From: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com (edheads-digest) To: edheads-digest@smoe.org Subject: edheads-digest V5 #191 Reply-To: edheads@efohio.com Sender: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Errors-To: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Precedence: bulk edheads-digest Sunday, August 25 2002 Volume 05 : Number 191 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Bad Night at WolfTrap? ["Ken Stiffler" ] Re: Bad Night at WolfTrap? [Don Semmens ] O, Canada, O, Owen Sound [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 00:45:35 -0400 From: "Ken Stiffler" Subject: RE: Bad Night at WolfTrap? Good Morning. Been lurking awhile, but this is my first post to edheads. Ken Stiffler - - I've come to EFO via Nanci Griffith to The Kennedys to The Nields to EFO. "Actually Not" was my first listen. If I'm within reach of the replay button on the CD player, Three Fine Daughters has probably only passed by with only one listen about two or three times since the first time Actually Not entered the CD player in January 2001. Well, at least I'm sure I remember *once* that I let it continue without hitting the replay button. :) And there have been a *lot* of passes through Actually Not since the first time. Working in London for three weeks that year, there was a CD player/clock combination in the hotel room, and I woke up every morning to "The summer Elvis died. . .". If you have to use an alarm (or is that alarum in the UK?) clock, Julie's voice softens the blow really well. BTW, Three Fine Daughters and Domestic Science Club's "Windmill and the Wind" make a great pair of songs played back to back. Anyway, I'm posting to reply to Ron. Ron wrote: >>Someone on another list said he or she saw EFO at WolfTrap and it was >>a terrible show, and 1/2 the audience left during the second song. >>The first part obviously could just be one person's opinion, but I >>can't imagine 1/2 the audience leaving at the beginning of a set >>unless they were the tail end of a show where there were other acts >>that people came to see. Anyone know anything about this? << There were a few empty sections high and to the sides from the beginning, but there was a good crowd. From where I was sitting (loge center), I couldn't see what happened among the people on the lawn (though there were a lot of them still milling around when I left), but I didn't see anyone leave until the applause before the encore - those people who want to get to their car and beat the traffic. It was a good show, EFO sounded good (at least from way up high where I was sitting), and I don't see any reason why anyone would want to leave unless they were there for Jonatha Brooke, who opened, and couldn't care less about EFO. And while I'm talking about Wolf Trap: There were probably not quite as many people for Nitty Gritty Dirt Band the next night, but I didn't see ANYONE get up before the encore. With the return of John McEuen, a lot of help from Vassar Clements, and a lot of the really old songs getting played, this was a FANTASTIC show, with multiple standing ovations spread across the evening. Those guys may be wacko, but they sure can play. Vassar drew some dancing Dead Heads, too, so that livened things up for awhile, till they were told to sit down. And the 10+ minute version of Ripplin' Waters was worth the price of admission. IMHO, Jimmy Ibbotson is one of the very best songwriters around, and to use his best song for all the band members to take extended solos, is almost too much of a good thing. To see EFO and NGDB on back to back nights made it a great weekend for music - well worth a trip north from Virginia Beach. Plus in between those two shows, I got to visit with a friend I hadn't seen in 23 years. All in all, a very enjoyable weekend, including the EFO show that someone is claiming was "terrible". Ken ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 21:18:39 -0400 From: Don Semmens Subject: Re: Bad Night at WolfTrap? At 05:51 PM 8/23/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Someone on another list said he or she saw EFO at WolfTrap and it was a >terrible >show, and 1/2 the audience left during the second song. The first part >obviously >could just be one person's opinion, but I can't imagine 1/2 the audience >leaving at >the beginning of a set unless they were the tail end of a show where there >were other >acts that people came to see. Anyone know anything about this? Well, even though I was in the 10th row or so, I would think I would notice if thousands of people got up and left after the 2nd song, so the 2nd part is obviously an exaggeration. Of course, I'm a bit biased, but it certainly wasn't a "terrible show." Here's a quote from my review: "Their set last night seemed way too short, but they left their audience wanting more and more and more. It was evident to me that the energy I feel from an efo show with 600 in the audience is just as strong as an efo show with 6,000 in the audience." don dreaming of blue skies (is) where I wanna be -- Regan Don Semmens; Richmond VA; donsem@attbi.com Buy Regan's new CD "Coming or Going?" http://www.cdbaby.com/reganmusic2 Rob Buck Memorial Scholarship Fund http://gottabuck.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 22:48:08 -0400 From: Subject: O, Canada, O, Owen Sound I have not seen anyone post anything about the Summerfolk Festival in Owen Sound, Ontario, and it deserves some attention. This was a well run festival on a beautiful beach located on the Georgian Bay. The three day festival was packed with talent, and about 2/3 Canadian talent that usually doesn't make it to the states. EFO put on great shows for three workshops and the Saturday Night main stage closer: Saturday: EFO played with Michael Kaeshammer Trio in the "Keep it Comin'" workshop. Michael Kaeshammer is a young Canadian phenom pianist. He primarily plays jazz and classical, but was just as adept at playing rockabilly with EFO on a tune. Kaeshammer was trained at an early age in German schools before coming to Toronto with his parents, and is now playing across Canada to bigger crowds. Eddie played some great grooves with his trio on the jembe. EFO closed the Saturday main stage with a great 45 minute set. I thought the highlight was a version of Candido with a guest artist on flute and harp==I think the best Candido I have ever heard. EFO came back with the encore of O, Canada. The crowd loved it, and apparently it was the first time it had been played in the 27 year history of Summerfolk. Sunday: EFO played a wonderful Gospel Workshop with The Burns Sisters (NY), Jonell Mosser (TN), Albert & Gage (TX), and Amanda Stott (Canada). EFO played super versions of Great Day, Walkin' in Jerusalem, and Down to the River to Pray. I was quite enamored with Amanda Stott, another 19 year old phenom from Canada, who has a wonderful voice. Jonell Mosser also has a great blues voice, like Janice Joplin, and she later sang with Bruce Cockburn. They all closed with This Little Light/Will The Circle Be Unbroken. EFO played another Jammin' workshop with Fruit(Australia) and The Bill Hilly Band (Canada). These two bands are great and worth a listen. This workshop consisted of four 12 minute jams, and they grooved hard as well as the audience. The Sunday night closing show with Bruce Cockburn was phenomenal. He played lots of his older songs, but with renewed vigor and finesse. It was a great way to end the festival, and the Canadians were friendly to all who visited. The festival was also very family friendly, and had lots of kids activies and music to keep them busy. There were also lots of great crafts, food, and instruments for sale, you just have to get use to the currency exchange rates while looking at the prices. I highly recommend to the Edheads to come to EFO's next Canadian folk festival. Peace, Wazzy ------------------------------ End of edheads-digest V5 #191 *****************************