-NanciNet/021023 NanciNet Digest 10-23-02 


// The following two (2) (TWO) messages represent the NanciNet
// traffic for the past week...
// On a different note, I think today is the 8th birthday 
// of the NanciNet.  Happy birthday to us! 
// New thread...what song was NOT on "Winter Marquee" that you wish
// HAD BEEN on the CD?
// Enjoy...[BP]

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Subject: NN: Hmm. Well, that explains a lot... 
   Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 21:04:15 -0400 
   From: "Rob Stiene" (rstiene@ix.netcom.com> 

Just cruising through some old road diaries on The Kennedys' site 
(http://www.kennedysmusic.com/diary.html) and ran across this report 
from Pete on an edgy 8/19/2000 performance from a certain West Texas 
woman: "By the time we reach the stage, the air seems to be crackling 
around Nanci. She's throwing off lightning bolts, and that's making 
some people uncomfortable. Nanci is in no way comfortable herself, 
but that's not why she came here. Tonight she lays her feelings on 
the line--joy, sorrow, nostalgia--and she doesn't shrink from anger 
and open bewilderment at where her long and sometimes dark road will 
lead her next...

"Those of us who have known and loved Nanci for a long time know that 
she is much more complex than her albums may reveal, and her live 
show can be a wake-up call to the audience that this is a real woman 
who will give everything, but only on the condition that her 
listeners accept her as she is. The very demons that she wrestles 
with are the ones that make her a great artist, and a great artist 
can only be approached on her own terms."

Sorry if someone cited this up before. Just seems to resonate, given 
how taut things have been.

RS
-- 
Rob Stiene
25 Mozart Street, Binghamton, NY 13905-3934
Phone/Fax: 607 770 9570   Mobile 607 727 0105
PGP Public Key at pgpkeys.mit.edu; rob stiene

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Subject: NN: Derek Bell  
   From: Tricia9999@aol.com 
   Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:52:31 EDT 

I haven't seen any NN mail lately, so I don't know if I'm not receiving or
there isn't any being written, but just in case, Derek Bell of the
Chieftains died unexpectedly on Friday.


NEW YORK (AP)   It is with deep sadness that The Chieftains
announce  the death of band member and much beloved friend, Derek Bell.

By Michael Wilson, AP

Derek Bell, age 66, died this week in Phoenix, Arizona. Exact cause and time
of death are unknown at this time.

Following a recent concert and television taping in Nashville, Tennessee to
launch the Chieftains latest album, Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville
Sessions and to celebrate the band's 40th anniversary, Bell had remained in
the U.S. for minor surgery and a routine physical examination.
He had been given the all-clear by his doctors to return home to Ireland, so
his death comes as a great shock to all those close to him.

Born on October 21, 1935 in Belfast, Ireland, Bell was a child prodigy who
wrote his first concerto at age 12. He studied at The Royal College of
Music, throughout Europe and the U.S. with such renowned teachers as Leon
Goossens and Madam Rosina Lhevinne. Bell has appeared with Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra and symphony orchestras of Pittsburgh, Moscow, London
and Budapest, and was at one time a principle oboe, horn and piano player
for the American Wind Symphony Orchestra. He also received the Manns Prize
from the Royal College of Music for his musical talents.

Bell has been an integral part of The Chieftains sound since joining the
band in 1972, and as a member has won 6 Grammy Awards. Widely considered to
be one of the finest harpists in the world, he also had a successful solo
career while working with the Chieftains. 

In 2000, Bell was awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire) by Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth for his contribution to traditional Irish and
classical music. Besides the harp, Bell was an accomplished musician on the
oboe, horn, cor anglais, hammered dulcimer and keyboards as well as being a
composer.

His passing will leave a silence that will never be filled.

Anyone who has had the honor of meeting Derek will know that the world will
be a much less interesting place without him.

Bell is survived by his wife Stephanie, his mother and two sisters.

A further announcement regarding funeral arrangements will be made shortly.

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