NanciNet Digest 3-29-99
// Hey folks, sorry again for the time between digests.
// A death in the family of a close friend resulted in a
// quick trip out of town over the weekend. Hopefully this
// will get us back on schedule.
// Enjoy...[BP]
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Subject: NN: Nanci in San Diego
From: "David W. Gibson" (David_W_Gibson@msn.com>
Hello all,
For those friends out in the madness in the San Diego area, Nanci will be
performing at Humphreys on Wednesday, July 21st. Tickets go on sale
Saturday March 27th at Humphreys and through Ticketmaster (619) 220-TIXS.
Hmmm... That's an anniversary isn't it?
Maybe some of us would like to get together before or after the show? I
sure would.
Dave Gibson
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Subject: NN: Nanci in San Diego
From: Kati Rose (katirose@ez2.net>
Wow tix went on sale for the Nanci Concert in San Diego yesterday and no
one here mentioned they got tix. I can't be the only one who got tix for
the concert!! I had to stand in line for almost two hours at Ticketmaster...
most were there to get George Strait tix I believe. FINALLY after waiting in
line forever I got my tix...2nd Row center! The best tix I've ever had for
Nanci. This is my fourth Nanci Concert and everytime I see her...I've
gotten closer and closer. I can't believe I have to wait until July 21 for the
concert...but I know it'll be WELL WORTH the wait.
My boyfriend and my best friend are going with me. It's going to be a
blast. My boyfriend was going to go with me last year...but his car died
and we weren't able to go, so my mom and I went. He's never seen Nanci in
concert and he's not what I can call a "Nanci Fan"...he hasn't really
listened to her much...but he's a music lover and I know he'll really enjoy
the concert. My best friend went with me to the Los Angeles concert a
couple years ago...and even tho Nanci isn't her "TYPE" of music (she
prefers Hole and Siouxsie and the Banshees)...she just LOVES Nanci. And
she's been talking about going to another Nanci concert ever since. When I
told her Nanci was going to be playing SD...she nearly freaked! I told her
the shows in SD were A LOT better than in LA. No offense to those in LA,
but everyone at the LA show were just TOO darn somber (I was almost afraid
to clap at the show)!!! At the SD shows...people just have a great
time...I just LOVE it! But what can I say, San Diego is perfect...it's
Heaven! =D I just can't wait to go! Perhaps I'll be driving everyone in
my new "OLD CAR"...a 1958 baby blue Chevy Delray...which I've named Nanci
because of the color. Oh if anyone happens to know where to find stickers
of a blue rose...please let me know! I want to put one on the window! =)
Well, I guess that's all the blabbering I'm gonna do for now gonna run (not
walk) back to lurkdom! Take care all!
KatiRose (Waitin' for that San Diego Serenade)
P.S.
I also got tix for Mary Chapin Carpenter 4th row center. WOOHOO gonna be
quite a summer! Unfortunately I was all tapped out and couldn't afford the
tix to The B-52's...one of my OLD favorites! I'm NOT complainin' tho!
Ciaomein all!!
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Subject: NN: Re: Nanci in San Diego
From: "David W. Gibson" (David_W_Gibson@msn.com>
Hi all,
The tickets for Nanci's July 21st show in San Diego are listed at $27.00.
However, it has been my experience that if you also buy the dinner package,
you get better seats. That ups the ante a bit. I paid $132.00 (ouch!) last
year for 3rd row seats and dinner package at Humphreys for Nanci's show.
That of course, didn't include the price of the roses... but that's another
story.
Humphrey's is a restaurant and hotel (Half Moon Inn) on the waterfront of
San Diego Bay. It is an outdoor venue and only seats about 3000, but the
acoustics are simply fabulous. The best I've ever enjoyed in this town.
Showtimes are in the evenings (~7pm) and the one big drawback is a firmly
enforced 10:00pm closing time. Nanci's encores were cut short last year!
Tis no bother at all,
Dave "She said I was sweet (big blush)" Gibson
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Subject: NN: Nanci at City Stages?
From: mhross@us.ibm.com
I've heard rumors about Nanci possibly being booked at City Stages in
Birmingham, but I haven't been able to confirm this. Any truth to the
rumor? And an FYI for everyone else, if you haven't been to City Stages
before, it is well worth the trip to Alabama. If you go, make sure you
have breakfast at the Original Pancake House in Five Points...the pecan
pancakes are well worth it!!!
A True Believer,
Michael H. Ross
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Subject: Re: NN: Nanci at City Stages?
From: Bill Page (bpage@scctel.com>
Michael Ross wrote, about Birmingham, Alabama:
> If you go, make sure you have breakfast at the Original Pancake House
> in Five Points...the pecan pancakes are well worth it!!!
Jane and Michael Stern, who write a column for Gourmet Magazine and regularly
appear on The Splendid Table http://table.mpr.org), recommend the following
Birmingham eatery:
> Niki's West in Birmingham is a favorite with Jane
> and Michael Stern for vegetables (and cafeteria-style
> entrees) fresh from the Birmingham Food Terminal across the
> street. Here, you can select from nearly four dozen
> vegetables, many cooked southern-style but all fresh from
> the farm. Entrees include such southern favorites as
> fried pork chops and country steak, but you'll also find a
> few Greek-style offerings and above-average seafood.
> The banana pudding is even considered a vegetable at Niki's!
> Niki's West
> 233 Finley Avenue West
> Birmingham, AL
> 205-252-5751
> Serves breakfast, lunch and dinner
Bill "more than the music :)" Page
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Subject: NN: Could this be the Best of 1999?
From: "David Steere" (DSTEERE@sil.si.edu>
I haven't felt like this since first hearing OVOR. Tom Russell's THE
MAN FROM GOD KNOWS WHERE is magical and extraordinary. A history
lesson of an immigrant song cycle. Not just for admirers of Tom, Iris
DeMent, Dolores Keane, Dave Van Ronk and others...but for any fan of
wonderful writing (Tom, how could you write so many wonderful
interrelated songs about your history?) and singing. I hope everyone
on the NanciNet hears it. But set aside 75 minutes, undisturbed, to
get wonderfully lost in this recording. Nanci, Nanci, where were you?
Your voice would have fit in so perfectly. To tempt further those
still on the fence, imagine hearing Iris DeMent singing Wayfaring
Stranger...twice! To quote Tom in his oft-repeated (and varied)
musical mantra:
"American Primitive Man
American Primitive land
Bought my share of the Promised Land
American Primitive Man."
David Steere
dsteere@sil.si.edu
p.s. some year when we have this cd and the Chieftains' TEARS OF
STONE already!
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Subject: NN: Gulfcoast Highway
From: Greg Johnson (gregor@computerpro.com>
Dear Friends,
John Mellby asked if there were other recordings of this song. Emmylou
recorded it on her "Duets" album a few years ago.
Gregor
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Subject: NN: Re: Gulfcoast Highway
From: "Hans Janssen" (hjanssen@mail.dotcom.fr>
>John Mellby asked if there were other recordings of this song. Emmylou
>recorded it on her "Duets" album a few years ago.
And it's on Bill & Bonnie Hearne CD "Most requested (plus)" together with
Roseville fair and Love at the five and dime.
This CD is available at the B&B site http://bbhearne.adnetsol.com/HOME.html
met vriendelijke groeten,
Hans Janssen.
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Subject: Re: NN: Nanci and BMO's April recording sesion in London.
From: Kenn Lippert (lippert@fyi.net>
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Reid Mitchell wrote:
> I've just learned from a source, as theysay, close to the Blue Moon
> Orchestra, some of the songs that Nanci will be rerecording soon with
> the LSO.
> (snip>
> So Long Ago *****
> (snip>
**** Please oh please oh please Nanci, don't change the way you say "Baton
Rouge", I still melt everytime I hear it. If she sings this ala Jimmie
Dale Gilmore I will not be able to listen to it , ever.
kenn "Tine Dreamer or Tiny Dancer?" lippert
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| http://trfn.clpgh.org Though my soul may set in darkness, |
| it will rise in perfect light; |
| "See Kate Campbell" I have loved the stars too fondly |
| to be fearful of the night." |
| -Sarah Williams |
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Subject: NN: Baton Rouge
From: Reid Mitchell (o416@erols.com>
But Kenn, I love the way she sings Baton Rouge too, but given that
nobody in Baton Rouge really pronounces it that way, why doesn't this
pronunciation fall into the dreaded "affectation" category already?
Reid "fightin words" Mitchell
// ackshually, my maternal grandmother was from Baton Rouge, and she
// pronounced it almost exactly the way Nanci does...[BP]
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Subject: Re: NN: Nanci and BMO's April recording sesion in London.
From: Mike Chesman (chesman@preferred.com>
>I've just learned from a source, as theysay, close to the Blue Moon
>Orchestra, some of the songs that Nanci will be rerecording soon with
>the LSO.
That sounds like a great list of tunes that will be quite stunning with
orchestration. Does your source know what the recording date is slated to
be?
Mike
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Subject: Re: NN: Nanci and BMO's April recording sesion in London.
From: "Mark" (catfan@sr.radiks.net>
> Of course, this is not the Official,Finalized List.
I suppose I shouldn't be disappointed that "Cradle" isn't on the list.
Mark
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Subject: NN: Cambridge/Steve Earle
From: "Robert Pugsley" (RMP6@leicester.ac.uk>
Dear all,
Just a quickie, at the Cambridge Folk Festival website
http://www.cam-folkfest.co.uk/index.htm
There's a picture gallery of past pix and a great great pic of
Steve Earle, just him and his guitar...
Robert (Pugsley)
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Subject: NN: Cambridge Folk Festival (Again!)
From: "Robert Pugsley" (RMP6@leicester.ac.uk>
Dear all,
Just got a note from the organisers of the CFF and there's a couple
of NN favourites playing...the line-up - unconfirmed so far but
probably definate (you know what these things are like!)...
James Taylor, The Saw doctors, Loudon Wainwright III, Oysterband, Hal
Ketchum, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Battlefield Band, Eric Bibb, Dolores
& Sean Keane, Kate Rusby, Bernard Allison, Shooglenifty, The John Tams
Band, Peatbog Faeries, Christine Collister, Old Blind Dogs, Barachois,
Salsa Celtica, Stacey Earle, Dan, Tim van Eyken, The Committee Band.
Well, I want to see James, Loudon, Hal, Dolores, Kate, Christine and Stacey
so I think I'll be booking my tickets as soon as they go on sale...
all the best
Robert (Pugsley)
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Subject: NN: Little Love Affairs
From: "susan ziegler" (boo@zeus.chapel1.com>
Hello, I'm writing to my fellow Nanci Netters for help. I'm getting married
and want to have "Little Love Affairs" played during the ceremony. Does
anyone know how to get a copy of the sheet music? I would also appreciate
other ideas for good folk songs to sing at the wedding.
Thanks for your help and for loving Nanci,
Susan
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Subject: NN: Re: Little Love Affairs
From: "Hans Janssen" (hjanssen@mail.dotcom.fr>
> I'm getting married
Congratulation to both of you.
>I would also appreciate other ideas for good folk songs to sing at the
>wedding.
Summer send you - Mary Black
Marie's weeding - Van Morrison & the Chieftains and probably a lot of Irish
artist.
Have a great wedding.
Hans Janssen
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Subject: Re: NN: Re: Little Love Affairs
From: DickFile@aol.com
Another suggestion:
"The Wedding Song" by Noel "Paul" Stuckey (of Peter, Paul, and Mary)
Regards and Best Wishes....
I highly recommend marriage!
Dick "heard Lyle Lovett last night, John Gorka tonight!" File
NP - "Sylvia Hotel" by Cheryl Wheeler
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Subject: NN: Re: Little Love Affairs
From: "Hank Van Slyke" (chevelle@pnx.com>
More suggestions for wedding music:
Kenney Chesney -- "When I Close My Eyes" and "Me And You"
Nanci Griffith -- "Two For The Road", "Roseville Fair", "Moon of the
Misbegotten"
Billy Joel -- "You're My Home"
Theme from "Somewhere In Time"
Jimmie Dale Gilmore -- "I'm Gonna Love You"
Bruce Hornsby -- "Fields Of Gray"
Mark Cohn -- Walk Through The World"
America -- "I Need You"
Karla Bonoff -- "Loving You"
Steve Forbert -- "Song For Katrina"
Todd Snider -- "Hey Hey"
Best wishes!
Hank "ain't got nobody" Van Slyke
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Subject: NN: Re: Little Love Affairs
From: "Dave Bronsveld" (dbrons@mindspring.com
>I'm getting married
>and want to have "Little Love Affairs" played during the ceremony. Does
>anyone know how to get a copy of the sheet music? I would also appreciate
>other ideas for good folk songs to sing at the wedding.
Susan,
Can't help with the sheet music, but what a nice choice "Little Love
Affairs" is. I love it and the whole disc is probably my favorite.
Okay, I'll admit it - It was my first Nanci.
Another song that I think would be meaningful is "The River is Wide".
James Taylor does a version of this. I'm sure most all know these lyrics
that never fail to move me...
The river is wide, I can't cross over
And neither have I wings to fly
Build me a boat, that can carry two
And both shall ride, my love and I
hope you have a great wedding
Dave
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Subject: Re: NN: Re: Little Love Affairs
From: MrsBP1@aol.com
If I was getting married, I'd be sure to play "Give Yourself to Love" that I
heard for the first time on the Kate Wolfe tribute album. Great CD, great
song.
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Subject: NN: RE: Re: Little Love Affairs
From: "Thomas, Tasha" (TThomas@vilcom.com>
I don't know if this would be classified as a folk song, but I've always
thought it would be a PERFECT wedding song!
Mark Cohn's "True Companion"
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Subject: NN: (Fwd) Re: What? (Nanci on BBC Radio 2)
From: "Matthew Bloomfield" (mailm@tthewb.u-net.com>
Hi folks,
This was posted to alt.fan.nanci-griffith and will be of interest to
UK fans.
=quote begins=
This week
BBC Radio 2 are featuring a programme at 7pm on Wednesday, March 31 which
they say features Nanci, Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett who all apparently
live in Austin, Texas. The two-hour show is said to report on Austin's
week-long music festival South by Southwest which features 600 acts.
=quote ends=
A little bit more information and a small photo of Nanci can be found
in this weeks Radio Times on the radio page for Wednesday.
Kind regards,
Matt
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Subject: NN: Can't believe no one has recommended this yet....
From: Poetmuse@aol.com
hey Nanci-nuts...
just a poetmuse hello and hey! to say RUN...repeat...RUN... do not walk to
your nearest store to get the new Chieftains cd- Tears of Stone. It's a
wonderful collection of artists and songs, the only thing that would make it
perfect is our Miss Nanci. ;)
Can't have everything I guess....
Favorite tracks so far- Natalie Merchant's- The Lowlands of Holland & The
Corrs' I Know My Love.
Most impressed with track (as in, I didn't know she could sing like that) : A
Stor Mo Cheri by Bonnie Raitt
Most caught me by surprised track: Deserted Soldier by Mary Chapin Carpenter..
she sings in gaelic!
Hope everyone is doing well.... big nanci hugs to all....
Christina " I actually have a beau, a date, a boyfriend, a MAN" Myers
lalalalaaaaa
"Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance
on the head of a pin, but materialists have always known it depends on
whether they are jitterbugging or dancing cheek to cheek."
Tom Robbins
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Subject: NN: Take it from me
From: LDay67@aol.com
Dear fellow LucKy fans--
Lucy Kaplanskys latest release, Ten Year Night, explores the worth of living
an examined life. Often written from a third-person perspective, the
introspective lyrics are conveyed in Lucys smooth, strong voice, and the
sound is superbly complementary, with slightly more electricity than her
previous work. Overall, the songs complete a trilogy of survival, similar to
a phoenix rising from the flames, powerfully putting out the fires on the tips
of her wings when she ventures too closely toward the fire again.
"Ten Year Night," the opening cut, provides a rich introduction as it narrates
the passionate longevity between a couple who had probably planned on being
together just once. With the predominance of folk songs about unrequited
love, this love song is refreshing; it never lapses into trite expressions,
and it testifies to the possibility of long-lasting, reciprocal passion. The
lyrics directly address a lover, and Lucy seductively sings, "I have and hold
this love for you, before this ten-year night is through, Im telling you,
take it from me."
Suitable for slow dancing, "Promise Me" explores the hope and the ability of a
couple to withstand long distances, as Lucy confidently, yet plaintively
sings, "Promise me, youll wait for me, And kiss me one more time, Give me all
your lonely nights, Ill keep them here with mine." Similarly, "Just You
Tonight" describes a deep level of affection and commitment that cant be
found on "a road map that tells me Ive come home, lying here in the quiet
next to you." The road can take its tolls, but apparently not with someone
who knows the way home without a map.
Lucys love songs do not always convey such positive experiences. The intense
passion of her love songs is paralleled by the bitterness in songs about
deception and betrayal. Several songs paint frustrated vignettes of people
who seem to be stuck in despair, as in "End of the Day": "You found out what
you wanted, well it isnt what you need, and you curse this train youre
riding. You curse it, but you never leave. Well, theres a way." The
bitterness of the lyrics is nearly hidden in Lucys delivery, cleverly
cloaking a kiss-off message.
With its catchy, upbeat tempo and Lucys usually compassionate voice, "Turn
the Lights Back On" is the best example of the survival theme, as seen in the
lyrics, "I trusted you, you said I was supposed to, but you couldnt
understand me; you couldnt even see your hand before your face, much less me,
so you told me all this stuff about you, pretended it was about me, and Id
have been better off with nothing." She reminds her target in the chorus,
"That trusting girl you knew is dead and gone."
Occasional bitterness is overcome by a sense of perseverance and independence,
as in "Five in the Morning." Instead of constantly looking over her shoulder
at the destructive past, the lyrical persona is forward-thinking as the chorus
repeats: "Shes gonna hit the ground running from this dead-end street, saved
by the power of her own two feet, remembering a song from long ago, its
around and round, its the way things go." Reconciliation is part of
recovery, as seen in the song about the death of a father, "For Once in Your
Life," as she sings, "Theres so much that I wanted that you could never give;
I just never got that I was stronger than you," followed shortly by an implied
request for forgiveness: "Id tell you that Im sorry, but I know what you
would say, because I think that you forgave me long ago."
After yearning for more solo Lucy Kaplansky after her marvelous work with Dar
Williams and Richard Shindell, I recommend Ten Year Night with all of my
heart, flesh, and bone. These songs are stories of survival, proving again
that Lucy Kaplansky can produce independent, original work.
Thanks for listening--
Lisa Day
// yeah, what she said...it's a great CD, and Lucy's super in person [BP]
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Subject: NN: Recommendation(no Nanci)
From: "Hans Janssen" (hjanssen@mail.dotcom.fr>
Hi all,
And special the European subscribers, because one the CDs that I and three
other NN'ers had in their NN-top 10's for 1998 is finally released in
Europe.
It's Terri Hendrix's "Wilory Farm" it is on CRS. Yesterday Terri mailed me
about it and I wanted to tell to my CD shop owner that there was a great CD
released, but I was too late it was already in the store.
Terri is a singer/songwriter from San Marcos and this is her second CD.
You can find details at http://www.terrihendrix.com, you find soundsamples
there too.
And Andy confirm that it's a great CD.
met vriendelijke groeten,
Hans Janssen.
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Subject: NN: RE: Recommendation(no Nanci)
From: "DeYoung, Andy G." (agdeyoun@utmb.edu>
Hans is correct. It's been too long between "Wilory Farm" and Terri's next
CD. btw, Terri won many top awards at Austin's SXSW Music Festival and
Conference, including, and correct me if I'm wrong, best contemporary folk
singer. I believe Hans, Maureen Parr and I were the "3" who voted for Terri
during last years Top 10 voting. We're still waiting on you "True
Believers" to catch on! Y'all will be hearing much more from Terri and
Lloyd Maines. And based on NN recomendations, I've ordered the Chieftans
latest, Tears of Stone. Trio II is proving very nice as well.
Lucy's K's latest is next on my wish list.
Andy in Galveston. Y'all have a wonderful Easter... I know I will. (and
thanks, Maureen, more to follow by snail mail)
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Subject: NN: 2 REQUESTS
From: "Steve Makarsky" (makarsky@vvm.com>
Evening, All: I know I'm breaking one of the basic rules here, but here
goes (sorry, Bill)...
First, I'm trying to find out where I can get tickets for Nanci's
Houston show (on 4 June)... If anyone has a phone number, etc please
contact me privately...
Second, I've been looking high and low for a copy of Nanci singing Road
to Aberdeen... Would also appreciate it if anyone who'se got a copy
(preferrably a live version) contact me privately...
Thanks...
Steve "enjoying all the Bluebonnets out in the Hill country"
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