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A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V4 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Thursday, November 23 2000 Volume 04 : Number 320 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Fwd: Patty's London concert [Everyman7@aol.com] MM: Patty @ The Pheasant, Sheffield - 21st November, 2000 ["Phillip Shaw"] MM: no MM-better! Happy Turkey Day- Williamsburg Punch [Everyman7@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 03:26:39 EST From: Everyman7@aol.com Subject: MM: Fwd: Patty's London concert Return-Path: Received: from rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (rly-zc04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.4]) by air-zc03.mail.aol.com (v77.14) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:35:02 -0500 Received: from scooby.lineone.net (doggy.lineone.net [194.75.152.224]) by rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.19) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:33:53 -0500 Received: from FTAYLOR (host212-140-5-54.btinternet.com [212.140.5.54]) by scooby.lineone.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA26234; Tue, 21 Nov 2000 23:33:39 GMT Message-ID: <003801c05413$a386b4c0$36058cd4@caci.co.uk> Reply-To: "Fred Taylor" From: "Fred Taylor" To: "Donald Henn" , Subject: Patty's London concert Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 23:33:52 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Hi Don & Dana, Here's my review of Patty's UK show on 20th November. I took a few photos. If they come out I'll be sure to show you the best ones. Last night I attended Patty Griffin's UK debut concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, supporting Emmylou Harris. Royal Albert Hall is a beautiful old venue with a capacity of about 3,500. Patty came on at 7:35 with the venue 80% full. The concert was sold out, but there was a notice on the theatre doors saying Emmylou would come on at 8:30 so I guess some people weren't in a hurry to take their seats. I was sitting about 50 yards away from the stage so I didn't get a close look at exactly what Patty was wearing, but she had a dark sleeveless shirt and a long skirt. The yellow and red lighting was fairly subdued throughout Patty's set, but very striking on her flaming red hair! Anyway, after someone introduced her, Patty walked out onto the stage, strapped on one of the two guitars placed behind her and sang a rousing Poor Man's House. There was quite a lot of echo around the hall early in the song but I think the sound engineer tweaked a few controls and it was great after that. Patty then said a few words, like it was her first time in London, it was an honour to be here and it was a hell of a gig to have. Next song was Perfect White Girls. Powerful strumming and that wonderful voice again. Then it was Goodbye. A lovely soft version, spoilt by some people behind me talking. I was about to get up and tell them to be quiet when they started listening to Patty and thankfully they were quiet for the rest of the set. Patty told us that she had two CDs which had just been released (they were re-released for this tour) and the next song was from Living With Ghosts, a true story about no-one in particular. As she started Sweet Lorraine there was loud cheering from some women in the audience. I was obviously not the only Patty fan there! Generally the crowd were very appreciative. I was sorry to see only Emmylou merchandise in the theatre. I'm sure Patty would have sold some CDs! Anyway Sweet Lorraine was one of the highlights of the set for me. Next came Change. Probably my least favourite song in the set. I'm so used to the band backing on Flaming Red I don't think this song sounds as strong played solo. Patty said she had a new record out in March (March? What's the delay?) and this one was on it. She played Top Of The World - again a highlight of the set. The audience were superb for this one - totally silent as Patty played a moving version of this gorgeous song. Lastly she brought on Emmylou for backing vocals on Mary. There were plenty of calls for an encore, but unfortunately we didn't get one. I won't describe Emmylou Harris's set in detail. I don't know enough of the songs. But she and her band, Spyboy, (featuring superb guitar-work by Buddy Miller plus energetic bass and drums), played very well. They did a lot of the new album, Red Dirt Girl, and some crowd-pleasing old songs. Emmylou said how special it was to play the Royal Albert Hall and they'd dressed up for the occasion! She said people in the UK had been the first to pick up on her music and she'd come back as long as we wanted to hear her. She had family and friends in the audience, including her mother and Glyn Johns, producer of the Tucson Sessions. After about 30 minutes she brought out Patty for a couple of songs from Red Dirt Girl - My Baby Needs A Shepherd and One Big Love. After that, Emmylou sang Julie Miller's fabulous All My Tears. Emmylou and Spyboy played for about 2 hours including encores. At the end of the last song all the musicians, including Patty, came back on stage to take the applause. Anyway, it was a wonderful concert - my first at RAH since Jackson Browne's solo performance in 1996. Many, many thanks to Dana for telling me it was happening! Fred ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:59:51 -0000 From: "Phillip Shaw" Subject: MM: Patty @ The Pheasant, Sheffield - 21st November, 2000 Forget Madonna's appearance at the Brixton Academy next week, the must see show this November was Patty's first ever headlining gig in the UK. Playing a small, rundown pub in Sheffield that holds about 100 I finally ceased to be a Patty virgin. Words really can't describe the experience of finally getting to see Patty live, it was like a dream come true. Ever since I first heard LWG all those years ago I knew I had to see Patty and last night she didn't disappoint. My dream had always been to see her without a band just playing an acoustic guitar and at around 9-30 that dream came true as Patty dressed in a black singlet and dark purple pants and what looked to be clogs took the stage (actually she had been sat there strumming her guitar for about five minutes prior to this). Playing what was quite a brave show that featured a lot of 'new' material (I didn't recognise about half the songs, although neither of her records has ever had a UK release to my knowledge so technically they were all new songs) I was just blown away by how intense she is live. Whilst her whole body seems to live her songs, she rarely stands still or on two feet, watching her face is just so absorbing, she really does live those songs out as all the emotions flicker across her face. When singing angry songs (as most of the set seemed) that anger is all too visible, yet when it is a happy song that happiness radiates across her face. I really can't think of any other artist where the song's emotions are lived out in this way. Unfortunately I didn't keep a set list (but what I can remember is at the end in no particular order) but my night was made when she played 'Goodbye', my all time favourite Patty song. The surprise of the night was probably the acoustic 'Flaming Red', I never imagined she would be able to replicate its recorded sound on an acoustic guitar and yet she did, it was mind blowing to watch. The other surprise (and maybe I haven't been paying attention to the list) was when she said 'I'm going to play a Bruce Springsteen song'. Expecting 'Stolen Car' or 'Racing In The Street' she instead treated us to a beautiful, faithful version of 'Nebraska' (as an aside why didn't this make it onto SubPop's Nebraska tribute?). In between songs there was a lot of banter between Patty and the audience, though, at times I suspect she felt she'd bitten off more than she could chew due to the number of smart arses in the audience. This was especially evident prior to 'Making Pies' as the locals took great delight in telling her that they knew what a pie is. Anyway it was all good fun and certainly made Patty seem very human. The one real surprise of the evening for me was just how versatile and amazing Patty's voice is. I really think this doesn't come over on record which I know is pretty hard to believe. But last night her version of Dylan's 'Tomorrow Is A Long Time' (I think that is what she played)was a revalation. Nothing on record has Patty singing in such a quiet, tender way. It was a sobering reminder of just how much talent she has. Any way all good things come to an end and after 80 or so minutes my dream ended and Patty finally left us. All I can say is that it was a truly awesome night that seemed to really bowl Patty over. I think she was geniunely amazed how ecstatic and knowledgeable a welcome she received in deepest, darkest England, especially given she has never been promoted here before. Songs played (not complete at least two or three new ones): Moses Perfect White Girl Goodbye Nebraska (Springsteen) Flaming Red Making Pies One More Girl Sweet Lorraine Change Top Of The World Mary Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Dylan) Little God Forgiveness _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 22:37:00 EST From: Everyman7@aol.com Subject: MM: no MM-better! Happy Turkey Day- Williamsburg Punch Beat the yolks of 12 eggs well. Add 2 1/4 cups of sugar and continue to beat well. Add 1 quart good brandy (Cognac) one pint good Jamaican Rum alternately and slowly while mixing. Add 4 quarts heavy cream and 6 beaten egg whites. Beat the other 6 egg whites very stiff and add 1 cup powdered sugar. Whip the remaining cream (1 quart), stir whipped eggs and cream together gently, and fold into rest of the mixture. Let stand overnight (6-12 hours) in a cool place before serving. Cheers! Dana in Berkeley ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V4 #320 *********************************