From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V7 #9 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 Monday, April 5 2004 Volume 07 : Number 009 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Kumbyology ["Roberta Piper" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 11:16:01 -0500 From: "Roberta Piper" Subject: Re: Kumbyology Great review, Paula! How I would have loved to be there to hear "Raven in the Storm", "Soldier After All", "Oh Abraham", etc., etc., etc. Not to mention visiting with you and others. I hope you'll post a review of last night's show as well. Robbie > I drove a couple hours north to hear John last night and the ride was well > worth it. John was perfroming as part of the Wisconsin Singer Songwriter Series > in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. This is one of my favorite series and favorite > venues. He was in good spirits, really amusing himself (said he was soon to open a > self-amusement park) and in good voice. > > I shared this concert with a group of friends and saw other music junkies I > had not seen in a long while which is always good, connecting with like-minded > music souls. > > John's show was fresh. I expected him to open with I'm From New Jersey, > which is has done at most every show I have ever seen but instead it was When The > Ice Goes Out, first time hearing that live. That set the stage for the > evening. > > In no particular order played: > Mill Town (said he needs to come up with the Chinese version of that song) > Let Them In > Night is a Woman > Houses In The Fields > Old Future's Gone > Always > Riverside (with guitar workshop explaining capos and chords to a guy who came > all the way from NYC for the show) > Solider After All > Raven in the Storm > Love is Our Cross to Bear > Stranger With Your Hair > Mean Streak > Where The Bottle Breaks > Part Of Your Own > Blue Chalk > If I Could Forget To Breath > Oh Abraham > People My Age (no eye contact made during this song) > > It was a wonderful concert and I loved that he mixed it up between old stuff > and new stuff. I get to hear him again tonight. > > Highlight of this show was the opening act, also from Minnesota, Justin Roth. > Beautiful fingerstyle guitar work with both instrumental and vocals. Funny > and self depricating, much like John's humor. It was a good match. > > I talked to John briefly after the show and requested Italian Girls for > tonight. We'll see if he has time to learn it. > > Hearing John last night was one of those shows that reminded me why I love > folk music and why John's music is so important in my life. > > Here's hoping all is turning well in your worlds. > Namaste, Bryn, the music junkie ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V7 #9 ******************************