From: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org (jangle-poets-digest) To: jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Subject: jangle-poets-digest V9 #2 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 Tuesday, January 9 2007 Volume 09 : Number 002 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [JP] RE: jangle-poets-digest V9 #1 [Roland Cyr ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 23:10:09 -0500 From: Roland Cyr Subject: [JP] RE: jangle-poets-digest V9 #1 Bruce, Thanks (as always) for such a fine review of yet another mighty fine Kennedys show at the Sounding Board! Pete and Maura did seem to be particularly "on" that night, and the crowd was really into it. The only additions that I could make would be to comment on the beautiful large hand-painted "Shearwater" backdrop that they said they finally got out of storage - now that they've settled in NOHO with more room. I hope some of the photos that fans took that night get posted somewhere - it made for a lovely stage setting, and of course I forgot my camera! The other thing is the reappearance of the Pete guitar assortment - not only the acoustics, but the local electric you mentioned, the ukes, the sit-guitar, a solid body Gibson (Les Paul?) AND The Rickenbacker! To hear him rip out those Byrds chords was really fun - it really gave a nice flavor to the songs he used it on. The whole story about the strange things that Pete has used for a guitar slide was funny, then to see him use the uke itself as a slide was hilarious. P&M always amaze us with their ability to flow seemingly disparate songs together - but to go from that stunning version of "When I Go" ('wow' indeed) into something so zany as "Holiday for Strings" on the ukes, then to Django was a hoot! And it all works! I know that there were a lot of their devoted fans there that night (I'm starting to recognize more every time), but I would have liked to know how many were first timers. What an introduction! Have fun at P.A.C.E. ! - --Roland 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 V9 #2 ********************************