NanciNet Digest 5-13-01
// Hope all of you who are mothers had a great day!
// More concert reports!
// We also hear about upcoming concerts, and some reports on other folks.
// Enjoy... [BP]
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Subject: NN: Nanci In Portland last night
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 01:46:23 EDT
From: TeacherJef@aol.com
How many in the group knew that Nanci and the Blue Moon performed her Dust
Bowl Symphony with the Oregon Symphony here in Portland this past Tuesday the
9th? This was our first chance to see Nanci and it was everything we
expected. I have no past performances to compare this with, but I have a
feeling she clicked with the orchestra. She was somewhat removed from the
audience with the lighting situation of an opera house stage and I doubt she
could see any of us.
The two songs that she played that were not from the original Dust Bowl
Symphony, but from her up coming album, were very dynamic, and you could
since her emotional attachment to them. "Traveling Through This Part of You"
is an outstanding tribute to veterans, whom she says she had yet to properly
thank.
Portland had an added bonus that night in that Tom Russell was also in town
playing at the St. John's Pup. It is unheard of to have this kind of music in
Portland and both on the same night? I dreamed that one might make a guest
appearance at the other's venue.
At intermission, I slipped around to the back entrance where James Hooker was
chatting with orchestra members. I mentioned to him that Tom was in town and
he had know idea.
I ran up the pub after the show, just in case and caught the last six songs
of Tom's set, which was also great. He is also pushing a new album,
"Borderlands" which I of course picked up.
A great night of music in Portland.
-Jeff
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Subject: NN: Nanci at Her Best!
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 07:47:01 -0500
From: Laura Breidenbach (pray@remembered.com>
We waited almost a year for Nanci to play
with The St. Louis Symphony. The wait
was worth every minute. I have never
seen Nanci at this level of euphoria!
The set list is the same as other symphony
sets. However, her performance was more
than a performance. Each song was played
as though she was singing for her best
friends.
She was so theatrical, acting out each
song with her long graceful arms. A
smile beamed from her face as she sang
and played each and every song!
She related to the Orchestra as though
they had been part of her band for years.
Nanci, TBMO, conductor and the orchestra
played as if they had been on tour with
each other for years, enjoying each note
of each song.
As usual Nanci had her tuning messages
to give. One great one was, while tuning
for "The Five and Dime." She said "That
most kids today do not even know what a
dime store is as all they know is the
internet and there ain't no Five and
Dime on the internet." Then at the
end of the song she sang "And we will
waltz together on line." I do not think most
people caught it as it sounded so much
like the five and dime, but we had
4th row seats and could see and hear the
extra flavor to the song!
Just to let you know that Nanci is
alive and doing better than well in
her symphony concerts. If you have
one coming near your city, do not
miss it!
Kindly,
Laura B.
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Subject: NN: Nanci Headlining WXPN Sunday Event
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 12:29:43 -0400
From: Diane (diwilkes@erols.com>
On Sunday, July 22, Nanci will be headlining a WXPN Singer-Songwriter
Concert in Philadelphia. Joan Baez is headlining the night before.
For all details:
http://ssw.xpn.org/story.mv?n=10001
Diane
www.artoftarot.com/
www.geocities.com/oldgreycat
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Subject: NN: Denver Botanical Gardens Concert 8/15/01
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 15:04:35 -0500
From: John Norton (jnorton@tmri.com>
Although the tickets for Nanci's concert in Denver on August 15th will not
go on sale to the general public until May 14th, the show is apparently
sold out. I am seeking two tickets if anyone has any insight where I might
obtain them.
Thanks,
John
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Subject: NN: Nanci in Seattle!
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 16:59:01 -0700
From: Laura Osterbrock (osterbrock@cellini.org>
Woo hoo! NG will be playing at the Woodland Park Zoo on August 22.
She played there last summer, and it was a really lovely evening.
Can't wait to get my tickets for this year!
>From the straits of Juan de Fuca--
Laura the Lurker
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Subject: NN: Susan Werner question
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:12:19 EDT
From: Poetmuse@aol.com
hey gang-
I figured I would throw this question out to the music list that has the
best taste around. :)
CD Now is having a "Wish List" sale and basically I put the cd "Time Between
Trains" by Susan Werner on my list about a billion years ago and never got
around to getting it... so... since my mind is blank as to where I heard
about her, can someone fill me in? Is it a good choice?
mucho gracias
:)
Christina "just got a raise and wants to spend it" Myers
// It's my humble opinion that Susan Werner may be the most talented
// singer-songwriter in the business...does one of the best live
// shows I've ever seen...[BP]
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Subject: Re: NN: Susan Werner question
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 05:15:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Scott Johnsen (wsjohnsen@yahoo.com>
Hi Christina,
Susan Werner is a great choice. And the record that you selected is still
great. I had the please of seeing Susan in concert for the first time a couple
of months ago and I can't get over how wonderful she sounds in person ... just
Susan and her guitar.
For some reason I had a similar experience to yours in that I had the same
record on my wish list for some time before I finally purchased it. Shortly
after that I found out that she was going to be in my home town for the concert
and I have been hooked ever since.
Hope this helps.
Scott
Now Playing: Mark Erelli, "Mark Erelli"
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Subject: Re: NN: Susan Werner question
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 18:39:42 EDT
From: Petop@aol.com
> "Time Between
> Trains" by Susan Werner on my list about a billion years ago and never got
> around to getting it... so... since my mind is blank as to where I heard
> about her, can someone fill me in? Is it a good choice?
This is just one person's opinion, but I loved the album in small
doses. It's a great album to use for a compilation CD or tape and, depending
on the number of CDs or tapes you make, you will eventually use every song on
it. But I often found it difficult to listen to the album itself from
beginning to end. And I also really don't like the gimmick of hidden tracks
on CDs that include 2 minutes or so of silence between the last track and the
hidden track. This is especially true when the hidden track is as good or
better as anything else on the CD, as it is in this case.
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Subject: NN: New talent
Date: Thu, 10 May 01 18:24:54 +0100
From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>
Now here is a new female artist I can recommend. Chelle Rose. Writes real
country tunes and sings them like she means them. Catch her if you can. I
am planning bringing her to the U.K. later this year to wake up the
British country crowds.
John Graveling
-----
>hey everybody!...i left you guys out of another email...but then
>remembered some of you actually stayed up for the last show on the
>'net....i think between everybody that's getting this note...there's 4 or
>5 time zones...and 7 countries! so, i'm not sure where YOU fall as far
>as being able to hear this show tomorrow if you WANTED to....but i'm
>sending the info anyway.....hope everyone is doing well...we're heading
>out to ATLANTA tonight and then KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE (HOME) for my FIRST
>show back home...gonna be a blast!....take care everybody...love, chell
>Check www.chellerose.com for more Summer dates
>and a newly added video of the Exit/In show.
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Subject: NN: Re: New talent
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 16:13:33 -0400
From: "The Kimbros" (kimbroj@charter.net>
Hey Y'all --
I have to chip in here to say a big congrats to Chelle. John, your
audiences will love her. I encourage everyone to tune-in to her webcast
tomorrow at 6:00. I also wanted to invite you to listen to the KamperKast
all weekend, whenever you can as there is a ton of great music scheduled. I
won't try to list everyone, there are just too many great acts. In case you
missed our surprise webcast last weekend, you can catch our set (Mountain
Soul) Saturday afternoon at 12:40 EDT. The web address is
http://www.wdvx.com Our little band has made a lot of progress in the past
few months, I'm anxious to hear what you think of the new sound.
All my best,
-Shawn
Mountain Soul - http://mountainsoul.cjb.net
WDVX - 89.9 FM, 106.1 FM - http://www.wdvx.com (Windows Media)
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Subject: NN: No NG content - Biotechnology and landmine detection
Date: 10 May 2001 23:34:30 +0000
From: "Matt Bloomfield" (mailm@tthewb.u-net.com>
I thought some of you may be interested in this snippet from "Focus" a
UK monthly science magazine, spelling mistakes are mine and I've
edited it slightly for length.
*Explosive-detecting plants*
Specially developed GM seeds may be the future for pinpointing
landmines, according to developers Transgreenix.
All genes have switches or promoters. The idea is to genetically
engineer plants in which promoters are induced, or switched on, by the
explosive, TNT.
If this switch is fused to a fluorescent protein then the plants that
are located over mines will glow when put under UV light. Since mines
leak explosive, and plants absorb explosive and react to it the
detection system is possible.
The seeds would be sown in known mine fields from the air and could
be active detectors just a few weeks after germination.
Chief Scientific Officer Neal Stewart says: "At present there is no
good technology for detecting landmines, and biotechnology holds great
promise for this humanitarian cause. I'm passionate about using any
technology that will find and remove the 100 million unexploded
landmines around the world."
©National Magazine Co. Ltd.
www.natmags.co.uk
Matt
--
http://www.mattbloomfield.co.uk
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Subject: NN: Eva Cassidy - No Nanci content
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 17:35:31 -0700
From: "rutsch" (rutsch@gateway.net>
This wonderful singer may be well known to the folks in the UK. An
album released several months ago is number one on the charts there I
understand. Eva Cassidy was little known outside of the club circuit in
D.C where she played prior to her death at the age of 33 in 1996. Her
music has reached a wider audience with the release of a compilation
album, Songbird. She combines elements of folk, blues, and gospel and
her singing is spellbinding and beautiful. I highly recommend her to
the folks on these two great lists, the honesty and passion with which
she sings are the same virtues I see in the music of Kris Kristofferson
and Nanci Griffith.
Steve Rutsch
Falls Church, Va.
Rutsch@gateway.net
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Subject: Re: NN: Eva Cassidy - No Nanci content
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 22:21:48 -0500
From: seaborn@mjblue.com
> Eva Cassidy was little known outside of the club circuit in
> D.C where she played prior to her death at the age of 33 in 1996.
Eva's the kind of singer who makes you wonder why you hadn't heard of them
years ago. I sure wish I could have seen her perform live. I first heard of
her late last year when a portion of her cover of "Fields of Gold" was
played during the CBS show "Judging Amy." What a voice!
Cindy McArthur
webmaster, mjblue.com
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Subject: NN: Dylan Article
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 07:58:51 -0400
From: Steve Robertson (stever@mindspring.com>
Today's online version of the N.Y. Times has a good commentary on Bob Dylan.
Once upon a time, you had to register before you could use the Times site.
I'm not sure whether that's still the case, but it's definitely free:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/11/arts/11DYLA.html
--
>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: NN: John Hartford
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 13:21:46 -0400
From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>
Folks,
This just came across from the Festivarian list from Mark O'Connor, thought
it may be worthwhile to pass on. Please say a prayer for John & his family.
Roman from Ohio
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark O'Connor [mailto:markinstudio@home.com]
> Subject: John Hartford
>
> A note to ask my friends to send out a good thought and prayer for
> one heck of a guy. John Hartford is about to pass on and is not able
> to communicate now. I have found out that his family is not answering
> any phone calls, but he is at home now from the hospital.
>
> John Hartford has been a friend of mine since he flew to Nashville
> from L.A. to be on my 2nd recording back in 1975 when I was just
> thirteen. He was a prince and has always been there for me as a
> friend and a colleague. When I was trying to figure out how to play
> unaccompanied performances twelve years ago, it was John who gave the
> words of encouragement I needed to have, while many others simply
> doubted the possibility of my doing it.
>
> John was also my mother's favorite person in the music business.
> Thought he hung the moon. Just before losing my mother to cancer
> almost 20 years ago, one of her last wishes was for my sister and I
> to drive her across the country from Seattle to see John one last
> time in Tennessee. It is also cancer that will take John Hartford
> away from us very soon as well.
>
> A collective prayer from my mailing list towards John Hartford would
> be something great. The wonderful modern day minstrel one man show,
> the author of one of the greatest hit songs of all time, Gentle On My
> Mind, and those early memories of him and Glen Campbell on "The Good
> Time Hour" in the late 60's prime time television will last with me
> for ever and I am sure will endure with many of you. He was a
> champion for the fiddle and collected as many original fiddle tune
> manuscripts and the various literature as anyone I know. He continued
> to practice furiously on the fiddle even until recently, setting out
> to get better and better. And he did! He would come to my fiddle
> camps in Tennessee and just hang out on the porch of the mess hall
> playing away until way past the sun going down. For all of that and
> more, I will think of you and love you forever John Hartford.
>
> I also love your home there looking over that Cumberland River. The
> thoughts of you dreaming about the old steamboats coming past you
> from days gone by is a poignant one at this time.
>
> I was on the nomination committee of the Kennedy Center Honors last
> year and did nominate John Hartford. I bet one day you will get that
> one too John. May God be with you.
>
> Mark O'Connor
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Subject: NN: "Essence"
Date: Thu, 10 May 01 00:56:15 +0100
From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>
I have spent tonight in the company of my great friend, L.A. guitarist
Doug Pettibone, as he and Kevin Montgomery, in tandem with Mavericks
Robert Reynolds and Paul Deakin, and support act, Texan Trish Murphy,
blaze a trail on their 16 night tour of the U.K.
If you are a U.K. based fan of music take this opportunity to catch the
subliminal guitar skills of Doug before he jets back at the end of this
tour to start six months on the road with Lucinda Williams on her
"Essence" tour, in support of her new cd. You could have knocked me over
with a feather when he broke the news to me on Monday. It has taken days
for it to sink in. Although Doug has toured the world as Jewel's lead and
pedal steel guitarist, as well as fulfilling the same role on last
summer's Tracy Chapman tour, this takes his career to new heights, as
Lucinda's lead guitar player and harmony vocalist.
I'll certainly be at a number og the U.S gigs this summer, so I hope to
meet many of you on the road Stateside.
John "loves good music" Graveling
The U.K dates for Kevin Montgomery & Pettibone featuring Robert Reynolds
and Paul Deakin from the Mavericks. Support act Trish Murphy, are posted
on the gig guide on www.bobharris.org as well as www.trishmurphy.com and
also www.kevinmontgomery.com
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Subject: Re: NN: "Essence"
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:28:31 EDT
From: PRobin5478@aol.com
> The U.K dates for Kevin Montgomery & Pettibone featuring Robert Reynolds
As nice as this tour might be, I think it's a damn shame that the Mavericks
have broken up.
They were a GREAT live group - even though they lost their way musically,
venturing into lounge music and crappy Englebert Humperdinck covers.
If they had stayed a "country rock" band, they would have ruled the world.
Now we just have to look out for Raul Malo's solo record and dream of what
might have been - and, for a little while, what was.
Peter Robinson
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Subject: Re: NN: "Essence"
Date: Thu, 10 May 01 18:22:22 +0100
From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>
The Mavericks breaking up would be news to Robert and Paul. They are
merely taking time off to pursue other interests and do their own thing.
They have a new record deal lined up, so I wouldn't write their obituries
just yet.
John Graveling
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