From: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org (lucy-list-digest) To: lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: lucy-list-digest V3 #280 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 Friday, December 14 2001 Volume 03 : Number 280 In this issue: Re: [lucy-list] Re: trivia time [lucy-list] Trivia [lucy-list] 'EVERY SINGLE DAY'- (Playing the entire CD on WFUV right now)!! [lucy-list] Lucy at Spitz [lucy-list] I Have to Kill You Now (Carla Ulbrich) Re: [lucy-list] Lucy at Spitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 06:29:09 EST From: Sdgold60@aol.com Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Re: trivia time Phil you are on the track.. no exactly what i am thinking you can link the prine song to the hammond song to the girls i believe lucy and the roches WERE at folk city at the same time ask peggy she knows.. that folk city history... she was the bartender there sharon I danced a lot of nights until the grass was wet It wasn't over yet Round 'bout 3AM you made a friend And I followed a lot of idle crazy thoughts because It's where the meaning was Though I tried to find it every other way ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:18:22 -0500 From: Donna Myers Subject: [lucy-list] Trivia John Prine: My husband's favorite artist Lucy Kaplansky: My favorite artist The Roches: "We Three Kings"-my favorite Xmas album Just when I thought I knew everything about Lucy.....Sharon throws this at me! John Prine's "The Sins of Memphisto" has the verse: Lucy and Ricky go to the Big Apple. I don't know how the Hammond song fits...maybe the verse: You'd be okay if you'd just stay in school. I remember reading in "Solo-Women Singer-Songwriters"(My Bible) that the Roches', "Quitting Time" had a healing effect for Lucy. Am I on the right track? Donna ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:13:08 -0500 From: "Batgirl of the Night" Subject: [lucy-list] 'EVERY SINGLE DAY'- (Playing the entire CD on WFUV right now)!! Hey everyone! It's 9:15am and Every Single Day was voted #10 on the Top 10 Best Cd's on WFUV and they are playing the entire CD now! So, hurry up and tune in! Of course, *we* all know it should have been #1 but at least it made the top 10, right? Enjoy! www.wfuv.org Renee /\v/\ "Like every heart to beat before and every wave to kiss a shore I'm not the first, I'm not the last... and soon to be your past But every mourning, when the light comes creeping in around my eyes another future falls behind the one I had in mind"-Days & Days- Concrete Blonde _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 18:20:30 -0000 From: "Dave McKay" Subject: [lucy-list] Lucy at Spitz Kay and I arrived in good time for the 7.30pm doors, only to find that the actual time was 8.00pm! We were thus one of the first into the venue (a large attic space several floors above ground), and secured a table right in front of the stage. On the way back up from the basement restrooms, I met Lucy coming the opposite direction, and we exchanged a few words of greeting. Alice Peacock impressed as the opening act, winning over the audience with her songs, as well as with a hilarious anecdote about her grandmother and Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records. Judging by the throng around the merch table during the interval, she's selling a respectable number of CDs. Well worth seeking out when she comes back next year with her new release. Lucy then hit the stage accompanied by Ben Butler on guitar, and Zev Katz on bass. Ben's histrionics did not compare favourably with, but nonetheless brought to mind, the inventive guitar techniques of David Goodrich. Lucy seemed pleased with his meanderings. Zev, as at the Jazz Cafe last December, was coolly detached, and perfect in the role! As a trio, the well rehearsed arrangements brought a more rounded sound. The set concentrated heavily on Every Single Day (7 tracks), with Ten Year Night trailing in a distant second: Wayfaring Stranger Written On The Back Of His Hand End Of The Day Don't Mind Me Broken Things [Julie Miller] (Ben Butler steps on the wrong pedal of his guitar box of tricks, and supplies some kind of hip-hop scratchings rather than whatever he had intended) Ten Year Night (now sixteen years since the "kitchen floor" incident) To Be Nowhere Guilty As Sin (a potential single ... I realise that writing the setlist down as initials means that this ends up as GAS!) What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding [Nick Lowe] Loch Lomond [attr Alicia Ann Scott] (touted as a singalong song in the aftermath of the Scottish dates ... as possibly the only Scot in the audience I found myself in a *duet* with Ms K, and even then only on the first verse and the choruses!) Alphabet Song [Irving Kaplansky] (requests for the oft-repeated Pi Song once Prof K's name was mentioned were considered but ultimately discarded ... nice to hear a different one instead) By Way Of Sorrow [Julie Miller] Hole In My Head [Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale] (big night for the Millers) Turn The Lights Back On Every Single Day Scorpion Encore #1: "Murder Song" Extract (played in "honour" of Jack the Ripper, who operated nearby the Spittalfield Market venue ... though Lucy urged us to sing along, we didn't recognise the song at all) Song For Molly (after its omission from the main set, I had high hopes of not hearing this at all, but my expectations were dashed) ** Guinevere [Robin Batteau] (excellent harmony vocals from Alice Peacock; unseen by Lucy, Ben Butler's guitar strap comes loose, and he just manages to avoid dropping the guitar ... cue embarrassed smile) Encore #2: It Ain't Me Babe [Robert Zimmerman] When we talked with Lucy after the show, she was not enthusiastic about the venue, or the circumstances surrounding how she ended up there. In defence of Spitz, the sound was good and the performance space appeared more than adequate, although the many flights of stairs were something of a hassle, especially given the subterranean siting of the restrooms! It still seems strange that arrangements weren't made earlier for the tour, when the likes of Dingwalls, the Borderline or the Jazz Cafe had open dates. Lucy *is* signing the front cover of ESD ... she had a silver pen expressly for that purpose, and deftly managed to avoid writing on her own face! All in all, a great night, and we look forward to the next time we see Lucy live ... wherever that may be! Dave. ** I'm going to make a confession here. My name is Dave, and I can't stand Song For Molly! I can identify with the sentiments behind it, having witnessed the slow mental and physical decline of my aunt prior to her death last December. But ... Molly is just so mawkish and over the top to my mind that it ends up insincere. I honestly don't know what people see in it. I skip over two tracks on Every Single Day ... Broken Things (sometimes) and Song For Molly (always). One because it genuinely hits home so hard, and oft times when I'm listening I'm not in the position to confront those emotions; the other because it seems nothing more than a cynical exercise in emotional button pushing. I'm reminded of a song by another artist which has the same effect ... Susan Moss, you know which song I'm talking about! "You are my sunshine", indeed ... ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:54:31 EST From: OzWoman321@aol.com Subject: [lucy-list] I Have to Kill You Now (Carla Ulbrich) Dave "The Rat" McKay wrote: << the other because it seems nothing more than a cynical exercise in emotional button pushing. I'm reminded of a song by another artist which has the same effect ... Susan Moss, you know which song I'm talking about! "You are my sunshine", indeed ... ;-) >> And if you ever tell *anyone* which song you are referring to, you will *never* hear The Swimming Song again... as you will be "sleeping with the fishes" - my Italian roots run deep and work has been slow for Uncle Guido! Susanna "And they gave me sticks and rocks and stars and all that I could hold, I had the blessings, a moment of peace even when the night ends..." ~ Dar Williams ------------------------------ Date: 13 Dec 2001 20:00:33 +0000 From: "Matt Bloomfield" Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Lucy at Spitz Dave's post summed up the evening nicely, I just wanted to add my own thoughts and comments.. *Dave McKay * wrote: > Alice Peacock impressed as the opening act, Alice came on stage to a quiet audience, I would like to take credit, much to the chagrin of my brother :), for instigating a welcoming round of applause. I thought Alice was excellent, I really enjoyed the set and got the CD signed. She has an excellent voice and reminded me a bit of Sheryl Crow. Having listened to the CD today in the car it's well worth buying so take a look at the very nicely done website www.alicepeacock.com and get yourself a copy. > As a trio, the well rehearsed > arrangements brought a more rounded sound. I was a bit concerned when we arrived and saw it would be Lucy and band. I do like it when it's just her and guitar. The fears were un-warranted, Lucy sounded fantastic, the sound was very good with Lucy very much the dominant player and not drowed out by the other instruments. I said afterwards that I really think the band complemented her well. She had a blast too, you could tell. Be nice to see her twice a year I think, once with band, once without. > The set concentrated heavily on > Every Single Day (7 tracks), with Ten Year Night trailing in a distant > second: Yep, though all my favourites were played. > Guilty As Sin > (a potential single ... I realise that writing the setlist down as initials That's one of my favourites off the album but I think Don't Mind Me would make a better single. > Loch Lomond [attr Alicia Ann Scott] > (touted as a singalong song in the aftermath of the Scottish dates ... as > possibly the only Scot in the audience I found myself in a *duet* with Ms K, > and even then only on the first verse and the choruses!) Well, with apologies to our Scottish friends, I must admit to not knowing the words, it was kind of embarrassing actually. I was sort of mumbling a half remembered chorus into my beer. > It still seems > strange that arrangements weren't made earlier for the tour, when the likes > of Dingwalls, the Borderline or the Jazz Cafe had open dates. Have to agree with you there. I did like the venue, it was nice and intimate. But, it's been proven at the bigger venues that Lucy can pull in the crowds. Spitz takes 230, the Borderline and Jazz Cafe 275 and 300 respectively. At 12.50 a ticket that makes a lot of difference in revenue terms. The Jazz Cafe and the Borderline were both heaving with people in previous years I'm not convinced last night was a sellout either, there was a pile of tickets by the till which I assume were the unsold ones.l > Lucy *is* signing the front cover of ESD ... she had a silver pen expressly > for that purpose, and deftly managed to avoid writing on her own face! Glad about that too, 'cos I only took the cover. Nice to meet her again, as graceful and as bashful about her brilliance as ever. Got a convert in the shape of my brother whom I've dragged to several gigs this year, he was very impressed with Lucy and loved the show. I too can't wait for next time, once a year just ain't enough. Matt ------------------------------ End of lucy-list-digest V3 #280 ******************************* 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