From: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org (jangle-poets-digest) To: jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Subject: jangle-poets-digest V5 #53 Reply-To: jangle-poets@smoe.org Sender: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jangle-poets-digest Friday, July 4 2003 Volume 05 : Number 053 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [JP] KENNEDYS JULY NEWSLETTER! 10 [Kennedylst@aol.com] [JP] Bruce's Birthday Benediction (BBB) [Nieldsforever@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 03:01:04 EDT From: Kennedylst@aol.com Subject: [JP] KENNEDYS JULY NEWSLETTER! 10 Welcome to The Kennedys' E-Newsletter for July 2003! Summer is in full swing, and so are we! Hope to see you at one of this summer's festivals! Many thanks to those of you who have sent us suggestions regarding our web site. We try to implement all good suggestions, and so we have updated the Sound Clips to include MP3s from all six of our CDs! IN THIS ISSUE: 1) Upcoming CD "Stand" release date set! 2) Kennedys July touring schedule 3) Find radio station in your area that plays The Kennedys music 4) Mercantile 1) UPCOMING RELEASE OF "STAND" CD! OK, y'all! Here it is...KOCH Records is releasing our new CD, "Stand" on September 23! September 23 is an extremely significant date in music. It's the birthday of: Ani DiFranco, Bruce Springsteen, and John Coltrane, so you see, our CD is in good company...Yay! Of course, it's highly possible that you will be able to purchase the CD directly from us at gigs leading up to the anticipated date. Visit the web site to preview the new CD: www.KennedysMusic.com 2) KENNEDYS JULY 2003 TOURING SCHEDULE: Friday, July 4 - Little Yough Music Festival, located at the Mountain Fresh Pavilion, Oakland, MD 21550. Oakland MD is about 3 hours west of DC/Baltimore. Mountain Stage's fabulous vocalist, Julie Adams, opens at 6:30pm, and Kennedys take the stage at 7:30pm. free outdoor show, all ages welcome. Stage and seating is in a covered area -- rain or shine! Food (excellent crab cakes) and drinks available for purchase. For directions, visit the web site at: www.littleyough.com Saturday, July 5 - Globe Theater, 12 Broad Street, Berlin, MD 21811. It's been several years since we last played at the Globe, which is a great old intimate theater (under 100 seats), with a fantastic cafe menu that includes some of the best sandwiches you can hope to find, as well as wine and coffee drinks. Visit the upstairs gallery while you're here. Berlin, MD is a charming old town on the outskirts of the resort town of Ocean City, MD, so if you plan to spend any time at the beach this holiday weekend, why not detour to Berlin for an evening of music? 8pm showtime. Tickets $15. All ages, smoke-free. 410-641-0784. http://www.globetheater.com/ Saturday, July 12 - Concerts at the Crossing Second Annual Summer House Concert & Potluck Dinner featuring The Kennedys. Location: 8 Clive Court, Ewing, NJ. Dinner at 6:30 p.m., Show, 8 p.m. Tickets $15. Seating limited to 30 people. Call (609) 406-1424 for info and to reserve a seat. Sunday, July 13 through Saturday, July 19 - Summer Acoustic Music Week, The Geneva Point Center, in Center Harbor, NH. We'll be teaching two classes over the course of a week in this beautiful lakeside setting: a guitar course called "Demystifying the Neck", and "Songwriting by Studying the Greats". Other teachers this week include: Scott Ainsle, Flip Breskin, Rolly Brown, Kate Campbell, Lorraine Hammond, Bennett Hammond, Carl Jones, Beverly Smith, and T.J. Wheeler. $640-$675 for entire week -- this fee includes room and board. Minimum age is 18. 617-287-6900. www.wumb.org/samw/ Thursday, July 24 - Sunday, July 27 - Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Long Hill Farm, Hillsdale, NY. This is what we sometimes refer to as "the REAL Woodstock"! The Kennedys play the mainstage at 7:30 on Thursday, and will take part in several workshops throughout the 4-day weekend. Other acts on the mainstage Thursday night include Northern Lights with Vassar Clements, Patty Larkin, and Richard Thompson, so you'll definitely want to arrive early! Other notable acts at Falcon Ridge for the rest of the weekend are: Greg Brown, DaVinci's Notebook, Rachel Davis, Eddie From Ohio, Vance Gilbert, John Gorka, Tracy Grammer, Arlo Guthrie, Lucy Kaplansky, Holly Near, Nerissa and Katryna Nields, Ellis Paul, Tom Paxton, Richard Shindell, We're About 9, Dar Williams! On-site camping is available! Those of you who have camped at Falcon Ridge before know that you must come early to secure the best campsites! 4-day tickets with camping: $100. 4-day tickets no camping: $80. Age 12-16 4-day with camping: $35. Age 12-16 4-day no camping: $20. Children under 12 - free admission. 866-325-2744 http://www.falconridgefolk.com/ For all kinds of Kennedys info including future tour dates, road diary, tour photos, and more, check out our official web site at: www.KennedysMusic.com. Here are July dates: 3) GROOVY RADIO STATIONS IN YOUR AREA... that play The Kennedys (and other cool music). For a list of AM, FM, Satellite, and Internet radio station that we know play The Kennedys music, log onto www.kennedysmusic.com/RadioStationsList.html. Thanks to everyone who has informed us of additional radio stations in their area that have aired our songs. We will continue to update this radio list as we hear of more stations that play our tunes. Support your local community radio! 4) KENNEDYS MERCANTILE: OUR SALE HAS BEEN A BIG HIT, SO WE'RE KEEPING IT RUNNING: MENTION THIS AD IN YOUR ORDER, AND WE'LL DEDUCT $3.00 OFF EACH CD!! IF YOU ORDER THE BOOK, WE'LL DEDUCT $5.00! (If paying on line using Paypal, mention it when you order, and we'll credit you the $3 per item.) Therefore, Get It Right, for example is listed below at $15.00. Mention the ad and you only have to pay $12.00. "Life Is Large" and "River of Fallen Stars" are listed at $13.00. Mention the ad, and you only pay $10.00! "GET IT RIGHT" Order your copy of Get It Right now! Get It Right features all new songs by the Kennedys, including "Didn't It Rain", "Pearl's Eye View", "Get It Right", "Angel and You" and more. Special guest appearances include Nanci Griffith, Pam Bricker (Thievery Corporation) and Starz Vanderlockett! This CD is an enhanced CD, and includes photos, video and more! $15.00. Make Your Own Music Videos with Adobe Premiere (Hungry Minds, 2002) The "for dummies" people asked Pete and Maura to share the secrets of making low-budget, do-it-yourself music videos, and here it is! The book is a complete music video-making kit, which includes a CD-ROM filled with all the software, clips and finished video examples you need to make your own music videos. The book also includes Kennedys road diaries, and some critical history of music video. $30.00. "POSITIVELY LIVE!" (Jiffyjam Records, 2001.) Kennedys first live acoustic concert recording! Includes seven previously unreleased songs, including "Come In My Kitchen" "Orange Blossom Special," "Rappahannock," "Distant Thunder," "Highway 10," "Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring" and the classic Pete song, "Run Red Lights!" $15.00 "EVOLVER" (Rouner/Zoe Records, 2000) Kennedys return to the incandescent pop style of "Life Is La with catchy hooks and splashes of psychedelia. Featuring the songs "Pick You Up," "Can't Kill Hope With A Gun," and "Down, Down, Down" CD only: $15.00 "ANGEL FIRE" (Rounder/Philo, 1998). Featuring "Jesse," "Common Bond," "Angels Cry" and "The Coo Coo." CD only:$15.00. "LIFE IS LARGE" (Formerly on Green Linnet, 1996, now out-of-print) Their 1996 guest fest, featuring the likes of Steve Earle, The Dixie Hummingbirds, Nils Lofgren, John Gorka, Peter Holsapple and many others. CD $13. Not available in stores. "RIVER OF FALLEN STARS" (Formerly on Green Linnet, 1995, now out-of-print) This is Pete & Maura's first CD, written entirely while on tour with Nanci Griffith in the British Isles. NAIRD -winner. CDs: $13. Not available in stores. Pete Kennedy's Solo Titles: "SHEARWATER: THE ART OF THE UNPLUGGED GUITAR" (Pete solo instrumental). Guests include Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice and Jon Carroll. CDs - $13 "CHANNEL 3" (Pete's electric solo album) Available in CD only. $13. "Fingers On Fire" Pete Kennedy and Tom Principato. This is a newly released CD of a concert "Pete and Pato" played back in 1978, when they were both in their early teens. You gotta get it if only for the haircuts on the cover. And the music? Guitar swing at its finest. $15.00 Bumper stickers that say "The Kennedys" (burgundy letters on bright yellow background) $1 Sheet Music: Life Is Large/St. Mark's Square (2 song folio) $4.00 River of Fallen Stars/Day In & Day Out (2-song folio) $4.00 Send check or money order to: The Kennedys, PO Box 533, NY, NY 10276-0533, or fax your credit card order to our secure fax line: 1-415-329-1828. If you'd like to print out an order form, you can print it at: www.kennedysmusic.com/orde rform.html If you order using Paypal by clicking here: www.kennedysmusic.com/order4. html Peace & Love, Pete & Maura... The Kennedys Check out the Kennedys' Official Home Page: http://www.KennedysMusic.com/ Fab photos, the Official tour diary, dashboard Buddha haiku, groovy merchandise...what more could you ask for? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 13:49:56 EDT From: Nieldsforever@aol.com Subject: [JP] Bruce's Birthday Benediction (BBB) Well there's already the WWW (World Wide Web), the KKK (Ku Klux Klan), the AAA Motor Club, and the saying TTT (Things Take Time). So why *not* BBB (Bruce's Birthday Benediction). B1. I'm psyched every time I get a Kennedys Monthly Mailer by email. I truly appreciate the effort that Pete & Maura make to put one of those out every month, faithfully, without fail. Cadence & the Kennedys both do a Monthly Newsletter; I can think of a lot of other artists who don't. In fairness to EFO, they put out a *dandy* of a Monthly Newsletter too. It's a great way for band and fans to "stay in touch." My hat's off, to Cadence, the Kennedys, *and* Eddie From Ohio. :-) B2. I'm psyched about the Kennedys' new album Stand, which is truly going to be out-Standing in its field. Kennedys channel folk, pop, rock, bluegrass, country, blues, Irish, and other "roots" influences in a way that no one else is doing, and this next album is going to be another priceless gem in the necklace of Kennedys ear-candy. The kind of necklace you can eat --- simply delicious. Mmm, good. Savor the sensation. Oh yeah, I'm psyched to be seeing the Kennedys at Falcon Ridge in a couple of weeks, too. Isn't it *always* the Summer of Love, deep down in our hearts, when we really want it to be? I think so. It's *always* the Summer of Love when the Kennedys are "in the house," rain or shine. Rain memories. One of my fondest Kennedys "rain memories" was the Allentown Mayfair show on 5/01 where a solo Nerissa also played. The lightning came. Nerissa's set was abruptly ended prematurely. It was too bad. But then Pete & Maura played one of the most fun, spontaneous sets *ever* --- in the rain --- under a picnic shelter not far from where TK and Nerissa had just played their sets. Maybe not as much fun as Cadence & the Kennedys' guerilla folk music sets on the midway at FRFF '01. But still. Only a few of TK's most diehard fans were there for that Kennedys mini-set under the shelter in the rain. That was most definitely a Yay for Yay kind of moment. A little bit of sunshine to help get one through the storm. Another rain memory. I rendezvous'd with Cone Head-Rex to see TK twice in 2 days in a fateful Appel Farm weekend: TK at the Bridgeton fountain 5/31/02; N&K Nields and Jackson Browne 6/01 at Appel Farm; and then TK again later that night at the Point in Bryn Mawr. Let's try and forget that we were late for the Point show. Oops. But the "rain memory" involves Pete & Maura's outdoor free show at Bridgeton the day before. Maybe they didn't do the Beatles' "Rain," although they might've. "Didn't It Rain"? I'm not sure. "River of Fallen Stars"? There were little rainbows laughing and dancing in the rain that day. But it was a fantastic set with a lot of rarely played Kennedys oldies thrown in. Then, with almost the very last chord of Pete & Maura's set still ringing out, so jangly and clear, the rains came. It was a really magical part of a really magical Bruce & Cone weekend. Rain can be really really cool. I liked that a lot. B3. This is already too long, but I don't post to the Kennedys list that often. I've been thinking a lot about the meaning of "Common Bond" in these troubled and sometimes troubling times. It's hard to find the connection to the Common Bond with people who really tick me off on the other end of the political spectrum, and with people who just plain make the world a miserable place sometimes, generally. To uphold the wisdom of the song "Common Bond" is really challenging. Sometimes, it means putting up with people who I really don't care for that much. I don't think that Pete & Maura are naive dreamers for having written so many songs like "Common Bond." I believe in Pete & Maura --- I think they're showing us the right way. Together, let's do what we can to make this a better world. "What's Going On" is right on --- war *is not* the answer. We need love. Everyone does. Let's try and live our lives as if our commitments matter. They do. Thanks, Pete & Maura, for "Common Bond." And best wishes to everybody everywhere for a safe 4th of July weekend. Let's celebrate freedom in the way that only we can. Robustly. But caringly. LIL, y'all. :-) Bruce 7/3/03 Check out the Kennedys' Official Home Page: http://www.KennedysMusic.com/ Fab photos, the Official tour diary, dashboard Buddha haiku, groovy merchandise...what more could you ask for? ------------------------------ End of jangle-poets-digest V5 #53 *********************************