From: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org (small-repairs-digest) To: small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Subject: small-repairs-digest V6 #66 Reply-To: small-repairs@smoe.org Sender: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk small-repairs-digest Monday, August 5 2002 Volume 06 : Number 066 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [s-r] Shawn in Portland Maine ["Mike Sampson" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 19:16:42 -0400 From: "Mike Sampson" Subject: [s-r] Shawn in Portland Maine Hello fellow Colvinites. Just wanted to report on Shawn's performance Friday in Portland Maine. Normally it is only a 2 hour drive from Boston to Portland but on a rainy Friday afternoon in took me 3 and a half hours to get there. I arrived with 20 minutes to spare. Her set list was pretty much the same as Mark described from her Vermont performance. She sounded great and looked fantastic. She wore glasses for the first time on stage that I can remember. I had great seats. 3rd row on the aisle. The theatre was probably about two thirds full. Bruce Cockburn performed after Shawn. She told a great story about her recent performance in Sprigfield Missouri. She was not aware that it was a livestock show/fair until she arrived.. She said the 2 guys who picked her up to go to the show were not the typical music types. They might have had 1 set of teeth between them, but very nice guys. She said people got full access to both the livestock show and her performance. 2 for the price of one. She said she was pretty skeptical that the crowd was not going to be "her" fans. Then she went out to perform and she saw a mother, father, and their daughter there with homemade fans with her picture from her "Whole New You" album and she said that just made he melt. Then at the very last note of her last song they set of the fireworks and she said she thought she had just had the greatest performance of he life. Someone in the audience did a great cow impersenation and that cracked everyone up. She also mentioned her high school reunion. She also said how she prefers playing indoors to playing outdoors because outdoor stages have too many distractions. All the focus should be on her she said with a grin. Shawn also mentioned that Bob Dylan would be closing for her at Newport on Saturday and that she hoped the fans would stay to see him perform. Again Shawn and her sarcastic wit. I always enjoy Shawn's stories. I know some people get bothered by the time she spends talking instead of playing but I think it adds to her shows.It makes her more human. So many performers just come on stage and perform and never interact with the crowd. Shawn always seems like your next door neighbour who just stopped by to sing a few tunes and swap a few stories. Lisa she mentioned you. In her telling of her Bob Dylan story she mentioned how she said she thinks BOB may go "Solar" instead of electric and how you just did not get that humor. Ha Ha Bruce Cockburn closed the show and was wonderful I have been a fan of Bruce's for years growing up in Canada but this was my first time getting to see him. He is such a great guitar player and has written so many wonderful songs. So that is it for now. Shawn will be performing at the South Shore Music Circus, just north of Boston next Sunday. I may go see her again. Sammy _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of small-repairs-digest V6 #66 ********************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs-digest' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http ://www.tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line ------------------------------------------------------------------------