// Very, very quiet here on the Nanci front...
// Dawn-Marie and I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving!
// Enjoy...[BP]

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Subject: NN: I Know You Rider-Grateful Dead (no Nanci content)
   Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 11:44:01 -0800 (PST)
   From: Reid Mitchell (reidmitchell@yahoo.com>

Those interested in the Grateful Dead might should
check out the cd "The Music Never Stopped: Roots of
the Grateful Dead," an anthology of songs the Dead covered.   
Unfortunately, "I Know You Rider" is not included, but
lots of other great stuff is--from Marty Robbins to
Charley Patten to the Dixie Cups.

Interesting that two of what I think of as S. F. Bay
Area bands, Hot Tuna and Grateful Dead, recorded "I
KNow You Rider;" didn't the Byrds (LA) do it too?  Was
it floating around the California folk scene in the
early 60s?

Reid

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Subject: NN: Three "newer" releases...
   Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 08:35:08 -0500
   From: "David Steere" (dsteere@sil.si.edu>

To all of you contemplating "Best of Lists" these days, run--don't walk--to
find the following amazing new releases.  What a spectacular year it's been for
new albums! Traditional old Bill Page feels we must limit "Best of 99" lists to
ten choices.  Ah, well. Seek and you will find.

Angela Kaset  "Inside Out"--the second release from this wonderful, torchy and
theatrical, singer-songwriter.  The opening title cut is worth the disc alone. 
But, song after song, this disk glows.  And if you can imagine a funny, sexy,
song about being the only woman left in the world on a desert island inhabited
by men (most of them Italian)...  Go to songs.com or angelakaset.com.

Sally Barris  "Reluctant Daughter"--a great fragile and sweet, but hard edged
(at times), singer-songwriter in a great Nashville production.  Listen for Sam
Bush, Victor Krauss, Gillian and David.  To those familiar with Kate MacKenzie,
you'll recognize "Standing Still" (Sally's own song).  Once again available
from songs.com.

Irene Kelley "Simple Path"--without a new Patti Loveless cd this year, Irene's
gorgeous voice and cd serves beautifully.  Where did she come from?  A
Nashville production, again.  Victor Krauss (again), Claire Lynch on harmony. 
Wait until you hear Irene's version of her own "O Mexico."  Makes one forget
Trisha's version.  Available from Miles of Music.

david

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Subject: NN: Landmine Concert
   Date: 23 Nov 99 03:38
   From: ljburrito@earthlink.net (Doug Mccalmont)

Good morning ANgels,

Are there any listers planning on going to the Landmine concert at El
Camino college in Torrence, Ca on December 3?  If so is there any
interest on having a get together.  This will be my First live Nanci
experience, and although it may be short, I'm really looking forward to
it.  It would be great to meet some other listers.

Doug

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Subject: Re: NN: Landmine Concert
   Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 20:22:16 -0800 (PST)
   From: odddduck@deltanet.com (Bill Lukesh)


>Are there any listers planning on going to the Landmine concert at El
>Camino college in Torrence, Ca on December 3?  If so is there any
>interest on having a get together.  This will be my First live Nanci
>experience, and although it may be short, I'm really looking forward to
>it.  It would be great to meet some other listers.

Folks,
 I'm going, There's a great Coffee house across the street from El Camino
that would be great to meet up at. The parking lot is closer than the campus
parking and free. I know the owner, so it shouldn't be a problem. If it is I
take home my Black velvet painting of Elvis that he has on display. If
anyone needs directions, E-mail me directly. BTW has anyone mentioned the
new Dolly Parton album? No I'm not joking, get it its really good. "silver
dagger' and "I still miss someone" are the highlights. Other than that the
Emerson Quartet is going to come out with a Shostakovitch cycle next year.
As a promo they have just  put out  the greatest of the 15 quartets the
8th,( it think the greatest chamber work of the entire twentieth century) in
a 20 minute cd for 5 bucks. If you are at all open to this type of music, do
yourself a favor and get this disc. Just don't think 'Vivaldi' or 'Mozart'
when you pop it into your player. 

Bill Lukesh

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Subject: Re: NN: Landmine Concert (NNC)
   Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 23:56:28 EST
   From: VickiStein@aol.com

No, I won't be going, I live where the sleet and rain doth drop.  At least 
the Weather Channel says so....But I have to chime in about the Dolly 
recording, Grass Is Blue.    It is very good.  I bought it for ma and pa, but 
I really like it, myself.   I like "I Still Miss Someone," ~ Johnny Cash 
influence, I believe.  It rings true for me right now....

As it is in Latin, pax, Vicki

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Subject: NN: R.I.P Doug Sahm
   Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 02:08:06 -0800
   From: Tom Gill (tgill@igc.org>

I was truly shocked and taken aback to read the news last weekend of the
passing of Doug Sahm:  he and his various incarnations really epitomized
Texas music, and his passing leaves a huge void in the list of those who
have been able to successfully mix musical styles into a stew that's
better than the sum of its parts.

If you haven't checked out his last studio album, "S.D.Q. '98" (on
Watermelon Records), do so- it's a classic, an absolute hoot in Doug
Sahm style.  I'm sad I didn't discover this album till early '99, and
thus it was too late to list on my chart of the ten best albums last
year.  It deserved to be there.

Tom Gill
tgill@igc.org
Lubbock, Texas

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Subject: Re: NN: I Know You Rider
   Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:31:32 +0100
   From: jcbernard@groupama-ccama.tm.fr

Steve Robertson wrote
> But Django's partner in the original Hot Band, the jazz
> violinist Stephane Grappelli, still sounds pretty good.

Unfortunately Stephane Grappelli passed away two years ago, but his music still
remains. If you like this type of music listen to Didier Lockwood (he's the
keeper of the flame now).

Happy thanksgiving to all the american netters and peace to all the rest.
Jean-claude Bernard (Paris,France)

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Subject: NN: Blackhawk
   Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 18:20:32 -0600
   From: Ed Maier (eddie@flash.net>

This song from Emmylou Harris' album Wrecking Ball has always
intrigued me when the writer Daniel Lanois tells the story
in the words of White Winged Dove, Blackhawk's wife, 

        While he pushed the burning ingots
        In Dofasco stinking air

I originally thought Dofasco was a town along the New Mexico
or Arizona border with Mexico (I call it Baja, Texas) with a
steel mill belching sulfur fumes and other pollutants. I got
out some maps, and couldn't find any town with that name. 

Anyhow, I did a web search on Dofasco, and lo and behold, it
is a steel mill in Hamilton, Ontario. When I think of Canada,
pollution is the *last* thing that comes to mind. The several
visits that I remember are of well-kept yards with flowers, no
graffiti on the busses or walls, clean air, and very clean 
streets. I always wondered why we couldn't do the same in the 
United States.

Dofasco also owns owns 50% of a steel mini mill in Gallatin County, 
Kentucky, but I don't believe that's what Lanois is referencing.
(Lanois is Canadian.) The web search also brought to light a
serious effort by environmentalists and Dofasco to clean things
up. Makes ya wonder if Lanois' song might have prompted it.

Ed

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Subject: NN: RE: Blackhawk
   Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 08:21:34 -0500
   From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>

Ed,
Dofasco also has (had) a major steel plant in the west part of Montreal. It
may or may not still be there depending on the political situation/economy.
The continuing political unrest in Quebec over language and separation have
driven many businesses out of the province and the unemployment rate is
staggering there (close to 20% in Montreal).

Roman "chien chaud et poutine, svp" P

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Subject: NN: WUMB Top Folk Albums/CDs of All Time
   Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 07:35:15 -0500
   From: "Scott Johnsen" (sjohnsen@webhire.com>

Hello Everyone,

This year, one of the Boston area folk music stations had members "vote" on the
top 100 folk albums/ cds of all time.  For an entire week, they would play cuts
from each album for a half an hour uninterrupted starting with number 100.  At
the end of each day, the list would be posted on their Web site (WUMB.ORG)
reflecting how far they had gotten through the list.

The list is below.  I find it not surprising that the list is heavy with recent
releases however, I was surprised to see so many from the late 60's and early
70's.  Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell and Fairport Convention among others.  At any
rate, enjoy.

- Scott


Rank Performer           Album / CD Title

100  Phil Ochs           I Ain't Marching Anymore
99   Fairport Convention      Liege & Lief
98   Various                  Respond
97   Catie Curtis             A Crash Course In Roses
96   "Bok, Muir, Trickett"         First Fifteen Years
95   Ellis Paul               Stories
94   John Gorka               Land of the Bottom Line
93   The Chieftans            Long Black Veil
92   Joan Baez           Ring Them Bells
91   Gordon Lightfoot         Gord's Gold
90   Priscilla Herdman        Forever & Always
89   Cheryl Hoenemeyer        Dark Horse
88   Cliff Eberhardt               The Long Road
87   Richard & Mimi Farina         The Best of Richard & Mimi Farina
86   Cheryl Wheeler           Mrs. Pinnochi's Guitar
85   Kate Wolf           Give Yourself to Love
84   The Nields               Play
83   Loreena McKennitt        The Visit
82   The Nields               Bob on the Ceiling
81   Eileen McGann            Turn It Around
80   Carole King              Tapestry
79   Nanci Griffith      Once In A Very Blue Moon
78   Cheryl Wheeler           Sylvia Hotel
77   Joni Mitchell            Hejira
76   The Weavers              The Weavers At Carnegie Hall
75   Stan Rogers              Fogarty's Cove
74   Nanci Griffith      Flyer
73   David Mallett            Inches and Miles
72   Bill Morrissey           Standing Eight
71   Greg Brown               In The Dark with You
70   Patty Larkin             Angels Running
69   Bob Dylan           Highway 61 Revisited
68   Ellis Paul               Translucent Soul
67   Joni Mitchell            Clouds
66   Eva Cassidy              Songbird
65   Kate & Anna McGarrigle        Kate & Anna McGarrigle
64   Lucy Kaplansky           The Tide
63   Bill Staines             Bridges
62   Stan Rogers              Home In Halifax
61   "Peter, Paul & Mary"          Album 1700
60   Nitty Gritty Dirt Band        Will the Circle Be Unbroken
59   Judy Collins             Wildflowers
58   Martin Sexton            Black Sheep
57   Chris Smither            Up On The Lowdown
56   Simon & Garfunkel        Bridge Over Troubled Water
55   Bill Staines             The First Million Miles
54   Bonnie Raitt             Taking My Time
53   Suzanne Vega             Suzanne Vega
52   The Story           Angel In The House
51   Gillian Welch            Revival
50   Stan Rogers              From Fresh water
49   John Prine               John Prine
48   Ferron                   Testimony
47   Bob Dylan           Bringing It All Back Home
46   Greg Brown               Dream Caf
45   Richard Shindell         Blue Divide
44   Lori McKenna             Paper Wings and Halo
43   David Wilcox             How Did You Find Me Here
42   Indigo Girls             Rites of Passage
41   Greg Brown               The Live One
40   Cindy Kallet             Working On Wings To Fly
39   Garnet Rogers            Small Victories
38   Kate Wolf           Gold in California
37   Bonnie Raitt             Give It Up
36   Joan Baez           In Concert
35   Dar Williams             End of the Summer
34   Lucinda Williams         Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
33   Patty Griffin            Living with Ghosts
32   Richard Thompson         Rumour and Sigh
31   Mary-Chapin Carpenter         Stones in the Road
30   Iris Dement              Infamous Angel
29   John Gorka               I Know
28   Cris Williamson               Changer and the Changed
27   Judy Collins             Who Knows Where The Time Goes
26   Chris Smither            Happier Blue
25   Cheryl Wheeler           Driving Home
24   Stan Rogers              Northwest Passage
23   Bob Dylan           The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
22   Joan Baez           Diamonds and Rust
21   "Peter, Paul & Mary"          Peter Paul & Mary
20   Indigo Girls             Indigo Girls
19   Joni Mitchell            Ladies Of The Canyon
18   Nanci Griffith      One Fair Summer Evening
17   Richard Shindell         Reunion Hill
16   Cry Cry Cry              Cry Cry Cry
15   Dar Williams             Mortal City
14   Shawn Colvin             Steady On
13   Simon & Garfunkel        "Parsley, Sage Rosemary and Thyme"
12   Bob Dylan           The Times They Are A-Changin
11   Stan Rogers              Between the Breaks - Live
10   James Taylor             Sweet Baby James
9    Joni Mitchell            Court And Spark
8    Paul Simon               Graceland
7    Tracy Chapman       Tracy Chapman
6    Tom Rush            The Circle Game
5    Nanci Griffith      "Other Voices, Other Rooms"
4    Dar Williams             The Honesty Room
3    Bob Dylan           Blood On The Tracks
2    Cheryl Wheeler           Circles and Arrows
1    Joni Mitchell            Blue


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