[FairfieldLife] Re: Female Rock Stars
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: Mother Earth Tracy Nelson , the lead singer of this California band, was a phenomenon. I got to see her perform this song live many times before she died far too young, and the memory of those performances still shines brightly in my mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ8RaqDuUik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ8RaqDuUik Forgive my faulty memory. I could have sworn that I'd heard years ago that Tracy died. That's why I gave up looking for her recordings. But the Wikipedia article I linked to without reading it seems to indicate that I'm wrong, and that she's still alive and, hopefully, still singing. I'm going to look for more recent work, and see what it's like.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Female Rock Stars
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: Fairport Convention This one's an English band, but I associate it with Californica because that's where I was living when I discovered it. Like Tracy Nelson, Sandy Dennydied too young, and we were deprived of where she would have gone, be it with the phenomenal Fairport Convention or solo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8_eFRZP1uQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8_eFRZP1uQ I don't think I got this one wrong; Sandy Denny *did* die too young. But before she did, she recorded a great body of work, both with the seminal group Fairport Convention (generally credited with being the most important in the history of English folk-rock), and on her own. I therefore post one one more, a song that for me captures the magic of what Fairport Convention was. What an incredible blend of talents was there -- Richard Thompson on guitar, Dave Swarbick on violin, Sandy Denny, and all of the others. Their strongest contributions to theconcept of folk rock were, IMO, their renderings of long, long, truly epic folk ballads, performed almost as sonic art pieces. One of the only performers I can think of who does this is Loreena McKennitt. Anyway, their recorded works do not do justice to the magic of these long, extended onstage jams, with the possible near-exceptions of their recorded versions of Tam Lin and Matty Groves. Oh. And this one, A Sailor's Life. Up to the 6:30-minute mark, it's just an electrified folk song. But at that point it changes into something far more, especially for those of us who got to see this song performed live. It turned into SERIOUSLY ELECTRIFIED FOLK SONG. I remember one live performance in which their version of this song went on for over half an hour. Not a person in the audience was bored and waiting for the next song. It was as close as I've ever seen another band get to the Grateful Dead's live magic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrGtFxtWXU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrGtFxtWXU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrGtFxtWXU
[FairfieldLife] RE: Female Rock Stars
Fairport are the only name I recognise. Like you I was a big fan of the Liege and Lief album. What grated with me is that Fairport Convention weren't a band but a *label* under which different personnel produced albums which could have no continuity with earlier works. My fave Liege and Lief track was Crazy Man Michael. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: Fairport Convention This one's an English band, but I associate it with Californica because that's where I was living when I discovered it. Like Tracy Nelson, Sandy Denny died too young, and we were deprived of where she would have gone, be it with the phenomenal Fairport Convention or solo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8_eFRZP1uQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8_eFRZP1uQ I don't think I got this one wrong; Sandy Denny *did* die too young. But before she did, she recorded a great body of work, both with the seminal group Fairport Convention (generally credited with being the most important in the history of English folk-rock), and on her own. I therefore post one one more, a song that for me captures the magic of what Fairport Convention was. What an incredible blend of talents was there -- Richard Thompson on guitar, Dave Swarbick on violin, Sandy Denny, and all of the others. Their strongest contributions to theconcept of folk rock were, IMO, their renderings of long, long, truly epic folk ballads, performed almost as sonic art pieces. One of the only performers I can think of who does this is Loreena McKennitt. Anyway, their recorded works do not do justice to the magic of these long, extended onstage jams, with the possible near-exceptions of their recorded versions of Tam Lin and Matty Groves. Oh. And this one, A Sailor's Life. Up to the 6:30-minute mark, it's just an electrified folk song. But at that point it changes into something far more, especially for those of us who got to see this song performed live. It turned into SERIOUSLY ELECTRIFIED FOLK SONG. I remember one live performance in which their version of this song went on for over half an hour. Not a person in the audience was bored and waiting for the next song. It was as close as I've ever seen another band get to the Grateful Dead's live magic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrGtFxtWXUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrGtFxtWXU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrGtFxtWXU
[FairfieldLife] Re: Female Rock Stars
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Fairport are the only name I recognise. Like you I was a big fan of the Liege and Lief album. What grated with me is that Fairport Convention weren't a band but a *label* under which different personnel produced albums which could have no continuity with earlier works. My fave Liege and Lief track was Crazy Man Michael. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo Woo for you. Having gotten sidetracked onto Fairport Convention nostalgia, I just listened to the whole album again (available in its entirety on YouTube). The track that caught my ear (other than Richard Thompson's Farewell, Farewell, of course) was Crazy Man Michael.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Female Rock Stars
Thanks, Turq, for the links - it brings back a few memories. And, I don't blame you for not doing a search using NEO - it sucks as a search engine. I saw Mother Earth perform at Chet Helms' Family Dog, opening for Janis Joplin, who I knew from Austin. This was before Tracy married Travis Rivers, also from Texas, and moved to a farm out by Nashville. Travis Rivers came over to my place one day when we were trying to revive the San Francisco Oracle Magazine with Gabe Katz.. Travis is famous for asking me What's karma? Go figure. But, the key word here is rock and roll - Mother Earth was a blues rock band; The Loading Zone was folk rock; and Fairport Convention was an electric fold rock band.All good singers and performers. The threads about rock music are: 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/topics/363272 Before the British Invasion: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/topics/362250 On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 8:10 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: Mother Earth Tracy Nelson , the lead singer of this California band, was a phenomenon. I got to see her perform this song live many times before she died far too young, and the memory of those performances still shines brightly in my mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ8RaqDuUik *Forgive my faulty memory. I could have sworn that I'd heard years ago that Tracy died. That's why I gave up looking for her recordings. But the Wikipedia article I linked to without reading it seems to indicate that I'm wrong, and that she's still alive and, hopefully, still singing. I'm going to look for more recent work, and see what it's like. *
[FairfieldLife] RE: Female Rock Stars
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Fairport are the only name I recognise. Like you I was a big fan of the Liege and Lief album. What grated with me is that Fairport Convention weren't a band but a *label* under which different personnel produced albums which could have no continuity with earlier works. My fave Liege and Lief track was Crazy Man Michael. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo Or really just anything with Sandy Denny IMO ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: Fairport Convention This one's an English band, but I associate it with Californica because that's where I was living when I discovered it. Like Tracy Nelson, Sandy Denny died too young, and we were deprived of where she would have gone, be it with the phenomenal Fairport Convention or solo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8_eFRZP1uQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8_eFRZP1uQ I don't think I got this one wrong; Sandy Denny *did* die too young. But before she did, she recorded a great body of work, both with the seminal group Fairport Convention (generally credited with being the most important in the history of English folk-rock), and on her own. I therefore post one one more, a song that for me captures the magic of what Fairport Convention was. What an incredible blend of talents was there -- Richard Thompson on guitar, Dave Swarbick on violin, Sandy Denny, and all of the others. Their strongest contributions to theconcept of folk rock were, IMO, their renderings of long, long, truly epic folk ballads, performed almost as sonic art pieces. One of the only performers I can think of who does this is Loreena McKennitt. Anyway, their recorded works do not do justice to the magic of these long, extended onstage jams, with the possible near-exceptions of their recorded versions of Tam Lin and Matty Groves. Oh. And this one, A Sailor's Life. Up to the 6:30-minute mark, it's just an electrified folk song. But at that point it changes into something far more, especially for those of us who got to see this song performed live. It turned into SERIOUSLY ELECTRIFIED FOLK SONG. I remember one live performance in which their version of this song went on for over half an hour. Not a person in the audience was bored and waiting for the next song. It was as close as I've ever seen another band get to the Grateful Dead's live magic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrGtFxtWXUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrGtFxtWXU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrGtFxtWXU
[FairfieldLife] Re: Female Rock Stars
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, waspaligap wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@ wrote: Fairport are the only name I recognise. Like you I was a big fan of the Liege and Lief album. What grated with me is that Fairport Convention weren't a band but a *label* under which different personnel produced albums which could have no continuity with earlier works. My fave Liege and Lief track was Crazy Man Michael. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo Or really just anything with Sandy Denny IMO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYCdFctE8lk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYCdFctE8lk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYCdFctE8lk
[FairfieldLife] Re: Female Rock Stars
Dang! This video contains content from PEDL, Warner Chappell and UMG, one or more of whom have blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, waspaligap wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@ wrote: Fairport are the only name I recognise. Like you I was a big fan of the Liege and Lief album. What grated with me is that Fairport Convention weren't a band but a *label* under which different personnel produced albums which could have no continuity with earlier works. My fave Liege and Lief track was Crazy Man Michael. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2-wUPo7Oo Or really just anything with Sandy Denny IMO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYCdFctE8lkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYCdFctE8lk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYCdFctE8lk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYCdFctE8lk
[FairfieldLife] Re: Female Rock Stars
Loved these guys! Bought a bootleg of LL in Taiwan (their main source of income, pre-computer chips) - I think it was blue plastic.
[FairfieldLife] RE: Female Rock Stars
Barry plugs John Renbourn on a parallel thread. I only know his work with Pentangle. I prefer their old songs to Fairport these days. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q9of8OhkeQamp;list=FLJad8vN225Nr5hDIzlEOYMA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q9of8OhkeQamp;list=FLJad8vN225Nr5hDIzlEOYMA
