From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V6 #43 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/pattyg * 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 Sunday, February 10 2002 Volume 06 : Number 043 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Re: that new song [ABershaw@aol.com] MM: RE: Ryman show ["Melanie Holley" ] Re: MM: RE: Boots, Burns, and Compilations ["=?iso-8859-1?q?Ma'eee?=" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 02:01:44 EST From: ABershaw@aol.com Subject: MM: Re: that new song In a message dated 2/9/02 1:37:23 AM, donhenn@msn.com writes: <> Or the World Trade Center perhaps? Alan ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 06:54:31 -0500 From: "Melanie Holley" Subject: MM: RE: Ryman show I have to agree with an awful lot of what Don posted about Wednesday night's show. Except that I'm probably a lot more enthusiastic about Steve's part of the evening than he seemed to be. It was interesting listening to the comments of people while waiting for the show to begin with Patty. I heard a lot of "Don't have a clues..." about her, and a couple of "I've heard she's good" but the drunken loudmouths behind me got my full attention after I heard "She's gay. Got a huge lesbian following." As if they'd know. As if it matters one way or the other. It kind of went downhill from there, with that being the most complimentary thing they said before the music actually started. At one point, my husband told me "It's about to get real interesting. There's going to be a killing in the Ryman." I told him to wait until after Patty's set, then as the cops were dragging him out of the auditorium, he could shout to Steve to keep fighting against the death penalty!" Once Patty began playing and singing, the guys behind us had a whole new problem. For those of you not familiar with the seating at the old Opry, it's church pew-type benches, curved, divided in half. Four people are to be seated on each side of the middle divider. These two guys were big boys. And so were the two guys who bought the other two seats. All 4 couldn't sit in their assigned seats at one time so they spent the evening playing musical pews with lots of grumbling and someone constantly going out to smoke and/or buy more beer. Just what they needed... I won't even try to give a description of Patty's songs- Don did an excellent job. The only thing I'd add, for Steve's fans, is that the song of his that she covered was "Ellis Unit One." Coincidentally, the first time I heard that song was at the Ryman, in 1999 when Steve was touring with the Journey of Hope folks to raise opposition to capital punishment. It's interesting for me, being a member of Mad Mission, as well as Exit O (Steve Earle's list) and Jackson Browne's as well. I'm surprised at the amount of crossover that occurs. But it's a good thing. For instance, I did some communicating with a guy on the SE list who was headed to Nashville for the show. He didn't know anything about Patty Griffin, so I told him what I knew and sang her praises. He wrote yesterday that he was definitely not disappointed. He felt he could "really get into her music." Cool. Now I wonder if any of Patty's fans ended up liking Earle's music, too? Sometimes, that's the way it works. And Don, Guitar Town is considered pivotal in Nashville music circles. It wasn't straight up C&W and it wasn't the rockabilly that Steve had tried up to that point. This is the short version of a review from The Tennesseean: In an electrifying, Wednesday night Ryman Auditorium concert that proved at once familiar and unique, grizzled contemporary country expatriate Steve Earle revisited the songs, arrangements and sequencing of his landmark 1986 Guitar Town album. ''That was a trip,'' Earle muttered after completing the 10-song Guitar Town set. Indeed, the show offered a half-hour excursion to a time when roots-rock and tough twang were heard in Nashville as fresh and commercially viable, not as edgily anachronistic. Couldn't have said it better, myself. Peace, Y'all- Melanie - --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.320 / Virus Database: 179 - Release Date: 1/30/2002 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 19:44:36 +0000 (GMT) From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Ma'eee?=" Subject: Re: MM: RE: Boots, Burns, and Compilations Ditto especially about the Beer! --- "alan.teather" wrote: > If you think $18 is expensive try paying the > equivalent of $27 like we do > over here in the UK !!! > > I would love to be able to get albums for $10 or > even $15. This would > virtually double or triple my available money to > purchase cd's and or make > more money available for gigs. > > Mind you we have better beer over here! > > Peace to all, > > Ol'Rhinohide Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 18:34:04 EST From: BClark2000@aol.com Subject: MM: Patty at Ryman For some reason, this email didn't go out the other day. Sorry Saw Patty last night at The Ryman, as opening act for Steve Earle. Benefit concert for a Tenn. group against capital punishment. Probably a 3/4 crowd there. Patty opened with Lancio on guitar and only played 7 songs. I'm fairly new to her stuff so don't know all song names: 1. Not sure of song name; one of first lines was "The way I fly"; other line "hands work the machinery"; never heard this song before. 2. Again, don't know song name, chorus was "Useless Desires" introduced by PG: "I've been real nervous about playing here so to continue that feeling we're going to do a new song". Awesome, clearly the best song she played. 3. Flaming Red: started with acoustic guitar, very bluesy, then Lancio switched to electric guitar. 4. "Falling Down" 5. "Top of the World" introduced by PG: I've made four albums and am 2 for 2 on getting them released. On April 9 I'm finally going to move ahead, 3 to 2. This is a song from one of the lost albums" 6. Steve Earle song Ellis Unit One : superb response from crowd. 7. Not sure: chorus was "Ten Million Miles"; a very short, poetically rhyming song. She seemed very shy, didn't talk much, nervous. She did not come back out to sing with Steve like she did with Emmylou last summer. I drove to Nashville from Atlanta just to see her and she was worth it. The song "Useless Desires" was just unbelievable. She was pumped up and into Flaming Red and it was cool to see her interpretation of it with just the two of them playing; it is not one of my favorite songs of hers but I really liked the live version. Top of the World is perhaps my favorite of hers and her voice was goosebump-inducing on it. Steve Earle played the entire Guitar Town album with most of the artists who were on the original studio version. He was fabulous, but has a real world-weariness about him, almost curmudgeonly. Patty certainly didn't disappoint this fan, just wished she'd played more. The Nashville Tennesseean review of the show is below. Bert Clark Earle goes home again to 'Guitar Town'By PETER COOPER Staff Writer In an electrifying, Wednesday night Ryman Auditorium concert that proved at once familiar and unique, grizzled contemporary country expatriate Steve Earle revisited the songs, arrangements and sequencing of his landmark 1986 Guitar Town album. ''That was a trip,'' Earle muttered after completing the 10-song Guitar Town set. Indeed, the show offered a half-hour excursion to a time when roots-rock and tough twang were heard in Nashville as fresh and commercially viable, not as edgily anachronistic. Much, of course, has changed since 1986: Earle will never be so desperate, so wired, so greasy, so hopeful, hungry or green again. Earle's voice was permanently roughened years ago by a policeman's billy club (really, no joke). And the stocky, bearded, bespectacled man in the Ryman spotlight bore scant resemblance to the younger, thinner man whose success with Guitar Town helped him to a place in a late 1980s Playgirl magazine list of the ''10 sexiest male country stars.'' But the songs remain direct windows to the era Earle calls country music's ''great credibility scare.'' And the songs haven't weathered a bit. Neither have the arrangements, with the exception of some period-piece synthesizer sounds that now seem to unnecessarily clutter ballads like Little Rock 'n' Roller. Wednesday, Guitar Town arranger/guitarist/associate producer Richard Bennett played his original parts with grit and soul, augmented by Mike McAdam's aggressive six-string attack (McAdam also played mandolin at the show). The two guitarists wove rhythms and melodies in and around each other's parts, building soundscapes that were driven home by pianist John Jarvis, padded by steel guitar man Gary Morse and under-girded by the rhythm section of drummer Harry Stinson and bass man Glenn Worf. Stinson's spot-perfect harmonies rode about Earle's well-sedimented but still-powerful voice. For his part, Earle sang with suitable urgency, and his enunciation was much improved from a slurry performance at last summer's River Stages festival. Even after the band left the stage, his solo-acoustic set (featuring more modern material) was full of power and no small measure of grace. The sorry lover's tale of Valentine's Day and the bracing Billy Austin were more than enough proof that Guitar Town is a well-aged gem but not a career-defining work. The only disappointing aspect of the concert was its attendance. Plenty of seats were empty at a show that should have been a slam-dunk sellout. Ticket proceeds will go to benefit The Park Center, a non-profit organization that assists adults with a history of mental illness. The Center is a favored charity of Universal South senior partner (and Guitar Town co-producer) Tony Brown, who planned the night's entertainment. In addition to performing an emotionally charged version of Earle's Ellis Unit One, opening act Patty Griffin played several other songs not contained on her two albums. Atop guitarist Doug Lancio's clouds of sound, Griffin sang in a voice thin, strong, pretty and gymnastic. Highlights of her set included the punkish acoustic thrust of Flaming Red and the unendingly melodic Top of the World. Peter Cooper writes about music for the Tennessean. He may be reached at 259-8220 or via e-mail at pcooper@tennessean.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 23:22:05 -0500 From: Greg Smith Subject: MM: Silver Bell Promo Someone on the list VERY graciously offered to send me a Silver Bell promo, but unfortunately the email was lost in the same hard drive wipe I wrote to the list about last time. I am sorry I don't remember the name or email, but please contact me and I apologize for the general email to you all to find just one person! Greg ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V6 #43 ********************************