From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V2 #114 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Saturday, June 10 2000 Volume 02 : Number 114 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [RS] Reunion Hill question ["Brandt Barretto" ] Re: [RS] Question for the Shindell astute [Rongrittz@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 21:23:24 -0400 From: "Brandt Barretto" Subject: RE: [RS] Reunion Hill question All, Some additional notes about Reunion Hill...other than it was the first RS song that I figured out (quite by accident) on guitar...my standard tuning version missing the cool picking stuff that RS does...Those are the best ones -- the ones you pluck out of the air as one strums in a "stream of consciousness" mode. Bill sez: >> Besides the obvious emotional and social aspects of the song, I find myself drawn to it because the setting seems so familiar to me; reminds me of North Carolina, the mountains. Anyway... >> Norman sez: >>Hmmm. I've imagined Tennessee (wandering in moth-eaten rags?) or Kentucky. Yes, I know there are mountains in NC but I've seen the song being set in one of the border states. >> When RS visited Carrboro, NC he said that when he wrote Reunion Hill he imagined a place in Western North Carolina. I wonder if he had read Charles Frazier's "Cold Mountain" at about that time (the writer's alleged home town of Creedmoor, NC is about seven miles down the road from here). The release dates for each are pretty close -- but the song may just predate publishing of the book. Any thoughts? He didn't say that there actually was a Reunion Hill, though. Happy weekend! Brandt ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 23:14:08 EDT From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] Question for the Shindell astute >> As far I can tell, this place, this story is from Richard's imagination. Do you happen to know the story behind the song, or if there is one? I'd love to hear that there is a Reunion Hill that I can actually visit! << Like others have said, it's probably not a real place, but I've gotta tell you, when I hear the song, I can SEE Reunion Hill. Richard makes all these fictional places real, and all these fictional characters come to life. Little screenplays, kinda sorta. I'd actually love to see some of these songs made into short films. "May," "Fishing," "Ascent" . . . just imagine some of these incredible stories in the hands of a talented director. Hey, who do you think would play the lead in "By Now?" RG ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V2 #114 ***********************************