A British 'comedian' Edward Sidebottom (or something like that) release
"the worlds longest comedy CD" its actually 90 minutes of comedy - there
are separate bits in the left channel and right channel so you hear one
routine
with the balance all the way to the left and a different one with the
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At 11:17 PM 1/17/99 -0600, you wrote:
Man, I never get tired of talking about those guys. Even
Clarence, the fifth Beatle.
Lance . . .
Clarence White was a Beatle? I knew he was a Byrd, does that mean he moved
up on the food chain?
I knew Clarence was influential, but a Beatle! Wow!
In all
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Jeff Wall wrote:
At 11:17 PM 1/17/99 -0600, you wrote:
Clarence, the fifth Beatle.
I am aware of four gentlemen who can claim, with varying degrees of
justification, the title of "The Fifth Beatle."
- The late Stu Sutcliffe who was the bassist in their Hamburg days.
Hey boy, once you rolled through the high-fat content of the Blue Chip
Report to darn near the end, there's three hits in a row from three P2ers.
Great words guys.
b.s.
"The truth ain't always what we need, sometimes we need to hear a beautiful
lie." -Bill Lloyd
Carl Abraham Zimring sent us his playlist the other day..,
Third up was Luann Kowalek, singing Friends.
Hardly twang, folk, but a VERY interesting singer-songwriter out of
Edmonton, and one well worth unearthing. I've heard her year after year at
the Edmonton F*** Festival, and she has gotten
At 21:48 +0100 on 1/12/99, George L. Figgs wrote:
One thing that really makes a big difference in MP3 playback quality, in
addition to 44khz/128kb encoding is the type of computer you are playing
them on. I had a Mac with a 75Mhz 603 processor with only 22Khz sound
output. needless to say,
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Mike Woods wrote:
How Clarence White, admirable guitarist that he is, qualifies for this is
beyond me.
-- Mike Woods
The fifth Beatle was Don Rich.
If not for him, the Bealtes' sound as we know it today would not exist.
This I believe.
np: Mason Williams, "The Mason
At 01:25 AM 1/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Jeff Wall wrote:
At 11:17 PM 1/17/99 -0600, you wrote:
Clarence, the fifth Beatle.
I am aware of four gentlemen who can claim, with varying degrees of
justification, the title of "The Fifth Beatle."
I had heard that Billy Preston
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 17-Jan-99 Re: Steve Earle/old
vinyl/H.. by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does Genesis' "Three Sides Live" count?
Nope. Fourth side's studio cuts, not blank vinyl. Kinda like Graham
Parker's Parkerilla used a disco remix to fill out a live double album.
Back to
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 17-Jan-99 Luann Kowalek by
Richard Flohil@inforamp.
So where's Carl's deliciously-named Fear Whiskey radio show out of,
anyway? And how did he discover this record?
Fear Whiskey broadcasts out of Pittsburgh and netcasts mp3s out of
www.wrct.org.
Carl Abraham Zimring wrote:
Big World was the most extreme record
done this way, but Body Soul (recorded in a huge room) also sounds
great, almost like a cast album from a jazzy musical.
Yeah, I think that's a key to understanding a major part of
his approach. Before his 1st album, his
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Jeff Wall wrote:
I had heard that Billy Preston could also make the claim. Or am I thinking
of the Stones?
He did some session work for the Fab Four, I think especially the Let It
Be album (am I remembering the name right?) But a bunch of people played
some parts here
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 18-Jan-99 Re: the fifth
beatle by Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had heard that Billy Preston could also make the claim. Or am I thinking
of the Stones?
You are correct, based on Preston's involvement in the Let It Be sessions.
Preston's in a world of
Carl Z. wrote:
That disc will likely get airtime on tonight's show.
adding Canadian content,
does that mean you'll finally play my repeated requests for Glass Tiger?
Paul
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does that mean you'll finally play my repeated requests for Glass Tiger?
Three responses:
1) No, but maybe I'll discuss the big Pavel Bure-Ed Jovanovski trade.
2) Glass Tiger and "Seventh Heaven"? You
Geff says:
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Mike Woods wrote:
How Clarence White, admirable guitarist that he is, qualifies
for this is beyond me.
-- Mike Woods
The fifth Beatle was Don Rich.
If not for him, the Bealtes' sound as we know it today would not exist.
I'm sorry - I hate to disagree
At 03:38 PM 1/15/99 -0600, you wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Geffry King wrote:
On another note...how many of you p2'ers have owned (or own) a three sided
album? And what is it called?
"Monty Python's Matching Tie and Handkerchief." Side 3 was a hidden track
on Side 2; the two spirals were
At 04:17 PM 1/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lance Davis wrote:
Also--and on a completely unrelated note--can someone offer a reason why
record companies used to make double LP's with Side 1 backed with Side 4?
Call me crazy, but wouldn't it make more
on one of the Live at the Mountain STage disc's, there is a Pop's Staples
cut where he talks about MLK and says's that this was his favorite song,
then plays it.
Sorry I can't remember which Mountain STage Record or which cut it was.
Jeff Wall
http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least
Playlist--Sounds from the Mother Road
January 16, 1999
KGLP 91.7fm Gallup Public Radio
Noon-2pm Saturdays
Christine Albert/New Mexico/Underneath the Lone Star Sky/dos
Wiley Jim Pfeiffer/Southwestern Serenade/Out of the
West/Wiley Western
Bryan Duckworth/Rancho Grande/Jesse Polka/Duckworth's
Jamie Hoover wrote:
Playlist--Sounds from the Mother Road
Herb Jefferies/Cow Cow Boogie/The Bronze Buckaroo Rides
Again/Warner Western
Jamie, how's this album? I've only seen clips of Herb duking
it out with outlaws and cinema scholars. I'm curious as to
what he sounds like. Does he come
Split Enz thread on P2 - cool.
Jerry says;
You are recalling an album by the Split Enz entitled _True Colors_.
Contained one of their earliest hits, "I Got You". The origianl US
release was laser etched. That is, if you held it to the light it would
reflect light in a fashion similar to a CD.
If I'm not mistaken "Iris" is from the album after "True Colors"
which was called "Waiata" here in the States and "Corroboree"
elsewhere. Both are great albums by the way.
--Slonedog
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Carl Abraham Zimring wrote:
Fear Whiskey broadcasts out of Pittsburgh and netcasts mp3s out of
www.wrct.org. Kowalek's label sent us her disc last week, along with
one by a group whose name escapes me at the moment, but whose disc was
produced by Morris Tepper. That
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.exe?p=amgsql=A18685
"Iris" is on _Waiata_. Also called _Corroboree_ (and the reason I
couldn't replace my tape of _Waiata_ - I was looking for the wrong
title). It's this album and _Time and Tide_ that vie for my favorite
Enz discs.
Favorite song? Too tough. "I
Hey Tom,
That's just about right--Billy Eckstine of the Plains. The cd
has several duets including Little Texas, MM Murphy, Take 6,
Sons of the San Joaquin, Rex Allen Jr. The Mills Brothers and
Cleve Francis. It is jazzy but sort of fun at the same time.
Certainly not historical , but does
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 18-Jan-99 Re: Luann Kowalek
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Would that be Wyckham Porteous?
BTW, he's a person, not a group...
That's the one. Is that his given name?
Carl Z.
Is it just me, or does "Ghost of His Smile" bring up
memories of the Buckaroo Banzai theme song?
Whatever, it makes me grin.
Sophie, if you're interviewing Mark, do you know if he's
seen the movie, or is this is just a coincidence?
Chris
johnny winter had a three-sided record long agobelieve it is called second
winter but i could be wrong about that
In a message dated 1/18/99 9:54:28 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
An odd, but twang-related request: Given that we are observing MLK
day here in the states, does anyone know of good blues or twang-related
tributes to the man? I'll play Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday" to
In a message dated 1/18/99 9:29:34 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As for Don Rich, the Beatles owe a lot to him, but also to Chuck Berry,
the Everleys, Peter Sellers, and others. As we discussed last summer,
they were masterful synthesists who took several elements and
How about Emmylou Harris's It's a Hard Life Where Ever You Go/Abraham,
Martin JOhn from Live at thr Ryman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/18/99 9:54:28 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
An odd, but twang-related request: Given that we are observing MLK
In a message dated 1/18/99 11:38:04 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Add to that list Delbert McClinton, (taught 'em that "Hey Baby" harmonica
riff)
My father was touring in Europe and Britain around the same time the Beatles
were blazing their trail (60-63) and he says
Tommy Cash, "Six White Horses." Like "Abraham, Martin John" in theme
(same 3 guys, in fact), but, uh, country.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Carl Abraham Zimring wrote:
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 18-Jan-99 Re: Luann Kowalek
by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Would that be Wyckham Porteous?
BTW, he's a person, not a group...
That's the one. Is that his given name?
Yep... It's a pretty good record,
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How about Ian Moore's version of Abraham, Martin and John. That work?
Or Smokey Robinson's version, which I heard last night on some smarmy
blues/Rock Americana show. Magnificent reading of the song, though.
--
Geff King * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
Marie asked:
I believe
that album also contained my favorite Split Enz song of all - "Iris".
Am I right, Jerry? And do you have that album? The Split Enz
greatest hits cd does not include "Iris", unfortunately.
Hill, Christopher J replied:
"Iris" is on _Waiata_. Also called _Corroboree_
A friend of mine is going down to Bristol, TN today to take pictures of Jim
Lauderdale and Ralph Stanley, apparently they're down there recording a record
together. Should be pretty cool.
Wish I were going with her.
ELena
P.S. It has been pointed out to me by some close friends that it is
Sorry, this ain't so on-topic, but does anyone know of a website that might be
devoted to the Yiddish language? I'm finishing up a piece on Chuck E. Weiss
and must find something resembling proper spelling (or at least the most
widely accepted spelling) of a couple words: mushagas and tookis.
First one I ever remember seeing was Johnny Winter's Second Winter.
Second one was Rahsaan Roland Kirk Three Sided Dream.
Probably already mentioned but I didn't see it.
Bill Lavery
http://villagerecords.com/
A friend of mine is going down to Bristol, TN today to take pictures of Jim
Lauderdale and Ralph Stanley, apparently they're down there recording a record
together. Should be pretty cool.
I saw Lauderdale the weekend before last at a Nammy showcase. (He was
phenomenal,
as usual.) He mentioned
Steve K. wrote:
np: John Strohm--"Caledonia" (anyone ever seen this guy live?...he's
playing SXSW and I'm wondering what to expect)
Neal W. replied:
I saw him live is LA a few months back Steve. Nothing extraordinary as far
as
presence, just another alt-ish singer-songwriter in a sport
Well,
This link will put you to a Yiddish dictionary for travelers, but it
should be helpful for basic words or sayings:
http://www.travlang.com/languages/cgi-bin/langchoice.cgi?page=mainlang1
=englishlang2=yiddish
And this site from here in Philadelphia at UPENN has a dictionary etc...
In a message dated 1/18/99 12:11:01 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My father was touring in Europe and Britain around the same time the Beatles
were blazing their trail (60-63) and he says that Lennon was playing the
harmonica long before McClinton supposedly taught
The story I heard was that Delbert the Beatles
were touring England together (don't remember
which was opening for which), and Delbert taught
Lennon the opening harp riff for "Love Me Do".
-jp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/18/99 12:11:01 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL
I saw Crowded House live on MTV some years ago and they did a song that I
didn't recognize. The only lyric I can remember is somthing about "shedding
skin". Since it looks like we have some Finn experts here I thought I would
float it out.
Also anyone know a Louvin Brothers song with the line
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:01:40 -0500
From: "Jon Weisberger" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Who decides who becomes a member of the Opry and who doesn't?
"Opry
management" decides who becomes a member; if you manage to pierce that veil,
let us know.
Ahha! So that's why they can snub
I think there's a line about "shed my skin" in the Crowded House song
"Love This Life" from "Temple of Low Men".
--Slonedog
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/8122/chindex.htm
Could it be the song below? Possible, as it's only on their greatest hits
cd, so they might have been playing it to promote the cd's release.
EVERYTHING IS GOOD FOR YOU
(Neil Finn)
I see a man with a flag
and he leads the procession
and
Try mishegas and tuchas/tukhas
Hey there,
Just got a hold of the Gomez CD I had mentioned a few weeks ago. They are
that UK band that was just on the cover of Mojo. This is some good lo-fi
electric rootsy stuff. Kinda Band-ish, kinda not. By that I mean the same
type of instrumentation - some acoustic stuff, some brass licks,
Isn't the title of this post oxymoronic ? g
I was shocked to see a reviewer even stop and think about such things.
Without blowing anybody's cover, I can say without reservation that the
relationships between musicians and the writers who review and cover them
are generally a whole lot closer
Clipped this from the Jam TV site:
Sara Evans is Ready for Her Payday
You'll have to excuse Sara Evans if she
sounds a bit flustered, though you can
hardly
blame her. For one thing, she and her
Not that it matters all that much (but how much of what we say around
here really matters all that much anyway?) but Son Volt have covered WFB
too. And it seems to be the theme tune for Mountain Stage (or is it
e-town?) one of those radio shows anyhow - they get whoever's on stage
to trot it out
White Shirt big hit with listeners!
WDVR and Thursday night Swing Night at the Holiday INN in Clinton NJ.
FRED BOENIG
WDVR
- George Martin, their producer. George had a lot to do with shaping the
sound of their recordings, and played on a number of their tracks.
I try to avoid "me too" posts if I can, butme too. Without Martin,
even imagining how many of the Beatles records would have sounded is pretty
I believe that if there was a fifth Beatle, it was Carl Perkins.
Any takers?
Junior
-Original Message-
From: Jon Weisberger [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 19 January 1999 1:36
To: passenger side
Subject: RE: the fifth beatle
Geff says:
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999,
I was shocked to see a reviewer even stop and think about such things.
Without blowing anybody's cover, I can say without reservation that the
relationships between musicians and the writers who review and cover them
are generally a whole lot closer than either party lets on
Of course it
I think the song in question is one by Melbourne band Hunters Collectors
called "Throw Your Arms Around Me" -
the lyric in question is:
And we may never meet again
So shed your skin and let's get started
And you will throw your arms around me"
Junior
-Original Message-
From: Jerald
Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll go see if our library has any of
these songs, or even Dion's version of "Abraham, Martin John"
Carl Z.
On 14 Jan, Steve Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm looking for songs about Hank Williams. Not Hank songs...but
one's about him.
Almost As Blue As Hank Williams - The Panic Brothers
The Ghost Of Hank Williams - The Kentucky Headhunters
Brian
--
Brian Debenham
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)
According to the All (Knowing) Music guide, Clarence White participates
inevery Byrds album from Younger Than yesterday to
Farther along. However,he's not an official
member until after Sweetheart. So, here's myquestion: If
he's just a session until Easy rider, what songs does he
playon
It was Leppo.
He mainly stood in the back. He couldn't play guitar,
but he knew how to have a good time, in Hamburg that was more
difficult.
Buddy
I'd Like To Be Two Hairdressers Rockets
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Buddy
Any news on Johnny Paycheck's wellbeing?
Also, does anyone happen to know an address that get well wishes might be sent
to?
Kelly
In a message dated 1/18/99 4:51:09 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
How could the same
person who's trying to get gigs at certain clubs also write objectively about
other gigs at that club? Worth considering.
When I lived in Atlanta I wrote music columns for Creative
From country.com, dated 1/8:
Paycheck Improving
According to his manager, country veteran
Johnny Paycheck is improving after
undergoing lower-intestinal surgery. "They
have gotten (the intestinal problem) under
control, and that is the reason that Johnny
is getting stronger, slowly and
b.s. wrote;
WAIATA .my favorite Split Enz, though I suppose
TIME
AND TIDE would have to be considered *best*. Chris mentions some great
tunes, (mostly all from T+T) but leaves out my favorite Split Enz and Neil
Finn song, "One Step Ahead", from WAIATA. Not to mention
These days Phil Judd is working on film soundtracks and so forth here in
Australia and New Zealand. He was also involved in ENZSO, a project
involving the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and members of Split Enz. Being
a New Zealander myself, Split Enz are very near and dear to my heart and to
Shane S. Rhyne wrote:
Howdy, Tucker talks about an author I've always meant to investigate
further. I seem to enjoy movies and television shows based on Elmore
Leonard's writings (Maximum Bob on ABC was brilliant fun and I hope it
comes back someday.) Strangely enough, I haven't read any
Mahalia Jackson, Take My Hand Precious Lord
In a message dated 1/18/99 9:54:28 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
3) An odd, but twang-related request: Given that we are observing MLK
day here in the states, does anyone know of good blues or twang-related
tributes to the
Well, i held my nose and just voted in JUST A FEW of the TNN Music City
News Country Awards. Pukesville! no wonder country radio is starting to
fade! We have a country music monthly in the DC-area called Country Plus
-- it used to be 40 pages and was down to something like 16 pages in the
last
well i finally got twangcast.com to work on my computer and had a very
enjoyable afternoon -- especially liking the Heather Myles (surprised
me!) and Cigar Store Indians cuts. wah-hoo!
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