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jangle-poets-digest    Thursday, December 13 2007    Volume 09 : Number 118



                               Today's Subjects:
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  [JP] Followup on Beth DeSombre CD Release           [Nieldsforever@aol.com]
  [JP] Holiday concert with Sloan Wainwright, The Kennedys, and Greg Greenway  [Amber <amber.farwander@gmail.]

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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:15:30 EST
From: Nieldsforever@aol.com
Subject: [JP] Followup on Beth DeSombre CD Release

Apparently Pete & Maura Kennedy, as instructors at SAMW (WUMB's Summer  
Acoustic Music Week at Lake Winnipesaukee), encouraged Beth DeSombre to record a  
song she played for them at camp, the song "No Toll in Canaan," quite some time 
 ago.  This is where it all started.  

One thing led to another.  In what order I don't know, a producer  (Dave 
Chalfant) became available, and a rustler's ranch of work-horses of  the NE music 
scene (P&M Kennedy, Tracy Grammer, Jim Henry, Eric Lee)  were enlisted to help 
out.
 
This is how I understand the genesis of Beth's new album Crooked Highway,  
although there must be far more to the story than that.
 
Last night, 12/10/07, was the realization of Beth's dream of releasing her  
own CD, celebrated in a Wellesley College CD Release show, with Beth backed by 
a  supporting cast of P&M Kennedy and Dave Chalfant.
 
The love and dedication involved with this project was evident in three  
important ways.
 
First, the show at Punch's Alley was packed, with family, Wellesley faculty  
members, students, friends, fellow SAMW alumni, and other well-wishers 
crowding  the room.
 
Second, the love and dedication was shown by Beth herself, in her solid  
musicianship, her professionalism, her well-crafted songs with their thoughtful  
lyrics, her skillful guitar playing, and her beautiful singing.
 
And third, the love and dedication was evident in the respect being  paid to 
Beth by her backing musicians, Pete & Maura Kennedy, and Dave  Chalfant.
 
Beth played her own material from the new album, she played some of  her 
favorite covers, and she played some other new songs as well,  that aren't on 
Crooked Highway.
 
When I Go
Sarah's Song
Our Love Was
Traces of You
Northbound 35
No Toll in Canaan (w/ TK)
The Lucky Ones (w/ TK)
Your Eyes (w/ TK)
 
Angel from Montgomery
Moved Out
When I Leave This Place
Resolution
How I Got to Jackson (w/ Maura & Dave)
Between the White Lines (w/ Maura & Dave)
For Winter (w/ TK)
Song of Joy (w/ TK & Dave)
 
Shine a Little Light (encore)
 
What a great show.  Congratulations to Beth!
 
Bruce

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?

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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:17:12 -0500
From: Amber <amber.farwander@gmail.com>
Subject: [JP] Holiday concert with Sloan Wainwright, The Kennedys, and Greg Greenway

Holiday concert with Sloan Wainwright, The Kennedys, and Greg Greenway

December 8, 2007
Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, Franklin, Massachusetts

A show like this really requires a Bruce review, but as we all now
know, he was occupied elsewhere that night.  It was advertised as a
triple bill--Sloan Wainwright Band, The Kennedys, and Greg
Greenway--and I was going to say that it was three kinds of awesome,
but there were many, many more than three kinds of awesome, and I'm
not even going to try to count all the permutations of performers and
instruments. It was reminiscent of a festival workshop stage, with
joyful silliness in great abundance.

The cast:

Sloan Wainwright Band:
  Sloan Wainwright - vocals, piano
  Cadence Carroll - vocals, guitar, djembe
  Stephen Murphy - vocals, guitar
  Doug Wray - bass

The Kennedys:
  Pete Kennedy - drums, guitar, electric sitar, vocals
  Maura Kennedy - vocals, guitar
  Pete Kennedy played *drums* for most of the evening, leaving most of
the lead guitar work to the fabulous Stephen Murphy.

Greg Greenway - vocals, guitar, piano

Special Guest:
  Chris Thompson Lively - vocals, guitar


Here's what they played:

Ensemble:
Run Run Rudolph (Sloan Wainwright on lead vocal "Let's kick it off
with a whole lot of noise!" she said, or something to that effect.)

Greg Greenway with ensemble:
What Must Be Done (gospel-flavored a capella)

Greg Greenway solo:
Highway 4AM (new)
Standing on the Side of Love
In the Name of Love (with ensemble)

Sloan Wainwright solo:
I Believe (accompanied herself on piano)

The Kennedys:
Breathe (In his intro, Pete tied this into the Solstice theme of the
show by comparing the birth-as-death/death-as-birth theme of the song
to the death and rebirth of the sun celebrated at the Solstice.  This
is *such* a beautiful song, and it makes me very happy that they found
a way to work it into the set list.  It seemed strange to see Pete
holding a guitar and not a sitar or ukulele, after going to a couple
of Strangelings shows and a Stringbusters show in about a month.)

The Kennedys with Chris Thompson: (how many must be present before we
can call them The Strangelings??  ;) 
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

The Kennedys with Chris Thompson, Greg Greenway,and Doug Wray:
Go Tell it on the Mountain (traditional words set to Chris Thompson's
rocked-up melody)

The Kennedys with Chris Thompson and Doug Wray:
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (aka Episcopal hymn #339)
Matty Groves (introduction included a really bad pun, by Pete)

Ensemble:
Stand

[intermission]

Sloan Wainwright Band:
Illuminate
2000 miles

Ensemble:
Blue Christmas

Sloan Wainwright Band, with Greg Greenway on piano, Pete Kennedy on drums:
Search the Sky

Ensemble:
Thank God it's Christmas (yes, the Freddie Mercury/Queen song!)

Cadence Caroll, with ensemble:
A'soalin' (her fabulous rocked-up version, complete with rockin'
guitar solo by Stephen Murphy)

Ensemble:
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (yes the one from the Phil Spector
Christmas album)

Greg Greenway, Sloan Wainwright, Maura Kennedy:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Stephen Murphy, with ensemble:
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (in honor of John Lennon on the 27th
anniversary of his death)

Ensemble:
Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You

Encore, which was not quite an encore (the performers didn't leave the stage:)
Silent Night

At least I think that's how it went--if you think *this* is hard to
read, you should see my notes!

Oh, and speaking of Pete playing drums, everybody's seen the "Gotcha
Hoop On" video, right? The one linked from kennedysmusic.com?  It's
*really* fun to watch! ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ9QNm1r2a4 )



- -- "There's magic everywhere." -- Bill Watterson.

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?

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