From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V12 #483 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, August 10 2013 Volume 12 : Number 483 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Qualitative Reportage [Pete Jameson ] Re: [RS] Richard live in Sheffield and Saltaire [rongrittz@aol.com] RE: [RS] Qualitative Reportage ["" ] Re: [RS] Richard live in Sheffield and Saltaire [CLAIRE LATHAM ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 13:58:44 -0400 From: Pete Jameson Subject: [RS] Qualitative Reportage Johannes, Great summation of Richard's recent performances. Almost felt like I had been there. Question: What's "Once in a Very Blue Moon" -- don't believe I've heard it nor seen mention of it before. Thanks for letting us peek into the listening room(s), Pedro in PA On Aug 7, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Johannes Schult wrote: > Last week I went to England to attend two of Richard's shows there. The first > one was on Wednesday in Sheffield at the Greystones. The pub had a nice backroom > with 72 chairs and then some more seats at each side. The house was packed with > close to 100 people when Richard took the stage around 20 past 8. He started out > with "Your Guitar" on electric guitar. The current version was very different > from the one he played in 2011. Most of the lyrics had been dropped and the > chorus had been modified to a simple "and the wide Missouri flows out of your > guitar". The next song was also completely reworked: "Deer on the Parkway" had > become a blues song. Personally, I preferred the 2011 versions of both songs; > still, the audience's applause was quite positive. Richard kept switching from > his electric guitar (DADGAD) to the acoustic guitar (standard tuning) and back. > The set consisted mainly of "normal" RS songs like "You Stay Here", "Kenworth", > "Get Up Clara" etc. "Careless" (wonderfully gloomy) and "Ayn's Air" (which I > think is great!) spiced things up. So did the audience when everybody sang along > to "Are You Happy Now?". Richard appeared slightly perplexed when he remarked > afterwards that no one would ever sing along during his shows. Towards the end > of the set he threw in "On a Sea of Fleur-de-Lis" and (tuning the acoustic to > DADGAD) a beautiful rendition of "Wisteria". All in all, it was a great concert > in a rather hot venue. Richard resisted the offer to put a fan on stage because > it would mess with his sensitive hearing. > > Setlist Sheffield 2013-07-31 > > Your Guitar > Deer on the Parkway > The Kenworth of My Dreams > A Juggler Out in Traffic > Ayn's Air > Careless > Are You Happy Now? > Reunion Hill (standard tuning!) > You Stay Here > Get Up Clara > On a Sea of Fleur-de-Lis > There Goes Mavis > Stray Cow Blues > Fishing > Wisteria > Arrowhead > ---- > Transit > > Two days later I came to Shipley/Saltaire for the final gig of this short UK > tour. The Live Room at the Caroline Social Club was a venue right our of the > sixties: wallpaper, curtains, tables, bar, everything including stale air > seemingly from the last century. Next door several people were spending the > evening playing Bingo. I was wondering how this would affect the atmosphere, but > everything turned out well. Pretty much every seat was occupied at showtime (8 > pm). The opener, Jess Morgan, played a few rather jazz-y songs on her acoustic > guitar and told lengthy backstories. The audience gave her a warm welcome and > when Richard entered the stage later on he remarked on her hotel room > experiences on the east coast and said that his first song would take place a > bit south from there. He then played "Transit". Just like he had in Sheffield, > he told a lengthy story about his mother's affection for the Royal Family. His > third song was the first surprise of the evening. He announced his most > miserable, depressing, wretched song and played "By Now"! The set contained > other highlights like "The Last Fare of the Day" (so good!), "Reunion Hill" > (back in DADGAD on electric guitar), "Ayn's Air" once again. Another surprise > was the Nick Lowe song "You Make Me" at the end of the set. After a short false > start Richard played a beautiful version of the song. The last regular song was > "There Goes Mavis", not my favourite to be honest. Still, the ending was > unexpected, because the guitar amp battery gave out just as Richard sang the > last line. He was rather happy about this "problem", because it worked well in > the context of the song. > > Setlist Saltaire 2013-08-02 > > Transit > Deer on the Parkway > By Now > Get Up Clara > A Juggler Out in Traffic > Stray Cow Blues > Reunion Hill > You Stay Here > The Kenworth of My Dreams > The Last Fare of the Day > Ayn's Air > Your Guitar > Careless > You Make Me > Are You Happy Now? > There Goes Mavis > ---- > I Know You Rider > > After the show I asked Richard about the new album. When I remarked that I > expect it no sooner than 2016, he said that he would love that, because he > really enjoys the ongoing production of this record. Yet, he won't have enough > money to continue recording until 2016, so an earlier release is likely. > > Finally - how to make RS play "By Now": After the Sheffield concert I approached > him with a list of five songs and the question "Which song request are you most > likely to consider?" He immediately struck out song #1, "The Weather", with a > decisive "No." Next he struck out "Once in a Very Blue Moon" at the bottom of > the list. "No" again. Then he struck out "Walden Well", this time with the words > "This one's not finished, yet." The two songs left were "By Now" and "I Saw My > Youth Today". He put an equal sign between those two. When I remarked that I > would attend Friday's show he said he might try one of the songs. And he did! > :-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 13:51:44 -0400 (EDT) From: rongrittz@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] Richard live in Sheffield and Saltaire >> After the show I asked Richard about the new album. When I remarked that I expect it no sooner than 2016, he said that he would love that, because he really enjoys the ongoing production of this record. << Makes me think of something I've had sitting above my desk for years: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The process is what matters, not the product. Feeling empty inside, we often want to reassureourselves by creating something other people can admire. But what webre really hungering for, whetherwe know it or not, is a sense of aliveness, of deep contact with the sacredmystery of our lives. The goal is not to produce a masterfulpainting, story, poem, song or television script. The reason to create is the sheer pleasureand power of doing it, the vibrant aliveness that comes when webre contactingand expressing our true self. In thisview, the product is simply a by-product, a relatively harmless side effect ofthe creative process. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:21:05 -0700 From: "" Subject: RE: [RS] Qualitative Reportage "Once in a Very Blue Moon"...old cover of a Nanci Griffith song. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 19:11:42 +0100 (BST) From: CLAIRE LATHAM Subject: Re: [RS] Richard live in Sheffield and Saltaire Lovely update, Johannes. I went to the Village Pump Festival, The Green Note and Saltaire. At VPF, someone asked how he came up with You Stay Here and talked about how they used it and other songs to teach poetry. The simple answer was, he woke up to find he'd scribbled 'you stay here' on a pad by the bed. He knew he wanted it to be about the Baltic conflict but didn't want to tie to a specific event, so mentioning 'the tiger' was enough to do that. I spoke to him about lots of things but primarily, the fact that he'd made me want to pick up my guitar again, and I wondered what made him change direction and become a singer/songwriter and he mentioned hearing a particular track - I think he called it mountain music - on the radio and if he'd have had a switch on his forehead, you would have seen it flick on. He said 'fleur de lis' was his first song and said he would play it for me at the green note... and he did! Lovely man. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 18:06:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Johannes Schult Subject: [RS] Richard live in Sheffield and Saltaire Last week I went to England to attend two of Richard's shows there. The first one was on Wednesday in Sheffield at the Greystones. The pub had a nice backroom with 72 chairs and then some more seats at each side. The house was packed with close to 100 people when Richard took the stage around 20 past 8. He started out with "Your Guitar" on electric guitar. The current version was very different from the one he played in 2011. Most of the lyrics had been dropped and the chorus had been modified to a simple "and the wide Missouri flows out of your guitar". The next song was also completely reworked: "Deer on the Parkway" had become a blues song. Personally, I preferred the 2011 versions of both songs; still, the audience's applause was quite positive. Richard kept switching from his electric guitar (DADGAD) to the acoustic guitar (standard tuning) and back. The set consisted mainly of "normal" RS songs like "You Stay Here", "Kenworth", "Get Up Clara" etc. "Careless" (wonderfully gloomy) and "Ayn's Air" (which I think is great!) spiced things up. So did the audience when everybody sang along to "Are You Happy Now?". Richard appeared slightly perplexed when he remarked afterwards that no one would ever sing along during his shows. Towards the end of the set he threw in "On a Sea of Fleur-de-Lis" and (tuning the acoustic to DADGAD) a beautiful rendition of "Wisteria". All in all, it was a great concert in a rather hot venue. Richard resisted the offer to put a fan on stage because it would mess with his sensitive hearing. Setlist Sheffield 2013-07-31 Your Guitar Deer on the Parkway The Kenworth of My Dreams A Juggler Out in Traffic Ayn's Air Careless Are You Happy Now? Reunion Hill (standard tuning!) You Stay Here Get Up Clara On a Sea of Fleur-de-Lis There Goes Mavis Stray Cow Blues Fishing Wisteria Arrowhead - ---- Transit Two days later I came to Shipley/Saltaire for the final gig of this short UK tour. The Live Room at the Caroline Social Club was a venue right our of the sixties: wallpaper, curtains, tables, bar, everything including stale air seemingly from the last century. Next door several people were spending the evening playing Bingo. I was wondering how this would affect the atmosphere, but everything turned out well. Pretty much every seat was occupied at showtime (8 pm). The opener, Jess Morgan, played a few rather jazz-y songs on her acoustic guitar and told lengthy backstories. The audience gave her a warm welcome and when Richard entered the stage later on he remarked on her hotel room experiences on the east coast and said that his first song would take place a bit south from there. He then played "Transit". Just like he had in Sheffield, he told a lengthy story about his mother's affection for the Royal Family. His third song was the first surprise of the evening. He announced his most miserable, depressing, wretched song and played "By Now"! The set contained other highlights like "The Last Fare of the Day" (so good!), "Reunion Hill" (back in DADGAD on electric guitar), "Ayn's Air" once again. Another surprise was the Nick Lowe song "You Make Me" at the end of the set. After a short false start Richard played a beautiful version of the song. The last regular song was "There Goes Mavis", not my favourite to be honest. Still, the ending was unexpected, because the guitar amp battery gave out just as Richard sang the last line. He was rather happy about this "problem", because it worked well in the context of the song. Setlist Saltaire 2013-08-02 Transit Deer on the Parkway By Now Get Up Clara A Juggler Out in Traffic Stray Cow Blues Reunion Hill You Stay Here The Kenworth of My Dreams The Last Fare of the Day Ayn's Air Your Guitar Careless You Make Me Are You Happy Now? There Goes Mavis - ---- I Know You Rider After the show I asked Richard about the new album. When I remarked that I expect it no sooner than 2016, he said that he would love that, because he really enjoys the ongoing production of this record. Yet, he won't have enough money to continue recording until 2016, so an earlier release is likely. Finally - how to make RS play "By Now": After the Sheffield concert I approached him with a list of five songs and the question "Which song request are you most likely to consider?" He immediately struck out song #1, "The Weather", with a decisive "No." Next he struck out "Once in a Very Blue Moon" at the bottom of the list. "No" again. Then he struck out "Walden Well", this time with the words "This one's not finished, yet." The two songs left were "By Now" and "I Saw My Youth Today". He put an equal sign between those two. When I remarked that I would attend Friday's show he said he might try one of the songs. And he did! :-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 17:48:21 -0400 From: Pete Jameson Subject: Re: [RS] Qualitative Reportage Out of context, I thought it was an obscure RS numberthanks for setting me straightI once saw her in Tarrytown with The Crickets -- terrific show. Pete without a clue in PA ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V12 #483 ************************************