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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 Monday, June 3 2002 Volume 06 : Number 218 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Firing on all cylinders--Patty at the Great American Music Hall [Jerr] MM: NJC/NPC: Amy E. gig Tuesday june 4th @ CNOTE NY NY ["Amy Emerman" ] MM: Re: NPC: Chicks that Rock - Amanda Kravat [Amanda4865@aol.com] MM: Re: NPC: Darcy Miner ["* Darcie *" ] Re: MM: Re: NPC: Darcy Miner [beccasean@peoplepc.com] MM: Great American Music Hall [Danalee7@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 23:10:00 -0700 From: Jerry Skomer Subject: MM: Firing on all cylinders--Patty at the Great American Music Hall Everyone: Well it was quite a night at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Friday. For those of you who have never been to our wonderful city, the GAMH is probably the best venue to see your favorite artist. The place looks like a Victorian bordello and holds approximately 450. The concert was completely sold out and some of us were lined up by 5 p.m. to ensure ourselves of good seats. Patty's bus was out front and she started her sound check. For most of the check, the doors were wide open and a few of us were treated to several songs, a few of which were not played that night. Patty had a promo gig at a nearby record store in Haight Ashbury and so we yelled "Welcome to San Francisco" and "Have fun at Amoeba" when she and her crew piled into the van waiting to take her to the record store. She smiled a little and to be honest she looked a little pale, shy and shrunken. It was a typical S.F. summer night-blustery and cold! My partner and I froze our butts off in line while waiting for the doors to open. Don Henn-yes the famous Don Henn-and I had been corresponding and he met us along with Dana and some of Dana's friends. Now here's a funny side light: While waiting in line, I struck up a few conversations with the roadies and a band member-I think it was the cellist, but only because it wasn't Doug or the keyboard player. I asked him if he knew that there was a Patty "dead head" following the band around. He said, "Oh yes, we see him everywhere." I then asked what he thought about that. He said, "Well at first we didn't know what to make of it. Now we just sort of accept it. But the other night he put his pad of paper on the stage and was taking notes there while we were playing. We know he posts reviews on the internet, but it was strange playing songs thinking that he was writing something every time we played a wrong note." So, when Don finally arrived, I admonished him to not put his freaking note pad on the stage! He seemed to take it all very good-naturedly. Okay, now for my review of the show. And please forgive some of the references to other artists, as I actually wrote this piece a little earlier for a friend who loves Heather Nova (many of you might not know her work). Here's what I wrote: Last night Elana and I went to see Patty Griffin at the Great American Music Hall, and the concert was simply great. She's matured so much over the last few years. Whereas she was tentative on stage previously, only letting go when she sang, now she's having fun. She is an extraordinary talent and slowly she is being discovered-her shows are selling out and the audience pays rapt attention to her music. It's all too rare to go to a show where everyone puts down their glasses, stops their conversations and focuses on the performance. At one point after I exclaimed to Elana how utterly beautifully Patty was presenting herself and her songs (and we were front row center which was a lot of fun, very intense but fun), Elana simply remarked that Patty had made the "transition." I know Elana well enough that I knew she meant that from the last time we had seen her (almost three years ago), Patty had transitioned from insecure "girl" struggling to express herself to self-possessed woman and full-blown artist. She's figured out something essential about herself and her art, and as Dave Marsh remarked, it positively radiates from her. Nothing short of remarkable and inspiring, especially since she had been eaten up and spit out by the recording industry for the last two years. She's now comfortable with her audience's adulation because she believes in herself, her femininity, her vulnerability and her music. It was akin to watching a beautiful bird take flight and maneuver itself gracefully and with precision. One of the things that I noticed about Patty is that she sometimes disappears into her songs. I watched her years ago sing "Change" and realized that toward the end of the song, she was "gone" from the audience and had so completely merged with the lyrics and melody and rhythm that she was almost a little startled when she ended her singing and came back to the realization that there were people watching her. I previously used the image of a bird to describe Patty, and it is particularly apt. She's fragile and bird-like in appearance and movement, and yet she can "torch up" a song like few in the business. When she sang a song called "Tomorrow," she simply hushed the crowd with her direct- to-the-heart yet rich, melodically nuanced interpretation. With all her astonishing range of song-writing (from folk to country to rock) and great lyrics, her ability to mesmerize an audience with her voice and her uncanny direct connection to the soul of a song is pretty much unparalleled. Other singer/songwriters-Sinead O'Connor and of course Heather-bring different strengths to their art, but Patty simply gets you right where you think a song should be. Heather is more sophisticated and poetic, and Sinead's voice is unequaled and both perhaps are more heavenly, but Patty is just as effective and sometimes more to the heart of the music. Dave Marsh also wrote that once Patty takes on someone else's song, she pretty much owns it when singing it live. And while I have not heard her sing many covers (I did hear her sing Willie Nelson's "Crying" and was blown away), last night she performed Tom Waits' "Ruby's Arms," and did it in such an extraordinarily beautiful way that everyone was left a little dumbstruck. In this and other songs, she swayed ever so slightly. Sometimes her left foot would slowly almost involuntarily rise suspending itself for a moment, only to quietly kick itself forward at just the right moment as if giving the song a gentle nudge. Her body as well as her voice merges with the music, leaving no doubt about her understanding of the material. To borrow someone else's phrase, she doesn't need to dip into the wellspring of music, she is the wellspring. I could go on and on, but I'll end this note by saying that it was a pleasure and honor to watch an artist firing on all cylinders. I have often had the pleasure of watching Elana as she moves with confidence and grace within her artistic world and have been similarly awestruck by her work, and so I knew last night that what I was seeing was the real deal. Patty is pursuing her art without compromise, and those of us who fortunate to see her this time round are treated to high art. As I said, it was remarkable and inspiring. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 16:28:31 +0000 From: "Amy Emerman" Subject: MM: NJC/NPC: Amy E. gig Tuesday june 4th @ CNOTE NY NY HI, everybody! I am playing the open mike feature from 7:30 - 8pm on Tuesday, June 4th at CNOTE. CNOTE is a cute little music bar located in Avenue C between 9th and 10th Streets. If you are a singer/songwriter, come early and sign up to play. THe open mike runs from 5 - 9pm. The earlier you get there the more songs you'll get to play! Come out for some music and fun in the East Village! Amy :-) _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 12:59:46 -0400 From: Jenoa Subject: Re: MM: new list member hey everyone Antigone Rising is playing a double bill with that AWESOME and hilarious band BETTY. Alot of you know them as they have been playing together for 17 years. Their live shows are fabulous, and how great that they are playing with A.R. these are two bands of chicks that rock!! check out hellobetty.com this all happens at the Bowery Ballroom june 14th, i'll be there. i'll also be at Beth Orton on june 10th, and i can't wait!! what a great week for NYC music lovers!! jenoa on 6/2/02 12:05 AM, Wheatsrising@aol.com at Wheatsrising@aol.com wrote: > Hello everyone, > I just joined this list recently after seeing Patty live for my first time > at WAMfest at Mt.holyoke last month. I've been a fan of Patty's for about a > year now. She did Tony at WAM, it was awesome. I wasn't on the list back when > she did WAM so I missed the discussion if there was any about WAM. I was > bummed that she didn't do Moses, that's one of my favorite songs. > > Along with the " chicks that rock" discussion....some chicks that ROCK that > actually played the bill with Patty at WAM are Antigone Rising. Are there any > other Antigone fans here? WAMfest was so awesome this yeat....Antigone Rising > and Patty were the best performers there...they made WAM what it was this > year. If anyone is into really energetic and fun rock shows, and being around > really nice and fun fans, check out Antigone Rising...they are some of the > nicest people and most talented people I have ever met. VH1 rated them as one > of the top ten unsigned bands in the country not too long ago. Check them > out: www.antigonerising.com > > I have enjoyed reading the discussions on this list, it seems like Patty has > some really nice fans. I'm looking forward to seeing her again. Jen ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 18:54:51 -0400 From: Amanda4865@aol.com Subject: MM: Re: NPC: Chicks that Rock - Amanda Kravat In a message dated Fri, 31 May 2002 12:12:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Rob Hanning" writes: >I'm a bit late with this, perhaps, but... Is anyone here >besides me) a fan of Amanda Kravat? Or Marry Me Jane, her old >band? *gasp!* I love Amanda and MMJ. I've worn out my copy of the first MMJ cd. "Wrong All Day", her solo album, has some utterly beautiful tracks, like 'Green' and 'Steady Now' (although I have to say that the last one, 'Right On Time' does nothing for me and I usually skip it). She has a great voice and really interesting, sometimes quirky lyrics. And yes, she can *rock.* "Tick" is the rockingest Amanda/MMJ cd, I think. - -amanda ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 20:27:19 -0400 From: "* Darcie *" Subject: MM: Re: NPC: Darcy Miner Yup thats me. I met up with Edwin a few months ago, he so freakin funny. And now we're touring. A couple House of Blues and other clubs down South. Gonna be awesome!!! ~darc http://www.darcieminerband.com http://www.beyondmusic.com p.s. my site is going thru work soon so i hope it's not going to be too messy : ) - ----- Original Message ----- From: Goodnessbeef@aol.com Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 3:57 AM To: mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: MM: NPC: Darcy Miner Hey MMers. I have a non-Patty question: I'm going to see Edwin McCain in July here in NC (who I highly recommend, by the way), and his opener is listed as Darcie Minor. Is this the same Darcy that frequents this list-serve? And, if so, where can I get a hold of some of her stuff? Any info would be much appreciated. ~StephGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 17:47:29 -0700 (PDT) From: beccasean@peoplepc.com Subject: Re: MM: Re: NPC: Darcy Miner Anywhere is Mississippi? Sean in Jackson np - Tim Easton "* Darcie *" wrote > > Yup thats me. > I met up with Edwin a few months ago, he so freakin funny. And now we're > touring. A couple House of Blues and other clubs down South. > Gonna be awesome!!! > ~darc > http://www.darcieminerband.com > http://www.beyondmusic.com ________________________________________________ PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 00:50:29 EDT From: Danalee7@aol.com Subject: MM: Great American Music Hall There is not much to add to Jerry's review but to chime in with: the concert was awesome. The Great American Music Hall is a wonderful venue in San Francisco. Patty was beautiful in a silky purple gown over a red silky blousy gown- sort of gypsy looking with her hair pulled up and black boots on- she can wear anything and it looks classy- she definitely has her own style. The set list was almost identical to the Troubador, except that we got to hear Forgiveness as a solo. I was thinking that she could have put any of dozens of other songs on the set list instead, and I still would have thought it was perfect, altho too short. The backup was great, with cello and keyboards or accordian and lead guitar- I am getting quite used to the accordian now in some of those songs and it is growing on me too. They have a nice mellow sound together. I love watching Doug play. I met with Don Henn beforehand at my house and had dinner in Berkeley, then we met up with a friend of mine from work, Suzanne, who drove into us San Francisco - it was the first time she had ever seen Patty- and it was the first concert she had been to in years, as she has been raising 3 kids for the past few years. We got to sit right up front thanks to Jerry who saved us a spot in line, so it was extra wonderful for Suzanne to be up front where she could really see. I made my other concert buddy Paul go, and he thought it was really good also- two of my converts, you see. Next I am working on converting Suzanne into a Catie Curtis fan, I already did that with Paul. I am taking Suzanne to see Catie at the same venue in 2 weeks so she has 2 weeks to get familiar with about 5 Cds of songs quick. Tonite Patty is knocking them out in Portland right this minute. Wish I was there! Safe travel to Don who still has many miles to go in his adventures. Patty and the band, too! Dana in Berkeley ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V6 #218 *********************************