From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V1 #51 Reply-To: good-noise@smoe.org Sender: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk good-noise-digest Sunday, December 6 1998 Volume 01 : Number 051 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Wolf-trap VA, 12/3/98 Setlist and commentary [Chris and Rosemary Thor] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 10:34:05 -0500 From: Chris and Rosemary Thorpe Subject: Re: Wolf-trap VA, 12/3/98 Setlist and commentary Sorry about that, Let Them In Peter was the encore. Thanks for story about the song, now all I have to do is find the disc. - --Chris At 12:31 AM 12/5/98 EST, you wrote: >haviland@erols.com writes: > ><< 20. Let Them In (John/Guitar, Andy and Jennifer) > I was not familiar with this song, but it is > a very beautiful song. It is a prayer to St. Peter > to allow people into heaven. It appears to be only > on a Red House sampler CD called "House on Fire II". > Does anyone have this CD? >> > >First off, WOW, what a great show. I wish I had been there. Great review, so >thanks for sharing. > >As for Let Them In Peter. David WIlcox has recorded this song and that is >where I first heard it. The story attached to this song is that a friend of >John's gave him the words. It appeared to be a poem and was written during >World War II. The friend's Mother was a nurse in the Philippines during the >war and it is unclear whether it was written by a nurse or a wounded solider. >John worked on the words and the result is that song. Pretty cool story huh? > >I do not have that sampler CD, and to me, the Wilcox version is enough to have >and listen to. Hearing John do it occasionally in concert is a wonderful >thing to look forward to. > >Any encores in this show? >Adios, Bryn > ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V1 #51 *******************************