NanciNet Digest 3-12-00
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From: Paul Reeve (paul_reeve_99@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: NN: tarrytown 10 March
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 18:24:30 +0000 (GMT)
Hi all
A good time was had by all at the Music Hall last
night. The only problem was that the show started
about 15 minbutes late at 8.15 which meant I had to
leave before the last song in order to catch the train
back to NYC at 11.12 - it was still going well with
"Its a hard life" at 10.59!!
Set list was as already posted for Thursdays show.
There didnt seem to me to be any problems with the
sound - in fact it was great. The seats weren't very
comfortable though!
I did chat briefly with another netter - who I have to
apologise to but I cannot remember his name. He said
there were another couple there too. The hall was not
completely full there were 2 seats empty next to me,
but it was a nice comfortable crowd in a splendid
setting.
Now back in NYC shopping....
Oh I had a good meal in the Main Street Cafe just
opposite the hall.
Bye for now
Paul
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From: BMBSPIRIT@cs.com
Subject: NN: Re: Tarrytown...
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 21:26:23 EST
I am new to the digest but an old NG fan. Friday nite was my first sojourn
to the Tarrytown Music Hall and I was quite impressed. It had a warm intimate
feeling to it, good acoustics and who better than Nanci to hear there on ones
first visit. I felt that she didn't do enough solo stuff, but if you are a
true fan, you never get enough. I also left a Guy Clark fan, having never
heard much of his work.( great stage presence )
I think my slight disappointment at Tarrytown came from the fact that a
few months ago I got to see Nanci in one the best settings I have ever had
the pleasure of seeing anyone. I had heard on WFUV in NY that she was
performing at a private function at the Whitney Museum of Art for a magazine
called "Country Living ". The radio station had one ticket to give away but
unfortunately I called well after it was gone.
The night of the concert ,I had dinner wita friend/client which finished
early.He lived near the museum and I asked if he wouldn't like to try and
crash the party and possibly hear some wonderful music. ( He had never heard
of her ). We approached the entrance with a flimsy plan . ( Log home
designers or something ,our names should be on the guest list ) This idea
seemed plausible since we had had a really nice bottle of wine at
dinner,well, maybe two. There were three people manning the door, all dressed
in " Yes,we have everything in control " black. One might have been easier to
persuade but none the less, we advanced.
" Is this the Country Living party " I asked, even though there was a huge
sign hanging just inside the entrance.
" Yes it is ,but please hurry, Nanci is just coming on, you had better get
down stairs right away " and they stepped aside.
We went down ,threw our coats on a couch and approached the bar which was
right next to the stage. It couldn't have been better. Nanci had minimal
accompaniment and her choice of songs was right out of my personal play list.
In front of the stage there were about twenty or so small tables with chairs
around them like in a small club, and right in front of Nanci was a table
with one person sitting alone, Odetta. I don''t know if anyone knew who she
was,but I did. I wound my way thru the crowd and found literally the best
seat in the house. I nodded hello to Odetta,she was polite but unsure if I
belonged, and I then turned towards and enjoyed Nanci like I never had
before. It was one of her best performances, and Odetta came up and sang "if
I had a hammer". Sometimes things do go your way. Thank You Nanci.
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From: "Virginia" (ginrose@midsouth.rr.com>
Subject: NN: Re: Re: Tarrytown...
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 17:41:02 -0600
From: (BMBSPIRIT@cs.com>
>...a few months ago I got to see Nanci in one the best settings I have
ever had the pleasure of seeing anyone.
> We approached the entrance with a flimsy plan . ...
> " Is this the Country Living party " I asked, even though there was a huge
> sign hanging just inside the entrance.
This reminds me of Kelly Sanderson's account of crashing what I believe was
Nanci's post ACL taping party in Austin a couple of years ago. What a
wonderful story! Way To Go!!!
Several years ago, I was a few minutes late to a high school band concert in
Austin, and the only seat available was at a table where Marsha Ball was
sitting alone. I don't know if others were intimidated by her celebrity and
didn't want to bother her, but I needed a seat! We actually chatted, and she
was quite friendly. Now Marsha Ball is not Odetta and we weren't listening
to Nanci, but it was fun!
Hugs,
Gin
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From: kenn lippert (lippert@fyi.net>
Subject: Re: NN: Re: Tarrytown...
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 17:19:56 -0500
BMBSPIRIT@cs.com said:
> I don''t know if anyone knew who she
>was,but I did. I wound my way thru the crowd and found literally the best
>seat in the house. I nodded hello to Odetta,she was polite but unsure if I
>belonged, and I then turned towards and enjoyed Nanci like I never had
>before. It was one of her best performances, and Odetta came up and sang "if
>I had a hammer". Sometimes things do go your way. Thank You Nanci.
"Just go your way"??? I think that's a little understated, more
appropriate would be,
"Sometimes the gods are just having a good day, look down below their
feet and wonder to themselves 'For whom shall we arrange a perfect
once-in-a-lifetime day?' Ah! There's a deserving soul. We shall
guide her, direct her, and soften the hearts of those she meets. We
will leave two seats empty at that table up front, the one where our
traveling minstrel (so long from our presence and sorely missed) is
resting, and we will assure the minstrel that this person in our care
is no threat. Our voice in their midst will be given songs to sing,
chosen from the heart of our favorite for tonight. Blessing are
rare, enjoy this one."
kenn "Did your mother dip you in a river or what?" lippert
ps. Sorry if I got the gender wrong, "BMBSPIRIT@cs.com" isn't very
descriptive.
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From: ChocChippy@aol.com
Subject: NN: Anyone heading to Kingston, NY 3/18 from NYC?
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 14:11:36 EST
I just got my ticket for Nanci's show at UPAC...I do believe someone else on
the digest had mentioned they were heading up there. If anyone in the NYC
area actually has their own wheels, I'd be more than happy to help pay for
gas, sodas, and bring along some cool tapes. And if no one in NYC has wheels
and is still going up to see Nanci, maybe we can meet at the Port Authority
and ride up on Adirondack Trailways.
Kathleen W. (who wishes that the subway ran upstate and who would have loved
to take the MUCH more convenient Metro North to Tarrytown, but has been
waylaid by bronchitis this week).
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From: "Tracy Applebaum" (poohbear512@hotmail.com>
Subject: NN: Austin Starry Starry Night
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 12:12:58 EST
Hi-
I just noticed that thisFriday at 8 pm KLRU (18, Ausitn TX) will be
broadcasting SSN. Following it will be Roy orbison and Friends special, and
then Best of Ausitn City Limits. Sounds like a great night of music!
Tracy
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From: Jenn Fletcher (jfletch@cco.caltech.edu>
Subject: NN: Bay Area VCR alert
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:18:48 -0800
For those NNetters in the Bay Area, the PBS special "Starry, Starry Night"
with Nanci and those other two guys :> is scheduled for 9:30 pm on Tuesday
March 14 on KTEH. Fire up those VCRs!
--Jenn (still enjoying the NNet - never a dull moment, Nanci-content or no)
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From: DavidVige@aol.com
Subject: NN: Beth Orton
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 16:27:17 EST
Since this is non-Nanci, feel free to contact me directly rather than thru
the Nancinet:
Anyone out there have any of Beth's recordings? If so, what're they like? I
picked-up a c.d. single while in London recently and am enjoying it immensly
.. I see on the web where she has an album that came out last year. I'm
particularly interested in her work with William Orbit ... any and all info
is appreciated!
:) david (in chicago)
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From: "John G. Sims" (josi@loc.gov>
Subject: NN: birchmere
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:25:53 -0500 (EST)
Hi all,
I've been lurking for quite some time, and this is actually my first post
to the list. Desperate situations call for desperate measures. My
girlfriend was supposed to get tickets for the March 20 show at the
Birchmere (Washington, DC) but somehow did not. DOes anyone have a couple
tickets they can spare? or know where I can get some (regular outlets are
sold out)? Any help would be well-appreciated.
Back to lurkdom,
John Sims
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From: "Barry Brooks" (bmb444@email.msn.com>
Subject: NN: Ceilidh
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 13:08:13 -0500
What does ceilidh mean?
It means a gathering / celebration.
What is a ceilidh?
Originally at ceilidhs as well as dancing there would be singing, dancing,
drinking, poetry reading, step dancing, drinking, socialising and did I
mention drinking. In places such as Nova Scotia and some places around
Scotland, you'll probably have a lot better chance of finding a lot more
traditional ceilidh. In Edinburgh, and in Glasgow too, a ceilidh tends to
involve just the dancing and drinking part. The dances are mainly
traditional Scottish set and couple dances, but I've also seen dances from
all over the world at ceilidhs.
How do you pronounce ceilidh?
Kay - lee
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I copied the above from a Scottish website. My son & his wife spent 2 years
in Aberdeen & they went to many ceilidhs. They are back in the States now &
a year ago they had their first child, a girl. They named her Kaylie.
Barry
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From: "Bob K." (rkettig@usa.net>
Subject: Re: NN: Dylan
Date: 11 Mar 00 16:18:03 EST
rmp6@leicester.ac.uk wrote:
> the supposedly clever but often incomprehensible lyrics
Frequently I think that's what I like best. It makes them seem
"fresh" every time... like I'm still trying to figure them out...
but hope I never do! Personally I think that if B.D. ever "knew"
what he meant, it was only for a fleeting moment.
to dance beneath the diamond skies, with one hand waving free
your debutante just knows what you need, but *I* know what you want
Bob "and wouldn't it be my luck... to get caught without
a ticket and be discovered beneath a truck" Kettig
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From: Tom Gill (tgill@igc.org>
Subject: NN: Listen to the Radio
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 00:20:29 -0800
Several days ago, someone brought up a question about a possible new
version of "Listen to the Radio." It nagged me for a few hours, then I
forgot it.
This evening, for no apparent reason, the following realization bubbled
up out of the dark catfish-laden bottom of my brain: last week, I read
somewhere (I think in a list of current popular music charts from around
the world) that The Corrs have a hit song in Europe now, titled "Listen
To The Radio." I wondered, "Gee, is that the song I think it is from
Nanci, or is it a different song with the same title?"
So... could the new "mystery" version of "Listen To The Radio" be by The
Corrs?
Tom Gill
tgill@igc.org
Lubbock, Texas
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Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 10:24:55 +0100
From: Georg (gvallest@c2i.net>
Subject: Re: NN: Listen to the Radio
The Coors song is a different song with the same title.
Georg
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From: "Shawn Kimbro" (kimbroj@charter.net>
Subject: NN: Passion and Influence
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 01:30:39 -0500
Hey Friends --
I think one of the reasons I've been a NanciNet addict for so long is the
passion for music that exists on this list. Even though I don't listen to
Ms. Griffith like I once did, I feel such a camaraderie with her fans
because we share such a love for the music. Tonight has been for me one of
those which help define my passion for folk music. It started when we
played a couple of songs on a radio show. Just a little local station,
doesn't even broadcast out of the county, but it was an appropriate
appetizer for things to come. It was a special evening because my good
friend and sometimes mentor, Buster Turner, who is 74 years old, performed
for his first time on the Grand Ol' Opry. Buster has had his few moments of
fame, he wrote Jimmy Martin's hit "Tennessee," played with Bill Monroe a
couple of times, even backed up Ralph Stanley with his mandolin once. But
his life-long dream was to play the Opry. Tonight, on live TV,
international radio, and in front of thousands, that dream came true.
We celebrated by driving across Clinch Mountain to play and sing at his
Saturday Night show at Turner Music and Gospel Jubilee in Tazewell,
Tennessee. Near the end of our set, Buster's mother, Sally Turner, who just
turned 93, joined us on stage. She sang two gospel songs with more fervor
than I've heard in a thousand Sunday services. Words can't describe for me
what it was like to sing with this lady, who remembers the Carter Family as
children, and the Stanley Brothers when they were teenagers. The songs she
sang were as ancient as these hills, and as fresh as the new blossoms on the
Clinch Mountain redbud trees. It was clear she was proud of her 73 year old
"youngun." After driving back home, I cracked the seal on a bottle of
Cuervo Especial', turned up WSM, tuned in John Prine on "Sessions," and
toasted Buster Turner, who, perhaps as well as anyone, illustrates the soul
of Appalachian folk music. There's a lot of great musicians out there, and
we each have our favorites, but sometimes it's the obscure artists --the
folks who make up the topsoil in which others grow and flourish-- that make
the biggest difference.
All my best,
-Shawn
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| filled \(>-----_/_/____]> Morristown |
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From: PRobin5478@aol.com
Subject: Re: NN: Passion and Influence
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 10:56:35 EST
Good post, Shawn.
What a great story -- someone playing the Opry for the first time at 74! It
should give us all inspiration to go on and keep striving and achieve.
Reminds me that the greatest artist of all is "anonymous."
Peter in SoCal
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From: "Shawn Kimbro" (kimbroj@charter.net>
Subject: NN: Re: Listen to the Radio
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 06:31:22 -0500
Tom Gill asks:
> So... could the new "mystery" version of "Listen To The Radio" be by The
> Corrs?
Unfortunately, no.
Chorus to "Radio" by The Corrs:
So listen to the radio (listen to the radio)
And all the songs we used to know, oh, oh
So listen to the radio (listen to the radio)
Remember where we used to go...
-S
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From: "Susan Krauss" (susankrauss@earthlink.net>
Subject: NN: RE: Nanci and Don McLean
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 08:53:18 -0800
Tricia said:
> While I enjoyed the show, I don't think their voices are ideally suited
> together. I think their optimal keys are different. Garth did a fine job.
I agree Tricia. I watched my tape last night and through the fuzziness (I'm
in an apartment building never wired for cable and with the steel &
concrete, I get terrible reception) I found myself a bit disappointed in
Nanci's contribution. I enjoyed the show a lot but I didn't think Nanci was
at her best that night. She did look like a kid in a candy store though and
was wonderful to see her having so much fun.
susan
P.S. Anyone going to see Richard Shindell @ the Freight in Berkeley Sunday
night? I'll wear my Nancinet button!
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From: ChocChippy@aol.com
Subject: NN: Re: NanciNet #00310
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 21:26:23 EST
Pugsley, R.M." (rmp6@leicester.ac.uk writes:
(( Am I the only person here who, like, totally, doesn't
get Dylan?
>>
Hand raised over on this side o'the pond...I do accept that he is one of the
most formidable figures in 20th century music, influential, monumental, etc.,
but aside from a few songs (My Back Pages, Positively Fourth Street, some
others), he doesn't touch my heart the way my absolute favorites do. A few
others who fall into that category (which has gotten me called a philistine
by my more sensitive friends) include Neil Young (who makes my teeth hurt),
and Elvis Costello. My friends can write monographs on them, and show me
comparison charts, but it's Joan (Jett in case anyone needs to ask) and
Nanci, who comprise the highest number of albums in my music collection, and
inspire the deepest devotion.
Kathleen W. (who has probably played Hedwig & the Angry Inch soundtrack close
to 1000 times in the last year...for what it's worth, it's my favorite album
of the last four or five years).
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From: SusanLeaBoo@aol.com
Subject: NN: Starry, Starry NIght
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 09:54:07 EST
For those of you living in Kentucky, I just saw in the TV Guide where Don
McLean's Starry, Starry Night will be airing on Monday, March 13, at 8pm on
PBS channel 54.
Prepare your VCRs,
Susan
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From: SNigbor@GT.com
Subject: NN: Tuesday Night Show in Morristown NJ
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 18:52:56 -0600
Just checkin'...is anyone off to see Nanci in Morristown this Tuesday? I'm
in Mt. Laurel NJ and am wondering 1) how far Morristown is from Mt. Laurel and
2)are tickets still available??? Any info would be grand! THANKS!
And yes, I know she's playing in Princeton on Friday which is a short
drive...but I'm on a plane back to Portland on Friday!!! WAAAH!
Thanks. Sara
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From: "Hank Van Slyke" (chevelle@pnx.com>
Subject: NN: diff'rent strokes
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 23:06:50 -0600
Maybe it was a dark and stormy night in Galway when Shirley wrote:
>Didn't this used to be a Nanci Griffith digest? Seems like it's
>turned into a bulletin board for people who feel their opinion on music
>in general is of interest to the rest of us.
*ahem* I'm on a couple of other lists that are supposed to be for fans of
one particular artist, and the banter always meanders around curves and
bends and down some side trails, talking about this and that and other
artists that come to mind when we think of the list's namesake, but the talk
always returns to the main theme about the namesake artist. The
conversation is sort of like a jazz jam session, with different list members
stepping up and contributing their bar of two of conversational melody, then
the next one steps up and the next one, and it's always great fun when it
flows. To complain about the usual ebb and flow of conversation is to
complain about the sameness of the sunrise and the sunset. Let's not hit
discordant notes, lets harmonize. This is the way humans do things. We're
unpredictable and free, with a common bond of a love of Nanci's music.
We're all friends out in the madness, looking for some hometown streets
where we can comfortably talk with friends, waiting for the fields of summer
at the late night grande hotel, traveling at the speed of the sound of
loneliness under the power lines on the gulf coast highway, watching the
outbound plane go overhead across the great divide, ... but never mind.
Hank "one blade shy of a sharp edge but I've got a whetstone" Van Slyke
(and thanks to Kenn Lippert for showing us how to put quotations in our
names!)
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From: "Lorrie Chase" (lchase@webshoppe.net>
Subject: NN: MORE NANCI CONTENT
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 09:47:35 -0800
>>Didn't this used to be a Nanci Griffith digest? Seems like it's
turned into a bulletin board for people who feel their opinion on music
in general is of interest to the rest of us. How borish of you all to
CONTINUALLY let the rest of us know your personal music tastes and who
has a profound effect on your CD players, e.g. Eliza Carthy, Nina
Simone.etc......on and on and on.... then we have the
lists............week after week with the lists of 10-20 names of
artists. I DON'T CARE if you like them or not.(((
OH how I agree with you!! Day after day I open the digest and just
think GOD not again!! It is consistantly boring with all of these
dogmatic opinions and list. Dont get me wrong, I like the people on the
list ( everyone seems intelligent, funny and to have GREAT taste in
music) but I too think the focus has REALLY strayed from Nanci.
WHEW,
I'm just glad I'm not alone, thought it was just me.
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From: "Tina Shackleford" (tshack@sprynet.com>
Subject: NN: Re: MORE NANCI CONTENT (and still, no real Nanci content)
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 12:41:32 -0600
Lorrie Chase (lchase@webshoppe.net> wrote:
> OH how I agree with you!! Day after day I open the digest and just
> think GOD not again!! It is consistantly boring with all of these
> dogmatic opinions and list. Dont get me wrong, I like the people on the
> list ( everyone seems intelligent, funny and to have GREAT taste in
> music) but I too think the focus has REALLY strayed from Nanci.
So where's your Nanci-related contribution?
I'm sure there are many folks on the list like me, who are mainly lurkers
and occasional posters. I rarely post -- and when I do, it's sometimes
off-NG-topic -- so I'd never criticize others for their choice of subject
matter. Those who put their time and creative energies into the discussion
on the list shouldn't be targets for those of us who read it [except of
course for Bill Page, who does a swell job of moderating and monitoring].
It's not as if this list is the equivalent of a NN-cable channel (All
Nanci! All the time! Nothing else!) with Kenn, Shawn, Petop, and the
other posters charged with entertaining the others. It is literally the
sum of its parts, meaning over 1000 of us, here seemingly by choice. So
start a Nanci-related thread, or try somehow to inject Nanci into the Dylan
or Beatles or whatever thread-of-the-week. Or enjoy the small talk until
something better comes along.
Tina
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From: "Brian Mich" (b.mich@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: NN: Fw: Re: MORE NANCI CONTENT (and still, no real Nanci content)
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 14:11:51 -0500
I, like Tina, am not all that regular a contributor to this list (or for
that matter the other couple of lists I belong to); and, generally, I just
lurk. I have to say that I disagree with Lorrie. While the subject that
brings us all together is Nanci Griffith, I would like to thing that we are
all so limited in our interests, musical and otherwise. I really like to
hear the opinions on music of people who share similar tastes as do I.
Since Nanci Griffith and musicians like her are not the subject of top-40
radio (thank God!), I somewhat arrogantly believe that people who enjoy her
music and the music of people like Guy Clark , Townes Van Zandt and others
like them are more thoughtful and educated concerning their tastes. I,
therefore, enjoy hearing the opinions of those people. I really would hate
for people to feel constrained in the expression of these opinions. I feel
it would limit one source of information concerning music that I have at my
disposal. So, to all those, who do more than lurk as do I, please keep it
up! I find it entertaining and informative.
Brian
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