From: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org (lucy-list-digest) To: lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: lucy-list-digest V4 #205 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, September 6 2002 Volume 04 : Number 205 In this issue: RE: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? RE: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? [lucy-list] purchasing quandaries Re: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? Re: [lucy-list] purchasing quandaries Re: [lucy-list] purchasing quandaries [lucy-list] spinning [lucy-list] the land of the living [lucy-list] Lucy on xpn [lucy-list] got a devil's haircut in my mind ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 06:48:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Phil Garner Subject: RE: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? Phil Garner here in beautiful Winston-Salem, NC (1) Joy Lynn White "On Her Own". It's a collection of her demos over the past year or so. Can't buy it in stores, folks; you gotta go to her website: www.joylynnwhite.com . (2) Lee Ann Womack's new CD - it's taken some hits from hardcore fans, some miss the twang, but this is a really good CD even though the layers of instrumentation occasionally smash Lee Ann's fragile voice. (3) 2 Dollar Pistols "You Ruined Everything" - great stuff when you need a good twang. Furthermore the Pistols are showing some maturity in that they've found more ways to mourn over a lost love than by getting stone drunk; far fewer drinking songs this time around. (4) Dixie Chicks "Home" - can't say enough about this commercially successful trio who have avoided most of the pitfalls of the Cashville Machine. This is the first time Lloyd Maines, Natalie's father, has worked with the Chicks' in the studio; you can hear his influence. (5) Allison Moorer "Miss Fortune" - a departure from her first two "straight-up country" CDs, buy she's still "The Voice". I think she Vern Gosdin made all over in a female's body. pg ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 06:48:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Phil Garner Subject: RE: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? Phil Garner here in beautiful Winston-Salem, NC (1) Joy Lynn White "On Her Own". It's a collection of her demos over the past year or so. Can't buy it in stores, folks; you gotta go to her website: www.joylynnwhite.com . (2) Lee Ann Womack's new CD - it's taken some hits from hardcore fans, some miss the twang, but this is a really good CD even though the layers of instrumentation occasionally smash Lee Ann's fragile voice. (3) 2 Dollar Pistols "You Ruined Everything" - great stuff when you need a good twang. Furthermore the Pistols are showing some maturity in that they've found more ways to mourn over a lost love than by getting stone drunk; far fewer drinking songs this time around. (4) Dixie Chicks "Home" - can't say enough about this commercially successful trio who have avoided most of the pitfalls of the Cashville Machine. This is the first time Lloyd Maines, Natalie's father, has worked with the Chicks' in the studio; you can hear his influence. (5) Allison Moorer "Miss Fortune" - a departure from her first two "straight-up country" CDs, buy she's still "The Voice". I think she Vern Gosdin made all over in a female's body. pg ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 14:42:34 -0700 From: "Benay Bubar" Subject: [lucy-list] purchasing quandaries An astute (how true---and how I love the word "astute"!) fellow Lucy-lister emailed me saying basically, "Benay, you dolt, you don't have to ORDER Going Driftless if Lucy doesn't have it on Saturday---it will be in stores as of Tuesday, which is the release date!" (Actually, he did not use the word "dolt" because he is far too kind for that...although I think "dolt" is a pretty great word too provided I am not the person being referenced.) But the point stands that I was, well, going brainless...yes, Going Driftless will be in STORES on September 10th. And yet...as I indicated somewhat wimpily to said fellow Lucy-lister, I might just find ordering the CD from Red House to be less painful than trying to find it in a store, even though I know buying it in a store is technically better for the sales numbers. When I go looking to buy music in a store, I always have visions of finding some cool independent place---this is New York City, and surely there are really cool independent music stores!---and yet I always seem to end up in Faceless Behemoth Chain Stores. I remember actually looking for Lucy's music with a friend before I first saw her at Town Hall with Cry Cry Cry some years ago (aha! a pre-Lucy memory! wasn't sure I had any left!)...we knew about Dar Williams and Richard Shindell, but I'm afraid we (in our VAST ignorance) weren't sure who the heck this Lucy Kaplansky person was. And we checked two or three of the behemoth stores, even finding the eensy-teensy "Folk" sections carved out next to the "Country" sections, and we STILL didn't have any luck in figuring it out. I don't think that would necessarily happen now...I think Lucy has much better exposure in the major stores now than she did back then. But something tells me those behemoth stores still might not have big shiny front-of-store displays of the new release from Red House Records on September 10th...something tells me that there would be a possibility of having to endure again the quest for the ever-shrinking Folk section, the searching, the quizzical looks from the store staff... Ah, but this is cowardice speaking. I must have courage. Therefore, I now declare that I have changed my mind. If Lucy has Going Driftless on Saturday, there's no way I'll be able to hold back, but if she does NOT have it, I hereby declare that I will buy it in a STORE come Tuesday. Maybe a Faceless Behemoth Chain Store. Maybe a great little independent store if I find one that exists outside of myth. But a store, nonetheless. If they don't seem to have it, I will DEMAND it. If they look at me quizzically, I will look at THEM quizzically. This shall be my quest. (And if I am able to buy it Saturday after all, I shall figure out another quest. It is always good to have a quest.) Benay counting the hours until Saturday, and wishing there were a Lucy concert within traveling range EVERY Saturday...but realizing I would never get any work done were this the case ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 19:24:47 -0500 From: "Richard Hill" Subject: Re: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? "Easy" - Kelly Willis (not the masterpiece that "What I Deserve" is, but fine new material nonetheless / maddeningly short, though, at only 35 minutes) "Something Worth Leaving Behind" - Lee Ann Womack "Home" - Dixie Chicks (Lee Ann and the Chicks are fine examples of mainstream country WITH integrity. What a concept!) "Lost in Space" - Aimee Mann "Roses" - Kathy Mattea "Miss Fortune" - Allison Moorer "Unravel" - Lynn Miles "Out in California" - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men and "Monuments" - Kate Campbell (Kate's SIXTH disc is NOW available via http://www.katecampbell.com/ and at gigs. Her seventh disc will be available in December [I hope], or early '03. It will be a disc of covers of hits by country women of the late '60s/early '70s). I'm REALLY looking forward to "Going Driftless" next Tuesday! ~Richard ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 20:56:35 EDT From: Bn2Synthsz@aol.com Subject: Re: [lucy-list] purchasing quandaries In a message dated 9/5/2002 7:38:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, benruth@earthlink.net writes: > I remember actually > looking for Lucy's music with a friend before I first saw her at Town Hall > with Cry Cry Cry some years ago (aha! a pre-Lucy memory! wasn't sure I had > any > left!)...we knew about Dar Williams and Richard Shindell, but I'm afraid we > (in our VAST ignorance) weren't sure who the heck this Lucy Kaplansky > person > was Benay, it's so funny that I knew who Lucy was and had heard of Dar and knew some of her material and had never heard of Richard before Cry, Cry, Cry. I remember going to see Lucy in concert in Salem, MA and kicked myself for not buying the Cry, Cry, Cry CD right then and there. I already had The Tide and Flesh and Bone. I guess I came to know Lucy by her harmonizing on John Gorka CDs....and knowing about her from the Nanci Griffith list. I bought Flesh and Bone first and was hooked in a major way. kathy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 21:52:36 EDT From: Sdgold60@aol.com Subject: Re: [lucy-list] purchasing quandaries benay et al Lucy still have a prominent space at TOWER, the one on 66th street has her latest cd in the shelves above the racks..YOU cant miss her face take a walk on your lunch hour to 66th street and look at the new releases call ahead to save some steps... have fun on saturday... sharon There's a gypsy down on Bleecker Street I went in to see her as a kind of joke And she lit a candle for my love luck And eighteen bucks went up in smoke ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 21:58:53 EDT From: Sdgold60@aol.com Subject: [lucy-list] spinning i bought neko case and the new patricia barber if you dont like diana krall or holly cole, you'll like patricia barber Neko Case is young woman who is outta the midwest, she plays in a duet and with her band, the boyfriends.. there is also a new Johnny Cash Tribute coming out with an allstar of country voices I also saw that Alice peacock scored a record deal with warner .. they dolled her up, slicked her up, got her to show some skin and pose with a blue convertible... maybe being blonde and from the midwest does the trick... any girl from any town that does not negate her talent.. my first impression was she wrote great country songs, and maybe the chicks will buy one.. NOW the disc i am drooling for is Kim Richey's new disc.. there is a hot buzz around this cd.. kim has written for trisha yearwood, with mary chapin, sang with ryan adams, and has a hell of a voice and style.. this could be her break through cd.. so who wants to talk about BECK? sharon There's a gypsy down on Bleecker Street I went in to see her as a kind of joke And she lit a candle for my love luck And eighteen bucks went up in smoke ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 22:24:20 EDT From: Sdgold60@aol.com Subject: [lucy-list] the land of the living the other night i went to 7th avenue in brooklyn to go to a nameless major chain book store to look at these two books - on the trade tower event. one is called 101 stories written by New York writers retelling stories, like a condensed new yorker and the other is a book called Oral History.. peoples stories, or "the stories that fell from the sky that day", if you will well i was in the store, benay, you got there to read the books, you know it.. and i met a woman who lost her husband on 9-11, he worked at cantor fitzgerald, she has twins who are in kindergarten and gave birth after her husbands death.. to another child. she was looking for "her story" she told to writers and was told was in print, in my talking to her.. i asked her HOW she was gonna take care of herself on wednesday and she said, she hadnt thought about it .. but was attending every memorial she could.. i then went across the street to this diner that makes great omlettes to get a salad and the waitress who saw me with hte sling and broken arm , asked about my repaired arm and we started chatting. she also lost her sister in the Trade Towers, again she worked at cantor fitzgerald.. the waitress told me, her sister was in a better place and that the year was full of miracles for she and her family. they recently met with senator schumer who recommended a class action suit again Iraq and Bin Ladin. she negated the idea at first and i told her of the lawsuit against libya for the lockerbie crash.. she will consider joining in i then asked her about wednesday, and she said she was invited as one of 10.000 to the memorial service at ground zero, she was going.. she told me that there have been threats of violence, biological warfare and bombs for wednesday in the identical site. she was not afraid, she rather told me, she thought that the terrorists wanted the country to be afraid and that they feed on the fear.. she took the week off from work next week so ill see her the week after.. for those of you IN NY.. TImeoutNY.com has the list of memorial events that are happening all day.. i have to be at work but we have set up memorial space for meditation/ prayer and the media will be available.. we want to watch The events on tv.. its seems 715 pm is significant.. the baseball games will come to a halt for a moment of silence and there will be concerts in each of the parks in all 5 boroughs there are lots of free events.. joan osbourne at st john of the divine, theater, arts photos.. there are places to be alone and places not to be alone.. i may venture to see the brooklyn philharmonic and brooklyn youth choir and attend the vigil.. sharon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 22:53:23 -0400 From: "Bill McDonough" Subject: [lucy-list] Lucy on xpn Heard on the radio tonight (also listed on the web site) that Lucy is scheduled to appear on the morning show on wxpn (www.xpn.org) on September 11th. Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega, and Ryan Adams are also listed as guests. Bill ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 00:42:56 EDT From: Pfleary@aol.com Subject: [lucy-list] got a devil's haircut in my mind Sharon asked: so who wants to talk about BECK? Peter replies: I do! I do! Very interested in hearing his newest one. It's due out soon isn't it? Doesn't Lucy sing harmonies on a couple of songs? Peter ------------------------------ End of lucy-list-digest V4 #205 ******************************* 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