NanciNet Digest 5-10-02
// Non much Nanci content, but it's a start...
// Enjoy...[BP]
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Subject: NN: Calling All Angels
Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 07:14:32 -0400
From: "James Troiano" (James_Troiano@umit.maine.edu>
Hi folks: That was such a wonderful post From Keana who met Nanci after
the Lenoir concert. Nanci has often expressed and once in a concert I
recently attended that she has dedicated Where Would Be to her loyal fans.
In her bouts with cancer, in her darkest moments, when she thought that she
could sing no more, it was remembering us which helped her rise again. She
had a bad night, but upon returning to her hotel she met two fans who loved
her so much that they named their child after her. That must have done
wonders in easing her physical and emotional pains that night in the same
way that it put Keana and her husband on a high. How fortunate that these
beautiful people all happened to be walking in that particular place at
that precise moment. It made my day and I wasn't even around. Jim
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Subject: Re: NN: RE: Rough night for Nanci in Lenoir, North Carolina
Date: Wed, 8 May 02 20:35:18 +0100
From: "John Edward Graveling" (kai21@dial.pipex.com>
Hey Ken, brilliant points about the Lynn Miles/Eric Taylor gig. It is
unbelievable that music lovers could sit through the opening set of their
favourite artist, in this case Lynn Miles, and then leave at the start,
or part way through the other artists set, Eric Taylor. For what it is
worth I had Eric's cd, "Scuffletown" as my cd of the year for last year,
a masterwork in singer-songwriting.
Thanks for the report,
John Graveling
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Subject: NN: Re: Dixie Chicks
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 02:08:10 -0600
From: "Jessica Byers" (jess913@blackfoot.net>
Well all this talk about the Dixie Chicks is very interesting. I
didnt know all that about their history. I would LOVE to get a
bluegrass album From them next.
Would anyone who has their early CDs be willing to make copies for
people who want them (or just for me.... :) ). I dont have a CD
burner, so I can't help, but I would love to hear those.
I hope Nanci is doing OK, I was at that RMFF show (a few years ago
now) and it was no fun. I dont know if she ever comes to Missoula,
despite having a song about it (which is not really about Missoula I
dont think....).
Jess
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Subject: NN: Lyric Help
From: "Jack Webb" (jwebb714@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 07:51:50 -0500
I'm sure someone will know this. In the old Martha White flour jingle, "Oh
you bake right, with Martha White", what is the second line? We started
singing this the other day and everyone remembered the rest of the song, but
no one could come up with the second line, except we decided that it starts
out with "goodness gracious". If someone could help, I'd appreciate it.
Jack
Nashville
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// and just to show that there's always a NN member with the answers...
Subject: Re: NN: Lyric Help
From: "Bob Juliano" (rjuliano@cfl.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 13:53:47 -0400
>I'm sure someone will know this. In the old Martha White flour jingle, "Oh
>you bake right, with Martha White", what is the second line?
It's all at
http://www.marthawhite.com/heritage/jingle.asp
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Subject: NN: Vince Bell in NY and going no mail
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 10:10:23 -0500
From: "Sarah Wrightson" (sarahwrightson@vincebell.com>
Hope to see some NY listers if you have a chance.
Be well, see you on the list when we get back.
Vince will be speaking at the NJ Traumatic Head Injury Conference on
May14th and has added two music Dates to the trip:
May 16th: The Living Room, NYC From 8-9pm only
May 18th: Phillipstown Depot Theatre, Garrison, NY 3pm
(Special Guest Andy Revkin)
With new CD, Live In Texas, in hand.
Thanks!
--
http://www.vincebell.com
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Subject: NN: The death of Otis Blackwell
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 19:35:33 -0600
From: "David Wade" (dave@nmdatamine.zianet.com>
>...
>Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Blackwell grew up wanting to be a singer. While
>recording songs for a small company in New York City, he was asked to write
>songs as well.
>Blackwell often sang the songs himself before they were recorded, and some
>music historians believe his style influenced Presley's.
There is at least one Otis Blackwell CD "out there," because I have a copy
of it, somewhere...
There is no doubt that Otis Blackwell taught Elvis some of his "ways"...
Find "Otis Blackwell", you won't regret it.
Dave
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Subject: NN: Otis Blackwell
From: "Donovan Kelley" (amethystfoundation@prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 16:38:16 -0400
With all due respect to Mr. Blackwell, his artistic influence on Elvis
was, at best, minimal. Otis Blackwell was a moderately talented pop
songwriter. He wrote a few of Elvis's pleasant, but generally bland,
hits of the early 60's (hardly the peak years of his career). I am not
denigrating his talent, merely offering candor.
In my opinion, Blackwell had virtually no influence on the persona or
style of Elvis. Rhythm and blues singers, country artists and gospel
singers were, by all accounts, the principal influences on the King.
Dean Martin probably had more influence on Elvis's ballads than anyone,
including Otis Blackwell.
Donovan
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Subject: Re: NN: Otis Blackwell
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 18:32:35 EDT
From: Petop@aol.com
amethystfoundation@prodigy.net writes:
> Otis Blackwell was a moderately talented pop
> songwriter. He wrote a few of Elvis's pleasant, but generally bland,
> hits of the early 60's (hardly the peak years of his career)
Oh, c'mon, he did write "Don't Be Cruel," which was definitely not a
bland hit of the early 60s--it was during the peak years of his career.
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Subject: NN: Nanci needs Helmut
From: "Paul Castle" (pdcmusic@freeuk.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 06:46:44 +0100
Jeff telander@pobox.com wrote:
>Nanci paused, and sternly responded..
>"I don't do lights, and I don't do sound." Then she added
>"I don't go to where you work and yell at you, why are you
>yelling at me?"
This reminded me of a story UK fiddler Dave Swarbrick
tells of a gig with Martin Carthy in the Australian outback
some years ago -
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"...so, in deepest Oz, we got the gig - a long, narrow
shearing-shed with stage at one end, entrance at the
other. On the door was Helmut, our strapping Germanic
host, covered in wounds and plasters after his brush
with poisonous caterpillars and his estranged wife's
parrot, and fuming with ill-will after brush with said wife.
Right From the start of our set, we were heckled by a
rangy, red-headed swell, demanding the latest chart-
toppers, and generally enjoying himself at our expense.
Martin could take no more: stopping me in mid-bow-stroke,
he strode to front-of-stage and fixed the miscreant with
that terrrible glare.
"Excuse me", he says, "You there; where do you work?
"Why do you want to know?", came the reply.
"Because", said Martin, "I want to go where YOU work
and shout at YOU for a change."
Suddenly, Helmut appeared behind the swell, grabbed
him by the scruff-of-neck and seat-of-pants, ran him right
through the hall and threw him out of the door; he landed
amidst a cloud of red dust.
As Helmut turned back into the gig, a voice was heard
loud and clear From the red dust outside....
"strewth....you take your folk music a bit serious, don' ya?"
~~~~
All the best
Paul
Across the Pond@
http://www.balladtree.com
The Rosinators
http://www.mp3.com/rosinators
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Subject: NN: Eric needs Joni
From: "Paul Castle" (pdcmusic@freeuk.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 08:34:41 +0100
John kai21@dial.pipex.com writes:
> It is unbelievable that music lovers
> could sit through the opening set of their
> favourite artist, in this case Lynn Miles,
> and then leave at the start,
> or part way through the other artists set
Here's a report of a late 60s Tim Hardin gig - supported
by Joni Mitchell. Tim was the headliner, but Joni had
suddenly become hugely successful after the gig had
originally been booked.
http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/010221tgam.cfm
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"She was wonderful, of course, and held the huge crowd
spellbound, in the palm of her hand, and when she was
through, the standing ovation seemed to go on forever.
Then Tim Hardin came out on stage, and Ms. Mitchell left . . .
and so did a good quarter of the audience.
As far as they were concerned, the show was over. The star
had already performed...... They made no attempt to keep
silent -- didn't even bother keeping their voices down. Some
shouted, the better to be heard over that guy onstage nattering
on about carpenters and tinkers. Cigarettes were lit, some
containing tobacco; raucous laughter rose above the general
hubbub.
Tim soldiered on. He finished his first song, to a smattering of
applause, watched the doors open and a flood of people race
to escape his music. He began another song, watched more
chattering crowds form at his left and right as he sang, and flee
the moment they were allowed to. He started a third tune; same
result.
He stopped in midsong, unslung his guitar, leaned closer to the
mike, said, very softly, "How would you like it if somebody pissed
in your canteen?" and left. Some folks didn't even notice.
But they sure noticed when an avenging angel swept down From
the bleachers, trailing blond hair like fire. Ms. Mitchell sprang
onstage, grabbed the mike, and for the next five minutes, she
cursed that crowd. We were barbarians, pigs, reptile excrement;
she profoundly regretted having performed for us, and would tell
every act she knew not to come here because we didn't deserve
to hear music; she maligned us and our relatives and ancestors
until she ran out of breath, and stormed offstage. Leaving behind
hundreds of baffled people . . . and a handful like me, cheering
even louder than we had for her songs."
[Spider Robinson - Toronto Globe & Mail]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All the best
Paul
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Subject: NN: Friends
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 19:31:31 -0500
From: "Ed Maier" (evmaier@sbcglobal.net>
Hi,
I just spent a very enjoyable afternoon in Glen Rose, TX, with
Justin and Linda Marquez, jamming around a little with guitars,
dulcimers, and autoharps. They were there for the Lone Star
Dulcimer Festival and they graciously invited me down to say
hello and jam a little. Those two are good.
Eddie
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