NanciNet Digest 8-11-00
// Hey, folks...it may be a week or more between digests...we're
// headed for vacation, and may not be close enough to good phone
// connections to keep up. So play nice, and keep the admin requests
// on hold for a few days.
// More thoughts on covers, and another proposal for NNers covering
// Nanci songs...still a good idea.
// Enjoy...[BP]
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Subject: NN: Amber's story
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 08:44:45 EDT
From: GORDON1717@aol.com
In a message dated 8/9/2000 Amber writes:
(( Then it was time for my lesson, but I would have much rather stayed and
talked to this lady(and she seemed to have a lot to say:-) >>
What a lovely story Amber! However I am so suprised that the lady in question
"seemed to have a lot to say". Nanci fans are usually so quiet and
reserved........ :)
NOT!
Gordon (in misery..... er.. Missouri)
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Subject: NN: Re: Nanci Tribute
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:01:02 EDT
From: RoanInish@aol.com
(( The greatest Nanci cover has already been done in my opinion. When Emmylou
Harris sang "Gulf Coast Highway" together with Willie Nelson she finally gave
this incredible composition justice (I cannot understand Nanci's choice of the
guy from Hootie and the Blowfish for the duet on "Blue roses...". I know
they're friends, but still...) >>
I agree I don't really get Nanci's things for Hootie and the Blowfish, but
Nanci did do "Gulf Coast Highway" jusitce long before Emmylou did when she
first recorded it for the 1988 album "Little Love Affaris." The BRFTM
version seemed rather pointless to me.
Will think on some tribute songs and get back to the list.
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Subject: NN: Re: Nanci Tribute
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 09:58:09 -0400
From: "Donate von Bredow-Gardner" (dvbgardner@genelogic.com>
> Marius Molstad" (marius.molstad@c2i.net> wrote:
> ......... but maybe we should put together a Nanci tribute album ourselves?
> With Internet and digital recordings this might be possible to work out even
> though we live in different corners of the world.
Great idea, Marius! Keep in mind that the older generation of nancinetters had
already put together two tapes called "Unnecessary Plastic Object" (I and II).
Unfortunately, I joined the nancinet too late to participate in either
projects. And I'm sure there are many more of us from the newer NN generation
who would have loved to contribute. I particularly love the angle of using the
Internet. I wrote some different arrangements of a couple of Nanci songs and
would love to have a chance to share that with fellow Nanci fans. The
oldtimers would probably not be interested in doing this again, but perhaps
there would be enough interest among the newer generation of nancinetters to
pull a CD together. Let me know if you're serious and I'll be glad to help
organize this.
Donate "we Europeans think alike........" von Bredow-Gardner
// didn't say it wasn't a good idea, only that it has been done...
// "older generation?" [BP
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Subject: NN: Re: Nanci Tribute
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 20:59:45 +0200
From: "Marius Molstad" (marius.molstad@c2i.net>
Donate,
It's just a few months since I joined this list and I had no idea that there's
already been tributes put together by listmembers. I was serious when I wrote
this, but I'm not really up to organizing this (at least alone) because my
computer skills and equipment are not great (and I don't actually know how to
arrange it). If someone wants to take the lead I could participate with a
couple of songs, but sadly that's all. I'm not sure how we should put together
this virtual (or not so virtual) album, as online only or CDR copies for sale
or some other way. If anyone has any thoughts on how we should arrange such a
thing it would be great to share it.
On the other hand if no one else are interested in this maybe we should do a
duo album with Nanci songs, Donate.
Marius
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Subject: NN: Re: Nanci Tribute
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 18:35:46 -0400
From: "Shawn Kimbro" (kimbroj@charter.net>
Donate writes:
> The oldtimers would probably not be interested in doing this
> again, but perhaps there would be enough interest among
> the newer generation of nancinetters to pull a CD together.
> Let me know if you're serious and I'll be glad to help organize
> this.
I'm probably one of the "oldtimers" (at 30 something!) but this is a perfect
opportunity to wave the flag for the digital revolution. Since I think
passing around songs is what folk music is all about, I'm all for any
project like this. Past organizers will tell you though, it's no easy job
putting together a compilation tape or CD. But with technology what it is,
this could be very simple now. Here's a low-tech but convenient solution:
Record your tapes of Nanci covers and convert them to MP3. It's easy, just
run a cable from the headphone jack of your tape recorder to the line in on
your sound card, then use Windows recorder to make it a .wav file, or you
could just record into your computer mic. Next, use any of the free
downloadable conversion applications to make your .wav file into a MP3.
Then, upload the files to a web site. See? Cheap, easy, low-maintenance,
just like the best dates. Here's an ingredient list:
1. Web Space - Anyone can volunteer space anywhere on the net, a free site
on geocities would suffice.
2. A Web Page - A front door containing hyperlinks to the MP3 files. A free
page anywhere would work.
3. Moderator - Volunteers? Donate? All the moderator would do is plug the
hyperlinks onto the page, and help folks locate space to store their MP3s.
4. Listeners - Announce to the list that your tribute song has been posted
to the site, and people will listen.
Those who wish to do more professionally produced covers can still do so,
they'll exist right beside living-room versions. The songs from the two
tapes/CDs that were done in the past can be added for the sake of
completion. Musicians in the group can even upload guitar or piano tracks
for others to record their vocals on to, or just sing along with. I'll be
the first to volunteer web space or to steer anyone in the direction of
finding free space of their on. Want to give it a go?
Warm Regards,
-Shawn
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Subject: Re: NN: Re: Nanci Tribute
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 07:53:57 -0500
From: Laura Breidenbach (pray@remembered.com>
Dontate, Shawn and all!
I can not stand it any longer. I want to hear all of this music
that many may have.
I will:
Donate my website to make the homepage.
Donate as many pages as it takes to get the files uploaded.
Will receive any music that is in .wav format.
I will upload it to the website.
I will give credit first to Nanci and then to the
person who made the recording.
I will also make links back to the Homepages of
the best of the best Nanci Griffith sites.
I would hope that you would give me the opportunity
to make judgement if the recording is acceptable
quality to upload to the website.
I will NOT submitt it to any search engines.
As soon as the pages are complete I will give
you the address. Or better yet this is the
address that I will give it. You can pop in
and grab the files as I receive them.
http://www.remembered.com/nanci.html
http://www.remembered.com/music.html
So start recording and send those files my way.
You can send them to nanci@remembered.com
I hope I am not doing anything illegal here, if so
please someone let me know.
Donate...beat you out as an "oldtimer"...hehehee
with 50 years of age.
Kindly,
Laura Breidenbach
--
"The LORD lives!
Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be God my Savior"!
-Psalms 18:46
\o/\o/\o/ (Praise the Lord)
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Subject: Re: NN: Re: Nanci Tribute
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:49:09 -0400
From: "Shawn Kimbro" (kimbroj@charter.net>
Laura writes:
> I hope I am not doing anything illegal here, if so
> please someone let me know.
Nothing illegal. The only way you can get in trouble is if you decide to
profit in some way from the project. Then it still isn't illegal, it just
means you must get a compulsory mechanical license from Nanci's publishing
company and pay royalties for whatever you sell. I guess the performing
rights organizations could consider you a performance venue, and ask for
license fees, but that's a long shot and there are much bigger fish for them
to fry. Even if they did that, all you'd have to do is close the web page.
I'm not a lawyer, but I've studied up a little on copyright law, and I'd be
happy to do this myself if not for time constraints.
Please let me know if I can offer any technical assistance to anyone. The
easiest program I know of for converting .wav files to .mp3 is Music Match
which is a free download from http://www.musicmatch.com With it you can
also record from your computer mic or line-in directly to MP3 and skip the
.wav step. Laura, you might want to post some rules on your page about the
size of files and what bandwidth to use, etc. If a lot of folks
participate, you may need more web space, I can help with that and I bet
some others here would too. I'm very anxious to hear submissions!
Warm Regards,
-Shawn
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Subject: NN: Re: Musings on the Album Poll
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:03:36 EDT
From: RoanInish@aol.com
(( At the same time I would be reluctant to come up with a better system - no
doubt there are faults in all of them. The only one I would be prepared to
wholeheartedly endorse is one which assured TALBTW a top five place! >>
I just think they should be ranked by the number of points they get, not by
the number of times they are voted #1. But whatever!
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Subject: NN: RE: Re: Nanci Tribute
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:17:19 -0400
From: "Trucksis, Katie" (ktrucksis@mtw.org>
I've always really liked Nanci's original recording of Gulf Coast Highway
(can take or leave the Darius Rucker duet), but her performance of it at
Chastain in Atlanta this summer, with James Hooker & the ASO, was
exquisite....had more beauty & feeling than I've ever heard in it. Was a
stand-out song for me from that concert. Anyone else have that feeling in
Atlanta?
katie "knows the bells she's hearin' aren't the telephone"
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Subject: NN: The tribute album
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 09:36:46 -0400
From: "Kristina Plath" (flyer23@angelfire.com>
It's a Hard Life-- Dar Williams
Flyer
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Subject: NN: concerts and RMFF
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 07:35:32 -0700
From: Susan Peete (suepeete@cruzio.com>
After hearing the headlines today that 6 more children were killed by a land
mine in Vietnam, I thought that some of you might be interested in these...
Concerts For A Landmine Free World with Bruce Cockburn, Emmylou Harris, John
Prine, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Steve Earle and Nanci Griffith.
Sat 12/02/00 Palace Theatre in Stamford, CT
Sun 12/03/00 National Arts Centre in Ottawa, ON
Mon 12/04/00 Massey Hall in Toronto, ON
Tue 12/05/00 Flynn Theatre in Burlington, VT
Wed 12/06/00 Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence, RI
There are also pictures on http://nancigriffith.com of Nanci's January trip
to Southeast Asia.
On another note:
Another Nanci "convention" will be happening at the Rocky Mountain Folk
Festival, if you're interested in meeting up, contact Norm Watson at
normw@ecentral.com
See ya there,
Sue "The FLYER will soon be hitting the road" Peete
I wonder who the surprised guest will be this time :-)
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Subject: NN: Re: Amber's story
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 12:05:20 -0400
From: "Donate von Bredow-Gardner" (dvbgardner@genelogic.com>
> Amber-Lorien Gilbert (alorien@juno.com> wrote:
>
> "For my birthday my mom signed me up for voice lessons, ...
> it is a chance to sing my favorite songs for a lady who has never heard
> of Nanci...after hearing me sing When I Was A Boy)
> ....... I am a child of the 90's"
Amber, what a sweet story! You probably saw Marius' suggestion of putting
together another Nanci tribute album? While there were some discouraging
remarks from oldtimers, I think it would be a great idea for another
generation of nancinetters to get a shot at a project like that. Even better,
if some of the young nancinetters would be willing to participate. Someone
else kindly pointed your post out to me .... how about it? C'mon guys, let a
new generation of fans have a shot at it, too!
Donate
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Subject: NN: Re: NanciNet #00807
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 20:23:18 EDT
From: Pocee@aol.com
(( but what
about Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris with "Gulf Coast Highway" >>
Already a pretty great version of GCH with Emmylou and Willie Nelson.
Pat O'Connor
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Subject: NN: That's the one
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:37:24 +0100
From: "Jenny" (jenny.frog@virgin.net>
>It's a Hard Life-- Dar Williams
OOOOO... that's the one!! I've been going over what songs dar could sing.
But that one, that's it. Totally suited to her range... well done flyer,
another one-song contributer. I still stand by SO LONG AGO - lucy k. Maybe
if we pester her at shows, the doc would sing it for us. She could also
murder More than a whisper.
jenny*
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Subject: NN: We Believe - the original vagabonds
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:40:25 +0100
From: "Jenny" (jenny.frog@virgin.net>
Now you're just nicking ideas from nancijr. Last christmas time we decided
to make our own version of Unecessary PLastic Object and call it We Believe.
We had it planned down to actual songs... but somehow it fell apart. I
think the most common problem was that nobody's tape recorder had an actual
recording button. I will talk to the others involved and see if we can
resusitate it. You're welcome to join if you're really as youthful as you
say you are. www.geocities.com/ninetieskids/webelieve.
Speaking of that website... it's a mess... i'm sorry.
jenny*
OH DEAR GAWD was that TWO nancinet posts in a row??? What is this??
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Subject: Re: NN: A Nanci Tribute Album?
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 19:32:05 -0500
From: Ed Maier (evmaier@dhc.net>
scooter wrote:
>
> Just thought this might make for some good conversation. If there was
> going to be a Nanci tribute album made, what artists would you like to
> do which songs? Example: James Taylor doing Going Gone
Here goes:
Shania Twain One Blade Shy Of A Sharp Edge
John Denver The Flyer
Elvis Talk To Me While I'm Listening
Madonna Nobody's Angel
And the serious ones are:
Cory Sipper Fields Of Summer
Kimmie Rhodes So Long Ago
Sarah Brightman The Last Of The True Believers
Mary Black On Grafton Street
Emmylou Harris Going Back To Georgia
Kate Campbell Gulf Coast Highway
Kate MacLeod Alabama Soft Spoken Blues
Ed Maier
Arlington, TX
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Subject: NN: RE: Re: Nanci Tribute
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:20:40 -0700
From: "John Houser" (jchouser@earthlink.net>
> I'm probably one of the "oldtimers" (at 30 something!) but this
> is a perfect opportunity to wave the flag for the digital revolution.
> Want to give it a go?
Sounds like a wonderful idea. I don't know why I didn't get a copy of UPO2
(not around here for 1), though having no access to a tape player may have
been part of it...
Anyways, would love to hear these and other covers...
Setting up shop on a free server is easy enough to do, could set it up so
that interested parties can just go FTP 'em and not even worry about setting
up a Webpage at all (almost the ultimate in lazy solutions, though even more
lazy is just using Napster)
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Subject: NN: Nanci Cover List
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 21:00:26 -0300
From: "Douglas Dick" (cddick@viaccess.net>
Here are some Nanci covers I would like to hear
On Grafton Street-----Connie Dover
Flyer-----Dar Williams
This Heart-----Joe Ely
Late Night Grand Hotel-----Linda Ronstadt
Love at the Five and Dime-----Mary Chapin Carpenter
Lone Star State of Mind-----Tish Hinojosa
Outbound Plane-----The Kennedys
Trouble in the Fields-----Lucinda Williams
It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go-----Joan Baez
Storms-----Lucy Kaplansky
Last of the True Believers--Alison Krauss and Union Station
Gulf Coast Highway-----Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter
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Subject: NN: Nanci Covers & Visitors to Canada
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 00:31:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steve Goldberger" (sg@stevegoldberger.com>
Hello all,
Just wanted to say hi to Maureen and I'm sorry we didn't meet up on her
recent visit to the Toronto area.
I have also enjoyed the discussion of the ideal Nanci covers, and
Marius' suggestion for a new (UPO type) project of Nancinetter covers.
So with all this talk about Nanci covers, I will take this opportunity
(if Bill P. allows) to do some more shameless self promotion of my CD
which has two Nanci covers. I am pleased to announce that it is now
available on-line at several outlets including our own Bill Lavery's
Village Records, Amazon and others.
Also, as I am slowly reaching the break even point on this project, the
price has come down!
So please check it out at:
http://www.stevegoldberger.com/linernotes.html?
Can't wait to see sales go through the roof thanks to fellow NNetters
Thanks again,
Steve Goldberger, Toronto
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visit my home pages: http://www.stevegoldberger.com
email: sg@stevegoldberger.com
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Subject: NN: Re: Nanci Cover List
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 01:21:09 -0500
From: "Chevelle" (chevelle@pnx.com>
And let's not leave out good ol' Steve Forbert, doing justice to "Anyone
Can Be Somebody's Fool" and "Dashboard Lights"
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Subject: NN: 5 and dime
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:03:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: lippert@pgh.nauticom.net
I wonder if it smelled of "popcorn and chewing gum rubbed around on the
bottom of a leather soled shoe".
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12524.html
kenn "vulcan man" lippert
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| it will rise in perfect light; |
| "See Kate Campbell" I have loved the stars too fondly |
| to be fearful of the night." |
| "The moon, the music, and me. -Sarah Williams |
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Subject: NN: RMFF
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:28:21 -0600
From: Norm Watson (normw@ecentral.com>
Hi everyone,
If there is anyone who has sent me mail about being at the RMFF next
weekend and has not received a reply yet, please e-mail me off list.
Norm Watson
Colorado
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