From: owner-jewel-digest To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V1 #63 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "jewel-digest-request@smoe.org" with "unsubscribe" as the body. jewel-digest Wednesday, 21 February 1996 Volume 01 : Number 063 Today's Subjects: ----------------- I got in! Confirmed tour dates for end of Feburary I went to high school with Jewel... Jewel at the Zephyr Tape Tree MTV movie clips local Jewel interview Re: Natl Folk Festival (fwd) National Folk Music Festival in Dayton!!! Sean Penn w/ someone else!! Request: Louisa and Her Blue Guitar lyrics Re: Sean Penn w/ someone else!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sabra Richardson Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 07:26:48 -0700 (MST) Subject: I got in! Well folks, With a little encouragement from Neal's letter I decided I could at least TRY to get into the 21+ club and claim my prize. My husband and I got to the club at about 6:15 (the "meet and greet" started at 6:00) and got to the inside doors. There was a lady there who was at Jewel's show last July and at the Tori Amos listening party so I'm guessing she is the SLC Atlantic Rep. I told her I was on the guest list and she marked me off then asked for ID. I gave her my ID innocently, then said, "Oh, is this a 21 and over thing?" She looked at me and nodded. She must have seen my disappointment because she gave in and said she could let me in for the "meet and greet" but that I'd have to leave before the show. Just then, a Guy In Charge came up to the desk and asked for ID. I thought this was the end! The lady said she'd checked my ID, but not my husband's. So Nathan showed his ID and we were in! When we got in, Edwin McCain was doing a sound check and there were vegetable and chip plates out (some "pizza party" eh?). There were only about ten of us sitting there listening to the sound check. Jewel didn't come out til about 6:30 and then she was swamped with everyone in the room (mostly employees from what I could gather). I took one of the free posters and stood in line to have it signed. I told her she might not remember me from last July but she did! She said my name reminded her of ivory (sabra=sabertooth=ivory?) and I told her I was from the computer mailing list. BAD MOVE! She drew an angel, wrote "you are Everyday Angels," signed her name on the poster and handed it back. I wanted something original! Oh well. Honestly I wanted to see the show more than I wanted to meet her again, but it was okay (I hate meeting famous people because the whole exchange seems so fake to me). Nathan said he noticed that she looked a little timid. I can imagine it would be scary to meet so many people that know all about you and you don't even know their names! I also got a fuzzy copy of her 30 minute interview on KUMT. She talked about her influences and made a comment about the Tori Amos comparison. She also sang WWSYS and "Near You Always". Very good stuff. I guess that will be my contribution to the tape tree! All in all I had a nice evening. I really wish I could have stayed for the show. But J.A.K.E, give us a review! Did you get to meet her? Sabra (my blueprints were too sad so I made them yellow) - -----------------s a b r a r i c h a r d s o n b e d d e s----------------- ------------------------------ From: Colin Stuckless Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 14:57:34 -0330 Subject: Confirmed tour dates for end of Feburary Here's the confirmed scedule for the rest of Feb, in case anyone is able to catch any of these shows: Tue Feb 20 Boise, ID Bogie's Thu Feb 22 Seattle, WA Pioneer Square Theatre Fri Feb 23 Vancouver, BC Town Pump Mon Feb 26 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst Tue Feb 27 San Francisco, CA Slim's Wed Feb 28 San Juan Capistrano, CA The Coach House Thu Feb 29 Los Angeles, CA Roxy Theatre Regards, Colin Stuckless colins@cs.mun.ca Jewel page: http://www.cs.mun.ca/~colins/jewel.html ------------------------------ From: SBB4184@alpha.CC.OBERLIN.EDU Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 14:55:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: I went to high school with Jewel... Dear Jewel-heads, I went to Interlochen Arts Academy from 1988-1992 and graduated with Jewel. I was even in a little band that got together to play a coffeehouse gig. Jewel hadn't learned to play guitar very well (but she was starting to learn) at that point, but she wailed when we did covers of Aretha Franklin's "Think", the Talking Head's "Blind", and a Janis Joplin song or two. I caught up with her at a Cleveland show recently, and she invited me backstage. I've loved her voice since high school, and it's great that she now has a national audience. She asked me to submit a demo tape, but I haven't heard back yet, so I'm not holding my breath. When I mention her sucess to other people we went to high school with, they all remember her as the blond who yodeled... oh well. Ask me questions if you've got any, Brian Bartel ------------------------------ From: "J.A.K.E." Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 15:26:24 MST Subject: Jewel at the Zephyr Hello everyone, J.A.K.E. here. I went to the February 19th show at the Zephyr club here in Salt Lake City. I've been a fan of Jewel for about 6 months now and am so glad to have met her. Naturally, the show was great. The coolest thing was meeting her before she went onstage. I was sitting with two friends I went with, waiting for the show to start, when I noticed this girl next to the bar towards the back of the club. She had a camera and was talking to a couple young guys. I thought, "That looks like Jewel". I told my friend, he turned around and shrugged that he wasn't sure. Finally after a couple minutes of looking I new it MUST be Jewel (she did have a camera, which is normally not allowed), so one of my friends and I went back to talk to her. She was just hanging out. Besides the two she was talking to, no one seemed to notice her. It was just so cool. I listened to Jewel conversing with those two for a little bit then introduced myself. She was so beautiful I might add. I told her that I was from the list and she commented, "That's what helps keep me going". I asked her about our very own Sabra who had won the meet&greet with her. I told Jewel I was hoping to meet Sabra at the show and asked her what Sabra was wearing so I could identify her and so she did. Later I looked but never did see Sabra there and of course now I know she wasn't there because they wouldn't let her stay (she wasn't old enough). HERE'S THE COOL PART: She asked me, "Would you rather be Kermit the Frog or Rosco P. Coltrane". I said, "Rosco who?" "From the Dukes of Hazzard", she replied. Then she did a cool impression of Rosco which I immediately recognized from the show. Quite frankly, it surprised me. She's so damn cute. I told her, "Kermit's cool", and so did my friend. She didn't really have a reply though, she simply smiled. Then we talked about people standing in front of the seats we were at and she said that we should probably have to go stand in front of the stage to see. She chatted with the other two people for a bit and then she said she had to go. I quickly asked he if she could autograph a CD cover. She said happily, "Why certainly!" She asked me my name and wrote "Jason- [angel sketch] Jewel Kilcher". I didn't even ask her to draw me an angel so it was cool that she did, I wanted one. I know Sabra said she wanted something original, but I'm plenty happy to have an angel on my Jewel CD cover. Now note this: I then asked her to sign my ticket because her name is not even on it. She said, "How rude of them". She seemed a little disturbed by it. I asked her, "You are supposed to be co-billed right?". She said yes. I told her there seems to be the same thing going on at other shows too. (I just felt she should be aware of it.) She smiled anyhow and looked at the crowd and said, "Sure looks like it's going to be a loud crowd." And I remembered all the stories here about loud crowds and how she handles them. She said goodbye and we went back to our seats. A couple minutes later I went to the restroom and saw her standing behind a crowd of people in the middle of the club. Just standing there checking people out, taking pictures. She was anonymous and I was glad for her. About 15 minutes later she went onstage. My friends and I had to move up to the stage to see, just as she said. She played for about an hour. I had hoped she would play longer and I'm sure all the noisy people in the back of the club didn't help any. They made me mad, she made me happy. She played (not in this order, i forget): Race Car Driver Who Will Save Your Soul Daddy (w/ story about The Jeffersons) Foolish Games (VERY INTENSE! ALMOST LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS IN TEARS!) Little Sister Pieces of You (w/ story of her dad seeing her in a gay bar) You Were Meant For Me Sometimes It Be That Way Cold Song (said she wrote when she was sick once) Angel Standing By FINALE: Yodelling!!!!!!!!!!! It was amazing! This has been a Jewel Experience (at least what I can remember). Thanks for listening. I hope you all get to see Jewel real soon! - J.A.K.E. ------------------------------ From: "Ken Winchenbach" Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 04:48:38 +0000 Subject: Tape Tree tree to notify me if you have any problems at all. If you can't contact your branch or if you have trouble dealing with them, get in touch with me. ---------K e n---------- <> walden@bluefin.net http://www.bluefin.net/~wink "You must live as you think, or sooner or later you will think as you live." ------------------------------ From: Steve Ito Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 19:10:01 -0500 Subject: MTV movie clips Greg said: >Don't forget to check out the two movies there. >http://here.mtv.com/video/news/Jewel8.mov > also Jewel6.mov > >one is her doing 'Morning Song' and the other is yodeling! :) Why do they even bother to try with the yodelling? No computer, no matter how powerful, is fast enough to keep up with Jewel's yodelling at its best. ;-) Steve ------------------------------ From: Aaron Matthew Suever Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 21:32:59 -0500 (EST) Subject: local Jewel interview Hi, everyone. I just joined the list, and I must say you've got quite a little thing going here. Anyway, Jewel played here (Ann Arbor, MI) at the Blind Pig on February 7, and our little college paper had an info blurb/interview with her. I don't know if any of it is new information, but I thought I'd pass it along. BTW, the show was heavenly (but from what I've heard, this seems to always be the case :} Michigan Daily 2/7/96 Alaska native Jewel finds solace through singing, songwriting -by Kari Jones Maybe it's her name:"Jewel." Maybe it's her face: wide, green eyes, pouty lips and skin somehow stolen from a Noxema commercial. Whatever the cause may be, the 21-year-old acoustic angel's name has hardly appeared in print without the words "cutie,""sweetie" or "folky" next to it. It's enough to make a struggling musician sick. Don't let singer/guitarist Jewel Kilcher's gentle exterior fool you, however. This Homer, Alaska native has set up camp on some of the roughest edges of life and come through it with a level of inner strength far beyond the "neo-hippie" folksters she's perpetually lumped together with. "I never thought I'd get a record deal. I just wanted to eat every day doing something I liked," Kilcher said. Modesty is not surprising coming from a woman who spent her childhood on an 800-acre-farm with no shower or indoor bathroom and was only recently living in a van in San Diego. Although she left the Alaskan wilderness at the age of 16 to study music, sculpture and other forms of art at Michigan's Interlochen arts high school, Kilcher swears she never pined away for fame when she wa growing up. In fact, she didn't even learn to play the guitar until she was 17. "I didn't know what I would do (for a career). I don't think many people do. I mean, you're not asked what will make you happy; you're asked, 'How are you going to make a living?' So I think mostly you're stuck with anxiety about how you're going to support yourself," she said. "I never dreamed of being famous or something like that. I only ever wanted to find things that made me feel at rest because I've always felt so driven and pushed." Kilcher's determination may have been a road block when it came to finding inner solace, but outwardly, it pushed her toward the places where she needed to go. After unhappily moving through a string of odd jobs in San Diego (where she was living with her mother after high school), Kilcher finally hit what most people would consider rock bottom. Money was tight. Times were tough. Kilcher and her mother eventually had to move into their own respective vans. To Kilcher, however, this was a time of freedom and inspiration. "Joy. Pure Joy. I am / What I always wanted to grow up and be" the singer penned in "Upon Moving Into My Van," a poem that appears in the liner notes of her debut CD. She spent this time performing in coffee shops to earn money, surfing and writing poetry. "I've always written a lot of poetry. It's been sort of my own therapy," Kilcher said. "They're usually very autobiographical. But my songs generally aren't." Autobiographical or not, her story-like songs conveyed enough genuine emotion and eclectic wisdom to draw a large following to her coffee house performances. One day, that following included a representative from Atlantic records, and the rest, as they say, is the stuff fairy tales are made of. Or at least really good poetry. Kilcher recorded her 14-song debut "Pieces of You" at Neil Young's Redwood Digital studio with the help of producer Ben Kieth (Patsy Cline, Neil Young). The recording is an earthy collection of musical stories that show an amazing level of intensity for such a young performer. One moment, she's trilling on like a little girl, and the next line is sung from somewhere so deep and gutteral, it takes the first-time listener by surprise. "Pieces of You" quickly caught the attention of some of the industry's biggest names, and "Jewel" (she droppped Kilcher when she needed a stage name) has spent the past year performing and/or touring with the likes of Melissa Etheridge, John Hiatt, Liz Phair, Bob Dylan and a present tour with Edwin McCain. Impressive stuff. As if that weren't enough, however, Kilcher also tried on her acting shoes in the role of Dorothy in TNT's TV musical "The Wizard of Oz." Co-stars in this endeavor included Roger Daltry, Debra Winger, Natalie Cole, Jackson Browne, Nathan Lane and Joel Gray. "That was really a challenge -- I enjoyed it a lot," Kilcher said, although she admitted she was slightly nervous in the beginning. "At first, I was a little bit like 'what am I doing here?' but they were all so supportive, especially Jackson Browne." Kilcher's sudden boost to a level of "public recognition" hasn't separated her from her small-town sensibility. Don't even attempt to assert that she might be ... famous. "I'm totally not famous!" Kilcher stressed. "It's an odd term. Everything has changed for me -- I mean, I have purpose in my life now. I never thought life would have a use for me. I've always felt very alone and very suffocated, and to actually be so blessed as to live a dream, I find to be an honor." Kilcher's future plans include touring, recording new material in March, and basically just continuing to exist in an "extremely happy" state. In fact, the time may have come for this intense, young performer to settle down in the first job that finally feels right. "I hope to go my whole career doing this, but I don't really get MTV play or radio play. I just tour a lot, and I'm happy because I think hardwood grows slowly," Kilcher said earnestly. "I never knew what in life would bring me a sense of peace ... I think I've finally found it." The half-page feature was accompanied by the picture of her in a #55 t-shirt and a cap, with the caption "Jewel has travelled down some rough roads and come out looking good." * * * Now for those of you who care to hear my own Jewel story: When I found out about the concert, it was already sold out. Needless to say, I was disappointed, especially since I missed her last fall (she was going to open for Belly and Catherine Wheel, but it didn't happen:( I've seen her video once (only!) on 120 Minutes and knew I had to get the album. Anyway, I've had it for maybe half a year now. In the meantime, I've caught her perform in the studio for I think it was 120 Minutes or Alternative Nation, I can't recall. I also saw her on VH-1 Duets with Melissa Etheridge and she did some songs live for the Detroit station 96.3 "The Planet" a few months ago. I had to go, but how? I listened to WIQB, the local radio station, at work on the day of the concert, hoping desperately that something would come up. Joy of joys! She was going to be in the studio later with Edwin, performing some songs. When they came on, I called the studio line, but no one would answer. I think I tried like 5 or six times. It occurred to me that during an ad break would be better so I tried a few more times. Finally, just as I was about to give up, the DJ answered. I think I gushed something like, "Oh man, you've gotta help me out! I have to go see Jewel, but the show's sold out and I don't have tickets." Now, at this point, I didn't know what to do. I had been trying to figure out a really good reason why the station should give *me* tickets. I didn't even know if they *had* tickets. But somewhere in the back of my mind, the half-baked plan had formed that if I could just talk to Jewel, she would let me in. Well, it turns out I didn't have to (or get to) go that far; I didn't even have to beg. The guy just said "OK, what's your name. Your tickets will be waiting at the door." Utter Coolness! My elation at my success was only slightly deflated when they offerred tickets ten minutes later to the first two callers. When my friend and I got there at door-opening the line was huge, so we went for some food. We got back about 15 minutes before she was supposed to hit the stage. As we stood in the (much shorter) line, Jewel walked right by us to the back club entrance ('cause the tour bus, a moving van and a big white limo were all parked in front of the club). All I could do was stare foolishly and whisper to my friend, "Yeah, I think that's her." It's always so weird to see someone that you've only seen on TV before. Anyway, not having made my Jewel-Internet connection yet, I was surprised to hear so many great songs that I thought must be new. And she was so funny and very confident, unlike when she was on the radio earlier (you could tell she had been nervous at the studio 'cuz she was giggling a lot - remember the Me poem? -".../I laugh when I'm nervous/..."). I wish I had brought my CD for her to sign, but I didn't know she did that, and I was very sad to find that she had no T-shirts or anything to sell. I was within ten feet of her at the show, but couldn't talk to her (just too shy). I know I'll never be that close again, as we all know she's gonna be Really Big soon. sigh. Yikes! Sorry this was sooo long. Aaron Suever "Success is a journey, not a goal" - on something my Mom gave me for Christmas ------------------------------ From: diciccda@saber.udayton.edu Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 22:08:04 -0500 Subject: Re: Natl Folk Festival (fwd) Sender: Charlie Bowen <71635.1025@compuserve.com> Subject: National Folk Festival I'm new to the mailing list -- and I LOVE it! -- so I don't know if you've had this, but I just saw an item on UPI this morning that says that for the next three years, downtown Dayton, Ohio, will be hosting the National Folk Festival. This year's event will be June 21-23. More than 150 musicians and craftsmakers are expected to draw more than 100,000 visitors. Bluesman Little Milton and the bluegrass band Lonesome River are among the scheduled performers. The wire service notes the event usually takes place in larger cities such as New Orleans or San Francisco, but Andy Wallace, co-director of the National Council for the Traditional Arts in Washington says Dayton was selected for the 1996, '97 and '98 festivals because "they just brought more to the table," adding, "They have an organization that is really in touch with their community, which is vital to us. They have the resources to pull off the festival and the commitment to do it." UPI says the festival will focus on Ohio, with 25 percent of the musicians coming from the state. cheers, Charlie Bowen [Alan sez: I have never even heard of this event. Could someone out there tell us about a prior National Folk Festival that they attended?] ================== RFC 822 Headers ================== Return-Path: folk_music@nysernet.org Received: by saber.udayton.edu (UCX V3.2-9D); Mon, 19 Feb 1996 16:28:58 -0500 Received: from (localhost.nysernet.org [127.0.0.1]) by nysernet.org (8.6.11/8.6.11) with SMTP id QAA26230; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 16:18:54 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 16:18:54 -0500 Message-Id: Reply-To: folk_music@nysernet.org Originator: folk_music@nysernet.org Sender: folk_music@nysernet.org Precedence: bulk From: Charlie Bowen <71635.1025@compuserve.com> To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: National Folk Festival X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: Folk Music Mailing List ------------------------------ From: diciccda@saber.udayton.edu Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 22:01:50 -0500 Subject: National Folk Music Festival in Dayton!!! Hey Angels!!! I just wanted to take a minute and gloat at my good fortune. The National Folk Festival will be here in Dayton on June 21-23. And Dayton will ne hosting it in '97 and '98 as well. When I moved out here to go to law school, I wasn't sure if it was a good idea. But now I'm very glad I came here. I doubt that Jewel will be at the folk festival, especially since she said on GMA that she didn't like the term "folk", but preferred "honest". But maybe Dar Williams will be there! I am going to forward the message that I received about the festival, so I hope you all don't mind. If any Angels are coming to Dayton for the festival, please be sure yo u let me know. Thanks for listenin', Dave DiCicco diciccda@saber.udayton.edu ------------------------------ From: Christian Sinclair Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 19:17:25 -0800 (PST) Subject: Sean Penn w/ someone else!! I gelaned this tid-bit from Today's San Diego Union-Tribune: "More from 'Hot Couples of the Moment' file: He's the sullen, chain-smoking, pugilist-actor-director SEAN PENN and she's the supermodel-mediocre-actress-but-undeniably-impressive-bod Austrailian person ELLE MACPHERSON. Who may also be a chain-smoker. They were seen cuddling up and doing the lip-lock between cigarettes at an upscale NY bistro on Valentine's Night-sez the New York Post, anyway. 'They kept going up to the bar, the only place you can smoke in Coco Pazza,' a patron told the Post. 'They kissed between puffs and acted like no one else was on the room.' This seems to lend credence to recent rumors of a split between Elle and longtime squeez/British millionaire art dealer Tim Jeffries." Well, I just hope the damn media finally gets off Jewel's case for being friends with Sean Penn. I just thought you folks would like to know. - -Christian SInclair P.S. Sorry about the grammar, but that's the way it was written. P.P.S. Can I write 'damn', now that the CDA is passed? And does this mean some of Jewel's lyrics have to be taken off the 'net, because of foul language? Just curious. ------------------------------ From: Colin Stuckless Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 01:16:47 -0330 Subject: Request: Louisa and Her Blue Guitar lyrics Hi gang. Louisa and Her Blue Guitar has been my most listened to Jewel song over the past few weeks, and I'm wondering if anyone out there has transcribed the lyrics for this one. I don't think it's part of James Reach's lyrics archive, but I could be mistaken. It's not on my Jewel page, nor Aaron's. In particular, I love Jewel's voice as she sings the "hi-ho Silver " I've always been terrible at picking these things out - once I get a set of words in my head that's it :-) If someone who has a clue could listen to it and let me know, I'd much appreciate it! I hope this one makes it on the next cd, I think it's a great song. I really like what Jewel does with her voice on this one - it's sounds much more free and playful than most of PoY. Ok, so I got half way through this message and figured I might as well try to transcribe what I can here. Hopefully someone will be able to fill in the pieces: Louisa and Her Blue Guitar - -------------------------- A naked has much to talk about if it's just approached right just like girls who talk too much in crowded bar rooms like last night just like Louisa, ain't that right conversations overheard secret silver dollars become petty change suddenly red lipstick finds itself on the wrong side of the rage just like Louisa, ain't that strange washed nylons bleed dirty tears from a strangers' window pane the red light can not change the mood of the blue guitar that's played, blue guitar the sound of painted nails are playing hi-ho Silver good intentions and Louisa finishes last oh goodie, ain't life a blast hollow glance may I have this dance her face is moon-worn and thin, cause she's been wishing on too many stars again washed nylons bleed dirty tears from a strangers' window pane the red light can not change the mood of the blue guitar that's played, blue guitar, blue guitar, get in the car - ----------------------------------- Cheers, Colin Stuckless colins@cs.mun.ca ------------------------------ From: awalker@macalstr.edu (Aaron Walker) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 23:40:08 -0600 Subject: Re: Sean Penn w/ someone else!! >P.P.S. Can I write 'damn', now that the CDA is passed? And does this >mean some of Jewel's lyrics have to be taken off the 'net, because of >foul language? Just curious. Well, so far I'm keeping everything on my pages. The CDA isn't being enforced yet, pending the result of the ACLU's case against it (unconstitutional, etc.). I'm going to try and keep Everyday Angels available no matter what. I've thought about just labeling every page I have with some sort of message about how it isn't meant for minors, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. - -Aaron Walker Email address: awalker@macalstr.edu Home Page: http://www.math.macalstr.edu/~awalker/ ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V1 #63 **************************