From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V7 #213 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 Friday, September 16 2005 Volume 07 : Number 213 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Re: shindell-list-digest V7 #212 ["E. Wolke" ] [RS] Re: RS covers. [Rongrittz@aol.com] Re: [RS] Re: RS covers. [Adam Plunkett ] [RS] Re: welcome [John McDonnell ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:33:22 -0400 From: "E. Wolke" Subject: [RS] Re: shindell-list-digest V7 #212 Hi -- new to the list here. I usually lurk on lists, but figured I'd introduce myself -- I'm Evelyn Wolke, at home mom in the DC area, folkie from farther back than I usually care to admit. I've been a fan for the last couple of years since I saw Richard at a co-bill with James Keelaghan, one of my very favorite Canadian singers. I'm 47, so I was a bit dismayed by the rather young and fairly Goth nature of the crowd -- until Richard started with "You Stay Here". After that, I couldn't say a word, I was glued to the music. I have kids, and even though one could argue against what I've heard called "voice appropriation", I was entranced by his craft and wept. I could feel the emotions because I am a parent. The bleak portrait of urban warfare was incredible. Then he proceeded to rock my socks with "Money for Floods", "The Ballad of Mary Magdalene", and any other one wishes to name. "Confession" hit pretty close to home, too. Someone mentioned that they felt that "Money for Floods" was apropos -- a couple of facts you may or may not know. The Army Corps of Engineers and others KNEW the Mississippi levees weren't up for a storm of Katrina's magnitude, but Congress had cut appropriations for repair and upgrading. FEMA itself, even with that lame excuse for a response, named a category-3-or-above hurricane hitting New Orleans as one of the top three disasters for which preparations needed to be made. Nice work, folks... I haven't heard a better singer/songwriter. Ever. I also love the songs he chooses to sing that are NOT by him -- he makes them his. I am old enough to remember Pete Seeger singing "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" on the Smothers Brothers show, and had started singing it again about a week before I saw Richard at the Birchmere. Must be in the zeitgeist or something. So, here I am. May or may not post again, but I'm out here. By the way, in response to the question about the radio show, I do believe that the date with Lucy Kaplansky will be broadcast on WFUV. I'll be listening, it's on the internet on www.wfuv.org -- there's a link to listen and you can get it on Shoutcast, Real media, or iTunes. Cheers, Evelyn Wolke ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:34:40 -0400 From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: [RS] Re: RS covers. >> I also love the songs he chooses to sing that are NOT by him -- he makes them his. << To me, one of the best examples of this is "Shades of Black, Shades of Blue." When I first heard a demo of RS doing that song -- a song I'd never heard, mind you -- I was SURE it was his. I was quite surprised to learn that it wasn't. Also, to me, his version of Dar's "Calling the Moon" is the definitive one. Welcome to the list, Evelyn. RG ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:46:51 -0500 (CDT) From: Adam Plunkett Subject: Re: [RS] Re: RS covers. I have wondered why he left this track off "Somewhere Near Patterson". I think it's better than the cover of " Subject: [RS] Re: welcome Hi All, On Sept. 15, Evelyn wrote: >>Someone mentioned that they felt that "Money for Floods" was apropos -- a couple of facts you may or may not know<< Welcome Evelyn--it was I who wrote that, and if you look back in the archives you'll see a spirited discussion of Katrina and the governmental response thereto. Have to agree about RS covers--often better than the originals. His version of "Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore"--a song I usually deplore as facile, misty-eyed paddywackery--is listenable in a way I never imagined. John McD. ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V7 #213 ***********************************