// Concert report from Dublin (from Dave and Emily), and 
// lots of discussion on some recommended artists. Little real 
// Nanci content, I'm afraid, except for the concert report.
// Enjoy...[BP]

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Subject: NN: Dublin shows   
   Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 18:15:19 -0400 (EDT)
   From: DRiley4510@aol.com

Hi,
I'm surprised I haven't seen any posts from the Dublin shows; let me pass on 
a few special moments.

The first night set list & between song comments were pretty much as in 
Alun's report from York the other day. She was obviously happy to be in 
Dublin, coming on & saying it was nice to be "home."

For It's a Hard Life she asked her three godsons to come on stage - one of 
which (Simon?) had been the small child on the video for the song. One of the 
others had been on the video too - but he was still inside his Mum! In the 
end, Simon didn't come out - Nanci implied he was becoming a self-conscious 
teenager now ("the girl's had better look out") but the other two did & 
enthusiastically joined in, under the guidance of Lee.

In this show she also dedicated one of the songs to her doctor, without her, 
"she woudn't be standing here now." It wasn't made clear whether the doctor 
was at the show or not. Chas William's parents were also at the show, as they 
were in Ireland on vacation.

After the show Emily & I thought we'd wait around at the stage door. A few 
others waited too & most of the band slowly emerged. Eventually Nanci did too 
& unusually for her, she signed some programmes (including for someone from 
Missoula!) & shirts & had a word for everyone there, even though she said she 
was "under orders" not to speak much, to save her voice, which must still 
have been struggling with hay fever.

The second night, though, was something special. The show started out the 
same but she obviously had intentions of some changes - there was an extra 
microphone on stage. Near the end of the first half she mentioned that in the 
audience was Jerry Jeff Walker, who was doing a show on Thursday. The extra 
microphone, of course, was for him & he did Morning Song for Sally & Nanci 
said how much the album Driftin' Way of Life had meant to her.

That was pretty much the only change in the set list & she brought her 
godsons out again for the finale. In the encore, though, someone called out 
from the audience for Boots of Spanish Leather, as it was Bob Dylan's 
birthday. To my amazement she said, "Oh," and turned to the BMO & said, 
"let's do Boots," to which Chas asked, "what key's it in?!" He didn't get a 
reply & had to wing his way through it, as Nanci stepped up to the microphone 
& described the song as one with a lot of verses & no repeating lines in it. 
However, she pulled it off flawlessly! Great to see. She ended it & said, 
"happy birthday Bob!" They then ended with Well Alright, missing out The Wing 
& the Wheel.

A good couple of nights, the best shows we have seen of her on this tour. We 
also caught Jerry Jeff Walker's solo show the following day (his first ever 
real gig in Ireland, he said!); great!

Dave Riley.

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Subject: NN: Kasey Chambers
   Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 04:06:16 -0400
   From: Susan Cane (SusanCane@compuserve.com>

I just wanted to echo the recommendations for Kasey Chambers' music. I've
never seen or heard her play live and I didn't catch her on Radio 2
yesterday (Johnnie Walker's programmes were on before I was home from work
and I've just read the Digest in which Kasey was mentioned). I love the
studio recordings that I've heard, though.

She's definitely worth checking out!

Susan

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Subject: NN: Stacey Earle's New Release
   Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 09:02:32 EDT
   From: SusanLeaBoo@aol.com

Hello,
I would love to hear some reviews of Stacey's new release. I'm deciding what 
CDs to get for the drive to Hatteras Island, NC for our summer vacation. 
Thanks,
Susan  

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Subject: Re: NN: Stacey Earle's New Release
   Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 09:54:57 -0400
   From: Mike Evans (mevans@westnet.com>

Two thumbs up here, best CD I've heard so far this year! I like the sound 
and production more than Stacey's first CD also.

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Subject: Re: NN: Stacey Earle's New Release
   Date: Sat, 27 May 00 15:32:07 +0100
   From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>

Stacey's debut "Simple Gearle" was, for me, one of the best debut 
releases in recent years. I've had the new cd for a few weeks now and it 
doesn't hit me in the same way. Having said that, "Simple Gearle" took a 
good few weeks to seep into my subconscience, so there is still plenty of 
time. The tracks I particualrly like at the minute are the opener, 
"Promise You Anything" written by brother Steve (it's on his "The Hard 
Way" cd) and the closing cut "How I Ran". The rest is fine, and the 
reviewers, here in the UK seem split. Some think it as good as her 
previous release, some think it lacks the songwriting focus "Simple 
Gearle" had.

John "not much help really" Graveling

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Subject: NN: free guitars? (no nanci)
   Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 12:42:03 PDT
   From: "Todd Barrett" (astrocity@hotmail.com>

I was just looking at the liner notes in the Dixie Chicks Fly CD.  There is 
an interesting section entitled: Free Stuff.  Among other things Taylor 
Guitars and Fender Guitars are mentioned.  I don't remember the exact 
company that we had this discussion about on here before but it seems that 
some companies DO give free equipment to performers.

Sorry, for my spotty memory.

Todd Barrett
"Unauthorized duplication, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as 
the real thing." - Ani DiFranco

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Subject: Re: NN: free guitars? (no nanci)
   Date: Sun, 28 May 00 00:36:28 +0100
   From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>

Todd,

It was Taylor guitars who came up in the discussion and I know for a fact 
that they give guitars away, contrary to the statement on their website, 
apparently. I say apparently, as I haven't visited their web site.

John Graveling

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Subject: Re: NN: free guitars? (no nanci)
   Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 17:25:43 PDT
   From: "Todd Barrett" (astrocity@hotmail.com>

Well...if you know it for a fact, then I will take your word as 
confirmation. Although after I posted that message I suddenly flashed back 
to high school English when my teacher told me what can happen when you 
"assume."  It can make an ass out of u and me....sigh...english teacher 
humor.  Maybe those companies gave the Dixie Chicks their fill of strings, 
etc....I don't know.  Anyway, hope everyone has a nice Memorial Day.

Todd

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Subject: NN: Mumblings
   Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 16:28:31 +0100
   From: Tony Bloomfield (tonyb@reading.u-net.com>

A  little slow responding to the digest, as usual, but what a selection of
talent mentioned there!

If anyone should think that Tony Cox is expressing any Australian bias in
eulogising Kasey Chambers, let me just say that here's one Brit who's been
a big fan since first hearing her in the Dead Ringer Band on BBC radio a
few years back - what a voice, and it's good to hear that she has a
personality to match.

Now let me show a bit of Brit bias in endorsing Petop's plug for June
Tabor. Hopefully, her latest record will bring her to a wider audience than
the folkie purists. What a long way she's come since her Silly Sisters
days, with Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span fame (though I seem to remember
that no less an authority than Emmylou once described them as the best
female folk duet she'd heard).

And many thanks to my good buddy John Graveling for giving me a chance to
listen to Eva Cassidy. What a superb collection of new (to me) numbers and
mainstream standards, all sung with a voice and style that must have been
peculiarly her own. Angelic, on occasion, which I suppose is appropriate
for someone who's released 4 posthumous albums. Which thought, despite the
pun, actually left me with that same feeling of sadness that I felt when
first listening to the late Kate Wolf.

Now what can I say about Nanci to stop the listfuhrer throwing me out for
being off-topic? Hell, what is there to say here that someone else hasn't
said better already.

Cheers,
TonyB.

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Subject: NN: Re: Mumblings
   Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 13:45:25 -0400
   From: "Dave Bronsveld" (dbrons@ptd.net>

> And many thanks to my good buddy John Graveling for giving me a chance to
> listen to Eva Cassidy. What a superb collection of new (to me) numbers and
> mainstream standards, all sung with a voice and style that must have been
> peculiarly her own. Angelic, on occasion, which I suppose is appropriate
> for someone who's released 4 posthumous albums. Which thought, despite the
> pun, actually left me with that same feeling of sadness that I felt when
> first listening to the late Kate Wolf.
>

Yes.. I have her "Songbird" CD, and the feelings are definitely bittersweet
listening to it.  Her "Fields of Gold" is a revelation.  You can hear an
MPEG sample of this beautiful interpretation at CDNow.  Eva was from the
Washington DC area, and "Fields of Gold" was performed at the Blues Alley
club in January of 1996.  She died of melanoma, at 33, later that year.

You might have to copy/paste this link as it is very long, you could also
just search for Eva Cassidy, Songbird on CDNow's homepage.  Whatever, it's
worth taking the time to listen to this short clip.
http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=340220720/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/alb
um.html/artistid=CASSIDY*EVA/itemid=494319
There is also a nice bio of Eva here:
http://www.crosstownarts.com/CrosstownArts/client_music/eva/evabio.html

Dave

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