From: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org (headline-girl-digest) To: headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Subject: headline-girl-digest V4 #276 Reply-To: headline-girl@smoe.org Sender: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk headline-girl-digest Saturday, November 24 2001 Volume 04 : Number 276 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: OAC: Sarah Harmer ["Michael Keast" ] RE: OAC: Sarah Harmer ["Rob Tittel" ] OAC: Sarah H ["S S" ] Sarah Harmer in Kingston ["Rory Sweeting" ] Re: OAC: Sarah Harmer [Paul Schreiber ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 20:24:16 +0800 From: "Michael Keast" Subject: Re: OAC: Sarah Harmer > I can't even imagine anyone else singing > with her - I get annoyed even > *thinking* about it You can't imagine anyone other than Kevin Fox singing with Sarah? Hello...does the name Luther Wright mean anything to you? :) ********************************************* Mike Keast (mikekeast@email.com) http://www.geocities.com/dtswd/frames.html http://www.live365.com/stations/260845 ********************************************* - -- _______________________________________________ 1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! http://www.getpennytalk.com/cgi-bin/adforward.cgi?p_key=RG9853KJ&url=http://www.getpennytalk.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 07:18:53 -0800 From: "Rob Tittel" Subject: RE: OAC: Sarah Harmer Tab - When we saw her and the Sleanster in October in Rochester, she had the "new" lineup with her, the same ones that were on the Letterman show with her. I must admit I was not as impressed by the new band and agree with you wholeheartedly that Kevin Fox was meant to play with her. They were as a unit, just so tight, and his vocals just complemented hers so well... oh well, nothing good is ever permanent, right? Rob >--- Original Message --- >From: "Tab Siddiqui" >To: headline-girl@smoe.org, navy-soup@smoe.org >Date: 11/22/01 5:44:05 PM > >Hey, all... > >Has anyone seen Sarah Harmer on this latest leg of her tour (as in, the last >week or so)? Because she was playing last night in her hometown of >Kingston, and usual cohort Kevin Fox was *here*, in Toronto, hosting an open >mike at the Art Bar! > >How very odd... Anyone know if she's changed her band for the latest tour? >That would be terribly disappointing, as the last incarnation, with Kevin on >bass and cello and BG vocals, plus John Obercian on drums and Gord Tough on >guitar, was quite sublime, and having played together for so long, it was >like second nature to them. > >As good as Kevin is when he plays with *anyone*, including his superlative, >legendary time with both Emm and Slean, he was *meant* to play with Sarah H. > I can't even imagine anyone else singing with her - I get annoyed even >*thinking* about it (even if James used to feverently will Kevin to stop >overtaking the choruses in 'Don't Get Your Back Up'). ;) > >I guess I'm just kind of hoping the new band (if there is one?) isn't the >backing players she had with her for the Letterman appearance - - not only did >I not recognize any of them, I didn't particularly think they sounded all >that great. And good heavens, I hope usual Harmer soundman Marty Kinack >(Transistor Sound & Lighting Co.) isn't providing useless keyboard plinking >like he was during the BNL tour last summer... Oi. :P > >Anyhow, if anyone's seen any of the recent shows, so weigh in, please! > >Also, look for Sarah on MuchMusic at 3 pm Monday, Nov. 26th... > >Looking forward to a Harmer weekend in Toronto, > >- Tab :) > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 07:16:32 -0800 From: "S S" Subject: OAC: Sarah H Kevin is no longer with Sarah H. He left the band at the end of August; the rest of the band should be the same (i.e. John on Drums), except for Tim on bass/cello...and Marty on guitar, keyboards, etc. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 11:07:07 -0500 From: "Rory Sweeting" Subject: Sarah Harmer in Kingston As promised, here's a bit of a recap of last night's Sarah Harmer show here in Kingston ;-) If you have tickets to tonight's show, and your thinking of skipping it, DON'T!!! Despite some faults, last night's show was fabulous. The crowd was big (a sell-out), but the intimate setting of The Grand Theatre made it feel like we were back in The Toucan. The show started with the Be Good Tanyas, a trio of blue-grass ladies. Not a bad group, but a little overly twangy, and the lead singer was raspy and hard to understand (can we say "machine-gun-vocals"?). Their banter was somewhat annoying though, and they came off as somewhat snarky. However, I'm sure they're probably nice girls off stage ;-) Their drummer stuck out like a sore thumb though, dressed more like he was going to a Parliament concert (although it was a really nice shirt!) The second warm-up was Justin Bird. Never heard of this guy, and there's probably a reason. He's freaky. Picture someone from an Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical, singing alt-country/grunge/bizarro. Audience gave him polite applause, but people were rather confused. Unfortunately Justin didn't introduce the rest of his band. Bad form. Finally, after two opening bands (argh) and a lengthy intermission, Sarah and Co. took the stage. As predicted, it was her "new" band; I was surprised they and their egos were able to fit on the stage. They don't fit with Sarah's obvious sincerety at all. Spencer Evans made a surprise guest-appearance - yay! He played clarinet for one song, Around This Corner. I think over the evening she played every song from You Were Here. There were a few covers including a Johnny Cash song :-), and "The Cherry Song/Wedding Song". Some new ones: I am a Mountain, about her experience with a Tarot reading, and another song she wrote for a friend who went to the Quebec protest in the spring. Oleander was also a nice surprise, as the famous plant was actually on-stage with her ;-) All-in-all, an excellent show. Nice and long, and lots of appreciation from the home-town crowd. There were a few obnoxious people who talked through the first two bands. How rude. My only other complaint was the lighting - spinning spotlights that kept blinding the audience. You'd think that the roadies would think about that. If only there were a way to sneak in to tonight's show too :-) I'll be looking forward to the Weeping Tile Christmas Concert, which is definitely happening this year: http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicArtistsW/weepingtile.html I also spoke to someone who said the show will be at The Elixir this year, and if the article above is correct it'll be on December 20th. YAY! Anyways, I guess that's enough blabbing for now - cheers to those of you who actually got through it all! Cheerio! Rory _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 16:59:12 -0500 From: Paul Schreiber Subject: Re: OAC: Sarah Harmer Justine wrote: >Although my memory may be failing me, I'm 99% sure Kevin was not with Sarah >when she played London back in September. If I'm wrong, someone who was >there (Andrea? Paul?) please correct me. Justine, is, of course, correct. I don't know who was/is in her new band, but didn't recognize the drummer either (although Sarah S. had stolen Adam Hay from Martina for the show). Paul shad 96c / uw cs 2001 / mac activist / eda / fumbler fan of / jewel / sophie b. / sarah slean / steve poltz / emm gryner / / x-files / buffy / dawson's creek / habs / bills / 49ers / t h i n k d i f f e r e n t. "Oh I'll be 21 and old without a clue" -- Emm Gryner, "July" ------------------------------ End of headline-girl-digest V4 #276 ***********************************