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Subject: NN: St. Petersburg Florida 
From: "Robert Paresi" (robert@innquest.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 17:51:32 -0400 

I bought too many tickets - I have two extra 4th row tickets 
(orchestra).

They sell for $50.00 each plus this and that on Ticketmaster, but I'll
sell them for $37.00 each instead.

Thanks.


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Subject: NN: Nanci/Clock Without Hands
From: "Mike Barrett" (mikebarrettuk@hotmail.com> 
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:46:46 -0000 

A nice little feature about Nanci/Clock Without Hands in one of the Times
supplements (although it manages to get her age wrong!). The text can be
seen at this address -

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,146-2001240708,00.html

The paper also has a very nice picture of Nanci accompanying the article.

Mike Barrett


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Subject: NN: Arthur Wood Review (of Clock Without Handa)
From: Sarah Wrightson (sarahwrightson@vincebell.com> 
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 14:05:30 -0500 

Don't get your knickers in a twist by the first sentence (g>...read on
McDuff,
Sarah W.

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Nanci Griffith "Clock Without Hands" Elektra 
by Arthur Wood 
http://wavespace.waverider.co.uk/~kerrkron/

On one level, Nanci's latest album could be construed as the maudlin musings
of a woman whose sell by date has come and gone. That, I honestly and
totally believe, is to totally miss the point of this recording. It is a
tapestry of significant snapshots from Nanci's America [and Other Earthly
Places] 1953-2001, and is chock full of the wisdom that age brings. 

Our human imprint at twenty rarely matches the same person three decades
later. Hopefully we become less angry, can assess the victories,
constructively rebuild upon the losses - become wiser and, hopefully, better
individuals.

This is not a coming of age album, it is a woman proclaiming that she knows
what a life lived well truly means. Interpreting John Stewart's "The Ghost
Inside Of Me" she sings of that evolution......"I'm not who I ought to be."
Using another man's words, this is Nanci talking of a knowledge that, given
admission, can be a boundless treasure. 

If wars are what divide the nations of our planet, and most assuredly one
recent war - Vietnam - is indelibly imprinted on at least four of Nanci's
compositions in this collection, there is most assuredly one event that once
unified mankind, if only for a few moments - maybe a day. I'm talking of the
3.56 am [B.S.T.] giant leap on 21st July 1969, when Neil Armstrong became
the first man, as far as we know, to walk on another world. "Armstrong," a
1972 composition from the John Stewart back catalogue of smash hits, is
complemented here by a third work from that bard, "Lost Him In The Sun." 

Apart from the closing cut, which we'll return to much later, the only other
cover here is Paul Carrack's tender "Where Would I Be." Once upon a time
Nanci was the girl for covering songs by fellow Texan scribes, but time has
yielded an international perspective. 

So let's get down to the nitty gritty of "Clock Without Hands," aka Nanci's
contributions. Apart from the vocal on the subjectively edgy "Shaking Off
The Snow," her new work is nigh faultless. The melodic opener, and album
title cut, introduces the concept of time, one of the themes that underpins
this disc. The you in "Traveling Through This Part Of You" is Nanci's former
husband, Eric Taylor. During the last two years Nanci has been heavily
involved with the Landmine Free World campaign, on behalf the Vietnam
Veterans Of America Foundation, and has visited that once war ravaged land. 
     "Where were are you amongst this madness on the streets of Saigon, 
      Where were you in 1969 when I was but a youth... 
      You were an American boy whose innocence was lost here in the war, 
      And I wear your scars" are the
finest words about memory and survival that she has ever written. This song
proves, whether vague or startlingly clear, second hand impressions can
never replace first hand familiarity. 

War photographer, Georgette "Dickey" Chapelle, who was killed in Vietnam,
circa 1965, a landmine casualty, is remembered in "Pearl's Eye View." "Roses
On The 4th Of July," a duet with Michael Johnson, pursues the post Vietnam
years through the evolving story of a husband and wife. He's a disabled
veteran, and a draughtsman, who meets his war buddies every Thursday night.
He sends her white roses every 4th of July, "and you never ask why." They
had a son who died and a daughter who "is an actress, she's strong and she's
bright." With personalities that their friends say are like day and night,
each, in their own way, is a survivor. We are all survivors.......... 

"Midnight In Missoula" a gentle, image filled, love song marries locations
that may be climatically hot with ones that may be cold. In the process it
cleverly employs references to international time zones, Gershwin songs,
Samuel Barber melodies, winter snow, frosty windows and views from the road
of Rio's Cristo Redentor and the late night light's of Liverpool.

Subjectively "Truly Something Fine" pursues the same vein as "Midnight....,"
while "Cotton" is a wry folk flavoured reflection on Southern life that
melodically draws references to the well known "Dixie." The title of the
penultimate "Last Sing For Mother," warrants no analysis since it already
perfectly captures the reason for its existence. A celebration, a
homecoming, a looking back, a forgiving, a universal everything - and a
loving daughter's gift. 

Book ending the closing section of this collection, and, in effect, as
perfect Epilogue to the foregoing cut as one could imagine, is the
Mann-Hilliard song "In The Wee Small Hours." It was the title cut of a half
million selling Frank Sinatra album forty six years ago. Since then it has
been Ruelene Strawser's favourite song. 

Recorded in Nashville at the Steve Earle/Ray Kennedy facility, Room And
Board, apart from the Peter Collins produced "In The Wee Small Hours,"
Kennedy worked the sliders on the remainder of this collection. As ever, the
compact Blue Moon Orchestra furnishes the musical support to Ms. Griffith's
lyrics. On "Where Would I Be" and "In The Wee Small Hours" you can detect a
new, deeper, huskier voiced Nanci. 

Didn't someone once say, "To have loved once and lost, is at least to have
lived." Hell, the precise words don't really matter. Someone has learned the
lesson well...goodnight, Father Time and Mother Nature. Life will go on, see
y'all again tomorrow... after all, time is a man made concept and, it never
did have hands ? 

Arthur Wood.
Kerrville Kronikles 07/01
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Subject: NN: A tad bit of luck 
From: Ed Maier (evmaier@dhc.net> 
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:29:20 -0500 

I finally got around to installing my Father's Day gift in my
computer this afternoon; a TV board with recording capabilities.
We had a dinner date this evening, and I hadn't played with the
gadget very much, and I wanted to record the ACL show at 6:00 PM.
It has a timer, so I set it before we left. Didn't even have time 
to check the TV schedule, so I didn't even know who the guest 
musician was.

Friends, I struck gold. I recorded the ACL 25th anniversary show
with Lyle Lovett hosting, and his guests were Guy Clark, Steve 
Fromholz, Vince Bell, Robert Earl Keen, Michael Martin Murphy,
and Eric Taylor. This is one of the best ACL shows I've ever seen.
(Are there any of these artists that don't have a Nanci connection?)

I hadn't time to calculate the disk space needed, so I recorded 
the show in two half-hour tracks so I could burn them to CD's.
Turns out I could have fitted the whole show on one CD, with 
enough room left over for about three Shania Twain videos.

Life is sweet,
Ed Maier


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Subject: Re: NN: A tad bit of luck 
From: Sarah Wrightson (sarahwrightson@vincebell.com> 
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:38:46 -0500 

Ed Maier wrote:
> Friends, I struck gold. I recorded the ACL 25th anniversary show
> with Lyle Lovett hosting, and his guests were Guy Clark, Steve
> Fromholz, Vince Bell, Robert Earl Keen, Michael Martin Murphy,
> and Eric Taylor. This is one of the best ACL shows I've ever seen.
> (Are there any of these artists that don't have a Nanci connection?)

Well, um, ah, Ed?  If you want to look a few photos of that show you
just might find some in the Photo Gallery section of
http://www.vincebell.com
A few photos from the rehearsal the night before at La Zona Rose as well.
I wish it were legal to share the video they sent us of the entire
taping, not just the final version.  Everyone did three songs, instead
of the two on the show (one with Lyle, two on their own) and there is a
bonus version of I've Had Enough at the end....leave it to Vince to mess
up :-)))

Cheers,
Sarah


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Subject: RE: NN: A tad bit of luck 
From: "Herve" (aequalis@wanadoo.fr> 
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:25:53 +0200 

More pictures of Eric Taylor from the rehearsals, care of David Roth, at
http://www.multimania.com/songwriters/acl1.htm
Best

Herve



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Subject: NN: RE: Nanci's entire song list 
From: Georg (gvallest@c2i.net> 
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:44:11 +0200 (CEST) 

> Come Spring In Norway.

This CDR is made from a radiobroadcast in 1995 by NRK of her 1994 concert
at Oslo concert hall, and filled up with 4 songs from the Down On The Farm
festival the year before. These are from TV broadcasts.
You can see what it looks like here: 
     http://home.no.net/gvallest/come-spring-in-norway.jpg

Regards,
Georg
http://home.no.net/gvallest


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Subject: NN: Departures and Arrivals 
From: "Pugsley, R.M." (rmp6@leicester.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:37:50 +0100 

Hello one and all,

I too was saddened to hear of Fred Neils demise, one
of my favourite songs ever is Dolphins (and there's
a fine version by Beth Orton and Terry Collier out there
somewhere). It's been a bad couple of weeks for
music with the departure of Delia Derbyshire as well.
Who she? I hear you say. Well, some of you (esp. UK readers)
will have heard the theme tune to Dr Who, and although
written by "some other guy" the main creative force behind
it was Delia Derbyshire. That tune is part of my childhood...

On a happier note, I hope Bill won't mind my own personal
annoucement, a few of you here may have met my significant other,
Claire, and long-time posters might remember her cropping up
from time to time on my posts. Well on Monday after a great
deal of pushing she gave birth to our baby daughter Mae (8lbs 11oz).
Mother and Daughter both very tired and father and son pretty
tuckered out too! I'm too tired to think of a relevant Nanci
quote but I'm sure there's one somewhere...

All the best,

Robert (Pugsley)



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Subject: NN: Finding ROCKRGRL 
From: ChocChippy@aol.com 
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:30:11 EDT 

>How can we get a copy of ROCKRGIRL?

It's at many fine book & magazine stores all over the country, there is a 
store locator on the website at www.rockrgrl.com, from which you can also 
order a copy of the magazine (or even a subscription!)

In addition to my review of Nanci's album, I also have reviews of "Love, 
Janis" and "Eli's Comin'" in New York, as well as an appearance by Wanda 
Jackson. Ani DiFranco is on the cover of this issue.

Kathleen W.


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Subject: NN: From a Distance and movie production trivia 
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:15:27 -0400 
From: Stanley Zucker (szucker@chelseastudios.com> 

>From the London Times article,

".. I haven't felt this way about an outside song since the day my friend
Julie Gold sent me From a Distance in 1985. It's something I never thought
I'd be able to do, but it fits like a glove."  

In London briefly this week, straight from Vietnam, where she has been much
involved with the Vietnam Veterans of America's Campaign for a Landmine Free
World, Griffith starts American dates in a fortnight and will return to the
UK in October for a 22-date tour. From a Distance might be in the set list -
a song which she recorded after Gold had been turned down by everyone else.
She also championed it like a Tin Pan Alley regular.

"It took me five years to get someone like Bette Midler to sing that song.
Every singer I would run into, I'd say "Hey, you want to sing this?" It was
like trying to sell a used car. Now of course it's become a world anthem."

In the Cuban Missile Crisis movie "Thirteen Days", directed by Roger
Donaldson and starring Kevin Costner,  there is a key scene where a U2
pilot, is shot down over Cuba.  This being a true story and this pilot, who
left a pregnant wife and two kids and was the only casualty of the crisis
and a true hero, the filmmakers strived to treat the scene with reverence.
The visual effects supervisor, Michael McAlister, while designing and
assembling the effects in the scene, found himself repeatedly thinking of a
certain song, written by Julie Gold.


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Subject: NN: gretchen peters 
From: "aequalis" (aequalis@wanadoo.fr> 
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:33:56 +0200 

Before this list "exclusively" talks about Nanci's new album, let me ramble
a bit. If I remember well, the name of Gretchen Peters was mentioned here
once, in very high terms.

Gretchen is this week's guest at Nashville Public Radio's Songwriter
Sessions http://wpln.org/songwriters/songwriters.html. she's with Jeff Black
and Gerry O'Beirne. And she does sound good.

Herve, pAris pAl


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Subject: Re: NN: gretchen peters 
From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com> 
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 01 20:56:19 +0100 

Gretchen Peters is a major songwriting talent, and a very fine performer 
in her own right. We have been fortunate enough to have had her tour 
here, in the U.K., a few times in recent years, in support of her 
records, "The Secret Of Life" and more recently "Gretchen Peters". Her 
list of songs covered by major recording artists is virtually unsurpassed 
in the current era of music.

For anyone in the Nashville area, she is performing at the Bluebird Cafe 
on Thursday 26th July. Unfortunately, although i will be in the region at 
the time, I will be in Asheville, NC, for the marvellous triple bill of 
Kate Campbell, Pierce Pettis and Ellis Paul.

John "about to cross the pond" Graveling


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Subject: Re: NN: gretchen peters (No Nanci) 
From: Sarah Wrightson (sarahwrightson@vincebell.com> 
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 15:04:38 -0500 

aequalis wrote:
> 
> Gretchen is this week's guest at Nashville Public Radio's Songwriter
> Sessions http://wpln.org/songwriters/songwriters.html. she's with Jeff
Black
> and Gerry O'Beirne. And she does sound good.

She will be doing a song with Nashville Ballet in October, as well.  Not
as long as Nanci's This Heart.  Its actually a very short piece that
just now has the working title of Beloved Enemy, one song is hers and
one is by the talented Kathy Chiavola.

Cheers,
Sarah W.


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Subject: Re: NN: Other Artists 
From:  Anna McCalman (carwheels_2000@yahoo.com> 
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:13:39 -0700 (PDT) 

David Begley (dave@begley.com> wrote:
>I stumbled across someone who is pretty much brand
>new and have really enjoyed her first CD.  She is Jen
>Hamel, www.jensongs.com.  

*Jen Hamel is a very talented songwriter.  I'm so
excited to see her mentioned here!  I haven't heard
her solo album yet.  She is in the Celtic band
Clandestine & they come to Memphis every December. 
I've had the pleasure of being their opening act the
past 3 years in conjunction with the Memphis Acoustic
Music Association.

Definitely check them (and Jen) out if they come to
your town.  They are constantly touring.

Anna Mac


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Subject: NN: Terri Hendrix/Lloyd Maines Concert Review 
From: Ron Hennessy (rhennesy@coserv.net> 
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 10:42:13 -0500 

Here is my promised rundown on the concert given last night by Terri Hendrix
and Lloyd Maines at Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse in Dallas.

Writing this the following morning I'm still under the spell of this
wonderful concert!

After a dynamic and fun opening act by Jeff and Vida (described by the
announcer as Louisiana hillbilly), Terri and Lloyd played for 2 1/2 hours
with a break.

Their stage personas are very upbeat and energetic, and the performance
thoroughly cheered me up. They both have great senses of humor. She of
course sang lead, often backed up on vocals by Lloyd.

She played a variety of string instruments: guitar, mandolin, and small
guitar, as well as harmonica.  (The small guitar was about midway in size
between a regular guitar and a ukulele, with six strings, like an "alto
guitar."  Is that instrument called a papoose?  Help me any string players
out there.)  She showed an instrumental virtuosity that in my judgment kept
up with Lloyd's fabulous playing.  Lloyd played guitar and dobro (no pedal
steel, like I'm used to hearing from him).

The musical style of the duo borrows from country, folk, and old style jazz.
I was surprised that she indulged in some "scat" singing, with complicated
vocal improvising on nonsense syllables doubled on her guitar.  The audience
loved it.  She told us after the concert she was a big Ella Fitzgerald fan.
Some of her jazzier numbers also reminded me of Hoagie Carmichael's old
songs.

A few of the songs performed: Hole in My Pocket, My Own Place, Fishing
Blues, Don't Pet the Dog, Love Like This, New Orleans, Goodtime Van
(prefaced by her remark that San Antonio was her home town), Invisible Girl,
and Motherless Children.

After the break, before the second set, Lloyd came out and talked with
individuals in the audience, including me.  After the concert I bought the
CD "Terri Hendrix - Live in San Marcos."  Terri sat at a table outside and
talked to audience members who waited in line.  She too was friendly and
outgoing talking to individual fans.  Both she and Lloyd remarked how much
they liked my "Blue Roses" t-shirt with the beautiful photo of Nanci
meditatively playing her blue guitar.  Terri signed my CD and drew a picture
on it.

Bottom line, don't miss an opportunity to see and hear Terri and Lloyd in
person.

Before I left, I bought a ticket to the Tish Hinojosa concert at Uncle
Calvin's on September 8.  Still 12 bucks!

Best wishes to all,

Ron Hennessy


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Subject: NN: RE: Terri Hendrix/Lloyd Maines Concert Review 
From: "Hans Janssen" (hjanssen@zeelandnet.nl> 
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 18:29:50 +0200 

((The small guitar was about midway in size between a regular guitar 
and a ukulele, with six strings, like an "alto guitar".  Is that 
instrument called a papoose?  Help me any string players out there.>>

I'm not a guitar player, but I hope it is allowed to help.

check here:
http://www.axemusic.com/products/guitar/acoustic_guitars/electrical_acoustic
s/tacoma_p1e2_papoose.htm

http://www.fredsmusic.com/tacoma.html

and you will see this is the guitar Terri plays or one very similar to this
type.

met vriendelijke groeten,

Hans Janssen.
http://listen.to/Tish
http://folktrade.da.ru


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Subject: NN: RE: RE: RE: Terri Hendrix/Lloyd Maines Concert Review 
From: "Hans Janssen" (hjanssen@zeelandnet.nl> 
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 20:48:53 +0200 

Hi again,

On the backcover picture of: Live in San Marcos you can see that it is a
Tacoma guitar, but I can't tell the frets. And in the liner notes it says
she plays a papoose.

met vriendelijke groeten,

Hans Janssen.
http://listen.to/Tish
http://folktrade.da.ru


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Subject: NN: RE: Terri Hendrix/Lloyd Maines Concert Review 
From: Ron Hennessy (rhennesy@coserv.net> 
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 14:08:19 -0500 

Hans, I'm pretty positive the instrument on the back that you mention is a
mandolin (note the 8 strings) like the one pictured on this site:
http://www.axemusic.com/products/mandolins/tacoma_m1.htm.  I don't see a
picture of a small 6-string guitar anywhere in the CD material of "Live in
San Marcos."

Of course I'm thinking I could have asked her or Lloyd Maines last night,
since I talked to both of them.  I think I might email her.  She seems to be
pretty responsive on her web site.

Thanks again,

Ron


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Subject: NN: Kasey Chambers NNC 
From: "John Davis" (j.davis@virgin.net> 
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 07:59:55 +0200 

Any of you good folks heard anything about Kasey's new album, which I
thought was due to be released around now? Her website doesn't acknowledge
it.

John


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Subject: Re: NN: Kasey Chambers NNC 
From: Tony Cox (tonycox@pacific.net.au> 
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 22:55:00 -0400 

John Davis wrote:

> Any of you good folks heard anything about Kasey's new album, which I
> thought was due to be released around now?

It's set for release on July 30th, though whether that's world-wide I'm not
sure.

That makes it Nanci, Gillian W and Kasey C all with albums out
simultaneously.  Not that there's any question of choice - I just intend to
buy them all at once!

Tony, in feverish anticipation:)

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Subject: Re: NN: Kasey Chambers NNC 
From: John Edward Graveling (kai21@dial.pipex.com> 
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 01 17:26:01 +0100 

When there are many great releases all on one day, as seems to befit 31st 
July this year, I agree with Tony, just go out and get them all together. 
Then you get to the hard decision. Which one do you play first?

John "anticipating the USA" Graveling

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