From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V9 #245 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 Wednesday, August 6 2008 Volume 09 : Number 245 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] favorite cds ["kunigunda" ] Re: [RS] favorite cds [rongrittz@aol.com] [RS] Re: [RS Harvey Reid [Gregory Dennis ] [RS] Re: [RS Harvey Reid ["Matthew Bullis" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:56:08 -0500 From: "kunigunda" Subject: [RS] favorite cds I was investigating house concerts in my area and saw that a guy named Harvey Reid is going to be performing in Lawrence soon. I checked out his website to see if I could find some of his music to listen to and in doing so found his list of very favorite.cds. It was an eclectic list that included folk, rock, classical, country and more. And....on that list was Richard's Sparrow Point. Harvey sez - Great folk-style songwriter, with rich voice, deep songs, and good production, one of the real talents of modern singer-sonwriterism. From NYC. His later albums are good also, but I am partial to this one as a brilliant and listenable album. What I found also on the list, interestingly enough, was one of Richards favorite cds, Nic Jones Penguin Eggs of which Harvey sez - Mysterious English ballad singer and voodoo guitarist- recorded in 1980 on Topic in England- recently available in US from Shanachie. His best work, and only one available in US I think. (I have 4 or 5 earlier LP's of his) To my mind this guy is the white Robert Johnson. His guitar playing and singing sound like 3 people, and his version of "Canadee-i-o" is one of the great recordings ever done by a guy with an acoustic guitar. He was badly injured almost 20 years ago in a car accident, and there will be no more Nic Jones recordings. This guy plays many instruments. If you want to hear a good guitar piece - -imoho- go to Harvey's site at www.woodpecker.com and click on downloads and audio. Listen to Racing the Storm. Carrie in KC ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:35:09 -0400 From: rongrittz@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] favorite cds Yeah, good taste.? "Sparrows Point" is on my all-time top ten CD list, and pretty easily my favorite Richard CD.? Interestingly, it's got four songs I pretty much always skip, "Are You Happy Now" (because I've heard it enough), "Memory of You" and "Howling at the Trouble" (because they don't do much for me) and "You Again" (for personal reasons), but it's also got four of my top-ten Richard songs: "Courier," "Sea of Fleur-de-Lis," "Sparrows Point" and "By Now."? That's tough to beat, and to me, that CD still holds up even considering all the brilliant stuff Richard has done in the years since its release. ? RG ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:03:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Gregory Dennis Subject: [RS] Re: [RS Harvey Reid He's not in Richard's class as a singer but is an amazing picker. Go see him! - -- Greg "Be the change you want to see in the world." - -- Gandhi Sent from my iPod Touch. On Aug 5, 2008, at 2:56 PM, "kunigunda" wrote: I was investigating house concerts in my area and saw that a guy named Harvey Reid is going to be performing in Lawrence soon. I checked out his website to see if I could find some of his music to listen to and in doing so found his list of very favorite.cds. It was an eclectic list that included folk, rock, classical, country and more. And....on that list was Richard's Sparrow Point. Harvey sez - Great folk-style songwriter, with rich voice, deep songs, and good production, one of the real talents of modern singer-sonwriterism. From NYC. His later albums are good also, but I am partial to this one as a brilliant and listenable album. What I found also on the list, interestingly enough, was one of Richards favorite cds, Nic Jones Penguin Eggs of which Harvey sez - Mysterious English ballad singer and voodoo guitarist- recorded in 1980 on Topic in England- recently available in US from Shanachie. His best work, and only one available in US I think. (I have 4 or 5 earlier LP's of his) To my mind this guy is the white Robert Johnson. His guitar playing and singing sound like 3 people, and his version of "Canadee-i-o" is one of the great recordings ever done by a guy with an acoustic guitar. He was badly injured almost 20 years ago in a car accident, and there will be no more Nic Jones recordings. This guy plays many instruments. If you want to hear a good guitar piece - -imoho- go to Harvey's site at www.woodpecker.com and click on downloads and audio. Listen to Racing the Storm. Carrie in KC ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:06:05 -0700 From: "Matthew Bullis" Subject: [RS] Re: [RS Harvey Reid Not only is Harvey Reid a wonderful singer, but he developed the Third Hand capo, which allows odd capoing arrangements that I can't even begin to understand. He's a fine autoharpist as well. I only have his Autoharp Album right now, but if he sings more songs on his other albums, then I'll have to get some of his other cds. Thanks a lot. Matthew ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V9 #245 ***********************************