From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V4 #109 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.quackquack.net/patttyg * 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 V4 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Saturday, April 15 2000 Volume 04 : Number 109 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Calvin College show ["Jennifer Lynn Caputo" ] MM: USA Today article about Dixie Chicks & Patty [Mike Connell Subject: MM: Calvin College show (I accidently sent this through in HTML format so i'm resending it - i apologize if it gets through twice). Ok so i just got back from the grand rapids show and i'm exhausted. I feel so bad for Dave and Don who still have to dirve all the way back to PA today! We met so many great people at the concert though - I brought a few boots and passed them out to those who arrived even remotely close to the time we did. So we left here around 2 and headed to GR. We stopped at subway on the way and then straight to the theatre. We were sitting in front of the doors at 4:15....show time was 8! About 30 minutes after we arrived she started the sound check. The guy that runs the place told us we could keep the doors open and listen as long as we were good and didn't try to sneak inside. I let him listen to my Rarites cd and he took off with my player for about 5 minutes and came back and said "wow, that was god" hehe.... The next group of people showed up around 5:30. The guy worked for the local radio station and he got to go in and do Station ID's with Patty. I gave him a copy of my rarities cd and he offered to get some stuff signed by patty for me in return but I already have 3 things signed and had met her the night before so it wasn't important to me. We should have about 10 new subscribers in the next few days too! We talked up the MM list all night! Anyway....that's all the details i'm giving out right now caise i'm exhausted. here is the setlist: Calvin College Performing Arts Center 4/14/00 Perfect White Girls Moses Boston Mad Mission Change Top Of The World With Grand Piano: Peter Pan Take it With Me - Tom Waits Song (absoltely beautiful) Poor Mans' House Racing in the Streets - Bruce Springsteen song Tony Little God Mary Encore 1: Swing Me (Truth #2) Goodbye Sweet Lorraine Encore 2: Tomorrow Night (learned off a Dylan album called "haven't i been good to you" - not a Dylan song. We waited 45 minutes after the show talking to the new people we met but patty didn't come out. Finally the guy who runs the place (that I was talking about earlier) came out to find me playing on the piano that patty had played on an hour earlier and told us that she was already gone :-( We thanked him again for a great night - turns out that it was all because of him that Patty came to do the MI shows at all - he has been begging her for almost a year to come play in their amazing theatre and she finally agreed! The opening act - Fiest (leslie and her hot ass drummer!) rocked! I asked her if she had any cds for sale so she went and grabbed them from her car. She signed one for me that said "Jennifer liked it!!! Fiest!" pretty cool....she was such a sweetie!! Anyway, the theatre sits 1100 people -I'd say 800 were full at least - pretty damn impressive for a venue that is in the middle of MI. Most of the people we met were from out of state - Chicago, Indiana, etc. didn't i say i was going to bed??? Goodnight. p.s. what is up with my ark info post just coming through tonight?? I sent it on Monday!!! http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jcaputo http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jcaputo ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 05:13:30 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: MM: USA Today article about Dixie Chicks & Patty Here's the article in yesterday's USA Today about the openers for the Dixie Chicks this summer. Mike :-) http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/music/lemindex.htm Dixie Chicks' eye-opening acts By Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY How do you make sure concertgoers arrive before your show if you're the Dixie Chicks? First, give away front-row ticket upgrades during the half-hour before the concert starts. Second, book Willie Nelson as your opening act. Nelson, Ricky Skaggs and rock singer/songwriter Patty Griffin each will open dates on the Grammy-winning country trio's First Headlining Tour, which opens June 1 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, before heading to the USA with dates in Spokane and Tacoma, Wash., June 9 and 10. "We joke that we really shouldn't have openers open up for us that are better than us," says Natalie Maines, the trio's lead singer. "We hand-picked the music we want before us, and we're really proud of it. Patty Griffin totally blows us away, and we want people to be there to experience that." "We're trying not to have that cold-start, lights-on feeling when you walk in," says guitarist and banjo player Emily Robison. "We really want it to have some life from the very beginning." The trio hired Cirque du Soleil designer Luc Lafortune to create the set for the five-month, 70-date tour. It will travel to 38 states, with scheduled stops including San Diego, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Chicago and Milwaukee. ********************* NOTE FROM LIST MANAGEMENT: Please realize this concert date and/or venure posted has not been confirmed by Jewel's management via her official website at http://www.jeweljk.com This is NOT to say this event will not happen, it is just that we want you to realize that it just has not been confirmed as of yet. (in the past, some dates/venues posted did not occur.) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 05:26:32 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: MM: Ooops, sorry for the semi-wrong info/disclaimer Just a quick note to say "I don't know WHAT happened and why that "Jewel" concert info/disclaimer was at the end of my last message"....no need to write me and ask...."What the hell?" I attached the basic "Patty signature" to the end of it, but apparently some stuff got mixed up when I backed up my email program when my regular computer died earlier this week. (I'm on a rented one now and set it up late last night...seems some of my sig files got mixed up)....weird....it happened last summer too when I transferred to the new computer. Mike - MM List Owner - - * The Patty Griffin/Mad-Mission@smoe List Homepage is at: * http://www.quackquack.net/pattyg * * Rachel Martin's Patty Griffin Lyrics Archive is at * http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/3079/patty.html * * Jerry Zigmont's Flaming Red - A Patty Griffin Website is at * http://members.tripod.com/PattyGriffin * * Katie Peterson's Patty Griffin Guitar Tabs Archive is at * http://members.tripod.com/~Lifey/patty.html * * DuckOfPrey or WhyADuck55 on AOL and/or AOL Instant Messenger ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 08:58:14 -0400 From: "Greg Pendleton" Subject: MM: Re: New and Improved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a sulker too! I was even in Michigan last week!!! Argh!!!! Greg > Hey all, > > I revamped my site! Please visit and TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!!!!!! > > still sulking, > Vanessa > > ===== > http://www.geocities.com/faerygirl23/thefaerygirlpages.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 09:09:08 -0400 From: "Connell, Michael P" Subject: MM: Patty summer tour info Hi folks :-) Just got the complete schedule for the Dixie Chicks tour, showing who is opening where, although a handful are still TBA as far as openers go. Of the 70 stops on the tour (June 1st thru late October), Patty is opening at the majority of them (39). I am at work and cannot post them now, but will this afternoon from home. I received the dates in a Microsoft Word document and table, and have to convert it all to get the best formatting. Of the 70 dates, Patty is at 79 of them (27 of the first 34 shows, from June 1st thru August 13th), with Ricky Scaggs at 19, Willie Nelson at 6 and 10 are To Be Announced. I'll say this much now for the Canadian Mad Mishers! The first 5 shows are in Canada...Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver, with a Toronto show later in the tour, although that one does not list the opener as of yet. Gotta run...will post the dates in about 5 to 6 hours :-) Mike ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 13:40:40 -0400 (EDT) From: runrunrun@dellmail.com Subject: Re: MM: Where the Heart is Soundtrack release date > I think I'm scooping this info. The "Where the Heart Is" OST featuring at > track called "Beyond the Blue", a duet by Emmy Lou Harris and Patty will be > released April 18 according to www.amazon.com . I saw a commercial for it yesterday. I heard about this thru the Julie Miller "Broken Things" email list.....it's gonna be great! The movie looks pretty good too! Anyway, ((*.*))darcie. "it's just i can't seem to remember..." forever more those daze are gone..." -julie miller w/ patty on back-up '99 - -------------------------------------------------------- Get your free DellMail address at http://www.dellnet.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 13:53:19 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: MM: Here they are! Pattys' summer tour dates w/ the Dixie Chicks! MMers :-) Much thanks to fellow MMer Dan Stark, who sent me the official press release that had all the dates of the Dixie Chicks Fly Tour in it. The text of the release is below the dates. (I don't know if it mentions Patty, as I have not read it yet....I hope there's no curse words in it ;-) I do not know if there is any chance at all if Patty might fill any of the dates below where the support/opener is listed as TBA. Time will tell. The formatting for the dates won't be the best possible, but it's the best I can do in the short time frame I have right now, as I have to rush off back to work. (the same formatting scenario goes for the text below the dates, which I spent NO time on fixing, other than using the "remove formatting" button on my email program). If any of you have Microsoft Word and want a copy of the press release (has a nice table for the dates section), just email me and I'll send you a copy. If you lose this email, the dates will always be on my web site at http://www.quackquack.net/pattyg Also, I sent individual emails of this post to all the digest subscribers (hope none of you digest subscribers mind), however one of the drawbacks being that people on the regular version of the list, or anyone on more than one version, will thus receive multiple copies of it. Sorry for any inconvenience. Hoping the formatting isn't TOTALLY messed up, Mike :-) _______________________ The Dixie Chicks Fly Tour!!!! * Note: Check www.MusicCountry.com for periodic updates for all TBA information DATE MARKET VENUE SUPPORT ONSALE 1-Jun Winnipeg MB Winnipeg Arena Patty Griffin May 6 2-Jun Saskatoon, SK Saskatchewan Place Patty Griffin May 6 3-Jun Edmonton, AB SkyReach Centre Patty Griffin May 6 4-Jun Calgary, AB Canadian Air Saddledome Patty Griffin May 6 8-Jun Vancouver, BC General Motors Place Patty Griffin April 29 9-Jun Spokane, WA Spokane Arena Patty Griffin April 22 10-Jun Tacoma, WA Tacomadome Patty Griffin April 29 11-Jun Portland, OR Rose Garden Patty Griffin April 29 15-Jun Sacramento, CA Arco Arena Patty Griffin April 29 16-Jun San Jose, CA San Jose Arena Patty Griffin April 30 17-Jun Anaheim, CA Arrowhead Pond Patty Griffin April 22 18-Jun Phoenix, AZ America West Arena Patty Griffin TBA 22-Jun San Diego, CA Cox Arena Patty Griffin April 22 23-Jun Las Vegas, NV Thomas & Mack Center Patty Griffin April 22 24-Jun Salt Lake City UT Delta Center Patty Griffin April 22 25-Jun Nampa, ID Idaho Center Patty Griffin April 22 29-Jun Little Rock AR Alltel Arena Ricky Skaggs TBA 30-Jun Lafayette, LA Cajundome Ricky Skaggs TBA 1-Jul Biloxi, MS MS Coast Coliseum Ricky Skaggs TBA 13-Jul Chicago, IL United Center Ricky Skaggs TBA 14-Jul Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center Ricky Skaggs TBA 15-Jul Minneapolis, MN Target Center Ricky Skaggs TBA 16-Jul Fargo, ND Fargodome Ricky Skaggs TBA 20-Jul New York, NY Radio City Music Hall Patty Griffin TBA 21-Jul Albany, NY Pepsi Arena Patty Griffin TBA 22-Jul Worcester, MA Centrum Patty Griffin TBA 23-Jul Buffalo, NY Marine Midland Arena Patty Griffin TBA 3-Aug Denver CO Pepsi Center Patty Griffin TBA 4-Aug Kansas City, MO Kemper Arena Patty Griffin TBA 5-Aug Oklahoma City,OK The Myriad Patty Griffin TBA 6-Aug Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena Patty Griffin TBA 11-Aug Dallas, TX Reunion Arena Patty Griffin TBA 12-Aug Austin, TX Frank Irwin Center Patty Griffin TBA 13-Aug Houston, TX Compaq Center Patty Griffin TBA 17-Aug Louisville, KY Freedom Hall TBA TBA 18-Aug Detroit, MI Palace at Auburn Hills TBA TBA 19-Aug Toronoto, ON Air Canada Centre TBA TBA 20-Aug Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena TBA TBA 24-Aug Philadelphia, PA First Union Center TBA TBA 25-Aug Washington, DC MCI Center TBA TBA 26-Aug Winston Salem, NC Lawrence Joel Coliseum TBA TBA 27-Aug Atlanta, GA Philips Arena TBA TBA 7-Sep Hampton, VA Hampton Coliseum Patty Griffin TBA 8-Sep Charlotte, NC Charlotte Coliseum Patty Griffin TBA 9-Sep Greenville, SC Bi-Lo Center Patty Griffin TBA 10-Sep Birmingham, AL Jefferson County Civic Ctr Patty Griffin TBA 14-Sep Richmond, VA Richmond Civic Center Ricky Skaggs TBA 15-Sep Raleigh, NC Sports & Entert. Arena Ricky Skaggs TBA 16-Sep Roanoke, VA Roanoke Civic Center Ricky Skaggs TBA 17-Sep Nashville, TN Gaylord Enter. Center Ricky Skaggs TBA 28-Sep Ft. Lauderdale, FL National Car Rental Center Patty Griffin TBA 29-Sep Tampa, FL Ice Palace Patty Griffin TBA 30-Sep Orlando, FL Orlando Arena Patty Griffin TBA 1-Oct Jacksonville, FL Veterans Memorial Col. Patty Griffin TBA 6-Oct Moline, IL Mark of the Quad Patty Griffin TBA 7-Oct Ames, IA Hilton Coliseum Patty Griffin TBA 8-Oct Lincoln, NE Bob Devaney Center Patty Griffin TBA 10-Oct Wichita, KS Kansas Coliseum Patty Griffin TBA 12-Oct Columbus, OH Value City Arena Willie Nelson TBA 13-Oct State College, PA Bryce Jordan Center Willie Nelson TBA 14-Oct Cleveland, OH Gund Arena Willie Nelson TBA 15-Oct Pittsburgh Mellon Arena TBA TBA 19-Oct Cincinnati, OH Firstar Center Ricky Skaggs TBA 20-Oct Knoxville, TN Thompson Boling Arena Ricky Skaggs TBA 21-Oct Charleston, WV Civic Coliseum Ricky Skaggs TBA 22-Oct Indianapolis, IN Conseco Field House Ricky Skaggs TBA 26-Oct Evansville, IN Roberts Stadium TBA TBA 27-Oct St. Louis, MO Kiel Center Willie Nelson TBA 28-Oct Memphis, TN The Pyramid Willie Nelson TBA 29-Oct New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena Willie Nelson TBA CHICKS PREPARE TO FLY LIKE NEVER BEFORE First Headline Tour to hit 70 markets in Summer, Fall 2000 Nashville, Tenn. (April 14, 2000) -- "The Dixie Chicks Fly Tour" will visit 70 cities this summer and fall. The highly anticipated indoor arena tour, sponsored by MusicCountry.com, kicks off in Winnipeg on June 1 and after four additional Canadian dates moves into the U.S. beginning with Spokane, WA on June 9. For the next five months, the Sony Music recording artists will make their way through 38 states with a show, the chicks promise, will "entertain fans from the minute they arrive at the venue." In addition to their own high-energy show, each concert will feature one special guest performer handpicked by the Dixie Chicks, ranging from fellow Texas renegade Willie Nelson, to the grit and rockin' power of Patty Griffin, to the pure bluegrass sounds of Ricky Skaggs. "We want to expose our fans to different kinds of music and we wanted our tour to represent us and what we like," says lead singer Natalie Maines. "The live element is so important to us and our support acts are all ones we would want to be entertained by each night." Though they are keeping mum about the specifics, the Dixie Chicks have several things up their oh-so-fashionable sleeves. "From the moment you walk in the door, there will be things happening," promises Maines with a grin. They advise concert-goers to be in their seats 30 minutes before the show starts in order to win instant seat upgrades and enjoy other surprises. "Pee before you get there, because you won't want to leave your seats between acts," says Maines. Emily Robison adds, "We really wanted to make this tour something special. The whole night will be an event." To help implement their vision for the show, the Dixie Chicks hired set designer Luc Lafortune, one of the designers of the visually stunning Cirque de Soleil. "The visuals really help set a mood for each song," says Martie Seidel. "We want it to be eye-catching, but not your standard rock and roll light show." The Dixie Chicks and their management are taking numerous measures to deter ticket scalping and to insure fans the best access possible to the best seats for each concert. As part of that effort, there will be a four ticket per person limit on the first ten rows on the floor, and an eight ticket limit per person for all other seating in the arena. Ticket prices are all under $40 dollars (plus applicable service charges) and will be available through TicketMaster or local outlets. The World Wildlife Fund has been chosen by the Dixie Chicks to be the charitable beneficiary of the tour. One dollar from the sale of each ticket will go to the organization that has led international efforts to protect endangered species and habitats for the last 40 years. "We all hope to be mothers some day, but it's sad to think that our children might be born into a world that no longer has wild animals running free," says Seidel. "If we can help World Wildlife Fund protect endangered species and the world's "Wide Open Spaces," then we may be able to leave our children a living planet." As the title sponsor of the 70-date "Dixie Chicks Fly Tour," MusicCountry.com will be your best source for concert and ticket information. Visitors to MusicCountry.com's "The Dixie Chicks Fly Tour" website can sign up to receive an email notification 24 hours prior to the ticket sale announcement in the city of their choice. The website will also give users a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the traveling production, from exclusive, never-before-seen footage of the tour's promotional television commercials to an ongoing "tour diary," with fun updates from the road. CMT: Country Music Television, the tour's media sponsor, will telecast special programming related to the tour and have one of CMT's 53-foot promotional vehicles and crew accompany the concert tour from coast to coast. CMT viewers will be able to enter a national sweepstakes for a chance to meet the Dixie Chicks at one of the concerts. While they take their commitments and their music seriously, anyone who has ever been around the Dixie Chicks know they don't always take themselves too seriously, as evidenced in the tour's funny and unique advertising campaign. The tour commercials and print ads highlight the band's "rookie" status on "Their First Headline Tour." In various television spots, they're seen practicing banjo-smashing, trashing hotel rooms, pumping gas in their own limo, mistaking a bidet in a fancy hotel bathroom for a water fountain, running a "Chinese fire drill" in a limo at a stoplight, and strolling through a hotel lobby like supermodels. Radio commercials for the tour include behind-the-scenes commentary from limo drivers, caterers and the like. In 1998-1999, the Dixie Chicks played over 250 dates on three major tours, crossing North America as well as the UK and Australia. As the hottest country group in America, with multi-platinum status, armfuls of Grammy, Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music Awards, many wondered why the group chose to wait until now to headline. "We wanted to continue to build our fan base by performing in front of three diverse audiences like the Tim McGraw, George Strait and Lilith Fair tours," says Maines. "We watched how those folks put on concerts--and we stole their best ideas," laughs Seidel. "We learned that men can't do catering." __________________________ - - * The Patty Griffin/Mad-Mission@smoe List Homepage is at: * http://www.quackquack.net/pattyg * * Rachel Martin's Patty Griffin Lyrics Archive is at * http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/3079/patty.html * * Jerry Zigmont's Flaming Red - A Patty Griffin Website is at * http://members.tripod.com/PattyGriffin * * Katie Peterson's Patty Griffin Guitar Tabs Archive is at * http://members.tripod.com/~Lifey/patty.html * * DuckOfPrey or WhyADuck55 on AOL and/or AOL Instant Messenger ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V4 #109 *********************************