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Today's Subjects: ----------------- [EDA] Jewel at CMA Festival ["Scott Anthony Evans" ] Re: [EDA] Pic of Jewel with RIAA Plaque [EN ] Re: [EDA] Jewel at CMA Festival ["Mrs Angela the Magnificent" ] Re: [EDA] Re: Jewel on AOL Sessions [EN ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 02:59:25 -0400 From: "Scott Anthony Evans" Subject: [EDA] Jewel at CMA Festival http://www.cmt.com/sitewide/assets/img/events/2008/cma_music_festival/thursday/lp_field/cma_fest_lp_field_fri_17-x600.jpg Holy legs, batman. - -- Scott Anthony Evans scott@scottanthony.org http://www.scottanthony.org ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:38:00 -0400 From: "Scott Anthony Evans" Subject: [EDA] Pic of Jewel with RIAA Plaque http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20080606/293.jewel.060608.jpg She was probably thinking, "Uh...didn't I hit this last year? Can't you wait til 20 mil?" Heh. - -- Scott Anthony Evans scott@scottanthony.org http://www.scottanthony.org ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:40:14 -0400 From: "Scott Anthony Evans" Subject: [EDA] Jam Showbiz article With the exception of one album a few years ago, Jewel has always leaned musically more toward country than glossy, over-produced pop material. So her new (and first) country album Perfectly Clear finally seems to be a perfect fit for the 34-year-old artist, even if Nashville industry folks weren't enthralled with the idea. "A lot of them wanted me to be more pop, I was so surprised that that was the reaction I got," she says. "They wanted me to be a bit more slick and produced and pop-driven country. I thought, 'I can't win for trying. I'm too country for pop and now they're telling me I'm too pop for country.' " The album, out this week, follows an eventful few years for the performer. After 2006's Goodbye Alice In Wonderland, Jewel parted ways with Atlantic Records, eventually landing on the Nashville-based label The Valory Music Co. (Open Road Recordings in Canada). "I've been writing country music since the beginning," she says. "I always thought I should get played on country radio but I don't know if my label (Atlantic) had any connections to country radio, being a New York-based label. "It's always been such a fight to break me anywhere. I've always been such an odd fit no matter where I am. "But because I was raised in Alaska on a ranch I was always listening to country music -- Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard but also Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. I loved storytellers, people that were authentic about who they were, talking about their life and their experience." Those influences seem to come through on Perfectly Clear on numbers such as Stronger Woman, 'Til It Feels Like Cheating and Love By You (Cowboy Waltz). Perhaps the strangest thing is how old some of these songs are. "Some of my stuff was too country to go on my other records so I saved them, like Perfectly Clear or Cowboy Waltz," she says. "Cowboy Waltz I wrote when I was about 16, I wrote Perfectly Clear when I was 18. So a lot of these songs have been sitting around for a long time." Although coming up with songs was never a problem, trying to pare the album down was a chore for Jewel. Previous records where she aimed for just 10 tracks ended up with a handful more. "I think people can listen to it at one sitting and I've noticed that people can fall in love with every song instead of being overwhelmed with 15," she says. "I really wanted it to be a ... concise record that was very focused. "I used Heart Like A Wheel (Linda Ronstadt's 1974 hit album) as inspiration. It's an unbelievable record because they let her voice be the centrepiece and they picked great songs. And that's what I tried to do with this. I picked my best songs and I tried to sing the heck out of them." Jewel also says having John Rich of country act Big & Rich co-produce didn't hurt either -- despite their unlikely collaboration. "He's very flamboyant and outgoing and I'm much more introverted and thoughtful," she says. "But when you scratch beneath the surface we actually come from the same place. "We're people who love music. I think the reason he was really a great partner for me is because he didn't think about (the songs as) country or not country or pop, I mean it doesn't even cross our minds. "It's something the press really seems to get caught up on. It seems to us like just another colour, like you're a painter -- pink isn't any harder to use than yellow." While she has her critics, former rodeo competitor and longtime partner Ty Murray made it perfectly clear what he thinks of Perfectly Clear. "This is his favourite record of mine not because it's country but because my personality came through the most. I think he likes that." What Simon says irks this judge After hosting some episodes last year of Nashville Star, country music's American Idol equivalent, Jewel is a judge for this upcoming season alongside John Rich and Jeffrey Steele (bassist for country act Boy Howdy) with Billy Ray Cyrus hosting. The season premiere is Monday on NBC. Jewel says she takes the job very seriously, so don't expect any smart-ass, smarmy one-liners a certain Cowell continually churns out. "I try and go about being a judge by considering what I would want if I was a contestant," she says. "If I was a contestant I would hate it if they told me vague things that had nothing to do with anything. "I was a host last year and I attacked the judges a couple of times. I thought they were doing a disservice, coming up with clever things in their dressing room and whether it had anything to do with the performance or not, they were going to say them. If I was a contestant I would feel cheated, you're supposed to be an expert and you're talking about my shoes. "I'm not going to pull a punch, I'm going to be very honest with these people because that's what I would want. My mentors were very honest with me. Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Merle Haggard all took me under their wing and they told me what was good about me and they told me when I was in danger of selling out. We need that help from our fellow musicians." - -- Scott Anthony Evans scott@scottanthony.org http://www.scottanthony.org ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 07:51:35 -0700 From: EN Subject: Re: [EDA] Pic of Jewel with RIAA Plaque Wow that is a pretty awesome framed thingie though. LOL. Sorry ... Can't think of another word. Just woke up over here ;) - -Elizabeth On Jun 8, 2008, at 7:38 AM, "Scott Anthony Evans" wrote: > http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20080606/293.jewel.060608.jpg > > She was probably thinking, "Uh...didn't I hit this last year? Can't > you wait til 20 mil?" > > Heh. > > -- > Scott Anthony Evans > scott@scottanthony.org > http://www.scottanthony.org ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 19:33:41 +1000 From: "Mrs Angela the Magnificent" Subject: Re: [EDA] Jewel at CMA Festival Wow... I've suddenly realised why there are so many men on this list... ;) ~Angie. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Anthony Evans" To: "Jewel list" Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 4:59 PM Subject: [EDA] Jewel at CMA Festival > http://www.cmt.com/sitewide/assets/img/events/2008/cma_music_festival/thursday/lp_field/cma_fest_lp_field_fri_17-x600.jpg > > Holy legs, batman. > > -- > Scott Anthony Evans > scott@scottanthony.org > http://www.scottanthony.org ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 14:53:57 -0400 From: "Scott Anthony Evans" Subject: [EDA] Jewel on AOL Sessions http://music.aol.com/video/stronger-woman-aol-sessions/jewel/2133346 Jewel live set on AOL. She does: Stronger Woman Thump Thump Perfectly Clear Loved By You (Cowboy Waltz) You Were Meant For Me I Do I love all this stuff popping up online. Valory rocks. Who misses Atlantic Records? (crickets) - -- Scott Anthony Evans scott@scottanthony.org http://www.scottanthony.org ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 15:04:41 -0400 From: "Scott Anthony Evans" Subject: [EDA] Re: Jewel on AOL Sessions Oh, and as a follow-up, that is a SMOKIN' rendition of "Perfectly Clear." I wish she would cut down on the little girl voice and only sing in that gritty voice. Yowza. On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Scott Anthony Evans wrote: > http://music.aol.com/video/stronger-woman-aol-sessions/jewel/2133346 > > Jewel live set on AOL. She does: > > Stronger Woman > Thump Thump > Perfectly Clear > Loved By You (Cowboy Waltz) > You Were Meant For Me > I Do > > I love all this stuff popping up online. Valory rocks. > Who misses Atlantic Records? > (crickets) > > -- > Scott Anthony Evans > scott@scottanthony.org > http://www.scottanthony.org > - -- Scott Anthony Evans scott@scottanthony.org http://www.scottanthony.org ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 15:31:39 -0400 From: Matt Subject: Re: [EDA] I Do behind the scenes video I get an error message for this video. Is it posted anywhere else? Matt On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Scott Anthony Evans wrote: > > http://www.cmt.com/videos/cmt-news/235804/cmt-insider-news-now-52708-jewel.jhtml > > Ooooh, she's thinkin' of getting knocked up and preggers soon! Nice, > that will be adorable! > > -- > Scott Anthony Evans > scott@scottanthony.org > http://www.scottanthony.org > - -- 'Life Is What Happens To You While You're Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 12:43:41 -0700 From: EN Subject: Re: [EDA] Re: Jewel on AOL Sessions Scott I totally agree on Perfectly Clear. It kind of makes it more powerful. Before, it was kind of this cutesy sad/bittersweet love song. But with this performance she kind of channeled something else. *sigh* I've always loved this song - -Elizabeth On Jun 8, 2008, at 12:04 PM, "Scott Anthony Evans" wrote: > Oh, and as a follow-up, that is a SMOKIN' rendition of "Perfectly > Clear." I wish she would cut down on the little girl voice and only > sing in that gritty voice. Yowza. > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Scott Anthony Evans > wrote: >> http://music.aol.com/video/stronger-woman-aol-sessions/jewel/2133346 >> >> Jewel live set on AOL. She does: >> >> Stronger Woman >> Thump Thump >> Perfectly Clear >> Loved By You (Cowboy Waltz) >> You Were Meant For Me >> I Do >> >> I love all this stuff popping up online. Valory rocks. >> Who misses Atlantic Records? >> (crickets) >> >> -- >> Scott Anthony Evans >> scott@scottanthony.org >> http://www.scottanthony.org >> > > > > -- > Scott Anthony Evans > scott@scottanthony.org > http://www.scottanthony.org ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V12 #353 ****************************