From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V3 #156 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, May 12 2001 Volume 03 : Number 156 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [RS] Nina G new album/Richard too [Rongrittz@aol.com] [RS] ch-ch-ch-changes (Richard's songs) ["Norman A. Johnson" ] [RS] John Hartford ["Shelley DePaul" ] Re: [RS] Nina G new album/Richard too [jalvo@mbay.net (John Alvord)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 21:04:07 EDT From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] Nina G new album/Richard too << Wonder if any of you know if he is writing new stuff or not? >> As far as I know, the only new song he's written since "Somewhere Near Paterson" is that song he debuted back in March, "Hideous Grin." But he hasn't been playing it recently, and I asked John Putnam about it at Makor, and he indicated that Richard wasn't really happy enough with it to keep playing it. So we'll see if it ever sees the light of day again, although I can't think of too many songs that Richard has unveiled to the public, only to bury forever. More often than not, what happens is that they become other songs, as happened with the song that eventually became "Money for Floods." RG ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 21:08:28 -0400 From: "Norman A. Johnson" Subject: [RS] ch-ch-ch-changes (Richard's songs) Ron wrote: >> So we'll see if it ever sees the light of day again, although I can't think of too many songs that Richard has unveiled to the public, only to bury forever. More often than not, what happens is that they become other songs, as happened with the song that eventually became "Money for Floods." << True. And what about "Transit". The first time I heard it, Richard had just written it and it was only halfway done. It ended with the hoard going into the vortex and had a very different feel-- sort of a humorous Twilight Zone. Norman ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 21:42:34 EDT From: Pfleary@aol.com Subject: [RS] to be a rock and not to roll Tricia wrote: >>>>I was hoping to hear some new stuff, but none. Really? That was the first time I've ever heard him do Stairway to Heaven. Peter ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 22:12:00 -0400 From: patrick t power Subject: Re: [RS] ch-ch-ch-changes (Richard's songs) Norman wrote: <> Speaking of "Transit", I was eating dinner last night and my son loaded up his CD of the "Almost Famous" soundtrack which includes Simon & Garfunkle's "America". The line at the end . . . "counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike" reminded me of Transit and I wondered if this image was in any way influential in the writing of "Transit". I wondered if Richard's scenario was created after hearing the Simon song -- I mean, it *could* be his little movie within the "America(n)" movie. Pat ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 22:16:27 EDT From: SMOKEY596@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] New Music Welcome to "the other side", Shell! I knew you'd make it! :-) SMOKEY "You've heard Al Gore say he invented the internet. Well, if he was so smart, why do all the addresses begin with "W"?" GW Bush 10-28-00 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 22:32:10 -0400 From: "Norman A. Johnson" Subject: [RS] Almost Famous Pat wrote: >>Speaking of "Transit", I was eating dinner last night and my son loaded up his CD of the "Almost Famous" soundtrack which includes Simon & Garfunkle's "America". << I just saw that movie a few days ago. I loved it. The scene where "America" is played comes early in the movie when Michael (?)'s sister says "This song explains all of the reasons why I have to leave this house". There was a piece of music (instrumental) when Russell was coming to Michael's house via taxi (he thought he was going to Penny Lane's) that reminded me of "After All". Norman ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 23:03:52 -0400 From: "Shelley DePaul" Subject: [RS] John Hartford My friend, Cindy, from Godfrey Daniels forwarded this to me today. I thought it should be passed along. .................................. I got this today. I am sure many of you have probably recieved word on John, but i thought I'd pass it along. Thanks for keeping John in your good thoughts. Thanks, Cindy From fiddler Mark O'Connor: From: Mark O'Connor Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 6:21 PM Subject: John Hartford A note to ask my friends to send out a good thought and prayer for one heck of a guy. John Hartford is about to pass on and is not able to communicate now. I have found out that his family is not answering any phone calls, but he is at home now from the hospital. John Hartford has been a friend of mine since he flew to Nashville from L.A. to be on my 2nd recording back in 1975 when I was just thirteen. He was a prince and has always been there for me as a friend and a colleague. When I was trying to figure out how to play unaccompanied performances twelve years ago, it was John who gave the words of encouragement I needed to have, while many others simply doubted the possibility of my doing it. John was also my mother's favorite person in the music business. Thought he hung the moon. Just before losing my mother to cancer almost 20 years ago, one of her last wishes was for my sister and I to drive her across the country from Seattle to see John one last time in Tennessee. It is also cancer that will take John Hartford away from us very soon as well. A collective prayer from my mailing list towards John Hartford would be something great. The wonderful modern day minstrel one man show, the author of one of the greatest hit songs of all time, Gentle On My Mind, and those early memories of him and Glen Campbell on "The Good Time Hour" in the late 60's prime time television will last with me for ever and I am sure will endure with many of you. He was a champion for the fiddle and collected as many original fiddle tune manuscripts and the various literature as anyone I know. He continued to practice furiously on the fiddle even until recently, setting out to get better and better. And he did! He would come to my fiddle camps in Tennessee and just hang out on the porch of the mess hall playing away until way past the sun going down. For all of that and more, I will think of you and love you forever John Hartford. I also love your home there looking over that Cumberland River. The thoughts of you dreaming about the old steamboats coming past you from days gone by is a poignant one at this time. I was on the nomination committee of the Kennedy Center Honors last year and did nominate John Hartford. I bet one day you will get that one too John. May God be with you. Mark O'Connor www.markoconnor.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 04:52:32 GMT From: jalvo@mbay.net (John Alvord) Subject: Re: [RS] Nina G new album/Richard too On Fri, 11 May 2001 17:22:02 EDT, Tricia9999@aol.com wrote: >Well, my mailbox contained a nice surprise today. I had given money to >support music education so long ago that I had forgotten the wonderful bonus >to come. Nina Gerber's new solo album is a nice blend of her and others >playing instrumentals and some guest vocalists as well. It has a nice jazzy >feel and Nina's playing is great, of course. Lucy K. does a cover of Nanci >Griffith's Workin' in Corners. It is such a personal song for Nanci, it is >hard to appreciate someone covering it, but Lucy does a nice job. Also has >Greg Brown doing Kate's Guitar, his song about Nina's playing (Kate left her >guitar to Nina). Also has Herb Pedersen, Kim Scanlon, Terry Garthwaite on >vocals. Nice record - if you like Nina's work, I recommend. Mine came today also. Anne & I had made a couple $$$ contributions to her effort. www.ninagerber.com and you can get it right from her. john alvord ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V3 #156 ***********************************