From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V6 #66 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, April 2 2004 Volume 06 : Number 066 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] FRFF [Rongrittz@aol.com] [RS] RE: Cheryl Wheeler [Jennifer Coia ] [RS] Joe's Pub. [Rongrittz@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:57:47 EST From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: [RS] FRFF I don't know if anyone's aware, but Richard's schedule on the Fleming Artists site has him listed as appearing at Falcon Ridge this summer. Hope to see some of you at Joe's Pub tonight . . . I'll be there for both ends of the double-header. RG ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 13:25:54 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: Jennifer Coia Subject: [RS] RE: Cheryl Wheeler "the dumb throwaway stuff" would be a matter of opinion. I personally love Cheryl's work....and I love the way she can bring you to tears with beautiful songs and her beautiful voice and then have you rolling in the aisle cracking up. Rather than call it "dumb throw away stuff" I would say, if you enjoy funny songs, which not everyone does, then she has a lot of great ones out there. I would recommend Sylvia Hotel as a second to Driving Home, or Mrs. Pinocchi's Guitar. If you want serious only Cheryl, get Different Stripes - a compilation. - -Jennifer - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:03:13 -0500 From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] cheryl wheeler The other choices are her first three, "Cheryl Wheeler," "Half a Book" and "Circles and Arrows." "Driving Home" was her fourth. Followed by "Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar" and "Sylvia Hotel." There's a bunch of hits and misses on all of them, in my opinion, particularly when she gets too silly or too topical. Some folks will tell you that Cheryl without the humorous stuff isn't "real" Cheryl. However, similar to the reason I no longer listen to Christine Lavin, I only want to hear a joke so many times before it gets old. That having been said, I'd recommend that you get her compilation disc, "Different Stripe." Not only are there just three songs you'll already have on "Driving Home," but the rest of the songs are the ones I'd have recommended anyway from her other albums -- plus two previously unreleased songs -- minus the dumb throwaway stuff. Northern Girl Arrow Walk Around Downtown Moonlight and Roses Gandhi/Buddha When Fall Comes to New England Quarter Moon Aces Hard Line to Draw Almost Addicted So Far to Fall Don't Wanna Miss You More Than I'm Mad Sylvia Hotel Who Am I Foolin'? 75 Septembers Further & Further Away One Love ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 00:28:23 EST From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: [RS] Joe's Pub. Two great shows at Joe's Pub tonight. Richard played solo, and focused on stuff from the upcoming CD, still scheduled for an August release. First show: 1. There Goes Mavis 2. Che Guevara T-Shirt (he's not doing the "luna luna llena" bit at the end anymore . . . too bad) 3. Cancion Sencilla 4. Fenario 5. So Says the Whippoorwill (in a new tuning, with some slightly different phrasing) 6. Hazel's House (what a great song, with a great guitar melody) 7. Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (quite a crowd-pleaser) 8. Arrowhead During the intro chords, a 4-year old boy in the front row shouted "Yeah!", eliciting a big smile from Richard. 9. Summer Wind, Cotton Dress I don't think Richard had planned to do it, and had already re-tuned up to standard tuning, when the same little boy yelled "Do 'Stolen Kiss!'" Again, Richard cracked up, saying "That's quite an adult song." 10. Mary Magdalene 11. Reunion Hill 12. Are You Happy Now After the first line of the song, a woman in the audience let out a completely orgasmic shriek. Richard stopped singing and said "Were you at the Fez show?," referring to the infamous Soy Bomb show in September '99. Really made me laugh. So he resumed the song, and just before the first verse, a woman ran through the audience and jumped on stage. I was obviously thought this was deja vu all over again. But it turns out that it was Lucy, who lives just a few blocks away. 12. Last Fare of the Day (with Lucy on harmony) 13. The Kid (Lucy singing lead) 14. Transit Second show was mostly the same, except no "Whippoorwill," "Mary Magdalene," "Summer Wind" or "The Kid." Instead we got "Fishing," "The Island," "Nora" and a surprise song. When Richard was introducing "Nora," he said that he first wanted to play the song that inspired it. He began playing this completely haunting tune that - -- in retrospect -- I'm ashamed to say I'd never heard before. Actually, I didn't even know what it was until he came to the phrase "famous blue raincoat." So THAT'S "Famous Blue Raincoat." Hold crap. That's some song. And it sounded completely right coming from Richard, similar to the way "Shades of Black, Shades of Blue" did before I learned that Richard hadn't written it. Great shows, great shows . . . RG ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V6 #66 **********************************