From: owner-mariposa-digest@smoe.org (mariposa-digest) To: mariposa-digest@smoe.org Subject: mariposa-digest V1 #16 Reply-To: mariposa@smoe.org Sender: owner-mariposa-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mariposa-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk mariposa-digest Tuesday, April 10 2001 Volume 01 : Number 016 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [mariposa] NJC: Luna's Candlelight Concert ["Rowdy White" Subject: [mariposa] NJC: Luna's Candlelight Concert Hey everyone... Well Last saturday Luna Taylor played a great, really great, one of her best LRCs in Austin texas... and here are most of the details... The show was hosted at a great two story home on the outskirts of Austin, by a very great guy named shane. The crowd was very intimate with about 15 people attending, allowing all of us to crowd really close.. ;-) As I sat there, mesmerized by her music, I could see the shadow of the microphone caress her cheek lovingly. Luna's fingers slid nimbly across the guitar strings as the music washed over, and into us... Her singing voice is always soothing, but last night even more so, I could not help but feel my worries lessen and my muscles loosen. It was a fairly long two hour set that seemed to fly by way too fast. Aside from most of the songs from Mariposa (her CD) she also played a couple of older songs that did not make the CD such as: "Life is a Stranger", "Strega"(my favorite!) and introduced a new, very beautiful song, "Christie's Bathtub" and also "Let me down". She also managed to squeeze in a few covers such as the Hank Williams Sr classic, "Love Sick blues", Gershwin's (i think) "Someone to watch over me" (as a duet with a jolly good fellow named David M. ), the requisite "blackstar" by Radiohead (which is simply the best Radiohead song ever) and the very old, but great "cowboy boogey" As an added treat she also told the stories behind a couple of the songs, such as "Gypsy" "Biscuit song" and Christie's bathtub... Very funny tales that rival jewel's "deluxe resort" stories.. About fashion details... Well I'm the wrong one to ask about nail colors and such, but Luna was wearing a gorgeous knee length red dress that really went well with her hair, and brought out her eyes... la luna roja.... As for the atmosphere itself... Those of ya'll that were in the area but did not attend really missed out, honestly! The people that were there were so nice, and very unique. A PHD candidate in Mathematics from Lebanon (you know, that country in the middle east...), a world traveling Architect from Dallas, a ditchdigger/ busdriver from Abilene, student from San antonio, and several others that spoke several different languages, and had traveled quite a bit abroad. I promise you the conversations was very interesting... Yet just another one of the many reasons to come out of hiding to attend Living Room Concerts! Speaking of which, there was an EDA there.. Sara (or maybe Sarah..ooops) from San Antonio came up with her friend named Robin to see luna play, and I really hope she posts, to share with ya'll the many things I missed while being awestruck... After the show we played pool and talked, and ate, and stayed up entirly too late.. The music is always a great reason to check out a Living Room Concert, but equally, the people you meet there makes it worth it by itself... and if a guy can come halfway around the world to see Luna play, don't you think that a couple of hundred miles is nothing? ;-) Seriously, the show was great, and you should take the time to see luna play while she is around here, who knows? Being her, she might just decide to sling her guitar on her shoulder and search for the horizon's horizon... Anyway, thought I would share.. at the bottom is a fairly complete set list (though completely out of order... I should write these things down!) Rowdy Mariposa Delia, Privacy, Gypsy Why are you loving me Someone to Watch over me (Duet with dave M.) Love sick blues Blackstar Life is a stranger Strega Christie's Bathtub Goddess Quality Time Biscuit song Woman who can cook Always be your girl Let me down Stargazing Tuck me in tight Cowboy boogie _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ End of mariposa-digest V1 #16 *****************************