From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V2 #295 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup/pattyg/patttyg.htm * OR * go to http://www.amrecords.com * then click "tour" and fill in the blanks :) * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V2 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Thursday, October 8 1998 Volume 02 : Number 295 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Portland Me. Oct 10! [seacoastav@ttlc.net] MM: Re: Philly show [SteadyOnDC@aol.com] Re: MM: Re: Philly show [Elaine Bean ] MM: The Nields [Linus Gelber ] MM: Hi and Patty in Sedona [Andrew Lee ] Re: MM: Hi and Patty in Sedona [Joshua Lilley ] MM: Patty at the Iron Horse [CornflkGl@aol.com] Re: MM: Patty at the Iron Horse [cdaignea@bakerbotts.com] RE: MM: Patty at the Iron Horse ["Gould, Rachel L." ] MM: disappearing for a bit ["COLE,Iain" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:10:59 -0400 From: seacoastav@ttlc.net Subject: MM: Portland Me. Oct 10! This is my first posting to this group so I'll keep it to the point. I became an instant fan of Patty's songwriting after hearing "Every Little Bit" on the radio in late 1996 and then seeing her open for Shawn Colvin at the Joint in Las Vegas.I regret missing Shawn Colvin's set because I had to catch a plane back east at 10:30pm but I really went to see Patty anyway. My wife and I saw her 3 more times in 97 and I cant wait to see her with a band in a couple days up in Portland, Maine. She's playing at the Stonecoast Brewery, 14 York St. on Sat. OCT 10 which is just off of Commercial St. and is much easier to find then the Paradise in Beantown if you dont mind the drive up 95. I recommend 95 to 295 (exit 6a) then rt1a to the waterfront. Hope some of you make it there. Paul T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:39:12 EDT From: SteadyOnDC@aol.com Subject: MM: Re: Philly show Re: Philly Show co-bill: <> YES!!! The Nields are a very kewl group from Massachusetts.....and they are a blast live. (Katrina and Narissa Neilds are sisters.....and Narissa is married to one of the Dave's in the bad.) What a great double bill you have there in Philly! - -Denise (Somerville, MA) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 11:08:40 -0700 From: Elaine Bean Subject: Re: MM: Re: Philly show SteadyOnDC@aol.com wrote: > > YES!!! The Nields are a very kewl group from Massachusetts.....and th Speaking of the Nields (what an opportune seque), is anyone going to their Somerville show on the 16th who would like to try to meet beforehand? If so, please get in touch. Elaine ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 00:32:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Linus Gelber Subject: MM: The Nields On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Audrey Bartholomew wrote: > I think the Neilds. I've never heard of them has anyone? Yes. They are from Northampton, Mass., and are two sisters, a husband and a couple of others. Been touring for years and have about four records out. They are utterly sublime, don't miss them. Ciao - Linus Linus Gelber > Home Office Records: indie and then some. linus@panix.com < Please visit us at http://www.web-ho.com boss@web-ho.com > RAW Kinder's "EP" and Pawnshop's "Three cyrano@nycbeer.org < Brass Balls" are here! Cucumbers up soon! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:26:23 -0400 From: Andrew Lee Subject: MM: Hi and Patty in Sedona Hi, I'm Lee Andrew from Atlanta. I am new to Patty's music, and new to the list. I wanted to give you a little intro, and then tell a very fun story about Patty in Sedona, AZ from this past weekend. Danger, Will Robinson!!! This is a VERYYYYY long message... I have been a HUGE Jackson Browne fan for a really long time - 23 years:-). As a member of that list, I was privileged enough to also be introduced to Patty's music... Here is THAT story: About a month ago, (around the time they announced the lineup for the Sedona show) Dana Mitkowski, (also a Mad Mission list member) posted her unbelievable enthusiasm over the mere rumor that Patty was going to perform... I was so intrigued by her feelings on this artist that I wrote to her asking for more info... What I received in reply was about an 18 page dissertation << SLIGHT exaggeration there<< on the merits of Miss Patty Griffin. Now, you know, with ALL THAT support, I just HAD to take Dana's advice, and buy "Living With Ghosts".... I would like to take this opportunity to offer a thousand "Thank You's" to Dana for the recommendation... Patty is EXTRAORDINARY!! Well, I fell in LOVE with her music, and ran out to get Flaming Red about 5 days before I left for Sedona<< VERY glad I did. I have been pseudo-lurking here for a while, and detect a little reticence to Patty's second record. I don't really understand it, because I love BOTH! I was completely entranced by the simplicity and raw emotion of LWG, but have felt like CELEBRATING the diversity of Patty's incredible talent. That Girl Can SING<< just a little Jackson Browne reference there<< OK, so now I'm on to the Sedona story... The weather is PERFECT... about 80 - 85 degrees, with zero humidity and big puffy white clouds floating across the most intensely blue sky I think I have ever seen... The stage is ringed by these unbelievable RED rock mountains... I mean when someone tells you these are "red rocks", they are RED rocks!!! The crowd is filled with the nicest, most respectful people I have had the pleasure of sitting with in quite a while... Everyone is just so LAID BACK... There were a total of seven acts for the show on Sunday: Venice (a band of 4 - 2 sets of brothers who are cousins - from Venice, CA), John Trudell (sort of Native American spoken poetry thing), Jackson Browne, Patty, Marc Cohn (of Walking in Memphis fame - a Grammy Award winning artist who REALLY deserved it), Bruce Cockburn, and last but not least - Crosby, Stills, and Nash. The whole show was great, but here is Patty's part... Jackson introduced Patty with the following: (I might not have this EXACTLY right, but it went something like) "An artist like this comes along only once in a very long time..." "I am in AWE of her...":-))) Patty came on 4th, following Jackson Browne. I did have the opportunity to listen to Patty's CDs for about a month before the show, so I was eagerly anticipating a GREAT set... Knowing that Patty would be the one performer with the least exposure, and therefore the fewest fans present, I wanted to make her feel welcome, so I had a t-shirt made for her as a gift. I know this makes me look like quite the GROUPIE, but well, I AM... So I guess it is OK that I now appear to need a life in a major way... Anyway, I was not sure if she had received it before the show... Even if I had known that she had it, I would not have expected what she did.... A couple of songs into her set, SHE DEDICATED A SONG TO ME!!! I was sooooo thrilled! Here is how it went: Patty opened with Flaming Red. While this is not my favorite of all her songs, I do like it, and I thought it achieved the objective of GRABBING everyone's attention. She sang a couple more, (more subdued light rock and ballad type songs) and then said "This next song is for Lee... Thanks for the shirt." She found me in the crowd, (I was on the 3rd row!) smiled sweetly and thanked me, and played Mad Mission, (this was the theme of the shirt). She was just so sweet and seemed so humbled by the surroundings, the fantastic audience, and being on the same stage with all those great names... All this and she had to follow JACKSON in front of a mostly Jackson Browne crowd... I just love her... I am really bad at remembering EVERY song or the order in which they were done, but she played: Flaming Red, Tony, Change, Sweet Lorraine, Mary, Mad Mission, Poor Man's House, and an incredibly lovely cover of a Willy Nelson song called Crazy. Although she walked on stage with only a handful of existing fans, she had 5,500 wonderful people standing on their feet and screaming for more when she was done. I was so happy for her! It was really neat to see her steal the show with her passionate, emotional performance. Later that night, I was having dinner in the hotel restaurant when I overheard a group of ladies from Prescott, AZ mention the fact that they had never heard of Patty before, but that they LOVED the performance, and intended to go get her CDs... It was VERY cool to witness, first hand, Patty winning new fans... Bye for now, and don't worry - my posts aren't USUALLY this long... Peace Y'all, Lee in Atlanta BELLSOUTH CELLULAR CORP Lee Andrew Manager of IT Production Support (404)713-1272 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 15:01:14 -0500 (CDT) From: Joshua Lilley Subject: Re: MM: Hi and Patty in Sedona Lee, Thanks for sharing your little story on Patty. I haven't yet had the chance to see her in person, but have had LWG for over a year now and Flaming Red was one of the highlights of the summer. She is coming to Austin soon, in late November and again in early December...and at those times, I think, I'll just go ahead and share my "Discovery Patty" story...but, thank you for yours. It is nice to read about this collective group of admirers, who understand and feel the same appreciation for a musician that I do. And I am happy to know that we are all working to share Patty with people who haven't heard her yet... Feels like some wierd kind of team strategy or something... But,...okay, I'll say it....go team! Anyhow, I hope you get to see her again soon. If not, move to Austin and you could live in the same town as she does...and wouldn't that be cool.... Joshua Lilley, a newer subscriber...thanks ya'll. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 16:18:12 EDT From: CornflkGl@aol.com Subject: MM: Patty at the Iron Horse Hi everybody ! I finally worked out my schedule so I could go see Patty next weekend in Northampton. Of course, I have a mid term that day, and I have to be back at school the next morning... but it doesn't really matter :). I'm bringing one of my best friends to the show with me. I have 2 questions- 1) has anyone had problems getting tickets for this show, or heard of it being sold out ? I usually order tickets with my CC, but I'm trying to cut down, so I won't be able to go to the box office to buy tickets until friday or saturday. 2) who else will be there ? Most tables at the Horse are 4 seaters and I'd rather sit with someone I might possibly know than noone at all. Little side story here... LAST time I saw Patty at the Iron Horse, I went alone. I ended up sitting in the front "row", but I was with some journalist from some newspaper that was writing a review of her. He was weird, and it was scary :/ I'll see some of you soon ! Rachel :D ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Oct 98 16:33:33 -0600 From: cdaignea@bakerbotts.com Subject: Re: MM: Patty at the Iron Horse It's funny you said that the last time you saw Patty, you went alone....Patty's the ONLY performer I would go to see alone. In fact, she's the only performer I've EVER done that for. Her concerts are so totally entertaining and absorbing who needs company!! :D ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: MM: Patty at the Iron Horse Author: at internet Date: 10/7/98 4:18 PM Hi everybody ! I finally worked out my schedule so I could go see Patty next weekend in Northampton. Of course, I have a mid term that day, and I have to be back at school the next morning... but it doesn't really matter :). I'm bringing one of my best friends to the show with me. I have 2 questions- 1) has anyone had problems getting tickets for this show, or heard of it being sold out ? I usually order tickets with my CC, but I'm trying to cut down, so I won't be able to go to the box office to buy tickets until friday or saturday. 2) who else will be there ? Most tables at the Horse are 4 seaters and I'd rather sit with someone I might possibly know than noone at all. Little side story here... LAST time I saw Patty at the Iron Horse, I went alone. I ended up sitting in the front "row", but I was with some journalist from some newspaper that was writing a review of her. He was weird, and it was scary :/ I'll see some of you soon ! Rachel :D ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 16:50:00 -0400 From: "Gould, Rachel L." Subject: RE: MM: Patty at the Iron Horse yeah i might be going to see patty at the iron horse aswell. i'm definately seeing her at the paradise here in boston. i've seen her about 4 times and she is even more amazing each time. i've spoken to her every time and she is very down to earth and very cool. i hung out with her when we had her play at my college 2 years ago. i told her my favorite song was not alone and she played it for me. the sound system went down in the middle of it, and she appologized to the crowd saying she had to start this one over because a 'friend' requested it. she barely knows me but i thought that was very cool of her. i have even turned my boyfriend onto her. i've recommended her cd's to a bunch of people and all have fallen in love with her art of music telling and playing. ********************************************************************** This email message and any files transmitted with it are subject to attorney-client privilege and contains confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom this email message is addressed. 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