From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V3 #81 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, March 10 2001 Volume 03 : Number 081 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Re: Blank Email [HEYJC01@aol.com] [RS] blank message [Lisa Davis & family ] [RS] ADMIN: Blank messages [Rongrittz@aol.com] [RS] Ann Arbor -- Friday, March 9, 2001 [patrick t power Subject: [RS] blank message This is what I get. - -------- Original Message -------- Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 02:18:28 -0500 (EST) From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org To: undisclosed-recipients:; ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 09:55:55 EST From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: [RS] ADMIN: Blank messages Hi all . . . me n' Sally are aware of the blank message problem, and we're looking into it. Sorry for any inconvenience. RG ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 11:12:10 -0500 From: patrick t power Subject: [RS] Ann Arbor -- Friday, March 9, 2001 Richard's first gig to kick off his most recent return to the states may not go down as one of his more "perfect" performances -- mistakes were plenty -- but it was one of the best shows I've seen him do. I don't know that I've seen him as chatty as he was only a few hours ago, or as carefree about his mistakes -- I thought that he was in rare form. I arrived ten or more minutes after the doors opened and expected to get less than great seats, but there were still a handful very close to the front of the stage, where I found fellow-lister Ed Dupas in the second row. Lynn Miles did a nice opening set, including a couple new songs from a soon-to-be-released CD. (She also noted that she finally has a website after three years of working on one!) Richard's set list: Confession "Who's In Charge Here" (new untitled song) Easy Street (by request) You Stay Here Beyond The Iron Gate (by request) Wisteria She's In Spain (and I'm In Pain) (by request) Darkness, Darkness (by request) Fishing Cold Missouri Waters Are You Happy Now? Transit Sonora's Death Row (encore -- by request) If I'm not mistaken, Richard didn't get through Confession without making a mistake, after which he appeared to have decided that it was going to be one of those nights, so he opted to try out a song he said wasn't finished yet, calling this tactic "especially foolhardy". He also said that he didn't sleep all night on the plane because (A) he wanted to make sure he remembered the melody for the song he had just begun to write (similar to his "Abuelita" experience), and (2) he was seated between "two sleepy, large men." My title for the new song is "Who's In Charge Here?" Ed had a different notion as to what it should be called, but it appears to be *very* much in the developmental stages. Richard said that he wanted to hear what it sounded like through a sound system. The story revolves around a coup d'etat. What seemed unusual this evening was Richard seemed to be *very* receptive to requests. I was surprised that he agreed to do a request after only two songs into the show. I was even *more* surprised that he latched on to the suggested "Easy Street" as quickly as he did. He claimed to have not sung the song in about three years and asked the person who requested it if he knew the words (to which there was no response but laughter from the rest of the crowd, which I estimated between 120 and 150). He did a nice job, pausing only momentarily at one spot to recall a lyric. He goofed up the lyrics for "You Stay Here", singing the last two lines to the second verse during the first verse, then doing the vice versa thing for the second verse. Nonetheless, the song retained its power -- I have long believed that this is one of Richard's favorite songs to play on the guitar. He then solicited requests "for more songs that I don't know." "Beyond The Iron Gate" was the winner. He played a version similar to the one on the "3 x 2" sampler -- although not quite as slow. "Next Best Western" came next and was done fairly flawlessly (I forgot to mantion to him that on the way to the show, I saw a lighted sign from said establishment that read "est estern". "Wisteria" was nicely done. For a change, I got lost in watching his guitar playing (as opposed to getting wrapped up in the story), but I did notice again that his voice wasn't in the best of conditions. Ed requested "She's In Spain" and Richard obliged. He noted that he hadn't done this one in a while as well, and he had a problem with lyrics at one point, but recovered nicely. He actually started the song, stopped and said, "No, that's not right!" then realized they were the right lyrics, and started again. By this time, it was clear that Richard's setlist was no longer guiding him, so more calls for requests came, with Ed's friend calling out for "The Weather". Gene, I think you'd better give up on hoping to hear this one -- Richard's response to hearing this request was, "Now THAT one I DON'T know!" He opted for "Darkness, Darkness" instead and did a really nice job of it. This appears to be another song that he likes to play guitar-wise. "Fishing" followed, then "Cold Missouri Waters", which he did a little slower than the CryCryCry version. Richard introduced "Are You Happy Now?" by saying that it was one of the first songs that he'd ever written, then when he was done, the companion of a friend of mine who had front row seats asked, "Did that really happen?" Richard then told us that he was living in an apartment complex which had a lot of kids, many of whom were in his sweetheart's day care class -- so they knew who he was ("I was a rather high-profile guy"). He said that it was Halloween and he had forgotten to buy candy to give out to the kids, so he turned off the lights and sat in the dark until it was all over -- then remarked that in the end he got what he deserved. He finished with "Transit" before coming out to do an encore. Ed's friend, Ed and I blurted out "Sonora's Death Row" almost simultaneously, but when he picked up the guitar tuned to DADGAD, I didn't think he was going to do it. Obviously, I hadn't paid attention the last time I saw him perform this. He absolutely nailed the song -- perhaps the best performance of the evening. It's *such* a great song! So, as I told Ed afterwards, It was a great show, as Richard seemed to be in a really good mood -- despite the mistakes. Pat p.s. At one point in the show (I can't recall now how it related to what he had played or was about to play), he shared a bit about his experiences in Argentina having just moved from an apartment into a house - -- his first home as a noon-renter. Apparently, his rental days weren't very enjoyable ("But we don't *need* ventilation in the closet!"). ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 12:27:22 EST From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: [RS] Re: Ann Arbor >> The story revolves around a coup d'etat. << Heh. A seven-word description and it ALREADY sounds like a classic Richard song. RG ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 14:05:40 -0500 From: "edward dupas" Subject: Re: [RS] Ann Arbor -- Friday, March 9, 2001 >> So, as I told Ed afterwards, It was a great show, as Richard seemed to be in a really good mood -- despite the mistakes.<< Yeah, that was a great show. I'm not sure if it stemmed from the fact that Richard had just gotten off a plane from S. America and was happy to be around the English language again, or something else entirely. However, that was the best show I've seen him do. I have been jonesin' for "She's In Spain" for sooooo long. I feel better now. >> The story revolves around a coup d'etat. << There was speculation that the song may be about a house being taken over by bugs, or maybe children, or possibly relatives. The song is mainly about a guy who loses his house to unwanted guests bit-by-bit until he ends up sleeping in his automobile. The coup d'etat comes in during one of the verses that roughly goes: We asked them not to use the spa They threw a mini coup d'etat I liked the song a lot...very cool guitar riff. I wouldn't want to tab it. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 14:34:22 EST From: SMOKEY596@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] Ann Arbor -- Friday, March 9, 2001 Thanks for the reviews, guys! I'm off for a 4 hour road trip now to Dayton to see him. Amy Rigby is playing with him. I'm glad to hear he was in great form! SMOKEY "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." -G.W. Bush, 9/29/00, Saginaw, MI ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 17:33:31 -0500 From: patrick t power Subject: Re: [RS] Ann Arbor -- Friday, March 9, 2001 About "Who's In Charge Here?" Ed wrote: <> Yes, I was so engrossed by what he was doing on the guitar that I forgot to pay close attention to the story. Who the hell do I think I am anyway . . . Ron Greitzer!!??? Pat ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V3 #81 **********************************