From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V3 #78 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 Tuesday, September 12 2000 Volume 03 : Number 078 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Gorka under a hot tin roof [ThePsyche@aol.com] Re: Gorka under a hot tin roof ["Mike Smith" ] Re: Gorka under a hot tin roof ["Steve McGraw" ] Re: Gorka under a hot tin roof [Mary Sansone ] SILENCE [ThePsyche@aol.com] need a fix? [ThePsyche@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:06:03 EDT From: ThePsyche@aol.com Subject: Gorka under a hot tin roof I got to hear John in Minnesota on Saturday. He performed as part of a fundraising event for the Restoration Project in the town of Marine on the St. Croix. (The town hall needs a new roof) I saw John one other time like this, a fundraiser for the Land Stewardship Group in Jordon, Minnesota and what is always fun about this kind of venue is that people are often there for the cause and are hearing John for the first time. I like to listen and he wins them over with his gentle manner, self deprecating humor and of course, most of all, his music. The second floor of this over 100 year old building has a great space, including a small stage, to hear music. A local boy turned singer opened for John. Paul Lyman, young and cute and blonde was good, but his sister stole the show. Her harmonies were luscious and the one song she did solo, in Spanish, really brought the crowd around. John came on right at 9. Highlights of the evening were Night is a Woman, a song I have rarely heard in live performance and Winter Cows, a sweet, funny, pure Gorka song. Low and behold, I did keep a set list this time: When She Kisses Me Where the Bottle Breaks Stranger With Your Hair Love is Our Cross to Bear St. Caffeine Night is a Woman (on piano) breathtaking Lightening's Blues Branching Out When He Cries Houses in the Fields (piano) People My Age Let Them In (piano) Winter Cows (I love this song and was so glad to hear it in the line up) Part of Your Own Good Noise (I thought of all you guys here) Encore: The Water is Wide. I requested Oh Abraham and was disappointed that he could not do it, he didn't have the right capo(?) or something, but he thanked me for asking. I have heard it only twice and was really looking forward to digesting the lyrics...anyone have them? He took a great many requests from the audience. It was clear that there was indeed a mixture of folks there for the town hall and others, like myself, there for their Gorka fix. The second floor windows were open but that offered little relief to the oppressive humidity and heat of the night. We were all damp and moist at the evening's end. I took along my bootleg from Holland and after the show asked John to sign it. He was very interested in it, belly laughed at the picture on the cover and signed the inside pic for me, one of him at mike, on stage with Shawn Colvin. Thanks Jos for making this, it is one of my most treasured music-related items right now. Marine is a one street town with a general store, a bank, a post office and of course, a bar. I ended up in the bar, not to drink, but because I had locked my keys in the truck. The Washington County Sheriff's Department was called and so my sister and I sat on the front steps of the Brookside Bar and Grill and watched the storm come in, covering the light of the moon....ahh the lightening was magnificent, if not a bit scary as we sat under the metal poled awning by the front door of the bar. Then the rain came down in buckets and the whole town of Marine went black. A power outage...my sister and I just kept smiling because it was such a Gorka experience, you know, the kind of Gorka-Party-Saturday-Night that he is known for. There we were...alone, on a dark street, in the rain, far away from home, embraced by Night, having our own Lightening's Blues, watching the trees Branching Out in the wind, sipping our Caffeine, sleepy at 10:30 PM which happens to People My Age and laughing with my sister, glad she is Part of My Own. Officer Peter....yes, Let Them In Peter, told us to go sit in the bar and he would come and get us after he got the truck unlocked. In the bar, a woman who had just been at a candle sale that day had unloaded all her goods for the use of the bar patrons and we sat there and told our story and listened to people talk about their lives and question us about ours. I love going to a Gorka show. My sister and I, as we sat in the rain awaiting Peter talked about the impact John's music has had on the contemporary folk music scene. Earlier in the day we had sat with my older sister and her husband (55 +) and listened to old albums, Union songs, Phil Ochs and Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and even some Tom Leher. Those songs are about an era of American history and they endure because they are good and spoke to life back then. We can hear them now and feel the passion of that time. Setting aside some of John's darker, moodier pieces, okay that is most of it... his music is much the same. Forty years from now, his music will still stand and my son's children will listen and hear something in it that to help them understand me and my era. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 17:21:16 GMT From: "Mike Smith" Subject: Re: Gorka under a hot tin roof Thanks for sharing your night. It's probably as close as I'm going to get to experiencing him live this year. Mike _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:21:40 -0400 From: "Steve McGraw" Subject: Re: Gorka under a hot tin roof Paula, I was there with you, kid; you tell a damned good story and paint an especially poignant scene to which I can relate fully - thanks! Steve - -----Original Message----- From: ThePsyche@aol.com To: good-noise@smoe.org Date: Monday, September 11, 2000 9:12 AM Subject: Gorka under a hot tin roof >I got to hear John in Minnesota on Saturday. He performed as part of a >fundraising event for the Restoration Project in the town of Marine on the >St. Croix. >(The town hall needs a new roof) > >I saw John one other time like this, a fundraiser for the Land Stewardship >Group in Jordon, Minnesota and what is always fun about this kind of venue is >that people are often there for the cause and are hearing John for the first >time. I like to listen and he wins them over with his gentle manner, self >deprecating humor and of course, most of all, his music. > > >The second floor of this over 100 year old building has a great space, >including a small stage, to hear music. A local boy turned singer opened for >John. Paul Lyman, young and cute and blonde was good, but his sister stole >the show. Her harmonies were luscious and the one song she did solo, in >Spanish, really brought the crowd around. > > John came on right at 9. > >Highlights of the evening were Night is a Woman, a song I have rarely heard >in live performance and Winter Cows, a sweet, funny, pure Gorka song. > >Low and behold, I did keep a set list this time: > >When She Kisses Me >Where the Bottle Breaks >Stranger With Your Hair >Love is Our Cross to Bear >St. Caffeine >Night is a Woman (on piano) breathtaking >Lightening's Blues >Branching Out >When He Cries >Houses in the Fields (piano) >People My Age >Let Them In (piano) >Winter Cows (I love this song and was so glad to hear it in the line up) >Part of Your Own >Good Noise (I thought of all you guys here) >Encore: The Water is Wide. > >I requested Oh Abraham and was disappointed that he could not do it, he >didn't have the right capo(?) or something, but he thanked me for asking. I >have heard it only twice and was really looking forward to digesting the >lyrics...anyone have them? > >He took a great many requests from the audience. It was clear that there was >indeed a mixture of folks there for the town hall and others, like myself, >there for their Gorka fix. The second floor windows were open but that >offered little relief to the oppressive humidity and heat of the night. We >were all damp and moist at the evening's end. > >I took along my bootleg from Holland and after the show asked John to sign >it. He was very interested in it, belly laughed at the picture on the cover >and signed the inside pic for me, one of him at mike, on stage with Shawn >Colvin. Thanks Jos for making this, it is one of my most treasured >music-related items right now. > >Marine is a one street town with a general store, a bank, a post office and >of course, a bar. I ended up in the bar, not to drink, but because I had >locked my keys in the truck. The Washington County Sheriff's Department was >called and so my sister and I sat on the front steps of the Brookside Bar and >Grill and watched the storm come in, covering the light of the moon....ahh >the lightening was magnificent, if not a bit scary as we sat under the metal >poled awning by the front door of the bar. > >Then the rain came down in buckets and the whole town of Marine went black. >A power outage...my sister and I just kept smiling because it was such a >Gorka experience, you know, the kind of Gorka-Party-Saturday-Night that he is >known for. > >There we were...alone, on a dark street, in the rain, far away from home, >embraced by Night, having our own Lightening's Blues, watching the trees >Branching Out in the wind, sipping our Caffeine, sleepy at 10:30 PM which >happens to People My Age and laughing with my sister, glad she is Part of My >Own. > >Officer Peter....yes, Let Them In Peter, told us to go sit in the bar and he >would come and get us after he got the truck unlocked. In the bar, a woman >who had just been at a candle sale that day had unloaded all her goods for >the use of the bar patrons and we sat there and told our story and listened >to people talk about their lives and question us about ours. > >I love going to a Gorka show. My sister and I, as we sat in the rain >awaiting Peter talked about the impact John's music has had on the >contemporary folk music scene. Earlier in the day we had sat with my older >sister and her husband (55 +) and listened to old albums, Union songs, Phil >Ochs and Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and even some Tom Leher. Those songs are >about an era of American history and they endure because they are good and >spoke to life back then. We can hear them now and feel the passion of that >time. > >Setting aside some of John's darker, moodier pieces, okay that is most of >it... his music is much the same. Forty years from now, his music >will still stand and my son's children will listen and hear something in it >that to help them understand me and my era. > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:28:33 -0500 From: Mary Sansone Subject: Re: Gorka under a hot tin roof Thanks Bryn for sharing your evening with us. I wish I had been there in the rain with you Mary >There we were...alone, on a dark street, in the rain, far away from home, >embraced by Night, having our own Lightening's Blues, watching the trees >Branching Out in the wind, sipping our Caffeine, sleepy at 10:30 PM which >happens to People My Age and laughing with my sister, glad she is Part of My >Own. > >Officer Peter....yes, Let Them In Peter, told us to go sit in the bar ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:06:12 EDT From: ThePsyche@aol.com Subject: SILENCE Hi all..helping my buddy Steve get this message though to all of you. Bryn From: Steve McGraw To: good-noise@smoe.org Date: Monday, September 11, 2000 6:56 PM Subject: "Silence" O.K., Gorka gang, we've all been way too quiet recently (perhaps spending time listening to David Wilcox's newest release; "What You Whispered"?) so, with the intent of getting us all "talking" again while maybe achieving this information as well, please allow me to pose a question which I asked of this list a year or so ago, but with no results . . . Does anyone have the "inside story" on one of JG's (and the world's) most beautiful songs, "Silence"? Is it simply a love song about someone who showed her love to him and pulled him out of his depression, or is it a more symbolic representation of something deeper and even more meaningful? If you don't know but you think there is someone out there (other than JG himself, of course . . . ) who might have the answer to this question, please let me (and this list) know. Another JG/DW lister and I have discussed this recently, and inquiring minds need to know this type of information about one of their favorite singer/songwriters! So, any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated and, as they say in those chain letters, you never know, something good might happen . . . Thanks for whatever you can share, even if it is just sheer speculation! Finding it hard to maintain my "Silence", I remain . . . Steve ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:24:32 EDT From: ThePsyche@aol.com Subject: need a fix? Mike, Why no Gorka for you? And do not say money or distance cause you just gotta get those priorities straight. Seriously, where are you? What gives Gorka-head? Namaste, Bryn, between the east coast and the west coast ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V3 #78 *******************************