From: owner-the-landing-digest@smoe.org (the-landing-digest) To: the-landing-digest@smoe.org Subject: the-landing-digest V2 #64 Reply-To: the-landing@smoe.org Sender: owner-the-landing-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-the-landing-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk the-landing-digest Wednesday, March 31 1999 Volume 02 : Number 064 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Do I offend? [Matt ] CHAPEL HILL. ["Ryan Sargent" ] Re: Some various Zipper stuff [DannyManco@aol.com] Re: Do I offend? [kobyc@softhome.net (Peter Destructo)] Andrew Bird lyrics? [kobyc@softhome.net (Peter Destructo)] Andrew Bird's other projects? [kobyc@softhome.net (Peter Destructo)] Re: Andrew Bird lyrics? [ProfPlum97@aol.com] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=A0Jazz Legend Joe Williams Dead At 80?= [ProfPlum97@aol.c] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 99 09:01:16 -0800 From: Matt Subject: Do I offend? Did I ever offend anybody by changing the list around? I use to have it at coollist, but that sucked and so did list bot. Now we have this great list that Jessica set up and I have a bunch of enemies at the snz coollist. Or actually just one guy in particular (bossrab@redriverok.com). Oh well, you can't please everyone... - -mattyshack ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 13:37:23 PST From: "Ryan Sargent" Subject: CHAPEL HILL. I wish that I was in Chapel hill!!!! Andrew is playing, and that band The Countdown Quartet...with Je & Stu!!!! I can't even remember the last time i've heard a sweet trumpet live. Atleast I get to see Andrew this saturday. I swear...I am going to continue playing from 3:30 - 9:00 every day, then move to Chapel hill and play in a bunch of really good bands.(hopefully with JE and other Zippers one day).Oh yeah, I did a search on "The Countdown Quartet" and pretty much found nothing at all...just the mention of their name once. Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 17:24:25 EST From: DannyManco@aol.com Subject: Re: Some various Zipper stuff In a message dated 3/30/99 1:33:47 AM US Eastern Standard Time, jbrandt@kent.edu writes: << The Knockdown Society does a song called "Christian Life" with Jim on vocals and guitar, Stu on bass, Greg from Hobex on guitar and vocals, Cody and Luther from Gutbucket on drums and slide guitar, respectively, and Greg Bell of the Chicken Wire Gang on piano... >> Wonderful. I would venture a guess that that's the same "Christian Life" that's found on the Louvin Brothers' album "Satan is Real," which Jimbo recommends in an article linked to the "Passed Out on the Landing" web site. It's a really lovely song as the Louvin Brothers do it, so I'll be anxious to hear the Knockdown Society's take. I believe that the Byrds also covered the tune years ago on their "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" album, but I haven't heard that version. Those of you who like the country dimension of the Zippers' (and side projects') sound might want to go ahead and look into the Louvin Brothers. May I personally suggest giving a listen to the album "A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers," which is widely available? Here the Louvins pay beautiful homage to one of their primary influences. Somewhat interesting, too, to note that when I saw Gutbucket open up for the Zippers in Cincinnatti last fall, one of the songs they performed was "Big River Blues" by the Delmore Brothers. Small world, musically speaking! Sort of. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 02:47:33 GMT From: kobyc@softhome.net (Peter Destructo) Subject: Re: Do I offend? On Tue, 30 Mar 99 09:01:16 -0800, you wrote: >Did I ever offend anybody by changing the list around? I use to have it >at coollist, but that sucked and so did list bot. Now we have this great >list that Jessica set up and I have a bunch of enemies at the snz >coollist. Or actually just one guy in particular >(bossrab@redriverok.com). Oh well, you can't please everyone... No... I think this new group is great. I'm sending this message to both groups. Now, the reason that we switched from Coollist is because the server sucked -- I couldn't even sign up! Then I couldn't unsubscribe my old address (which was still forwarding)! Listbot was great for me but I guess digests are important to some people. Personally, I think people who stick in the old lists are foolish for thinking that the community should be spread out like this. We should all come together in one discussion group -- this one. - --------------------------------------------------------- | my name is PETER | | "Sometimes I feel like an idiot. But then I am an | | idiot, so, you know, it kind of works out." -Billy | | Madison | |-------------------------------------------------------| | http://members.xoom.com/pdestructo - the ghost quasar | | space ghost reviewed links, images, fanfic, icons | - --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 02:49:59 GMT From: kobyc@softhome.net (Peter Destructo) Subject: Andrew Bird lyrics? Besides rap artists, Andrew Bird must be one of the most unintelligible singers on the planet. It's hard to sing along with, say, "Cock o' the Walk" when I don't have any idea what 90% of the words are. Could somebody post the lyrics or direct me to a web site with them? - --------------------------------------------------------- | my name is PETER | | "Sometimes I feel like an idiot. But then I am an | | idiot, so, you know, it kind of works out." -Billy | | Madison | |-------------------------------------------------------| | http://members.xoom.com/pdestructo - the ghost quasar | | space ghost reviewed links, images, fanfic, icons | - --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 02:53:30 GMT From: kobyc@softhome.net (Peter Destructo) Subject: Andrew Bird's other projects? Has or is Andrew Bird in any other projects or bands? I love his playing -- but a 35-minute CD gets old after a while... - --------------------------------------------------------- | my name is PETER | | "Sometimes I feel like an idiot. But then I am an | | idiot, so, you know, it kind of works out." -Billy | | Madison | |-------------------------------------------------------| | http://members.xoom.com/pdestructo - the ghost quasar | | space ghost reviewed links, images, fanfic, icons | - --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 02:11:49 EST From: ProfPlum97@aol.com Subject: Re: Andrew Bird lyrics? I think his singing is very clear, especially in cock o' the walk. I was really surprised to read this post. Anyhow, check out the rykodisk website probably at www.rykodisc.com they had the lyrics. Though I've never been to Venezuela, - -Gats ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 02:52:27 EST From: ProfPlum97@aol.com Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=A0Jazz Legend Joe Williams Dead At 80?=  Jazz Legend Joe Williams Dead At 80 (Last updated 12:56 AM ET March 31) LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Legendary jazz and blues singer Joe Williams, whose deep baritone often turned the Basie band into a swinging revival meeting, has died in Las Vegas of acute lung disease, a hospital spokeswoman said Tuesday. Williams, 80, collapsed and died in the street after leaving his hospital bed and walking more than two miles (3 km) in the direction of his home Monday, hospital spokeswoman Ann Lynch said. He was admitted to the Sunrise Hospital a week ago and was being treated for acute obstructive pulmonary disease. "He indicated to the staff he was leaving and that he would be back in a moment, that he'd be right back," Lynch said. "When he did not return we began a search and we called the police." Williams, whose powerful baritone voice could deliver blues, standards and ballads with equal force or tenderness, was among the last of the big-band singers. He sang as a regular with the Count Basie Band from 1954 to 1961 and became an international star. After the big-band era, Williams continued to perform with small groups and in 1985 he won a Grammy Award for best jazz vocal performance for his album "Nothin' But The Blues." President Clinton said he and his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton were deeply saddened to learn of Williams' death. "He was a national treasure. For the better part of this century, America was blessed with Joe Williams' smooth baritone voice and peerless interpretations of our favorite ballads," the president said in a statement. "Hearing Joe Williams sing at the White House in 1993 remained one of my favorite memories," he added. Branching out from the jazz scene to network television, Williams was a recurring character on hit NBC comedy "The Cosby Show" in the 1980s, playing Bill Cosby's father-in-law. Williams was scheduled to perform in Las Vegas on May 7 with the Jimmy Wilkins band at the Annual Joe Williams Music Scholarship fund-raiser to benefit the Community College of Southern Nevada. He was born in Cordele, Georgia, in 1918 and moved with his family to Chicago as a boy. As a teenager in the 1930s he founded The Jubilee Boys, a group that sang in local churches. He made his professional debut with the late Jimmy Noone, but at first he was unable to support himself just singing. Williams always maintained his big break came in 1943 when he was working as a security guard at the Regal Theater in Chicago, where he met such jazz luminaries as Duke Ellington. The manager of the Regal, recognizing his talents, recommended him to jazz great Lionel Hampton. In the early 1940s he performed with Hampton and with Coleman Hawkins. A tour with Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy in 1946 and 1947 led to his first recording. He first teamed up with Basie in 1950, briefly joining the septet Basie formed after breaking up his big band. But times were lean for Williams, despite having a minor hit in 1951 with "Everyday I Have the Blues," recorded with the King Kolax band. He renewed his association with Basie in 1954 when the bandleader formed another big band, and stayed with him for the next seven years. Critics said Williams was one of the key elements behind Basie's resurgence. After leaving Basie in 1961, he joined trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, staying with the small band until 1962. He then formed his own quartet, but also occasionally got back together with Basie and recorded memorable sessions with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. He also appeared with Cannonball Adderly and George Shearing. Among the albums Williams is best remembered for are "Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Swings," "Joe Williams and the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra" and "Ballad and Blues Master." Williams, a longtime resident of Las Vegas, is survived by his wife Jillean, son Joe and daughter Anne. ------------------------------ End of the-landing-digest V2 #64 ********************************