// Liz Phair, Guitar players, a get-together in Charlotte...
// Enjoy...[BP]

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Subject: NN: Re: Liz Phair
   From: "Mark Gardner" (danville@mindspring.com>

Pat wrote:
>I'm not sure Liz has the pipes to cover much
>of Nanci's work. Maybe some stuff from Flyer like "Fragile" or "Talk to Me
>While I'm Listening". I would love to hear Nanci cover some of Liz's songs.
>Maybe Johnny Feelgood, Divorce Song, Jealously or Polyester Bride. Could
>covers of songs such as these be expression of a dark side to Nanci we have
>never seen?

Time for my bi-monthly de-lurk.

I'm crazy about Liz Phair. But I can't imagine Nanci doing "Johnny Feelgood"
... which is why I like the idea! In fact I have been thinking about an album
of cover songs Nanci should do which no one would expect. I got the idea
listening to "Your Precious Love" by Marvin Gaye.

Mark Gardner


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Subject: NN: C3 Charlotte dinner - no Nanci content
   From: ingaqotr@CTC.Net (Amy C. McKibbin)

Hi all,

A group of our own folks is planning to meet at Lupie's Restaurant before
the Cry Cry Cry concert on Thursday, Feb. 11 at the Great Aunt Stella Center
in Charlotte, NC.  We've got about 8 people together so far.....anyone who
is planning to go and would like to join us can follow the directions below
to get to the restaurant.  Hope to see y'all there!

To get to Lupie's Restaurant (704-374-1232) coming from the north on I-85 or
I-77:
(If you're on I-85, take the I-77 S exit and take the left fork at the
intersection, putting you on I-77 S)  Get on Brookshire Frwy. (I-277) going
east and get in the left lane - this will turn into 74 E (Independence
Blvd.). Go until the Briar's Creek exit (just before the old coliseum
w/silver dome) and take this exit to the stop sign and take a left.  Go to
the stop light and take a right (Monroe Rd.)  Go about 1/2 mile; Lupie's is
on the left (will go under a railroad pass right before the restaurant.)

If you're coming from Pineville or south Charlotte, take 51 to 485, which
will merge with I-77 going north, the rest of the directions will be the same.

If anyone planning to attend could let me know with a quick e-mail, it would
be very helpful; the restaurant won't seat a group until everyone has
arrived.  Please try to be there by 5:45 pm.  I will probably be wearing a
Nanci-Net button as an identifying object.  See you there!

Happy eating and happy meeting!
Amy McKibbin
Inga, Queen of the Reindeer


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Subject: Re: NN: C3 Charlotte dinner - no Nanci content
   From: dan.gerson@McKesson.com

     >A group of our own folks is planning to meet at Lupie's Restaurant
     >before the Cry Cry Cry concert on Thursday, Feb. 11 at the Great Aunt
     >Stella Center in Charlotte, NC.

     I'm envious. Saw both shows in S.F. - best concert experience in a
     very long time. Still reverberating through my perceptions 2 months
     later. Do not miss this one if you have a chance to go. If you really
     want to be prepared, read _Young Men and Fire_ by Norman MacLean. They
     do a song, "Cold Missouri Waters", based on the book that is
     breathtaking.


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Subject: Re: NN: guitar music
   From: Howard Bussey (hbussey1@rochester.rr.com>

Another possibility for acoustic guitar, with a bit of vocals thrown in, is 
Pierre Bensusan. He is said to have blown everybody away at a folk festival 
in Montreaux. The words on a website are he "won Le Grand Prix du Disque at 
the Montreux Festival in Switzerland (1976)." And something to look forward 
to--according to musi-cal, he is touring the US, including a gig in 
Rochester (NY) later this spring.
One Pierre Bensusan web site is: http://members.aol.com/pbensusan/ (from 
which the above quotation comes).
On the North Coast...
Howard Bussey


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Subject: NN: Lucinda....Pineola (no nanci)
   From: Curt Phipps (cphipps@interaccess.com>

Ok....usually I interpret songs pretty well...but I am having a little trouble
with Lucinda William's song, Pineola.

Right....I know Sonny shot himself...or did he?

After that I'm not sure what the point is.  Could someone please help to know
what is going on in this song?

I know it is a cool song, and I like it alot....I just don't know why...if
that makes any sense...which it probably doesn't. :)

Curt--



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Subject:  Re: NN: Lucinda....Pineola (no nanci)
   From: dan.gerson@McKesson.com

Seems pretty straightforward to me. Sonny shot himself - the rest of the song
is about the aftermath. The protagonist's parents going over to where it was
done (motel room? I'm going from memory) and cleaning up, her reaction
(stunned, sitting in a corner not talking to anyone at the wake/service), and
the emotional aftermath. A nice piece of slice-of-reality songwriting; the
kind of snapshot created by a good short story.

I remember reading after this album was released (93?) that LW had gone
through some deaths of loved ones, and this album was the reaction. "Sweet Old
World" is obviously about a suicide, it seems like I heard it was her brother?
Don't quote me.


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Subject: Merl Fest
   From: Paula LaBelle (pjlabelle@mindspring.com>

Every one should check out the line up for the Merl Watson Fest in North
Wilksboro, North Carolina. It's a four day bluegrass type event. Lucinda
Williams will be there for several shows. I don't know how to put a link in
here but just search on Merl Fest....Is there is any intrest in a Nancinet
group meeting there???? 


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Subject: Re: NN: broken cd's
   From: odddduck@deltanet.com (Bill Lukesh)

>If that doesn't work it could be dirty lens on your player, though I
>guess that would affect more than two CDs.

Actually, it could and you might not hear it. Due to the amount of data
transfered and the fact no CD is 'perfect', CD players have lots of error
correction algorithms that can make most  discs play seemingly fine even
with a dirty lens obscuring  the laser beam. Dust happens. 
Every person owning a cd player should get one of those cd-lens cleaners.
The ones that  look like a regular CD. If you get one for your audio CD
player, you can also use it in your computer and playstation. I don't know
about  DVD. 
Bill



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Subject: NN: Hootie (and guest) on ACL
   From: Shelly Brisbin (sbrisbin@prismnet.com>

Hi Netters,

A friend of my husband went to the last night's Austin City Limits taping
featuring Hootie & the Blowfish. Apparently, Nanci made a guest appearance.
That's all I know. Perhaps someone can tell us more, or perhaps this has
been a topic of conversation all day on the non-digest list. In any case, I
gotta go back to work.

-shelly (waving hello to all you fine people)
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Subject: Re: NN: guitar music/Rory Block
   From: susan bond (su.b@sk.sympatico.ca>

David M. Crohn wrote:
>I thought you might be interested that Rory Block is also a woman - and a
>damn fine country blues guitar player. She sings too.

Hi NN's...

I stand corrected.... Actually, I saw this woman play once at the Edmonton
Folk Festival... a fine performer. Not to be confused with Rory McCloud,
who is male and also an excellent performer. We played on the same folk
festival workshop stage once, in Regina. The first time I heard him was
(again) at a Folk Alliance Conference in Portland, OR, where he did not
only an impressive showcase, but showed up at jam sessions with a trombone!
:-D

all good things,
susan


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Subject: NN: Kate Campbell
   From: MISTERCD@webtv.net (SID PORTER)

     Does anyone have any info on the Kate Campbell appearance in
Canton, CT on Feb. 13?  Ticket info, venue, time etc.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Regards,
Sid Porter

//Well, according to the Musi-Cal site:
//        Sat, Feb 13, 1999 
//        7:30 P.M. 
//        Kate Campbell 
//        Roaring Brook Nature Center ,  Canton, CT 
//        (860)693-0263 
//
//You can also get up to date tour info on Kate from Bruce Armstrong's
//excellent website:
//        http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ac490/kate.html
//
//Dan Gerson also replied with the same info, only his source was 
//the Dirty Linen site...[BP]


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Subject: NN: Celebration
   From: Mike Chesman (chesman@preferred.com>

I just got my copy of A Celebration Of The American Farm (thanks Sid). The
version of Trouble in The Fields on the CD has a very nice orchestral
arrangement performed by the Nashville Chamber Orchestra. Although the lead
is sung by Maura O'Connell (who does a great job by BTW), Nanci's backing
vocals are right on.  I have to feel that this recording is a testing ground
for what may materialize when Nanci makes her own orchestral recordings
overseas this Spring. If Nanci will forgoe all the guest vocalists and allow
herself to indulge in the experience of her voice with the orchestra, I
truly believe a classic album (not just a classic Nanci Griffith album) may
be in the making.  Nanci's lyrics are enhanced by the emotional power of all
these orchestral textures.  Although it will be very different, I can't help
but think it might equal the stature of OFSE.  As a fan it's somewhat hard
for me to be objective as many of her later studio albums have been all time
favorites for me.  But usually when folks recommend a first Nanci album to
someone its usually OFSE.  I think it's the gentle charm of the narrative
along with some of the best songwriting in an intimate performance setting
that makes this so.  I believe the orchestral album is going to be something
very special.

Mike "with fingers and toes crossed" Chesman 



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Subject: NN: solo guitar/acoustic guitar
   From: Reid Mitchell (o416@erols.com>

There are many guitar players I love--or would if I could get close 
enough!--but let me make a pitch for anything recorded by the great 
Sharon Isbin, primarily known as a classical guitarist.  Her "Road to 
the Sun" is a wonderful album, as are her recording of Roderigo 
and---oh, just get anything by her.  Her version of Bach's lute suites 
for example.

Reid "classical music doesn't have to mean Big Old Orchestras" Mitchell

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