Zeke/Gullyjumpers
Zeke rock hard. Mark Pierce is the bass player. He's also in the Gullyjumpers w/ Danny Barnes and others. I take it Danny wasn't at the show that Don referred to which makes me feel better because I was mad at myself for missing them (I'll see Gerald Collier this Fri). They've recorded but it's not out yet. I spoke w/ Mark about it at Christmas time and I think he said it's out in March. It is mentioned on Danny Barnes web page as well. Mark isn't new to rootsy acoustic oriented music either. He's toured a few times backing up Larry Barrett and still plays with him a lot. dan
Re: MonkEE Biz
a question about nesmith who i have always enjoyed for his strange post Monkees country stuff.are any of those early records on cd? his version of tumbling tumbleweeds is shear delight and his band was great with red rhodes on steel...the monkees were a gulity pleasure in my youth but nesmith's output deserves some respectanyone know about those early cd's at allgeez i am showin my age here aren't i... I think pretty much all of them are in print on disc, though if you're looking for "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," that's available on "The Older Stuff," which is a Rhino collection of his post-Monkees (mostly) country recordings. There's a second collection on Rhino called "The Newer Stuff," which is (mostly) non-country material that he was doing later in his solo career. Neither collection includes anything from his concept album, "The Prison," though that's also on disc, so you're set there, too, if you want. --Jon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wollaston, Massachusetts
Artists looking for tour dates?
GREENBAY WISCONSIN BOOKING INTEREST Hello, My name is Marc Mencher. I am booking Oneida Casino's, in Greenbay Wisconsin, Monday Tuesday night performance series (52 shows total) beginning the first Monday in April, 4/5. I am interested in booking all genres with one requirement; the act must be able draw 1000 people from the greater Greenbay Wisconsin market. I have a very good budget to work with. My partners at the venue are easy to work with and we can offer very good accommodations. I would appreciate it very much if you would fax or e-mail me your talent roster. My fax number is: 207-766-2393 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] You're welcome to call me as well at 207-766-5771. I am generally in my office Monday through Friday 9am-6pm est. Thank you. Best regards, Marc Mencher
Re: TwangCommie for Mac
Mike, We are not down on what you are doing. We love you. We just want to continue to use our Macs, and also enjoy TwangCast. Macs are cooler, Microsoft just tries to copy what Macs have been doing for years. Right on to all of you Mac folks! Nancy Apple (big grin)
Another Richard Bennett question
-- From: Jon Weisberger[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 9:29 PM To: passenger side Subject: RE: Richard Bennett question I read a good review of this CD: Richard Bennett, "Walking Down the Line" (Rebel Records) Is this the same Richard Bennett who used to produce Steve Earle and Marty Stuart? Good question. The answer is no, it's a different one, OK, here's another question - I assume that the Richard Bennett who produced Earle and Stuart is the same one that produced the first Kim Richey release. Does that Richard Bennett have any recordings of his own?
Nesmith Biz (was: Re: MonkEE Biz)
Hey, wasn't there talk here last spring/summer about a possible Mike Nesmith tribute album? I remember some P2 bands interested in it, but lost track. Mitch Matthews Gravel Train/Sunken Road
Re: MonkEE Biz
Buddy Woodward writes: Incidentally, Mike has written his first novel, "The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora, which was released by St. Martin's Press in December. He just did a book signing at Barnes Noble here in NYC on Jan 29th...woo-hoo!! How's the book? --Jon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wollaston, Massachusetts
RE: MonkEE Biz
Latest news I hear is Davy has decided to sue Rhino Records for non-payment of royalties or something, they've frozen royalty payments for the rest of the group as well while litigation works it way out. Whatta schmuck. [Matt Benz] Yeh, for all those classic songs he wrote. Never did like that limey monkee
[Fwd: Itinerary, Donald Lindley]
Some one ask about Donald Lindley yesterday. I received this from bassist Dave Batti who works with John Stewart this morning. Iceman Hey, remember me? The latest: FEB 27THE PALMS PLAYHOUSE DAVIS, CA 530/756-9901 MARCH 27POWERHOUSE BREWERY SEBASTOPOL, CA 707/829-9171 APRIL 8 or 9TBA HARRISONBURG, VA APRIL 17KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER SANTA CRUZ, CA 831/427-2227 BTW, one of the musicians in John's extended musical family died today...please say a prayer for Donald Lindley who was the drummer on the True Voices CD (John did "Lady Came From Baltimore" with a group of LA studio musicians). I played with Donald in the Bill Lynch Band for a couple of years, we toured Kansas with Mike Finnigan. He was a great drummer (toured with Fogerty, Rosie Flores, Lucinda Williams), a great guy with a big smilehe was only 46 (was diagnosed w/cancer less than 2 months ago) and leaves a wife and 9 year old son. Life is not fair (as we Bloodliners know) "Dave"
RE: Blodwyn Pig
Jon: I dunno about that quite recent - Dudley's hit was in '63 - but I'm sure lots of American bands were performing it. Ah, in my head I had '66 as a date for Dudley's hit, oh well. And yes, of course I was talking about "crossover" performances for rock audiences... --junior
RE: Move over Blodwyn Pig, Here comes Dave Dudley..
-Original Message- From: Jon Weisberger [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I dunno about that quite recent - Dudley's hit was in '63 - but I'm sure lots of American bands were performing it. Oh, you meant American *rock* bands g. Tho I'm sure more country bands than rock bands in the mid 60's covered Dave Dudley, I'd also argue that Dudley's versions of both 6DOTR and Truck Drivin Son of A Gun have little to do with country musically, and alot to do with rock and roll, once again muddying the country waters... I'll stand on the proverbial coffee table in Jeremy Tepper's living room and say that. Matt, longtime Dave Dudley Appreciation Society member
Re: Charlie Rich/Holler
Terry Smith wrote: "If I remember correctly, when Mike Ireland and Holler came out with their debut last year, Ireland repeatedly mentioned Charlie Rich's work from the mid-60s as a major influence, specifically noting the sophisticated arrangements, with strings, horns, etc." Then Lance corrected me: The Charlie Rich material Ireland is thinking of here might be the work done with Billy Sherrill after the Smash stuff and before Charlie finally made money with Sherrill as the Silver Fox. These have been released on Koch: "Set Me Free," "The Fabulous Charlie Rich" and "Boss Man". I'm surprised it took so long for someone to correct me on this. I posted that Charlie Rich/Mike Ireland comment a month or two ago at least, and almost as soon as I sent it out, I realized, hey, wait a minute, Ireland has cited the later CR stuff, not the Smash stuff, as an influence. Oh well. -- Terry Smith ps I caught James McMurtry at Slim's in San Francisco over the weekend. I was surprised at the size of the crowd; the place was jammed. I'm wondering if that's because SF is just such a big town, and everybody does well there, or if JM is especially popular on the west coast. I've gotta think that if he played in Columbus, he might draw about 25 people. Maybe I'm wrong. Anyhow, Slim's wasa cracking club, though McMurtry's stuff, after about an hour, started sounding the same. I was listening to it through about four pounds of congestion in my ears and nose, so that might have been a negative factor...
BR549/Derailers (was:RE: Charlie Rich/Holler)
Matt says: Interesting: BR5, who seem to have more than a little rockabilly in their sound, esp on the last album, does ok with the modern country biz, whereas the Derailers have been drawing rockabilly fans while sticking to a more traditional country sound, and getting ignored by the modern country biz. See the earlier thread on whether there are advantages to signing with a major (or, specifically, a major country label). Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: neil's steel/used vinyl
At 02:41 AM 2/4/99 -0500, you wrote: A bit related to the used vinyl thread - I've been wondering about that cd recorder (I think it's made by Sony) which has been advertised on TV for the past six months. I've thought that this might be a good way to record my beloved vinyls in order to preserve whatever value my vinyls have left. Does anyone have it and for that matter, would it be a good buy? Thanks in advance, Tera I've had a CD recorder in my computer for just under a year now, and I love it. It is both cheaper and more versatile than the stand alone models, but it can be a bit difficult to get up and running properly, depending on your skill and the age/quality of your computer. Although recording vinyl would definetly be easier using a stand alone, recording to hard drive and then cleaning up the song using a sound editing program like Sound Forge gives you a lot more control over the quality. If you want more details, just ask.
Re: BR549/Derailers (was:RE: Charlie Rich/Holler)
Jon's right about the difference in the labels Derailers have been on and BR5-49's Arista deal. Also, factor in that BR5-49 was fortunate enough to get itself incorported into the Nashville/Gaylord Corp borg, which will do wonders for your liquidity They're a regular part of the Mafia compared to the Derailers. --junior
RE: Move over Blodwyn Pig, Here comes Dave Dudley..
I'll stand on the proverbial coffee table in Jeremy Tepper's living room and say that. Geez, how many other coffee tables does he have in there? [Matt Benz] Well, aside from the Proverbial, which is actually neo-Proverbial, he has a nice Colonial in dark Cherry..
Kuntree Goaks: Delete at will
Sorry if this has been posted before. A few are worth a second look Should Be Country Songs: 1. Get Your Biscuits In The Oven And Your Buns In Bed 2. Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye 3. Her Teeth Was Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure 4. How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away? 5. I Can't Get Over You, So Why Don't You Get Under Me? 6. I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling 7. I Got In At 2 With a 10, And Woke Up At 10 With a 2 8. I Just Sold My Car To A Guy That Stole My Girl, But The Car Don't Run, So I Figure We Got An Even Deal 9. I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You 10. I Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well 11. I Still Miss You Baby, But My Aim's Gettin' Better 12. I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dog Fight, Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win 13. I'll Marry You Tomorrow But Let's Honeymoon Tonite 14. I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Like Having You Here 15. I've Got Tears in My Ears From Lying On My Back In My Bed As I Cry Over You 16. If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You 17. If I Had Shot You When I Wanted To, I'd Be Out By Now 18. Mama Get A Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head) 19. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus 20. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, and I Sure Do Miss Him 21. Please Bypass this Heart 22. She Got The Ring and I Got The Finger 23. You're the Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly
RE: BR549/Derailers (was:RE: Charlie Rich/Holler)
[Matt Benz] I guess I just like observing the obvious. It's easier that way...
Re: Charlie Rich/Holler
Matt Benz writes: Interesting: BR5, who seem to have more than a little rockabilly in their sound, esp on the last album, does ok with the modern country biz, whereas the Derailers have been drawing rockabilly fans while sticking to a more traditional country sound, and getting ignored by the modern country biz. That's the way it seems from here, anyway. I'm probably wrong, and might still be on a PBR drunk right this damn minute.. I've seen BR5-49 a total of five times - three times in Boston clubs, once in a Northampton club, and most recently over the summer at a free performance in Central Park - and the group pulled in a good number of rockabilly fans at the Boston performances I saw, though not nearly as many at the Noho show (which was a typical Iron Horse yuppie audience, for the most part). Can't be sure about the Central Park show, since there were about 4 or 5 thousand people there. The pompadours and Betty Page hairdos tended to get lost in the sea of faces. I think they certainly have their fans on the rockabilly scene, though with the group being on Arista it's considerably more appropriate to market them primarily to a country audience (though the Albini sessions were clearly an attempt to market the group to the rock crowd). As for the Derailers, sure, they attract a lot of rockabilly fans, but so do Wayne Hancock and Dale Watson. The vast majority of rockabilly fans I know like country music; some like it quite a bit, indeed. They just dislike most of what gets on the radio as much as anyone else here. But give them a local country show like BR5-49, Wayne the Train, the Derailers, Dale Watson, etc. and they'll usually turn out in droves. I've seen the Derailers play the occasional rockabilly-type number, by the way, though it's not as big a part of their sound as it is with BR5-49. --Jon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wollaston, Massachusetts
Re: Charlie Rich/Holler
Well, the rockabilly element is more blened into the Derailers' sound, but it's definitely there. They cover 20-flight Rock, I Got Stung, several other straight-up rockabilly numbers, etc. BR5-49's more obvious about it, I suppose, but certainly in my neck of the woods *all* the rockabilly cats come out for Derailers. In fact, now that I think about it, Derailers headlined last years' Indianapolis Rockabilly Weekend. --junior
RE: BR549/Derailers (was:RE: Charlie Rich/Holler)
Jon's right about the difference in the labels Derailers have been on and BR5-49's Arista deal. Also, factor in that BR5-49 was fortunate enough to get itself incorported into the Nashville/Gaylord Corp borg... I wonder if there's any way that the former could have something to do with the latter g. Another case in point: Alison Moorer, who I have no doubt is getting more support than she would on indie-of-your-choice. Personally, I'm very excited about Heather Myles' appearing on the televised Opry segment next week; it's a very good sign (whereas her reception at country radio - non-reception is more like it - is a bad sign). Anyhow, I mostly wanted to point out that, for all of its many, many, many faults, Gaylord's stuff is rather different from - and noticeably better than - other parts of the country music mainstream media. BR5-49 turns up there a lot more than on country radio, that's for sure. BTW, Gaylord's Country dot com covers a surprisingly broad range of country and country-related material - not just the radio favorites and the Opry stars, but bluegrass, swing, and a fair amount of P2-friendly stuff; for instance, this week's CD reviews are of Ricky Skaggs' Ancient Tones, the new Charlie Poole reissue on County, Jon Randall's Cold Coffee Morning (geekster Kenny Vaughn's on it, BTW) and folkmeister Don Yates' latest fave (next to Dar Williams, of course) David Olney. Past reviews have covered stuff like Deke Dickerson, Rambler's Choice, the Freight Hoppers, Paul Burch and a lot more. The staff there is excellent, and includes people quite familiar with the alt.country scene, bluegrass (the excellent Chris Skinker), etc. It reminds me, to some extent, of the pan-country approach the late, lamented New Country magazine took. Of course, *they* made the fatal mistake of running stuff by Neal "that long break Vince Gill took in the middle of his show was on 'One More Last Chance'" Weiss, a sure recipe for disaster. I miss that magazine... Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Derailers' rab thang (was Charlie Rich)
Oh, and need I say, Brian sings all those rockabilly numbers they do g. Actually, his version of "I Got Stung" is particularly good. He does a *much* better Elvis than Chuck Mead (who did "One Night of Sin" in their last show here, not all that convincingly g). --jr.
Riders in the Sky help
Forgive my ignorance, but after witnessing Ranger Doug in Nashvegas at that Bill Monroe tribute I've been wishing I had some Riders in the Sky in my collection. Where to start? I looked through AMG to Country and half of the cd's listed at the CD NOW site aren't in it. I noticed also that the Best of the West, and Best of the West Rides Again are listed as having favorites from their first five Rounder releases. Am I missing them being different tracks or is this review incorrect? Also, AMG listed an album called Cowboys In Love that sounds right up my alley...is it out of print? Always Drink Upstream From The 1995 Best Of The West 1988 Best Of The West Rides Again Cowboy Jubilee Cowboy Songs Great Big Western Howdy From R 1998 Harmony Ranch 1991 Live New Trails Prairie Serenade 1982 Public Cowboy #1-Gene Autry 1996 Saddle Pals Three On The Trail 1980 Weeds Water Yodel The Cowboy Way Look forward to hearing the experts recommendations. Stacey
RE: Charlie Rich/Holler
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 1:31 PM To: passenger side Subject: Re: Charlie Rich/Holler As for the Derailers, sure, they attract a lot of rockabilly fans, but so do Wayne Hancock and Dale Watson. The vast majority of rockabilly fans I know like country music; some like it quite a bit, indeed. They just dislike most of what gets on the radio as much as anyone else here. But give them a local country show like BR5-49, Wayne the Train, the Derailers, Dale Watson, etc. and they'll usually turn out in droves. I've seen the Derailers play the occasional rockabilly-type number, by the way, though it's not as big a part of their sound as it is with BR5-49. [Matt Benz] Those are my observations here as well. Rockabilly folks also like my band, so we're lumped into that crowd. Anyhoo, I guess part of my lameass point was that Derailers rockabilly roots weren't as obvious as BR5's, yetmore Rockabilly folks-around here-showed up for the Derailers shows than for the BR5 show. And it appears that Derailers song choices live are reflecting this. BTW, I'm told that the Swing Crowd has been seen donning cuffed blue jeans and white tees, and making appearances at rockabilly shows here. So everybody, form up a Mod band, or perhaps a 60's garage band, cos the way things are going, those styles will be huge in a few months!
Re: Kuntree Goaks: Delete at will
19 22 are already recorded. 22 was recorded awhile back, like 2 or 3 years agoby Moonshine willy on Bloodshot if I remember correctly Iceman Chris Orlet wrote: Sorry if this has been posted before. A few are worth a second look Should Be Country Songs: 1. Get Your Biscuits In The Oven And Your Buns In Bed 2. Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye 3. Her Teeth Was Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure 4. How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away? 5. I Can't Get Over You, So Why Don't You Get Under Me? 6. I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling 7. I Got In At 2 With a 10, And Woke Up At 10 With a 2 8. I Just Sold My Car To A Guy That Stole My Girl, But The Car Don't Run, So I Figure We Got An Even Deal 9. I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You 10. I Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well 11. I Still Miss You Baby, But My Aim's Gettin' Better 12. I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dog Fight, Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win 13. I'll Marry You Tomorrow But Let's Honeymoon Tonite 14. I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Like Having You Here 15. I've Got Tears in My Ears From Lying On My Back In My Bed As I Cry Over You 16. If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You 17. If I Had Shot You When I Wanted To, I'd Be Out By Now 18. Mama Get A Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head) 19. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus 20. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, and I Sure Do Miss Him 21. Please Bypass this Heart 22. She Got The Ring and I Got The Finger 23. You're the Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly
RE: Kuntree Goaks: Delete at will
19 22 are already recorded. A bunch have already been recorded, though without scanning the list again I'd say that a couple are lines from, not the titles, of Real Actual Songs. "I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dogfight" was a #33 in 1967 for Charlie Walker. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Warner Western/Strangers
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 4-Feb-99 Re: Riders in the Sky help by Jamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ranger Doug has a solo cd out Songs of the Sage, Warner Western. Speaking of Warner Western, how's that imprint doing? With all of the turbulence at Seagram's labels, I wonder if they'll expand their roster. There are plenty of Decca artists for the taking if they want them. Carl Z. slowly recovering from a mess at work, conjunctivitis, and the Walter Payton news. So how was the Deliberate Strangers show last night?
RE: Kuntree Goaks: Delete at will
Reply to: RE: Kuntree Goaks: Delete at will #1 is a Kinky Friedman song. #18 in german was a hit in GSA in the sixties. 19 22 are already recorded. A bunch have already been recorded, though without scanning the list again I'd say that a couple are lines from, not the titles, of Real Actual Songs. "I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dogfight" was a #33 in 1967 for Charlie Walker.
New Cesar Rosas
anybody have two cents on this? -george
RE: New Cesar Rosas
-- From: George L. Figgs[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 12:18 PM To: passenger side Subject: New Cesar Rosas anybody have two cents on this? -george I'm not sure this opinion is worth even two cents, since I just bought the CD on Tuesday (the release date) and haven't had time to listen all the way through yet, but here goes: Most of the songs are written or co-written by Rosas, with the exception of "You've Got to Lose" which I think is an Ike Tina Turner song, and "Adios mi Vida", which is credited to Ortiz (don't know who that is). There's a lot of funky, RB sounding stuff as well as the blues-influenced rock that Rosas has contributed to Los Lobos all along and a couple of traditional-sounding Tex-Mex polka things with accordian by Flaco Jimenez. IMO the songs are much stronger and more melodic than the jam-oriented style that Los Lobos have had in recent concerts and on their last band album "Colossal Head." Again, this is just a first impression, but I think I'm going to like it a lot.
TwangCast and Macs (was Re: Hay Check this out!)
Chad Cosper asked: This may have been covered at some point in time, but is there any way for us Mac users to access this? Any plans for Microsoft to release a Mac version of their player or is there one out there that I just haven't seen? There is a beta version of Media Player for the Mac. It works fine, at least on the streams I've checked, but it does not yet work with TwangCast (sniff, sniff). I don't know if this is due to the Mac Media Player, or Mac Netscape (which I use), or both. I do believe (or hope) the TwangCast folks are working on the problem. Stuart Munro
RE: Riders in the Sky help
The Riders' stuff is pretty durn consistent, though as Jamie notes, they've acquired some additional polish over the years. I was on Riders Radio Theater a few years back, while they were recording the show at Cincinnati's Emery Theatre (a *great* sounding hall that may soon be renovated), with the Katie Laur Band; the other guest on our episode was the Cox Family, who kicked ass. The Riders are nice fellas all, and talented enough that one can even forgive the accordion they so wrongheadedly added a while ago. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Alpine TX tips
If anyone's got any tips about places to stay in Alpine or Marfa (pro or con), I'd love to hear 'em. Offlist is fine. Thanks! Tom Smith
RE: Riders in the Sky help
Wasn't this Tumbleweed Theater on TNN? That's my recollection, too, but I'm not yet convinced it isn't a false memory implanted by the diabolical mistress of Twangin'. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
It's All Been Done Before, Better, In The 80's Part 178(no twang)
Saw this review and thought some might approve... http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/music/feature/1999/02/03featurea.html
Re: best so far
I'm new here, so I hope it works this way (if not I'm sorry); anyway, I write a bi-monthly newsletter, and I need some names for the cream of the crop in new releases in alt. country, etc., this year so far. I am looking for indie bands in particular, but any suggestions will be appreciated. My favorite alt-country record so far is Tom Russell's new record "The Man From Nowhere" - my love for this record is immense and it's hard for me to see a record topping it - I think it's the most ambitious folk record I've ever heard - a potpourri of styles - cowboy, Irish, Norwegian, and then some. Even a little sample from Walt Whitman! Not It's a gem (coming out in the states next month on hightone). The other fave so far is Mojave 3's new one Out of Tune. I don't know much about their arlier work, but this one sounds like early Neil Young strumming and nick Drake a bit, but like Neil can be, it's a bit country. Very simple, pretty record. keep dancing, -ldk
RE: best so far
J. D. Crowe The New South, Come On Down To My World (Rounder) Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Heather Myles Injustice
After listening to the Hightone releases I fail to understand how no major label picked up on this incredible talent who, BTW, happens to look damn good on a Harley (Live at the Bottom Line cover) and has all the ingredients for success at any stage of her career until recently when she just got to be too country for country. There are far too many less talented beauties having more success. Maybe she just has that my way or no way attitude that Nashville can't stand. I did see a post about a future opry appearance (this weekend) so maybe that will help get her the mass exposure she deserves. NOW ONLINE, http://www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry netcast 24 X 7 Please Visit Then let us know what you think! Mike Hays www.MikeHays.RealCountry.netFor the best country artist web hosting, www.RealCountry.net
David Lindley
From Marquetta Herring, who keeps an unofficial Lucinda Williams and Texas Music Kitchen pages, a note about David Lindley's death yesterday. Sarah W. I've also posted a note on the front page about Donald Lindley's death. He was her drummer in Austin for ten years. http://www.lonestarwebstation.com/lucinda.html Barry wrote to say that Donald Lindley, Lucinda's drummer for ten years in Austin, died late Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 3, 1999. He described Lindley as "one helluva drummer and a very sweet person." Lindley had been diagnosed with lung cancer just a few months ago. If there are other Lucinda fans who knew him and want to know where to send flowers, etc, we'll add details -- probably later today. A new editon of Barry's Notes is also in the works. It should go online later this evening or early tomorrow. My personal condolences to Lucinda and other friends and family.
RIP Donald (not David) Lindley
Just wanted to point out that the person who passed away was Donald Lindley, the excellent drummer who played with Rosie Flores, Buddy Miller , Jim Lauderdale, Dave Alvin, Lucinda Williams, etc. It was not David Lindley, the multi-instrumentalist known for his lap steel and fiddle playing with Jackson Browne and about a million other people. This is how rumors get started. ___ Brad's Page of Steel: http://www.well.com/user/wellvis/steel.html A web site devoted to acoustic and electric lap steel guitars
Re: RIP Donald (not David) Lindley
Brad wrote: It was not David Lindley, the multi-instrumentalist known for his lap steel and fiddle playing with Jackson Browne and about a million other people. This is how rumors get started. Amen brother! The whole station just about fell apart. np: Arlo Guthrie - "Moonsong"
Re: TwangCast for Macs
TwangCast Mike wrote: Hang Tight Mac users, we're going to get this thing de-bugged for ya'll. I only know two Mac users and both bring up the player and then type in the following address, mms://media.gemlink.com/TwangCast I hate to tell you this, Mike, but directly pasting the link into Media Player doesn't work either. And then, Personally, I know exactly 2 people with Macs in a non workplace environment, hundreds with PC's. Better start checking those monthly iMac sales figures, Mike g. Other matter re Mac, Microsoft, etc.: Bill Silvers raises a good point: I'm pretty sure that Media Player was built to play Real Audio streams; in fact, the Real Audio people complained when MP first came out that it disabled Real Player on any computer on which it was installed. It's quite possible that the latest Real Audio Player (G2 I think, also in early beta on the Mac side) will play Media Player streams. As well, aren't there a few alternatives to these two that you TwangCast boys might consider? Shockwave, Audioative (both of which Carl Z's station use, if I'm not mistaken), Streamworks, etc.? Stuart Munro
'99... the year the music died??? (was re: best so far)
I sure do hope things get better quick... January blew as far as new music goes... but hey, I worked something up the other day for myself, and now I can use it... I mean, come on, Lynn Miles in my best of list? big disappointments: Steve and Del, Real: the tom t hall thing, and Hadacol (they're from KC? I thought they were from Tweedyville or something? g) rollie tussing iii - blow whistle blow - one man clapping ricky skaggs - ancient tones - skaggs family beaver nelson - the last hurrah - freedom lynn miles - night in a strange town - philo emmylou, linda, and dolly - trio 2 - asylum jd crowe the new south - come on down to my world - rounder countrypolitans - tired of drowning - ultrapolitan cesar rosas - soul disguise - rykodisc eleni mandell - wishbone - mr. charles david olney - through a glass darkly - philo In a few years, everyone will remember '99 as the year the music died. The end of the world is coming soon anyway, ya know... Chad
Re: TwangCast for Macs
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 4-Feb-99 Re: TwangCast for Macs by Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] As well, aren't there a few alternatives to these two that you TwangCast boys might consider? Shockwave, Audioative (both of which Carl Z's station use, if I'm not mistaken), Streamworks, etc.? We've had some problems with Shockwave, though it's pretty good. Our tech people tell me that any program designed to play mp3s will carry our signal, so WinAmp and other programs should work as well. I'm not familiar with Streamworks, but the mp3 netcasts are very clear. Carl Z.
Re: Riders in the Sky help
Oh yeah. I was in college in Cape Girardeau Missouri living in a dark damp riverside basement apartment. Spent my afternoons earing Chunky Beef out of cans, spitting tobacco and watching Ranger Doug, Woody Paul and Too Slim and old 30s westerns. God, Those were the days. Your Saddle Pal. chris -- Cheryl Cline wrote: Not to start another television thread, but... many years ago, when I was underemployed, I used to watch an afternoon Western movie show hosted by the Riders in the Sky, with skits before, during, and after the movie. It was fun. I particularly remember one time when they showed some old Western that took place in Hawaii (!) and Woody Paul dressed up in a grass skirt, wig, and silly glasses, and performed a hula-hula dance. It was the worst example of gender-bending I have ever seen. I also remember developing a heavy crush on Mr. Paul. Good thing I got a job. Oh, and later the program was hosted by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, and by Gene Autry. None of them did skits, though. Anyone else remember this? --Cheryl
Bye, Bye American Pie...
Um...if its all the same to you, can we kindly refrain from using thewords Buddy and on the way down in the same sentance? Er...Ok..how's this?BUDDY Woodward and those fantabulodiddlyumpshadelic Ghost Rocketswill be playing Capital City Barn Dance in Richmond, Virginia ON2/7 with Elena Skye and Honky Tonk Confidential and maybe another band; if anybody needs directions I know THE WAY DOWN.Oh...should I take out the semicolon? gHeh heh, I always said you wuz a good writer, Geff... But can we refrain from using BUDDY and COLON in the...oh nevermind. Buddy Your Phrase Here Rockets * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Buddy Woodward - [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE GHOST ROCKETS - Maximum Rhythm Bluegrass http://www.hudsonet.com/~undertow/ghostrockets* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Sugar Town?
Today at the local gas station I heard a tune called "Sugar Town" on the piped-in music which I know I haven't heard in 30 years easy. WBAL In Baltimore played a lot of such things in the 60's... Something tells me this is one of those weird Lee Hazlewood compositions. Is this correct? -- Geff King Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh Confidential
Re: Sugar Town?
geff it is and released here in Australia by Felicity ...
Ernest Tubb Query
I was thumbing through a book the other day at the library called "The Tombstone Tourist: Musicians" by Scott Stanton (3T Publishing, 1998). It basically lists the grave sites of the dear departed musicians and singers. Under the listing for Ernest Tubb, it states that although he's buried at Hermitage Memorial Gardens in TN, his grave is unmarked, just a number (38-C) due to his family's forgetfullness/selfishness/whatever. Is this true? Is his grave still without a tombstone? If so, why the hell hasn't any country performers done anything about it? Honestly, this pisses me off, someone like Mr. Tubb deserves a headstone, for God's sake. Mitch Matthews Gravel Train/Sunken Road
Re: New Cesar Rosas, and some Los Lobos stuff
I've heard that David Hidalgo has a solo album coming out later this year (although I don't know when). Does anyone know if/when Los Lobos will be releasing their next album as a band? According to a fan website, www.mindspring.com/~krazyfish/loslobos/index.htm, the new David Hildalgo solo CD *AND* a new Latin Playboys CD are both due out March 2. David's CD is to be called "Houndog" and the Playboys' will be "Dose." It also states that the new Los Lobos CD is in the can, and that they are "finalizing things" with Hollywood Records. While I'll probably pass on the Playboys' disc, I'm excitedly awaiting the mailman leaving the new Rosas disc at my house, and I'll order the Hidalgo as well. I've been thinking for a while about starting a Los Lobos mailing list through onelist.com. Anyone have any better suggestions for a list host? Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "For once, maybe someone will call me 'Sir' without adding 'you're making a spectacle of yourself.'" -Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
lou ford?
Any of you North Carolina folks ever heard Lou Ford? I'm listening to a tape now, and whoo-hoo! It's great.
neil news, and penelope houston
The Neil Young album (the new material) now has a June 22 tentative release date. Hoping that some of the Linda Ronstadt sessions turn up there. Got my copy of Tonight's the Night today and I am inclined to agree with Neal W on this one... Stunning. Oh, I know an Avengers thread came up recently, and I had asked about a new Penelope Houston that I had heard about via a Chuck Prophet connection. Reprise list her new one, Tongue, for 23 March Stevie
sales, certifications and hype
Hi, First let me apologize to those who see this more than once by virtue of sharing mailing lists with me. A writer for one of the magazines that I write for is currently preparing a story on the relationship between units sold, units scanned, gold and platinum certifications, and the hyping that goes on in connection with all of it. I'm not writing the story, merely pitching in to help with some of the legwork - running down info, etc. I know that we have folks in all areas of the "biz" on the list here. He'd like to chat with some of you, if you're interested. It'd all be as background sources, no names, so no retribution, if you're worried about that sort of thing. So, if you wouldn't mind answering some questions from him, please email me off list and I'll pass along your name and email to him and he can get in touch with you to arrange a mutually agreeable time. We're looking for people that include artists, management, record company folks, retailers, label types - anybody, really, who is involved in the chain from music to consumer. Thanks a lot. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. best, jfb John F Butland O- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TwangCast for Macs
jamie wrote: On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Stuart Munro wrote: As well, aren't there a few alternatives to these two that you TwangCast boys might consider? Shockwave, Audioative (both of which Carl Z's station use, if I'm not mistaken), Streamworks, etc.? Check out shoutcast (www.shoutcast.com). It's an MP3 streaming server using winamp as the client. And it's free. Very cool. jamie It doesn't run on a mac yet either, however. I think it is a little bit unfair to characterize mac users as a tiny minority- if you want to be anecdotal about it, literally everybody I know in the music business world-wide uses Macs and I daresay the majority of creative people in all fields use them. It is also a fact that a highly disproportionate number of internet users and web page authors use Macs. I firmly feel that it is a grave error to ghettoize us, which happens all too often. -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
Re: Triumvirat
jamie dyer wrote: There was also a band called Triumvirat that did a concept album about Spartacus. It had a line that was so dumb, but still clicks thru my timy mind at times...: "In the gladiator school, things were perfect, things were cool..." then Brad Bechtel wrote: I remember Triumvirat. They were sort of Sweden's answer to Focus. I saw them open for Fleetwood Mac (the middle period Bob Welch version, not the Stevie Nicks behemoth) and was unimpressed. Well, to a 14-year old budding prog rock fan with an 8-track player, Triumvirat was a pretty cool discovery back then. Much more obscure and cool sounding than the ELP and Yes and the popular groups. Plus, the fact that they were German added to the mystique. A few years later another similar sounding German band called "Lake" released their first album. But by then that high-pitched synthesizer/strummed acoustic guitar/ martial drumming sound had been co-opted by some popular band called Styx. Triumvirat's logo was a white lab rat trapped inside a clear light bulb or some such nonesense. Perfect bait for 14-year old's buying 8-tracks based on what the cover looked like. I remember having "Illusions on a Double Dimple" as well as their masterwork "Spartacus" (still have that one on vinyl I believe). Plus, Triumvirat's grasp of the English language was at least on a par with ABBA, which led to the fun lyrics like the one Jamie quoted above. Hey, my old favorite Elton John had just put out "Rock of the Westies" much to my distaste, and I was desparately looking for something new to call my own. A year later I found an old used copy of "The Band" at my first girlfriend's house (she won it at a party and never even opened it up). My tastes were forever changed at that moment (out with the ELO's "Do Ya," in with "Baby Don't You Do It"). signed, Budding Writer for "That '70s Show" === Gregg Makepeace Unigraphics Solutions, Inc. Documentation Coordination phone: (714)952-6279 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Hank Snow's toupee
All of this stuff about Hank got me to thinking this morning about how often it is that we may love the music or the job a person does but feel distaste for that person themselves- Chuck Berry, for instance. That was what I failed to distinguish about ole Hank- I had gotten my feelings about him and his peccadillos confused with my feelings about his music, which actually isn't wise on my part. Ryan Adams may be another prime example of a person whose antics might disqualify him from an invitation to afternoon tea but who appears to have real talent, forcing you to ignore the man in order to dig the music. Jerry Lee Lewis. Actually, considering how volatile and obsessed most artists are, it's a miracle that many of them are personable or likeable at all. Which leads me to another thought which I will toss out- many of the successful people I have come across in the music business, no matter how sweet they could be, also had a very hard aspect to them. Jimmy Day was an example of a guy who could be alternately very sweet and very demanding, to the point of alienating some people for years. I won't name names, but I know others who are big giant names who can be either very charming or utter bastards, sometimes in the same ten minute period. I wonder if this is true of other fields like politics or big business, etc. -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
Playlist: The Fringe 01/30/99 featuring GRETA LEE
Howdy, The happy little trailer of WDVX has been blessed to host some of the best danged live music in East Tennessee for the past few weeks. Recent guests in Studio C (C stands for "couch," I'm sure) have included Heather Myles, Chris Knight, Phil Ledbetter and Richard Bennett, and the Freighthoppers. Not to be outdone, the Fringe had the hopefully not-too-rare opportunity to host two consecutive weeks of live music. Jan. 23 found the show hosting a boisterous band of Bystanders from Johnson City (The alliteration would've worked out better if they'd been from Bristol...) and this week's episode was (while less boisterous) certainly a high point in WDVX's live music moments. Ladies and gentleman... Greta Lee. Before I dive right into the play list, let me tell you a few things about Greta Lee and Jon Byrd. First of all, I was pleased as punch to receive the new disc, "This Ain't Over Yet," back in December, and have been happily slipping it into the playlist whenever possible. I casually mentioned in an earlier playlist back at the beginning of January that I was going to feature that album on 1/30. Gayle Thrower at Radiogram contacted me almost immediately to say Greta would be happy to come up and perform live on the show. Keep in mind that, at the time, Greta didn't have a show booked for the area. Greta was willing to make the trip up from Atlanta just to play in our little trailer for free. You gotta love that. Happily, Greta and Jon did get booked a while later at the Bird's Eye View in Knoxville on the same night so, hopefully, the trip was worthwhile for them. Of course the show in Knoxville didn't end until 10:30 or so and, on a rainy night in the mountains, Jon called to apologize for running late and said they would be heading right over to the studio. Hey, they could have just as easily blown the show off and stayed warm and happy at the Bird's Eye where they were getting paid. Bonus points awarded to Greta and Jon. The live performance on WDVX itself was a great showcase for Greta's songwriting and voice and gave me yet another chance to introduce the area (via the airwaves) to some of the best new music being created in our little alt.country world. Station response has been good and I've had a few folks ask me when Greta and Jon will be returning to the area. Note to other DJs-- nice folks, great music, real professionals, and a lot of fun-- get 'em on your show, too. I've babbled enough. Here's the playlist. I filled the first half of the show with cuts from Greta's disc while waiting for Greta and Jon to arrive. Live performances are marked with an asterisk and, yes, there are a couple of songs that were played live and on disc within the show. Sue me. Contact information and the usual stuff follows. Fringe -- Episode #20 -- 10 PM to Midnight WDVX- FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- January 30, 1999 Cas Walker Theme -- Dolly Parton -- Heartsongs -- Blue Eye Great Balls of Fire -- New Grass Revival -- New Grass Revival -- Hollywood Looking for the Killerman -- Kevin Gordon -- Cadillac Jack's #1 Son -- Shanachie Breathless -- Jerry Lee Lewis -- The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology -- Rhino I Hate the Cold -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet I Don't Understand -- Bob Egan -- Bob Egan That Thang -- Al Anderson -- Pay Before You Pump -- Imprint I'm Convicted -- Bad Livers -- Industry and Thrift -- Sugar Hill Not in a Million Years -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet Family Reserve -- Lyle Lovett -- Joshua Judges Ruth -- MCA/Curb Tulsa Telephone Book -- Calexico -- Real: The Tom T. Hall Project -- Sire Somebody New -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet They Say There's A Time -- R.B. Morris -- Take That Ride -- Oh Boy You Were So Right -- Radney Foster -- See What You Want to See -- Arista/Austin Hanging Blue Side -- Son Volt -- Wide Swing Tremolo -- Warner Brothers (2/2@Bijou) My Name Joe -- David Massengill -- Legacy -- High Street Records (2/4@Down Home) Take Me to the River -- Bill Mize -- Coastin' -- Moon Pie in the Sky (2/5@Down Home) It Must Be Heaven -- One Riot One Ranger -- Side Tracks -- Hayden's Ferry (2/11@Bird's Eye View) *He Ain't Comin' Here -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet * Silly Me -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet (one of my requests...) *As Good As It Gets -- Greta Lee -- unreleased (in which I nearly choked to death trying not to cough while she sang...) Money Honey -- Elvis Presley -- Elvis 56 -- RCA Wave a White Flag -- Elvis Costello -- My Aim is True -- Rykodisc I Always Follow -- Buck Diaz -- Buck Diaz *Not in a Million Years -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet *The Way I Am -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet *Run Away -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet (another request by moi...) Box of Pine -- The Deliberate Strangers -- Mood Music for Snake Handlers -- Payday And there you go, another night on the Fringe ends with no permanent damage done. Thanks again to Greta and Jon for making the trip up from Atlanta. I truly enjoyed the opportunity to meet
Fw: CFP: AS/Ethnomusicology (East Lansing, 17 April 1999)
Howdy, I've not had time to do much in these last few days but forward information like this to the list. I hope it's at least helpful to the some of the list members. Maybe I'll submit a real post a little later. That being said... -Original Message- From: Catherine Lavender [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 11:21 PM Subject: CFP: AS/Ethnomusicology (East Lansing, 17 April 1999) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:55:54 -0500 From: Anthony Shiu [EMAIL PROTECTED] UPDATE: Deadline for abstracts extended to February 16, 1999. Call for Papers Disruptive Disciplines: A Joint Conference of American Studies and Ethnomusicology Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan April 17, 1999 Keynote Speaker: Eric Lott, University of Virginia Author of Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class The American Studies Graduate Student Association at Michigan State University and the Midwest Association of Ethnomusicology invite graduate students and independent scholars across all disciplines to present their work in a forum that reflects the breadth and variety of interdisciplinary work. American Studies and Ethnomusicology are two of many academic sites that encourage critical scholarship across disciplines. Graduate student work is uniquely positioned to explore both the promise and limitations of this recent scholarship. This conference is conceived as an opportunity to consider the wide range of approaches and methods that challenge disciplinary distinctions in both form and function. Therefore, we invite a mix of presentations--from conventional research papers to performances--that reflect the dynamic work done in our fields. All approaches from graduate students in (but not limited to) the following areas are welcome: American Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Communication Studies, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, English, Ethnomusicology, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Queer Theory, Race/Ethnicity studies, Rhetoric/Composition, Sociology, Visual Arts, and Women's Studies. Respondents are asked to submit one page abstracts by February 7, 1999, for papers of fifteen minutes. Panel proposals are encouraged. The following are just a few examples of the range of approaches and topics we invite: --Media: television, radio, music, and popular culture --Education: classroom practices, theory and policy --Performance as scholarship/Music, Dance, and Drama in the academic conference --The centrality of theory/the poverty of theory --Modernism and its promises --Internet/technology studies --Culture and the "hard" sciences --Race, gender, class, and sexuality --Rhetoric, composition, and English studies --Disciplinary boundaries and horizons --Film, history, and literature --Ethnography and the "New" Anthropology --Communication Studies and Issues of Representation --Narratives of Conquest, Postcolonialism, and Imperialism The conference will be held in East Lansing, Michigan, at Michigan State University. Submissions are due February 7, 1999. The conference will be held in conjunction with the annual Russel B. Nye Lecture, given by Eric Lott, and a jazz concert featuring faculty from the School of Music will be held afterwards. To provide for ease of travel planning, applicants will be notified of their acceptance as soon as possible. Early abstracts would be greatly appreciated. Submission of abstracts and panel proposals via e-mail is encouraged. Our web site address is: http://www.msu.edu/~shiuanth/conf.html Send abstracts/panel proposals to: ASGSA Conference Program in American Studies 319 Linton Hall Michigan State University E. Lansing, MI 48824-1044 Or e-mail to: Anthony Shiu: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Inquiries should be directed to: April Herndon: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anthony Michel: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night 01/30/99
Howdy, Well, I'm so late getting this posted it's almost time for the next show... Nonetheless, in the spirit of sharing such information, here's what I played last week on a Tennessee Saturday Night. The show itself, because of my mood didn't have quite the traditional feel that it usually has. (It could be that I was quite literally randomly pulling discs from the shelves at times.) I intend for things to get back on track this weekend. In the meantime amuse yourself by following along in this week's playlist. This week's challenge: find the DJs restroom break... (Contact information, etc., follows the playlist) Tennessee Saturday Night -- Show #19 -- 7 PM to 10 PM WDVX-FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- January 30, 1999 Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley with the Cumberland Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino So Far So Good -- Fox Family -- When It Comes to Blues -- Sierra Applejack -- Dolly Parton -- Heartsongs -- Blue Eye Truck Driving Man -- Jimmy Martin -- Truckin' On -- Starday The Call of the Honky Tonk -- Carl Jackson John Starling -- Spring Training -- Sugar Hill Crying, Waiting, Hoping -- Marty Stuart Steve Earle -- Not Fade Away -- Decca Pauline -- Kevin Gordon -- Cadillac Jack's #1 Son -- Shanachie All for the Love of a Girl -- Johnny Horton -- America Remembers Johnny Horton -- TeeVee Give Back My Heart -- Lyle Lovett -- Pontiac -- MCA/Curb D-18 Song -- Norman Blake and Tony Rice -- Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2 -- Sugar Hill I Was the One -- Elvis Presley -- Elvis 56 -- RCA Mean Eyed Cat -- Johnny Cash -- Unchained -- American Duncan and Brady -- Johnson Mountain Boys -- Hills of Home -- Rounder Past the Point of Rescue -- Gary Ferguson -- I'm Really Leaving -- Webco The Ballad of Thunder Road -- R.B. Morris -- Take That Ride -- Oh Boy Six Days on the Road -- Steve Earle -- Ain't Ever Satisfied -- Hip-O Our Town -- Iris DeMent -- The Folkscene Collection -- Red House He Don't Care About Me -- Kelly Willis -- Uprooted -- Shanachie Drunkard's Blues -- Pine Valley Cosmonauts w/Kelly Hogan -- Salutes the Majesty of Bob Wills -- Bloodshot I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine -- The Brother Boys -- Presley's Grocery -- Sugar Hill The Way I Am -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet Sixty Acres -- James McMurtry -- It Had to Happen -- Sugar Hill Train on the Island -- Stephen Wade -- Dancing in the Parlor -- County Dixie Hoedown -- Richard Bennett -- A Long Lonesome Time -- Rebel (1/30@Down Home) Boll Weevil/Tuttle's Reel -- Mike Cross -- High Powered, Low Flying -- Sugar Hill Your Cheatin' Heart -- Hank Williams -- 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits -- Mercury Knoxville Girl -- Jimmy Martin -- Me 'n Ole Pete -- Hollywood Big Hoedown -- Tom, Brad Alice -- Been There Still -- Copper Creek Who'll Stop the Rain -- One Riot One Ranger -- Side Tracks -- Hayden's Ferry (2/11@Bird's Eye View) Pigeon Roost -- Bluegrass Reunion -- Bluegrass Reunion -- Acoustic Disc Working on a Building -- Johnson Mountain Boys -- Bluegrass Spirit -- Easydisc Sick, Sober Sorry -- Johnny Bond -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino The Wild Side of Life -- Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Baby, I'm Ready -- The Tunesmiths -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Car Hoppin' Mama -- Hawkshaw Hawkins -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Let's Don't and Say We Did -- Vern Gosdin -- The Voice -- BTM Southern Rain -- Cowboy Junkies -- Essential Junk -- RCA Can't Get There from Here -- Jerry Douglas and Peter Rowan -- Yonder -- Sugar Hill Aragon Mill -- Dry Branch Fire Squad -- Live! at Last -- Rounder Smoky Mountain Memories -- Dolly Parton -- Heartsongs -- Blue Eye When There's No One Around -- Tim O'Brien -- When There's No One Around -- Sugar Hill I'll Take the Blame -- The Stanley Brothers -- The Early Starday/King Years -- Highland Teach Me About Love -- Lyle Lovett -- Step Inside This House -- Curb/MCA Jug Band Music -- Lucinda Williams -- Ramblin' -- Smithsonian Folkways Foggy Mountain Breakdown -- J.D. Crowe the New South -- Live in Japan -- Rounder Mary Danced with Soldiers -- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -- Will the Circle Be Unbroken II -- Universal Let the Mystery Be -- Iris DeMent -- Infamous Angel -- Warner Brothers Rise and Shine -- Kristi Rose the Handsome Strangers -- Nashville: The Other Side of the Alley -- Bloodshot Sheik of Araby -- Cluster Pluckers -- Just Pluck It -- CPR I Am a Town -- Mary Chapin Carpenter -- Live at the Iron Horse -- Signature Sounds Welfare Music -- Bottle Rockets -- The Brooklyn Side -- TAG Sad, Sad Music -- Dwight Yoakum -- If There Was a Way -- Warner Brothers Country Gentleman -- Chet Atkins -- Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Vol. 2 -- RCA Highway 52 -- Dave Evans Riverbend -- The Vetco Sessions -- Vetco And that's the end of a Tennessee Saturday Night for another week. Submissions for airplay consideration, comments, valentines, naughty polaroids, and help with
Re: lou ford?
Any of you North Carolina folks ever heard Lou Ford? I'm listening to a tape now, and whoo-hoo! It's great. Even we Philly folk have heard of them. I saw them at Spittlefest down in Raleigh last weekend and they were one of the highlights...not quite as awe-inspiring as the Drive-By Truckers were, but a good solid band with great harmonies and lots of slow Neil-ish 2-guitar slow rockers--my third favorite of the weekend, as a matter of fact (Backsliders were a close second to the DBT). Steve Kirsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If I were King Of America, I'd have two requirements to graduate high school: you have to travel to another country and you have to learn how to play the drums. If you can play the drums, you can do just about anything. It'll even make you a better driver." --Mike Watt ___ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Re: Ernest Tubb Query
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999 18:17:34 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But we as members of the general public really have no say over the private wishes of family members. Mary Katherine Absolutely. A good example of the anguish misguided fans can cause is Allman Brother Berry Oakley's gravesite in Macon, GA. The family has been in trouble with the city for erecting a fence around the grave to keep people from making pilgrimages to the site (with the resulting rubbish and carryings on that a dead rock star's memory seems to require). His sister, I think, was quoted as saying that they never would've marked the grave or would've had him cremated or something if they knew the heartache a visible memorial would cause. William Cocke Senior Writer HSC Development University of Virginia (804) 924-8432
Re: TwangCast for Macs
I think it is a little bit unfair to characterize mac users as a tiny minority- -- It is also a fact that a highly disproportionate number of internet users and web page authors use Macs. I firmly feel that it is a grave error to ghettoize us, which happens all too often. No offense intended Joe, just numbers. I agree with your assesment of the creative community and the use of Macs but under 3% worldwide is a minority any way you cut it. Not a ghetto, just a minority. As to a large percentage of internet users? They can sell an iMac a minute 24X7X365 and they'll never establish the penetration of IBM clone users on the net. Believe me, here at TwangCast we very much want to find the answer to making our feed Mac compatible exactly because of the large number of industry folks who still use Macs. Time to end this thread with the words, when we get it figured out and can provide accurate Mac user information I'll post it. Mike Hays http://www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry 24 X 7 Please Visit Then let us know what you think! Mike Hays www.MikeHays.RealCountry.net For the best country artist web hosting, www.RealCountry.net
Cap City Barn Dance
Is that this Sat nite and is it at it's usual location (Alley Katz?) and what time does it start? I'm coming in for the show and want to make sure I don't miss any of this P2 lineup. It's like a mini Twangfest. Thanks Mike Hayshttp://www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry 24 X 7 Please Visit Then let us know what you think! Mike Hays www.MikeHays.RealCountry.netFor the best country artist web hosting, www.RealCountry.net
Re: indieaudio.com
In a message dated 2/4/99 11:12:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just had a nice conversation with Bruce Paisley, owner/operator of the site recently discussed here and I believe his heart is in the right place, his biggest problem being the wording of the web site which he admits is a bit vague on the rights issue. It seems like he'll re-do the wording and specify the exact terms of the agreement with artists for the use of the songs. I am so glad to hear that. I hate to think I have lost my skill for telling the difference between a nice guy and a wele. Oh wait, ex husbands don't count. Like I said, I had not seen him for years when he called out of the blue all excited about this new thang. Mike, thanks so much for setting him straight, and glad the two of you hooked up. Nancy
RE: lou ford?
"If you can play the drums, you can do just about anything." This is self-evidently, laughably untrue; it would be more accurate to say that if you can't play the drums, you can't do anything. Except, I guess, play an accordion. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: Ernest Tubb Query
Re: Mitch's query about ET's grave... I saw a bio of Tubb which went into this in some detail, but like most normal people, I don't remember the author or title. Damn..there goes my Librarian Guilt. now I gotta go FIND the fershluggint thing. -- Geff King * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www2.ari.net/gking/ "Don't let me catch you laughin' when the jukebox cries" - Kinky Friedman, "Sold American"
Re: Triumvirat
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Gregg Makepeace wrote: first girlfriend's house (she won it at a party and never even opened it up). My tastes were forever changed at that moment (out with the ELO's "Do Ya," in with "Baby Don't You Do It"). Oh manlet me tell you all, that Makepeace is a hell of a fellow. Bless you bro. NP: Holmes Brothers - Promised Land Jerry
RE: Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night 01/30/99
Highway 52 -- Dave Evans Riverbend -- The Vetco Sessions -- Vetco Yowza! This is an album that I think a lot of P2ers would like. Evans came to the fore back in the 70s as banjo player/tenor singer with Larry Sparks before striking out on his own. He cut two albums for Vetco before moving on to Rebel, and the Vetco sides, more or less collected on this CD, show him at his most, er, enthusiastic. I disremember the rhythm section guys, but the fiddler, Danny Cade, is even mo' wilder than Dave, which makes for a pretty high-octane combination. This song is my favorite of the bunch, inasmuch as I've passed through the towns named in it a whole heap of times. I imagine Terry Smith has, too. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: best so far
In a message dated 2/4/99 1:33:27 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve Earle the Del McCoury Band's The Mountain. I'm seconding this bigtime. My favorite of the year so far. Linda
Re: best so far
Actually, so far "Real" is a contender for me, too. lr
Vital Rock of the 60's - you had to be there man!!
GETTING BACK IN TUNE: VITAL ROCK OF THE '60S TV SOUNDTRACK TRIES TO CAPTURE THE PERIOD, BUT FOR THE RECORD, HERE ARE THE ORIGINALS JIM FARBER * 02/03/99 New York Daily News (Copyright 1999 Daily News, L.P.) No decade produced music more integral to its soul than the '60s. Songs of that time provided the glue between the sex, drugs and politics of the day, giving them more social relevance than the tunes of any other decade in this century. In the time since, lots of albums have tried to sum up that dense and charged time, from the soundtracks to "The Big Chill" and "Forrest Gump" to the new one, which hits stores this week, for NBC's "The '60s" miniseries. The latest attempt corrals the usual suspects, from "The Weight" by The Band, to The Temptations' "My Girl," to James Brown's "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud." There's just one fresh track: a nice re-do of Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom," sung by the bard and Joan Osborne. Still, as '60s sets go, it's a pretty flimsy primer. For those who want something broader, here's some must-own work from that war-torn, tie-dye time, beginning with the holy trinity: 1) Bob Dylan: The single greatest writer and innovator of the era. Buy everything, especially "Bringing It All Back Home" "Highway 61" and "Blonde on Blonde." 2) The Beatles. Again, you must own everything, but stress "Rubber Soul," "Revolver," "Sgt. Pepper," "The Beatles" and "Abbey Road." 3) The Rolling Stones: Their peak's on "High Tide and Green Grass," "Through The Past Darkly," "Beggar's Banquet" and "Let It Bleed." 4) Motown: Stick with greatest hits by The Supremes, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, etc. 5) Jimi Hendrix: The era's great guitar innovator, evidenced on "Are You Experienced?," "Axis: Bold as Love" and "Electric Ladyland." 6) Cream: The trio who turned psychedelic rock into free jazz on "Disraeli Gears" and the double set "Wheels of Fire." 7) Neil Young: Era's darkest guitarist and quirkiest singer, best on "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere." 8) Jefferson Airplane: The peak of S.F. psychedelia. Buy "Surrealistic Pillow" for the songs. "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" for the jamming, and "Volunteers" for its defiance. 9) Janis Joplin: Rock's most passionate blues belter. Her "Cheap Thrills" offers anything but. 10) Santana: Latin fire combines with rock on self-titled '69 debut. 11) James Brown: The creator of funk; caught an early peak on 1963's "Live at The Apollo" 12) The Beach Boys: 1966's "Pet Sounds" remains the acme of Brian Wilson's nexus of emotional innocence and technical sophistication. 13) Led Zeppelin: Blues music encased in cement, creating heavy metal and so much more. Both "I" and "II" still sound new. 14) Van Morrison: He created Celtic soul on "Astral Weeks." 15) Aretha Franklin: The title "Lady Soul" says it all. *16) The Byrds: Gospel of folk-rock drives LPs like "Turn, Turn, Turn." 17) Sly and The Family Stone: The group that made funk go pop on LPs like "Stand." 18) Creedence Clearwater Revival: Voodoo blues as catchy as Top 40 on LPs like "Willie The Poorboys." 19) Fairport Convention: This group birthed British-traditional- * folk-rock on the indelible "Liege Lief." 20) MC5: The Detroit group set the blueprint for '70s punk on 1969's "Kick Out the Jams."
Jon Randall
Former Nash Rambler Randall starts a new `Morning' * 02/03/99 (c) Copyright 1999 BPI Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. BPI Entertainment News Wire Feature (600) By DEBORAH EVANS PRICE Billboard * NASHVILLE (BPI) -- Jon Randall is known as one of country music's most accomplished musicians, having earned a name as a member of Emmylou Harris' famed Nash Ramblers while barely in his 20s. With his Feb. 9 Asylum debut, "Cold Coffee Morning," Randall hopes to complete the move from sideman to center stage. "The hard part about this record was to make a record that was different than everything out there and still appeal to radio and the mass audience," says Randall. "That's not an easy marriage." A Dallas native, Randall began looking to create that perfect musical blend when he moved to Nashville after high school. At 20, he landed a gig with Harris, performing with her ensemble for nearly six years. His talents caught the attention of major record labels. In 1995, RCA released his album "What You Don't Know" and was preparing to release a second album when they decided to part company. "It was frustrating," Randall admits. "By the time we started on the second record, they wanted me to be something else." Randall says he withdrew after the RCA deal ended. "I just went into hiding and was writing songs," he says. He adds that his wife, artist Lorrie Morgan, "had a lot to do with reminding me why I loved music and that I really loved being in the studio. She lit another fire under me -- that coupled with the fact that Evelyn [Shriver] and Susan [Nadler] took over Asylum Records and said, `We love what you do. Come over here and make a record, and we'll leave you alone on the music side.' " To capture the sound he was looking for, Randall recorded live with a hand-picked group of musicians. "So much of the same is going on in Nashville, and I wanted to use some different players that aren't playing on all the other records," he says. "They are all incredibly talented musicians, but they're from different areas of the business. I booked them for the week, and we just went and played music." Co-produced with Jerry Taylor, the resulting album, "Cold Coffee Morning," features guitarist Kenny Vaughn, bassist Dave Pomeroy, keyboardist Steve Khan, drummer Brian Barnett, steel guitarists Al Perkins and Sonny Garrish, mandolinist Sam Bush, and fiddler Stuart Duncan. The project also includes guest appearances by Willie Nelson on "Reno Me" and a duet with Morgan on "Knowing You're There." Randall wrote or co-wrote five of the 11 songs on the album, including "I Can't Drive You From My Mind," penned with Rodney Crowell and Kevin Montgomery, and the title cut, which he co-wrote with Bill Anderson. He and Anderson also collaborated on the album's closing tune, "I Can't Find An Angel." "I've been writing for a while, and a couple of these songs are songs I've had for a while," he says. " `Cold Coffee Morning' is the most recent I've written." Randall says he learned about songs from working with Harris. "Emmy cuts really integrity-driven albums," he says, "and I learned a lot about picking a song for its depth and not just necessarily for its mass appeal. She picks songs for the lyrics and how they touch her. I've never heard Emmy go, `Oh, this song is a hit.' I've never heard her pick a song because it was a hit that could get played." Randall has chosen the songs that move him, and he's hoping audiences will respond likewise. "I just hope it touches people," he says. "I tried to produce it in such as way that it wasn't too slick. I want people to sit in their car and feel like I'm singing to them."
Steve Earle
PLUCKING AT HEARTSTRINGS * STEVE EARLE'S FINE BLUEGRASS JIM FARBER * 02/02/99 New York Daily News (Copyright 1999 Daily News, L.P.) *STEVE EARLE AND THE DEL McCOURY BAND "The Mountain" (E-Squared) *Steve Earle likes to rotate the records he makes, splitting them between folk songs, rock songs and country songs. For his latest * release he confined himself to bluegrass songs, channeling the spirit of genre genius Bill Monroe through melodies and lyrics of his own. *To back him up, Earle chose the four-piece bluegrass Del McCoury band, making energetic use of its prickly mandolins, scratchy violins and high-strung banjos. (The singer and band perform this material and more at Town Hall on March 20.) Earle has a natural affinity for these twangy sounds. He can mine the style of Kentucky mountain music without sounding like he's playing a character. The traditional tales of doomed coal miners, lonesome train riders and jealous murderers come naturally to a voice like his, which can capture any hard life. The music's pleasure provides a sweet contrast to the lyrics' pain there's such zest to the playing of a song like "Carrie Brown," you may not notice at first that it tells the tale of a guy who killed his lover in a jealous fit and now stands ready to hang. There's a special dignity to these songs. They speak of people with little money and few prospects, who never let such things spoil their capacity for joy. Somewhere, Bill Monroe must be grinning.
Internet Jock
THE INTERNET JOCK STATIONS AROUND THE WORLD CAN BUY FOUR-HOUR SHOWS; FROM THIS OREGON AIR TALENT - AND DOWNLOAD THEM FROM THE WEB Steve Woodward * 02/01/99 The Spokesman Review SPOKANE (Copyright 1999 Cowles Publishing Company) Bob Ancheta - The Big B.A. - is Bend's No. 1 radio disc jockey during weekday afternoon drive time. No mean feat, considering that Ancheta, geographically speaking, is nowhere near Bend. "I'm up skiing last week," Ancheta recalled recently in his Beaverton, Ore., home office/studio, "and I hear myself on the radio while sitting in the parking lot." Credit his mysterious double life to the magic of a Web site, MP3 audiotechnology, $5,000 worth of gear, a major-market radio voice and a 9-month-old business called The Internet Jock. "They can put me on from 12 midnight to 6, and I don't care -- because I'm not there," said the 37-year-old blues aficionado. Ancheta's 29-year radio career nearly hit dead air during the past three years, when he was fired, twice, by a Pennsylvania radio conglomerate that bought seven Portland-area stations. Determined to stay in radio, Ancheta and engineer friend Jack Edin hatched an idea that, according to a leading national researcher, is new to the radio industry. They would create customized, four-hour shows, complete with station breaks, announcements and current weather reports. Ancheta would prerecord the shows as digital files and upload them each day to a Web site. Clients would download them into their station automation systems, which would play Ancheta's voice and music at the proper, preprogrammed times. "We will make it sound like we're sitting at your control board in your city," Ancheta declares on the company's Web site (www.internetjock.com). No more live disc jockeys. No more big salaries. No long-distance phone calls or tapes to mess with. No more grumping about music playlists. *"It can be Bavarian folk music as far as I'm concerned," Ancheta said. "I can do it in my bathrobe." So far, only one station has become a believer: Rock 98.3, a.k.a. The Twins, in Bend. But it's a strong believer. The latest ratings place Ancheta's 3 to 7 p.m. show significantly ahead of the competition for adult listeners age 25 to 49. And the station's switchboard continues to light up as listeners call in with song requests for The Big B.A. All for only $500 a month. "It gives me unprecedented control over programming," said The Twins' program manager, Ron "Air Guitar" Alvarez, who also does a live morning drive-time show with Ancheta's former Portland on-air partner, KC Caldwell. Alvarez can drop in listener requests and his own preferred songs between Ancheta's recorded introductions. "It makes it affordable for us in a smaller market to hire big- market talent," he said. "The first day he was on the air, we got a ton of calls saying, `Hey, B.A.'s here.'" But B.A. was not "here." He was in a spare bedroom of his Beaverton split-level home while he recorded that and other shows. Surrounded by a collection of 1,400 CDs and dozens of celebrity photos, he spends a mere 20 minutes each weekday morning recording a show that runs four hours, including music. Ancheta said he needs only half a dozen daily client stations -- out of about 6,700 potential client stations -- to produce a comfortable income. That means he's not particularly worried about the competition that's almost certain to materialize. "A lot of radio groups are planning to do the same thing themselves," he said. "Word of mouth is what's going to make this work."
Asylum St. Spankers/Bob Brozman
This from the February mailer from Village Records: Asylum St. Spankers - Hot Lunch Everything youve heard about this band is true. They are great. They can play almost any kind of music and they can play it well. They dont use electric instruments, but they manage to generate plenty of energy. Whether they play blues, tin pan alley, folk or country youd swear they invented the sound. Cold Spring It is not mentioned that the great slide/national guitar master Bob Brozman is the producer this time around. Bob also has recently put out a mesmerizing disk with Hawaiian slack master Cyril Pahinui as well as a duet with Ledward Kaapana, who recently put out "Waltz of the Wind", recorded in Nashville and featuring Jerry Douglas, Ricky Skaggs, Sonny Landreth, Bob Brozman, Alison Kraus, Sam Bush, etc. -- Christopher Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Strange Things Happenin' Every Day" - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Bottle Rockets
Doolittle's Bottle Rockets spark interest on the road By DYLAN SIEGLER Billboard * 02/01/99 BPI Entertainment News Wire story (c) Copyright 1999 BPI Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * NEW YORK (BPI) -- Country rock outfit the Bottle Rockets are living Willie Nelson's "On The Road Again." After a disenchanting trip down the major-label highway, they're insisting that the world keep turnin' their way -- and their way, of course, is on the road again. "We were sitting around for a long time, and we got cabin fever," says drummer Mark Ortmann. Front man Brian Henneman adds, "After some time off (we) . . . got back on the road. It was fun, just like the old days, four guys in a hotel room." The group was dropped by TAG/Atlantic after releasing its 1996 album, "24 Hours A Day," which has sold 16,000 units, according to SoundScan. The act recently hooked up with Austin, Texas-based Doolittle Records, which released the Rockets' "Leftovers" set in November. "Leftovers," according to the band, was intended to bridge the gap of more than two years between the last studio album and a new release planned for this spring on Doolittle. "We just wanted something out there in the meantime," says Ortmann. Henneman says that "24 Hours" was meant to be geared toward radio. He says some of the tracks recorded -- the "leftovers" -- didn't fit into that plan. "There was some great material from the last recording session that the band wanted to put out," says Jay Woods, vice president of sales and marketing at Doolittle. "So we decided to use it as a setup piece, competitively priced, and we've had great success getting it into the market and selling it through." "Leftovers," which carries a suggested list of $8.98, includes the humorous rockabilly ditty "Coffee Monkey," the dirt-kicking roadhouse number "Dinner Train To Dutchtown," and the classic "Get Down River," which is also featured on the Smithsonian Folkways collection "River Of Song: A Musical Journey Down The Mississippi." The band appears in the PBS series of the same name and played in the series' recent launch concert. "My Own Cadillac" is the Festus, Mo.-based band's homage to automobiles. "Cars are an American subject," chuckles Ortmann. "Even Chuck Berry did it." The Bottle Rockets' success so far is due in no small part to the loyal audiences they've earned on tour. "When you have a band that tours extensively, you can rely on that touring fan base," says Woods. Fans in Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Austin, Texas, have been especially receptive, he says. "These guys are not a shoegazing band; they're not tragically cool," Woods says. "When they play live, they leave nothing in the bag. Their fans recognize that." Terry Currier, owner of the Music Millennium store in Portland, Ore., says that although "Leftovers" was marketed toward the group's core fan base, "it's good enough that new fans could be picked up with it." The band is now in Springfield, Mo., recording the yet-untitled work with longtime producer Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, who also helmed the band's acclaimed 1994 set, "The Brooklyn Side," on East Side Digital. Describing the band's relationship with Ambel, Henneman says, "While I consider it a great take if we make it from the start of a song to the finish, Roscoe's the detail man. I'm impressed by that." "The new one is going to be a real rock album," adds guitarist Tom Parr. Songwriting duties are shared by Henneman and the band. "When we write songs, it's like everyone brings in their own tree, and we all decorate it," explains Henneman. The label intends to take it straight to rock radio. The Bottle Rockets will continue to tour, depending on the new album's release schedule, and they'll likely be hitting Europe in June. The life the Bottle Rockets love, they say, is makin' music with their friends. And they can't wait to get on the road again.
Re: Vital Rock of the 60's - you had to be there man!!
No decade produced music more integral to its soul than the '60s. Does anyone else have a problem with this sentence (especially since it provides the lead-in to one long 60's blowjob)?? And the author's list of "essential" 60's stuff includes: No Velvet Underground or Stooges. No Band. (No Band?!?!) No Stax/Volt. But, by gum, gotta have that Fairport Convention. Gotta have that Jefferson Hairpie. WHATEVER. Fuckin hippies. Lance . . . np--Public Enemy, "Who Stole the Soul?"
The Opry
HOW THE OPRY CAN RETURN TO ITS HEYDAY
JIM PATTERSON
* 01/30/99
The Plain Dealer Cleveland, OH
(Copyright (c) The Plain Dealer 1999)
"The Grand Ole Opry" is getting creaky with age.
America's longest continuously running radio program has changed
little in 73 years, and with attendance down, it's time for a reality
check.
For starters, the show might consider moving from the suburbs back
to its original home, the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown
Nashville.
It also should be televised in its entirety on The Nashville
Network. And how about finding new talent outside normal channels,
or at least making sure the biggest stars do more than a cameo each
year?
"I think that unfortunately the tendency out there is for
everybody to embrace it when they need it," said Vince Gill, one of
the few big stars who performs often on the show. "As soon as
everybody's records stop flying up the charts, and nobody wants to
give them a zillion dollars to {perform}, then they'll go do the
Opry."
It wasn't always that way. For many years, the Opry was the place
for a country artist to be. Before videos and country-pop crossover
artists came along, the Opry could single-handedly fuel record sales
and up the earning power of its stars.
That is now a thing of the past. The Opry needs big stars like
Gill more than he needs it. And "Grand Ole Opry" cast members like
Clint Black and Garth Brooks rarely perform there, sometimes not even
meeting their obligation to show up four times a year.
Since its inception in November 1925, the show has been broadcast
every weekend on Nashville's 50,000-watt WSM-AM.
The Opry is where Porter Wagoner still struts in rhinestones,
where the great Connie Smith belts out tunes, and where the Melvin
Sloan Dancers square dance.
It's deliberately unsophisticated, using a barn as a stage
backdrop. One of the sponsors is a drink called "Jogging in a Jug."
It's a fun tradition that connects us to our parents and
grandparents.
It's worth preserving.
But change is needed.
"Grand Ole Opry" stalwarts like Minnie Pearl and Roy Acuff have
died. Cast members who appear regularly, like Wagoner and Little
Jimmy Dickens, are aging.
To thrive rather than just survive, the Opry should take some
chances. Here are four suggestions:
Move back to downtown Nashville to the Ryman Auditorium, at least
part-time.
The 4,400-seat Grand Ole Opry House, home of the Opry since 1974,
is set in suburban north Nashville. That made sense as long as
downtown, and the Ryman, were in decay. But downtown Nashville has
been revitalized and the intimate 2,100-seat Ryman reopened in 1994
after renovation.
The Opry's well-received return visit to the Ryman on Jan. 15-16,
its first show there in 25 years, underscored the point: The Opry
would benefit from being back in the hustle-bustle of the city.
Despite such drawbacks as a shortage of dressing rooms and parking
spaces, the idea should be considered, said singer Lorrie Morgan,
whose late father, George Morgan, was an Opry star.
"I'd be all for it," Morgan said. "But I just know that my dad
and some of the other members ... were so happy about the new Opry
House. They were so proud that finally we were recognized as an
industry and we got a great building.
"I say switch back and forth, six months do it here, next six
months do it there, and see what happens."
Televise one of the two Saturday night shows in its entirety on
TNN.
TNN airs only an hour from the Saturday night show. Carrying the
whole show would give artists more exposure, increasing the Opry's
booking clout.
Yes, "The Grand Ole Opry" and TNN no longer are owned by the same
company (the Opry is owned by Gaylord Entertainment, which sold TNN
to CBS). But TNN is supposed to be the cable channel of record for
* country music fans, and the Opry should be its can't-miss show.
Mix it up musically.
Wouldn't it be great if "The Grand Ole Opry" became a musical
leader again?
It could happen by tapping the talent that's always bubbling under
* the country music mainstream. Buddy and Julie Miller, Iris DeMent,
R.B. Morris, Gillian Welch and Don Walser are all talents worthy of
the Opry.
Also, why not seek out noncountry artists who come through town?
A Bob Dylan or Yo-Yo Ma may very well appreciate the history of the
show enough to want to do it.
Require country stars to do their bit.
In the old days, the Opry had the muscle to insist its cast
members appear 26 weekends a year. Now it's down to four and some
What Country is Really All About
HEE HAW GETS THE HEAVE-HO AS COUNTRY ACTS LOSE THE GINGHAM FOR THE GUCCI Jeff Houck * 01/30/99 The Palm Beach Post (Copyright 1999) *No doubt about it. This was a seminal moment in country music history. Two weeks ago at the American Music Awards, the Dixie Chicks had just been named the favorite new country artist. That they won was not a surprise. The talented - and beautiful - trio of Natalie Maines and sisters Martie Seidel and Emily Erwin had earned the honor by selling 3 million copies of their critically acclaimed album Wide Open Spaces. They hiked up the hems of their satin and beaded designer gowns to climb the stage. Maines, the platinum-blond lead singer and the first to arrive at the podium, took charge of the microphone. Most artists who win awards thank their manager, record label or album producer. Maines went another direction. "We want to thank our makeup artists and hair stylists - because that's what it's all about!" "I was stunned when she said that," Renee Fowler says a few days after the awards show. Fowler is the Chicks' stylist, the one who helped mold them into one of Nashville's fashion trend setters. "I asked them afterward about it and they just said it was a fly- by-the-seat comment," she said. "But that's who they are, vivacious and full of spontaneity." The group's energy was something Fowler wanted to capture when she was asked to revamp their image. In mid-1997, the group signed with Sony's Monument records, and both artists and label wanted to ditch the Dale Evans look the group had worn for close to a decade. Greater competition among female singers and a more liberal mentality in Nashville called instead for higher hemlines, designer fashions, exposed belly buttons and racier lyrics. Compared to today's styles, the corn-pone, countrified heydays of Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn and Minnie Pearl seem like a century ago. Today's female country stars - with their empowering lyrics (Patty Loveless) and sexy stage acts (Shania Twain) - now appeal to a younger, wider audience. Toward that goal, the Chicks decided they needed a makeover. "They had a lot of pizazz when I first met them - Natalie is especially a little tiger," Fowler said. "You never know what's going to come out of her." So Fowler began selecting clothes that were colorful, vivacious and "fashion forward." Their long, flowing, California beach girl curls were cropped, bobbed, streaked and layered. Cowgirl skirts, fringe vests and cowboy boots gave way to short skirts, slinky tops, bell-bottoms and leather pants. "Their hairstyles are very now and obviously very `Chicks' " Fowler said. "They don't follow a trend. They do what they feel. And each one has a different style." Cutting-edge fashion designers were beckoned to dress them for this year's major events. Anna Sui designed their American Music Awards gowns. Todd Oldham's doing their outfits for the Grammys in February. Stage costumes are done by Cynthia Rowley and Betsey Johnson. Not every female country artist can afford designer clothes and an entourage of stylists, but the Chicks' success bought them a newer, younger look that the label was happy to pay for. "Natalie, Martie and Emily love to push the envelope, and they get away with it because they can carry it," Fowler said. "That's what's been so great: They trust me to do it." Why the change? Take a look at the country as a whole and see how it has morphed. The Deep South was much more isolated from the rest of the country in 1968 than it is in 1998. Back then, there was a much greater difference between Janis Joplin and Loretta Lynn than there is between Alanis Morissette and Shania Twain. Styles worn by Nashville stars tended to stay in Nashville. Today, with videos and full-time country cable channels, women from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Ore., can identify with music coming out of Tennessee. Proof of how far country has drifted from its Western and Southern styles is evident by those at the top of the charts. Shania Twain, wearing cropped tops and Spandex bottoms, tours with a band adorned in vinyl shirts and running pants. LeAnn Rimes, the 16-year-old phenomenon who moans about not being able to "go through one night without you," wears trendy slip dresses while covering Prince's Purple Rain on her latest album. Trisha Yearwood does Discover Card commercials in hip, baggy jeans and platform shoes. Mindy McCready's trademark is a bellybutton ring. Deana Carter performs barefoot, her blond hair long and hippie-style,
Re: Steve Earle
At 09:23 PM 2/4/99 -0500, you wrote: *To back him up, Earle chose the four-piece bluegrass Del McCoury band, making energetic use of its prickly mandolins, scratchy violins and high-strung banjos. four piece? Del, Ronnie, Robbie, Mike, Jason. That equals five. Prickly mandolins? Ronnie McCoury is one of the hottest mandolin players on the planet, and Jason Carter, although still in puberty, is da shit. Somewhere, Bill Monroe must be grinning. whilr this piece "ain't no part of nothin", I'd bet Mr Bill would call this disc "That's a good 'un right there" Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
The Airplane (was Re: Vital Rock of the 60's - you had to be there man!!)
lance davis made a good point, but: But, by gum, gotta have that Fairport Convention. Gotta have that Jefferson Hairpie. WHATEVER. Fuckin hippies. The writer got a lot wrong in that piece, but not all of it, and not these two examples.I'll let somebody better suited get after you about Fairport Convention, but don't be baggin' on the Airplane, maan. Perhaps I was subjected to waay too much of my older brother's "hippie" music in my formative years, but Jefferson Airplane *are* a necessary part of a 60's primer, duude. And the guy actually got the records pretty much right in his bit on 'em, unlike some of the others. 2400 FULTON STREET is where I'd point interested beginners though. Time and place brother, and it *was* the 60's. Bring on the flames...I need something to light up with. g b.s. npimh- "Embryonic Journey"
Death of the Twangzine
Looks like I'm going to have to shut the Twangzine down. Personally, I'm bummed. I've had a good time with it, but with my new job and the fact that I'll be out of the country from April until October makes it impossible for me to continue a monthly edition. None the less, I've gotten to interview folks like Bill Kirchen, Mike Ireland, Don Rigsby, Ricky Skaggs, James McMurtry and a whole lot more. I've also got over a hundred Cd reviews up there now as well as having an outlet to go off on wild ass rants from time to time. There will be no Feburary Issue, the final farewell issue will come in Mid March sometime. I'll leave it up, but will be unable to update it until November sometime. I'm looking for some freelance work so I can keep up with the writing gig. If you have a fanzine, magazine or a website and are loking for help, get in touch with me offlist. To all of you folks who have helped out by contributing, advertising, reading, and offering your suppoert, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hate shutting this down, but I have no choice. we'll be back in the fall, God Willing, but until then. Stick a fork in me, I'm done Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Death of the Twangzine
Jeff Wall wrote: Looks like I'm going to have to shut the Twangzine down.. N!! I hate shutting this down, but I have no choice. we'll be back in the fall, God Willing, but until then. Stick a fork in me, I'm done Hiatus, Jeff,... hiatus. Restructering. Reorganization. Temporary suspension of our usual distribution schedule. There. In the fall then.
RE: best so far
Actually, so far "Real" is a contender for me, too. I'm with Chad on that one; disappointing. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
RE: Steve Earle
*To back him up, Earle chose the four-piece bluegrass Del McCoury
band, making energetic use of its prickly mandolins,
scratchy violins and high-strung banjos.
four piece? Del, Ronnie, Robbie, Mike, Jason. That equals five.
Yeah, I guess they don't require math at journalism school these days.
Sheesh.
Somewhere, Bill Monroe must be grinning.
whilr this piece "ain't no part of nothin", I'd bet Mr Bill would
call this disc "That's a good 'un right there"
Actually, I think Earle got it about right in the one-sheet:
"Some of it I think [Monroe] would have approved of ('why, that's a fine
number'). Some of it probably has him turning over in his grave ('That
there ain't no part of nothin'')."
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: Warner Western/Strangers
Carl Z. wrote: slowly recovering from a mess at work, conjunctivitis, and the Walter Payton news. So how was the Deliberate Strangers show last night? Carl's gonna need a lot more explaining to do on why he missed the show!!! btw: It was a great show last night. Part time Stranger drummer, David Pohl's band, (I forget the band's name, but think it was something like, Soma Metizo) was EXCELLENT! I suck at describing music, etc. (that's why I'm not a writer, eh?)...but I'll do my best. The make up of the band is David on a full drum kit (unlike what he plays with the Strangers), a guy on some aborigone-tubed like instrument (let's call it a primitive trombone), a couple of bongo/conga styled players (one of which played guitar that I noticed) and a combination of male and female vocals (separately). The guy's vocals were very "reggae" flavored, while the female's tended to hinge on a hip-hop, or trip-hop type thing. There's definitely a groove thing going on. In fact, the acousticness of the whole thing *kinda* reminded me of when LL Cool J did that acoustic (MTV Unplugged?) show on MTV about 6 years ago...I could easily see these kids on the road with someone like Beck...A band I will definitely check out again, when I see that they're playing!! As far as the Strangers go, they were fantastic! They played the their new disc from start to finish (with one minor exception midway to pre-empt an inevitable de-tuning). They even had a guest trumpeter on stage for one track, who, unfortunately is named Garth, I do believe. If you see them coming your way, make sure you check them out!! And finishing the night off was the Naildrivers! Erin Co. sounded even better than the Pre-Twangburgh show...but unfortunately, Erin brought no pie! Paul np: Bettie Seveert - Lamprey
Chicago Calendar
WH! Lookit all the new *s this week! Note that the Calendar has a contributing editor this week: P2er Tom Mohr. Keep filling in the blanks, thanks! HAVE FUN! Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available for $12 from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose *= new or revised since last time *2/5: Baxter at the Hideout (Baxter is Texas Ruby and Pine Valley Cosmonaut Jane Baxter Miller doing music having nothing to do with either of those things, accompanied by primo avant-garde saxophonist Ken Vandermark and ultra bassist Kent Kessler, who it seems was pretty well known on P2 even before sister Kelly turned up on the list.) *2/5: Sally Timms sings Black Sabbath at the Chicago Cultural Center, 7 p.m., followed by Skull Orchard 2/5: Flat Earth Records Showcase at Schubas featuring: John P. Strohm (formerly of Blake Babies, Antenna), United States Three and Lola (featuring members of Mary Janes and Mysteries of Life) 2/5: Cash Money at the Empty Bottle 2/5: Number One Cup at the Milk Bar in Jacksonville 2/6: Babe Ruth's birthday 2/6: Pulsars at Lounge Ax 2/6: The Blacks at Schubas *2/6: Sara Hickman and Tish Hinojosa at the Old Town School, with Texas Ruby Kelly Kessler 2/6: Number One Cup at the Covered Dish in Gainesville *2/7/64: Beatles arrive in the U.S. 2/7: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters at the Old Town School 2/7: Number One Cup at The Rubb in Tampa 2/8: Number One Cup at the Go Lounge in Orlando *2/9: Ernest Tubb's birthday 2/9: RELS: Built to Spill, Sparklehorse, John Wesley Harding, Sam Prekop, Trio II (Dolly, Emmylou Linda), Martin's Folly, also what could be an interesting soundtrack, Jawbreaker, with The Donnas, Letters to Cleo, Shampoo, etc.; Re-ish -- Gene Autry, The Bad Livers (Dust on the Bible!), The Byrds, Roky Erickson, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Lou Reed, Duane Eddy, Jimmy LaFave, Elvis, Doc Watson David Grisman. Also, Anarchy, Angst and Bollocks: The U.K. Punk Anthology 2/9: Number One Cup at Cowhaus in Tallahassee *2/10: Robbie Fulks at Goose Island Brewery 2/10: Number One Cup at the Bayou in Baton Rouge 2/10: Alex Chilton the Box Tops at House of Blues *2/11: Thomas Edison's birthday 2/11: Number One Cup at Rudyard's in Houston 2/11: Webb Wilder, Wayne Hancock at House of Blues 2/11: BR5-49 at FitzGeralds *2/12: House of Large Sizes at Lounge Ax *2/12: Chris Heather's Record Roundup at the Hideout, featuring Chris Ligon and The Heatersons (Chris' kid brother's x-lint and very fun band) *2/12: Charles Kim (Pinetop Seven) and Jeff Parker (Tortoise) invent music together at Hot House 2/12: Semisonic at the Vic 2/12: Big Hello at Gunther Murphy's *2/13: Orquesta Nabori, maybe Chicago's best salsa dance band, plays the annual Valentine's benefit for the Nicaragua Solidarity Committee at the most trenchantly progressive establishment in Chicago since it was founded by a hippie commune, the Heartland Cafe in Rogers Park (six blocks from my house). Wonder why this dance has moved from the building across from Double Door. The space is probably overrun by art galleries, now. 2/13: Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire at the Hideout 2/13: NRBQ w/ Steve Ferguson at FitzGeralds 2/13: Edith Frost/Lullaby for the Working Class at the Empty Bottle 2/13: Scrawl at Lounge Ax 2/13: Casolando Valentine's Eve show at Schubas 2/13: The Cardigans at Metro 2/14: The Black Crowes at the Aragon *2/15: Matt Groening's birthday 2/15-16: Mardi Gras with Terrance Simien at FitzGerald's (2/15 there's a Jambalaya cookoff with celebrity judges!) 2/15: Boys Choir of Harlem at Symphony Center *2/16: George Jones 'n' Tammy Wynette's anniversary 2/16: RELS: The Damnations TX (YAY!!); Re-ish: Flaco Jimenez *2/17: Robbie Fulks at Goose Island Brewery *2/17: Lloyd Maines, Terri Hendrix, Cole Rain at Schubas *2/18: Nick Drake's birthday *2/18: Devil in a Woodpile at Martyr's *2/18: LeRoy Bach (sez here he recorded and toured with Wilco and Liz Phair), Gina Forsyth (fiddler/songwriter from New Orleans), Cow Lily in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout *2/19: Number One Cup at Lounge Ax *Feb. 19 Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines and Trigger Gospel at the Hideout *2/19/1878: Record player invented 2/19: Ellis Paul at Schubas 2/19: Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel at the Hideout *2/20: Robert Altman's birthday *2/20: Volo Bogtrotters at the Hideout 2/20: The Silos, Susan Voelz, The Mary Janes at Double Door 2/20: Dave Alvin The Guilty Men w/Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines at FitzGerald's 2/20: Iris DeMent at the Old Town School 2/20: June of '44 at Lounge Ax *2/21/1965: Malcolm X killed 2/20 21: Lauryn Hill at the Chicago Theater (sold out) *2/21: Benefit for School of the Americas Watch, a movement to close the U.S. funded training ground for the national guards of Latin American dictatorships, 2 p.m. at St. Scholastica Auditorium, 7416 N. Ridge Ave. SOAW founder Fr. Roy Bourgeois will speak; the music program will feature Chicago
Re: Warner Western/Strangers
btw: It was a great show last night. Part time Stranger drummer, David Pohl's band, (I forget the band's name, but think it was something like, Soma Metizo) was EXCELLENT! I suck at describing music, etc. (that's why I'm not a writer, eh?)...but I'll do my best. The make up of the band is David on a full drum kit (unlike what he plays with the Strangers), a guy on some aborigone-tubed like instrument (let's call it a primitive trombone), a couple of bongo/conga styled players (one of which played guitar that I noticed) and a combination of male and female vocals (separately). The guy's vocals were very "reggae" flavored, while the female's tended to hinge on a hip-hop, or trip-hop type thing. There's definitely a groove thing going on. In fact, the acousticness of the whole thing *kinda* reminded me of when LL Cool J did that acoustic (MTV Unplugged?) show on MTV about 6 years ago...I could easily see these kids on the road with someone like Beck...A band I will definitely check out again, when I see that they're playing!! That's Soma Mestizo. Incredible show. Eric plays an instrument that he invented, a slide - dijeridu (?). He's able to completely hold down the bass with the thing. Not a good instrument for smokers. Look for more Deliberate Stranger/Soma Mestizo collaborations in the future. The highlight of the night for me was having John DeMarco, the writer of "Mather's Mine" at the show. John, Gloria and Andy "the accordion player" and his wife drove in from Westmoreland County. John was kind enough to let us cover the song on our CD, but had never heard us play it. He liked what we did with it and we were happy to be able to give such a talented writer and musician the credit he deserves. Couldn't have been better. Tom Moran The Deliberate Strangers' Old Home Place http://members.tripod.com/~Deliberate_Strangers/index.html
Re: Heather Myles Injustice
I'm not wanting to play contrarian again, but I have to jump in on this. I think Heather Myles' problem is that she's only a fair to middlin' singer with a taste for just ok songs and the good songs she chooses have been done better by others (I mean Kiss An Angel Good Morning?-puh-leese). I don't think she's sexy (my dog would look good on a Harley g) and the couple of live performances that I've seen of hers lacked any kind of respectable energy. I know that some folks on this list think her record from last year was great, but I thought it was a yawner. On a broader scope, I think that's the problem with Americana radio. Programmers get excited over some pretty mediocre stuff that leaves the rest of us just shaking our heads and wondering what you're thinking. Jim, smilin' NP: Ronnie Dawson-More Bad Habits (if you wanna talk about energy, let's start here g)
Re: The Band/Levon Helm bitterness.....
Postcard List said: Well, having recently read Levon's book, I'm not sure I would characterize it as "nasty," like the author of the Observer does. In fact, I felt it was directly honest--and refreshingly so. In the late 70's/early 80's I worked for Bill Graham. One of my greatest memories of that time was partying in a hotel room in Lewiston Maine with Jerry Garcia, Bill Kruetzman, Roy Buchannan and Levon Helm. Levon was one of the the nicest gentlest people I have ever met in my life. He just seemed like such an humble straight ahead kind of person. Check out Robbies huge ego taking over the screen in the Last Waltz. I have to agree w/ Levon here. keith aka moondog
