From: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org (believers-digest) To: believers-digest@smoe.org Subject: believers-digest V3 #170 Reply-To: believers@smoe.org Sender: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk believers-digest Saturday, August 14 1999 Volume 03 : Number 170 In Today's believer's digest: ----------------- Re: Susan at RMFF Lyons, Colo [Gregg ] [none] [owner-believers@smoe.org] Re: [Steve Hodsdon ] Re: believers-digest V3 #168 [CMarie1423@aol.com] Re: dancers as doors [PBCoustic@aol.com] 8/13 Show in Shirley [CMarie1423@aol.com] Re: 8/13 Show in Shirley [Rob Piester ] Re: singing (& dancing & pins & N.E.) ["The Bearded One" Subject: Re: Susan at RMFF Lyons, Colo To Earl Higgins and others who have posted about Susan's upcoming appearance at the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival in Lyons, Colo: RMFF '99 will be my fourth in as many years, all I can say is imo, it's one of the best music festivals and most beautiful venues in the country. Believe me, you won't be disappointed! The grounds are on a former farm/ranchett, surrounded by a beautiful creek with lots of wonderful shade trees for the hot days (and occasional thundershowers), the huge permanent stage is fantastic, and the sound is great. There are plenty of side tents, food booths, dining areas and space to relax and just enjoy .... even if you feel like skipping some of the music (why?), there's plenty of room to hang out by or in the creek. There is a great big bluff towering to the east(?), but the grounds are nearly table flat for the most part. Don't worry, there is a special area for wheel chairs and others with disabilities .... and anyone I've met at the Fest over the years would be happy to help you get your wheelchair moved around. You should have no problem parking and setting up your camping area at the main festival camp grounds to make it easy for you to get in and out. The little town of Lyons is just a few hundred yards from the festival site and well worth at least one trip to enjoy some of the fine Mexican food or great coffee in the morning. I know Susan's going to blow away the festival crowd when she's on the main stage Sunday, and hopefully she'll be jamming up a storm in the side tents during the whole 3 day festival. The main shows are always great, but I've found some of the most amazing and memorable experiences in the tent gigs (the Nields sisters debuting new and not quite finished songs, Lucy Kaplansky singing with almost everyone, Dee Carstensen holding 100 or so lucky folks spellbound with her performance in the gone, but not forgotten "Wild Wood Theater" (wooden building that was flattened during the severe winter of 96-97). See you there! Gregg Humphrey HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 12:06:49 -0400 (EDT) From: owner-believers@smoe.org Subject: [none] [207.18.199.188]) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/daemon-mode-jane) with ESMTP id KAA00234 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 10:22:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mailext12.compaq.com (Postfix, from userid 60001) id 140A157A83; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:18:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mailext12.compaq.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailext12.compaq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1199254602 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:18:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mail.compaq.com([not looked up]) (peer mailint12.compaq.com[207.18.199.190]) by mailext12.compaq.com with SMTP id rcv007574; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:18:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mailint11.im.hou.compaq.com by mail.compaq.com via smail with esmtp id for ; Fri, 13 Aug 99 09:18:17 -0500 (CDT) (/\##/\ Smail3.1.30.16 #30.12 built 25-jun-99) Received: from exchou-gh03.cca.cpqcorp.net([not looked up]) (peer timeout_dns.compaq.com[16.110.248.203]) by mailint12.im.hou.compaq.com with ESMTP id rcv115759; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:18:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: by exchou-gh03bk.im.hou.compaq.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2559.0) id ; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:18:14 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Murphy, Steve" To: believers@smoe.org Subject: RE: Susan's Shirley MA Show Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:18:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2559.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-believers@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Well Believers! My wife (Karen) and I were planning on going to the North Atlantic Folk Festival on Sunday, but we checked the weather on CNN and it says "Washout". One could imagine standing (or sitting for that matter) in the Rain with a 5 and a 2 year old for 6 hours. It wouldn't work out. This leaves us wide open to attend the show in Shirley tonight! So we'll see you all there! We're gonna try to get there early so we can get front row. They serve a good dinner there at a very reasonable price. I think they open the doors at 6:30. I'm glad it worked out this way (a longer Susan Concert) ....but I will miss seeing Christine Lavin and Cheryl Wheeler at the NAFF. Steve HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 12:30:55 -0400 From: Steve Hodsdon Subject: Re: At 12:06 PM 8/13/99 -0400, owner-believers@smoe.org wrote: >a good dinner there at a very reasonable price. I think >they open the doors at 6:30. 6:00pm is when they said they opened for dinner. (So I was told yesterday. I'll be there tonight also. Steve HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:37:26 EDT From: CMarie1423@aol.com Subject: Re: believers-digest V3 #168 Okay, if we're going to bring back this discussion about singing at shows and someone else brought up dancing I just have to share a quick story because it's so ridiculous it's funny--I was seeing one of my favorite pro a cappella groups at a street performance when people started dancing out in front. The group thought it was cool, because it meant they were enjoying the music, but those of us who are shy and were sitting on the ground were annoyed because we couldn't see. Then, a little later when most people had moved off toward the sides, these three teenage girls went right up front, directly in front of the band and were dancing. Okay . . . but the ridiculous part was after that song, for the whole last song, they stayed there--but STOPPED DANCING!! They were just standing there, up front, right in front of the band and a blocking a large crowd which was there . . . it was just ridiculous . . . So, yeah, be kind to other audience members . . . : ) HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 14:35:33 EDT From: PBCoustic@aol.com Subject: Re: dancers as doors In a message dated 8/13/99 12:40:56 PM Central Daylight Time, CMarie1423@aol.com writes: << but STOPPED DANCING!! They were just standing there, up front, right in front of the band and a blocking a large crowd which was there . >> You know, you'd think the performer/band would be considerate enough of their audience to ask them to sit down... I think I would... PB HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 01:04:14 EDT From: CMarie1423@aol.com Subject: 8/13 Show in Shirley WARNING--EXCESSIVELY LONG REVIEW--READ AT YOUR OWN RISK--ONLY FOR OBSESSED SUSAN FANS Such a show tonight!! Yes, tonight--it is 12:23 AM and we got home about fifteen minutes ago and I am detirmined to be the first to post the review and set list this time. Susan was "squirrelly" (her term) tonight; her mind was wild and jumpy. Too much staying awake and travelling . . . but it made for fun banter. She began by informing us that she had been forwarded a note on email that someone heard this song in a grocery store ("Not a Stah Mahket--what's another one?" "Stop & Shop" "Stop & Shop" she repeats with a wry smile). So number one was PETALUMA AFTERNOON Followed by an intro about how she did a workshop with Greg Brown, I think, on sin and then FALL FROM GRACE in which she was just hysterical, starting with, "I should have told a little white lie, a little bone-colored lie, a little beige lie, a little taupe lie . . . " and ending with, "I should have done what the boxer in the clearing did, I should have done . . . I should have 'Li-le-li, li-le-li-li-li-le-li' . . . " (The Boxer, Paul Simon, if it wasn't clear from just the syllables). She finished shaking her head saying, "That was cheap" or something like that, but the audience liked it. Then she did one for all the people (like me!) who had been seeing her since back at Old Vienna, LOTGSG only in the newer "folky" way. It was interesting tonight, it was different than the last time I'd seen it which had also been the "folky" way--I think it was more intense. She finished it with some lines about "she's pretty when she smiles." Afterwards, I don't think with any special intro, was YEAR OF THE BAD PRESIDENT after which of course she had to mention the anniversary a week or so ago and the new movie "Dick." Now, sometime in the beginning around here, and I can't remember when, was the inevitable making fun of Shirley. She asked if they had a motto, then if anyone actually lived there (as far as I could see, none of us did), and if they were known for anything (someone in the back came up with, Mr. Tupper of Tupperware was from there, FYI : ) ), and Susan came up with a motto, but unfortunately I don't remember it. Then came a new one, GYPSY LIPS, VAGABOND MOUTH which was good and full of energy, about what would happen when a person with a "shy gene" dated someone with a "flirt gene" and why it wouldn't last very long. Then I was very excited when I recognized FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT from reading this list, and I agree, it is pretty and like St. Mary's. Then she transitioned with some statement about how love would end and things would change and then TIME BETWEEN TRAINS Then she did one from her collection that she's making of new "old" songs like Cole Porter for a project she wants to do, a CD of them, and this one she co-wrote with Shirley Eikhard, who wrote Something to Talk About, and it was WHY DO YOU BOTHER AT ALL? which of course is just what I'm assuming the title is because she never said. Transitioning to another on this project but on the piano, LATE FOR THE DANCE about making someone wait too long for you. Then, to finish the first set, MOVIE OF MY LIFE Okay, set 2, she started with a rousing YES TO YOU (TAPPAN ZEE) Followed by an intro on how some people have taken vacations alone and discovered they like it, into BRAZIL which I was also pleased to recognize from seeing the name here, and it was very good. At the end, I don't know if this was a usual thing or not, but she was explaining in the song that above Rio de Janeiro is a giant cement Jesus, and at the end she was saying/singing that we should have an exchange program, and the Statue of Liberty should go down there, and bring individualism and financial security, and the Jesus should come here and bring some compassion and . . . empathy I think it was. Then, she said she'd had requests for this one: I STILL BELIEVE Followed by what at first seemed a random mention of the women's World Cup soccer game, leading into how Title 9 was discussed these days, and then of course it was: LIKE BONSAI "If you think it's over," she said, "just travel a little bit and you will see." Then, "for all of the country fans," AIN'T I LONELY TONIGHT Then two more piano songs, the beautiful new CHAINS OF LOVE and then "Love, Shmove," (she said that) and on to MUCH AT ALL Someone called out as she was putting her guitar back on, "The French one!" She seemed to ignore them, and I heard the voice, much quieter, add, "or not!" Susan was humming, then sang some high riff, as if parodying the song . . . then suddenly stepped up to the mike and began LA VIE EN ROSE Halfway through, she stepped away from the mike, and at the end, she thanked the person for requesting it, and confessed she was forgetting the words. No matter, she does the song amazingly, and I don't speak French! Then she did one that she had only done one or two other times in public (I think it was one). I guess it's called NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE It was Do-Re-Mi, with what Susan thought Maria might want to teach the Von Trapp children today--about money! "Dow," up through "Wiltshire" (I remember that one because she said "stock steak sauce" and "S & P" ("Two letters" she said), finally "Bull, the market's going up, Bear, the market's going down, Crash, we all jump off a cliff, which will bring us back to Dow!" After that, she spoke very briefly about "Why are you in such a bad mood?" and she said she wasn't in a bad mood, (I hadn't thought that at all, incidentally) but sometimes she was . . . I don't remember, she must have said insecure or something like that, because she ended with STANDING IN MY OWN WAY Or she thought she ended, because of course we gave her a standing ovation, and for encore she did BABY BOOMER SONG funny as always, and closing with the Beatles HELP Well, if you made it through this whole "review" you should feel like you've seen the show! If you didn't make it, sorry for boring you! Cara HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 22:33:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Rob Piester Subject: Re: 8/13 Show in Shirley Cmarie, I deleted your mail on this reply just to save space on the server. Nonethelss, Great review! Suze is it a bit hard for me these days because she was a first date of someone "that should have been". Apologies to Suze, but the moment(s) is/are still best captured by George Jones' "He stopped loving her today." or Lyle Lovett's "God Will" Anyway, I haven't seen SW "in coon's age" and I hope to catch a show in the DC or Philly area soon. Good night to all. Rob _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 03:24:18 -0400 From: "The Bearded One" Subject: Re: singing (& dancing & pins & N.E.) J. Katherine Rossner wrote: >Does it have to be so black-and-white, all one way or all the other? Thank you J. Katherine. Precisely the reason behind my comments. Glad some got it. (A little tongue in cheek/ a little serious.) If they can do it in Finland we might think about it here. Sorry about the delay on the 2nd round of pins. Picks still not in. Sorry to have missed the Bull Run show. Sounds like it was a special event. Life just wasn't going to permit it. Maybe North Hampton. Maybe Maine. We'll see what life allows. Where was she in NH recently? Keep believing, "The Bearded One" HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ End of believers-digest V3 #170 ******************************* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- This has been a posting from the Susan Werner believers-digest To unsubscribe send mail to Majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe believers-digest" in the body of the message