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Subject: NN: Merlefest
   Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:13:16 -0400
   From: "Shawn Kimbro" (skimbro@bhset.org>

Hey Nanci fans,

I just wanted to wish those of you bound for Merlefest this week
a great time.  We're committed to some local gigs so I won't get
to set up a TrailZZone camp this year.  But thanks to the help of
John Hartford and others, the little camperized radio station
I've been raving about has worked out an agreement to webcast
some of shows.  I know some of you are still tuning in to
http://www.wdvx.com and, judging by the increased number of Nanci
Griffith spins, I know the station really appreciates your email
and online support. So y'all holler real loud during those
one-of-a-kind Merlefest performances so we can hear you and wish
we were there!

Warm Regards,
-Shawn
 _________________Nanci Is My Aeroplane___________________
|                    __       ___        Shawn Kimbro     |
| "And they danced  | \____o__/_/___| kimbroj@charter.net |
|  all night to the \(>-----_/_/____]>    Mountain Soul   |
|  fiddle and banjo"         `o     |    CD Coming Soon!  |
|______ http://www.geocities.com/trailzzone/soul.html_____|

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Subject: NN: Do The Locomotion (NNC)
   Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 09:14:25 -0500
   From: Ed Maier (evmaier@dhc.net>

Hi all,

This is kind of cute, and I want to share it.

I went into Denney's very early this morning for a cup of coffee. The
juke box is loaded with fifties and sixties music, and Do The Locomotion
came on. Almost as if on cue, all the waiters and waitresses, faces
decorated with a large black spot nose and small black spots whiskers,
lined up side by side behind the counter and began a side-by-side line
dance, two cross steps left (clap! clap!) and two cross steps right
(clap! clap!) in time to the song. 

It was hilarious! Then the customers joined in with the clap-claps and,
just for a few moments, nothing really mattered except for the music.
Maybe that's why I find life so sweet.

Happy Easter,
Ed Maier
Arlington, TX

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Subject: RE: NN: Do The Locomotion (NNC)
   Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 00:08:29 -0400 (EDT)
   From: Christina Myers (poetmuse@prodigy.net>

Wonderful little story Ed, makes one feel as though there is hope left in
this world! You sure they weren't filming it for something?  (shhh don't
listen to my cynical side)
Nevermind. :)

Just Once, in a Very Blue Moon-

Christina Myers

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"I am the heart not taken
the one thought not worth breaking
I am the late blooming rose,
with only her mother's dream to hold
on this less traveled road
who really knows?
Maybe the hearts not taken
are truly made of gold.."
****Nanci Griffith*****
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Subject: NN: another talent deserving wider recognition--Jenna Mammina
   Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:32:21 EDT
   From: Halesbop@aol.com

Over the holiday weekend I got a chance to hear for the first time an 
absolutely mesmerizing vocalist, and since I'd never heard of her before I 
think there's a good chance few Nancinetters have. But if there is any 
justice in the music biz, Jenna Mammina won't be a secret for long. 

Jenna is a young jazz/cabaret singer (she calls herself "contemporary 
singer/songwriter") based in San Francisco. I think she would appeal 
especially to anyone who's fond of Nanci's LNGH/San Diego Serenade/Drops...  
type songs, Diana Krall, Susan Werner, Karen Savoca, Billie Holiday, the 
jazzier forays of Joni and Rickie Lee, and Jenna's mentor, Abbey Lincoln. If 
you like any of the above, give her a try at:
     http://www.jennamammina.com/

Right now Jenna's cd, "Under The Influence" is available only through her at 
shows or the website. It's worth the effort. (At the concert she said she was 
donating 20% of sales to breast cancer research, not sure if that applies to 
web/mail sales, but would guess so.) Had I heard it before I made my Top Ten 
of 1999 list it would have easily placed there, maybe even as #1. I saw her 
at the Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor Saturday night, where she wowed a 
sold out audience with two sets of standards, originals and such unlikely 
cabaret fare as Elvis Costello's 'Watching the Detectives' and Hendrix's 
'Little Wing'. Her voice is perhaps the most beautiful and versatile I've had 
the pleasure of hearing. I know it's a cliche, but she definitely makes each 
song she interprets her own.

But I'm not an expert or reviewer, so take a look and listen at her site and 
see what others who are have to say. And, if she does have any other fans on 
NN, I'd love to hear from you. 

just trying to share a good thing,
  Steve


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