From: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org (lucy-list-digest) To: lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: lucy-list-digest V1 #274 Reply-To: lucy-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk lucy-list-digest Thursday, December 30 1999 Volume 01 : Number 274 In this issue: [lucy-list] Simon & Kaplansky [lucy-list] Simon RE: [lucy-list] Simon & Kaplansky Re: [lucy-list] Simon & Kaplansky Re: [lucy-list] Simon & Kaplansky [lucy-list] Did you vote? Re: [lucy-list] Simon & Kaplansky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 08:52:07 -0600 From: Sam Lisman Subject: [lucy-list] Simon & Kaplansky Have you ever noticed that sometimes something good happens only because something kind of lousy is going on? Case in point, this girl said she would call me, and she hasn't. So, rather than mope around the apartment hoping she'll call (which is kind of pathetic) I went out last night to drive around to cheer up. Since I still don't know Atlanta very well (I just moved down here) I ended up at a CD chain-store I'd never heard of (I'd rather shop at a local independent, but I haven't found any in these suburbs, yet). Anyway, while flipping through the compilations in the rather meager Folk section, I pulled out a CD entitled The Songwriters Exchange (on Stash Records ST-CD-529). It had a bunch of people I either had never heard of, or whom I just don't listen to, but then I saw it: Simon & Kaplansky. On the cover, there's a picture of all the artists hanging out outside what looks like a Greenwich Village club (The Cornelia Street Cafe). Sitting right in the middle of the crowd is a very young-looking Lucy (or so I hoped, because there was nothing on the case to actually tell me if this was our Kaplansky, or just a horrible coincidence). So, I bought the CD and opened it in the car. As I flipped through the booklet, hoping to find out, I learned that the notes had nothing to do with the CD (very odd). But, when I played the three tracks by Simon & Kaplansky, it was obviously Lucy. The three songs are Say Goodbye Love (5:02), Moon Song (2:47), and Rooms (4:32). As noted above, there is no recording or publishing information anywhere in the liner notes, so I know nothing more about these songs, except that they sound pretty good -- and Lucy's voice sounds about ten or fifteen years younger than I'm used to. Now, I've been with this list pretty much since it started, and I don't recall any sort of discussion about this, so, I'm guessing (probably incorrectly) that I've made something of a find, here. It may not be as great as if I could find those early Kaplansky-Colvin tracks (does anyone have those?), but this is pretty good. So, who needs girls to actually call me when they say the will, when I have Lucy's music, right? When I see Lucy next month (in South Carolina), I'll have to ask her about these tracks. Does anyone know who the Simon in Simon & Kaplansky is? Sam ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 11:00:52 PST From: "jeff greggor" Subject: [lucy-list] Simon Sam wrote: "Does anyone know who the Simon in Simon & Kaplansky is?" It wasn't Paul! His name is Eliot Simon. They were a short-lived duo back in those days. And as much as I adore Lucy, those songs simply aren't worth that much discussion. But it's a nice cd to have for us Lucy fanatics. As for the Lucy-Shawn material, the Smithsonian has taken over the old Fast Folk library and are in the very, very slow process of getting that stuff together. One day some of it might actually be available. Jeff G ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 11:07:47 -0800 From: "Susan Krauss" Subject: RE: [lucy-list] Simon & Kaplansky The Cornelia Street Cafe had a songwriter's exchange in the late 70's/early 80's and the CD you have collected people from that series. That is Lucy (notice her name on the CD is spelled Kaplanski with an i). This first came out on LP (which I have) and later on CD (which I also have). Most of the other artists are still peforming and around - Cliff Eberhardt (listen to him sing "Drive" - Lucy still does it in concert); Rod MacDonald; David Massengill. I don't think the other two stayed in the music business (Martha Hogan & Michael Fracasso). The CD is from 1990 but the LP was issued years before (it's in storage or I would look it up). I think the Simon is Eliot Simon - and that Lucy knew him in Chicago and they moved to NYC together. Many of the artists on this record were also involved with the Speakeasy Cafe and the Fast Folk Musical Magazine (now defunct). If you look at the photo you can see Frank Christian (his songs have been peformed by and he tours with Nanci Griffith). And the man sitting in front with glasses is Tom Intondi. He was a wonderful songwriter who died a few years ago. And why can't *you* call the girl (actually call her a woman - it might help). susan (who used to hang out at Corneilia Street and the Speakeasy and Folk City and saw Lucy many times in those early days before she went back to school) mailto:susankrauss@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 18:17:09 EST From: Wblr4@aol.com Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Simon & Kaplansky In a message dated 12/29/99 1:09:48 PM Central Standard Time, susankrauss@earthlink.net writes: << And why can't *you* call the girl (actually call her a woman - it might help). >> I don't know why it is but no matter how old I get I still refer to women who I might care about as "girls"...not that I don't refer to women as women...but girl, to my mind, even if not politically proper, is the more affectionate address. And I agree with you Susan...just call her. One risk is worth the possible bad experience. You'll live. wbe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 21:17:21 -0500 (EST) From: "witch baby" Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Simon & Kaplansky Hey all, This is the kind of post I love to see. Music can really cheer you up when that person doesn't call. And Susan, you know, sometimes you just can't call them. Sometimes you've got to wait to make sure they're interested. The CD sounds great. Lucy content: Is she really coming to Makor? When? I miss her shows. I'm going through "Broken Things" withdrawal -- plus I want to hear this new Steve Earle cover! I just got "I Feel Alright" -- what a great damn album. I love the whol interconnected folk musical chain. Jessica ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 21:46:05 -0500 From: "Bill McDonough" Subject: [lucy-list] Did you vote? For those of you scoring at home, Ten Year Night came in at number 28 in the WXPN Top 50 of 1999 as voted by the listeners. And yes, it was listed on the top 5 that I sent in to them. Bill ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 01:06:25 -0500 From: Howie Lyhte Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Simon & Kaplansky At 08:52 AM 12/29/1999 -0600, Sam wrote: > Anyway, while flipping through the compilations in the >rather meager Folk section, I pulled out a CD entitled The Songwriters >Exchange (on Stash Records ST-CD-529). It had a bunch of people I either >had never heard of, or whom I just don't listen to, but then I saw it: Simon >& Kaplansky. On the cover, there's a picture of all the artists hanging out >outside what looks like a Greenwich Village club (The Cornelia Street Cafe). >Sitting right in the middle of the crowd is a very young-looking Lucy (or so >I hoped, because there was nothing on the case to actually tell me if this >was our Kaplansky, or just a horrible coincidence). >Does anyone know who the Simon in >Simon & Kaplansky is? Got the following from a review of CryCryCry at http://wavespace.waverider.co.uk/~kerrkron/cry_3.htm Lucy moved to New York when she was eighteen, in the company of Elliott Simon, a graduate she had met at the University of Chicago, where her father worked. Forming a duo known as Simon & Kaplanski [Lucy has at various times ended her name with an "i" or a "y"], they went on to perform at numerous New York clubs, including The Cornelia Street Café. As a result of playing at the latter venue, the duo appeared on the 1980 Stash Records songwriter compilation "The Songwriters Exchange." Originally a twelve cut vinyl pressing, the 1990 CD reissue retained nine of the original selections and added nine previous unheard tracks. Simon & Kaplanski proved to be a short lived alliance, and Lucy spent the early part of the eighties working as a solo act. And there you have it. - -Howie - -- ________________________________________________________________________ Howie Lyhte Just when you start to accept That Life's a bitch howie3@ici.net It has puppies ------------------------------ End of lucy-list-digest V1 #274 ******************************* This has been a posting from the Lucy Kaplansky mail list digest To unsubscribe send mail to Majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe lucy-list-digest" in the body of the message