From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V1 #252 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Thursday, November 4 1999 Volume 01 : Number 252 The Official Joni Mitchell Homepage is maintained by Wally Breese at http://www.jonimitchell.com and contains the latest news, a detailed bio, original interviews and essays, lyrics, and much more. ------- The JMDL website can be found at http://www.jmdl.com and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- two grey rooms [pmeyer ] Re: "racial slurs" [catman ] missing Jonifest99 [Kleronomos@aol.com] Re: two grey rooms [Susan McNamara ] FYI: "Perfect Vision" Joni article [dennis.leong@mcd.com] Re: Does Joni influence your life too much? [MHart16164@aol.com] RE: Urge for going (guitar chords) - [very long] [Susan McNamara ] Joni Tape Trees ["Raffaele Malanga" ] Re: Racial Slurs ["Bill Dollinger" ] Re: Joni Tape Trees [catman ] Re: Joni Tape Trees [catman ] Re: Joni Tape Trees ["Catherine McKay" ] Today in Joni History - November 4 [Today in Joni History ] Re: Racial Slurs [dsk ] RE: Urge for going (guitar chords) - [very long] ["Catherine McKay" ] Turbulent Indigo book [Gertus@aol.com] A Non-Conformist [catman ] Joni friends playing all over the town! ["Kakki" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 01:10:44 -0800 From: pmeyer Subject: two grey rooms Does anyone know of the specific Fassbinder story Joni refers to with Two Grey Rooms? Is this a film? Paul M (or pmeyer) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 10:45:42 +0000 From: catman Subject: Re: "racial slurs" > > > Why would you want to call a family member or friend a derogatory word?? I > don't see any fun in that. > What you say here indicates a double standard. People should not use > derogatory words ... period :-) Whilst I understand why you'd think this, I also think it shows that people can never get under the sking of another group of people. Being white I cannot speak for non whites but being gay I can speak for myself and my friends. We often use the derogatory terms that st8's use against us, amongst eachother. It is a way of coming to terms with the pain they cause when used by non-gays, of taking their power away. They are only used in jest, not in anger. I've slowly and reluctantly come to the conclusion that most non gay people will never understand gay people. So many still think that being is about fancying the same sex, that it is just a part of us, like enjoying chips, when of course it is much much more than that - it is our very essense. Non gays don't get this out of an honest inability to understand or because they don't want to out of religious belief.Even a celibate gay person is still gay and always will be. It isn't just about sex-it is about psyche and soul. > > > Heather - -- "It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 07:52:51 EST From: Kleronomos@aol.com Subject: missing Jonifest99 Just got through reading the accounts of JoniFest99 (as per Bob's kind reply) and marveling at the depth of emotion and strength of spirit that bonded you all together. Wish I could have been there to offer the ELEVENTH version of "This Flight Tonight"! What I think I would have enjoyed the most: Wally's acapella version of The Last Time I Saw Richard after abandoning the instrument! DanH <-- in central PA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 08:19:12 -0500 From: Susan McNamara Subject: Re: two grey rooms >Does anyone know of the specific Fassbinder story Joni refers to with >Two Grey Rooms? Is this a film? > >Paul M (or pmeyer) I've been looking furiously into my usual Joni databases looking for the interview where she talked about this song. I think it is on a tape tree (?) where her and Larry are promoting Night Ride Home (maybe the PBS interview?) where she talks about the Fassbinder reference. As my foggy mind recalls, I don't think this was a film, I think it was either a short story or an anectdote from Fassbinder that she read in an article or biography. The gist of the story was an older gay man rented a room near where his former lover worked just to see the man walk by in the morning and in the evening (as the song so poignantly portrays). I'll keep looking for the exact reference and when I find it I'll post it. Or if anyone faster than me comes up with it, that would be great. Take care, Sue ____________________ /____________________\ ||-------------------|| || Sue McNamara || || sem8@cornell.edu || ||___________________|| || O etch-a-sketch O || \___________________/ weekend email address: suemc16@webtv.net "It's all a dream she has awake" - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 07:36:26 -0600 From: dennis.leong@mcd.com Subject: FYI: "Perfect Vision" Joni article The Perfect Vision magazine for November/December 1999 (issue 27) contains an article titled: "Singing Her Palette: Reflections on Joni Mitchell's Visual & Musical Art" - Peter Brookesmith Length is about 3 1/2 pages and also included are four of Joni's paintings. Not a lot of surprises for any JMDL subscriber but definitely not the usual throwaway article Joni gets. This author is one of the Joni cognoscenti. Perfect Vision can be found in the Audio/Video section of most newstands. Here's an excerpt: "No one, incidentally, should underestimate Mitchell's ease with 'high' culture. On her second album, Clouds, in "That Song About the Midway," she actually improved on a line of Shakespeare, turning Romeo's encomium of Juliet It seems she hangs upon a cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear into something more specific -- and all the more telling if you happened to be aware of the original: I met you on a midway at a fair last year And you stood out like a ruby in a black man's ear." np: Diana Krall's Sessions at West 54th ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 08:46:04 EST From: MHart16164@aol.com Subject: Re: Does Joni influence your life too much? In a message dated 99-10-27 17:25:03 EDT, you write: << Is there a cure? Harper Lou >> Who wants to be cured?? - -Chele ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 08:51:06 -0500 From: Susan McNamara Subject: RE: Urge for going (guitar chords) - [very long] Anne said: >Joni plays and writes in 'shapes.' I'm surprised at the number >of postings on the JMDL guitar site that list chords. I think of all you >posters doing all that math. Why? That's not how she plays. (Sorry if I'm >sounding preachy here, but I KNOW this - not from first hand experience like >Pat, but just from breathing her music for so long...) To really play inside >her head, you have to throw away the letters and numbers, don't think in >chords or keys. Think in shapes and colors and textures. Sound weird? Well, >that how she does it. It always amazed me that someone took the time to >write out lead sheets and standard chords for Joni's songs, then published >them, when it was like translating from one language to another one with >fewer, less interesting words. Something invariably gets lost. I AGREE ANNE...So eloquently put. I would like to add another dimension to the Joni guitar playing experience. I know I've gotten into her head (as you say) when not only the shapes but the movement of the hand up and down the fretboard creates a rocking rythmn that flows with the song. Almost like a child rocking on his mothers lap with his thumb in his mouth, I get into this rolling rythmn whenever I play her songs. One immediately comes to mind: Magdalene Laundries. I was not surprised when I read an interview with Joni where she said she got that tuning and the melody by listening to the British Columbia coastline. So when the rhythm of the shapes up and down the fretboards goes down my arm and into my hips and I feel my whole body swaying with the melody line, then I know this is Joni...and it doesn't stop there...the lyrics of the song also play into the composition of the music and make it a balanced experience. I love when she talks about the melody being happy and lyrics being melancholy so that the whole song achieves this ying/yang balance. Our Lady of Duality strikes again! These bloodless brides of Jesus If they just once glimpsed their groom Then they'd know And they'd drop the stones concealed Behind their rosaries ... awesome ... Take care, sue ____________________ /____________________\ ||-------------------|| || Sue McNamara || || sem8@cornell.edu || ||___________________|| || O etch-a-sketch O || \___________________/ weekend email address: suemc16@webtv.net "It's all a dream she has awake" - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 09:09:11 EST From: Julian51469@aol.com Subject: Julian's Joni's Jazz #4 Julian's Joni's Jazz Part Four "I'm gonna need's ya'lls help on this one." says Erin Hamilton. From the crowd a doctor heckler yells "Boogie Man!". To which Erin replies, "Howdjyouknow?" The band slinks its way back in. A computerized voice slithers in with, "God must be a boogie man." The gospel according to Hammond organ tells me right away that this is a spiritual song and not a blasphemous one. Erin's sincere and sweet voice confirms this feeling. When the call and response chorus comes a real choir (that mutation of a mob that only New York is glorious for collecting) of Central Park chimes in with perfect a cappella discord. I have found new visions in this version. Ben Perowsky on his drums builds the frame of this innermost secret temple, Mathew Garrison on bass glues and nails it all together, the organ (played by either Leon Gruenbaum or Brian Charette) fills this temple with air and sweet perfume, and Erin fills it with blinding light. "I'm not worthy comes to mind", says a meek and trembling Duncan Sheik. A cautious beat comes from the band and the timid voice of Mr. Sheik sneaks into "Court and Spark." His confidence is built up by the end of the first verse and I'm not so anxious as I listen to him. His vocals fill out the phrases respectfully and with dignity. When he gets to the end of the third verse I can hear his passions rising in the lines, "And you could complete me, I'd complete you." Before I know it the song is over....did he forget a line? (actually he did not, but something was missing...I'm not quite sure, though.) As he departs the stage the microphone gets dropped and the MC comments, "Hell, I thought I was nervous." (As I said before, so the Creator comes to her own tribute...how would you feel as a rookie?) .... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 09:11:02 EST From: Julian51469@aol.com Subject: JJZ #4 (cont.) ... Chaka Khan then comes out and fills the void with her humble, bubbling self, "I apologize, Joni, for missing that whole last stanza in the last song I sang...Bring me that bottle and I'll pad your purse. I’ve got a head full of quandary and a mighty, mighty thirst...." She filled her mistake with such exuberance and joy that I didn't even notice. Chaka then goes on to explain that this next song is all about Joni going to visit Jose Feliciano and his wife. She then sings open the double doored windows of "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" and lets her warmth, clarity and insights flood the world around me. First she's accompanied by piano, then a muted bass and gentle drums, next, the backing vocal color pours into the room with a sunrise peach glow, and finally the horns and keys bring the sun right up into this Hollywood home, and the whole band steps into a confidant groove. Chaka Kahn scats and wails her phrasing of the lyrics that decorate this room with chiffon, aqua and earth tones, lonely looking-glass mirrors, crystal and polished brass and silver. She finishes the song with a giggle and a, "Girl...You can write baby! OK? You have got command of this language....and you can draw your ass off. I love her. We party now and then. Don't we Joni?...." The crowd is sad to see her go. "Hello Sheryl," says someone from this happy crowd. Vernon snaps out a "One, two," and the band jumps into a fierce, ska version of "Raised on Robbery." This hot number takes under the spiced Caribean moon and into Keystone Cops lunacy. Sheryl’s articulation and glee is riding the band like it was a bucking bronco of a catipiliar and she is its master. At the turn-around break I can hear Mr. Reid's old band, Living Color, peering through this carnival-crowd of a number; ferocious power, no less. Damn, this song is fun! The outro of this one seems to disappear around the corner of my Fantasy Island and then pops out for one last blast - the crowd goes wild. "We love you Joni," shouts someone that can read my thoughts. Out of the heavens drops the feathers of angels riding on waves of Hammond organ and synthesizers. The waters around ease in to a calm and reflect the stars as they come out to smile. John Kelly's voice takes me in to the arms of "Shadows and Light." I am now back in that "sacred temple" with Ms. Marshall and Ms. Wheeler backing him up, John peacefully lays out the laws of yin and yang, good and evil, "blindness and sight." I am actually now in DuPont Circle Park, a perfect forum for the war and the dance of the powers that be - - the sun filters through the colored leaves on the fall tree, sparkles through opulent fountains and cascades over the wretched homeless and motherless downtrodden vagabonds. I am awake and spinning in this dream. Is John wearing wings? Are Sheryl and Christina blowing their beautiful breezes from clouds on high? Is this sacred temple everywhere but we just forget and take it for granted? This is a perfect world and we are all struggling to wake up to that fact. Joni wrote a modern classic spiritual, and this performance shows that with grace and clarity. Enjoy, Julian ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 14:01:30 -0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: RE: Millenium Countdown (6 Degrees) Prince: Wendy & Lisa have recorded with both Prince & Joni. (Forget the Joni track off the top of my head, from CMIARS or DED I'm sure...) It's called Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms). BUT we must not forget that Prince is an admirer of Joni's work and wanted to do a song with her and wrote for her a song called,'You're My Love Pump' or something similar, which Joni gracefully declined. I'll leave Zappa and The Police for whoever wants 'em... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:21:36 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: RE: Millenium Countdown (6 Degrees) Jamie said: <> True, there are certainly more INDIRECT references in his work, like "Dorothy Parker" which is supposed to be Joni-based, plus he throws in a line on "Circle of Amour" (caught up in the Circle Game), but I try to keep the six degrees stuff more direct...like he wrote "I Feel For You", covered by Chaka Khan/Chaka Khan, who put on quite a show in Central Park this summer singing Joni... As for the Police, JT sings with Sting on "Brand New Day", so that's pretty straightforward...which leaves Zappa, which I know little about...I know that just about EVERY progressive jazz/rock musician played in his band, so probably Jaco/Pat Metheny/Wayne Shorter and scads of others who've played with Joni have done time in his outfit too...I just don't know! Bob I'll leave Zappa and The Police for whoever wants 'em... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 16:54:10 CET From: "Marian Russell" Subject: Re: missing Jonifest99 DanH wrote: >Just got through reading the accounts of JoniFest99 >..... >What I think I would have enjoyed the most: Wally's acapella version of >The Last Time I Saw Richard after abandoning the instrument! Wally's performance was incredible. Fortunately, it was preserved on tape and is part of the soon-to-be-released JoniFest99 Boxed-Set. Marian Vienna ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 08:40:10 PST From: "Raffaele Malanga" Subject: Joni Tape Trees Hi everyone, this is my first mail to the list after reading your intriguing debates for about a week. First of all I'd like to apologise for my English, which is not my mother tongue. I am Italian but I happen to live and work in London, England. It is great to be part of such a discussion list, as I love Joni's music which I have been listening to for about 20 years now. The first thing that impressed me reading the mail is that you are all more or less familiar with unofficial recordings (tape trees?) and of course that's something that I have to catch up with you. I have already sent a couple of private mail to members regarding the Joni's Jazz tapes, but I need some more details how to get them. Can someone explain how the whole thing works, i.e. how many tape trees there are, how does it work in terms of postage, etc. You might understand that I can't wait to listen to some new material by Joni. Just a few lines following the thread of "how often do you listen to JM". There are times when I can't listen to anything else apart from Joni's music. Lately I have been in some very personal hard times and Joni's music was my safety boat. It can really help me a lot because it seems to give some sort of meaning or a kind of different way of intending life. I also tend to listen to Joni-related artists. This is how jazz got into my life. These days, for example, I am listening to the latest Mark Isham, after seeing him perform with Joni on Painting with... I've also discovered Cassandra Wilson, through her cover of Black Crow, or Herbie Hancock, to say just two artists. There is a pattern but it also depends on my mood I guess. Sometimes people ask me how can I listen to the same music over and over, referring to my Joni CD collection. Well, I think it's because her music isn't conventional, simplistic nor bi-dimensional. It's rich in texture, lyrics, meaning, sounds and depth. Once you get there it's really hard to go back. Reading your thoughts is another great adventure for me, as I can look at some songs in a completely different way, understanding them more. I will surely take part in some discussions in the future. In the meantime, I hope to find a kind soul helping me with the tape trees. Thanks. Raffaele ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 12:17:30 -0500 From: "Bill Dollinger" Subject: Re: Racial Slurs Dreamland was actually written and considered for Hissing of Summer Lawns, which contains a lot of plantation and slave imagery. I would refer anyone to Huckleberry Finn if there is any question on the use of racial slurs to reveal truth. I personally don't think joni has a racist bone in her body. Bill - ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Price To: Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 8:44 PM Subject: Re: Racial Slurs > > This thread has sparked some interesting discussion so I felt like throwing > in a few cents' worth. The lyrics in question, from "Dreamland" off DJRD, > should not be taken out of context of the song. It's one thing to single > out the two words "tar baby" or "white wonder" but we should look at the > entire setting before questioning Joni's political-correctness. > > "Dreamland" IMO is another one of her classic studies of duality. It's > about life on a tropical island as opposed to life in Canada during winter. > It's about the European explorers Raleigh and Columbus "claiming" this land > for the sun-worshipping masses who followed, when it really belongs to the > native people. It's about partying and dancing to a samba beat, living life > to its fullest, right before nodding off to sleep (dreamland). > > I think that by this time in her career Joni's interest in black culture > had progressed beyond fascination; she felt she understood African > Americans enough to really identify with their histories and struggles and > related to this so deeply that she donned the makeup and pretended to be > black for the album cover. She *assumed* the identity. This was her way of > saying "I *know* what you feel...I understand and have this huge > empathy..." Being this comfortable with black culture allows her to use a > questionable label like tar baby, just as a few of today's black artists > use the word "nigger" in some of their songs or in conversation among peers. > > In this case, "tar baby" provides the perfect contrast, or duality, to the > "white wonder" as they enjoy a glass of rum and tacitly share the knowledge > of things to come...the visiting hordes, nights of "temptation" and > "gambling," after which they fly back, recline buttons down, to six-foot > drifts of snow, jobs, kids, everyday life. > > I don't think Joni meant anything derogatory, explicitly nor implied, when > she used these words. They are a result of where she was and how she felt > at that time...just like most all of her compositions...they provide vivid > images as only she can. > > Scott > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 17:59:27 +0000 From: catman Subject: Re: Joni Tape Trees hi and welcome to the list, Raffaele. By coincidence my neighbour is named Raffaele and guess where he comes from? Italy. bw colin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 18:00:46 +0000 From: catman Subject: Re: Joni Tape Trees ps I always it was Raphael. Is that wrong is there a male/female spelling? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 19:05:25 GMT From: "Catherine McKay" Subject: Re: Joni Tape Trees Benvenuto, Raffaele! Parla (o escriva?) Inglese migliore che la piuparte di gente inglesi che cognosco. (English translation!) Welcome, Raffaele. You speak (write?) English better than most English people I know. That probably wasn't very good Italian, but I've forgotten most of what I learned in high school. Catherine (in Toronto) cateri@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 12:08:00 -0600 From: Today in Joni History Subject: Today in Joni History - November 4 1996: Joni appears on the Late Show with David Letterman. Check out pictures and a summary of member comments about the performance at: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/961104.htm - -------- Know a date or month specific Joni tidbit? Send it off to JoniFact@jmdl.com and we'll add it to the list. - -------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 15:10:48 -0500 From: dsk Subject: Re: Racial Slurs CaTGirl627@aol.com wrote: > I think Joni just writes and not to any particular color sex or religion. > She just paints with words and music....Do we get offended when she writes... > I don't get offended.I think she is being very broad...Frankly, I just love > this album. It is one of her bests!! Proof again that Joni's music can be experienced on many different levels. With this discussion I'm amazed again at the power of her work -- that 22 years after DRJD was released it's still not only listened to, but discussed in such detail. There's no other artist that interests me this way; even the Beatles' music, as influential as it was to the music that followed and as much as I enjoyed listening to it, now seems very dated and so tied to the time it was created that much of it doesn't seem alive anymore, unlike the robust health of all of Joni's music. Debra Shea ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 20:51:56 GMT From: "Catherine McKay" Subject: RE: Urge for going (guitar chords) - [very long] Sue said: "I was not surprised when I read an interview with Joni where she said she got that tuning and the melody by listening to the British Columbia coastline. So when the rhythm of the shapes up and down the fretboards goes down my arm and into my hips and I feel my whole body swaying with the melody line, then I know this is Joni...and it doesn't stop there...the lyrics of the song also play into the composition of the music and make it a balanced experience. I love when she talks about the melody being happy and lyrics being melancholy so that the whole song achieves this ying/yang balance. Our Lady of Duality strikes again!" Maybe it should be Our Lady of Multiplicity - there are way more than two sides. Maybe she should rewrite "Both Sides Now" as "All sides now". It must drive "regular" musicians crazy to hear her talk this way, but she does consider herself more of a painter than a musician, doesn't she, so it all makes sense. Catherine (in Toronto) cateri@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 13:30:42 -0800 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Millenium Countdown (6 Degrees) > I'll leave Zappa and The Police for whoever wants 'em... O.K. Zappa and Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) grew up together as best friends in the Mojave Desert and later moved to L.A. together to create their singular genre of experimental music. Joni has mentioned Beefheart very affectionately in interviews as a great example of one who successfully follows both the painting and music muses. Beefheart was pronounced a prodigy in art when he was four years old and has had many "retirements" from music to focus on his art and painting. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 17:12:40 EST From: Gertus@aol.com Subject: Turbulent Indigo book Amazon.UK are listing a book called "Joni Mitchell: Turbulent Indigo" by Carol Cuellar published in 1995. Does anyone know anything about this book and would it be worth buying? Thanks Jacky ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 22:47:51 +0000 From: catman Subject: A Non-Conformist Joni ia a non-conformist. People such as her are needed by the world.Without them society would never grow and change into something better. Jesus, Martin Luther King, Ghandi, Germaine Greer, Gore Vidal, Dr Elizabeth Kubler Ross, Ms Angelou, Oprah, Ellen, and many others all followed their own voice. This is just what Joni does. She lives life on her terms, listens to her voice and acts accordingly. She is not blinded by religion, by politics, by the need to be the woman society expect. Joni has made it in a mans world doing what only men are supposed to do. Her music is hers, it is different, it shocks and offends and delights and changes. Joni is on the 'outside'. The only place to be to see society and to effect change. She isn't afraid to report what she sees. She breaks societal norms. If she is hurt she bitches out loud. Her maid sues her, she writes a brilliant song about it. Record company bosses screw her, she writes a song about it. Women denigrate her, she retorts. From everything available to read about her shows she was a non-conformist from the beginning. She fought not to live in the straight jacket her parents, at least her mother, wanted her to live in. She fought to produce the music SHE wanted and not what was expected of her. Hence she veers off right after Court and Spark, her biggest hit. She dares to write about she really feels. She dares to take on religion in her songs. She dares to take on politics in her songs. She dares to take on the world. But most of all she dares to be herself, the greatest of politacl acts. Had Joni been born in times past, she would no doubt have been burnt at the stake as a witch or something. She would have been cut down. The world, even if the world doesn't know it, needs people like Joni in it,otherwise the world would just roll around in it's own mess becoming crueller and more ignorant. I guess the reason I admire her so much is simply because she dares to be herself. - -- "It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 18:24:00 -0800 From: "Kakki" Subject: Joni friends playing all over the town! Wow, we are having a deluge of old Joni friends playing here besides Eric Anderson a week ago (which I regret missing) Look at who else: Tonight and tomorrow: Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood. Shows at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. YES I AM GOING TONIGHT YIPPEEEEE Tomorrow Nov. 4 - Mark Isham at The Mint in Hollywood Nov. 5 and 6 - Bill Frisell with Greg Leisz, David Piltch and Kenny Wolleson at McCabe's in Santa Monica (Hey, Les, see you there ;-) Nov. 20 - TOM RUSH at McCabe's in Santa Monica. Rush is on tour and his shows have been getting rave reviews. He has also recently released a retrospective CD, "No Regrets", of his songs which includes "Urge For Going" and is getting 5-star reviews. Here's a list of his U.S tour dates: Tom Rush/Club 47 Appearance Schedule - 1999-2000 1999 November 5 - Lied Center for Performing Arts - Lincoln, NE (402 472-4702) ** 6 - Fitzgeralds - Berwyn, IL 7 - The Ark - Ann Arbor, MI 12 - Lancaster Performing Arts Center - Lancaster, CA (661 723-5940) 13 - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Corvallis, OR (541 928-2609) 14 - St. John's Pub, Portland, OR (503 283-8520) 16 - Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA (206 789-4250) 18 - Cal Poly Theatre - San Luis Obispo, CA (805 756-2787)(w/Nancy Griffith) 19 - Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, CA (510 548-7603) 20 - McCabes Guitar Shop - Santa Monica, CA December 3 - Ram's Head - Annapolis, MD (410 268-4545) 4 - Birchmere - Alexandria, VA (703 549-7500) 5 - Painted Bride Art Center - Philadelphia, PA (215 925-9914) 2000 February 25 - Westport Arts Center - Westport, CT (203 222-7070) 26 - Greenwich Odeum - East Greenwich, RI (401 885-8160) March 3 - Company Theater - Norwell, MA (781 871-2787) 4 - Me & Thee Coffeehouse- Marblehead, MA (617 631-8987) Kakki NP: Twisted - ("now I heard little children are supposed to sleep tight, that's why I got into the Vodka one night" ;-D ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V1 #252 ****************************** The Song and Album Voting Booths are open! 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