From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V6 #155 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.pattygriffin.net/PattyInConcert.html * OR * go to http://www.atorecords.com * . * 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 V6 #___ gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Wednesday, April 24 2002 Volume 06 : Number 155 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: extra tix ["Don Henn" ] MM: re:extra tix ["Don Henn" ] MM: Calvin review from Grand Rapids Press ["will" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:20:48 -0400 From: "Don Henn" Subject: MM: extra tix MMers , 1 for Portland , 1 for Birchmere , 1 for Somerville , 2 for Rams Head - 29th , 2 for Rams Head 30th. I'll be leaving before the morning , if I don't hear from anyone , I'll try to get someone to post for me while I'm on the road. No charge. Don ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:25:27 -0400 From: "Don Henn" Subject: MM: re:extra tix MMers , Just 1 for Rams Head - 29th Don ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 21:15:44 -0400 From: "will" Subject: MM: Calvin review from Grand Rapids Press Hi all, Following is a review of Patty's Calvin College show from Sunday's Grand Rapids Press. The review wasn't online so I typed it here myself. Any "typos" are mine. Take care, Will Griffin's take on life's trials, delays? Keep playin' good tunes by John Sinkevics jsinkevics@gr-press.com Patty Griffin was left a bit speechless, stringless and temporarily guitarless Friday on a visit to Calvin College. Reluctant or too shy to give a speech about her writing to Calvin College students earlier in the day, the singer-songwriter instead took to the stage Friday night to showcase material from her latest album "1,000 Kisses" But even that didn't come without some considerable hitches. The concert at Calvin's Fine Arts Center was delayed by nearly 20 minutes because bands were late in arriving, and the tardy sound checks kept the near-sellout crowd of 1,100 waiting outside until nearly 9 p.m. And with two opening acts--Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine, followed by guitarist-singer Michael Fracasso--and a 20-minute intermission, Griffin and band didn't even take the stage until 10:37 p.m. Then, two songs into her set, Griffin broke a string on her acoustic guitar, forcing her lead guitarist , Doug Lancio, to rush backstage and restring the instrument. A few songs later, a guitar strap slipped, almost sending Griffin's guitar to the stage floor. As frustrating as the delays may have been for audience members, it didn't seem to faze Griffin, who spent much of her 90-minute concert cheerfully showcasing her newest songs. Just 10 days after releasing her third album, "1,000 Kisses" and two years since her last honest-to-goodness tour, Griffin, 38, rolled into Grand Rapids with her three piece band in tow--Lancio on guitar, Michael Ramos on accordian and keyboards, and Brian Standefer on cello--and that new CD fresh on her mind. The first five set selections were songs many in the audience had never heard before, including a standout version of "Rain," which may display the Austin, Texas-based singer's powerful vocal range as impressively as anything in her repertoire. Standefer's cello work in particular proved the perfect complement to that voice on moodier songs such as "Rain" and "Tony," a haunting song from Griffin's second album "Flaming Red," about a boy who commits suicide. And while she failed to play favorites such as "Change" and "Moses" from earlier albums, Griffin did unveil inventive live renditions of tricky tunes such as "Flaming Red" (a near punk piece performed without a drummer, go figure) and "Mary" (a moving tribute of sorts to Jesus' mother), marked by a dynamic singing voice that can soar from a whisper to a loud burst in the space of a single phrase. But other glitches contributed to a less than satisfying evening. Unflattering lighting that bathed the entire stage in white light detracted mightily from performances by both opening acts and the problems didn't seem to get corrected until long after Griffin swung into her set. And while Fracasso, who also hails from Austin these days and has been touring with Griffin, boasts a terrific voice, his Chris Isaak-meets-Bob Dylan approach begged for stronger melodies and shorter songs for an audience unfamiliar with his material. Still a duet with Griffin, whose harmonies were dead-on perfect, perked up his set, giving audience members a tantalizing taste of what they would hear next from Griffin and her band---even if it all took more time, and more guitar strings, than expected. ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V6 #155 *********************************