// Info from Rob on the web site...check it out...
// Still more discussion of the new CD, and Nanci on radio in the UK. 
// Enjoy...[BP]

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Subject: NN: Site updates
   Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 18:13:21 -0400
   From: Rob Schrull (RSchrull@gbla.com>

Hi Folks:

It's been a long time (work has kept me from it and you) since Nanci's site
has been updated, but it's pretty nice looking now.  Links have been
checked on the main page and a few things.  Hope to sometime have the end
of Two of a Kind up.

I need someones help (again time constraints) to take a look at the ngdata
page ("pertainent facts and rumors link" and check out the links and update
it, if anyone is interested, including new links that may be out there.
Don't send me attachments or anything like that, just email me and let me
know if you wish to help, and I'll write back.

Had a nice time talking to Hooker last night. He's doing great.
Beware...He's watching you folks!!!!

Went to a memorial service of a dear friend a few days ago. His
daughter-in-law sang at the service. Never heard of her. She was great.
Later at the reception, I had a nice chat with her. Turns out she won
Kerrville this year. Anyone out there know Diane Zeigler?  If not, you
definately should!

Guess that's it for now. Got to go eat.  I'll jot more thoughts later. 

My best to you all,
Rob

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Subject: NN: Re: NanciNet #99921
   Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:35:41 EDT
   From: Catelaw@aol.com

Hey Y'all,

Have to add my kudos to the pile for the stunningly gorgeous Dustbowl 
Symphony.  Even though I was blessed to hear Nanci's symphonic performance 
live this summer, I truly didn't expect much out of this CD, most likely 
because of the lack of new material.  I didn't really even get excited about 
it until I read Mike's wonderfully articulate review early on.

How wrong could I have been?  DBS is nothing short of a musical triumph and 
quite simply one of the most beautiful collections I have ever had the 
pleasure of hearing.  Nanci sounds so vibrant, alive -- she's just "in the 
zone." Being quite the insomniac, I have found that listening to music 
through my headphones at night a good way to drift off, if it's going to 
happen at all -- my biggest problem with DBS is that I can't BEAR to go to 
sleep until I hear the last note.  Back to "Sea Prayers and Whispers" for 
sleep therapy I guess . . .

While 1937 Pre-War Kimbro (haha) didn't inspire me to give my own ancient 
piano away, it has inspired me to get it out of mothballs, tuned up properly, 
and my hands back on its keys.  I turned my back on it well over 25 years 
ago, but am now just burning to play again, being made humbly aware that 
being able to have "both hands happenin'" is a gift that I shouldn't waste.  
I thank my parents for giving me a song and Nanci for reawakening it -- I 
will try to repay that by playing out loud.  

I will also go on record as saying emphatically that I LOVE the LATFAD duet 
with Darius Rucker.  I'm not quite sure why he's often less than appreciated, 
but that's okay.  I love his smoky, well, dusty voice and I also love the 
fact that he obviously loves Nanci.  You go, Darius!

Also thanks to Ron Crain for the .EXE info on the CD.  Mine won't autostart 
either and I thought it was my computer, which was just frosting my shorts in 
a big way.

On other notes:

Have to agree with Hans on Alison Krauss' latest effort and have already 
Forgotten About It.  The package is slick and attractive, her voice as 
mellifluous as ever, but the music is just uninspired, IMHO, and not worthy 
of her earlier efforts.  But everybody has a bad day now and then.

Sad to hear about Lyle Lovett's dad -- from what I've read, his small family 
is extremely close and I know that this great loss is difficult to bear.  I 
fell in love with Lyle all over again on my driveabout and found "Step Inside 
This House" the perfect soundtrack for burning the asphalt across a dark 
Texas panhandle night.  That trek was lit by the Perseids that Kenn couldn't 
quite see through the clouds in PittsburgH, but Kenn, I sure enjoyed them for 
you.

For anybody in the immediate area, Junior Brown is playing the 40 Watt Club 
in Athens, Georgia this Friday night (9/24).  Never seen any JB commentary on 
here, but having heard him blow the doors right off of the Variety Playhouse 
in Atlanta last May I can heartily recommend that anybody in driving distance 
get themselves to Athens Friday night.  Junior is inimitable, amazing.  His 
most recent release, "Long Walk Back" with its crown jewel "Stupid Blues" is 
well worth a listen.  You've got to be good to get on stage in that hat.

EEEK!  Sorry this is so long.  Back to work.

Cate, "both hands happenin'" in Atlanta


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Subject: NN: questions on Nanci Griffith songs
   Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:19:30 -0600
   From: "Thomas, Geoff" (gthomas@tristategt.org>

I have questions about a couple of Nanci Griffith songs - I hope someone can
answer these for me. They're certainly not of earth shattering importance,
but I've always been curious to know:

First, What IS the "light beyond these woods"? Is the song based upon real
events?

Second, Who does the song "Ford Econoline" refer to?

Thanks to anyone who can help satisfy my curiosity.

And concerning the new album - it's in the mail on its way to me, and all
the comments I've read so far are making me quite impatient for its
arrival!!

GCT

// Doesn't anybody read the FAQ? [BP]

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Subject: Re: NN: questions on Nanci Griffith songs
   Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:47:38 -0700
   From: Dan.Gerson@mckhboc.com

IMO, "the light beyond these woods' is a metaphor for all the life experiences
available to 2 young teenage girls beyond the boundaries of the Rollingwood
suburb of Austin, TX.

"Ford Econoline" was originally written about the singer/songrwriter Rosalie
Sorrels. Nanci later changed her story to include the memory of Kate Wolf.


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Subject: Re: NN: questions on Nanci Griffith songs
   Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:24:19 -0700 (PDT)
   From: John Alvord (jalvo@mbay.net>

On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Thomas, Geoff wrote:

> First, What IS the "light beyond these woods"? Is the song based upon real
> events?
 
Light is about Nanci's relationship with Margret Mary Graham, a childhood
pal. They dreamed of the bright lights together. John was Nanci's high
school boyfriend, who died in a motercycle accident shortly after the
senior prom.

Maggie (now Heenie) is doing pretty good after her lung transplant last
year. A bunch of us NanciNetters banded together as Candlelist and work to
raise money for her. So far we have raised over $18,000 in two years. The
bills are overwhelming.

See www.candlelist.org for ways you could help.

john alvord


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Subject: NN: Double take
   Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:27:51 +0100
   From: "Peter Wilde" (peter@pmwilde.freeserve.co.uk>

Dear Nancifans,

I was listening to a tape of Flyer while driving this afternoon. When I
arrived home I pressed the button to eject the tape and it took me a few
moments to work out why Nanci was still singing. Believe it or not, at
that very moment Speed of the Sound of Loneliness was being played on
the radio (Country 1035)!

I'm not suggesting there is necessarily a connection, but shortly after
this unique concurrence of events there was a violent electrical
storm...

All the best,

Peter Wilde
Harrow, NW London


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Subject: NN: Drops From the Faucet
   Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 22:08:23 EDT
   From: ALABAMAlum@aol.com

What a thrill this new CD is.  And as for Drops From the Faucet...I 
personally LOVE it and would love to hear an entire album of Nanci doing that 
type of music!  What a fun change!  Drops and 1937 Pre-War Kimball are my 
first favs.  The entire CD is so up close and personal...it's like having 
Nanci singing to you in your own livingroom.  Maybe it's the limited use of 
harmony vocals.  Very nice to hear "just Nanci" throughout much of the CD.  
This will be one of my favorite Nanci CD's.

~Susan


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Subject: NN: warning: long-TALBTW, FE, TOAK, JB, OV2, IAHLWYG
   Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:04:42 EDT
   From: "Tracy Applebaum" (poohbear512@hotmail.com>

Hi all!  I want to respond to several threads that are out there and 
apologize if this seems like a really random list of topics.

First, about the TALBTW question, I've always seen it as one of those nanci 
lines htat has so may different meanings it's hard to figure out what teh 
"real" one is, but one of them is a metaphor for, like someone said, all the 
opportunity that is out there for two ten-year-olds from Rollingwood.  
Another could be a reference to when she says, "let's go to New York City 
Margaret", a similar line of thought but kind of a more concrete reference 
to the city lights.  ALSO, "light beyond these woods" seems like a more 
poetic, unique, and just plain NANCI way to say "light at the end of the 
tunnel," which would have significance for her in terms of moving on after 
John's death, in terms of just getting through childhood, and (this may be 
pretty farfetched, as if the others aren't) in the song St. Teresa, which is 
in the memory of a friend of theirs who committed suicide, kind of a message 
of "this was such a terrible thing, to end her life before reaching that 
light or even getting close enough to see it.  Don't let this happen to you; 
there IS a light..."  Or am I totally off base?

Re:  Ford Econoline...she said when she pklayed the song at Wolf Trap in '97 
(Ok, so I remember a lot of small details about nanci shows)that it was 
about two women, Kate Wolf and Rosalie Sorrels, who she rolled into one for 
the character in the song.  She also makes a reference to it in the liner 
notes for LSSOM.

What's this about Two of a Kind, Rob?  The whole thing up ont he web?  
Wouldn't That Be Roses!  Does anyone know if she has a hard copy publisher 
set up, though?  I think I remember hearing a couple years ago something 
about its being published "in the near future" on Random House; anyone know 
about that?

Sorry Cate but I really have to disagree with you about Junior Brown.  I saw 
him last summer I guess it was,. with a few other people, and his set seemed 
to go on and on, and his songs seemed really not that well written.  I 
believe "Venom Wearin' Denim" was a big hit for him and then "My Wife Thinks 
You're Dead," and the only thing worse that that song is the video.  IMHO of 
course.

I just got the OV2 video yesterday, watched it today.  Excellent!  
COngratulations, Nanci, you've made another wonderful video that can't make 
it out of my VCR!  I especiazlly love her live version of Wall of Death, 
just because she seems to be havuing so much fun when she sings the song and 
it brings back memories of Newport Folk Fest last summer.  I do wish "He Was 
a Friend of Mine" wasn't on there; it always seemed to me not the best, kind 
of like Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown... I guess she needs at least 
one boring song per video.

Does anyone know (last random topic) whether there's any special 
significance to her adding "alone" to "There ain't no place in Chicago where 
a child can go" in IAHLWYG? I noticed her doing that on both OV2 and DBS, 
and I really like it, any new Nanci inflection is welcome, but I wondered if 
there was some specific incident she was referring to or what.

OK, enough.  Sorry this is so long,

Tracy


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Subject: NN: UK radio interview
   Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 14:06:13 +0100
   From: "Pugsley, R.M." (rmp6@leicester.ac.uk>

Did anyone in the uk/europe area catch an interview with
NG on the Terry Wogan show this morning?

My dad says she was on but he doesn't know Hank Williams
from Hank Marvin so I wouldn't be surprised if he got it wrong.

Any reports, send 'em in...

Thanks

Robert (Pugsley)


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Subject: NN: Re: UK radio interview
   Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:13:51 +0100
   From: "John Woodward" (jonnee@wearside77.freeserve.co.uk>

Nanci did a short interview with Terry Wogan this morning.
Nanci told how she was dragged to her grandparents house to see Buddy Holly
and the Crickets on the Ed Sullivan show when she was four years old and
what an influence they were on her.

She was also asked about the songs that made her an"international star"
(Kathy Mattea's version of LATFAD and From A Distance"

But most importantly Nanci said she is playing four nights at the Royal
Albert Hall with the LSO in May.

To satisfy the trainspotter in me could anyone tell me the names of the
remixers responsible for the revisited CD?

>From John Woodward  jonnee@wearside77.freeserve.co.uk


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Subject: NN: re:"knew her well?"
   Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 08:56:47 -0700 (PDT)
   From: Bob Riegner (rg48@yahoo.com>

Dear Netters-

"And maybe you were thinking
That you thought you knew me well.
But no one ever knows the heart of anyone else"

Who would of thought that that little skinny girl
running and spinning around the back yard trying to
play the guitar, in Austin, TX so many years ago (from
the video OVOR) would someday surround herself with
brilliant musicians in her own Blue Moon Orchestra and
stand in front of the London Symphony Orchestra and
thrill and mesmerize us with her magnificent songs and voice?
Other netters have described the music on this album
better than I could, but let me tell you we have just
scratched the service of 'knowing' this woman well.

Like all truly great artists, Nanci isn't satisfied
with the status quo--she is an explorer, a crusader,
and a risk taker, and the best thing is she takes us
along with her.  Most of it we love, some we like, some
were not so sure about--but none of it is boring, and
all has the touch of a genious.

We should applaud her crusade to preserve 'folk' music.
We should be happy that she is promoting the great
music of Buddy Holly.  Buddy Holly, what was he 22, 23
when he died?  What music we have missed by his tragic
death.  The same with Kate Wolf.  What if Dylan had
died in his motorcycle accident after he recorded
Blonde on Blonde?  Nanci makes us think about these things.

Although loving all her albums, I've always considered
that she had 3 masterpieces: 1) Flyer 2)Other Voices,
Other Rooms 3) Last of the True Believers.  Well, I
now officially add a 4th masterpiece: The Dustbowl Symphony.

I don't know how many more paths this lady will
explore, but I want to be there when she does.

Maybe she will help us "learn to fly away again."

Bob Riegner


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Subject: NN: OV2 video
   Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:34:46 +0200
   From: Georg (gvallest@online.no>

I was wondering if the US release of the OV2 video
are the same as the BBC TV program earlier this year.

The TV program lasted about 1 hour, and included these songs:

Wall Of Death
Trouble In The Fields
Who Knows Where The Time Goes
Canadian Whiskey
Kumbaya
Dress Of Laces
Outbound Plane
Never Be The Sun
He Was A Friend Of Mine
Hard Times
Road To Aberdeen

Is this the same as the released video?

Georg


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Subject: Re: NN: OV2 video
   Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:47:26 -0400
   From: Mike Chesman (chesman@preferred.com>

Georg,
   Your list is similar but their are two additions.
It's A hard Life Wherever You Go after He Was A Friend Of Mine
and
If I Had A Hammer after Road to Aberdeen


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Subject: Re: NN: UK Radio this saturday
   Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:06:52 EDT
   From: TALLSTUFFF@aol.com

There is a Nanci Interview on radio 2 this Saturday at 10pm on Whispering Bob 
 Harris's show.

might be short tho'     

Does this mean she is doing dates in the UK?

Stufff


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Subject: NN:Radio and Books
   Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:00:23 +0100
   From: "jenny.frog" (jenny.frog@virgin.net>

Hey Tracy who is now officially miss abreviation (nad everybody else)

> What's this about Two of a Kind, Rob?  The whole thing up ont he web?
> Wouldn't That Be Roses!  Does anyone know if she has a hard copy publisher
> set up, though?  I think I remember hearing a couple years ago something
> about its being published "in the near future" on Random House; anyone know
> about that?

Nanci's been saying 'we hope to get it out this year' as far back as
'87, (i think) and nothing's happened! why not? there's only so mnay
times you can read the first four chapters. no, that's a lie, iyou can
read them over and over...but it sure would be roses to find out what
happens. or we could hold a competition for somebody to write an ending
to it...that would be 'interesting'.

Now mr pugsley. i have a dad who was able to recognise nanci on the
radio this morning. he ran through tomy room with his hands of his ears.
said he was protecting his sanity. I heard 'some' of nance tlaking to
terry this morning. really short interview, when i tuned in she was
talking about her 'country' hits in ireland. she then talked a little
about recording dustbowl. now listen up - i'll quote what she said about
uk dates.

TERRY: (after talking about the lso) You're also going to be doing some
spring dates in london, with the london symphony orchestra?

NANCI: Yeah! we're taking it all back home to the albert hall which used
to be the london symphony's home, now of ocurse it's the barbican
center, we're gunna come back for a homecoming for four days in may, i
think may.

Now, whilst ms parr will be jumping up and down with joy and making
plans to stalk the staff at the albert hall for front row seats...those
of us else where will be crying...i'm crying...It's open to
interpretation, but it sounded like london was the only dates she'd be
doing...NO!!!! NOT FAIR!!!! i CANNOT get to LONDON!!! no WAY!!! though
maybe she just mentioned london because they'd been talkign about the
symphony, abbey road etc...or maybe that's just the only definetly
planned date just now. maybe it'll turn into a bigger tour anywa. if
those of us too far north of london make petitions or something....

I also have to miss tom russell cuz i'm going to see MCC that night?
anybody else seeing her in glasgow?
jenny*


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Subject: NN: Funny (peripherally nanci related)
   Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:07:53 -0700
   From: Tom Gill (tgill@igc.org>

> From the "Bob Levey's Washington" column of the Washington Post.  
> Every year he compiles and prints the "Best T-shirts of the Summer":
> 
> #1 top prize winner:
> (around a picture of dandelions) I Fought the Lawn and the Lawn Won

-Tom Gill
 tgill@igc.org


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Subject: NN: DENICE FRANKE Bay area concerts
   Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 07:46:42 -0700
   From: Susan Peete (suepeete@cruzio.com>

For those who are in the Northern CA area...
DENICE FRANKE concert dates:

- THURSDAY, SEPT 23
  DENICE FRANKE with NINA GERBER - at Morgan's, Monterey, 8 pm, 642-4949

- FRIDAY, SEPT 24
  DENICE FRANKE - at a house concert in West Santa Cruz, 7:30 pm, call 
  459-7324 

- SATURDAYS, SEPT 25
  DENICE FRANKE - at the Napa Valley Music & Wine Festival at Skyline
  Park in Napa. http://www.napafest.com

Bill and I had the pleasure of "hanging out" at the same campsite with
Denice Franke for 3 days of the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival. She was a
delight to get to know. For those who don't know, Denice Franke is from
Texas and was part of Nanci Griffith's touring band. Denice sang harmony
vocals on the "One Fair Summer Evening" album. And can be seen performing
beautifully on the video with the same title. Which includes the song
THERE'S A LIGHT BEYOND THESE WOODS MARY MARGARET. 

BTW...Denice was the 4th finalist in the RMFF New folk showcase. 

And...She is one of the songwriters who has been selected to showcase at the
1999 Napa Valley Music & Wine Festival, as well.

SO BE THERE!

And if you don't already have her cd YOU DON'T KNOW ME (I do now) GET IT!

Can you tell, I like this lady? :-)

Susan Peete
suepeete@cruzio.com
http://www.cruzio.com/~billpeet
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*MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT* CDs
http://www.cruzio.com/~billpeet/MusicByCandlelight
"THERE'S A LIGHT BEYOND THESE WOODS MARY MARGARET"
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Friends Out In the Madness 
http://www.cruzio.com/~billpeet/Foitm/fom.html
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Subject: Re: NN: Dust Bowl, Tom Russell and Eric Taylor (UK Dates)
   Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 23:15:42 +0100
   From: "jenny.frog" (jenny.frog@virgin.net>

Hey everybody,

>ERIC TAYLOR
> November 10 Glasgow - Chambers Bar

Halllelujjiiaaa!!!!!!!! Wooo-hooo!!! how do i get tix, do i need
tix...???? 'information please' !!! I've been waiting for eric to
announce a tour since i heard him first in november with nanci!
yabadabadoo!!!
jenny*


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