From: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org (jangle-poets-digest) To: jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Subject: jangle-poets-digest V7 #6 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, February 4 2005 Volume 07 : Number 006 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [JP] accidents and blessings ["Passe, Jeff" ] [JP] Kennedys Newlsetter for Feb 2005 [Kennedylst@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 06:21:48 -0500 From: "Passe, Jeff" Subject: [JP] accidents and blessings I know that musicians are constantly on the road, but gee, they didn't have to take it so literally! Seriously, I am so grateful that the damage to life and limb was minimal. How lucky we all are. Here's hoping that the bruises heal soon. Apparently, the spirit was only reinforced! Jeff from Charlotte 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 Feb 2005 01:31:54 EST From: Kennedylst@aol.com Subject: [JP] Kennedys Newlsetter for Feb 2005 Welcome to The Kennedys' E-Newsletter for February 2005! In This Issue: 1) Kennedys' tour diary for January -- a close call. 2) Cool photos posted from Falcon Ridge 2004 (photos by April Baxter!) 3) Kennedys' February touring schedule 4) Kennedys' "Stand" US Tour continues 5) Announcing: Falcon Ridge At Sea Cruise with The Kennedys/The Nields/Susan Werner! 6) Kennedys "Dharma Cafe" folk show on Sirius Satellite radio 7) Brand new SIRIUS Friends and Family deal (expires end of March) 8) Kennedys on radio and TV 9) Mercantile Be sure to check our website www.kennedysmusic.com for future dates and up-to-the minute news! ******************************************* 1) Tour Diary for January 2005 Before you read this story, please know that we're both all right! It's a bit graphic, and we thought hard about whether to put this in our newsletter, but we thought it might save a life or two, so here goes (if you'd rather not read this, skip to item #2)... Early Monday morning, January 30/31, around midnight, Pete and I had a serious auto accident. We were driving home from a house concert in New Jersey. We were driving in the autos-only set of lanes on the northbound New Jersey turnpike, near Perth Amboy, heading for home. There weren't any other cars on the road -- a very quiet night. When all of a sudden, a car came speeding like mad up the same lane we were in (the middle). Pete saw it coming in the rear view (he was driving) and I heard it. It sounded like a train. Pete said, "Hold on, this guy is coming fast." He couldn't really change lanes, just grip the wheel and hope the guy got around us fast. The driver of the other car did one of those video game-like moves where he got right up behind us, jerked his steering wheel to the left to pass, and then jerked the wheel right again immediately after passing us to get back in our lane. Unfortunately, he hit us on the way back into our lane. We were going 65, and we think he was going somewhere between 100 and 110 mph. we went flying into the median strip and started somersaulting. We rolled at least once on top of the guard rail. I think we're alive today because our car (Scion XB) has roll bars and state-of-the-art safety features. If it didn't, the car would have probably been sliced in two and us with it. We were also both wearing our seat belts. The air bags deployed, and we couldn't see anything outside the car as we rolled across the median strip. We were in a kind of a spiraling tunnel, in black and white, and the airbags looked to us, in retrospect, as that fabled light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel. As we crashed and rolled, we kept expecting to cross into the truck lanes beyond the median and get hit by one of the big rigs. As the car was spinning, we kept thinking, "we're going to die now"...just kept waiting for the lights to go out. When the car came to a stop, we smelled the smoke from the airbags and thought the car was on fire. My door wouldn't open, and I tried to kick it open but we got out Pete's door, and we found that we were still in the median. Our car had come to a rest upright. The other car was also in the median, still upside down, with at least two trapped inside. Everyone in the other car had serious back injuries (there may have been a third, but we were dealing with our own EMTs, and in shock ourselves). In the end they told us that there were no fatalities, but that the other carload were hurting -- serious back injuries. They had to be cut out of the vehicle. I Don't have any idea why they were driving like they were. They had no reason to pass us in the manner that they did. I'm sure the hospital staff probably took blood tests. Our insurance finds us 0% at fault. I think we'll see a police report within 10 days -- it takes a while to get. We don't even know the other peoples' names. We spent the rest of the day in and out of the hospital, getting checked up, then renting a car and getting all our music gear out of the car and driving it over to Manhattan, then returning the car in Hoboken and taking the train back. We're pretty exhausted now, as you can imagine, but we're OK, and very happy to be alive, the two of us! By Tuesday, we were aching from the "ride," and we continue to keep a close eye on each other. We came very close this time. They say the darkest hour is just before dawn. When the car came to a rest and we each realized that the other was alive and OK, we entered the dawn, and you can't imagine how happy we are to be here. We have traveled a half a million miles together by car since we started playing music together 11 years ago. We intend to go at least another half a million more! ******************************************* 2) Cool photos posted from Falcon Ridge 2004 (photos by April Baxter!) Click this link to see April's photos of The Kennedys from Falcon Ridge 2004. We went up the hill last year and gave a special unplugged concert at the George Fox Pavillion/Dharma Cafe (a joint Nields/Kennedys campsite). April's photos really capture the mood of that afternoon, where we played a bunch of brand new songs, still unreleased! http://aprilbaggins.tripod.com/id10.html Here's another batch of April's photos from Falcon Ridge 2004, where we played acoustically at the SIRIUS Satellite radio booth. http://aprilbaggins.tripod.com/id9.html Thanks, April, for sharing these with us! ******************************************* 3) Kennedys' February touring schedule: (we're planning on playing all these shows!) February dates: Friday, 2/4/05 - Cellar Stage, located at St John's, 5315 Harford Rd, Baltimore, MD. Brian Joseph opens. Tonight's menu: African Groundnut Stew garnished with hard boiled egg slices served over Brown Rice Bread ... corn bread and/or crusty olive or cheese bread! 8:30pm showtime. Tickets: $15.00. All ages, smoke-free. http://www.charm.net/~dirtylin/stjohns.html 410-922-5210. Saturday, 2/5/05 - Frumkin Follies, Summit, NJ 07091. You need to call in advance for tickets and directions. Extremely limited seating. Tickets $20.00. 908-522-9185. stanrho524@verizon.com. Saturday, 2/12/05 - Stone Soup, with Chris and Meredith Thompson. Located at the Slater Mill Historic Site, Roosevelt Ave, Pawtucket, RI. Showtime 8:00pm. Tickets: $12.00. All ages, smoke-free. http://www.soup.org/ 401-457-7147. Sunday - 2/13/05 - Stone Church Music Club, 5 Granite St, New Market, NH 03857. Showtime 7:00pm. Tickets $10/$12. www.thestonechurch.com 603-659-6321. Saturday - 2/19/05 - Concerts at the Crossing/Saje Productions presents: Beatles Tribute Show with The Kennedys, Tony Trischka, Jim Boggia and Deb Pasternak. 268 Pennington-Washington Crossing Rd (Route 546), Titusville, NJ. Join us for our Second Annual Beatles Tribute Show, this year celebrating the 41st Anniversary of The Beatles U.S. debut. Four artists will perform their favorite Beatles tunes individually and collectively throughout the show as well as their original Beatles-influenced songs. Complimentary beverages and desserts served at intermission. Showtime 8:00pm. Tickets $20.00. http://www.crossingconcerts.com/ 609-406-1424. Thursday 2/24- Sunday 2/27 - Folk Alliance Conference, Montreal. This is the main folk music conference of North America. We recommend it to musicians and folk fans alike. Go to http://www.folkalliance.net/ for more info. Remember to always call venues ahead of time to confirm showtimes and locations. ******************************************* 4) Kennedys "Stand" US tour continues on east coast ***Coming in March 2005*** 3/5/05 - Woodlands Coffeehouse, White Plains, NY 3/11/05 - Steel City Coffeehouse, Phoenixville, PA 3/12/05 - The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 3/13/05 - University Cafe, Stony Brook, NY 3/19/05 - Wisp Mt Resort, McHenry, MD 3/25/05 - P.A.C.E. - Easthampton, MA 3/26/05 - Good Coffeehouse, Rowayton, CT ***Coming in April 2005*** 4/2/05 - (tentative) Kraftrau, Kalamazoo 4/3/05 - Paint Creek Comfy Concerts - Rochester Hills, MI 4/4/05 - One Trick Pony, Grand Rapids, MI 4/8/05 - Towne Crier, Pawiling, NY (with Cliff Eberhardt) 4/9/05 - (tentative) People's Choice Cafe, New York, NY 4/13/05 - Strathmore Hall, Bethesda, MD 4/30/05 - CT Audubon, Glastonbury, CT ***Coming in May 2005*** 5/1/05 - Ridgefield Library, Ridgefield, CT 5/13/05 - (tentative) Hugh's Room, Toronto, ON 5/14/05 - Lighthouse Festival Theater, Port Dover, ON 5/20/05 - (tentative) Acoustic Cafe, Bridgeport, CT 5/21/05 - Coffee with Conscience, Westfield, NJ 5/29/05 - (tentative) Annual Dylan Festival, Warwick Valley Winery, Warwick, NY For info on future tour dates, and all kinds of Kennedys' info including road diary, tour photos, and more, check out our official web site at www.kennedysmusic.com. Last minute changes in the schedule can occur. Please call venues to confirm before hiring baby sitters and making the trip! ******************************************* 5) Announcing: Falcon Ridge At Sea Cruise with The Kennedys/The Nields/Susan Werner! September 5 - 10, sailing from New York City, with stops in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Saint John, New Brunswick in Canada. www.fanclubcruises.com Here's what's included: Five nights accommodations Gala Captain's cocktail party and dinner Full range of shipboard activities and entertainment All meals on board including midnight buffets Briefings on the highlights of each port of call Full gambling casino Duty-free shopping on board Roundtrip airport transfers (if air is purchased) Special Features with the Falcon Ridge performers: Monday cocktail party with the performers Tuesday private Concert with the performers Friday Q&A/Autograph session and another private Concert Reserve this cruise early. Prices go up after June 1. Ticket prices range from $499/person - $739/person depending on the type of room, and the time you book. Rates for 3rd and 4th passenger sharing cabin range from $369-$399/person. 800-754-3170 Fax 772-382-2707 falconridge@fanclubcruises.com Register on line: http://www.fanclubcruises.com/falconridgereg.htm ************************************************************ 6) Kennedys' "Dharma Cafe" weekly folk show on SIRIUS Satellite radio "Dharma Cafe" airs on SIRIUS Satellite radio channel 38: Folktown, every Saturday from 8am - 2pm eastern time, hosted by us, Pete & Maura Kennedy! Anyone with requests or comments on our show should email us at: thekennedys@sirius-radio.com. We create a virtual cafe on the Dharma Cafe, and include not only great music, but poetry, commentary, and words of wisdom from the great writers and thinkers who have inspired us! We run down all the live folk shows across America, and even do a weekly Tarot card reading on swing states from now until November!! If you're interested in subscribing to SIRIUS Satellite radio, with it's more than 100 channels of commercial free music and news, visit www.sirius.com to try it for three days free on your computer. Once you subscribe, you must purchase the hardware, which can be installed in car and/or home (you will also be able to listen online). Sirius also offers a satellite boom box. Other DJs on SIRIUS that we like are Meg Griffin, Vin Scelsa, David Johansen, Michael Tearson, and others. ************************************************ 7) Brand new SIRIUS Friends and Family deal (expires end of March) SIRIUS is excited to announce the creation of an exclusive Friends and Family program featuring Sportster and JVC 2.5 hardware. With this offer, SIRIUS DJ's friends and family (that's you!) can order a complete Plug and Play system with option of car or home kit for $79.99. Sportster Boomboxes may be purchased for an additional $99.99. At time of purchase an annual subscription of $142.45 is required, in which you pay for eleven months and get one month for free. Orders may only be fulfilled online, visit www.sirius.com/offer/sire for details. Remember that supplies are limited and offer expires on 3.31.05 ******************************************* 8) KENNEDYS on the radio and TV Call and request to hear a track from "Stand" on your favorite radio station! 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. If you know of a station that's playing our music, but is not on our list, let us know, and we'll add it! Support your local community radio! ******************************************* 9) Kennedys Mercantile: "STAND" You can find the new CD, "Stand" in fine stores like Borders Books & Music, Barnes & Nobel, Tower, Newbury Comics and lots of independent stores. If you want to get a jump on your neighbors, go to our web site, and we'll send it out this week! "Stand" features all new songs by The Kennedys, as well as cover versions of Dave Carter's "When I Go," and Nerissa Nields' "Easy People." Guests include Joziah and Sharkey of Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams! $15.00 "RIVER OF FALLEN STARS" reissue, with bonus tracks (Varese Sarabande). The new reissue of our first CD contains six bonus tracks, including "Belfast", "Sendera Blessing" and "Fog" (all previously unreleased), and instrumental versions of "River of Fallen Stars," "Run the Red Horses," and "Spirit Compass". $15.00 "LIFE IS LARGE" reissue, with bonus tracks (Varese Sarabande) The reissue of our second CD, originally released in 1996, contains six bonus tracks, including "She Just Don't Care" and "And Your Bird Can Sing" (a Lennon/McCartney song), both non-album tracks, as well as acoustic remixes of "Life Is Large", "One Heart, One Soul", "St. Mark's Square," and "Sirens." $15.00. "GET IT RIGHT" Order your copy of Get It Right! Get It Right features "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. "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 Large" 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. 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 - $10 "CHANNEL 3" (Pete's electric solo album) Available in CD only. $10. "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 orders 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/orderform.html If you order using Paypal by clicking go to: www.kennedysmusic.com/order4.html Please, buckle up, and drive safely and responsibly. Car crashes suck! 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? ------------------------------ End of jangle-poets-digest V7 #6 ********************************