From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V4 #302 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, November 15 2002 Volume 04 : Number 302 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Re: Tracy Grammer [Tom926@aol.com] [RS] Re: Tracy Grammer . . . "Gads"?? [patrick t power ] [RS] Re: Tracy Grammer . . . "Gads"?? [patrick t power ] [RS] Re: Tracy Grammer ["Sandra J. Smith" ] [RS] Re: rest and restoration [LBECKLAW@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:38:43 EST From: Tom926@aol.com Subject: [RS] Re: Tracy Grammer For all you fans out there, Tower Records free monthly magazine is featuring an interview with Tracy in this month's issue (and another with Sinead O'Connor, who is a personal favorite of mine. Being a gay man, it is my constitutional duty to adore Screwy Woman With Lots Of Personal Trauma And/Or Excessive Drug/Alcohol/Sex Abuse). I don't know Dave & Tracy's work, but she sounds very sweet and sensible. Tom ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:10:07 -0500 From: patrick t power Subject: [RS] Re: Tracy Grammer . . . "Gads"?? Here's the Pulse! article . . . I don't know if this is the entire piece - -- it's what I found online at: http://pulse.towerrecords.com/contentStory.asp?contentId=5926 A brief review of "drum hat buddha" can be found at: http://pulse.towerrecords.com/contentStory.asp?contentId=2646 Pat - ---------------------------------------- The late Dave Carter was clearly influenced by the psychotic, folk-rock word salad Dylan served up in the early '60s, but his wordy, hallucinogenic tunes always sport strong melodies and a sweet sense of compassion. Tracy Grammer, a multi-talented singer and picker (guitar, violin, mandolin), met Carter in 1996 and began working with him shortly thereafter. After winning numerous songwriting contests with Carter's "When I Go" and "The River, Where She Sleeps," they made this album in Grammer's kitchen so they'd have a CD to send prospective employers. Despite its humble origin, there's nothing rough or unfinished about it. Every song is a gem, infused with a goofy humor and effortless spirituality that unifies American roots music with Eastern mysticism without sounding preachy or overly simplistic. Dave Carter died of a heart attack just after Signature Sounds reissued this lovingly remastered When I Go, his first album with Tracy Grammer. Critics were predicting great success for the duo, and they'd started planning their next three albums just before Carter passed. When Grammer spoke to us, she was still dealing with the emotional fallout, while planning a Dave Carter Tribute for this year's Philadelphia Folk Festival. Pulse!: What does the future hold? Grammer: I will take what I learned from my amazing partner and move forward. I will continue to play; I may form a band or tour with other artists, it's hard to say. Ultimately, I will devote myself to a higher good, using music as my vehicle and the songs of Dave Carter as the message. Dave's goal was to "rehumanize the world, one song at a time." He made the everyday surreal, the mundane magical and the fantastic seem within reach. There are many unrecorded songs, and I am dedicated to getting those out into the world. Dave's songs have a healing, awakening power, and I believe the world needs to hear them. Pulse!: When I Go was recorded in your kitchen. Can you give us an idea of the process? Grammer: DJs and concert presenters approached us after performances for a CD, but we only had a three-song cassette demo, so we set about putting 10 of Dave's compositions to tape. At the time, I lived in a fourplex in Portland. My kitchen had a linoleum floor and a giant wood pantry, which was great for reflections and ambience. We didn't have a lot of gear, so one of us "engineered" while the other performed ... We had day jobs, so we squeezed in the recording while life happened around us. Because I recorded many of the parts alone after the rest of the tracking was done, Dave wasn't aware of many of my contributions until we took the tapes to a real studio for mixing. I was thinking as the tape rolled, "Oh shoot, I forgot to take that off," or "Gads, I hope he doesn't think that's too much." Much to my surprise, he was delighted by everything I did. ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:12:53 -0500 From: patrick t power Subject: [RS] Re: Tracy Grammer . . . "Gads"?? Here's the Pulse! article (as mentioned on the Shindell-list) . . . I don't know if this is the entire piece (as printed in the paper version) - -- it's what I found online at: http://pulse.towerrecords.com/contentStory.asp?contentId=5926 A brief review of "drum hat buddha" can be found at: http://pulse.towerrecords.com/contentStory.asp?contentId=2646 Pat - ---------------------------------------- The late Dave Carter was clearly influenced by the psychotic, folk-rock word salad Dylan served up in the early '60s, but his wordy, hallucinogenic tunes always sport strong melodies and a sweet sense of compassion. Tracy Grammer, a multi-talented singer and picker (guitar, violin, mandolin), met Carter in 1996 and began working with him shortly thereafter. After winning numerous songwriting contests with Carter's "When I Go" and "The River, Where She Sleeps," they made this album in Grammer's kitchen so they'd have a CD to send prospective employers. Despite its humble origin, there's nothing rough or unfinished about it. Every song is a gem, infused with a goofy humor and effortless spirituality that unifies American roots music with Eastern mysticism without sounding preachy or overly simplistic. Dave Carter died of a heart attack just after Signature Sounds reissued this lovingly remastered When I Go, his first album with Tracy Grammer. Critics were predicting great success for the duo, and they'd started planning their next three albums just before Carter passed. When Grammer spoke to us, she was still dealing with the emotional fallout, while planning a Dave Carter Tribute for this year's Philadelphia Folk Festival. Pulse!: What does the future hold? Grammer: I will take what I learned from my amazing partner and move forward. I will continue to play; I may form a band or tour with other artists, it's hard to say. Ultimately, I will devote myself to a higher good, using music as my vehicle and the songs of Dave Carter as the message. Dave's goal was to "rehumanize the world, one song at a time." He made the everyday surreal, the mundane magical and the fantastic seem within reach. There are many unrecorded songs, and I am dedicated to getting those out into the world. Dave's songs have a healing, awakening power, and I believe the world needs to hear them. Pulse!: When I Go was recorded in your kitchen. Can you give us an idea of the process? Grammer: DJs and concert presenters approached us after performances for a CD, but we only had a three-song cassette demo, so we set about putting 10 of Dave's compositions to tape. At the time, I lived in a fourplex in Portland. My kitchen had a linoleum floor and a giant wood pantry, which was great for reflections and ambience. We didn't have a lot of gear, so one of us "engineered" while the other performed ... We had day jobs, so we squeezed in the recording while life happened around us. Because I recorded many of the parts alone after the rest of the tracking was done, Dave wasn't aware of many of my contributions until we took the tapes to a real studio for mixing. I was thinking as the tape rolled, "Oh shoot, I forgot to take that off," or "Gads, I hope he doesn't think that's too much." Much to my surprise, he was delighted by everything I did. ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:22:30 -0800 From: "Sandra J. Smith" Subject: [RS] Re: Tracy Grammer >For all you fans out there, Tower Records free monthly magazine is featuring >an interview with Tracy in this month's issue (and another with Sinead >O'Connor, who is a personal favorite of mine. Being a gay man, it is my >constitutional duty to adore Screwy Woman With Lots Of Personal Trauma >And/Or Excessive Drug/Alcohol/Sex Abuse). I don't know Dave & Tracy's work, >but she sounds very sweet and sensible. > >Tom And I'll march for your right to adore Sinead! I like her, too. Yes, she's been pretty messed up in the past, but she has an incredible voice and her stylings (did I really use that word?) are inventive. I love what she did with Prince's song "Nothing Compares to You." Sandy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 17:06:34 EST From: LBECKLAW@aol.com Subject: [RS] Re: rest and restoration In a message dated 11/14/2002 4:56:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org writes: > Perhaps rs > is heading back to South America for a bit of a rest. Hope so. When I saw him Nov. 1 he looked (to me) very tired. Could've been the lighting, but he has been on a rigorous schedule. -Laura ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V4 #302 ***********************************