically for that type of venue, TERRI HENDRIX (can y'all 
tell I'm a big fan of hers), Dar and Lucy and Kate from what everyone's said 
(ashamedly I haven't heard any of them yet), Joe Ely, Slaid Cleaves (Austin 
artist, folk-acoustic, real good), Darden Smith, (if you're willing tio 
beanch out a little) Too High String Band (bluegrass, but so good htat even 
though I generally hate bluegrass after about 15 minutes of a show they dod 
I was hooked)...let's see...that'sa ll I can think of for now, interested 
top har others' picks.

And good luck witht he show-AWESOME IDEA!!!

Tracy

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Subject: NN: Re: TV music show
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:28:50 -0600
   From: "Hank Van Slyke" (chevelle@pnx.com>

Add Todd Snider to this list, and maybe Jason and the Scorchers.

Thanks, Greg!

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Subject: Re: NN: Re: Re: Denice Franke, Questions & a list
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 16:08:54 CST
   From: "Christina O'Neill" (oneillchristina@hotmail.com>

My picks would be Ellis Paul, Tom Waits, John Hiatt and Steve Forbert (NOT 
necessarily in that order)

Christy "who should be working" in STL

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Subject: Re: NN: Re: Re: Denice Franke, Questions & a list
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:44:02 -0500
   From: "Donate von Bredow-Gardner" (dvbgardner@genelogic.com>

GregS2@aol.com wrote:

> Also, for the list: what deserving folk/pop artist/group would
> you like to see on a show like this? (if this gets off the ground & on the
> air)>>>>

It depends on where you are located, Greg!   If you're looking for crowd
attractions, go with the well-known. If you're daring to introduce the more
obscure that would surely give you a fantastic show, I can recommend a
WONDERFUL local folk group here in the Washington, D.C. area called 'Venus
Rising'. These 3 women are very popular in the Northern Virginia, Maryland and
D.C. area. They are prolific (and terrific) songwriters, but as far as I know,
they only have one CD out.   If your show is anywhere near this area, or you
are able/willing to bring this group to your venue, I would highly recommend
them. If you're interested, I can give you their phone numbers, email, etc.
Also, if I wasn't knee deep immersed in life's never-ending projects right now,
I would gladly volunteer myself to perform at one of your shows :).   If you
can't find any artists to open for one of your gigs, give me a jingle.:):):)

Donate "one day my songs will be heard" von Bredow-Gardner.

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Subject: Re: NN: Re: Another winner!
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:12:36 EST
   From: Annavedo@aol.com

nakramer@icsi.net writes:

(( still waiting on the falling stars!  Anyone see them? >>
  
Is there a meteor shower going on?  I haven't heard anything about it, but I 
could have sworn that for the last two nights in a row, I have seen a 
shooting star grab my attention, while driving!  I thought I was seeing 
things....

*Anne*

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Subject: Re: NN: Re: Another winner!
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:30:44 -0500 (EST)
   From: Kenn Lippert (lippert@fyi.net>

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 Annavedo@aol.com wrote:

> Is there a meteor shower going on?  

The predicted peak of the Leonid meteor shower is appx. 9pm (EST) Nov
17th. Due to the proximity of comet Tempel-Tuttle (the parent of this
shower) some are predicting a meteor STORM (thousands of meteors per
hour).

For more info and observing tips, see:
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/leonids.html

kenn "dress warm, or use a sleeping bag buddy" lippert

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Subject: NN: Meteor Shower
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 23:38:26 -0500
   From: Mike Chesman (chesman@preferred.com>
     To: nanci@world.std.com

 Kenn Lippert wrote:
>The predicted peak of the Leonid meteor shower is appx. 9pm (EST) Nov
>17th. 

Hmmm, let's see, this needs some Nanci content if Bill is gonna let it into
the digest....   So, I wonder if Nanci is watching the shooting stars
Wednesday night and Thursday morning?  (There that's some Nanci content...
read on for details)

With a bright moon it may be more fruitful to observe the Leonid shower
after moonset (about 1:30 a.m. E.S.T.   The predicted peak means that folks
in Europe and Africa have the best chance of seeing a rare meteor storm in
dark skies.  But the shower should be a good one after midnight for those of
us in the eastern U.S.  Typically the Leonid shower is not that special but
since 1833, every 33 years, we have gotten a much better display as we pass
through a dense region of meteoric debris from the head of a comet.  After
this year's display the stream will have drifted far enough from Earth so
that the chance of a storm will not occur for 99 years and after that one
the meteor stream will have shifted far enough from the Earth that there
will be no further meteor storms from the Leonids.  Also, I might reassure
folks that the debris from a comet is usually small dust sized grains to
pebble sized chunks of ice and other easily vaporized materials.  You are
not about to be bombarded by the stone and iron meteors that result from
chunks of asteroid debris.  In fact, there has never been a meteorite
recovered from a meteor shower... it is believed that nothing from a meteor
shower has ever survived its brief encounter with Earth's atmosphere.

By the way, the peak of this shower has not been pinpointed with much
accuracy the last few years.  If we are lucky the peak could occur a few
hours late and give all of us in the U.S. a great show.  I'll certainly be
out all night and have made plans to get far out of town to a friend's dark
sky site in southwest Virginia.  If a "storm" does materialize don't expect
it to last very long... anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour.  The rest of
the night we will see an ordinary meteor shower... albeit a very good one.
Enjoy! 

The definitive book for the general public on the Leonid meteors is "The
Heavens On Fire" by Mark Littman published in 1998 from Cambridge University
Press.  

I suggest folks check out this site for other information about this year's
Leonids...   http://www.skypub.com/news/news.shtml

Mike 

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Subject: NN: New to list and a ?
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:34:21 -0600
   From: "Kevin Hudson" (hud@ra.msstate.edu>

I'm new to the list, but have been a fan of Nanci Griffith's since I was a
teenager and saw her on those first Austin City Limits shows. I wondered if
NG t-shirts are available anywhere? I remember getting an order form with
OV2, but are there other sources/designs?

Kevin Hudson

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Subject: NN: Eric Taylor
   Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 19:44:21 -0000
   From: "Charlie Macdonald" (charlie.macdonald@virgin.net>
Hi,

I went to see Eric Taylor last week and agree with Mike Barrett - he is
superb!  The venue was the upstairs room at Chambers Bar in Glasgow and Eric
covered most of the songs from his two albums and featured a few new tunes
from the Texas songwriter workshop project that he is currently involved in.

Without specifically mentioning Nanci or OV2, he made it very clear that he
was deeply saddened by the hostile reaction his "friend" had received from
certain elements of the Texas press. There was an audience of about 30 - 40
and he didn't leave the stage 'till around 11.30. I had a brief chat with
him after the show and he hopes to have a new album out in the late spring /
early summer - and he is firmly in the "DBS is excellent" camp.

Enjoying the discussion on Grateful Dead and as all my 'Dead albums are
vinyl (except American Beauty) I am extremely tempted by the box set. On the
subject of box sets, I'm awaiting  the arrival of the new 3 CD set of the
late Harry Chapin, "Story of a Life",  from CD Universe.

Take Care,

Charlie
Next Concert - Elvis Costello at the Royal Concert Hall Glasgow on December
7th

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Subject: NN: Denice Franke's Web Site
   Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 17:50:40 -0700
   From: Victoria A Smith (newmama@cyberport.com>

Franke's web site is alive and well now.  It's at 
http://www.folkartists.com/franke

She's off on her annual European tour.  The dates are at 
Musi-Cal, http://www.musi-cal.com

Let me know suggestions or comments about the web site, I'd love
to hear them.

Kindly,

Victoria A

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Subject: Re: NN: top 20 and top 10
   Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:07:58 -0800 (PST)
   From: Troy Roepke (taroepke@ucdavis.edu>

Here they are. A little less controversial than last year? maybe.

Top 20 of  the 90's
1.Madonna - Erotica
2.Jane Siberry - When I was a Boy
3. Beth Orton - Trailer Park
4. Sinead O'Conner - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
5. Everythin But the Girl - Walking Wounded
6. Sinead Lohan - No Mermaid
7. Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours
8. Nirvana - Nevermind
9. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
10. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
11. Cornershop - When I was Born for the Seventh Time
12. Bjork - Homogenic
13. Aluminum Group- Wonder Boy plus+
14. Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyhead
15. Spice Girls - Spice
16. Pet Shop Boys - Bilingual
17. Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliot - Supa Dupa Fly
18. Hole - Live Through This
19. Beck - Odelay
20. Alison Krauss - Baby, Now that I've found you

I know, I know - No Nanci! Well, my favorite Nanci albums were those that
were released in the late 80's. Anyway, here are the top10 for this year.

1. Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours
2. Dido - No Angel
3. Freestylers - We Rock Hard
4. Mandy Barnett - I've got a right to cry
5. Macy Gray - On How Life Is
6. Lori Carson - Stars
7. Dot Allison - Afterglow
8. Nanci Griffith - Revisited
9. Everything But the Girl - Temperamental
10. Trio - Trio II

Honorary mentions : NG-DBS, Basement Jaxx - Remedy, Underworld - Beacoup
Fish, Moby - Play, Dolly-The Grass is Blue, Bill&Audrey-Looking Back to
See (thank you, Shawn), Geri Halliwell - Schizophonic, Beth Orton -
Central Reservations, Texas - The Hush, Dixie Chicks-Fly

Thank you and Have a Barbra Beautiful Day!

Helen

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Subject: NN: RE: I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train
   Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:52:27 -0500
   From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>

Gee,
I hate to get into this discussion of favorite Dead tunes, especially as
it's not really Nanci content, but if I had to pick my favorite, it would be
"Eyes of the World", and not just the Wake of the Flood studio version, but
the live versions I've heard the Dead do many moons ago. For me, it's just a
beautiful tune, just as nice as "Rider" and brings back a lot of special
memories of Garcia and Weir and Donna Godchaux's vocals. 
Now for my top 10 CD's of the 90's, here's my 2 cents:

Nanci's, Other Voices Other Rooms
Lyle Lovett: Step Inside This House
MC Carpenter: Come On Come On
Donna the Buffalo: Rockin' in the Weary Land
Dixie Chicks: Wide Open Spaces
Sleepy LaBeef: I'll Never Lay My Guitar Down
Brian Wilson: Imagination
The Commitments (soundtrack to the motion picture)
Asleep at the Wheel: Live and Kickin'
Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

I'm not saying they are the best, this is just my opinion. 

Roman "Still rockin' after all these years" P

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