// Husband and wife reports from Austin! Other Austin reports!
// More lyric discussions! More "first Nanci experience" stories!
// An all-Nanci digest! Really! (where did I put that period key?)
// Enjoy...[BP]

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Subject: NN: Austin Concert Report
   From: Hender1227@aol.com

Hi, everybody.  I just had to put in a few comments on the concert in Austin on
Monday night. We had fantastic front row seats, and Rachel (fellow-NanciNetter)
and I were sitting to the immediate left and right respectively of the actual,
physical center of the auditorium. I've never had such a great seat for any
concert, let alone Nanci Griffith, and it was really FUN up there!  

Nanci came out after a couple of numbers by the orchestra.  She wore a long
black dress with straight skirt, black shoes, and a long-sleeved, black, velvet
jacket.  She had a small, silver barrette in her hair on the right side, and
she wore some kind of black, beaded necklace with a gold pendant, and by the
way, I can even tell you that the skirt of her dress had a kind of large
asterisk-shaped pattern sewn into it.  The reason I can tell you all of these
fascinating details is because I was FRONT & CENTER!  Ha!  (Sorry, I just still
can't believe those wonderful seats.)

The set list was as follows:
The Cowboy's Overture (Orchestra)
Overture (Orchestra)
*Nanci Comes Out w/Blue Moon Orch.*
Prelude to Trouble in the Fields (Orchestra)
Trouble in the Fields
Love at the Five and Dime
These Days in an Open Book
Nobody's Angel
Gulf Coast Highway
*Intermission*
Saturday Night Waltz (Orchestra)
Hoedown (Orchestra)
*Nanci Come Out w/Blue Moon Orch.*
Always Will
Outbound Plane
Not My Way Home
It's a Hard Life
Late Night Grande Hotel
This Heart

Encore 1:  The Wing and the Wheel
Encore 2:  Road to Aberdeen

Looks like a long list of songs, doesn't it?  Well, from the time I sat down 
until the very last
encore it seemed like about 3 minutes.  

NOTES: She commented that Nobody's Angel was the strangest song she had ever
written. The after the orchestra played Hoedown, she said she always thought of
Jack Russell terriers running when she heard that song because that's the way
they sound when they're running through the house.  Nanci got off track somehow
during Late Night Grande Hotel and said that the music charts for the orchestra
versions were different from the way the
song writer usually sings the song and that sometimes the writer just went
ahead and sang "what she damned well pleased."  

To sum it all up, Nanci was just beautiful. Everything was perfect. The only
flaw was that it had to end.

Thanks, Nanci, for a wonderful evening. 

Anna "what do I do now?" Henderson

P.S.  What was the deal with that screwy Nanci bio in the program book?  
Example:  Most recent Elektra release - Flyer?;  OIVBM (1884); OFSE (1998).  
Huh?


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Subject: NN: Austin Concert & other ramblings
   From: Kenneth Klanika (kupak@swbell.net>

Howdy, I am a long-time NanciNet lurker, but I wanted to de-lurk to
comment on the Austin concert.  I was thoroughly impressed with the
performance.  Her voice was incredible and the orchestra coordination
worked well with many of the songs.  The orchestra transforms the music
and brings the words we have heard so many times to a new setting.  What
an innovator--Nanci never fails to amaze me!  

I have never a heard a more moving version of "IAHLWYG".  LATFAD and
WATW were priceless.  Equally beautiful was the performance of LNGH,
even though Nanci appeared to stumble on one line.  

IMHO, I don't think songs like Outbound Plane and This Heart worked well
with an orchestra--not that I don't love these songs!  I would have much
preferred to hear some of her other work from LNGH, Storms or LLA.  If
this performance is to mirror her next album, I will eagerly await its
release.  

On the thread of "lines to live by"--here is one that has not been
mentioned: "Out on that limb one too many times, you should've known I'd
learn to fly."

For me, one of Nanci's most memorable songs is "So Long Ago".  The
poetry of this song contains such vivid imagery.  Nanci has a unique
ability to capture the emotions and spirit in the lines of a song,
whether it's "waving back at you from a silted window pane", "blowing a
kiss of innocence as the train begins to roll" or "slipping back to the
avenue to flip her collar to the cold".  You gotta love it!!

Thanks for letting me ramble.

Kenneth "learnin' to fly" Klanika


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Subject: NN: London Symphony Album
   From: Shelly Brisbin (sbrisbin@prismnet.com>

Hi All,

I can't believe I forgot this little bit of info. I learned it last night
when chatting with James Hooker, and it only now returned to my head.

James said that Nanci's London Symphony album has been finished, and that
it is currently slated for release in September of this year. It contains
two new songs. By the way, I let James know we'd all been thinkin' of him
and wondering how he had come through his time in the hospital. I'm pleased
to report that he's feeling fine. He says he'll be recording another album
of his own real soon.

-shelly (still eating strawberries in Austin)

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Subject: NN: Austin Concert
   From: Kelly Beam (KLBEAM@computron.net>

Ahhhh..... the Austin concert has coaxed me out of my cozy womb of 
voyeurism, and so I write.  My husband and I have seen Nanci in concert 
twice, but this third time was by far the best performance we've seen.  (Of 
course, front row, center seats might have had something to do with that!) 
 As mentioned before on NN, Nanci's voice was in prime condition, and I've 
never seen her have such a good time.  The play list was as follows:  1) 
The Cowboys Overture (symphony only)  2) Overture (symphony only)  3) 
Prelude to Trouble in the Fields  4) Trouble in the Fields  5) Love at the 
Five and Dime  6) These Days in an Open Book  7) Nobody's Angel  and  8) 
Gulf Coast Highway  - Intermission -  9) Saturday Night Waltz (symphony 
only)  10) Hoe-down (symphony only)  11) Always Will  12) Outbound Plane 
 13) Not My Way Home  14) It's a Hard Life  15) Late Night Grande Hotel 
 16) This Heart.   As you can see, it was a splendid list, and she brought 
so much emotion and spirit to each song.  There were several times that 
Nanci got a bit emotional, and this energy made these beautiful songs even 
more meaningful; two noticeable occasions were when James Hooker started 
singing his portion of Gulf Coast Highway and then again after her 
introduction of It's a Hard Life.  Speaking of her introduction to It's a 
Hard Life -- it was remarkable and moving.  If anyone happens to remember 
(or for those of you who are lucky enough to have your Nanci concert in 
your future), I would love to have her introduction to this song.  I didn't 
hear any serious complaints in the audience except for the obvious -- "Why 
does the symphony have to be here?" or  "Can't she sing more songs?" or 
 "Why can't Nanci come home with us?"  Nanci mentioned more than once that 
her mother and grandmother were in the audience, and I'm sure that added to 
her excitement -- her exits and entrances were actually quite bouncy - 
literally.  It was a great time, and the symphony didn't slow her down a 
bit; in fact, at one point early in the show she told the audience that we 
were too subdued.  (After receiving that permission, everyone in the 
building seemed to relax and really have fun.)  It was a super time; don't 
miss it.

Kelly, "Austin's only 4 hours away," Beam 


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Subject: NN: Austin Dreams
   From: Kelly Beam (KLBEAM@computron.net>

The pregame show:  Spent Sunday kicking around Fredericksburg (charming 
little German town an hour from Austin) and climbed Enchanted Rock in a 
cool breeze Monday morning.   Stopped by Wildseed Farms to view the nations 
largest wildflower farm and sample their Shiner beer on tap.    Listening 
to Flyer on the hour trip back to Austin Monday afternoon added momentum to 
the emotional ride we were on.      I had been trying to find a way to 
thank my wife (Kelly) for the gift of gifts; front row center tickets to 
see Nanci in her home town.    The big wells in my/our eyes as we drove 
toward Austin told the story.   What had I done to deserve this?    You 
always figure the people down in front pulled strings or knew somebody or 
just threw money at it.   Kelly remembered, called, and scored.

I won't describe the concert since many others certainly will, but I'll 
convey a few emotions.    Disbelief at the seats.   Fun and enjoyment 
listening to a talented Symphony.   Disbelief at the seats.   An absolute 
Dream fulfilled as my sometimes tear-filled and sometimes laughing smiling 
eyes connected with Nanci's (or did they?) a couple of times during show. 
   Love for my soulmate next to me.   Love and respect for a heroine, a 
legend, a true artist on stage.   Longing to express a single thought to 
her.  Can you believe these seats?   Amazed that her voice could be so 
clear, so strong, so beautiful, so sad and so happy all at once. 
  Gratitude at the wonderful song list.   Disappointment that its wasn't 
longer.   Fear that she might not give an encore or two or three.    Biting 
my tongue to help swallow the giant boulders rising up in my throat.   Lots 
and lots of joy.   Weak after the emotional event that had been so long 
anticipated.   I don't smoke, but boy do I need a cigarette and a long 
night sleep.

So how do you thank someone for that kind of experience?   Maybe a weekend 
retreat for she and J.T.?

Andy "no words" Beam


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Subject: Re: NN: Austin Concert
   From: Brimpls@aol.com

Dear Kelly,

Thanks for telling us about the Austin concert. I think it's a great pairing 
to put the Aaron Copland "Saturday Night Waltz" and "Hoe-Down" (both from his 
"Rodeo") on the same program with Nanci's music. Very American! I have played 
both of those Copland pieces as piano solos, and they are such fun. I hope 
you liked that part of the concert, too. Was their a ballet performance with 
the Copland? Please tell us more!

Sabrina in Mpls.


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Subject: Re: NN: Austin Concert
   From: Halesbop@aol.com

> "Why can't Nanci come home with us?"

Thanks for the fine report and setlist, Kelly. Sounds like it was a very 
exquisite evening. But, no, you can't take her home and keep her. She's gotta 
be in Pittsburgh Friday!

Steve


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Subject: NN: Lyrics
   From: "Mark Gardner" (markdgardner@mindspring.com>

    It seems to me that you are lonelier than I've ever seen you be
    Oh it's plain to see that you've gone crazier than you ever thought
you'd be

(Brave Companion of the Road)

Those always stand me still. (I know we're on lyrics here, but what a
thrilling melody!) She says so much in 2 lines. I can picture the whole
meeting that leads to them. There is great wisdom especially in the second
line; perhaps this guy thought life wouldn't surprise him too much since he
expected to go somewhat crazy, but it did anyway. I also like all the long
"e" sounds. And you gotta admire the way she uses fairly complicated verb
tenses and comes up with singable lines anyway.

On a similar theme - loneliness - I'm a long-distance bicycle tourist, so
her many songs about the simultaneous appeal and loneliness of life on the
road mean a lot.

Mark Gardner
Louisville, CO


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Subject: Re: NN: Lyrics
   From: Peter A Kaczmarczyk (pkaczmar@indiana.edu>

        "Hey, you always stood me still"
        "Hey, you always will."
        
        Mark, did you realize you paraphrased Nanci so nicely there?  Some
of my favorite lines, perhaps far simpler than many she has written but
they sum up how I feel about my wife better than any great lyrical
tour-de-force ever could.  Always will.  Now, if only I can get her to
start listening to Nanci and stop going to Marilyn Manson shows with our
daughter. 
        
        Peter "you should see my wife in her fathers tie" K.


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Subject: NN: lyrics of life
   From: Jonothan Mcleod (jmcleod@WFDEUROPE.COM>

Another (fairly new) lurker here to add his tuppence.....

'fairweather friends are a damn disease'   -  Cradle Of.....

'I am still learning how to fly away again'    -  LNGH

'These broken wings are gonna leave me here to stand my ground
And you can have your ticket for that lonely plane thats flying out..'
- Outbound Plane


but really the one that made me face up to a real change of lifestyle
(in this case a relocation from Sunny Glasgow to Big Smoke London) was
Leaving the Harbour

'When you are leaving the harbour 
Do you cry out to the shore
Or do you bless the waves of the ocean 
Do you call your vessel home'

It told me to just go for it, to call myself (the vessel) home 
to act like a snail and not get tied down..  

cheers nanci for being so damned authoritative!!!

Jonothan .....


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Subject: NN: romantic stories
   From: "Christina ONeill" (oneillchristina@hotmail.com>

I loved Diane Wilkes' story of how she met her husband and made me wonder 
how many other people have "romantic nanci" stories??


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Subject: Re: NN: romantic stories
   From: Bill Page (bpage@scctel.com>

Christina ONeill wrote:
> 
> I loved Diane Wilkes' story of how she met her husband and made me wonder
> how many other people have "romantic nanci" stories??

I do.

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Subject: Re: NN: Initiation
   From: "Matthew Bloomfield" (mailm@tthewb.u-net.com>

Mike wrote:

> I was wondering what specific Nanci song might have turned people into fans or
> prompted them to buy their first NG album?
> 
> For me, I'd heard a few tracks on the radio - Country 1035 here in England -

(/netiquette>
 me too
(netiqette>

I heard Speed of the Sound of Loneliness a couple of years ago on
Country 1035 (a station I found by accident), it was (is) such an
amazing song that if I hadn't been stationary on the M25 at the time
I'd probably have pulled over to concentrate on it properly.  As it
was I bought The Best of Nanci Griffith (which also has the brilliant
Tumble and Fall on it) the following Saturday.  Been hooked ever
since.

Also for all those who've been mentioning age here lately, just for
the stats I'm another (relative) youngster at 22, been a Nanci fan
since 20.

Matt "feel like 40 somedays" Bloomfield


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Subject: Re: NN: Initiation
   From: Steve Robertson (stever@mindspring.com>

I had to hunt down the old ACL videotapes before I could reply, because it
wasn't really a song that first attracted me to Nanci. In the 1985 ACL
appearance, the second song in the set was TALBTW. During that song, the camera
shoots a close-up of Nanci's right profile. Between two of the verses, Nanci
smiles, then looks to
her right- still smiling. I didn't know it at the time, but that smile made me
a lifelong fan.

>From that point on, I paid close attention to her music. By the end of the set,
I was already planning to visit the local record store and make them drag out
the special order catalog. The only album in the catalog was OIAVBM- on LP!

I also recall being fascinated by her choice of musicians for that taping. At
one point, there were 12 musicians on stage and two backup singers including
Philip Donnely, Mark O'Conner,  Roy Huskey, Jr., and Lyle Lovett. And that was
the first time I had ever seen a cello on the ACL stage.

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


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Subject: Re: NN: Initiation
   From: Cheri Villines (cvilline@comp.uark.edu>

> I was wondering what specific Nanci song might have 
> turned people into fans or prompted them to buy their first NG album?

My best friend and I had just come in from a late movie and flopped down
on the couch for a chat.  He turned on the tv for background noise and
there was Nanci, singing about once in a very blue moon.... We had
accidentally stumbled across the public television showing of "One Fair
Summer Evening."  We sat entranced for what was left of the show.  As soon
as "Spin on a Red Brick Floor" was finished and the credits stopped
rolling, we turned to one another and said at the same time, "Damn, Sound
Warehouse is closed tonight."  We were ready to go out and buy her up, but
it was too late at night.  Torture! :) 

I am not sure what year that was, but since then I have gathered up most
of what she has released and never been sorry. 

Cheri


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Subject: NN: Initiation
   From: "John Houser" (jhouser@accessone.com>

> I had to hunt down the old ACL videotapes before 
> I could reply, because it wasn't really a song that 
> first attracted me to Nanci....that smile made me a
> lifelong fan.

I'll have to pull out my Poet tape and check this appearance for this
smile - your story is an interesting reflection of my becoming a huge fan...

I was a very casual fan (only OVOR was in my collection) up until the day I
went to see her in Seattle at the Bumbershoot Festival a few years back. I
met up with friends and got a spot to stand very near the stage, almost
"front row center", maybe one or two rows of folks between me and Nanci, and
90 minutes of fine music was greatly enjoyed...

Anyway, at the conclusion of one of her songs, as the crowd is applauding,
she looks down at me for just a brief moment, catches me square in the eyes,
and she just has this amazingly warm smile on her face as she's looking
down...

Been hooked ever since...

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Subject: Re: NN: Initiation
   From: jalvo@mbay.net (John Alvord)

>I was wondering what specific Nanci song might have 
> turned people into fans or prompted them to buy their first NG album?

I buy a lot of CDs. What kept me coming back to Nanci Griffith is the
version of "Spin on a Red Brick Floor" on the Once in a Very Blue Moon
album.

Nanci DANCES during this recording. She gets hot and sweaty, her voice
fades in and out as she weaves across the dance floor. I have never
heard anything like it before or since. There are better writers,
better singers, better musicians... but at her best Nanci has the most
passion of any of them.


John Alvord
Music, Management, Poetry and more...
  http://www.candlelist.org/kuilema
  Cheap CDs @ http://www.cruzio.com/~billpeet/MusicByCandlelight
 

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Subject: Re: NN: Initiation
   From: LEWISMW@aol.com

    My "initiation" to Nanci was a little delayed.  I was working at a radio 
station in Illinois and we were sent a cassette of OIAVBM. And there it sat 
in my desk for months.  One day (for no apparent reason) I decided to take it 
home & listen to it. What 1st struck me was a bit of similiarity to EmmyLou 
Harris (who I was a fan of). After a few listenings I began to appreciate 
Nanci on her own merit. And that was of course followed by trips to the 
record store (they still had records in the late 80's) and picked up all that 
was available on vinyl. That included the Rounder reissue of the 1st Lp as 
well as PIMW & LOTTB.

After acquiring my 1st home CD player in '87 I went into a "CD only" shop to 
buy "Lone Star State of Mind." (this was back in NJ) The employee seemed very 
happy to have "finally"  sold THAT cd!  

Only have seen Nanci a few times in NYC...At Symphony Space with MCC & 
Matraca Berg.  THe LNGH tour at the Beacon Theatre & the OVOR tour at 
Carnegie Hall.

Nowadays its tough to go anywhere with 4 young boys in the family!


Lew White

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Subject: NN: NG Initiation
   From: "Mark Gardner" (markdgardner@mindspring.com>

Gulf Coast Highway. My wife introduced me to Nanci. I lost the wife but
still love that album. And I still remember her saying in the car one time,
"This one is about a flower that only grows in one place..."

Mark Gardner
Louisville, CO

P.S. This list is too good today :-) I gotta get some work done...


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Subject: NN: Re: Initiation
  From: KSandersn@aol.com

Though it wasn't my "initiation," and I'd already been a fan for a couple of 
years at the time, it was Nanci's 1989 Austin City Limits appearance that 
really wound me up. One of the definitions of hero is "a legendary figure 
often of divine descent endowed with great ability." That pretty much sums up 
how I felt about Nanci Griffith after that ACL performance. She just wiped me 
out. She still does.

Kelly "who thinks it is cooler than penguins toes that Tracy was actually 
there!" Sanderson


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Subject: Re: NN: Initiation, and Fav. Lines
   From: Brimpls@aol.com

Yes! The 1985 "Austin City Limits" appearance! That must have been my first 
Nanci glimpse, as well. What a wonderful memory you have! I also remember 
attending a "Prairie Home Companion" live show here in St. Paul that included 
Nanci as a guest. She sang "From A Distance" and some other songs. The 
friends who took me already knew Nanci's music quite well and they were 
excited about seeing her. I'm not at all sure what year that would have been, 
but I remember going home and figuring out "From A Distance" on the piano, by 
ear, and being just in love with that song. Now of course I know more about 
it, such as the fact that Julie Gold wrote it, but back then I believe I was 
under the impression that Nanci wrote it...in any case, those would be among 
my first Nanci memories as well. 

Oh! and my Nanci lines to live (and love) by would include:

"These days your face in my memory is like a folded hand of grace against 
these times." (I'm sorry, I loaned out my copy of "Flyer" so I'm hoping I got 
that line right!)

"Give me more than a whisper if you're sayin' 'I love you,' 'cause it's the 
whispers I have never understood." ("More than a Whisper")

"When I wake in the night and find that I'm dreaming,
You're the first thought in mind." ("Little Love Affairs")

"It's odd the way the years fly by
They leave us standing side by side
You have been my mystery
And I've been your desire." ("It's Too Late")

"From the first time that I saw you standing silent by the shore
I knew my search was over and I would look for love no more.
Deep in the waters of love I have fallen,
sinking like a stone,
Deep in my heart I can hear love calling
Goin' once, goin' twice, goin' gone,
Goin' once, goin' twice, goin' gone."

Beautiful! This was a great question!

Sabrina in Mpls.


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Subject: Re: NN: Initiation
   From: "Colin Walton" (C.D.Walton@ais.salford.ac.uk>

Hi folks,

I've just rejoined the group after a necessary break to concentrate 
on work matters, It's nice to see a few old names still around: 
Kenn, Deb T, Shawn, Christina M, Bill & Susan Peete, Bill & Dawn-
Marie, Bill L, Shelly, John A, Rachel, Dan, and many more.... hello 
"Old Friends"!!

When I first joined the NanciNet about 4 years ago I told of my 
introduction to Nanci's music, and to cut a lengthy story right down 
to the bare bones. I was listening to compilation tape of "country" 
music taped from a radio show back in '88. My boss at the time 
was a big country music fan. Nothing on the tape had even 
registered (it was mostly 'boot-scootin' boogie' kind of stuff), then a 
tune started up that immediately pricked my ears up (did I mention 
I am a Doberman Pinscher!!) and a chorus that struck a pretty 
personal chord at the time:

"My bags are waiting in a cab downstairs                                      
I've got a ticket in my pocket says I'll make it out of here
And I came by here just to tell you good-bye
I can see it in your face, you don't want to know why"

Cold Hearts/Closed Minds has always held a special place for me, 
not just because it introduced me to Nanci, it was the key that 
opened the gates to 'my' musical heartland, it brought the wonders 
of other artists like Guy Clark (the master 'Craftsman'), Joe Ely, 
Emmylou, John Prine, Vince Bell, Steve Earle, Iris Dement, to 
name but a few, into my life and soul.... Thanks Nanci!!!

Good to be back

Colin Walton


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Subject: NN: lyrics and stuff
   From: "Robert Pugsley" (RMP6@leicester.ac.uk>

dear all,

I've been missing out on the nancinet for the last couple of
weeks as I tried to get some of my PhD written - Ha! who
was I kidding! - I have about 15,000 words done out of a total
of 120,000 or so...anyways...

Lyrics...the lyric I wish I lived by is not a Nanci original but I did first
hear it sung by her...

"to-night I think I'm gonna go downtown"...says it all for me at
various times in my life. Betraying my indie-roots I'd say it reminded
me of a lyric from The Smiths "take me out tonight / 'cos I want to see 
people and want to see life"..every now and again you need to get out
there and just 'be'.  The French have a fine word for it "flaneurie" -
which literally means "to be idle" - but means much more than that,
it's really closer to being a participant in life outside of the home, 
being part of the street - is that getting a little obtuse?  Us English have
never been terribly good at this - we tend to get drunk too quickly - but
whenever I'm in Europe you can see it much better.

Interestingly (kind of) now I'm a father I find it has a new meaning,
my son loves going "downtown", for him it's one big playground, the
shops, the city square, the statues, the people...

Robert "...where all the lights are bright" (Pugsley)


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Subject: NN: On the town
   From: Jonothan Mcleod (jmcleod@WFDEUROPE.COM>

Robert Pugsley wrote:
"every now and again you need to get out
there and just 'be'.  The French have a fine word for it "flaneurie" -
which literally means "to be idle" - but means much more than that,
it's really closer to being a participant in life outside of the home, 
being part of the street"

I wish Nanci's music could come out for walks with me.  You know without
the walkman or anything.  Just be playing around me as I live my life,
like it happens in the musicals, although if all the passengers on my
tube suddenly broke into a rousing chorus of Morning Train  it may well
scare me.  But you know what I mean.  I'd like Nanci's music to play out
of windows as I trundle past, to blare from car radios, to fall from the
sky and rise from the gutter.  I'd like her music to be 'part of the
street'.  

"And I'm just standin' on the corner watchin the menfolk go by
Well I don't wanna touch them honey I just look them in the eye
And say 'tonight I am out on these streets to watch the lonely hearts go
by'"

  P.S can someone explain what Nanci is talking about in Flyer when she
sings 
'one year I watched the war in London
In the airport leaving London....'
what war would this be?  Aside from the odd bomb here and there it seems
kinda war-free to me.

P.P.S - I would also like to stake a claim as a young Nanci fan - I got
into her at the age of 16 from hearing Ford Econoline on the British Q
Magazine 'Q Country' CD, I'm now 21 and reckon we young un's could start
up a new mailing list!   NannyNet anyone????  ;-) 

// The Gulf War...[BP]


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Subject: Re: NN: On the town
   From: John Alvord (jalvo@mbay.net>
> 'one year I watched the war in London
> In the airport leaving London....'
> what war would this be?  

The Gulf war in 1991. Iraq invade Kuwait and a whole bunch of countries
got together and kicked butt for a while. Not long enough actually, but
that is another storey. George Bush (president at the time) is retired and
Sadam is hanging on quite nicely. Oh well.

john alvord


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Subject: NN: NanciNet Badges
   From: jalvo@mbay.net (John Alvord)

The NanciNet badges have been found! They were in the far back
recesses of the 8x8x16 ft shipping container, under some book boxes. I
sent out five letters with six badges.

I also made an agreement with David Gibson. He is getting a full dozen
and will have them to distribute at the San Diego concert in July. I'd
be happy to make that arrangement with anyone else and will bring
badges to the Villa Montalvo concert on July 25 in Saratoga, Ca.

I am making a change. From now on all the proceeds will go to benefit
Maggie Heenie (Mary Margret, Nanci's childhood friend) who is
recovering from a lung transplant and has large medical bills. Along
with each badge order goes a letter of explanation and an invitation
to join the Candlelist group. See

        http://www.candlelist.org

for more details on our various schemes to raise money.

John Alvord

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Subject: Re: NN: Blue Moon Boys
   From: "Matthew Bloomfield" (mailm@tthewb.u-net.com>

Reid wrote:

> Now that volume two of Guralnek's biography of Elvis is out, I've 
> finally gotten to volume 1--in which we learn Scotty Moore and Bill 
> Black, Elvis's original bamd, were sometimes billed as The Blue Moon 
> Boys, referring to the B side of Elvis's first single.  Wonder if 
> anybody in the Blue Moon Orchestra was thinking of that fact when they 
> picked their name.

In "The Book" Nanci says " They [The Blue Moon Orchestra] chose the
name from my 1984 album, /Once In a Very Blue Moon/"."

HTH

Matt


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Subject: NN: Nanci concerts in December
   From: Tawni T. Hoang" (tth111@psu.edu>

Hi, I got this forward from a friend on the MCC list.  I'm not sure if
it's been posted here yet, but can someone please let me know if this is
for real.  I feel like I'm dreaming too.

Thanks, Tawni

Martyn Emerson wrote:
> >- Singer/Songwriter Series - Stanford University, Palo Alto CA (Emmylou, Bruce
> >Cockburn, Jackson Browne, Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith, Patti Griffin)
> >
> >December 2, 1999 - Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa CA (Emmylou, Bruce
> >Cockburn, Jackson Browne, Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith, Patti Griffin)
> >
> >December 3, 1999 - El Camino College, Torrance CA (Emmylou, Mary Chapin
> >Carpenter, Nanci Griffith, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Terry Allen)
> >
> >December 4, 1999 - University of California, San Diego CA (Emmylou, Mary
> >Chapin
> >Carpenter, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Terry
> >Allen)
> >
> >December 5, 1999 - University of California, Santa Barbara CA (Emmylou, Kris
> >Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Mary Chapin
> >Carpenter, Steve Earle)

Tawni T. Hoang


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