From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V3 #108 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 V3 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Sunday, April 18 1999 Volume 03 : Number 108 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: ok, I'll post something ["James P" ] Re: MM: Flaming James & The Michigan Show. [JessBartn@aol.com] MM: How cool is this!!! and Rachel G. [Vanessa McGowan ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:49:31 -0500 From: "James P" Subject: MM: ok, I'll post something I don't remember if I posted anything about this when the "incident" occurred but it's too funny to not share with y'all (yes, I'm Southern) and this IS somewhat Patty related : So my boyfriend, James, has a really abnormal amount of static electricity that surrounds him whenever the air is dry and cold. He shocks EVERYTHING, even our poor little cat (he got her on the nose, boy, she was NOT happy!). So anyway, it's actually rather painful for him as each shock (usually on the car door) gets more and more violent. So a couple of months ago as he finishes putting gas in his car, he shocks himself as he closes the gas tank. Well, as you all know, gas and sparks DO NOT go together. A very minor fire started and quickly went out. Of course, he was terrified by this and came home to me expecting sympathy for his constant battle with static electricity. But being the wonderful, loving girlfriend that I am, I immediately went into a roaring (and rather clever, I might add) rendition of "Flaming James." It goes something like this: "Took a ride-a 'Round the block-I filled my tank up I was Flamin' James, Flamin' James..." Needless to say, he didn't like it very much....Oh well, I guess I'll put my quick wit to other uses ;))) I see Patty on the 2nd AND the 18th (nanny,nanny boo boo) -Cristina ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 07:56:54 EDT From: JessBartn@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: Flaming James & The Michigan Show. Christina! Lemme see if I got this strait... You're boyfriend catches fire...and you sing a Patty G song? Haha! You are SUM FAN there darlin'! :-) Heeheehohoho! Hey which MM'ers are going to the Clutch Cargo's show in May????? I was thinking we could all say hi n' stuff! Some pals and I will be driving in from Chicago to see her. Ciao for now. »§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«. Jess, .Another Patty Enthusiast .»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 10:04:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Vanessa McGowan Subject: MM: How cool is this!!! and Rachel G. Hi all, I just want to say that I'm eternally grateful to Mike for starting this list. How cool is it that people from all over the world (at least north america, for now)get to connect, make friends, be exposed to new artists, and generally have fun all because we all think a woman called Patty Griffin is brilliant! Ain't life grand! Oh yeah, Rachel G. please mail me back! I lost your email address. I sent you the Tori boots on Fri. Peace. the faery girl === "Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right!" Ani Difranco _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 21:11:19 EDT From: UMCaner74@aol.com Subject: MM: Philly show Friday..HELP Hey guys, I must have forgotten what a BIG star our Patty has become, and I sat around and waited to get tickets to the Friday show until today..BIG MISTAKE!! It's sold out! I think my mind is stuck back in the days back in '96 when I used to be one of only 4 or 5 people there to see our STUNNING Ms. Griffin... Anyway, this is REALLY going to NOT be cool if I can't get in to the show on Friday..I'm going to sit here AT HOME on a Friday night, and just be TORTURED by the fact that I'm not there to see Patty. I live about 120 miles away..so going and sitting outside of the venue, and praying that someone has extras does not seem like the logical thing to do..but it IS what I WILL do if I can't come up with a ticket beforehand. I'm wondering if anyone here has 1 or 2 extra tickets to the show on Friday. If anyone does, trust me, I will be ETERNALLY grateful to you. I will not only pay for the tickets (obviously), but I'll let you choose a few tapes from my VAST array of Patty bootlegs...can anyone smell a GOOD bribe here?? Hope you're all having a great weekend! Dave ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 22:27:04 EDT From: CornflkGl@aol.com Subject: MM: 4/17/99, 7:00 PM, Iron Horse (review & set list) I'd first like to say that for the record, there were 2 shows that night. It wasn't on the posters outside or the chalk board, but there were. So the ticket people lied to everyone. Oh well. We got to the Horse around 4:45 and were the first people in line (woo hoo!). When we were let in at 5:30, we got a great table at the far left of the stage, right up against it. Wonderful seats! We ate the bad food, chewed on the hard brownies, and waited. The opener was John Wesley Harding, who was OK. He was British, and actually his between-songs commentary was much better ( IMHO ) than his songs themselves. Then Patty came out and introduced a friend, Greg Ross, who played a couple of songs. He was ok-ish too. Finally, Patty came back out to play in a shiny charcoal gray sleeveless knee-length dress, black tights, and black open-back platform shoes (I know some people like hearing what she was wearing). No band ! Yipee !! Thank God !!! Unfortunately she was getting over a cold, so she had to keep tuning down her songs to hit the notes (which she managed to do quite well). She opened with a song I've never heard before, so I don't know what the title was. Here's the set list with some commentary : *5 Seconds to Spare (Sixteen, Clumsy, & Shy) *Moses *Change *Goodbye *Flaming Red (with a KICK ASS bluesy intro) *Falling Down *Not Alone (she stopped here and had another friend, Herbert Jones, play a song so she could rest her voice) *Poor Man's House *One More Girl (which was my requst, go me!) *Mad Mission (where she forgot some words 'cause she hadn't played it in a while) *Tony *Little God ( a great line from this song:" All the strippers think you're odd but you leave the biggest tips, Little God") *Sweet Lorraine (on an electric guitar) *Mary Encore: *Tomorrow Night (a cover she heard on a Bob Dylan record but not a Bob Dylan song) She then had to stop because the next show was coming soon, but that's ok. It was a great show, and I loved hearing her again solo! WTG Patty! Oh- I bought a silver and red iron-on for Flaming Red. It was $5, and it was silver & red glittery, and it says Patty Griffin Flaming Red with a little design. It's the same thing that's on her new t-shirts, so buy it if you wanna save money on a shirt ! Rachel:D PS- Congratulations again, Ted! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 23:22:58 -0500 From: Dana Subject: MM: Iron Horse tonite- 7 pm show Great show from Patty tonite- especially as I was thinking about how we were all singing the blues last summer about how she would never do acoustic shows anymore- tonite it was just her and her several guitars- and it was really good. She can make plenty of ruckus on just one guitar- without band backup! Altho she said she was getting over a cold, her voice sounded a little huskier than usual, but still strong where she needed it to be. Rachel gave the set list I see- sorry we couldn't find any other list people- we were about 4 tables back in the middle on the floor-good seats also- One addition I can think of to Rachel's set list is Little God- - just before the last song- at my request!!! I had called it out a few songs earlier when several other people made requests and she remembered- she said she was surprised someone knew it- I love that song- I first heard it at the Providence show last summer with Shawnte and again at the Paradise Christmas show I think- with the band it is really beautiful- hypnotizing almost- very different- and acoustic was also good. I hope she puts it on the next album. Does anyone have it on tape? I would love to trade for a show with that song included. My daughter Jaime went also- her 3rd time seeing Patty- she was reminiscing tonite on the way home how she loves to hear that LWG CD- it reminds her of two summers ago when it was new for her after I had taken her to the Eli Whitney Barn show and gotten her the CD- she blasted it every morning that summer while getting ready for work, and the neighbors would call the cops. She loved it! I am a bad influence, I guess. Every time Patty does Flaming Red, it seems she follows with Falling Down- I have it on a number of concert tapes- Tonite it just seemed like the natural progression of events- I guess it must be partly because she can use the same guitar in the same tuning- the one with the flower fingerguard- Gibson I think it is. Also it is a slower pace song after raising the roof with Flaming Red- tonite the version was very interesting with the first verse very slow and bluesy - then she ripped into it. Perhaps the best version I have heard yet. Dana ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V3 #108 *********************************