From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V4 #133 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 Tuesday, May 9 2000 Volume 04 : Number 133 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Austin City Limits, crowd response for Patty.. [UMCaner74@aol.com] Re: MM: Dissention [JessBartn@aol.com] MM: Sickening visions ["Jason and Jennifer Burton" ] MM: More Patty pics! ["Jennifer Lynn Caputo" ] MM: Austin City Limits [Everyman7@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 01:50:35 EDT From: UMCaner74@aol.com Subject: MM: Austin City Limits, crowd response for Patty.. Hi there everyone! Ok, so I need to be up for work in like 5 hours, but instead of sleeping I'm awake writing to all you lovely folks about Patty's performance on the show! .. I'm sure everyone at work won't appreciate that in the morning, but hopefully you guys will! I must say that she seemed a bit tentative at the beginning while playing Top Of The World. Something was distracting her, and It seemed to me that she was trying to adjust to having to sit down while performing. I can't imagine this, as I could NEVER sit down while playing guitar, let alone playing AND singing with the passion that Patty sings with.. Anyway, once she got a verse or 2 in it seemed like she was too into the song for anything to be a distraction. Mary was also incredible, and I guess the only disappointment about the show was that Patty played only 2 songs, while other people got 3 or 4.. However, Patty got BY FAR the loudest and most enthusiastic crowd response out of all of the performers. I was thinking that it was just in my head (wishful thinking) that she was getting the best crowd response, until my sister called and was all freaked out about how loud the crowd was for her.. I was happy to hear that it was not just me, and that all those people really WERE so much into her. Julie and Buddy Miller are also so talented, Wow.. For those of you that didn't get to see it, Buddy played guitar on everyone's songs.. and Julie's song "I Sill Cry" with Patty on backup was so beautiful. It was a great show, and I think everyone sitting at home who had never heard Patty before will be rushing out to buy one or both of the CD's tomorrow! She definitely had the best voice on the show, and I think just about anyone would have been moved by her performances. Yay! I'm SO proud of my her! This was in my opinion her best performance of all the TV appearances.. Dave ************************************* Diamonds, Roses I need Moses To cross this sea of lonliness Part this Red River of Pain ~~ The Almighty Patty G ~~ ************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 08:27:21 EDT From: JessBartn@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: Dissention >>Most people don't want to be touched by music like the majority of Patty's fans do. They don't allow the lyrics to sink in, or they just aren't capable of listening to music that touches their soul like Patty's does. They listen to music as a pleasure, and not something that moves them.<< Dave, I think you have the right idea here... I've been watching people at my own little coffee shop performances, and I notice that 99% of them aren't really listening to the words...(although coffee shops are better than bars for lyrically strong music) But it's that 1% that you mentioned that have the ability to lift a performer to the next level. That 1% is way worth standing up there pourin your heart out. That 1% can also help a singer keep going financially. I think once they've gathered that 1% on a massive scale (ie: Dixie Chicks Show) they've hit it. Personally, I think this is gonna do it for Patty...unfortunately, I think her music might move more mainstream in order to maintain that status. She's fortunate, cuz the chicks plan to brag and boast all about her and their other openers. there's my 2 cents :-) Jess ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 09:07:42 -0500 From: "Jason and Jennifer Burton" Subject: MM: Sickening visions Saying Patty does get to do "Let Him Fly" opening for the Chicks...I was just imagining all the DC fans thinking "I Can't Believe she has the nerve to cover a Dixie Chicks song!". Jason The Single Collector www.singlecollector.com Hard to find CD Singles, Promos, Imports, and Vinyl ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 09:07:41 -0500 From: "Jason and Jennifer Burton" Subject: RE: MM: Opening Acts - -----Original Message----- From: owner-mad-mission@smoe.org [mailto:owner-mad-mission@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Steve Garrison Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 3:55 PM To: mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: Re: MM: Opening Acts <> It's kind of interesting Steve brings up Peter Mulvey in the context of this discussion. I'm a pretty big Peter fan that discovered him when he was opening for another of my favorite bands (Vigilantes of Love). I highly recommend Peter to any and all Patty Griffin fans. His records are okay, but he's incredible live. He tours incessently and covers quite a bit of the US, as opposed to certain artists that seem to focus on the east or midwest. So...check him out! www.PeterMulvey.com . Jason The Single Collector www.singlecollector.com Hard to find CD Singles, Promos, Imports, and Vinyl ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 14:14:35 -0400 From: "Jennifer Lynn Caputo" Subject: MM: More Patty pics! Hey everyone - I'm sure you are all getting really sick of these posts, but once again I have uploaded a ton more Patty pics thanks to Dave - some date back to 96! http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jcaputo/Patty.html Check them out cause they are really good - and once again, if anybody else has pics that I can post please send 'em in! Jen - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below." - Joseph Addison ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 23:14:16 EDT From: Everyman7@aol.com Subject: MM: Austin City Limits I was delighted to be able to watch The Austin City Limits show after work on Sat- I had forgotten about it most of the evening, thought I had missed it because it had been on earlier also and was just channel surfing and boom- there it was. I agree that Patty did look confident and beautiful as well- she stands out even in a crowd of her peers. I wish she had a few more turns at songs- I think the audience loved her. We taped from the third song on, missing Emmy Lou's first 2 songs. A twenty something girl at work looks like Patty's little sister- she reminds me of her so much. So, yesterday, I lent her my LWG and FR as well as the Birchmere concert and now I am waiting to see if she can hear Patty, not just look like her. I guess she likes music, but is more into jazz - she never heard of Patty and doesn't know much about these singersongwriters. I'll let you know how my experiment goes. I have turned others on to Patty before, but they usually shared my taste in music. I would want to see the Dixie Chicks concert with Patty opening, but I do have to work and it is a 2 hr drive maybe. I could get the Black Plague, or cholera , or at least a migraine, but short of that, no one will work my Friday for me. It is a good opportunity for her, but I remember when I saw her open for Shawn at Green Hall in Northampton, Mass and I just about died for her. I felt like one of a handful who knew who she was. It must have been spring of 97. The acoustics were awful for her also. It was the first time I had seen her live, having discovered her the previous Dec. She was totally classy and just put up with it- Shawn was wonderful of course,- Freedy I could have skipped- {Hi Jeanne- same thoughts as you- miss you girl- former concert buddy} - So I hope the acoustics fit her better and the audience realizes that they are hearing someone special. I did become a Shawn Colvin fan after seeing her open for Jackson Browne on his Looking East tour- 8/96- so it is certainly possible to pick up new fans this way. I now have all her CD's and have seen her 3 times- would love to see Shawn again. I hope Patty knocks their socks off all through this big tour! Even if it means I won't be seeing Patty anymore in those small venues that I love. Dana ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V4 #133 *********************************