Clip:Bluegrass Sprouts in Urban Landscape

1999-04-29 Thread Brad Bechtel
Bluegrass Sprouts in Urban Landscape Cafe's open-mike night encourages novice players Sam Whiting, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, April 29, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/04/29/DD88506.DTLtype=music Early

FYI: SF Bay Area Rockabilly/Country shows

1999-04-29 Thread Brad Bechtel
WEDNESDAY APRIL 28 Jeff Bright the Sunshine Boys @ Agenda Lounge, 399 S. 1st, SJ 10pm Blue Bell Wranglers @ Elbo Room, 647 Valencia, San Francisco 10pm $4 Cadillac Angels @ Henfling's Tavern, 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond The Chop Tops @ The Catalyst (in atrium), 1011

RE: Bad Company quote, URL

1999-04-27 Thread Brad Bechtel
Matt has been told bad things by bad people. I saw Bad Company (with Kansas opening) in the 70's and they rocked just fine. The drummer was a bit thuddy, if you know what I mean, but the rest of the band was competent. If you want a bad show, try crack-era David Crosby and Graham Nash. Or

Clip: Metallica and the SF Symphony (review for Jon)

1999-04-23 Thread Brad Bechtel
Symphony Bends Under Weight of Metallica Orchestra plays second fiddle to rock band Neva Chonin, Chronicle Staff Critic Friday, April 23, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/04/23/DD17279.DTLtype=music Two

Re: Captain Beefheart (re:Welfare Music)

1999-04-22 Thread Brad Bechtel
Sorry to disagree with Marie, but Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band rocked my little part of the world in their own peculiar way. One of the first CDs I bought was "Trout Mask Replica", mostly to replace the LP that had grown scratched and worn. I do agree that most of his later output was

Hecklers, was: Wilco @ Pearl Street

1999-04-21 Thread Brad Bechtel
My favorite "shut up" line was from Henry Rollins of Black Flag: "Lose the 'tude, dude."

Re: Der Bingle

1999-04-20 Thread Brad Bechtel
According to the Bing Crosby Discography at http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/pennvalley/Biology/lewis/crosby/disco.htm Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby had a long professional relationship, starting in the 1936 with their recording "Pennies from Heaven" (listed as Frances Langford, Louis

Re: Ray's tenor harmony man....

1999-04-19 Thread Brad Bechtel
http://www.pond.com/~vanallen/raynvan.html has a nice picture of Ray and Van together. np: Dobrology, Bop to Broadway on Slide Guitar, by Stephen Miller. Nice job of some unusual cover tunes by a Canadian resophonic guitarist.

Re: Ray's tenor harmony man....

1999-04-19 Thread Brad Bechtel
According to the liner notes in Hillbilly Fever, volume 3: Legends of Nashville, the harmony vocal was sung by guitarist Van Howard on the song "Crazy Arms". He probably did many of the other harmony vocals as well.

Clip: Tom Waits from SF Gate web site

1999-04-18 Thread Brad Bechtel
`Variations' On a Twisted Persona Tom Waits talks about his new album, rats' teeth and Yma Sumac's hairdresser James Sullivan, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, April 18, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL:

Clip: San Francisco honors Gram Parsons

1999-04-18 Thread Brad Bechtel
SAN FRANCISCO HONORS GRAM PARSONS Plans for the Gram Parsons tribute continue to speed forward. An increasing number of books and tribute albums connected with the late country-rock pioneer are just a small indicator of his flourishing cult appeal. On Saturday, several bands from San

Clip: review of Alejandro Escovedo's new one

1999-04-18 Thread Brad Bechtel
Just found a couple of things in the paper this morning (93rd anniversary of the Big Quake) and thought I'd share. = IT'S TIME TO DISCOVER ESCOVEDO'S `BLUES' 4 stars ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Bourbonitis Blues Bloodshot, $12.98 Why Alejandro Escovedo remains a peripheral star is something

Criminally underappreciated

1999-04-16 Thread Brad Bechtel
Red House Painters - Songs for a Blue Guitar - Something about this recording just grabbed me. I would never have heard about it had it not been for a coworker who loaned it to me one time. (She also loaned me Ani DiFranco, which I didn't like as much.)

Re: Question: Lap Steel by Analogy

1999-04-14 Thread Brad Bechtel
Blah blah fill in the blank is to the lap steel what Mississippi John Hurt is to fingerstyle guitar What little I know about playing fingerstyle guitar I learned from listening to Mississippi John Hurt's relatively simple, elegant work. Who should I be listening to to hear lap steel lovingly

Re: New Romantics?

1999-04-14 Thread Brad Bechtel
http://home.sol.no/~knhongro/Geir/pop/History.htm has an interesting take on this: New Romantics Picture: Thompson TwinsIf you don't like synths you may as well skip this whole chapter, because the UK early 80s New Romantics craze definitely was about synths - synths, music video and image.

RE: Warning: Bass Guitar question!

1999-04-14 Thread Brad Bechtel
Blah blah Yeah, right, it's not of general interest, like vintage cereals g. I daresay more of us have tasted Quisp than played bass. Otherwise an excellent post, Jon.

Re: pedal steel player search

1999-04-13 Thread Brad Bechtel
where do i look in the metro Washington DC area for a steel player? anyone out there know anybody? is there a list for steel players? Visit the Steel Guitar Forum at http://www.b0b.com/forum and place an advertisement in the "Bar Chatter" section (or whatever section appears appropriate).

Clip: Something to Crow about

1999-04-13 Thread Brad Bechtel
Something to Crow about By Jane Ganahl OF THE EXAMINER STAFF Tuesday, April 13, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Examiner URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/hotnews/stories/13/Scrow.dtltype=music A once lightweight singer digs in and earns some respect I HAVE to

RE: SOTD

1999-04-12 Thread Brad Bechtel
I don't have time to do it myself, but maybe one of you slackers can visit http://www.allmusic.com and count the references for each SOTD nominee. Personally I think David Lindley might be in the running as well.

RE: Jerry Byrd, was: Boudin Barndance

1999-04-10 Thread Brad Bechtel
At 09:03 PM 4/9/99 -0400, you wrote: I have a cassette of some Hawaiian stuff by Byrd, called Byrd Of Paradise, but since it's on CBS Special Products I'm inclined to think this was stuff he was doing earlier than the CDs you mentioned, Brad. Actually, "Byrd of Paradise" is among his weaker

Re: Jerry Byrd, was: Boudin Barndance

1999-04-10 Thread Brad Bechtel
And wasn't that 50s/60s country session guitarist, Garland (Hank or Wayne?), a jazz guitarist, too? -- Terry Smith It was Hank Garland. His "Jazz Winds From A New Direction" was the debut recording of vibraphonist Gary Burton, and was straightahead jazz. Quite good, too, if you like that

Jerry Byrd, was: Boudin Barndance

1999-04-09 Thread Brad Bechtel
Jerry Byrd has a few of his Hawaiian CDs available through such excellent web sites as Auntie Maria's Hawaiian Music Island (http://www.mele.com). Particularly recommended is "Steel Guitar Hawaiian Style", Lehua SLCD 7023. This release is cited as the first Hawaiian steel/slack key duet to be

Re: Clip: MP3 in Nashville

1999-04-08 Thread Brad Bechtel
Number 4 on the top 30 downloads at http://www.mp3.com is "James Alley Blues" by Roger McGuinn. He's really taken to this technology.

Re: Japanese hipsterism....

1999-04-08 Thread Brad Bechtel
The most unpopular artist, but certainly the most famous, would have to be Yoko Ono. There's a good list of famous Japanese at this URL: http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous/nns.html np: Sukiyaki

Re: MC5 / roir

1999-04-08 Thread Brad Bechtel
http://www.roir-usa.com/mc5.htm should give you as much information as you need about the MC5 compilation on ROIR.

Re: Television Live (and twangless)

1999-04-07 Thread Brad Bechtel
Television isn't quite as twangless as you'd think, in my opinion. They are played a different sort of twang than most of us are used to hearing. In my opinion, they could have been one of the great bands of the 70s, had they not been sidetracked by drug abuse. Tom Verlaine's vocals were an

Re: Hong Kong Music

1999-04-06 Thread Brad Bechtel
http://destinations.previewtravel.com/DestGuides/0,1208,WEB_98,00.html has a good overview of whazzup in the former colony. I don't think you'd like most of the Hong Kong popular music (based on what I hear here in San Francisco - not enough twang). You should be able to get incredible deals

Re: CD Length?

1999-04-04 Thread Brad Bechtel
Anyone happen to know the maximun amount of music that can fit on a single CD? If you're using the industry standard 16 bit 44 kHz audio format, 74 minutes is the maximum amount you can cram onto a CD. Mission of Burma has a CD out on Rykodisc that featured about 80 minutes, but some of those

Re: tasteless epiphone elvis model guitar

1999-04-01 Thread Brad Bechtel
http://www1.gibson.com/cgi-bin/epiphone/epi-inst.pl?ID=EAEP is the guitar Kip wants. Your local guitar outlet should be able to order one for you from Epiphone. Good luck, and remember - it can't be tasteless if it has Elvis on it.

Making laptop batteries more efficient

1999-04-01 Thread Brad Bechtel
One in a series. http://www.compaq.com.au/dynamouse/productinfo.html?productID=dynaF1

Clip:Big business means discord for small bands

1999-04-01 Thread Brad Bechtel
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/lmds503.htm Big business means discord for small bands By Bruce Haring, USA TODAY Some of your favorite musicians may soon be looking for work. Seagram-owned Universal Music Group, which became the largest record company in the world late last year thanks

FYI: SF Bay Area Rockabilly/Country schedule

1999-04-01 Thread Brad Bechtel
FRIDAY APRIL 2 Jeff Bright the Sunshine Boys @ Ivy Room, 858 San Pablo/Solano, Albany 10pm Sean Kennedy King Kats @ Fog Bank, 211 Esplande, Capitola 8pm Cheseseballs/Chicken Coupe DeVille @ Slim's, 333 11th St./Folsom, San Francisco 9pm $12 SATURDAY APRIL 3

http://www.vivid.com

1999-04-01 Thread Brad Bechtel
Number two in a series: http://www.vivid.com

Re: http://www.vivid.com

1999-04-01 Thread Brad Bechtel
My apologies for posting a fluffy URL to this list. I meant to send it to the Twangfest list but got confused for a second.

Clip: Mojo Nixon on MP3.com

1999-03-30 Thread Brad Bechtel
http://www.mp3.com/news/205.html Mojo Nixon Sounds Off! By Mojo Nixon March 20, 1999 [Editor's Note: Mojo "Bring Me The Head Of David Geffen" Nixon stops by this week to let off some steam the only way he knows how (parental guidance suggested). For those of you not familiar with Mr.

Re: Ranchera?

1999-03-28 Thread Brad Bechtel
http://www.mariachi.org has a number of fine links to many Mexican music sites. Vincente Fernandez, Juan Gabriel, Lola Beltran and Lydia Mendoza are among the names that pop up frequently while searching the net for "musica ranchera". Also check out http://www.elmariachi.com for some further

FYI:SF Bay Area RAB/Country Calendar

1999-03-25 Thread Brad Bechtel
I've taken the liberty of adding a date in here. I'll be playing with a band called JelloHat (name created from the combination of two band members' names - Hatfield and Gelormini) at the Velvet Lounge in North Beach on Wednesday, March 31. We're not quite country - we have a saxophonist

FYI: Tut Taylor Norman Blake live online

1999-03-22 Thread Brad Bechtel
From Tut Taylor's excellent web site (now at http://www.tuttaylor.com): Tut Taylor and Norman Blake will get together for a LIVE! online concert "Pickin' in Earl's Kitchen" on Solid Gold Bluegrass (http://www.solidgoldbluegrass.com). The date for this first-of-its-kind event for Tut and Norman

Interesting article on a new band from SF

1999-03-19 Thread Brad Bechtel
This one's too long to clip, so I'm posting the current URL. The band is called Train and the article contains some interesting observations on a new band trying to make it big in today's musical business. http://www.sfweekly.com/1999/current/music1.html np: Tom Morrell and the Time Warp

Clip: Guitar Remains At the Heart of Texas Festival

1999-03-19 Thread Brad Bechtel
Guitar Remains At the Heart of Texas Festival Beck, Waits, Williams at South by Southwest James Sullivan, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, March 19, 1999 URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/03/19/DD36403.DTLtype=music The guitar cases were the first

Clip: Another view of SXSW from San Francisco

1999-03-18 Thread Brad Bechtel
Music-Industry Merger Casts Shadow on South by Southwest James Sullivan, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, March 17, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/03/17/DD31646.DTLtype=music Live music, free-flowing beer

FYI: Shot Jackson's Sho-Bro for Sale

1999-03-18 Thread Brad Bechtel
From the Steel Guitar Forum by Terry Miller (http://www.b0b.com/forum/Forum3/HTML/001377.html): I am posting this on behalf of Donna Jackson. Donna wants to sell Shot's black 7 string Sho-Bro. This was his own guitar. Take it from me, it is a great sounding guitar. I used it on volume 2 of

Fwd: San Francisco Bay Area RAB/Country Calendar

1999-03-18 Thread Brad Bechtel
SATURDAY MARCH 20 Cigar Store Indians @ Cafe DuNord, 2170 Market, San Francisco 10pm $7 Kountry K's @ El Rio, 3158 Mission, San Francisco SUNDAY MARCH 21 Rockin' Lloyd Tripp Zipguns @ Club DeLuxe, 1509-11 Haight, SF 930pm The Hepsters @ Moe's Alley, 1535

FYI: alt.music.no-depression now available

1999-03-15 Thread Brad Bechtel
As seen on my news server... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.Smith) Newsgroups: alt.music.no-depression Subject: New Group Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 23:25:19 GMT Organization: WWWeb World Lines: 12 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

A couple of shows in SF

1999-03-14 Thread Brad Bechtel
March 24, The Gourds and Jon Dee Graham at Slim's March 24, Nashville Pussy at the Edge, Palo Alto April 2, Sebadoh, Richard Buckner, lowercase at Bimbo's 365 Club April 18, Jeff Beck at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland May 8, Volunteer Jam Tour '99, featuring Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall

Clip: Another interview with Jeff Tweedy

1999-03-14 Thread Brad Bechtel
You'd think he was pimping a new CD or something... Q A With Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Aidin Vaziri Sunday, March 14, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/03/14/PK98714.DTL It's the morning after the Grammy Awards, and

Opinions on Trace Elliot Velocette amp?

1999-03-12 Thread Brad Bechtel
I'm looking for a good small amp for lap steel guitar use. By "good" I mean small and inexpensive with decent tone. One that's been recommended to me is the Trace Elliot Velocette. Unfortunately it seems to have been discontinued. Does anyone know about these amps (particularly where I can

Clip: Geek alert: Microsoft's challenge to MP3 format

1999-03-12 Thread Brad Bechtel
http://www.mp3.com/news/197.html Exclusive: Microsoft Prepares Breakthrough MS Audio 4.0! By Doug Reece March 11, 1999 Sources say that Microsoft will release MS Audio 4.0--a new file format that compresses audio files to half the size of an average MP3 file while improving sound

RIP Yehudi Menuhin

1999-03-12 Thread Brad Bechtel
Speaking of famous violinists...Lord Menuhin was known for an open approach to music of all types. His collaboration with sitar master Ravi Shankar was one of the first cross-cultural experiments I ever heard. I don't know if he ever played fiddle, but he probably could have kicked ass.

Clip: John Mellencamp Son Volt on tour

1999-03-12 Thread Brad Bechtel
http://www.sonicnet.com/news John Mellencamp Powering Up 'Rural Electrification' Tour Heartland rocker will perform in 40 cities over two months, starting May 5 in Woodlands, Texas. Senior Writer Gil Kaufman reports: Heartland rocker John Mellencamp will launch his first major concert tour

Re: twanglife after 50, 60, 70 ...

1999-03-11 Thread Brad Bechtel
Blah blah the lives of famous or historical people looked like at later key ages, particularly after 50 (examples include: Frank Lloyd Wright, Sidney Greenstreet - even Philip Glass, who apparently was a plumber until he hit 40). Musical suggestions would be appreciated (interesting

Clip: Allman Brothers at the Beacon Theater, NYC

1999-03-10 Thread Brad Bechtel
Southern Rock Enshrined, but Still Raucous Allman Brothers at the Beacon Theater ANN POWERS 03/09/99 When a rock band signs up to do 18 concerts in one place in one month, it had better be able to show off more than one personality. The Allman Brothers, repeating last year's residency at

Re: instrumentally speaking

1999-03-09 Thread Brad Bechtel
Another problem with instrumentals in the alt.country field is that the lack of voices almost automatically pushes the music into either the alt. or country side of things. Without those Freakwatery voices, most bands are going to sound a lot less country. A notable exception would be Jim

RIP Joe Dimaggio

1999-03-08 Thread Brad Bechtel
Joe DiMaggio, the flawless center fielder for the New York Yankees who, along with Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle, symbolized the team's dynastic greatness across the 20th century and whose 56-game hitting streak in 1941 made him an instant and indelible American folk hero, died Monday in his

Clip: Tom Petty/Lucinda Williams at the Fillmore

1999-03-08 Thread Brad Bechtel
Sorry, I got in late today. It was a really fun time last night. Lucinda kicked ass; she definitely won over some converts. Petty seemed to be stoned, but having a lot of fun. Bonnie Raitt was up in the balcony next to the stage, dancing to the noise. We all thought she was going to come

Little Roy Wiggins in hospital

1999-03-07 Thread Brad Bechtel
As reported by Stoney Stonecipher on the Steel Guitar Forum (http://www.b0.com/forum): Besides the bad news about George Jones, I got more bad news yesterday. Faye Wiggins called me yesterday, and Roy ["Little" Roy Wiggins, steel guitarist for Eddy Arnold] has been in intensive care for the

Clip: Review of Wilco's new CD, from SFGate

1999-03-07 Thread Brad Bechtel
4 stars WILCO Summer Teeth Reprise, $16.99 ``It's our beginning,'' sings Wilco vocalist Jeff Tweedy on the opening track of ``Summer Teeth.'' It's an appropriate introduction to the insurgent country band's third, most stylistically diverse album yet, in stores Tuesday. Expanding on the

Clip: George Jones remains critical

1999-03-07 Thread Brad Bechtel
George Jones remains critical after car crash March 7, 1999 Web posted at: 2:15 p.m. EST (1915 GMT) NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- Country music legend George Jones remained in critical condition Sunday, one day after he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a bridge abutment. Jones

Clip: Lucinda Williams at the Fillmore

1999-03-06 Thread Brad Bechtel
A Joyride with Lucinda Williams Grammy-winner radiates star power at intimate Fillmore show Neva Chonin, Chronicle Staff Critic Saturday, March 6, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/03/06/DD105451.DTLtype=music

Clip: Plastic People of the Universe

1999-03-06 Thread Brad Bechtel
Plastic People Power Czech band that helped spawn revolution comes to San Francisco Dan Ouellette Sunday, March 7, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/03/07/PK80634.DTLtype=music Thirty years ago a group of young

Clip: Tom Petty finds inspiration in San Francisco

1999-03-05 Thread Brad Bechtel
Check out the bottom of this article for opening acts. = Petty Finds Inspiration in San Francisco Rocker returns to Fillmore before launching tour, CD James Sullivan, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, March 5, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL:

Re: Recordable CD Players

1999-03-05 Thread Brad Bechtel
If you own a Mac, I'd recommend getting a copy of Adaptec Toast (version 3.5.6 is the most current). If you own a PC, Adaptec's Easy CD Creator does the job. Either will burn audio CDs; if you're doing multimedia development, you can make your own presentations and have them automatically

Re:RIP Dusty Springfield

1999-03-03 Thread Brad Bechtel
What a terrible loss. Dusty Springfield was one of the few white soul singers of her generation who could legitimately stand up to the great black singers. According to the BBC web site (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_67000/67646.stm), she had just been awarded the Order of the

Dusty Springfield covers

1999-03-03 Thread Brad Bechtel
This may seem weird, but there's a gay rock band here who does a completely non-ironic cover of "Son of a Preacher Man". Works really well in their situation. -B "tying two threads together" B-

Jimmy Day Benefit March 28th in Nashville

1999-03-03 Thread Brad Bechtel
According to postings on the Steel Guitar Forum, there will be a benefit concert to help try to pay off some of the hospital bills the late Jimmy Day accumulated during his battle with cancer. It will be held at the Nashville Nitelife nightclub on Music Valley drive, starting at 2:00 on March

Re: questions

1999-03-02 Thread Brad Bechtel
At 09:15 AM 3/2/99 -0600, you wrote: Has anyone heard of any of these bands? What kind of music do they play? Just as a guess, I'd say you're looking at some sort of traditional jazz festival. These are the bands of which I have heard, and my simple generalization about their music: Cats N

Wanna see Tom Petty at the Fillmore?

1999-03-01 Thread Brad Bechtel
Due to a misunderstanding, I have a couple of extra tickets to see Tom Petty this Sunday evening, March 7. If anyone on this list would like them, let me know privately. Thanks. ___ Brad's Page of Steel:

Clip: Jeff Tweedy - Don't Fence Him In

1999-02-28 Thread Brad Bechtel
Don't fence him in By Jane Ganahl OF THE EXAMINER STAFF Sunday, February 28, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Examiner URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/hotnews/stories/27/Stweedy28.dtltype=music Jeff Tweedy isn't country, or punk, or folk -- except on the days that

Re: Reno?? Tahoe? Carson City? March 12-15

1999-02-27 Thread Brad Bechtel
Reno? http://www.tahoe.com/action/reno.html shows the following during the timeframe March 12-15: John Ascuaga's NUGGET CELEBRITY SHOWROOM: Righteous Brother Bill Medley (March 4-17) [just missed Barbara Mandrell] On the South Shore, CAESARS TAHOE CIRCUS MAXIMUS: George Carlin (March

Re: Robert Johnson

1999-02-26 Thread Brad Bechtel
At 09:12 AM 2/26/99 +, you wrote: A longshot, this, but I really need a link to a site that has a collection of Robert Johnson lyrics if at all possible. Not a long shot at all. http://miavx1.acs.muohio.edu/~flannetd/rjlyrics.htm

Grammyszzzzzzzzz....

1999-02-25 Thread Brad Bechtel
Sheryl Crow did a fine job. I appreciated the fact that she paid tribute to the people at AM who were responsible for her success by allowing her to grow as an artist. Shania Twain HAD to perform with her legs spread apart like that. If she closed her legs, her outfit would have fallen to

RE: Merle question

1999-02-24 Thread Brad Bechtel
Blah blah Merle Haggard blah blah Boston blah blah wondering if he is worth going to see blah blah worth going to see if he isn't doing anything but scratching his ass blah blah fine show. I'd second what Jon says about him - he's an American treasure. Watching Merle Haggard in concert

Clip: Penelope Houston

1999-02-23 Thread Brad Bechtel
Interesting photo of Ms. Houston here: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/1999/02/23/penelope23.jpg Penelope Houston Lets Out Her Punk Ex-Avengers leader releases new and old tunes Neva Chonin, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, February 23, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL:

Danny Gatton/Lenny Breau/Buddy Emmons?

1999-02-23 Thread Brad Bechtel
There's supposedly a video and/or audio tape going around that has guitarists Danny Gatton and Lenny Breau and steel guitarist Buddy Emmons jamming together. If anyone knows of this tape or how to obtain it, please let me know.

Lulubelle Dies

1999-02-22 Thread Brad Bechtel
Reply-To: "Bluegrass music discussion." ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Lulubelle Dies Myrtle Eleanor Cooper, whom WLS National Barndance producer John ("Renfro Valley") Lair nicknamed "Lulubelle" when he first teamed her with Red Foley, died last week in North

Neener neener

1999-02-21 Thread Brad Bechtel
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Fillmore sold out in ten minutes. They'll be playing March 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16. I got tickets for the first night. Should be good... Thank you, http://www.basstickets.com, but damn your eyes for a 27.50 surcharge "convenience fee" for four

Upcoming SF Bay Area RAB/country shows

1999-02-21 Thread Brad Bechtel
MONDAY FEBRUARY 22 Tav Falco The Panther Burns @ Fuel, 44 Almaden Ave., San José 9pm The Bachelors @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, San Francisco TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23 Big Guitar Show Live - Benefit for Big Myke Destiny: Cadillac Angels/The Chop Tops/Chicken Coupe DeVille/The

Clip: Interesting interview with Julian Lennon

1999-02-21 Thread Brad Bechtel
Should I be scared that Julian is now 35 years old? Should he? = Q A With Julian Lennon Aidin Vaziri Sunday, February 21, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/02/21/PK86643.DTLtype=music After a seven-year

Clip: Bo Grumpus

1999-02-21 Thread Brad Bechtel
History lessons from Bo By Philip Elwood EXAMINER MUSIC CRITIC Saturday, February 20, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Examiner URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/hotnews/stories/20/Sdiscs.dtltype=music Bo Grumpus trio specializes in Ragtime Era music Bo Grumpus,

Re: Bookstore Gig -- peanuts, PA

1999-02-21 Thread Brad Bechtel
Well, now that I know what you people will work for, can anyone steer me to a good wholesale source for peanuts? http://www.moundcity.com/ seems pretty good, but they're in St. Louis, MO. In the Central Valley, try Buchanan Hollow Nut Company, 800-532-1500, in LeGrand, CA. Which reminds me. We

Re: Bookstore gig question

1999-02-19 Thread Brad Bechtel
Cheryl, You might want to call up Amoeba Records in San Francisco and chat with Joe Goldmark, or whoever it is at the Amoeba Records who handles booking in-store appearances. They have showcased just in this month acts ranging from the Bad Livers to Phranc (The All-American Jewish Lesbian

Karl May

1999-02-16 Thread Brad Bechtel
Well, you know after all this talk about Karl May, I'd find something like this: http://karlmay.uni-bielefeld.de/kmg/sprachen/englisch/index.htm If you want the German version, try this: http://karlmay.uni-bielefeld.de/kmg.htm Among untold others, Albert Einstein, Albert Schweitzer and

RE: Shot My Baby Down

1999-02-12 Thread Brad Bechtel
Over You - Aaron Neville Cocaine - Johnny Cash (I don't remember the name of this song, but it's the one about taking a line of cocaine, shooting my baby down, etc.) My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama - Frank Zappa Pardon Me (I've Got Someone To Kill) - Johnny Paycheck

Re: Clip: MP3 article from today's Boston Globe

1999-02-12 Thread Brad Bechtel
I have to admit some curiosity. One of the reasons Sony's MiniDisc has been met with disdain is that it uses a lossy format. MP3 doesn't strike me as all that different, and I do wonder why many people seem to feel so differently about the two. (I'm not implying you have, Brad, just taking off on

RE: Hankdogs?

1999-02-11 Thread Brad Bechtel
Matt sez: Why don't you start one an "alt-country band name generator..." So I sez: http://rrnet.com/~wbeecher/random/randomframe.html does this for rock bands. http://thejam.com/interactive/country_generator.html does this for country bands. http://www.mandolincafe.com/bandnames/bandname.html

Neil Young solo shows in SF Bay area

1999-02-10 Thread Brad Bechtel
Friday March 19: Neil Young, solo, Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, 8 p.m. Saturday March 20: Neil Young, solo, Paramount Theatre, Oakland, 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Sunday at 10 a.m.

Clip: Flipper

1999-02-10 Thread Brad Bechtel
http://www.sfweekly.com/1999/current/music1.html Flipper Redux A half-decade after his band’s demise, Steve DePace is trying to write — and close — the book on Flipper By Mark Athitakis As documents of old punk rock bands go, Flipper’s Live: 1983 is more interesting than most. Part of

Eddie Arnold/Little Roy Wiggins CD suggestion?

1999-02-10 Thread Brad Bechtel
Does anyone know of a good CD featuring Little Roy Wiggins' lap steel playing with Eddie Arnold? There seem to be a few different Arnold compilations, but I'm looking for one featuring his earlier work. Thanks, Brad ___ Brad's Page of Steel:

Re: Fairport Convention/Airplane (was Re: Vital Rock of the 60's - you had to be there man!!)

1999-02-05 Thread Brad Bechtel
"White Rabbit" 45. And, lest we forget, there was Homer's brilliant reference to the Airplane, Starship, and Alan Parsons Project, which I would love to see get quoted here by another Simpsons obsessive. "Now Grand Funk Railroad paved the way for Jefferson Airplane, which cleared the way for

RIP Donald (not David) Lindley

1999-02-04 Thread Brad Bechtel
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

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread Brad Bechtel
And it's my 45th birthday. -B "halfway to 90" B-

Beach Boys

1999-02-03 Thread Brad Bechtel
What Beach Boys albums are you particularly fond of that aren't named Pet Sounds?? Either "Beach Boys Today!" or "Summer Days" would be good if you didn't want "Pet Sounds". Personally I'd just get the greatest hits package, "Endless Summer". http://www.petsounds.com is a pretty good Brian

Triumvirat

1999-02-03 Thread Brad Bechtel
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.

Re: Hank Snow's toupee

1999-02-03 Thread Brad Bechtel
You mean I can BUY hair like that??? Whoo-hoo! I'm a movin' on!

RIP Bill Givens

1999-02-02 Thread Brad Bechtel
From the Hillbilly list: From: Cary Ginell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Givens, founder of the Origin Jazz Library label, one of the first to reissue vintage blues recordings on LP in the early 1960s, died of a sudden heart attack on the morning of January 23. He was 68. Bill had been a close

RE: HNC

1999-01-30 Thread Brad Bechtel
Blah blah categorizing things blah blah drawing boundaries blah blah muddying the waters blah blah exact criteria by which the players are placed in column A or column B. Column A(=bands w/fiddle and/or steel) Column B (bands w/o fiddle and/or steel) mainstream country acts, alt.country

FYI:SF Bay Area RAB/Country Calendar

1999-01-28 Thread Brad Bechtel
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27 Big Sandy the Fly Rite Boys @ Agenda Lounge, 399 S. 1st, SJ 10pm THURSDAY JANUARY 28 Big Sandy the Fly Rite Boys @ Powerhouse Brewing Co., Sebastopol Hot Club of Cowtown @ Morgan's Coffee Tea, Monterey FRIDAY JANUARY 29 Hot Club of

Re: I can't help it...McHale's Navy TV-Rock Fluff

1999-01-26 Thread Brad Bechtel
Obviously it was an outtake they did in an odd (very odd!) moment... And if ANYONE here knows where I can get my hands on a copy of this, please share this information. http://www.moviesunlimited.com/blooper.htm claims to have a whole bunch of such stuff, including: Boob Tube Blunders A

His Gig Is Up

1999-01-26 Thread Brad Bechtel
As posted on the Steel Guitar Forum: Well my gig with LeAnn Rimes is up! The band and crew got the word she was letting us all go while we were in Hawaii this weekend. She has decided to pursue an acting career and cut her singing career back to just a few shows this year. SoI'm

Mendo Bistro in Fort Bragg, CA

1999-01-22 Thread Brad Bechtel
Changed the title to reflect the good news. http://www.fortbragg.com gives a bit more about this lovely town. Definitely worth checking out when you're passing through - I know I'll stop by the next time I'm in the area. Twang content: Due to a family emergency, I didn't get to attend the

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