From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V7 #244 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.pattygriffin.net/PattyInConcertDB.php * OR * go to http://www.atorecords.com * . * 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 V7 #___ gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. * Also, PLEASE do not quote an entire digest when you reply to the * list. Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Thursday, October 2 2003 Volume 07 : Number 244 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Pgh S/S review ["Don Henn" ] MM: Re: mad-mission-digest V7 #243 [MNMC3@aol.com] MM: NPC: eastmountainsouth ["Lisa Zwick" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:48:28 -0400 From: "Don Henn" Subject: MM: Pgh S/S review Bantering singer-songwriters deliver more than just their usual melodies Wednesday, October 01, 2003 By John Hayes, Post-Gazette Staff Writer Line up four prominent female singer-songwriters, strip away the structured band environment, sit them in front of an audience and you get, well, a pajama party. Patty Griffin was the serious one. Big sister Mary Chapin Carpenter let little sister Dar Williams join in the fun, and Shawn Colvin was the cool friend who got everyone into trouble. Touring without a band at Monday's unconventional Benedum Center show, each of the artists performed in a song-circle style with the others adding unrehearsed, impromptu harmonies and occasional guitar layering. The lack of organized accompaniment shed light on the singers and gave fans a rare extended look at their personalities. Carpenter set up the tour in advance of her next album, due next year. She began with a gentle, distinctively feminine take on the Johnny Cash classic "I Still Miss Someone," with Griffin, Williams and Colvin adding soft harmonies. Williams was up next, announcing that her newlywed husband likes her song "It Happens Everyday" and, drawing laughs from her cohorts, that it doesn't matter what he likes. But she played it anyway. The focus moved down the line of singers and back around several times. Colvin offered a haunting "You and the Mona Lisa" and "Shotgun Down the Avalanche" with Carpenter chipping in on guitar. Everyone sang on Griffin's "Long Ride Home." "I'm just a harmony slut," joked Carpenter. "There's nothing like singing along." The banter, like the songs, traveled back and forth with the women sharing their lusty Bill Murray fantasies, anxiety about the tour schedule and who's had the most humiliating gig. Witty exchanges led to stories about the songs. "Mortal City," Williams said, was inspired by her search for a moral compass and "The Babysitter's Here" is about an actual sitter hired by her parents. Griffin said "Top of the World," which became a Dixie Chicks hit, was inspired by a real-life tragedy. Griffin and Carpenter showcased new songs from upcoming albums. Occasional flubbed chords and quickly adjusted harmonies that would have soured a more conventional concert added to the show's casual appeal. The song-circle ended with two rehearsed tunes: a surprisingly effective cover of The Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" and Griffin's family biography "Mary." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:21:39 EDT From: MNMC3@aol.com Subject: MM: Re: mad-mission-digest V7 #243 Hi All, I've never posted before but I've been a MM list member for quite some time. My 1st Patty concert was in 1995 at the Middle East Cafe in Cambridge, MA. She opened for Jimmie Dale Gilmore - WOW, what a memorable night! I've been privileged to see her many times since. I'll be at the Wang Theater, Boston show this Fri night and my ques is this: Will anyone else from the list be there? Any plans on meeting up? I'd love to meet other Patti fans, so please let me know! I'd also love to get in on this tape tree and am able to burn cd's for others. Thanks! M ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 23:26:32 -0400 From: "Lisa Zwick" Subject: MM: NPC: eastmountainsouth This has nothing to do with Patty, but since so many ppl here are interested in EMS, I thought I'd mention it. On Smallville tonight, I heard one of their songs faintly in the background. I thought maybe it was just some fluke since it was barely audible, but at the end of the show they mentioned their cd. Perhaps there's some hope for good music after all... - -Lisa - ------ - -------------- "Everything's an effort when you doubt the purpose of your soul" -- Bree Sharp, "Sleep Forever" ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V7 #244 *********************************