From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V2 #64 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 Saturday, May 22 1999 Volume 02 : Number 064 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Gorka experience and a request [votels ] Gorka in MA ["David Forrester" ] Re: Gorka experience and a request ["Wayne Dorio" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 08:18:17 -0400 From: votels Subject: Gorka experience and a request Hi everyone: I've related my first JG experience here before, but in the interest of keeping the discussion group active and expanding on this thread: Back in 1988, I was editor of a small daily newspaper in eastern Maryland. As luck would have it, I hired a reporter who grew up in Colorado who was a folk music fan and singer. She and I worked at the paper together and I once got the chance to perform some children's songs in a school. Tracy and I were talking about it and she offered to come sing with me. We worked up a set of children's songs and performed them. Afterward, she made a tape of "I Know," and handed it to me, saying that after working with me as a singer, "I know you're gonna like this." I had always been a fan of Judy Garland, and "Heart Upon Command" really floored me. The whole album really got to me. Tracy was right! I wore that cassette out and went to the music store and found "Land of the Bottom Line." Since then, I have been among the first to buy his albums as they are released. It took me a couple of years to finally get around to going to see John live, and now I go every chance I get. I've made the pilgrimage several times to Godfrey Daniels to see John play where it all started. I got to see him perform "Part of Your Own" for his mother at Godfrey Daniels. How incredible! He is a wonderful person and songwriter and going to his concerts has introduced me to other singer-songwriters. Since I dabble in songwriting and performing, too, this has been quite an experience and inspiration for me. Other performers like Hugh Blumenfeld and Lucy Kaplansky, who I first heard by way of JG concerts and records have led me to still other influences and friendships and concerts and they have encouraged me to continue to write the songs that are in my heart. The addition of the Internet and discussion groups like this one have further expanded my horizons, giving me a place to use my abilities as a writer to review concerts and keep up with the music I love. I should add that JG's music has been a family influence, too. My younger daughter Jackie is a big fan of JG and Lucy and has met them both. I know how much music influenced me as I was growing up and I am glad she and I can share this -- something I never was able to share with my own parents. I love surprising Jackie with concert tickets. Last Easter, she and I saw Lucy perform twice in two days and it was a wonderful time for both of us. And for the request. When Hugh Blumenfeld opened for John at Godfrey's several years back, he performed a Pierce Pettis song for his encore. It was "I Will Be Here," which he did as a sing-along, from Pierce's album "Chase The Buffalo." Here's the story from the Pierce Pettis Web site: "We regret that 'Chase The Buffalo' is no longer available from NOMA -- or anywhere else for that matter. Windham Hill / High Street records was acquired last year by Bertelsman Music Group (BMG) and has elected to remove Pierce Pettis' titles from their catalog. It appears they have also destroyed all remaining inventory of 'Chase The Buffalo,' although we suspect the masters are still languishing in a vault somewhere. We are working with Pierce to correct this situation, but there is no way for us to know when the CD will become available. If you know any executives at BMG, you might call them a few hundred times and ask them to release the masters so that Pierce can reproduce the CD. Otherwise, if you would like to be notified (if and) when it does become available, please send a message to orderdsk@songs.com and we will let you know when it comes in." I saw Pierce Wednesday night at Baldwin's Station in Sykesville, Md., which is a wonderful folk venue, I might add. If you know Pierce's music, you know how important it is to have this pivotal album available. Pierce's latest disc, "Everything Matters," is stirring. But does anyone in this group have a copy of "Chase the Buffalo" they would tape for a trade? If so, please e-mail me privately. - -- Jay Votel votels@dmv.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:56:50 -0400 From: "David Forrester" Subject: Gorka in MA Hi folks, Are any fellow Boston-area Gorkites going to see John at the Blackthorn Tavern in South Easton this Sunday? I sure am and if you want to meet there and chitchat, feel free to let me know. Cheers, Dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:59:49 +0000 From: "Wayne Dorio" Subject: Re: Gorka experience and a request Hi - I'm new to the list and have a question that may sound strange. My wife swears that gorka's distintive voice does the theme song for the kid's show franklin? Can anybody confirm or deny this? thanks _______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Gorka experience and a request From: good-noise@smoe.org at Nettalk-GW Date: 5/21/99 7:18 AM Hi everyone: I've related my first JG experience here before, but in the interest of keeping the discussion group active and expanding on this thread: Back in 1988, I was editor of a small daily newspaper in eastern Maryland. As luck would have it, I hired a reporter who grew up in Colorado who was a folk music fan and singer. She and I worked at the paper together and I once got the chance to perform some children's songs in a school. Tracy and I were talking about it and she offered to come sing with me. We worked up a set of children's songs and performed them. Afterward, she made a tape of "I Know," and handed it to me, saying that after working with me as a singer, "I know you're gonna like this." I had always been a fan of Judy Garland, and "Heart Upon Command" really floored me. The whole album really got to me. Tracy was right! I wore that cassette out and went to the music store and found "Land of the Bottom Line." Since then, I have been among the first to buy his albums as they are released. It took me a couple of years to finally get around to going to see John live, and now I go every chance I get. I've made the pilgrimage several times to Godfrey Daniels to see John play where it all started. I got to see him perform "Part of Your Own" for his mother at Godfrey Daniels. How incredible! He is a wonderful person and songwriter and going to his concerts has introduced me to other singer-songwriters. Since I dabble in songwriting and performing, too, this has been quite an experience and inspiration for me. Other performers like Hugh Blumenfeld and Lucy Kaplansky, who I first heard by way of JG concerts and records have led me to still other influences and friendships and concerts and they have encouraged me to continue to write the songs that are in my heart. The addition of the Internet and discussion groups like this one have further expanded my horizons, giving me a place to use my abilities as a writer to review concerts and keep up with the music I love. I should add that JG's music has been a family influence, too. My younger daughter Jackie is a big fan of JG and Lucy and has met them both. I know how much music influenced me as I was growing up and I am glad she and I can share this -- something I never was able to share with my own parents. I love surprising Jackie with concert tickets. Last Easter, she and I saw Lucy perform twice in two days and it was a wonderful time for both of us. And for the request. When Hugh Blumenfeld opened for John at Godfrey's several years back, he performed a Pierce Pettis song for his encore. It was "I Will Be Here," which he did as a sing-along, from Pierce's album "Chase The Buffalo." Here's the story from the Pierce Pettis Web site: "We regret that 'Chase The Buffalo' is no longer available from NOMA -- or anywhere else for that matter. Windham Hill / High Street records was acquired last year by Bertelsman Music Group (BMG) and has elected to remove Pierce Pettis' titles from their catalog. It appears they have also destroyed all remaining inventory of 'Chase The Buffalo,' although we suspect the masters are still languishing in a vault somewhere. We are working with Pierce to correct this situation, but there is no way for us to know when the CD will become available. If you know any executives at BMG, you might call them a few hundred times and ask them to release the masters so that Pierce can reproduce the CD. Otherwise, if you would like to be notified (if and) when it does become available, please send a message to orderdsk@songs.com and we will let you know when it comes in." I saw Pierce Wednesday night at Baldwin's Station in Sykesville, Md., which is a wonderful folk venue, I might add. If you know Pierce's music, you know how important it is to have this pivotal album available. Pierce's latest disc, "Everything Matters," is stirring. But does anyone in this group have a copy of "Chase the Buffalo" they would tape for a trade? If so, please e-mail me privately. - -- Jay Votel votels@dmv.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 13:21:28 PDT From: "Sean Palen" Subject: playing style Hey JGers Only seeing him once I was intrigued by his style of strumming, how he would be on and upstroke and his fingers followed right behind, did anyone else notice this or was it too dark and I just thought I saw it. Take it easy Sean _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V2 #64 *******************************