// This will be the last digest with the "opening acts" theme...
// Believe it or not, there really is some Nanci content tonight!
// (not much, but some)...Enjoy...[BP]

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Subject: Re: NN: Opening Acts
   Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:47:52 -0500 (CDT)
   From: PhotoTwang@webtv.net (Richard Hill)

Just received the latest digest, and you guys are still throwing in more
memorable 'opening acts'. So, my two cents:
I got to see The Nazz open for Big Brother & The Holding Company (July
1968). The Nazz was Todd Rundgren's band, in the days when Todd was
trying hard to be Pete Townshend.

In the category of bonus 'very real treats':
John Prine opening for Bonnie Raitt.
B.B. King opening for The Rolling Stones.
Richard Thompson opening for Bonnie Raitt.
Eric Andersen opening for Lynn Miles.
And Jim Lauderdale, when not hangin' with Ralph Stanley and the boys, is
always hangin' out with the babes. I've seen him with Mary Chapin
Carpenter, Lucinda Williams, and Kate Campbell.

Richard Hill

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Subject: NN: Opening Acts
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 08:05:25 -0700
   From: "David Hahn" (dwhahn@bigfoot.com>

hey all,
saw Mary Chapin Carpenter open for Nanci at the Birchmere in VA 
when her Hometown Girl was released. Great Show!

Dave Hahn

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Subject: NN: Opening Acts
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 22:35:56 +0400
   From: Kevin and Diane Gray (houndogs@micoks.net>

Ah, thanks to Bob McConnochie, I recalled seeing Faces being
fronted by their new singer, Rod Stewart.  We had no idea who
HE was, when Faces first hit the stage.

This was in Richmond, Virginia on Feb. 5, 1971.  I've still got the
snapshots I took that night, plus the ticket stub and clippings from
the papers.  Unfortunately, even from front row, Stewart never
hovered close enough to get pictures to be proud of.
  
Savoy Brown with Kim Simmons was the headliners, followed
by Small Faces (and Stewart) and then the Grease Band (after
their time with Joe Cocker).

It shouldn't be surprising that "us" high school seniors (all of us
18) found the Faces misplaced in the lineup.  

Thank God it was a Friday night.  That way, we could more easily
hit the Richmond night spots and wind down after never having
expected so see someone quite like Stewart.  Although I stuck 
with Rod through Long Player, Gasoline Alley, and Every Picture
Tells a Story, I lost interest as the 70s moved on.

But what an amazing voice and performance in '71.

Kevin

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Subject: Re: NN: Opening Acts
   Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:19:42 EDT
   From: Petop@aol.com

houndogs@micoks.net writes:

(( Ah, thanks to Bob McConnochie, I recalled seeing Faces being
 fronted by their new singer, Rod Stewart.  We had no idea who
 HE was, when Faces first hit the stage. >>

You mean you never saw Long John Baldry when Rod Stewart was in his band 
(along with Reginald Dwight, who, in honor of Long John Baldry, later changed 
his name to Elton John) or later The Jeff Beck Group when Rod Stewart was its 
lead singer? Man, that makes me feel old.

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Subject: NN: Cliff Bruner (No Nanci - just Texas content!)
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:15:00 +0100
   From: "Pugsley, R.M." (rmp6@leicester.ac.uk>

Hello all,

My newspaper of choice had an obit for Cliff Bruner
this morning - it's not often Western Swing gets a mention
in the press here but this was a pretty fulsome tribute with
a big pic. You can read it here -
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,374890,00.html
(but there's no picture)

I'm sorry to say that I don't actually own anything by
the man can anyone recommend any of his recordings?

Thanks

Robert (Pugsley) (in deep lurk mode)

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Subject: NN: Re: Opening Acts
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 08:35:18 -0400
   From: Don Good (dgood@cn.edu>

>I've been on the list since almost the beginning, but have been mostly
>lurking for several years. Couldn't resist this thread though.
>I also saw John Prine a few weeks ago. Another great show. His opening act
>was a guy named Todd Snider (an Oh Boy recording artist). His song "Just In
>Case," about prenuptial agreements was hilarious. Catch them if they come
>near you.
>

>From another (usually) lurker:  I saw Amy Grant open for B.J. Thomas 
in 1978 or '79.  I also caught Todd Snider when he opened for Robert 
Earl Keen a few months ago in Knoxville (TN).

Don Good

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Subject: Re: NN: Re: Who Knows Where the Time Goes
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:59:09 -0600 (MDT)
   From: bateman@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca

Yes, I believe it was on the soundtrack of "A Walk on the Moon" also.

Rob

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 Brimpls@aol.com wrote:

> You know, I also think that "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" is on the 
> soundtrack of that wonderful movie starring Diane Lane which came out a while 
> ago, the movie set in the summer of Woodstock..."A Walk on the Moon" was its 
> title. I only saw it once, but I seem to associate that haunting song with 
> the film. Anyone know for sure?

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Subject: NN: opening acts
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:52:07 -0400 (EDT)
   From: jimmywolf@switchboardmail.com

It was not that long ago in Santa Fe New Mexico I
attended a concert with an unusual opening act.
I believe it was 1994.   I saw the Dave Matthews
Band open for Big Head Todd and the Monsters.   Funny
how things change in just a few years.  I came to see
Dave Matthews as I was not familiar with Big Head Todd.  
By the way, does anybody know if the BMO
will be performing with Nanci in Mar 2001 at the
3 shows in So Calif?    Take Care   Jimmy Wolf  

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Subject: NN: opening acts
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 01:51:59 -0400
   From: "Mike Baker" (dancingmike@erols.com>

Opening for John Prine at Wolf Trap this year was Richard Thompson. Not =
too shabby. I've seen Nanci open for him two times, the best being the =
time they were accompanied by their own guitars.

Bonnie Raitt has had some killer openers over the years -- NRBQ, Ruth =
Brown, The Fabulous Thunderbirds to name a few. My two favorites were =
the year Charles Brown opened for her and Bonnie introduced him herself =
and a number of years ago when she did her acoustic concerts in the =
winter. One show at the Warner Theater in DC she had this skinny, =
hatchet-faced guy with a truly wierd haircut who was accompanied by a =
guy playing the cello. It was the first time I saw Lyle Lovett.

How could I forget this one -- Bonnie Raitt did back-to-back shows in DC =
with Little Feat. She opened one and Feat opened the other. "Don' git =
much bedder dan dat", as we say here in Bawlamer.

Cheers,

Mike Baker
dancingmike@erols.com

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Subject: Re: NN: opening acts
   Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:22:57 EDT
   From: Petop@aol.com

dancingmike@erols.com writes:

(( Bonnie Raitt has had some killer openers over the years - >>

My two favorite Bonnie Raitt opening acts were in 1975 when Tom Waits opened 
for her and two or three years ago when John Hiatt opened.

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Subject: NN: Re:Who Knows Where The TIme Goes
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:59:44 EDT
   From: RoanInish@aol.com

(( This post reminded me... Anyone know of the movie the song was originally 
used for?? I caught it once on AMC and can't remember it... I think Martin 
Sheen was in it.... >>

The movie was called "The Subject Was Roses."  It also stared Patricia Neal 
and Jack Albertson (who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the film).

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Subject: NN: Re: Who Knows Where The Time Goes
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 19:02:11 EDT
   From: RoanInish@aol.com

(( And in the Nanci-related content part of this post, you won't believe it, 
but
>I heard "If Wishes Were Changes" in a Muzac (Musac?) version while dining at
>a very old-fashioned restaurant yesterday with my mom.  >>

Bizzare Muzak versions I have heard:

And She Was (Talking Heads)
Living In The Past (Jethro Tull)
Back On The Chain Gang (The Pretenders)

A friend of mine insists that he also heard a muzak version of Jimi Hendrix's 
"Purple Haze."

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Subject: Re: NN: Obscure acts who live too long
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 19:06:07 EDT
   From: RoanInish@aol.com

((People have mentioned all kinds of obscure and not so obscure artists on the
"opening acts" thread, and tonight I saw a TV commercial for a band who has
really outlived themselves - Smokie! >>

Fortunately for us here in the US, Smokie is only known as a one hit wonder.  
Sorry you folks in Scandinavia have not been so lucky!  :-)

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Subject: Re: NN: Muzak
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 20:10:39 EDT
   From: Poetmuse@aol.com

I've heard the Purple Haze muzak, I swear!  And I've also heard a muzak 
version of Why Can't I be You, by the Cure and Wish it Would Rain by our 
nanci...

No wonder going to the dentist is a scary thing for me......

-Christina "need to purge my soul of Kenny G" Myers

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Subject: Re: NN: Muzak
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 21:36:54 EDT
   From: Brimpls@aol.com

Dear Christina,

I too have heard "I Wish It Would Rain" in Muzak fashion. Now does anyone 
know if Nanci and the other songwriters get royalties when Muzak is produced?

Quick Muzak story, if that's okay: In the mid-1970s, I went to college at the 
Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. It's a wonderful school and 
right up there with Juilliard in terms of reputation and level of excellence. 
My freshman year, first semester, I made many friends from all over the 
world. Really interesting bunch of classmates there. One of the girls who 
lived in my dorm was from New Jersey but both of her parents were immigrants 
from Bellorussia, so she spoke the language and knew a lot of the cultural 
aspects of her heritage. Laryssa played piano and also a special Bellorussian 
harp, and she was very interesting to talk to.

Her roommate Roberta was a vocalist and my best friend there. At first she 
and the Laryssa got along well, but within a month or so, they were feuding. 
Turns out that they had one major point of argument about their dorm room: 
Laryssa insisted on playing the Muzak radio channel every night while 
studying! She claimed that it "relaxed" her and that she simply could not 
study or read without it. Well, naturally, being a musician, Roberta could 
not stand to have Muzak playing at any time, much less while studying, and it 
became quite the big argument between them.

Ultimately it was unsolvable (now I wonder: why didn't Laryssa just get a 
pair of headphones?) and they actually agreed that Laryssa would move in with 
a different roommate downstairs. That worked out great, as Roberta was not 
only a vocalist but also a guitarist, and once Laryssa was happily moved in 
to the new room, Roberta and I were able to spend many hours sitting around 
the dorm room singing Joan Baez, Bobby Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Simon and 
Garfunkel songs...much nicer than Muzak! 

Sabrina in Mpls.

P.S. Has Nanci ever performed with Dylan on stage? Anyone know?

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Subject: NN: Dylan and nanci
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 22:06:11 EDT
   From: Poetmuse@aol.com


>P.S. Has Nanci ever performed with Dylan on stage? Anyone know?(

Didn't the Bobster himself specifically request our Nanci to sing at his 
tribute concert sometime last year? Seems to me I've heard the story but
just can't place it... I'm sure one of you fine Nanci historians out there 
with a fine memory can enlighten us all..... :)

--Christina "Rhapsody in Blue" Myers

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Subject: Re: NN: Dylan and nanci
   Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 22:37:02 -0400
   From: Mike Chesman (chesman@preferred.com>

She sang Boots of Spanish Leather with Carolyn Hester at the 30th
anniversary tribute and was onstage with Bob and all the guests for the
finale... Knockin' On Heavens Door.  Her cut is not on the CD but it is in
the video release.

Mike

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Subject: Re: NN: Fw: Opening Acts
   Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 10:53:56 +0800
   From: "Bob McConnochie" (rsm@ppp.com.hk>

Rod Stewart and the Faces mentioned on the Nanci-Net!! -Shock Horror!!

What a great band, sloshed though they always were...there may be a few
people in this esteemed gathering who are not aware that Rod Stewart used to
be a great R&B/ballad singer....my first ever concert was these guys at the
Glasgow Apollo, December 23rd 1973....very late start (not a surprise), and
I had to leave during the first encore to get the last bus back to my
Grannie's flat......

Ronnie Lane, anyone? The late, eccentric Ronnie Lane, former bassist with
the Small Faces then the Faces....after seeing him and his Slim Chance
ensemble at the Edinburgh Student's Union a year earlier, I had a very
emotional experience watching him open for Eric Clapton at a huge sports
stadum gig in Badelona....a rather down-market suburb of Barcelona in Spain.
He was magnificent, ending with a stunning version of "Debris"..... and then
returned to the stage later to join Eric Clapton with a shovel instead of
his guitar, and stood there beside Clapton mocking him with these ecstatic
solos on his shovel....Ah, the air was thick that night.

Bob "poyo eh frites pour pavor" Mc

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Subject: NN: For sale, DBS and other CDs
   Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 22:07:29 -0600
   From: "Mark D. Gardner" (markdgardner@mindspring.com>

I've never seen this on the list so I hope it's not inappropriate.

I'm getting rid of some discs I don't listen to much. Some are nearly new,
others were bought used, but all are in perfect playing condition and
include liner notes. No CD copies or promo discs. $3 per disc plus shipping
(about what the CD stores will pay). Contact me off list.

Nanci, Dust Bowl Symphony
Roches, can we go home now
Kirsty MacColl, Titanic Days
Dusty Springfield, Dusty in Memphis
genesis live, vol. 2, The Longs
Edie Brickell, Picture Perfect Morning
Elvis Costello - Spike, All This Useless Beauty, Brutal Youth
Soundtrack, The Usual Suspects
Soundtrack, The Red Violin
Soundtrack, Sweet and Lowdown
Bela Bartok, The Wooden Prince (Detroit Sym/Antal Dorati)
Van Morrison, A Sense of Wonder
Michael Hedges, Aerial Boundaries & Breakfast in the Field

Regards,

Mark Gardner
Louisville, CO

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Subject: NN: Nanci/Bob
   Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 11:10:53 +0800
   From: "Bob McConnochie" (rsm@ppp.com.hk>

Sabrina asks;

"P.S. Has Nanci ever performed with Dylan on stage? Anyone know?"

Well, she opened the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert at Madison =
Square Garden in 1992 with "Boots of Spanish Leather", a late addition =
to the bill I recall, and regrettably omitted from the CD-release of the =
event. I don't think she was still there when everyone came on stage at =
the end for the usual sing-along, but maybe someone else can confirm?

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Subject: NN: Linda Thompson; no Nanci content...
   Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 12:39:20 +0100
   From: Tony Bloomfield (tonyb@reading.u-net.com>

no Nanci content...... but I know there are some fans on this list.

>From a flyer I just received:

Linda Thompson: Give Me A Sad Song. A remarkable historical collection of
previously unreleased demos and rare tracks from one of our favourite
singers. Remarkable demos from 1970 recorded with Martin Carthy, Linda's
contributions to a very rare album of Brian Patten's poems, and powerful
demos with Betsy Cook from the mid-eighties. All-in-all a collection
'joining up the dots' of Linda's wonderful career. Contributing players
include Martin Carthy, Richard Thompson, Andy Roberts, Neil Innes, Gerry
Conway and Betsy Cook. For January 2001 release on Fledg'ling FLED 3020 cd.

The record company is accepting mail orders now. Their web address is
www.thebeesknees.com, though I haven't checked whether this particular cd
is available thru there yet.

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Subject: NN: opening act
   Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 10:02:27 EDT
   From: GORDON1717@aol.com

My wife likes to brag that she saw Steely Dan open up (about a week after 
Can't Buy A Thrill came out) for Cheech and Chong at Shady Grove (it's a 
metro station now) outside DC. That was the night Becker almost got 
electrocuted when his lips touched his mike and swore that he would never 
tour again. He didn't for almost 20 years.
Gordon

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Subject: NN: Iris Dement
   Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:40:16 -0400
   From: "Chris J. Whelehan" (megyver@home.com>

Its funny...I've been watching the posts here for near a year now and I
have not seen anyone mention Iris Dement..or if they have..I must have
missed it.  I downloaded some or her mp3's from Napster not long ago and
I am completely blown away with her work, so I promptly ordered the
three cd's she has put out which I just received today.  Her songs are
every bit as great as Nanci's!  What a find!  I highly recommend her
music if you're not already a fan...check her out!  
On the subject of Napster, I would be interested in hearing all of your
comments.  I have bought about five cd's so far that I would not have
bought had I not heard the artists work via Napster.  The one thing you
can't get from Napster are the liner notes which, if you love the
artist, are a must read. Also the sound quality is much better than you
can get from Napster files...unless you are fortunate enough to find ALL
of the songs you want at a high bit rate.  So from my point of view,
Napster must remain.  It provides an invaluable service to the musicians
who denounce it, in my humble opinion. What do you guys think?

PS>  what is happening to the tribute web site where everyone was going
to contribute their versions on nanci's songs?

PSS> please, oh please can we get off of this opening acts thread...I
mean really..have we not heard enough???  Its also clogging up my
email.  Thanks!  :-)

Regards to all

Chris

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Subject: Re: NN: Iris Dement
   Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 14:47:05 EDT
   From: Poetmuse@aol.com

Of course we talk about Iris here... ! This is the place where I first 
learned of her- so that definitely proves it's been done. ;-)

In a side note- I recently bought an album by an Irish lass named Kate Rusby
that does an excellent cover of "Our Town" that Iris fans would love...her 
voice is very reminiscent of Ms. Dement's..with an irish tilt. 

-Christina "letting the mystery be" Myers

n.p: Sarah Harmer- You were Here

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Subject: Re: NN: Iris Dement
   Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 12:41:45 -0700 (PDT)
   From: Reid Mitchell (reidmitchell@yahoo.com>

--- "Chris J. Whelehan" (megyver@home.com> wrote:
> Its funny...I've been watching the posts here for
> near a year now and I
> have not seen anyone mention Iris Dement..or if they
> have..I must have
> missed it.  

I guess we haven';t talked much abot Iris Dement in
the last few months, though she came up a lot when she
toured with Prine last fall.  Longer ago, there was
some mild disagreement about her.  Some of us admire
not only her songwriting but her very traditional
voice while others find her singing too strident and
apparently suffer sonic-induced nervous backgrounds
when they hear her live.  I'm an admirer, obviously,
but then again there are many singers beloved by
nancinetters that strike me as insipid.  (I'm too
cagey to name names here--either of singers OR
netters.)  Anyway, I think after the discussion of
whether Iris could sing died down, nobody wanted to
return to the topic.  People who have been on the list
a while tend to forget not everybody has been on the
list along with them.  Compulsive I am, when I first
signed on, I went to the NanciNet archives and read
every single digest from Day 1.

Reid "Professional Research, Private Snoop" Mitchell

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Subject: NN: Re: Iris Dement
   Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:28:08 +0200
   From: "Hans Janssen" (hjanssen@zeelandnet.nl>

From: "Chris J. Whelehan" (megyver@home.com>
>so I promptly ordered the three cd's she has put out which 
>I just received today.

And when you lhave istened to these CDs you should order:

Tom Russell - the man from god knows where
John Prine - inspite of ourselfs with several Iris dues and harmanies

and Tom Russell - the longway around
with two Iris duets and one Nanci duet.

met vriendelijke groeten,

Hans Janssen.


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