From: owner-goodgirl-digest@smoe.org (goodgirl-digest) To: goodgirl-digest@smoe.org Subject: goodgirl-digest V1 #9 Reply-To: goodgirl@smoe.org Sender: owner-goodgirl-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-goodgirl-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk goodgirl-digest Monday, September 14 1998 Volume 01 : Number 009 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Cindy Lee Berryhill in Yourtown, USA (NJC) [rlewis@adnc.com (Russ Lewis)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 00:45:22 -0800 From: rlewis@adnc.com (Russ Lewis) Subject: Cindy Lee Berryhill in Yourtown, USA (NJC) Reprinted from the BOSTON PHOENIX: When cult-hero songwriter Cindy Lee Berryhill last hit this area, about a year ago, she got a boost from a pop star she'd never met. Turned out that a pair of albums she made for Rhino 10 years ago got discovered by some rabid Jewel fans, who heard a bit of similarity in their approaches (on those albums, Berryhill could have been Jewel's older, more cynical and bohemian sister). Berryhill linked up with the Everyday Angels, an Internet cadre of Jewel fans, who sponsored a tour of informal living-room shows. She wound up playing three gigs in people's houses -- one in Boston, one in Taunton, and one in Brewster on the Cape. "The last one was like a mini Woodstock," she says from her San Diego home. "We got a hundred people and had to move it onto the porch; people brought their chairs and sprawled out on the lawn. Then they'd go in the water, come back, and we'd play some more. There was so much scuttlebutt on the Net about how successful the first show was that we got treated like queens." She did similar shows in the Midwest, encouraging fans to make DAT and video recordings, which are now being swapped around the Net. And the irony of getting embraced by fans of a next-generation songwriter? "Pretty funny. Guess I just wasn't made for these times." The Brian Wilson line she's just quoted suggests where Berryhill's heading these days: beginning with the Garage Orchestra album (released three years ago on Cargo), she's gone for a textured pop sound that brings out the songwriting quirks that were hinted at on her acoustic albums. "The things I'm writing now have even more harmonies. I discovered this revolutionary new instrument to write on; it's called the piano." She'll be at the Green Street Grill on Sunday, Sept. 20. - -- Brett Milano * * * Cindy also lands in several East Coast cities over the next few weeks. Do yourself a big favor and check out one of these shows! Tuesday 9/15 Iota, Arlington, VA Wednesday 9/16 Sam Adams Brewhouse, Philadelphia,PA Friday 9/18 Fletchers, Baltimore, MD Sunday 9/20 Green Street Grill, Cambridge, MA Deliver us from e-mail, Scott Tissue El Cajon CA ------------------------------ End of goodgirl-digest V1 #9 ****************************