From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V2 #246 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 Sunday, September 10 2000 Volume 02 : Number 246 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [RS] Tin Angel Tonight [HEYJC01@aol.com] [RS] Re: shindell-list-digest V2 #245 [Owage@aol.com] [RS] Bottom Line tickets [Rongrittz@aol.com] Re: [RS] Tin Angel Tonight [patrick t power ] Re: [RS] Tin Angel Tonight [Rongrittz@aol.com] Re: [RS] Tin Angel Tonight [HEYJC01@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 07:31:04 EDT From: HEYJC01@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] Tin Angel Tonight Me and my wife attended the Tin Angel show last nite. Due to some last minute issues we were late arriving. Unfortunately we got really lousy seats all the way back at the bar, so seeing and hearing were at a premium. As Evan said, Richard seemed tired. When he spoke between numbers, it was often so softly you could barely hear him in the back. His voice cracked several times during songs, but his guitar playing was still quite accomplished. He said it was his first gig in a month, just arriving back from Argentina. He said he was making progress learning Spanish; but when someone spoke the local dialect to him, he always needed to lean forward, as if that helped his interpretation. It was a funny moment. The keyboard player (his name escapes me) was quite good. He also played accordion, sang harmony on a few songs, which was a very nice touch. The entire playlist escapes me, but some of the songs were (other than mentioned) in no particular order: -You Stay Here - Are You Happy Now (never heard this one live - it was nice) - A Summer Wind, Cotton Dress (Richard quipped that this song produced a strange intrigue for some) - Ballad of Mary Magdalene (always beautiful) - Arrowhead (I believe it was requested) - Next Best Western - Transit (the song even got a few laughs from the audience - guess they never heard it before) - Reunion Hill (encore, slow version) He also did a few covers which I didnt recognize. One was a blues tune that featured the piano player. I enjoyed it. Unfortunately he did not do Calling the Moon, one of my favorite Richard covers. What really fascinated me though was, Richard mostly uses a pick when he plays. This may not seem like a big deal to some, but on songs such as Wisteria (being a fairly accomplished guitar player, IMHO, can be a challenging song.) I can play it quite well, sounds just like Richard (unfortunately the voice doesnt cooperate), but I must pick it with 4 fingers to make sure I find the correct notes. Richard, on the other hand, uses a flat pick with ease, finding all the notes with no problem. He's really very good. I believe he did pick YSH, capoed on the 7th fret? (I was far from the stage and couldnt really see the frets). All in all, not one of his best performances (still good), but it was very nice to see and hear him live again. Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 10:51:07 EDT From: Owage@aol.com Subject: [RS] Re: shindell-list-digest V2 #245 In a message dated 9/9/00 5:00:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time, owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org writes: << Czarkhasm@aol.com >> WOW! I read the lyrics along with the actual song "Calling the Moon" and I must admit I'll never listen to the song again without a grin. It was sooo funny! This person really has an amazing talent for writing lyrics that actually tell a story (and the rhyming was right on target)!! I wonder, though, if this person would consider writing an actual song for Richard (in the future)? Something on a different line of thinking? A little more low-key? I'm impressed, how 'bout the rest of you? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 11:16:13 EDT From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: [RS] Bottom Line tickets Looks like I've got an extra ticket for each of both the early and late RS shows at the Bottom Line this Thursday, 9/14. The incredible Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer will be opening, and Richard's playing with a full band (including Larry Campbell, I'm hoping), so these shows are not to be missed. If anybody needs one, let me know. RG ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 11:57:17 -0700 From: patrick t power Subject: Re: [RS] Tin Angel Tonight Jeff wrote: <> I was listening to this in the car again last evening, and while I have thought this very same thought many times, I was thinking it again last night and trying to imagine how the heck he actually does it. It really doesn't sound as if the notes / strings he's hitting are capable of being struck while using a pick, but I've *seen* him do it!! RonG, given that you've seen him perform what . . . 628 times? . . . does he also use a fingernail to create the notes from the fifth and sixth strings or does he make *every* sound with the pick? Pat * ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 18:21:46 EDT From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] Tin Angel Tonight >> RonG, given that you've seen him perform what . . . 628 times? . . . does he also use a fingernail to create the notes from the fifth and sixth strings or does he make *every* sound with the pick? << Now first, 628 times is a slight exaggeration. This week's three shows (two at the Bottom Line on Thursday and one at the Berrie Center on Friday) will only bring me to 37 Richard shows. Still putting me far behind Paul Rafanello in the "How Many Times Can One Person See One Artist" sweepstakes . . . I do believe that Paul's up to 734 Lucy shows. In any case, I ordinarily don't watch Richard's strumming/picking hand too closely; I'm too busy watching his fretting hand to determine chord structure. However, I do know that he does all the picking on "You Stay Here" with just a flatpick, which I find to be unbelievable. "Wisteria" he does with pick also, but he makes it sound fingerpicked. He's been doing the new, slower version of "Reunion Hill" with just bare fingers. But then there's a song like "Arrowhead," which you'd ordinarily would think would be strummed with a pick, but he uses bare fingers on it, holding his right hand in sort of a claw position, picking the lower strings with his thumb and shooting out the rest of his hand, hitting the strings with the nails on his other fingers. It's simply amazing to watch. And what's even more amazing is that he makes it all look easy. RG ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 21:40:44 EDT From: HEYJC01@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] Tin Angel Tonight Another follow-up to the Tin Angel show last nite. When Richard was quipping about our "discussion group", he said he personally didnt dial into our Shindell group (actually, he said "people work hard their whole lives trying to get into a position where others dont talk about them"), he did say his brother DID participate in the group. Does Richard have a brother, and is he among us? Jeff ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V2 #246 ***********************************