From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V7 #294 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 Sunday, December 4 2005 Volume 07 : Number 294 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] RE: solo v. folk & roll [Jamie Younghans / John McDonnell Subject: [RS] RE: solo v. folk & roll Hi All, Bart wrote: >>So I can certainly see how many prefer him on his own, and I do too according to the venue<< Bart, do you find smaller venues are good for RS solo, but outdoors/larger venue are better for him with a band? I have yet to see him in either, so I don't know. Of the few times I have seen him, he was better by himself than with the band in Joe's Pub, but maybe that was a function of the band personnel than anything else. The first two songs of his I heard were AYHN and Fishing--studio versions. Then my wife bought me "Courier"--with the band Bart mentioned--and I was hooked. I was certain at that point that he was better live than in the studio, and then when I saw him solo in the Brokerage (2005) became convinced he was better alone than with anyone else. The version he did of "Fishing" at the Northampton show blows away the studio version (which is saying something for me, as I love that version) so my view has become entrenched. Seems to me that he's so talented, his forays into different (though related) genres still yield very high quality stuff--from country (Sing Me Back Home)to blues (Sittin' On Top of the World). I have a friend who is a big Springsteen fan, and who says that RS' version of "Sandy" is better than the original. He can do it all--can rap be far behind? John McD ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V7 #294 ***********************************