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1999-03-08 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Hi, Has anyone seen/heard the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recently? They gonna play a show here in Switzerland. I didn't knew that the band still exists and I am asking if it's worth to go to the show (I would have to travel because it's somewhere in the provinces). Thanks for your advice. Hans

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED) Who's are the Scorchers? NW Some overrated roots band from the 80s. The future of nothing, as far as I can tell. marie As far as I can tell, Jason and the Scorchers was an important cowpunk band. And a hell of a live

Scorchers

1999-03-05 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
BTW: The career of Jason The Scorchers was launched by Jack Emerson. Emerson ist, with Steve Earle, co-founder of E-Squared Records. And Jason Ringenberg was recently one of the presenters of the 1999 Nashville Music Awards. Hans P.

RE: Dusty Springfield

1999-03-03 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: RE: Dusty Springfield Wednesday March 3 6:46 AM ET Singer Dusty Springfield Dies At 59 LONDON (Reuters) - Dusty Springfield, the 1960s British pop star famous for her husky voice and blonde beehive hairdo, has died at the age of 59, her agent said Wednesday. Springfield,

Re: Esther ???

1999-03-02 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: Re: Esther ??? Her name is Eszter Balint. Jamie DePolo wrote: I believe she's the woman who played the main female character in Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise." I think I remember reading something about her father being a jazz musician, but I could have been

RE: Waterloo Top 50/Texas Top 10 - 2.27.99

1999-03-01 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: RE: Waterloo Top 50/Texas Top 10 - 2.27.99 Who is Ginger Mackenzie?? Jerald Corder wrote: Waterloo Texas Top Ten for week ending February 20th, 1999 (...) 3. Ginger Mackenzie - Kismet

RE: Waterloo Top 50/Texas Top 10 - 2.27.99

1999-03-01 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: RE: Waterloo Top 50/Texas Top 10 - 2.27.99 Thank you, Jim. Do you have some more informations? Hans P. Jim_Caligiuri wrote: Who is Ginger Mackenzie?? The next Jewel. I kid you not. JC RFC822 header --- RECEIVED: from SF_Database by

FWD: The Blue Chip Radio Report 3/1/99

1999-03-01 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
-- Date: 1.3.1999 19:40 Uhr From: DelanoBoy THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info March 1, 1999 Bill Miller

Re: Concept albums (was: Tom Russell's new one)

1999-02-24 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: Re: Concept albums (was: Tom Russell's new one) Young aka \\\"The Iceman\\\"\" wrote: Hell, name me 5 concept albums that have worked out well regardless of genre. The concept albums by The Kinks worked out very well: "The Village Green Preservation Society", "Arthur or

Re: Time line?

1999-02-19 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: Re: Time line? John Magee wrote: Who was the first alt.country artist? Hanspeter Eggenberger wrote: I think the line begins with Hank Williams. Christopher M Knaus wrote: How? He was Nashville, popular, mainstream, did adds for just about anything, and wrote songs

Re: Time line?

1999-02-18 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: Re: Time line? John Magee wrote: Who was the first alt.country artist? I think the line begins with Hank Williams. And don't forget Gram Parsons! HP

RE: mainstream country query

1999-02-18 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: RE: mainstream country query BARNARD wrote: I suggested, of the male artists: Vince, George Strait, Alan Jackson. Of the female artists: Reba, Pattly Loveless, Trisha Yearwood. Does that sound about right? Actually, having gotten to thinking about this, I'm curious what

Re: baiting matt cook

1999-02-16 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: Re: baiting matt cook The "less fortune rest of the world"? Heh heh. I think the German label will release "Ghosts of Halleluja" by the end of this month. (I got a copy two weeks ago.) From the fortunate rest o' the world, HP. Matt Cook wrote: March 4th in Austin. The

Granfaloon Bus

1999-02-15 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
I just got the new Granfaloon Bus album "Good Funeral Wheater". I like it very much. I did'nt knew the band before... They gonna play soon some shows here in Switzerland. Anybody has some informations about them? Thanks, HP

Re: Various stuff from yesterday's digest.

1999-02-11 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: Re: Various stuff from yesterday's digest. John Kinnamon wrote: np: Jimmy Lafave, Austin Skyline (anyone know when his new double is due?) LaFave's double album "Trial" is just released (09/02/99).

Re: Various stuff from yesterday's digest.

1999-02-11 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: Re: Various stuff from yesterday's digest. John Kinnamon wrote: np: Jimmy Lafave, Austin Skyline (anyone know when his new double is due?) LaFave's double album Trial is just released (09/02/99).

RE: Artists dropped?

1999-02-05 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: RE: Artists dropped? The closing of Decca left most of the label's artists in the cold including Chris Knight and Danni Leigh. And Dolly Parton. Steve Gardner wrote: Hey, Has anyone heard about any cool alt.country, americana or aaa artists dropped recently due to the

RE: Artists dropped?

1999-02-05 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: RE: Artists dropped? The closing of Decca left most of the label's artists in the cold including Chris Knight and Danni Leigh. And Dolly Parton. Steve Gardner wrote: Hey, Has anyone heard about any cool alt.country, americana or aaa artists dropped recently due to the huge

Re: best so far

1999-02-05 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Antwort an: Re: best so far The correct album title is "The Man from God Knows Where"! Lowell Kaufman wrote: My favorite alt-country record so far is Tom Russell's new record "The Man From Nowhere" -

RE: best so far

1999-02-05 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: RE: best so far - Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band, The Mountain - The Gourds, Ghosts of Hallelujah - Various Artists, Blaze Foley: In Tribute and Loving Memory... Vol. 1 - Tom Russell, The Man From God Knows Where some girl wrote: I need some names for the cream of

RE: best so far

1999-02-05 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: RE: best so far - Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band, The Mountain - The Gourds, Ghosts of Hallelujah - Various Artists, Blaze Foley: In Tribute and Loving Memory... Vol. 1 - Tom Russell, The Man From God Knows Where some girl wrote: I need some names for the cream of

RE: Kuntree Goaks: Delete at will

1999-02-04 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
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

Re: neil's steel

1999-02-03 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: Re: neil's steel Oh yeah, "Tonight's the Night" is one of the best rock albums. Probably the greatest ever. HP Ndubb wrote: Is now a good time to mention that Tonight's the Night just might be the greatest rock album ever? At least in my screwy head it is. Or at least

Covers

1999-02-03 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
I've just heard the new Reckless Kelly album Acoustic Live at Stubb's BBQ with the mind-blowing cover of the Led Zeppelin classic Whole Lotta Love. I like such acoustic versions of great rock songs. Like the stunning Okra All Stars cover of Purple Rain (recentley re-issued). Do you know other

RE: Help find song, Dear Okie

1999-02-01 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: RE: Help find song, Dear Okie Dear Okie is written by Rudy Sooter and Doye O'Dell. It's on the following LPs: - New Lost City Ramblers, Modern Times, Folways FTS 31028 (1968) (or on CD: New Lost City Ramblers, Volume II 1963-1973: Out Standing in Their Field,