From: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com (edheads-digest) To: edheads-digest@smoe.org Subject: edheads-digest V3 #139 Reply-To: edheads@efohio.com Sender: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Errors-To: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Precedence: bulk edheads-digest Thursday, October 12 2000 Volume 03 : Number 139 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: I'm OUT! [Clay Chilcoat ] "farmer brown" question... [Thomas Ehrhardt ] Re: EFO Demographics [Nicole Carlson ] Re: "farmer brown" question... ["Susan Cable" ] Re: "farmer brown" question... ["John McIntyre" ] Re: "farmer brown" question... [Ellen Buckley ] Re: "farmer brown" question... ["John McIntyre" ] Re: EFO Demographics ["Kerry Frey" ] ...continuing the line... [spotydog@vt.edu] Re: "farmer brown" question... [tallwoods@earthlink.net] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:02:50 -0400 From: Clay Chilcoat Subject: Re: I'm OUT! At 09:51 AM 10/12/00 -0500, John Sikora wrote: >Hi All, I'm John, and I live in Chicago, IL. I saw the band for the first >time in Bloomington, IN about 4 years ago while in grad school at Indiana >University (I think the only time they have played Indiana, correct me if >I'm wrong). They have since played in Indianapolis, and I was at a show in Bloomington in a little bar with only about 15 people, but I don't remember an opening act. I DO remember some women wearing prom-type dresses at the show, for what it's worth. It would have been late '97 or early '98. Clay ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:39:59 -0400 From: Thomas Ehrhardt Subject: "farmer brown" question... I was wondering if anyone knows the story behind the "farmer Brown" song? Has anyone heard any explanations at concerts about the songs origins.... Did this tragic event really happen? Is there a "3 sister's Rock" in Halifax county I assume that's in VA...or did Mike just make this all-up! If he did he has quite an imagination :) any help would be appreciated! Thanks TomE *to the folks that provide the T-shirts at the live shows..Please bring a lot more of the Brick colored "folkin' excellent shirts" than you have in the past...when you play Variety Playhouse in December!!!! Everytime I try to buy one you've sold out!!! Plus I want to give some (3) to friends in Ohio/Illinois for Christmas!!!!! Do they run out of brick at other shows too? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:37:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole Carlson Subject: Re: EFO Demographics On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 Dmharold@aol.com wrote: >EFO is always > playing at our house, in the car, etc. EFO plays in your CAR?! Dang, you're lucky. Out of curiosity, where do they put the drum kit? - --nicole twn *** "Never chase a man off a cliff."--from "Due South" Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn nmcarlson@ucdavis.edu ana.ng@tmbg.org carlsonn@seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:41:04 -0400 From: "Susan Cable" Subject: Re: "farmer brown" question... In the Potomac here in D.C. - I am told - there exists the "Three Sisters Island(s). There is a local myth about them that has to do with warring Indian tribes. Three young women crossed the river to either retrieve their warrior/husbands' dead bodies or to avenge their deaths. They didn't make it across the river. The three islands are supposed to mark the spot where they drowned. Can anyone corroborate? >>> Thomas Ehrhardt 10/12 2:39 PM >>> I was wondering if anyone knows the story behind the "farmer Brown" song? Has anyone heard any explanations at concerts about the songs origins.... Did this tragic event really happen? Is there a "3 sister's Rock" in Halifax county I assume that's in VA...or did Mike just make this all-up! If he did he has quite an imagination :) any help would be appreciated! Thanks TomE *to the folks that provide the T-shirts at the live shows..Please bring a lot more of the Brick colored "folkin' excellent shirts" than you have in the past...when you play Variety Playhouse in December!!!! Everytime I try to buy one you've sold out!!! Plus I want to give some (3) to friends in Ohio/Illinois for Christmas!!!!! Do they run out of brick at other shows too? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:57:17 -0400 From: Ellen Buckley Subject: Re: EFO Demographics Nicole Carlson wrote: > >EFO is always playing at our house, in the car, etc. > > EFO plays in your CAR?! Dang, you're lucky. Out of curiosity, where do > they put the drum kit? ok, i totally thought the same thing when i read that. ;) peace, ellen (who has invited moxy fruvous to play her living room and even offered margaritas and excellent guacamole, but they haven't taken the bait) - -- 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ellen P. Buckley ebuckley@usra.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:53:01 -0700 From: "John McIntyre" Subject: Re: "farmer brown" question... Actually, Tom, we're all awash in brick colored shirts at all shows except those you attend. I'm amazed you haven't noticed members of the band snickering backstage as they again deny you brick colored shirts--those lovable scamps! >>> Thomas Ehrhardt 10/12 11:39 AM >>> I was wondering if anyone knows the story behind the "farmer Brown" song? Has anyone heard any explanations at concerts about the songs origins.... Did this tragic event really happen? Is there a "3 sister's Rock" in Halifax county I assume that's in VA...or did Mike just make this all-up! If he did he has quite an imagination :) any help would be appreciated! Thanks TomE *to the folks that provide the T-shirts at the live shows..Please bring a lot more of the Brick colored "folkin' excellent shirts" than you have in the past...when you play Variety Playhouse in December!!!! Everytime I try to buy one you've sold out!!! Plus I want to give some (3) to friends in Ohio/Illinois for Christmas!!!!! Do they run out of brick at other shows too? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:06:43 -0400 From: Ellen Buckley Subject: Re: "farmer brown" question... Susan Cable wrote: > > In the Potomac here in D.C. - I am told - there exists the "Three Sisters Island(s). There is a local myth about them that has to do with warring Indian tribes. Three young women crossed the river to either retrieve their warrior/husbands' dead bodies or to avenge their deaths. They didn't make it across the river. The three islands are supposed to mark the spot where they drowned. > > Can anyone corroborate? i found evidence that there IS a Three Sisters Island in the Potomac, but no sign of the story yet. http://www.gmu.edu/bios/Potomac/facts.htm peace, ellen p.s. there's also a TSI near niagara falls. - -- 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ellen P. Buckley ebuckley@usra.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:58:07 -0700 From: "John McIntyre" Subject: Re: "farmer brown" question... If things haven't changed since I moved away a million years ago, Three Sisters Islands are less islands than they are a troika of rock formations emerging from the Potomac that are easily seen from the George Washington Memorial Parkway as one travels to/from DC on the VA side slightly upstream from the City. Don't know about any myths, however... >>> "Susan Cable" 10/12 11:41 AM >>> In the Potomac here in D.C. - I am told - there exists the "Three Sisters Island(s). There is a local myth about them that has to do with warring Indian tribes. Three young women crossed the river to either retrieve their warrior/husbands' dead bodies or to avenge their deaths. They didn't make it across the river. The three islands are supposed to mark the spot where they drowned. Can anyone corroborate? >>> Thomas Ehrhardt 10/12 2:39 PM >>> I was wondering if anyone knows the story behind the "farmer Brown" song? Has anyone heard any explanations at concerts about the songs origins.... Did this tragic event really happen? Is there a "3 sister's Rock" in Halifax county I assume that's in VA...or did Mike just make this all-up! If he did he has quite an imagination :) any help would be appreciated! Thanks TomE *to the folks that provide the T-shirts at the live shows..Please bring a lot more of the Brick colored "folkin' excellent shirts" than you have in the past...when you play Variety Playhouse in December!!!! Everytime I try to buy one you've sold out!!! Plus I want to give some (3) to friends in Ohio/Illinois for Christmas!!!!! Do they run out of brick at other shows too? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:14:18 -0400 From: "Kerry Frey" Subject: Re: EFO Demographics I'm Kerry, in Herndon, VA. I first saw EFO at the Alexandria Waterfront Festival (I went to see the Pat McGee Band), and loved them. I've since seen them at the Barns and the Birchmere, and may make it to a November Birchmere show. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 18:28:06 -0400 From: spotydog@vt.edu Subject: ...continuing the line... My name is Scott Rapier and I am a 30 yr old undergraduate at Virginia Tech studying Horticulture. I was introduced to the band by an ex-girlfriend who is still here, and have a current girlfriend who has been into them since the beginning. ...kinda weird the way that all works out, eh? I used to be an auto mechanic in Charlottesville, and worked across the street from the Blue Moon Diner, where Mike's brother John used to work, and he got me hooked on taping the shows. So...I try and get a copy of all the ones that I appear at, of course. In fact, after I hooked up with Karen (current girlfriend), we realized that we could hear her on one of my EFO tapes from a show at the Lyric here in the Burg...that was sorta strange... As things worked out, last fall I bought tickets for this cruise deal for Karen for her Xmas present and I am sitting here trying to figure out what to pack and learning how to use my new toy purchased specifically for this trip, a mini-disc recorder. (I probably shouldn't mention that...) So - we depart in the morning out of Roanoke and we'll give an update upon returning... Wishing all the best - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:46:28 -0400 From: tallwoods@earthlink.net Subject: Re: "farmer brown" question... Actually the story of the Three Fine Daughters of Farmer Brown derives from a book entitled "Ghosts: Washington's Most Famous Ghost Stories", (now out of print) that tells the ghost story behind the three sisters islands (really rock outcroppings from the floor of the Potomac River). Legend says that if you paddle your canoe through the rocks, you can hear the screams of the three women who drowned. Mike used this story for a basis of the song, but also twisted some lyrics like Fairfax County to Halifax County. I have canoed that section of the river and have yet to hear any screams, except from Capitol Hill. Peace, The Grand Wazoo - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McIntyre" To: Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 2:58 PM Subject: Re: "farmer brown" question... > If things haven't changed since I moved away a million years ago, Three Sisters Islands are less islands than they are a troika of rock formations emerging from the Potomac that are easily seen from the George Washington Memorial Parkway as one travels to/from DC on the VA side slightly upstream from the City. Don't know about any myths, however... > > >>> "Susan Cable" 10/12 11:41 AM >>> > In the Potomac here in D.C. - I am told - there exists the "Three Sisters Island(s). There is a local myth about them that has to do with warring Indian tribes. Three young women crossed the river to either retrieve their warrior/husbands' dead bodies or to avenge their deaths. They didn't make it across the river. The three islands are supposed to mark the spot where they drowned. > > Can anyone corroborate? > > >>> Thomas Ehrhardt 10/12 2:39 PM >>> > I was wondering if anyone knows the story behind the "farmer Brown" song? > > Has anyone heard any explanations at concerts about the songs origins.... > Did this tragic event really happen? Is there a "3 sister's Rock" in Halifax > county I assume that's in VA...or did Mike just make this all-up! If he did > he has quite an imagination :) > > any help would be appreciated! > Thanks TomE > > *to the folks that provide the T-shirts at the live shows..Please bring a > lot more of the Brick colored "folkin' excellent shirts" than you have in > the past...when you play Variety Playhouse in December!!!! Everytime I try > to buy one you've sold out!!! Plus I want to give some (3) to friends in > Ohio/Illinois for Christmas!!!!! Do they run out of brick at other shows > too? > > > ------------------------------ End of edheads-digest V3 #139 *****************************