NanciNet Digest 3-16-01
// Long digest tonight...enjoy.
// Enjoy... [BP]
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Subject: NN: eye contact
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 11:33:14 -0000
From: "Pugsley, R.M." (rmp6@leicester.ac.uk>
Dear all, de-lurking all too briefly...
Tim Baird wrote:
(((After signing this song, Nanci stayed on stage...>>>
Is this another of nanci's many talents...;-)
I had to just mention the eye contact thing. I too have experienced this
sitting in the front row at Sheffield last year (or was it the year before last
- time is passing by...). As my partner spent almost the whole concert with a
tear in her eye (there's a whole load of reasons for this but mostly it's just
Nanci's voice which gets her 'right there') I put it down to concern for her
fans. Looking back though I'm not so sure she could even see me, let alone the
watery eyes of my companion.
I think she just kind of fixes the audience and that gives her something to
concentrate on. From my (admittedly very limited experience) of lecture giving
I know that's what I find myself doing - I have to tell myself not to as it
spooks the students. Then again perhaps she just appreciates a happy smiling
face! Whatever the reason it's strangely unnerving and at the same time kinda
cool...
Oh yeah, finally got the Oh Brother soundtrack - it's on alternate play with
the American Beauty soundtrack (I know I'm a bit behind the times here...) both
suberb examples of what can be done with soundtracks with a bit of effort...
All the best,
Robert (Pugsley)
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Subject: NN: Presidents needs music too.
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 07:44:17 -0500
From: "Tim Roy" (roysbus@yahoo.com>
I don't care what your political slant is. If you are a musician and you have
an opportunity to play for the President of the USA, you do it. You play for
the office, not the person.
Go Nanci!
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Subject: NN: Song topics and Nostalgia
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 07:57:55 -0600
From: Ron Hennessy (rhennesy@coserv.net>
Hello Nancinetters, and Donate and Shawn in particular:
My 2 cents about a possible song topic: I've been thinking about how old songs
have such a powerful appeal to me and I think to other people. I think the
nostalgia has to do in part with the feeling that, when I am tracking down an
old song, I am in some sense recovering a precious piece of the past that is
close to being lost.
Related to this is the feeling that fine old-time musicians (for example, Bing
Crosby) are on the verge of being forgotten; and there is something sad about
that.
Best wishes to all,
Ron Hennessy
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Subject: Re: NN: Song topics and Nostalgia
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:37:14 -0800 (PST)
From: Reid Mitchell (reidmitchell@yahoo.com>
--- Ron Hennessy (rhennesy@coserv.net> wrote:
>
> Related to this is the feeling that fine old-time
> musicians (for example,
> Bing Crosby) are on the verge of being forgotten;
> and there is something sad about that.
>
Ron, I agree with you in general but the situation with your specific example
has changed recently. Der Bingle actually has had lots of attention recently,
with the first volume of Gary Giddin's new biography getting reviews in the NEW
YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW and major magazines and a new 4 cd retrospective of his
work out.
Now, Slim Gallard...he's forgotten. I recently wasted an evening finding
children's song websites and informing them that the author of DOWN BY THE
STATION isn't unknown, he's Slim Gallard.
Reid
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Subject: Re: NN: Song topics and Nostalgia
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 19:15:25 EST
From: Poetmuse@aol.com
rhennesy@coserv.net writes:
(( Related to this is the feeling that fine old-time musicians (for example,
Bing Crosby) are on the verge of being forgotten; and there is something sad
about that. >>
Oh I don't know Ron- I'm fairly young and I'm all about searching out the old
singers- especially people like Bing, Dean Martin, Bobby Darrin, Billie
Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald.. etc, etc.... okay, maybe some of those people
haven't exactly slipped under the radar yet, but I like the old standards, at
any rate. Must be because I still watch those old classic black and white
movies too. :) The scandal...
-Christina " you're nobody till somebody loves you" Myers
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Subject: NN: RE: Presidents needs music too.
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:20:27 -0500
From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>
Actually, this could make a good thread. There have been some other interesting
musical moments in the White House, many of them controversial. I remember when
I was young, there was a huge uproar in the media when one of Nixon's daughters
invited the Turtles to play in the White House for a birthday party. If you
think Nanci playing for G Dubya is strange, can you imagine what Flo and Eddie
must have looked like playing for Dick Nixon?
Roman from Ohio
// What about when Ertha Kitt sang for LBJ? [BP]
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Subject: Re: NN: RE: Presidents needs music too.
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:11:09 EST
From: Petop@aol.com
panchysr@oclc.org writes:
(( I remember when I was young, there was a huge uproar in the media when one
of Nixon's daughters invited the Turtles to play in the White House for a
birthday party. >>
I also recall Spiro T. Agnew in an uproar because those agents of
subversion, The Beach Boys, were invited to play at the White House for a July
4th celebration.
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Subject: NN: "I See the Moon"
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 10:15:45 -0500
From: "Nina Gooch" (nina-gooch@mindspring.com>
The only way I've ever seen the words printed has been:
I see the moon and the moon sees me,
God bless the moon, and God bless me.
But my father said it to me this way:
I see the moon and the moon sees me,
the moon sees the one I long to see.
God bless the moon, and God bless me.
God bless the one I long to see.
I like to say it to my lover, so when we're in the same
place, I change the word "long" to "love."
I didn't know it had a tune though. Where can I find it?
Nina Gooch
Atlanta
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Subject: NN: the new Janis/and a Nanci related question...
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 10:21:54 EST
From: ChocChippy@aol.com
((From: "T. Merolla" (TMerolla@worldnet.att.net>
I'm still waiting for the next Janis.>>
Well, I don't think she's coming back...however, in terms of energy and talent,
there are a couple of singers I've been listening to recently who put me in
mind of JJ (and I don't mean Joan Jett ;-)
I went to see singer/songwriter Melissa Ferrick last Friday in Hoboken (she's
on tour now headed South & West and will be performing with Amy Ray at SXSW in
Austin), and was struck by how emotionally naked and raw a performer she is, at
the same time in complete command of her craft (like Janis). She gives
absolutely everything she has on every song, and it was one of the most
satisfying live shows I've seen in ages! It's just her and the acoustic and a
drummer, and she blew the room away. At this point, like so many of the artists
we love on this list, she's kind of an undiscovered secret (a "newcomer" like
Shelby Lynne...she's been doing this since the early 90s and has about six or
seven albums), so you can catch her in these tiny venues where it's intimate
and wonderful.
Also, in a completely different style, my new favorite hard rock band is One
Step Beyond, whose front-woman, Susan Wedelkind, has the kind of pipes and
power that Janis did in her prime. It's also filled with angst and power and
they are a tight, talented hard rocking band. I'm going to see them Friday at
the Hard Rock here in NYC. (And in the Village before that to see Meghan Cary
at the Bitter End).
And the Nanci related question...from nancigriffith.com and pollstar, Nanci is
listed as playing at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY in May, and
their website doesn't say anything about it, and I've emailed them and gotten
no response...anyone familiar with the venue? Do they regularly host musical
events?
Thanks,
Kathleen W.
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Subject: NN: Listen to the TV
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 11:54:37 -0500
From: "The Kimbros" (kimbroj@charter.net>
Did anyone catch Loretta on A&E tonight?
"Where would we be in times like these without the songs Loretta wrote?"
-S
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Subject: Re: NN: Listen to the TV
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 19:08:37 EST
From: Poetmuse@aol.com
kimbroj@charter.net writes:
(( Did anyone catch Loretta on A&E tonight? >>
I did. Loved it. And I don't really even own anything by Loretta- just a few
odds and ends, here and there. It got me to thinkin'- wouldn't it be great if
NANCI did a thing like this? I'm sure the Nanci Net could generate some
SERIOUS requesting!@!!
-Christina "a computer engineer's daughter" Myers
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Subject: Re: NN: Listen to the TV
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 23:38:59 -0400
From: "Douglas Dick" (cddick@viaccess.net>
It would be great to see Nanci do A&E live by request, but somehow I doubt they
will ask her. I may be wrong but they probably won't feel that her songs are
well known enough to the mass public. That show tends to pick artists who have
had lots of commercial radio hits.
Doug Dick
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Subject: NN: Strings
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:54:44 -0600
From: "Jack Webb" (jwebb714@hotmail.com>
Does anyone know what kind of guitar strings Nanci uses.
Jack
Nashville
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Subject: Re: NN: Strings
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 08:19:43 -0500
From: Steve Robertson (stever@mindspring.com>
on 3/15/01 3:54 PM, Jack Webb at jwebb714@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> Does anyone know what kind of guitar strings Nanci uses.
>
She has always stated in her album credits thatr she uses John Pearse strings,
but sometimes I wonder how closely performers stick to their endorsement
agreements. Someone reported recently that Nanci's blue Taylor was damaged, and
Taylor provided her with a new guitar while repairing hers. Taylor started
equipping all their new guitars with Elixir strings a couple of years ago. If
the guitar maker thinks that's the best string for the instrument, I would
think any Taylor player would have to consider switching to Elixirs.
--
>From the Georgia Pines,
Steve Robertson
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_________Fiddlin' Around____________
The Journal of American Roots Music
on the web at
http://www.starchart.com/
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Subject: Re: NN: Strings
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 06:36:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Scott Johnsen (wsjohnsen@yahoo.com>
Perhaps I'm getting too cynical in my old age but I am suspicious that Taylor's
decision to use Elixir strings is more closely related to the partnership
agreement they have between their two companies than it does to which strings
sound best. Now don't get me wrong, if they sounded bad, Taylor would never
sign such an agreement. But if any of the top strings will do, why not go with
the best financial deal?
- Scott
Now Playing: Let's Get Cynical", Steve Beresford on the Signals for Tea CD
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Subject: NN: Six Days On The Road lyrics
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:42:31 -0600
From: Ed Maier (evmaier@dhc.net>
Earl Green and Carl Montgomery's song *Six Days On The Road*
has a line in it referring to "...a Georgia overdrive." What
is that? A strong tailwind?
Ed "I didn't invent the internet. I just used it a little." Maier
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Subject: NN: auld sangs
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 11:10:09 +0000
From: "A. Dil" (a.dil@virgin.net>
Reading posts about people in tears at Nanci concerts (I don't need to be at a
concert myself) got me thinking about common human bonds of understanding. I
was reminded of something I read five years ago, and dug it out again to find
the short story. It was in a biography of Mary Slessor "of Calabar," an early
missionary in what was then known as Calabar, present day Nigeria.(by
W.P.Livingstone.) A "Scottish factory girl" from a poor family, she is one of
the most famous early missionaries in Africa, and certainly in that part.
I can't resist quoting this: She was converted by an old widow, so my book
says: "Do ye see that fire?", she exclaimed suddenly. "If ye were to put your
hand into the lowes, it would be gey and sair. It would burn ye. But if ye
dinna repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ your soul will burn in the
lowin' bleezin' fire for ever and ever." (If that isn't old time preaching, I
don't know what is.)
Anyway, she wound up at a station up river from what is now Lagos, I think, in
Okoyong (1889), where the church was waiting for a carpenter to put in doors
and windows. Charles Ovens, from Edinburgh (who also worked in America, though
my book doesn't hint where), responded to the call.
"He found Mary attired in a simple dress, without hat or shoes, dining at a
table in the yard in the company of goats and hens. She sprang up with delight
on hearing the Scots tongue, and welcomed him warmly... Although ignorant of
the native language [Mary was fluent] he was of great assistance to her during
his stay, while his humour and irresistible laugh lightened many a weary day.
As he worked he sang "auld Scots sangs," like the "Rowan Tree" and "The Auld
Hoose." When she heard the latter, tears came into her eyes at the memories it
recalled. Even Tom, his native assistant was affected. "I don't like these
songs," he said, "they make my heart big and my eyes water!"
"
I'll let that speak for itself. I often think back to that and also the thought
of another traveller carrying kilt and tartans into Uganda, where one day
derelict and near starving he whips them out for a meeting with king Mtesa of
the Baganda, who is so impressed that he ensures his safe passage and feeding.
But I digress. :-)
I don't know those songs. Quite keen to see if I can find them now. I
daresay the lyrics are easy enough to find.
Thanks again to everyone who offered clues as to where to find my missing
Nanci. I have found all the philo stuff! (great)
Anton
(there's a moose loose aboot this hoose)
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Subject: NN: 8 string fiddle
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 09:29:14 -0500
From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>
Anybody out there ever play an 8 string fiddle?
This off the news wire today.
Roman from Ohio
Benny Martin
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Benny Martin, a fiddler who worked with the top
bandleaders in bluegrass and invented the eight-string fiddle, died Tuesday
after a history of heart trouble. He was 72.
Martin played with Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells and
many other stars. Martin wrote songs and scored the hit ``Rosebuds and You''as
a solo act in 1963.
Martin debuted his eight-string fiddle in 1958. He was briefly managed by
Colonel Tom Parker, before Parker began guiding the career of Elvis Presley.
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Subject: Re: NN: 8 string fiddle
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 10:21:48 -0500
From: DvBGardner@genelogic.com
Roman from Ohio wrote: (((((( Anybody out there ever play an 8 string
fiddle? >>>>>>
Roman -
Just curious...... Would all 8 strings still be tuned in quints (5th)???? That
would be mind-boggling. (Haven't picked up my violin in years)
Donate "teaching myself the cello right now to serenade Shawn when I get to
Tennessee" vBG
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Subject: RE: NN: 8 string fiddle
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 10:32:26 -0500
From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>
Donate,
I know nothing about 8 string fiddles, 'cept for the obit I just ran across. I
didn't even know they existed.
Roman
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Subject: Re: NN: 8 string fiddle
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 17:33:52 +0100
From: "Marius Molstad" (marius.molstad@c2i.net>
Hi,
Benny Martin's eight string fiddle was as far as I know organized like a
mandolin with unison strings (gg dd aa ee).
best
Marius
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Subject: NN: Re: Nanci in Washington
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 11:29:40 EST
From: BMiller224@aol.com
I'm curious if anyone has come across an actual report on Nanci's performance
at Denny Hastert's Speaker's Irish Luncheon on Thursday.
I checked the online sites of Billboard and the Washington Post, did a Yahoo!
search and looked on the Speaker's home page. The closest I came to finding
any kind of report was a summary of Denny Hastert's speech at the 1999
luncheon.
Presumably Nanci didn't scandalize the audience by calling Bush a
carbon-dioxide-loving Republican religious fanatic, or anything like that.
That would have at least gotten a note in the news. Or maybe not.
Actually, I don't think an in-your-face confrontational posture at an event
like that would be the thing for her to do. Given her intemperate response to
her critics at times over the last few years, exposing herself to verbal
retaliation by professional sleaze-slingers (and let's face it, those are a
normal part of politics these days) is probably not something for her to seek
out.
Presumably, the event's organizers checked her out to some extent. The fact
that she actively campaigned years ago for Bush's opponent for Texas Governor,
Ann Richards, probably didn't get by them. And she likely had to give them a
list of songs in advance.
Plus, she seems to be making a serious effort to promote the anti-landmine
cause right now, so why risk alienating Congresspeople and even the President
to make a general partisan slam?
Her self-indulgence in blasting her critics - or, more accurately, her poor
anger management - comes back to haunt her here. I'm thinking particularly of
that letter she sent to newspapers all over Texas about three years ago
blasting all Texas music critics because she thought one of them had dissed an
important musician like her. That was the letter where she mentioned that
Texans "literally eat their young," I believe was how she put it.
If she attracted any attention at a Presidential performance by making some
dramatic protest, Tom DeLay or some other Republican shock-trooper would just
trot that out and say, hey, look what kind of person is insulting the
President. And what Democrat in Congress would say even a word to defend her?
If she wants to have the option to make that kind of a protest statement,
she'll have to control her impulses to blast her critics in public a little
better.
It wouldn't surprise me, though, if she performed "The Hammer Song" and
mentioned something about her visit to the American embassy in Hanoi as part of
the anti-landmine cause. I could see her doing something very similar to what
she did for that song in her Santa Cruz concert in February at a luncheon like
that.
Or maybe Nanci's a Green Party supporter(aka Republican Treehuggers) and is
glad to see that Bush won so no one will think it makes any difference whether
a Dem or a Rep is in the White House. (Isn't that how their line goes?)
Bruce Miller
Oakland CA
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Subject: NN: More on Nanci in Washington
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 15:26:06 EST
From: BMiller224@aol.com
I did find a bit more on the Speaker's lunch on Thursday at which Nanci
Griffith was scheduled to play in an "Irish Times" article at:
www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2001/0316/north9.htm
It doesn't mention Nanci, but it does talk about the other attendees. It
mentions that the Bush Administration is giving Northern Irish representatives
more access than they had expected and that they are continuing Clinton's peace
diplomacy in the area. The article says this represents in part an attempt to
have the Republican Party "not to allow the Democrats to portray themselves as
having a monopoly of concern over Northern Ireland."
Besides Bush and Speaker Hastert, the other guests included Secretary of State
Colin Powell, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, the First Minister of Northern
Ireland David Trimble, Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein is often
described as the political arm of the Irish Republican Army), and the Irish
Ambassador to America, Sean OhUiginn.
Prime Minister Ahern told the luncheon crowd, "The people who have borne the
brunt of living in a militarised environment need to see that politics does
work, that there are tangible benefits to peace and that their daily lives can
be changed for the better forever."
In other words, the luncheon was the occasion for some serious diplomatic
symbolism meant to promote the practical negotiations on the Northern Ireland
peace. And an occasion on which Bush was continuing the efforts of the Clinton
Administration to address one of the bad situations that Nanci's song "It's a
Hard Life" addresses.
If she had used an occasion like that to make some kind of cheap partisan shot,
that would have been inappropriate to the point of idiocy. (However much fun
that might be on other occasions!)
And it *is* a real honor for her to be invited as a guest performer.
I must admit, though, reading the article reminded me of my immense ignorance
of things Irish. The article refers to the Prime Minister as "the Taoiseach."
I don't have the slightest idea of what that is. I'm not sure I could even
guess the pronunciation. (And, no, "I can't drive on the left side of the
road," either!)
Bruce Miller
Oakland CA
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Subject: NN: question for guitar experts (no Nanci content)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 20:20:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Reid Mitchell (reidmitchell@yahoo.com>
I was reading a biography of Jimmie Rodgers today and
saw that besides Martin 00-18s, he often played
Weymann guitars. Anybody know anything about those?
Reid :unemployed but still researching" Mitchell
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Subject: NN: Nanci on the Shuttle
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 15:10:26 -0800
From: "John Houser" (jchouser@earthlink.net>
Apologies if this has already been posted (I'm waaaaaay behind in all my
emails), but when looking for info on Nanci at the White House, I came across
this little item about the Shuttle Mission...
I found the big zip on the WH thing, hope someone else can find something, as I
must return to my TV for the next set of college roundball action as I approach
double digits in games watched since yesterday (excuse me for a little Alma
Mater bias here - GO BRUINS)....
Off the board: sci.space.shuttle
STS-102
Report # 10
Monday, March 12, 2001 - 7 p.m. CST
Aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station tonight,
crews are preparing for a day of unloading and installing equipment both
inside and outside the two spacecraft.
The song "From a Distance" performed by Nanci Griffith awakened Discovery's
crew, and astronauts Paul Richards and Andy Thomas quickly began preparing for
a planned six and a half hour space walk.
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Subject: NN: RE: Nanci on the Shuttle
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 08:20:54 -0600
From: Ron Hennessy (rhennesy@coserv.net>
I can't think of a more perfect song for such a setting: "From a distance the
world looks blue and green . . . ."
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Subject: NN: Nanci in Saratoga CA
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 08:51:24 -0800
From: "Susan Krauss" (susankrauss@earthlink.net>
Nanci will be performing at Villa Montalvo (Saratoga, CA) on Sunday 8/5 @ 3PM
with Tom Rush, Janis Ian & Catie Curtis. Tickets go on sale to non-"Friends of
Montalvo" in a couple of weeks.
http://www.villamontalvo.org
susan in oakland
susankrauss@earthlink.net
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Subject: Re: NN: Nanci in Saratoga CA
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 15:32:32 EST
From: Janf1914@aol.com
susankrauss@earthlink.net writes:
(( Nanci will be performing at Villa Montalvo (Saratoga, CA) on Sunday 8/5 @
3PM with Tom Rush, Janis Ian & Catie Curtis. Tickets go onsale to
non-"Friends of Montalvo" in a couple of weeks. http://www.villamontalvo.org
>>
Is this on the lawn or in the ampitheater? The lawn would mean I'd be able to
bring my 2month old (by then). The first time I saw Nanci was on the lawn at
Villa Montalvo. A wonderful day!
Be God's,
Janet
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Subject: NN: New cd
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 01 18:45:55 -0000
From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>
Reading the latest edition of "No Depression" magazine, issue 32, March-April
2001, there is the following piece in an article about Billy Joe Shaver.
"Ray Kennedy (Steve Earle's production partner in the Twang Trust) says over
the phone while mixing a new Nanci Griffith album". (Page 84)
So there you go, with Ray is mixing the new album we could be in for some
interesting sounds.
John "when is August"? Graveling
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Subject: Re: NN: Re:
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:00:10 -0500
From: "The Kimbros" (kimbroj@charter.net>
(laughing>
You're a gem, Reid. I was thinking of writing something like that too, but all
the lines keep coming out, "Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore."
-S
----- Original Message -----
From: Reid Mitchell (reidmitchell@yahoo.com>
To: The Kimbros (kimbroj@charter.net>; (nanci@world.std.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: NN: Re:
> This one's for you, Kimbro.
>
> "The sun goes down and I feel blue
> No doubt Shawn Kimbro feels blue too
> We pour ourselves a little drink
> And sit downstairs our thoughts to think"
>
> Shawn is a man of constant sorrow
> And I'm a man who likes to hollar
> Shawn likes plain and I like fancy
> But we're both in love with Nanci"
>
> This is to be sung to a tune resembling "I See the
> (Blue) Moon and the (Blue) Moon Sees Me."
>
> Reid Mitchell
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Subject: NN: Re: song topics and Nostalgia
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 10:21:05 -0500 (EST)
From: lippert@pgh.nauticom.net
> Hmmm, you pick the style. How about a song about how people who share
> musical tastes have so many other interests in common?
I actually wanted to write a parody for the "Billie the Big Mouth Bass" to sing
("One Beer Short of a Full Keg"?)-great image Donate, but this came out
instead. Sorry for those who hate parodies, at least it doesn't have a mime in
it.
"Down By the Rio Grande"
(to the tune of "Across the Great Divide" by Kate Wolf)
I've been talkin' to my frineds
writing stories and clickin' "send".
Where the words go, i don't know,
they just fly away, empty ghosts.
And I've been clickin' through the archives
of years old posts and flame war fires.
They tell the stories i know so well,
of Kitty's tales and Blue Bonnet bells.
(chorus>
We're all the same - in some deep way,
'tho we come from every city, state, and land.
We share a common ancestor down by the Rio Grande.
Then i heard, the icon calling:
"You've got mail", a new post coming.
A close encounter, a concert seen,
a lyric understood, a child's dream.
We're all the same - in some deep way,
'tho we come from every city, state, and land.
We share a common ancestor down by the Rio Grande.
-Apologies to Kate Wolf, Nanci Griffith, all those who hold lyrics sacred,
Republicans, and mimes everywhere.
kenn "CO2, it's not just for breakfast anymore" lippert
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Subject: Re: NN: Re: song topics and Nostalgia
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 12:23:37 -0500
From: DvBGardner@genelogic.com
((( Kimbro wrote: Oh no you don't.... yer not getting off that
easy!>>>>>>>>
Okay, Shawn, I hear you -- sheeesh, you drive a hard bargain! Well, being a
foreigner, I've never heard that moon song before, but I do like the rhythm to
it. So here's a quickie in between some serious trademark issues this
morning.....
I'll sing for Shawn, he'll sing for me.
A great duet we'd surely be,
were not so far the twosome, we.
We would make headlines, yes, Siree!
We'd sing of squirrels, wouldn't we?
For, see, besides that Nanci G.,
we've more in common, Shawn and me!
A real life mountaineer is he!
And I'm a tree nymph --- now you see?
We share a common love for trees,
a love for nature, honey bees,
and playin' music, geez Louise!!!!!
So -- if we lived closer, Shawn and me,
we'd make great music, Glory Be!
But much too far apart are we.
Shawn, don't you live in Tennessee?
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Subject: Re: NN: Re: song topics and Nostalgia
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:48:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Reid Mitchell (reidmitchell@yahoo.com>
This just in:
"Foreign Mountain Records announced today the release
of its first cd MOONSHAWN: SONGS FOR SHAWN KIMBRO.
All 15 songs are by previously deservedly unknown
artists and all are song to the tune of "I See the
Moon" Plans are being made to release MOONSHAWN
SYMPHONY next autumn.
Reid
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Subject: Re: NN: Re: song topics and Nostalgia
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:39:02 -0500
From: DvBGardner@genelogic.com
This just in:
"Foreign Mountain Records announced today ..All 15 songs are by previously
deservedly unknown artists."
Hey, hey, Reid!!!!! -- I strongly resent that "deservedly unknown artist"
remark!!!!! I fancy myself quite the musician and writer, albeit only after
I've had a few swigs of that moonshine........
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