From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V7 #383 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Tuesday, November 19 2002 Volume 07 : Number 383 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] The Only Face - Jools Holland style [KWil632057@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] a really good time/give a dog a bone? [KRNCHSE@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] a really good time/give a dog a bone? [Colleen Matan ] Re: [AVALON] From MattnDC (thru RDeagle) [KB Porter ] Re: [AVALON] Poll Results ["Bryan S. Richards" ] [AVALON] Matt, as himself, chastened [MWhealton@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] OT Free [Daniel Atterbom ] Re: [AVALON] The Only Face - Jools Holland style ["thom.wallace" ] [AVALON] Beatclub tonight on VH1 ["S. Thomsen" The 9:30 Club had been the first show of the _As Time Goes By_ tour and > that topic came up while we were chatting with Lucy. And with her > assistance I was was finally able to resolve a long-standing bone of > contention that John Dillon and I have been carrying for a few years now. And that was..............? Regards, DM well i'm drunk today......... ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:35:10 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] a really good time/give a dog a bone? On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 KRNCHSE@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/17/2002 8:24:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, cjem@his.com > writes: > > > The 9:30 Club had been the first show of the _As Time Goes By_ tour and > > that topic came up while we were chatting with Lucy. And with her > > assistance I was was finally able to resolve a long-standing bone of > > contention that John Dillon and I have been carrying for a few years now. > > And that was..............? The sequence of events and bass players even before (and even as) the first notes of the tour had been played. Colleen (I'm not really an anorak. I just play one sometime on Avalon.) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:57:50 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] Born Again! "... & my DC friend Matt (who wants to join the list) " LET HIM JOIN!!! What great fun! Any guy who likes country swing is all right by me! I LOVED our meetup - Richard, Matt, Don, Dave (I apologize for calling you guys nearly every name under the sky except for your given ones. But you newly met men are forever endeared - interned, figuratively speaking, in my heart. Did someone say there'd be trolls out that night? ;) THRILLED to visit with the ever handsome, but this time smaller, group of Epsteins - Linda, I was told 'you were the "spotter" and I was the "runner" - did we make a great team or what! Also, Special thanks to you for insuring my ride would wait for me. I remain ENTIRELY GRATEFUL to Heather and Emma for their companionship, transport, and AMAZING patience - Richard did we really stand in the coat check line for ~ 45 minutes! Unreal. DEAR J'OB, come back and visit us anytime. Thank you for the Sam Adams, and give Penny a super hug. So NICE to finally meet the UNDERSTATED Johnny Reese, wish I'd had the opportunity to have spent some time getting to know you - the same goes for the very tall John Dillon, and the more petite Colleen. And, yes, M - ELEGANT, just as Heather wrote. A very SPECIAL THANK YOU to ALL (especially to Richard for the gentle but effective maneuvering nudges toward better stage position) for your good care, informally acting as my 'handlers'. I hope you do realize what a helpless case I truly am, didn't you walk away wondering how I've managed to get by all these years? Fantastic gig - I could have died and gone to Ferry Wonderland a sassy sibling of the Cheshired! MEOW. Yours purrringly, KBP ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:04:15 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] From MattnDC (thru RDeagle) "Boohoo - no one remembered Emma!" I remembered Emma! - I'd never forget such a wonderful and kind person. It is always a pleasure to visit with you two! Should I pout, now? ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 07:10:56 -0800 (PST) From: dimples Subject: [AVALON] Ferry mines his past and comes up with GOLD - NY Daily News Review From today's NY Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/36290p-34268c.html Many different Bryan Ferrys converged on the Beacon Theater stage Friday night. By turns, he was a German art singer, a French chanteur, a celtic troubadour, a British glam-rock dandy, and an American funkateer. Yet in all these guises Ferry was furiously himself. For 30 years now - as both the frontman for Roxy Music and in his solo career - Ferry has plowed through various sonic styles with a ravenous appetite. Yet he has retained a set character all the while - a man of taste and ilan who is hopeful and foolish enough to ruin himself for love. He's Dirk Bogard mixed with Cary Grant, a sophisticate doomed by his own need and discernment for beauty. Ferry opened this show at love's lowest point. "I want to be alone," he repeatedly quavered, a la Garbo, in his 1994 ballad "The Only Face." "No one else could ever be so blue." He followed it with Dietrich's glowering "Falling In Love Again." For the next 90 minutes, this still-dashing 57-year-old star backpedaled through his career, making stops at every significant turn. For longtime fans, it was a well-selected, 22-song set - and a nice contrast to Ferry's last two roadshows. In 1999, the dapper singer played the Beacon with a small orchestra, performing taut and torchy versions of American standards. In the summer of 2001, he reunited with the main members of Roxy Music for the first time in nearly two decades. By definition, the latter roadshow favored Roxy material over Ferry's equally significant solo work. Friday's event had greater breadth, befitting Ferry's latest release, "Frantic," his brightest solo album since 1978's "The Bride Stripped Bare." The new album, comprised of covers and original tunes, melds the energy of Ferry's '70s solo work with the unashamed passion of his '80s and '90s efforts. It also avoids the pitfalls that befell the latter. For many of the last 20 years, Ferry created records of such exquisite understatement that they threatened to disappear into thin air. Production gloss overwhelmed the material at every turn. Here the songs found new melodic definition and rhythmic spine. The nine musicians in Ferry's band brought out all the sophisticated funk in "Limbo," the Celtic beauty of "Carrickfergus," and the operatic sweep in "My Only Love." They moved deftly from the chic beats of songs like "Tara" and "Slave To Love," to the manic ones of "Do The Strand" and "The Thrill Of It All." Roxy Music's drummer Paul Thompson ably anchored the band, while Ferry's frequent sidekick, Chris Spedding, offered guitar solos of grandeur. Ferry himself was in fine croon - whether performing lounge numbers ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"), R&B ("Let's Stick Together"), folk-rock ("It's All Over Now Baby Blue"), funk ("Cruel"), pop ("Fool For Love"), glam-rock ("Tokyo Joe"), or disco ("Love Is The Drug"). He was most effective with his shimmering falsetto, used in songs like the acoustic covers of Dylan's "Don't Think Twice" or Carole King's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" Here Ferry showed the most crucial skill of an interpretative singer - to deliver anyone's songs as only you can. Dimples - I had a great time. "Like the lips, like the look, like the way you show it. Your the kind of girl that I like you know it." - Goin' Nowhere - Chris Isaak Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 07:21:56 -0800 From: "PeteK" Subject: [AVALON] Bryan's start time ? I plan on going to Hollywood a little early on Saturday Night. Although I would like to catch some of Ms. Sorbara's performance, I am most concerned about when Bryan goes on stage. The tickets say 8:00 P.M. So, I'm guessing 9:15 ish. If anyone can help me out on start time, I would be grateful. Running out of time. NP Bryan Ferry, Alphaville (the song) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:32:02 -0000 From: "Bryan S. Richards" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Poll Results After greedily gorging on the results that Steve has so graciously supplied for us it's quite thought provoking to realise how diverse a bunch we are on this list. Myself, I am totally early Roxy. I've always considered Roxy and Bryan as two separate entities and, although having listened to all BF albums, have never been greatly enamoured of his solo output. Even to the point that on their first reunion in '79 I believed that Roxy had become more of a vehicle for future BF projects rather than the group that I followed with such devotion in the early to mid 70's. Ok, I know you're going to say that BF was the driving force behind early Roxy but it seemed, at least to me, that they were a group each with their own individual contribution. But if you compare the last 3 Roxy albums with anything done as a solo effort since Boys and Girls you can see where BF was going. Not that I'm complaining, as there's quite a lot of output from him that I really enjoy, but I can't quite raise the excitement level for him as a solo artist as I could for early Roxy and, in particular, the reunion tour last year. Just my opinion. Bryan ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 16:53:01 -0000 From: "Fiske, Jocelyn" Subject: [AVALON] Geordie footie >I was surprised to hear from TGPT himself that he is not a soccer fan at all, although through a haze, I think he said he quite liked the way Shearer performed. I thought all Geordies were footy fans. Isn't that right Jocelyn? Well all the ones north of the Tyne are (even if they end up on another Continent like Helen) And by definition, if you're South of the Tyne you're a plastic Geordie and therefore excused (and any further South, a Maccum and therefore executed). I often feel sorry for poor old PT, I know he's not a Toon follower but still proceed to bore him whitless with the progress (or otherwise) of not only our first team but also the reserves and the academy boys. TGPT in turn feigns being in a coma. While I'm here I would also like to doff my hat to the utter graciousness of our Dutch friends in football defeat. Not only have they wished The Toon the ultimate success in the Champions League after our victory over the mighty Feynoord last week (fat chance with our draw but a great excuse to gallivant off to Barca and Inter Milan) but Joep also sent me a promised consolation prize even though we won. So many thanks to Joep, Ed and Dick, you're all always welcome at St James' Park. Now back to some lazy sod in winkle pickers. Booby Robson ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 13:44:26 -0500 From: MWhealton@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Matt, as himself, chastened Hello Avalonites, Avaloneurs, and Avalonesses: Since this is my first posting under my own name, the following is in order: I publiclye do hereby repent for ptomaine crispy duck and for leaving out Emma. Really, Emma, there were just so many folks at once to get to know. Next time, let's chat for a few. It'd be nice to learn about MCC. KB, it was a hoot. You make an excellent runner. Pilloried at the post and listening for the lash, Matt ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:56:29 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] OT Free This is OT. If you do no want anything OT, delete this now. Do not complain. Do not pass go, do not collect any money. :-) The magazine I edit is running a column of the group Free. There is a picture scanned from the box, a set I do not own. Is there anyone of this list that, if I email a PDF, a) own the Free box set and can identify the other three then Paul Kossof? or b) can identify all of them anyway? Please respond in private, no need to tell the others that you like Free. :-9 I do. Thanks. Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:05:08 -0000 From: "thom.wallace" Subject: Re: [AVALON] The Only Face - Jools Holland style - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 2:02 PM Subject: [AVALON] The Only Face - Jools Holland style > I've just invested in the Jools Holland compilation featuring a piano and > harmonica led version of The Only Face. After hearing it, you can tell it was > recorded in just 3 takes. Truly terrible, especially seeing as all the other > tracks on the lp are fairly 'up'. > This certainly doesn't do Ferry ANY favours and people who buy it are sure to > skip this track. > > Very poor. Sorry Jonathan, But I reckon you'r way off the mark on this one. I also purchased this album today and think the new version of "The Only Face" is excellent. A nice mix of the studio and live versions that he's done with just a little grove in there thanks to Holland. Ok. maybe his voice is mixed a tad high, but hell I love this and I'm notoriously hard to please. Interesting to hear a bit of harmonica in there as well, this is a must for everybody's BF collections. Verry Good, just a pity that it's not a couple of minutes longer. A vary happy, Tom. Tom. You can also contact me at: TomWallace@vivaroxymusic.com ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:43:07 -0500 From: "Linda Epstein" Subject: [AVALON] Good show Sat at the 9:30 Club Wanted to say hello to everyone who met up with us in one form or another Saturday night. Dinner with KPB, Emma, Heather, Richard, Matt, Don and Dave at Bua Thai was delicious and a fine start to the evening. Bless you to all who had umbrellas as we stood out in the rain waiting for the doors to open (and put up with my "little dance"). What a great show! And Christopher even enjoyed it, too, although his favorite part was going up to Lucy afterwards and letting her know how much he enjoyed it. I was quite impressed with how much Christopher remembered the players from the Roxy show at Merriweather last summer til this one! I loved hearing Boys and Girls and Slave to Love. And howabout that Woolly Bully! As soon as it started I turned to Heather and we were cheering- everyone else around us didn't get "it." What fun to shout out to Colleen and John (and John) from up in the balcony and then have another Avalonian come up and say, "You must be listers!" Great to meet you Herman! A woman came up to me as I was talking with Paul after the show and said "I saw you during the show [my favorite spot at the 9:30 Club- upstairs in the balcony, along the rail, to the left of the stage] and you knew all the songs! You were really enjoying yourself!" um... Yeah! And then there was the other woman who overheard we were on a listserv for Bryan Ferry. "How much is there to talk about?" um... To quote William Sommers "*SMACK*" And what fun to get a wave from Bryan as he left and boarded the bus!!! And John- my husband goes by Christopher Root, but more often than not he is confused as Mr. Epstein. He just sighs. That's what he gets with a wife who was a photographer/is a picture editor and never changed her byline. Let's do it again! Soon! - ----- Linda D. Epstein Bureau Photo Editor Knight Ridder Tribune lepstein@krtinfo.com ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:00:41 -0000 From: "thom.wallace" Subject: [AVALON] The Only Face - Credits The Only Face (Ferry) Bryan Ferry - Vocal & Harmonica Jools Holland - Piano Gibson Lavis - Drums & Percussion/Timpani Dave Swift - Bass Recorded 3rd October 2002 Prduced, engineered & mixed - Laurie Latham You can also contact me at: TomWallace@vivaroxymusic.com ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:09:32 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: [AVALON] The Only Face - Credits At 08:00 PM 11/18/2002 +0000, thom.wallace wrote: >The Only Face >(Ferry) > >Bryan Ferry - Vocal & Harmonica >Jools Holland - Piano >Gibson Lavis - Drums & Percussion/Timpani >Dave Swift - Bass Surely that's Jool's ex-Squeeze-mate Gilson Lavis on drums... later, Miles ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:12:05 +0100 From: "S. Thomsen" Subject: [AVALON] VH1 Roxy concert now! Beatclub ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:25:21 +0100 From: "S. Thomsen" Subject: [AVALON] Beatclub tonight on VH1 My god....such clothes! ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 23:38:47 -0000 From: "Philip Adams" Subject: Re: [AVALON] GOLD - NY Daily News Review > http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/36290p-34268c.html > > >...." solo work with the unashamed passion of his '80s and '90s efforts. It also avoids the pitfalls that befell the latter. " >..." Here Ferry showed the most crucial skill of an interpretative singer - to deliver anyone's songs as only you can.".. hey, well said. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:25:33 -0600 From: "Paula Brown" Subject: [AVALON] CNN Money - Streetlife (short review 11/18/02) BRYAN FERRY Went to his concert on Friday. Absolutely first rate! Bryan Ferry is a genius -- you know him, counterculture lounge lizard, former Roxy Music head. Hard to describe. The band was excellent, big great guitar players...several incredibly fetching singers/percussionists (a Ferry trademark)...a great singer, a funny dancer...If the world was more like a Bryan Ferry concert, we would all be in much better shape.... Oh, and of course, the whole point: The name of this column, "Street Life," comes from a Bryan Ferry song..."Jealous Guy," "Love is the Drug," and of course "Do the Strand." ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:07:55 EST From: LizzieJim@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Frantic Tour books Hi I'm going tomorrow nite. Can anyone tell me if their are tourbooks on sale and how much they are and what else is also on sale and worth getting so I know how much to bring? Also how is this opening act? It's a woman's name I can't remember. Much appreciated! Janeen ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V7 #383 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest