Dallas,
I don't know this new release, but truly Lou Ann is someone that P2 folks
ought to bear in mind. To me, in terms of her great talent and, umm,
experiences, she's a sort of Lucinda before Lucinda. Didn't Riedie call
her "a really dangerous woman" recently? g. She's something to be
Grow up, Lance, please. You cakehole.
Anyway, around here they say "piehole".
Joe Gracey
I used to say "piehole" until my girlfriend said thought "cakehole" was
funnier. So, "cakehole" it was. And between the 700 of us, I think
"wordhole" is my favorite.
Lance . . .
New Yorkers may be seething with suppressed rage, but they're still
friendly, or at least talkative.
New Yorker, giving artificial respiration; bent at the waist, hands cupped
around mouth, shouting down at the needy one - "GET UP! BEFORE YOU DIE!
Phil Esposito
(Dodging that "anti-HNC" Stinger missile fired by the Ndubbinistas...g,
I respond);
Jon wrote;
I dunno, Dan; I don't think I've ever seen anything but dismissals of
Garth's "Shameless" or "The Fever," and not because people argued that they
were bad jobs or that he didn't do a good
Morning Campers
Contents:
(1) I'm back on CMR - broadcasting live music from The Kashmir
Klub
(2) Four more "Bob Paterson Presents" gigs left this year - three
at The Spitz and one at The 12-Bar Club
(3) Cambridge Folk Festival and Suffolk Good Festival this year
(4) Coming soon - Bob
Alright, I know it's self-promotional but this is our first time over there
and I'm kind of excited about it.
One Fell Swoop in Europe
Bree, Belgium Thursday, 3/11
Toogenblijk - Bruxelles, Belgium Friday, 3/12
Fabriggli - Buchs, Switzerland Saturday, 3/13
Little Joe's - Siebnen,
Who wrote that? Actually, it was funny in a "poignant" sort of way g
Well, whoever it was you should be happy to know that Lance and I duked it
out
with Dan as referree. I got a black eye and have to buy both guys a beer.
Sorry for all that. It really was a misunderstanding, not meant in any
Yates wrote:
"Yep, Rhino *just* reissued it with a bunch of extra tracks recorded
around that same time. On top of the original album, it includes some
great singles (like the swamp-poppish "Laura Willie Mae Jones") and some
previously unissued recordings, including -- David Cantwell take
okay, what's a hook? no fishing jokes please
Jeff Wall
http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine
3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Hey, it's been a while since I got back from my Toronto trip, but I just
wanted to give a (very belated) shout out to Marty at the Mohawk Place in
Buffalo. While I was traveling, I drove across the border to Buffalo to see
Gravel Train, and had the time of my life. First of all, Marty runs an
At 04:08 PM 3/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
The first time I heard their version was on the televised portion of the
Opry a few years ago; that flat 7 chord jumped right out at me.
Uh... as a non-musician who doesn't even aspire to play three chord Lou
Reed songs, what the hell are you talking
At 02:13 PM 3/2/99 EST, you wrote:
In a message dated 3/2/99 12:59:33 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
punk camp than the pop world. He's constantly alienating people at live
gigs
by spouting off about something.
Well, that might make our SXSW party kinda fun.. or
Can you create flash cards for me? Uh... I'm sorry I asked the
original
question.
Jeff
[Matt Benz] Jeff, what Jon is doing is "translating" the chords
of a song into numbers. The whole key of a song, say G becomes numbers:
G -1 A -2 B-3 C-4 D-5 E-6 F-7. So, your standard
Michael Hall and Walter Salas-Humara present the 4th Annual 'Swollen
Circus' at The Hole In The Wall in Austin on Tuesday night, March 16.
THE FOURTH ANNUAL SWOLLEN CIRCUS
10:00 - The Naked Barbies
10:20 - Jim Roll
10:40 - Gurf Morlix
11:00 - The Brooders (Michael Hall)
11:20 - Lisa Mednick
Boo friggin' hoo.
From SonicNet:
"I think we could have made a record of sitar music and I think that
people would still, or the byline behind our name would still say,
'alternative-country' or 'American roots rock' band. It'll take a long
time to transcend that and it's fine, as long as we
Recently I bought a copy of Los Cochinos by Cheech and Chong (the one with
Basketball Jones). Because of this I went to the CC site on All-Music
guide, and subsequently found out that the guys sing backup on Joni
Michell's Court and Spark LP. What in God's name is the story behind this
gig? Was
Does anyone happen to know the specific date of Wilco's show in Boulder,
1995? I just got a video copy of the show on loan for a few days, haven't
watched it yet, and thought I'd ask before I did. Why? Who the hell knows?
Thanks bunches.
Lance . . .
Lowell writes: Anyway - I saw this record called Sugar Coated Love -
copyeight 1999 so
it is very new. It's a very poorly recorded selection of songs from 1977
with her band called Rockola, but the second half has Stevie Ray Vaughan
playing lead - early in his career I reckon.
What label is this
They contribute a string of babble or something to one song, if I
remember right. Kinda like Monty Python appearing on George Harrison's
"This Song."
-Original Message-
From: lance davis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 9:49 AM
To: passenger side
Subject:
Dare someone try to explain why so many artists/bands (Wilco, Son Volt,
Fulks, apparently Old 97s etc) are so intent on distancing themselves from
alt-country, even to the point of making 70s/Beach Boy-esque pop albums? I
dont recall punk groups, or grunge acts going around denying they were punk
Isn't Dusty supposed to be inducted into the RnR Hall of Fame this year?
Too
damn late IMO.
She was amazing. RIP.
Slim
Yeah, and she can soak up what's left of the spotlight after Billy Joel and
Paul McCartney have besmirched it. And don't forget Bruce's fist-pumping
anthems with the reunited
From this weeks N.M.E.
iN MY DAD'S BAG
Gavin Martin dons his pipe and slippers before unearthing a few gems for the,
um, older readers.
Steve Earle got his first bluegrass lesson from Bill Monroe, the man who
originated the keening hi-energy country sub-genre back in the 1930s. The
fruits
Ralph Stanley The Clinch Mountain Boys are confirmed for Sunday 4/11/99
at
Blueberry Hill's Duck Room.
Doors: 7 pm
Show: 8 pm (an evening with - 2 sets - no support act{Sorry, Kip}).
Tickets: $15 flat and go on sale next Wednesday 3/10.
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 08:49:17 -0600 lance davis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Recently I bought a copy of Los Cochinos by Cheech and Chong (the one with
Basketball Jones).
God, and I thought I was the only one who'd bought this
recently! I found a good vinyl copy, btw. Speaking of goofy
novelty
..not to burst anyone's bubble here, but we were lucky enough to have seen
Cisco play at the Gibson Cafe during the NEA Extravaganza and not only was the
guy VERY nice, he went out of his way to pose for pictures before their set
and was genuinely flattered by all the attention. (He also
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 4-Mar-99 Re:cheech and chong
by "John Kinnamon"@one.net
The song they appeared on was "Twisted", which was later covered
by Bette Middler. I wouldn't call what they actually did singing, but
they are there, sure enough...
Excited talking is more
vgs399 wrote:
Who wrote that? Actually, it was funny in a "poignant" sort of way g
Well, whoever it was you should be happy to know that Lance and I duked it
out
with Dan as referree. I got a black eye and have to buy both guys a beer.
Sorry for all that. It really was a
From this week's Nashville Scene:
Soft Bomb
Singer gets pleasant surprise
On Feb. 9, as Allison Moorer returned home from breakfast with her
husband and
songwriting partner, Butch Primm, her cellular phone rang. On the
other end of the line was
Bruce Hinton, chairman
Congrats John need a background singer who plays shitty accordion?
Jon writes: the New Faces Show:
Allison Moorer
Trini Triggs
Jon Randall
Mark Nesler
Chad Brock
Shane Stockton
Gil Grand
Monty Holmes
Keith Harling
The Great Divide
zzz.
What makes Randall, Stockton, Harling and the Divide "new faces"? Seems
they've been around a while. Or is iyt that
March 5 The Sutler, Nashville
March 6 Tomato Head, Knoxville
March 9 Double Door, Charlotte (w/Silos)
March 10 Local 506, Chapel Hill
March 11 Cowboys, Wilmington, NC
March 20 Broken Spoke, Austin (No Depression Party)
March 23 Brownie's, New York
March 24 Khyber Pass, Philadelphia
March 25 TT
Jon writes: the New Faces Show:
Allison Moorer
Trini Triggs
Jon Randall
Mark Nesler
Chad Brock
Shane Stockton
Gil Grand
Monty Holmes
Keith Harling
The Great Divide
zzz.
What makes Randall, Stockton, Harling and the Divide "new faces"? Seems
they've been around a while. Or is
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Chris Orlet wrote:
Dare someone try to explain why so many artists/bands (Wilco, Son Volt,
Fulks, apparently Old 97s etc) are so intent on distancing themselves
from alt-country, even to the point of making 70s/Beach Boy-esque pop
albums? I dont recall punk groups, or
zzz.
What makes Randall, Stockton, Harling and the Divide "new faces"? Seems
they've been around a while. Or is iyt that because radio doesn't pay
attention that they are still "new"?
All of them except Randall are on their first albums, or at least first
major-label releases. Kind of
Congrats John need a background singer who plays shitty accordion?
Congrats, indeed, and have one of those fine fresh Teutonic brews for me.
Go, Swoop!
Kelly
As it is now up on the TVZ What's New page, I thought I'd mention that
there is a new Townes' recording, A Far Cry From Dead, coming out in
June on Arista/Austin.
Arista/Austin? Isn't that label no longer? And what do we know about this
new/old recording? A delicious feast or table scraps?
PS -- Speaking of weird liner notes -- Los Cochinas lists
Klaus Voormann and I believe, George Harrison, as musicians
on the record. A stoner joke? True?
William Cocke
Yep, not only them, either. When I scraped the seeds away, I found out that
Nicky Hopkins and Billy Preston also play on this
Oh yeah, Carole King also plays electric piano and Jim Keltner's on drums.
What was this thing--an Acapulco Golden Smog?
Lance . . .
former beer bonger
God, I miss college.
np: memories of a foolish sorority friend who bonged
strawberry daiquiris. Do not try this at home, sports fans.
Chris
What better excuse to visit Ireland in May, for all you adventurous types?
Line up for the Kilkenny Festival so far:
Mike Ireland Dan Mesh
Kinky Friedman
Sonny George
Solas
Dan Crary
Calexico
The Gourds
Peter Case
Peter Mulvey
Johnny Mars Band
Great Western Squares
Kirsty
-Original
In a message dated 3/4/99 10:11:24 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
To top it all off, on Oscar night, she'll perform "A Soft
Place to Fall" during the
worldwide telecast.
Now I will have to watch the damn show. I hope she is first.
Congratulations to the best
Tera wrote;
I got a black eye and have to buy both guys a beer.
Damn straight!!
Sorry for all that. It really was a misunderstanding, not meant in any
part
for the list.
Like Joe said-no biggie. I told Tera she's off the hook as long as she
flames Yates or someone else equally
"Chris Orlet" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Dare someone try to explain why so many artists/bands (Wilco, Son Volt,
Fulks, apparently Old 97s etc) are so intent on distancing themselves from
alt-country, even to the point of making 70s/Beach Boy-esque pop albums?
Some people like country, and
Yes yes, no one likes to be pidgeon-holed and many want the
freedom to re-invent themselves from time to time musically. All well and
good. But methinks Mr. Tweedy protests too much that
Greetings -
We're neck deep in our 1999 Pledge Drive, emphasis this year on our netcasting
presence.
"Live and World-Wide" is our slogan this year, only problem is we've gotten
zero response from anyone on the net.
I guess this note is for anyone who has tuned in to our program.
A
I think that the bottom line is that Alt-Country is the commercial kiss of
death. Nobody has really broken thru (Lucinda not excepted), and the
radio format is a complete commercial wasteland. When you consider that
these people (Wilco, etc.) are on major labels, and have been at this a
long
Yeah, Caliguiri's been up here a couple times, and I must say, one gets real
tired of his huge ego after a while..
-Original Message-
From: Todd Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 2:43 PM
Subject: Jim's Big Ego
Any of you
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Bell/Wrightson wrote:
But, Todd, there are several Jim's on the list...which one do you mean?
Well he couldn't mean me or Caligiuri!! GGggg
-Jim
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes yes, no one likes to be pidgeon-holed and many want the
freedom to re-invent themselves from time to time musically. All well and
good. But methinks Mr. Tweedy protests too much that
He sure does. Then again, all of his defensive
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Don Yates wrote:
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes yes, no one likes to be pidgeon-holed and many want the
freedom to re-invent themselves from time to time musically. All well and
good. But methinks Mr. Tweedy protests too much that
He
At 9:10 AM -0600 04/3/99, Chris Orlet wrote:
Dare someone try to explain why so many artists/bands (Wilco, Son Volt,
Fulks, apparently Old 97s etc) are so intent on distancing themselves from
alt-country, even to the point of making 70s/Beach Boy-esque pop albums? I
dont recall punk groups, or
Hey all, time to pick your brains again.
I know that Patsy Montana's I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart was based
upon Stuart Hamblen's Texas Plains, and I know that before she adapted that
song's melody and content for Sweetheart in 1934 she had been singing it as
Montana Plains for quite some
Right, right. so the question becomes, if he is no longer twang, when do we
stop talking about Tweedy?
Your smartass reply here__
Ross Whitwam writes: Jeff Tweedy I think is an example of this -- he
often seems
to pre-emptively bring up his belief that he definitely isn't
Lance says:
If there was one thing that I do see a bit differently is the idea of irony
as a '90's development (of course, if you weren't suggesting that, Carl,
please call me out). In point of fact, irony seemed to be a fundamental
part of punk the moment rock came down with its case of
zzz.
What makes Randall, Stockton, Harling and the Divide "new faces"? Seems
they've been around a while. Or is iyt that because radio doesn't pay
attention that they are still "new"?
All of them except Randall are on their first albums, or at least first
major-label releases.
James Gerard Roll wrote:
I think that the bottom line is that Alt-Country is the commercial kiss of
death. Nobody has really broken thru (Lucinda not excepted), and the
radio format is a complete commercial wasteland. When you consider that
these people (Wilco, etc.) are on major labels,
What in god's name are you talking about? Being There overrated? Oh yea,
those Jason and the Scorchers were the best band ever!
luv,
rebecca
-Original Message-
From: Dave Purcell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Tweedy should stop protesting (first it was the internet, now it's the
From: "Jon Weisberger" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: CRS showcases (was: RE: clip: What's wrong with those people?)
Date: Thu, Mar 4, 1999, 3:13 PM
I'd take hearing
nothing but those folks over what I hear when I tune in my local AAA station
any day.
I think that it would be tough to be an artist who was tabbed with a genre
nickname and dubbed its founder.
In the case of Jack Kerouac he distanced himself from the 'beat' tag the
bast he could but in some ways was unsuccessful. He tired quickly of the
trend and the other writers who rode the
I'd take hearing nothing but those folks over what I hear when I
tune in my local AAA station any day.
Please explain.
OK. WNKU, the Northern Kentucky University station, bills itself as a AAA
station. I listen to the Sunday bluegrass shows sometimes, and Ed
Cunningham's Americana show
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Jennifer Sperandeo wrote:
I'd take hearing
nothing but those folks over what I hear when I tune in my local AAA
station any day.
Please explain.
I'm not sure what needs explaining. Most AAA radio's a sterile mix of
"classic rock" (i.e., overplayed boomer music)
Ho boy...
If the labels think any of those "new faces" are gonna cause their
problems
to
go away, they are more delusional then I thought.
Why would you think that they think that, and why would you think I care
about whether the labels think their problems are going to be solved
anyway?
This
Proud Texan Rebecca wrote:
What in god's name are you talking about? Being There
overrated? Oh yea, those Jason and the Scorchers were the best
band ever!
I thought that might draw you out. I'm glad to see we agree. On
both counts!
Dave
***
Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Northern Ky
Sure its OK for an artist to "re-invent themselves" once in a while. Can
anyone say Neil Young " Trans". Mr. Tweedy can say anything he wants and it
doesn't change a thing. He comes from where he comes from and inspires who
he inspires. Who knows maybe the whole alt-country/No Depression movement
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Bob Soron wrote:
At 5:00 PM -0500 on 3/3/99, Jon Weisberger said of Garth Brooks:
Personally, I think he made a good country record on
"Shameless"; the kickoff still fools me every time g.
Always one to either take the bait or serve up the straight line,
and Joni Mitchell is the original hip chick... she gets slammed around
mostly because of the various inferior imitators that she spawned,
but she is the real deal... and always has been.
that, and then folks almost never give props to the genius of Laura Nyro as
well. She faded away
I'll be the one to determine what need explaining Smart Guy.
I'm simply fascinated by the idea of being repelled by a more eclectic radio
mix. I'll certainly give you your point about the smug-superiority factor
of AAA, but that tag absolutely does not apply to WNKU, one of the best
Non-Comm
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lowell writes: Anyway - I saw this record called Sugar Coated Love -
copyeight 1999 so
it is very new. It's a very poorly recorded selection of songs from 1977
with her band called Rockola, but the second half has Stevie Ray Vaughan
playing lead - early in his
What label is this on? It sounds like a bootleg to me. I understand that
Lou Ann has a new record coming out on Antone's later this year. I don't
think this is it. And YES! the woman can SING!
Jim, smilin'
It's a boot. Somebody has done it and my Stevie/Lou Ann sessions too. Bastards.
If the labels think any of those "new faces" are gonna cause their
problems
to
go away, they are more delusional then I thought.
Why would you think that they think that, and why would you think I care
about whether the labels think their problems are going to be solved
anyway?
This is
At 08:33 AM 3/4/99 -0800, you wrote:
March 5 The Sutler, Nashville
March 6 Tomato Head, Knoxville
March 9 Double Door, Charlotte (w/Silos)
March 10 Local 506, Chapel Hill
March 11 Cowboys, Wilmington, NC
March 20 Broken Spoke, Austin (No Depression Party)
Uh... that would be the No Depression,
At 10:21 AM 3/4/99 EST, you wrote:
..not to burst anyone's bubble here, but we were lucky enough to have
seen
Cisco play at the Gibson Cafe during the NEA Extravaganza and not only was
the
guy VERY nice, he went out of his way to pose for pictures before their set
and was genuinely flattered
Damn there's a lot here. I'll try to respond to a few things. I've also
got another response from some your comments yesterday, which may take me
a little while longer to get together:
Carl Wrote:
"I thought it interesting that Jake preceded his piece by saying that he
thought Fulks's "Jet"
Personally, I think he made a good country record on
"Shameless"; the kickoff still fools me every time g.
Always one to either take the bait or serve up the straight line,
depending...
Fools you ... into thinking it's a country song? g
Fools me into thinking it was never anything *but*
Hi Jeff,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
BTW, Chris Lawrence, his axeman, is amazing.
ditto that!
Kate (who got some pretty nice shots of Cisco and Chris in action)
a momentous occasion as the two come out of semi retirement for this
one
time only show
What is Sam Hill does this mean? Semi-retirement? Do you think what was really
meant was was-obscurity? Heh.
NW
Tweedy should stop protesting (first it was the internet, now it's the
alt.country tag) and try to write some decent songs. I'll gladly
nominate Being There as one of the most overrated records of the
90s. There aren't enough good songs on there to make a good
single disc, let alone
I'm simply fascinated by the idea of being repelled by a more
eclectic radio mix. I'll certainly give you your point about
the smug-superiority factor of AAA, but that tag absolutely does
not apply to WNKU, one of the best Non-Comm AAA stations in the
country.
One of the best? Yikes. I
Lowell Kaufman wrote:
What label is this on? It sounds like a bootleg to me. I understand that
Lou Ann has a new record coming out on Antone's later this year. I don't
think this is it. And YES! the woman can SING!
Jim, smilin'
It's a boot. Somebody has done it and my
Some time back there was a question here about Jann Browne...for those
of you in the SoCal area, she will be playing tomorrow (Friday) night at
the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano with Chris Gaffney and Patty
Booker. (There's a short piece in today's LA Times about Browne and
Gaffney, if you
Evan wrote:
I was wondering if anything interesting (twang or otherwise) was
going on this weekend.
The Spurs, a Western swing band, are playing at The Midway
in Jamaica Plain. Haven't seen them, but have heard they're
big fun. I'm coming to town to pick up some drums, so I'm
goin'.
Tom
February was busy busy busy. First of all it started with a sold-out
Alejandro Escovedo house concert. Joining Alejandro was his quartet
(guitar, guitar, cello, violin). Alt.country acoustic chamber punk at
its best. Also in that month was a trip to Albuquerque New Mexico for
the annual Folk
HAVE FUN!
Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available for $10
from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose
*= new or revised since last time
*3/5: Baxter at the Hideout
3/5: Jeff Tweedy solo at Harper College
3/5: Rebecca Gates at Lounge Ax
3/5/1963: We lose Patsy
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