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A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V6 #___ gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Tuesday, April 16 2002 Volume 06 : Number 140 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: MM: RE: diamonds and roses [Mooodeee@aol.com] MM: Patty with Willie [Stephen Golato ] MM: Chciago Tribune article [Balmoon@aol.com] Re: MM: Chciago Tribune article [Julia Meredith Pryce ] MM: Re: Chciago Tribune article ["Jennifer Caputo" ] Re: MM: Chciago Tribune article [beemergirl@TELOCITY.COM] MM: 3 Tickets Available for the 4/21 Ark show ["Scheiner, Andy" ] MM: 3 Tickets Available for the 4/21 Ark show HAVE BEEN SOLD ["Scheiner, ] Re: Re: MM: Chciago Tribune article [Balmoon@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 08:45:49 EDT From: Mooodeee@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: RE: diamonds and roses ...And she outsold the Norah Jones last week at Waterloo in Austin, taking the #1 slot on their weekly sales chart---and selling over 460 copies from this one store its first week out. Mimi sands@dtpx.com writes: > Patty outsold Celine Dion's new release this past week at Border's in > Nashville to earn her the number one spot in store sales! Go Patty! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:14:51 -0400 From: Stephen Golato Subject: MM: Patty with Willie I saw this on the Ryan Adams list and thought I would pass it on. Patty is mentioned in the seventh paragraph. I posted the whole thing because there are some other great performers you might be interested in also. Steve "Don't just exist. Live." ............................................................................ ..................................... Richards, Crow Honor Nelson Ryan Adams, Jon Bon Jovi, Norah Jones, others pay tribute in Nashville Willie Nelson has appeared on more tribute bills than anyone can count, so it was only fitting that a few heavyweights showed up in his honor Sunday night at Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium for "Willie Nelson & Friends: Stars and Guitars." Staged by USA Networks and Lost Highway Records, home of Nelson's new album, The Great Divide, the event's lineup included Keith Richards, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Hank Williams III and Ryan Adams, all of whom perform on Lost Highway's Timeless: A Tribute to Hank Williams. The bill also featured Lee Ann Womack, Brian McKnight and collaborator du jour Rob Thomas, all of whom, along with Crow, duet with Nelson on Divide. Rounding out the list were Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, Vince Gill, the Dixie Chicks, John Hiatt, Toby Keith, Aaron Neville, Ray Price, Patty Griffin, Matchbox Twenty and Norah Jones. Missing were ailing Dave Matthews and Lyle Lovett. Actor Vince Vaughn hosted. The song selection was drawn mainly from tunes Nelson either wrote or popularized, along with several from Divide and some from albums on which he appeared or by artists with whom he shared history. In some cases, performers showed up to duet on their own compositions, as with the show's highlight moment -- when Richards, Adams, Williams III and Nelson, guitars in hand, lined up in front of four mikes and banged out the Rolling Stones classic "Dead Flowers." They were billed as the "Lost Highwaymen," a nod to Nelson's membership in the legendary Highwaymen. Each time Richards bounded onstage, he effortlessly eclipsed the night's star. Even a technician's pronunciation of his name during a mike check drew huge cheers, and performers sharing the stage (including Mark Knopfler's band, sans Knopfler, as the house players), seemed similarly enraptured. Following that act was Gill, who did a little "Jumping Jack Flash" riff on his acoustic and joked, "I'm doin' pretty good. I got the Rolling Stones opening for me." Some of the song selections were less explainable: Crow and Nelson opened the show with a ragged version of Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" -- perhaps a nod to Nelson's Farm Aid co-founder Neil Young, though the classic was penned by Stephen Stills. With Adams -- chin bandaged and jaw swelled from a fight the night before - - - Nelson did the Jimmy Cliff reggae standard "The Harder They Come." Adams got a special introduction by Harris, who praised him as a songwriter "in an age when the emphasis seems to be on everything but the song." Less confounding was the Crow-Nelson duet on "Whiskey River," one of Nelson's signature songs and a plug for Old Whiskey River, a new small-batch bourbon he's endorsing. Despite the night's air of subtle shilling, it did have its transcendent moments as well, most notably Nelson's duet with folk singer Griffin on "Angels Flying Too Close to the Ground." Her sweet, sincere voice sounded more country than most of the show's acts, and Nelson's spare harmonies added just the right enhancement. The tightly paced and scripted show left little room for adlibbing by Vaughn or the artists, but the audience filled in commentary of its own. At one point, someone yelled, "Hey Willie! You rocked the other night!" -- a reference to his Friday Ryman performance. As the crowd cheered wildly in response, country's once-and-future outlaw -- who actually dressed up for the occasion in black slacks, boots and a cowboy hat -- just nodded and smiled. LYNNE MARGOLIS *************************************************************************** This electronic mail transmission contains confidential and/or privileged information intended only for the person(s) named. Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by another person is strictly prohibited. *************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:06:34 -0400 From: Balmoon@aol.com Subject: MM: Chciago Tribune article Check out the great article in today's Chicago Tribune about Patty: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0204160016apr16.story?coll=chi%2Dleisuretempo%2Dhed Anyone else going to Border's tomorrow to see her? - --Beverly ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:12:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Julia Meredith Pryce Subject: Re: MM: Chciago Tribune article where is she playing, which borders, and what time? On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 Balmoon@aol.com wrote: > Check out the great article in today's Chicago Tribune about Patty: > http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0204160016apr16.story?coll=chi%2Dleisuretempo%2Dhed > > Anyone else going to Border's tomorrow to see her? > --Beverly ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:25:58 -0400 From: Greg Smith Subject: Re: MM: Chciago Tribune article At 10:06 AM 4/16/2002 -0400, Balmoon@aol.com wrote: >Check out the great article in today's Chicago Tribune about Patty: >http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0204160016apr16.story?coll=chi%2Dleisuretempo%2Dhed This requires registering. Can someone please copy the article to the list? Thanks! Greg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:19:21 -0400 From: "Jennifer Caputo" Subject: MM: Re: Chciago Tribune article Betsy, You have to register to view that page - could you just post the text of the article? Thanks :-) Jen www.pattygriffin.net - ----- Original Message ----- From: > Check out the great article in today's Chicago Tribune about Patty: > http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0204160016apr16.story?c oll=chi%2Dleisuretempo%2Dhed ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 08:44:49 -0700 (PDT) From: beemergirl@TELOCITY.COM Subject: Re: MM: Chciago Tribune article We are definitely going to Borders to see her before the Park West! I'm totally excited that she's finally back in Chicago (on her own tour, that is)! It's the Michigan Ave. Borders (830 N. Michigan Ave) at 12:30 pm. They say it is supposed to be a performance and signing. I can't wait! - -Sandi (mostly lurker, always Patty Fan!) On Tue, 16 April 2002, Balmoon@aol.com wrote > > Anyone else going to Border's tomorrow to see her? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:01:08 -0700 From: "Scheiner, Andy" Subject: MM: 3 Tickets Available for the 4/21 Ark show Hi All, I have 3 tickets (reserved, Row B, Seats 8,9,10) for the sold-out Ann Arbor Ark show this Sunday 4/21. The tickets are $25 each. Email me directly if interested. - Andy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:54:22 -0700 From: "Scheiner, Andy" Subject: MM: RE: 3 Tickets Available for the 4/21 Ark show In fact, include your postal address in the email (since time is of the essence 'cause I'll have to put them in the U.S. Mail). - Andy - -----Original Message----- From: Scheiner, Andy Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 1:01 PM To: mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: MM: 3 Tickets Available for the 4/21 Ark show Hi All, I have 3 tickets (reserved, Row B, Seats 8,9,10) for the sold-out Ann Arbor Ark show this Sunday 4/21. The tickets are $25 each. Email me directly if interested. - Andy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 11:01:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Short Subject: MM: Text of Chicago Trib article Going her own way Patty Griffin shakes her major-label blues and rediscovers her instincts By Joshua Klein Special to the Tribune Published April 16, 2002 After Patty Griffin hit a major-label imposed brick wall while recording her 1996 debut "Living With Ghosts," she snapped. Signed on the basis of her barebones demo tape, she had already tried recording the album twice with two different prominent producers, but both times the label sent her back to the studio. "I was kind of devastated by the whole thing," admits Griffin from her home in Nashville, "so I told them, `You like the demos so much, then why don't you just release them.'" To Griffin's surprise, the label did just that, releasing the rough disc almost as is. "That was the last time that really happened, as far as the major label thing goes," she says with a rueful laugh. A much-buzzed-about artist made even hotter with her 1998 disc "Flaming Red," Griffin suddenly found herself stuck in a frustrating major label limbo that lasted nearly four years. "It was recorded in 2000," she says of her still unreleased third album, "Silver Bell," fourth if you include an earlier unreleased disc recorded around the time of "Living With Ghosts." "It was accepted by the label that I ended up on after the first corporate takeover," Griffin says. "Then the label was bought again, and I ended up with a new regime, and they told me that they did not like the record at all. My manager figured out a nice way to get me out of there without owing a lot of money." A common theme Griffin's story is not unique, especially at a time when major labels seem increasingly desperate for coffer-filling hits. "By the time the artist finally lands a label, they end up signing so much away, because they come from such a vulnerable place," Griffin notes of the kind of draconian major-label contracts that often ironically prevent artists from releasing records at all. "Every musician I know knows somebody who suffers from clinical depression, or knows someone who committed suicide, that had to deal with major labels. It's just a problem of respect and honoring the person and what they're trying to express." Freed from her contact, Griffin was one of the lucky ones, but the rejection still stung. "The sad part for me is that the dream is kind of dead," she says with a sigh. "I grew up listening to artists that recorded on A&M records and Capitol records and Columbia records, and those labels just don't exist anymore, at least not in the way that I sort of dreamed that they did when I was a kid. That's the only part of it that's hugely disillusioning. But it's just a little bump in the road, and it's turning out really well for me now." Griffin's unlikely savior came in the form of Dave Matthews. After sharing an Austin City Limits stage with her, Matthews offered to sign Griffin to his new ATO label. "I didn't really want to talk to anyone until I made the record," concedes Griffin, "but after I finished it last summer, the ATO people came out to some shows and still seemed very enthusiastic. They didn't have that cynical `kill me' quality that you sometimes get from people who've been in this business for a little too long. So I went with my gut and decided to go with ATO." Anything would be better than her previous situation, but Griffin is still surprised by ATO's refreshing attitude. "I feel a lot more comfortable there," she says, relieved. "They welcome me exploring different things, different avenues. On a major label, the editing machine in my brain was going crazy, because I was always getting negative feedback. As opposed to, `Wow, we really like this song!' I feel more creative around them." Griffin recorded her new, mostly acoustic album "1000 Kisses" with her own money, much of it earned after such high-profile acts as Emmylou Harris, the Dixie Chicks and even Bette Midler started covering her songs. "I was very lucky from the publishing end," Griffin says. "I didn't have to go and tour incessantly. In those years that I was held up, I got to rest a little bit thanks to people picking up my songs. Plus, it's nice that other people who are talented would even consider doing that." The singles scene Griffin actually found the vicarious exposure to contemporary country music politics amusing. "They're all looking for singles. Nobody knows what that is, but they sure know what it's not!" she says. "It's an interesting little game, but I'm glad I'm not involved." With her label travails behind her and the support of her songwriter friends by her side, Griffin is excited about finally hitting the road again. She performs Wednesday night at Park West and earlier that day will sing and sign CDs at the Borders bookstore at 830 N. Michigan Ave. "It's been a while since I've got to do my own thing," she says. "I try not to raise too many expectations with anything, but this record felt like such a big release for me. I just do what I do, and I'm so glad that people want to buy my records and come to my shows. That's like a miracle." Copyright ) 2002, Chicago Tribune Yahoo! 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Email me directly if interested. - Andy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 14:40:05 -0400 From: Balmoon@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: MM: Chciago Tribune article I am reprinting the article here since some of you couldn't access it. Patty will be at Borders on 830 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago at 12:30 pm tomorrow, 4/17. - ------------------------------- Going her own way Patty Griffin shakes her major-label blues and rediscovers her instincts By Joshua Klein Special to the Tribune Published April 16, 2002 After Patty Griffin hit a major-label imposed brick wall while recording her 1996 debut "Living With Ghosts," she snapped. Signed on the basis of her barebones demo tape, she had already tried recording the album twice with two different prominent producers, but both times the label sent her back to the studio. "I was kind of devastated by the whole thing," admits Griffin from her home in Nashville, "so I told them, `You like the demos so much, then why don't you just release them.'" To Griffin's surprise, the label did just that, releasing the rough disc almost as is. "That was the last time that really happened, as far as the major label thing goes," she says with a rueful laugh. A much-buzzed-about artist made even hotter with her 1998 disc "Flaming Red," Griffin suddenly found herself stuck in a frustrating major label limbo that lasted nearly four years. "It was recorded in 2000," she says of her still unreleased third album, "Silver Bell," fourth if you include an earlier unreleased disc recorded around the time of "Living With Ghosts." "It was accepted by the label that I ended up on after the first corporate takeover," Griffin says. "Then the label was bought again, and I ended up with a new regime, and they told me that they did not like the record at all. My manager figured out a nice way to get me out of there without owing a lot of money." A common theme Griffin's story is not unique, especially at a time when major labels seem increasingly desperate for coffer-filling hits. "By the time the artist finally lands a label, they end up signing so much away, because they come from such a vulnerable place," Griffin notes of the kind of draconian major-label contracts that often ironically prevent artists from releasing records at all. "Every musician I know knows somebody who suffers from clinical depression, or knows someone who committed suicide, that had to deal with major labels. It's just a problem of respect and honoring the person and what they're trying to express." Freed from her contact, Griffin was one of the lucky ones, but the rejection still stung. "The sad part for me is that the dream is kind of dead," she says with a sigh. "I grew up listening to artists that recorded on A&M records and Capitol records and Columbia records, and those labels just don't exist anymore, at least not in the way that I sort of dreamed that they did when I was a kid. That's the only part of it that's hugely disillusioning. But it's just a little bump in the road, and it's turning out really well for me now." Griffin's unlikely savior came in the form of Dave Matthews. After sharing an Austin City Limits stage with her, Matthews offered to sign Griffin to his new ATO label. "I didn't really want to talk to anyone until I made the record," concedes Griffin, "but after I finished it last summer, the ATO people came out to some shows and still seemed very enthusiastic. They didn't have that cynical `kill me' quality that you sometimes get from people who've been in this business for a little too long. So I went with my gut and decided to go with ATO." Anything would be better than her previous situation, but Griffin is still surprised by ATO's refreshing attitude. "I feel a lot more comfortable there," she says, relieved. "They welcome me exploring different things, different avenues. On a major label, the editing machine in my brain was going crazy, because I was always getting negative feedback. As opposed to, `Wow, we really like this song!' I feel more creative around them." Griffin recorded her new, mostly acoustic album "1000 Kisses" with her own money, much of it earned after such high-profile acts as Emmylou Harris, the Dixie Chicks and even Bette Midler started covering her songs. "I was very lucky from the publishing end," Griffin says. "I didn't have to go and tour incessantly. In those years that I was held up, I got to rest a little bit thanks to people picking up my songs. Plus, it's nice that other people who are talented would even consider doing that." The singles scene Griffin actually found the vicarious exposure to contemporary country music politics amusing. "They're all looking for singles. Nobody knows what that is, but they sure know what it's not!" she says. "It's an interesting little game, but I'm glad I'm not involved." With her label travails behind her and the support of her songwriter friends by her side, Griffin is excited about finally hitting the road again. She performs Wednesday night at Park West and earlier that day will sing and sign CDs at the Borders bookstore at 830 N. Michigan Ave. "It's been a while since I've got to do my own thing," she says. "I try not to raise too many expectations with anything, but this record felt like such a big release for me. I just do what I do, and I'm so glad that people want to buy my records and come to my shows. That's like a miracle." Copyright ) 2002, Chicago Tribune ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V6 #140 *********************************