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shindell-list-digest       Tuesday, May 23 2000       Volume 02 : Number 079



                               Today's Subjects:
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  Re: [RS] greetings from a new guy            [John Alvord <jalvo@mbay.net>]
  Re: [RS] greetings from a new guy                        [ptpower@juno.com]
  [RS] Argentina                      ["Eley, Bill" <Bill_Eley@AIMFUNDS.COM>]
  RE: [RS] greetings from a new guy  ["Clary, John (CLRY)" <CLRY@chevron.com]
  Re: [RS] greetings from a new guy                      [Tricia9999@aol.com]
  [RS] I guess we win the rabid fan award, then!  [Timothy Bruce <timothybru]
  [RS] Re: List members in CA             [Laurel Rezeau <laurelr@apple.com>]
  Re: RE: [RS] greetings from a new guy  [Elwestrand  <elwestrand@ureach.com]
  [RS] The Kennedys              [njohnson@ent.umass.edu (Norman A. Johnson)]
  Re: [RS] Argentina                                       [ptpower@juno.com]
  Re: [RS] Argentina                                     [Tricia9999@aol.com]
  [RS] The Kennedys                ["David E. Briggs" <dbriggs@mediaone.net>]
  Re: [RS] The Kennedys                                   [Rongrittz@aol.com]
  Re: [RS] The Kennedys          [njohnson@ent.umass.edu (Norman A. Johnson)]

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 10:52:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Alvord <jalvo@mbay.net>
Subject: Re: [RS] greetings from a new guy

On Mon, 22 May 2000, Lee Wessman wrote:

> >John Andrew Clary wrote: Are any of you in CA?
> 
> 
> I'm in Placerville and working in Sac. Long-time Richard fan.
> -lee

I'm in Big Sur, Fan since 1995. john alvord

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:17:04 -0700
From: ptpower@juno.com
Subject: Re: [RS] greetings from a new guy

John posed:

<<I have been playing guitar for over 20 years and my eyesight is not
that of a young man anymore, so I need to sit close -- does this make
sense to any of you?>>

This makes perfect sense . . . but even if you had great eyesight,
watching this guy play guitar from close-up is a real treat.

Pat

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 15:16:54 -0500
From: "Eley, Bill" <Bill_Eley@AIMFUNDS.COM>
Subject: [RS] Argentina

Wow, so it's true (I still can't find it on the web page).  One thing that
will definitely come of this (I predict) is a "slew" of new material.  An
American can't possibly live in South America (and I lived in Peru for 2
years) without being touched and moved by the people they find there (even
though Argentina is fairly cosmopolitan).  I imagine Richard will craft some
beautiful and moving songs from the experience.  I can't wait.

Bill

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 13:04:09 -0500
From: "Clary, John (CLRY)" <CLRY@chevron.com>
Subject: RE: [RS] greetings from a new guy

Hi John.  I bet the digesters will hate seeing me respond to each of you so
this will be my last public post to individuals.  Thanks and hi to everyone
in CA.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John Alvord [SMTP:jalvo@mbay.net]
> 
> I'm in Big Sur, Fan since 1995. john alvord

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:20:24 EDT
From: Tricia9999@aol.com
Subject: Re: [RS] greetings from a new guy

In a message dated 05/22/2000 9:36:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
CLRY@chevron.com writes:

> This is a UMC show but the church office knows nothing about it and
>  directed me to the radio station that's promoting it.  They have not
>  returned my calls.  Can I safely assume that I can show up at the door and
>  get in?  

Hi John:

I'm in Berkeley and when he was at the Freight a month or two ago it was sold 
out, so I wouldn't assume that you will be able to get tix at the door. Keep 
trying to find out how to get tix in advance.

Tricia

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 13:54:50 -0500
From: Timothy Bruce <timothybruce@aeromix.com>
Subject: [RS] I guess we win the rabid fan award, then!

KARL wrote:  <in my experience at shows like this, an hour before showtime will pretty much assure you of a front row seat.>

Yoomay be right about that for your church show in No. California, but I waltzed into last Saturnsday show (at a coffeehouse that seats about a hundred) a full hour and five munutes before Jess Klein was slated to open the show up and and I was in about the fifth or sixth row.  Imagine my surprise!

This whole show was done (as is their habit, methinks) without a shred of publicity in any medium at all except their perrenially late cafe newsletter.  If one were not a lister, the whole event could completely pass you by...

ETimothy
 

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 15:48:21 -0700
From: Laurel Rezeau <laurelr@apple.com>
Subject: [RS] Re: List members in CA

> Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 09:29:55 -0700
> From: "Clary, John (CLRY)" <CLRY@chevron.com>
> Subject: [RS] greetings from a new guy

> [Big snip...] 

>Are any of you in CA?
> 
> John Andrew Clary

I'm in Palo Alto, and will, of course, be at the Palo Alto show!

Laurel

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 20:05:30 -0400
From: Elwestrand  <elwestrand@ureach.com>
Subject: Re: RE: [RS] greetings from a new guy

Hi John:

Southern California fanatic here!  I am going to see RS in 
Lakeside at Jimmy Dukes house.  If you need an excuse to see San 
Diego, this could be it?  Jimmy is the nicest guy and the venue 
has only 75 seats.  Heaven! I actually live in the San Fernando 
Valley where it is 100F today.  Crap its only May!!! Help I 
think I have heatstroke!

Welcome and take care.

Elwestrand




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- ---- On Mon, 22 May 2000, Clary, John   (CLRY@chevron.com) 
wrote:

> Hi John.  I bet the digesters will hate seeing me respond to 
each of you
> so
> this will be my last public post to individuals.  Thanks and 
hi to
> everyone
> in CA.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	John Alvord [SMTP:jalvo@mbay.net]
> > 
> > I'm in Big Sur, Fan since 1995. john alvord
> 
> 
> 

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 21:14:09 -0400
From: njohnson@ent.umass.edu (Norman A. Johnson)
Subject: [RS] The Kennedys

Dave said:

>>Pete & Maura Kennedy opened for him and were fantastic.  Great stage
presence and chemistry (stands to reason since they're married to each
other.) >>

I saw them recently (opening for the Nields) and while I thought both Peter
and maura were great guitarists, I found their act a bit too..um.. campy..
for my tastes. I've heard their "River of Fallen Stars" on the Falcoln
Ridge CD and enjoyed that (Maura has a wonderful voice) but they did not
play that, chosing more pschedylic '60s stuff instead.


Norman

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 21:17:47 -0700
From: ptpower@juno.com
Subject: Re: [RS] Argentina

Bill wrote:

<<I imagine Richard will craft some beautiful and moving songs from the
experience.  I can't wait.>>

Considering that "Abuelita" was written during a brief trip to Argentina,
I'd say that we probably have lots to look forward to.

Pat

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 21:30:43 EDT
From: Tricia9999@aol.com
Subject: Re: [RS] Argentina

In a message dated 05/22/2000 6:26:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ptpower@juno.com writes:

> Considering that "Abuelita" was written during a brief trip to Argentina,
>  I'd say that we probably have lots to look forward to.
>  

He told the story of "Lazy" at a recent concert. Spends a lot of time in 
Argentina and his Argentinian friends commented on his emphasis on minor 
chords in his songs as opposed to their more upbeat stuff. Said they left 
lots of music around for him so he could get the hint.  Ha - the minor chord 
songwriter. Anyway, Lazy was an attempt to break out of that for his friends.

Tricia

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 20:48:31 -0500
From: "David E. Briggs" <dbriggs@mediaone.net>
Subject: [RS] The Kennedys

Norman said:


> I saw them recently (opening for the Nields) and while I thought both Peter
> and maura were great guitarists, I found their act a bit too..um.. campy..
> for my tastes. I've heard their "River of Fallen Stars" on the Falcoln
> Ridge CD and enjoyed that (Maura has a wonderful voice) but they did not
> play that, chosing more pschedylic '60s stuff instead.
>

I agree with you on this Norman.  Their act is kind of campy - almost
vaudevillian (is that a word?)  But I actually found it kind of
refreshing for a folk act.  I told Pete Kennedy afterwards that his good
sense of humor really comes through in his guitar playing and that he
should bill himself as the "Chico Marx of the guitar."   He laughed...
fortunately.

As entertaining as they were, I wonder how well they would stand up to
repeated viewings.

Dave

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 22:59:35 EDT
From: Rongrittz@aol.com
Subject: Re: [RS] The Kennedys

<< I saw them recently (opening for the Nields) and while I thought both 
Peter and maura were great guitarists, I found their act a bit too..um.. 
campy.. for my tastes. >>

I, on the other hand, find them to be the best pure entertainters I've ever 
seen, and I'd take them over 99% of the "Oh, gee, look how cerebral and 
intense I can get" folksingers any day of the week.

And, from someone who has seen them several times, I think they stand up to 
repeated viewing just fine.

That's why they make chocolate and vanilla, I guess. 

RG

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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 23:35:04 -0400
From: njohnson@ent.umass.edu (Norman A. Johnson)
Subject: Re: [RS] The Kennedys

Clarification: I have heard that the Kennedy's sets are usually not as
campy as the one I saw at the Iron Horse-- I guess I would have liked to
have heard them put some more "unplugged" songs in their set.

Norman, willing to settle for neopolitan.

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