NanciNet Digest 6-06-01
// Concert reports, information about the upcoming CD, comments
// on Lucinda Williams new release, and we remember John Hartford.
// Enjoy! [BP
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Subject: NN: Nanci in North Adams, MA
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 13:21:52 EDT
From: LaraLee123@aol.com
Drove out to the Berkshires from Boston for the Nanci concert in North Adams at
the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMoCA) last night. The drive
out there was gorgeous. It was so nice to get away from the city and just take
in the beauty of the mountains. Unfortunately, it was a cloudy day, so we
couldn't see the Berkshires in all their glory, but we saw enough to make us
want to come back. The ride home was not so nice, in the rain and fog, but an
evening with Nanci was well worth the long drive. (I'm originally from Texas,
so by Texas standards, it wasn't a long drive at all, but my Massachusetts born
and raised boyfriend thought differently.)
Anyway, we had the pleasure of getting to hear two wonderful local artists,
Mark Erelli and Stephen Kellog, open for Nanci. Although, I had heard Mark
Erelli on folk radio, I didn't know who he was. We were very impressed. We
bought his CD and listened to it on the way home. He has a wonderful range of
styles. Mark is a wonderful storyteller as well as a gifted
singer/songwriter. He told a story about being in Boston the night before,
hanging out with some buddies. When they asked him where he was playing next,
he boasted that he was going to open for Nanci Griffith in North Adams at
MassMoCA. His friends were rather puzzled that Nanci would be playing at a
coffee shop in North Adams. He told another story later about his song "Little
Sister." (The chorus goes something like "My little sister makes more than
you, Would you believe she's just 22?") He prefaced it by saying that this was
a very sad song. He said that he had called his sister after she graduated and
she told him she'd gotten a job, to which he responded, "What's that?" He felt
very sorry for her because she wasn't going to get a break between school and
work, but when she told him how much she would be making, this made him even
sadder. So he wrote this song. He ended the song with another story about how
a month and a half later, she'd quit the job because it was too much pressure.
She told him that he could quit singing that "smarty pants" song now, but being
a typical big brother, he decided to sing it at every concert just to
aggravate her.
I don't have a set list for the concert, but will report that Nanci was very
upbeat and put on a wonderful show. The concert was general admission, but we
got front row seats! She played a few songs from her upcoming CD, "Traveling
Through this Part of You," "Clock Without Hands." and "Where Would I Be." (At
least I think that was what it was called). I can't wait for it to come out!
In no particular order, I can remember her playing "Trouble in the Fields,"
"These Days In An Open Book," "Not My Way Home," "Gulf Coast Highway," "Love at
the Five and Dime," "From a Distance," "Wall of Death," "Tecumseh Valley,"
"Outbound Plane," "If I Had a Hammer," "Across the Great Divide," "Speed of the
Sound of Loneliness," "One Blade Shy of a Sharp Edge," "It's a Hard Life," and
"This Heart."
After she and James Hooker sang "Gulf Coast Highway," an audience member
presented them with a vase of real bluebonnets.
She told a wonderful story before singing "One Blade Shy of a Sharp Edge." She
talked about being invited to the White House on Saint Patrick's Day to sing
for Dubya, Gerry Adams and many other Irish and American dignitaries. She said
that when the White House called to ask her to sing, they asked if she was an
Irish singer. She went on to say that her family had probably been doing
Dubya's dry cleaning and selling him alcohol out in West Texas for years. She
said that although she hadn't sung this song in many years, she was tempted to,
but restrained herself. Anyway, she said that she had met the President, and
he asked her what it would take to get her back to West Texas. She told him
about her involvement in the Campaign for a Landmine Free World and that it
would take him signing the Ottawa Treaty for her to go back to West Texas. She
then commented that he probably went back to Colin Powell and asked, "Are we at
war with Ottawa?" The audience roared! She went on to sing "One Blade Shy of
a Sharp Edge" and thanked Dubya for reminding her of this song.
I can't wait to see Nanci again at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI
this August.
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Subject: NN: Nanci in North Adams
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 15:19:07 -0400
From: Victoria Schirduan (vschirduan@snet.net>
Greetings from North Adams, MASS. I had the distinct pleasure of
seeing our faire Nanci last night at a great space the Mass Museum of
Contemporary Art, Mass MoCA. The event was scheduled outdoors but moved
indoors due to rain. The room was about 650 seats of very uncomfortable
plastic folding chairs but it was worth it to be able to line up early
and get a good seat up close for the Blue Moon Orchestra. It was
general admission, bolt for the front once they let the line in.
There were 2 singer songwriters from the Boston area opening up, then a
20 min break. Nanci was simply wonderful, full of energy and joy. She
wore a white silk blouse and grey silk capri pants and shoes, and a
maroon scarf. That's as good as it gets for a description on my end.
Anyway, recounted a conversation with George W. she had at the St.
Patrick's Day concert she did at the Capitol. Mr. Hooker, whom she
described as a "staunch republican" implored her to not say anything
disrespectful to him. He asked her "What would it take to get you back
to West Texas?" and she answered "for you to sign the Ottawa Treaty (on
land mines). She quipped that she wished she had said something else
because the President probably turned to Colin Powell and asked, "Are we
at war with Ottawa?" :-)
She then launched into an old song that she thanks George W. for
reminding her of "One Blade Shy of a Sharp Edge." She seemed to be really
relaxed and enjoying herself all night and it was a memorable show with great
performance throughout but I especially enjoyed the background vocals of the
drummers wife, who's name escapes me. She played from about 8pm until 9:30..
Set List:
Across the Great Divide
Trouble in These Fields
One Blade Shy of a Sharp Edge
Love at the Five and Dime
These Days are an Open Book
Gulf Coast Highway
Wall of Death
Clock Without Hands
Tecumseh? Valley
Speed at the Sound of Loneliness
Outbound Plane
Not My Way Home(her favorite song of hers she said)
>From a Distance
Where Would I Be(by Paul Carrek- ex-Squeeze, Ace, Mike and the Mechanics,
ect.)-she quipped much like From a Distance maybe Bette Midler will have
a huge hit with this one in 5 years :-)
Traveling Through This Part of You- She mentioned that her ex-husband
Eric Taylor has taken 20 years to get his life together after being in
Viet Nam and he's a psychologist now and "she's his best client" also
mentioning she's going back to Viet Nam for another land mine related
trip and perhaps to perform a concert over there.
She added that Eric "wished all his ex-wives would go back to Viet Nam"
:-)
If I had a Hammer
Encore
It's a Hard Life
This Heart
That's the best I can recall.
Hope others got to enjoy the show.
Jim from Connecticut
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Subject: NN: MASS MoCA Concert Report
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 22:03:14 -0400
From: Steven Nachimson (gsnach@bestweb.net>
I've been a "lurker" on this list for several years, and am pleased to be
able to provide a substantive (if much belated) initial posting of a concert
report for Nanci's show at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA Saturday June 2,
2001. The venue is an old mill and factory complex that has been
transformed into a modern arts center and museum. The sold-out concert was
to be held outside, but inclement weather forced it indoors. After an
opening set by Marc Erelli and Steven Kellog, Nanci and the BMO took the
stage. Nanci noted that because we could not be outside, she would try to
bring the great outdoors inside, and kicked off the concert with Kate Wolf's
Across the Great Divide. The rest of the concert included the following
songs (not in exact order):
Trouble In the Fields
Love at the Five and Dime
Tecumseh Valley
These Days an Open Book
One Blade Shy of a Sharp Edge (She prefaced the song with an
anecdote about playing for the President at the Capitol on St.
Patrick's Day
- highlights of the story included mention of the fact that W asked
what it would take for Nanci to move back to Texas. Nanci replied that
it would take his signing the Ottawa Treaty (banning land mines). She
wondered if, later in the day, did the President ask Colin Powell if we
were at war with Ottawa.)
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (for Jim Rooney, who was in attendance)
Gulf Coast Highway
Outbound Plane
>From a Distance (multi-lingual version)
Wall of Death
Clock Without Hands (she reported that the new album will be released in
late July)
Not My Way Home
Traveling Through This Part of You
Where Would I Be (a Paul Carrack song on the new album)
If I Had a Hammer (Jim Rooney joined on stage)
It's a Hard Life (encore)
This Heart (encore)
Nanci was joined by the full BMO, including new guitarist Charles Williams.
She was in strong voice and was clearly happy to be on stage. I have seen
Nanci perform seven times during the past decade, and this was more of a
"greatest hits" show than any of the other concerts I have attended. (No
complaint from me!)
Although it was not actually raining at the start of the concert, the wisdom of
moving the event inside became apparent towards the end of the show, when hard
rain could be heard bouncing off the metal roof of the building. The audience
departed in a heavy thunderstorm, enabling the museum gift shop to sell out its
supply of umbrellas. We were fortunate that the facility had the indoor
theater available, as the alternative would have been a rain-shortened
concert. My only criticism of the concert was of the sound system; the
acoustic guitars sounded rather brittle.
It was a delightful concert overall, and I am still singing nothing but Nanci
tunes! To all of you who will see Nanci in late summer and early fall, enjoy!
- Steve
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Subject: Re: NN: MASS MoCA Concert Report
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 08:28:13 GMT+01:00
From: nanci.fan@talk21.com
Steve,
Interesting stuff!! As you say, it sounds like a 'Greatest Hits' concert rather
than a taster for a new album - strange.
Do you think this was a one-off 'special' or will she be singing new songs by
the time she comes to Scotland in October?
The play list sounds very familiar, all great songs (well, most of them - not
sure if I want to hear 'From a Distance' again!) but if this is going to be
another repeat then I really am not sure if I'll buy tickets - but then Tom
Russell is the support on Glasgow, maybe I'll go to hear him!
Scotty
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Subject: NN: Nanci's new upcoming album
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 16:51:09 -0500
From: seaborn@mjblue.com
Hi all,
I don't remember seeing this news yet on this list, but all the details of
the new album, to be released on July 31st, are posted on her web site.
http://www.nancigriffith.com/News_Dates/May/0529.html is the URL
specifically.
Cindy McArthur
http://www.mjblue.com
Michael Johnson's Official Web Site
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Subject: NN: clock without hands
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:51:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: todd williams (towengmjr@yahoo.com>
Sounds very Bergmanesque (i.e. Wild Strawberries).
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Subject: NN: new album
Date: 02 Jun 2001 15:00:16 -0500
From: Anna Henderson (Anna_Henderson@baylor.edu>
Is the month of August still the planned release time for the new album? Do we
have a more specific date yet?
I noticed a few lines from Nanci regarding the new album in the Feb. 28th
edition of L.A. LIFE in an article about Nanci, Guy Clark, and Rodney
Crowell's music style being unlabelable. Quote from L.A. LIFE follows:
>>While Griffith allows that "folk is probably the closest description to what I do," when she describes her upcoming album (to be released in August), it doesn't sound all that folky. "It's a two-way traffic circle," says Griffith. "A combination of my symphony work and my usual eclecticness." >>
Well...it doesn't sound like the Nanci & her guitar only album I've been
dreaming about, but early reports have it that this will be a very good album.
So I think I'm still looking forward to it.
Just something to ponder,
Anna "no label" Henderson
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Subject: NN: Clock without Hands
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 20:04:28 -0700
From: Kim Cline (threebf@pacbell.net>
Great to see a picture of Nanci's new album cover from the reference
Cindy sent but I have a headache trying to read the album description.
Not to crazy about her webmaster. I cut and pasted the description
below. Much better than a typeface of .5.
Regards,
Kim Cline
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Clock Without Hands is the first album of new Nanci Griffith originals since
1997, and in many ways, it's the first "regular" album of new songs since
1994's acclaimed Flyer. After paying tribute to her longtime band, the Blue
Moon Orchestra, on '97's Blue Roses From The Moons, revisiting her favorite
songwriters on 1998's Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful), and taking
a fresh look at her own recorded legacy with the London Symphony Orchestra on
1999's The Dust Bowl Symphony, Nanci is opening a new chapter in her career.
"This album is my first brand new material in almost five years," Nanci begins
with obvious enthusiasm. "I've been writing so much. I've been very inspired.
We've been performing some of the new songs on the road, and the response has
been gratifying. In Flagstaff, Arizona, we even got a standing ovation for
'Clock Without Hands.' We haven't seen that for a new song since Flyer! " Her
cheer about the new songs is well-founded -- Clock Without Hands is a vibrant,
elegant collection of new originals and a few well-chosen covers, that tell of
stirrings and journeys of the heart and of the spirit. In voice and in
attitude, Nanci sounds refreshed, passionate, and, to borrow a word from her
own liner notes, awakened.
"Spring can fail to move me/With its tulips and its clover/Now the time for
love is over/I am a clock without hands/I'm just tickin' and that's all," sings
Nanci on the title track and album opener, setting the theme and tone that
recur throughout. On songs like "Traveling Through This Part Of You," the spare
"The Ghost Inside Of Me," the whimsical "Truly Something Fine" and the
cathartic "Shaking Out The Snow," Nanci sings of a desire for awakenings, the
strength to move on, and the courage to live in the moment and to embrace what
life brings, for better or for worse.
Clock Without Hands comes at a time of heightened activism for Nanci, and it is
only natural that her interests have found their way into the music. For almost
two years, she has been involved with the humanitarian efforts of the Vietnam
Veterans of America Foundation, and their project, Campaign For A Landmine Free
World, as well as with the Mines Advisory Group in the UK. "A number of things
came together in the past couple of years which have influenced the music on
this album," Nanci says. "In January of 2000, I went to Vietnam and Cambodia
with the VVAF and Campaign For A Landmine Free World. They do brilliant work at
medical centers in Vietnam and Cambodia, putting people back together again.
"I didn't expect to be as overwhelmed as I was," she continues. "Along with the
work we were doing, I realized that I had been given the blessing of tracing
the steps of my ex-husband and dear friend Eric Taylor [a songwriter for Nanci,
Lyle Lovett, and others], who was a veteran. It took him almost twenty years to
recover from his experience and get his life back together. The song 'Traveling
Through This Part Of You' came out of that trip." "You were an American
boy/Whose innocence was lost here in the war/And I wear your scars/While
traveling through this part of you," she sings in the song, one of the most
personal and affecting of her career.
Nanci found the inspiration for several other songs in these experiences, as
well. "Pearl's Eye View" is an exuberant ode to photographer Georgette "Dickey"
Chapelle. "Bobby Muller, the President of the VVAF, sent me a copy of Requiem,
a book of Vietnam War photography by photojournalists who were killed in the
war," Nanci says. "Dickey Chapelle is the only woman in the book and she was
killed by a landmine in 1965. I had read about her before, and she was an
incredible pioneer. She was the first woman photographer in World War II, on
Okinawa and Guam. She was in Cuba during the revolution, and she was in
Hungary, where she was imprisoned for smuggling penicillin. She broke the story
in 1962 that the U.S. military was involved in combat in Vietnam. I decided it
was time to champion her." The melancholy "Roses On The 4th Of July," a duet
with longtime friend Michael Johnson (singer of the 1978 hit "Bluer Than Blue")
is another track drawing on Nanci's travels in Vietnam.
Besides her own new songs, Nanci has, as always, made some captivating choices
of cover songs, including the first single, Paul Carrack's "Where Would I Be,"
and three by singer-songwriter John Stewart (a member of the Kingston Trio and
singer of the 1979 hit "Gold") - the rocking "I Lost Him In The Sun," the
poignant "The Ghost Inside Of Me" and "Armstrong," about worldwide unity on the
occasion of the first moon-landing.
Regarding "Where Would I Be," Nanci explains, "We were in the middle of
recording the album, and I live on everyone's way home from the studio. [Blue
Moon Orchestra drummer] Pat McInerney stopped by, three sheets to the wind,
with Paul Carrack's latest CD, Satisfy My Soul. Paul's songs are always so
good. Pat was saying 'you've gotta hear this song!' It was 'Where Would I Be.'
We must've played it twenty times. We all cried. I haven't felt this way about
a cover since 'From A Distance.'"
About John Stewart, she says, "I've always been a big fan. John was a very
influential writer for me, but I didn't do any of his songs on the Other Voices
albums. It was just time."
The final two songs on Clock Without Hands were inspired by Nanci's mother, who
has been very ill in recent months. "Last Song For Mother" is at once an
extraordinarily moving tribute to a mother's love and a prayer for remembrance,
understanding and comfort. The album then ends on a sweet, wistful note with
Nanci's cover of Frank Sinatra's classic "In The Wee Small Hours," which was,
as Nanci explains, "my mother's favorite song. I wanted to record it for her."
All but one of the songs on Clock Without Hands were produced by Nanci with Ray
Kennedy, who has co-produced albums by Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams, among
others. Once again, Nanci is backed by her fellow travelers in the Blue Moon
Orchestra, and the album was recorded at Room & Board in Nashville, the studio
owned by Kennedy and Earle. "In The Wee Small Hours" was produced by Peter
Collins, who produced Flyer and The Dust Bowl Symphony.
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Subject: NN: Birchmere SHow
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 13:59:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dowdy Erin (trublever@yahoo.com>
I emailed the Birchmere last week to get info about
the September 20th show, and they say that it has not
been confirmed. He said something about a "World
Benefit show" being in the works, but that I should
check back with them next week. Just thought I would
share, rather than simply reading today. If anyone
hears anything else please let me know!
Thanks!
Erin Dowdy
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Subject: NN: Re: Birchmere SHow
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 18:05:31 -0400
From: "charlie" (charliep@dnet.net>
on one of the concert lists it said Nanci would be at the Warner Theater in
DC on the same date. When I called them today they said they had no
schedule for September.
Anyone know what is going on with this?
charlie
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Subject: NN: Mary Chapin Carpenter
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 13:09:19 EDT
From: Poetmuse@aol.com
Friends out in the madness-
I don't know why this hasn't been mentioned yet (although John did give us a
tease) but the new Mary Chapin Carpenter album Time* Sex* Love* is incredible.
How this woman manages to write about my life without even knowing me, is
amazing. lol
Seriously, Mary's lyrical strength has always been her way of being personal
and yet open enough to get under your skin and convince you she's singing right
and straight to you.
This album will be cherished around these lonely rooms for a long, long time to
come.
Brava, Mary!
on the dreaming road-
Christina "a heart for a pair of wings" Myers
"Tell your kid a story, hold your lover tight
Make a joyful noise; swim naked at night
Read a poem a day, call in well sometimes and
Laugh when they believe it." The Long Way Home/ M.C.C.
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Subject: NN: TVZ Tribute on ACL
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 00:19:22 -0500
From: "Chevelle" (chevelle@pnx.com>
DishNet showed the rerun of Austin City Limit's "Tribute To Townes Van
Zandt" tonight, which had an impressive lineup of artists that included
Our aNGel. During Steve Earle's song that he wrote about finding that
everywhere he went he discovered that Townes had been there already, the
camera showed a closeup of Nanci's face and the tears streaming down her
cheeks. That got me streaming tears too. Most of the songs had me
watery-eyed. I often wondered how a man like Townes, who had a
wonderful wife and family, so many friends, lived in good ol' Houston
and had such a great singing career, could write songs that sounded like
the hellhounds were only a couple of steps behind him. After listening
to so many of his songs on ACL, and seeing the video cut in that showed
Townes singing the same songs, I realized that most of us are only a few
steps in front of the hellhounds too. I hear them occasionally,
relentlessly pursuing my happiness, and I am thankful for whatever
happiness I can experience. In recent years the hellhounds have caught
me sometimes and done considerable damage. My new wife is a repellent
to the hellhounds, sunshine radiates from her in many ways. I hope to
keep them at bay, and I hope y'all do too.
I'm glad I taped the show tonight.
Hank "dreaming of dreamless sleep" Van Slyke
// I watched that in a hotel room last Saturday...quite a show. [BP]
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Subject: NN: Re: June 4 - Lucinda info (non-Nanci)
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 16:16:25 -0400
From: "Dave" (dbrons@ptd.net>
I hope we can have a little non-Nanci discussion of Lucinda's new disc.
I've had it for a bit, but I've resisted posting because I was bugged
(jealous, really) when people posted about Nanci's cd's before they came
out.
I'll say this though. The song "Essence" is probably my least favorite, so
don't rule out getting the cd if you don't like this one.
Dave
Subject: NN: New Dave and Tracy CD
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 01:55:28 -0600
From: Jessica Byers (jess913@blackfoot.net>
the new dave and tracy cd, drum hat buddha, will be officially
released on 6/12, but is already available at the signature sounds
website -
http://www.signature-ounds.com/artistpage/artistpage.php3?artist=davecartertracygrammer
(there are also some sound clips there). i have a copy and it is
amazing!!! you need this cd now!!
jess
--
Jessica Byers
//check the line break on the URL...[BP]
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Subject: NN: Hartford
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 02:52:46 EDT
From: SierraSkyz@aol.com
In case you have not heard, John Hartford passed away today.
http://www.johnhartford.com/
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Subject: NN: John Hartford obit
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 08:43:32 -0400
From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>
He's up there with his new band, singing Old Riverman with Bill Monroe.
Roman from Ohio
JUNE 04, 22:17 EST
Songwriter Hartford, 63, Dies
By JIM PATTERSON
Associated Press Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - John Hartford, a versatile and wry performer who
wrote the standard ``Gentle on My Mind'' and turned his back on Hollywood to
return to bluegrass music, died Monday at a hospital after a long battle
with cancer. He was 63.
The singer-songwriter, comedian, tap-clog dancer, television performer and
riverboat enthusiast had cancer for more than a decade. He died at about
4:45 p.m., said hospital spokesman Russ Gannon.
``Gentle on My Mind'' has been broadcast on radio or television more than 6
million times, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated, which collects
song royalties. It has been recorded more than 300 times, most prominently
by Glen Campbell in 1967.
Hartford's career rambled from Hollywood to Nashville, with stops writing
and performing on network television, thousands of shows at bluegrass clubs
and festivals, and stints as a licensed steamboat pilot on the Mississippi
River.
At the height of his fame in the early 1970s, Hartford reconsidered his
decision to take an offer to star in a detective series on CBS. Instead, he
returned to Nashville and resumed his career as an innovative, relatively
low-profile bluegrass singer-songwriter.
``I knew that if I did it, I would never live it down,'' Hartford said of
the television series in a 2000 interview. ``Because then when I went back
to music, people would start saying, `Oh, he didn't make it in acting so
he's gone country.'''
Born in New York City and raised in St. Louis, Hartford was enthralled as a
youngster by riverboats and bluegrass music, in particular that of Lester
Flatt and Earl Scruggs. He moved to Nashville in 1965, and his first album
``John Hartford Looks at Life'' was released the following year.
Hartford's version of ``Gentle on My Mind'' from second album ``Earthwords &
Music'' was a minor hit in 1967. The song is about a hobo whose mind is
eased by the thought of a former lover.
Hartford moved to California in 1968, landing a job writing and performing
on ``The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.'' His went on to the cast of ``The
Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.''
Returning to Nashville in 1971, Hartford released the landmark acoustic
album ``Aereo-Plain'' and continued to record until his death.
He was one of the performers on the hit soundtrack to the film ``O Brother,
Where Art Thou?''
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On the Net:
John Hartford site: (http://www.techpublishing.com/hartford/>
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Subject: NN: John Hartford
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:01:24 -0400
From: "The Kimbros" (kimbroj@charter.net>
We'll forever be indebted to him for his contributions to American music.
May he rest peacefully beside his river.
Deeply saddened,
-Shawn
http://mountainsoul.cjb.net
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Subject: NN: John Hartford
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 12:30:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Scott Johnsen (wsjohnsen@yahoo.com>
Hello Everyone,
In memory of John Hartford's passing, WUMB.ORG will use their "Friday Focus" to
honor the music of John Harford. They will continue to play a variety of
music throughout the day, but at least once an hour between 6:00 am and 11:00
pm, they will play a John Hartford song.
For those of you unfamiliar with WUMB, this is a public radio station housed at
The University of Massachusetts, Boston Campus. They play contemporary and
traditional folk and acoustic music between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, Monday through
Friday. DJ's host the show between 6:00 am and 7:00 pm., and between 5:00 am
and 6:00 am as well as between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm, they a variety of shows
including member concerts, Women in Music, American Routes, E-Town, Into the
Blue, Mountain Stage and Tent Show Radio. They also host a number of in-studio
interviews with local performers or those who are passing through the Boston
area.
Now for the Nanci connection. Today's in-studio interview was with Deb
Pasternak. She was in the audience for the Nanci Griffith/Mark Erelli concert
the past Saturday at Mass MoCA. Not only did she rave about the performance of
Nanci herself, but she raved about her writing and how she aspires to be able
write that well some day. Although Deb went on about how much she thought of
Nanci, she said that she is particularly taken with how much Nanci has given
(and still does) back through many of her "causes". I was impressed that the
connection wasn't only through her singing, playing or writing, but through the
whole person.
I certainly didn't express what I was feeling after listening to the interview
but hopefully, at least some of you get the idea. By the way, for those of you
that haven't heard Deb Pasternak, she is definitely worth a listen.
- Scott
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Subject: NN: Must see concert (NNC)
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 00:30:44 EDT
From: Petop@aol.com
The word is out that Lucinda Williams is about to embark on a national
tour to support her new album, "Essence," and that Kasey Chambers will be the
opening act.
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Subject: Re: NN: Must see concert (NNC)
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 01 21:26:49 +0100
From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com>
Lucinda's tour started last Wednesday in Knoxville, Tn, before moving on
through Virginia. They are now in New York and New Jersey for the
remainder of this week, before moving on to Canada. You can check all the
dates on her new website at www.lucindawilliams.com
I'll pick the tour up in San Diego at the beginning of August. Now are
there any list members from that sunny part of Southern California?
John "ready to rock'n'roll through the USA in July and August" Graveling
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Subject: NN: Nanci on the Radio
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 15:09:49 -0000
From: "barbara costas" (moogirl51@hotmail.com>
It's been mentioned that Nanci's taping of Mountain Stage will air this
weekend, and I just wanted to add that on their website (I'll try to
hotlink, since last time I didn't know how and a couple o' folks were nice
enough to let me know how to do it), http//:www.mountainstage.org, you can
see a list of radio stations that carry the program and what time it will be
on. They have also started to film them to do an ACL-type show, and we were
told it should air in August. I think it's actually the first one they will
air. I was in the front row with a purple striped shirt looking awestruck,
if you do happen to catch it later in the summer! I would highly recommend
trying to listen, because Nanci and Eric Taylor sing Deadwood, South Dakota
together and it was beautiful.
Barb in WV
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Subject: NN: Nanci's with the Chieftains
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 22:52:49 EDT
From: Tlyinfp@cs.com
Can someone be so kind as to remind me of the span of time when Nanci toured
with the Chieftains? I have a friend (a potential new Nanci convert) who
wonders if the "enchanting" woman who sang a carol when he saw them perform
was NG.
Thanks,
Lorraine
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Subject: NN: Lucinda info(sorry---no Nanci)
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 12:25:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Anna McCalman (carwheels_2000@yahoo.com>
In June 11th's NEWSWEEK, there is a terrific article
on Lucinda Williams, 'Lucinda Straight Up.' It's a
2-page article with a great picture. "'Essence' of a
Woman: with her Marlboro-stained voice and vivid
storytelling, Lucinda Williams rules the crossroads
between rock, country and folk.'
I hate to say it, but I heard her radio single
'Essence' and it's not very impressive. Kind of
mundane. The chorus is good though. I'm looking
forward to hearing more of the album.
I also totally forgot to watch Letterman last
night---how was that performance?
Have a great day everybody.
AnnaMac
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Subject: NN: Jools Holland (no Nanci content)
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 22:28:36 +0100
From: Graham Shipley (gjs@le.ac.uk>
I suppose any UK members of the list don't happen to have two spare tickets
for Jools Holland's gig in Leicester on 22 November?
Graham Shipley
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Subject: Re: NN: Essence (Lucinda W)
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:42:15 EDT
From: PRobin5478@aol.com
After a listen and a half, I feel that this album isn't nearly as good as CAR
WHEELS (much less LW or SWEET OLD WORLD.)
A step backward for Lucinda.
Who knows? Maybe the songs will be good in concert.
It's just that the songs that aren't as good as her usual batch.
Peter Robinson
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