From: owner-the-landing-digest@smoe.org (the-landing-digest) To: the-landing-digest@smoe.org Subject: the-landing-digest V2 #225 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 Tuesday, September 28 1999 Volume 02 : Number 225 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: the-landing-digest V2 #224 ["Chris Etzel" ] Sort of OT-No Depression magazine ["Daniel Summers " ] Re: the-landing-digest V2 #224 [DManco6702@aol.com] One more time [Jessica Brandt ] Re: let's go... [Andy Harman ] Re: so, that's who that is! [Andy Harman ] Re: the-landing-digest V2 #224 [Andy Harman ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 09:36:04 -0500 From: "Chris Etzel" Subject: Re: the-landing-digest V2 #224 << leon redbone.....>> ....is a god. He has a pretty decent web site at www.leonredbone.com. The man tours relentlessly, someday I hope to have the pleasure of seeing him perform live. Chris ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 07:50:02 PDT From: "Daniel Summers " Subject: Sort of OT-No Depression magazine Hey Theresa (And anyone else interested); Sorry for the long delay in responding to your post from last week. I don't have regular access to e-mail right now, so I get a little bit behind sometimes. > Dear Daniel, > I can honesty say that I've never heard of that alternative country > magazine. Is it an independent publication or is it done by one of the major > houses? I hoard magazines and buy almost everything and the only thing that > I've ever seen of BOF is an advertisement that was featured in a Rolling > Stone magazine (what a sexist magazine) in the back pages for Thrills. This magazine (No Depression) appears to be an independent magazine. The front and back covers are color, nice stock paper, and the inside pages are black and white, but yet on good quality paper (not cheap newsprint-kind of paper. This is slightly better quality.) It really is a nice magazine, even though it does cover some "country" which I'm not too fond of. It is, obviously a little more progressive, and that is what makes it much better! I can send you scans of the cover and any other info you may want on the magazine, and if you want a copy of it, and can't find it anywhere near you, I could get one for you. If others out there want a copy of the magazine (For the BOF article and advertisement), I could try and work something out there, too. I'm amazed at how many others here like Rufus!!! It makes me happy, because almost none of my friends like him, because they say his voice is awful, but it MOST DEFINATELY IS NOT!!! It is SOOOO sensual and beautiful!!! I can't wait to hear Andrew Bird, if there is some similarity!! I haven't heard anything by the McGarrigles, but I definately want to. I knew that they were a tight family from what I read in an interview, and I think that that is really awesome! His sister (Martha) sounds so good when she sings background on some of Rufus' songs!! I also cannot wait till he has a new album out!!! > About Rufus Wainwright, his voice makes me cry. It's so pretty! Have you > ever heard his and the McGarrigles and Loudon Wainwright's version of > "What'll I Do?" (Irving Berlin (sp))? Actually, I do cry when I hear that > song it's soooo pretty. I have not heard this song. What CD is it on? I definately want to hear it!!! \ >Rufus certainly is a good looker. I love his hair. You're right, he's not hard to look at! I wish I had that much hair to work with!! My hair is really thin, and I'm sure I'll go half bald before I'm 40, darnit!!!!! > His sister Martha has a very pretty voice too. Jesus, what a talented > family! Kate and Anna McGarrigle are too funny in interviews. I also love > Rufus' wardrobe. > > If you feel poverty stricken lately, check out Ebay! There is a one cent cd > company auctioning off Bowl of Fire cds. I think one of them is now at 34 > cents. I'm keeping my eye on one of them! Thanks!! Also, I can't stress this enough, go check out Canadian music sites > on the web. Our dollar is so shitty compared to the American dollar that > you will be able to get one of the Bowl of Fire cds for ten dollars I checked that out, too. Thanks for the tip! I may end up buying CD's from good old Canada!! ________________________________________________________________ Get FREE voicemail, fax and email at http://voicemail.excite.com Talk online at http://voicechat.excite.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 14:22:39 -0700 (PDT) From: edward eichelberger Subject: so, that's who that is! I've seen this guy floating around forever and I never knew who he was. Every once in a while he would pop up in a commercial, the last one I remember was for ALL ("The stain-lifter, that's ALL") not to metion the theme song for Mr. Belvedere. Remember that one? I also checked out this Leon Redbone guy at cdnow. com. Who knew all this time he was making such cool music. Wouldn't it be funny if after twenty-some years his music sales just start skyrocketing? I know I'm gonna be looking into buying his music. Just one more artist to cut my teeth on until Tom's album comes out. Speaking of which... I don't suppose there are gonna be advanced orders available for it's limited release in November, eh? I guess we'll have to wait and see... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 18:14:17 EDT From: DManco6702@aol.com Subject: Re: the-landing-digest V2 #224 In a message dated 9/27/99 7:38:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, web103xk@gte.net writes: << << leon redbone.....>> ....is a god. >> I had a chance to see Leon Redbone live a couple years ago, for free, in Bowling Green, Ohio, where I was in graduate school. He and Junior Brown (an excellent country musician/singer) shared top billing at what they call the Black Swamp Festival. Anyhow, yeah, I really like Leon Redbone. He was a good showman in addition to being a fine musician. I've got what I think is his first CD, the one with the Warner Brothers frog on a train track on the cover. On this disc he does "Ain't Misbehavin'" as well as a couple tunes by Jimmie Rodgers, who was a country star from the 1920's. (And as I recall, Joe Venuti, who was a jazz fiddler from way back, and quite possibly an influence on Andrew Bird, plays on the disc, too.) Like Jimmie Rodgers, and like the music of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Leon Redbone's music really shows the common ground shared "spiritually" by country, blues, and jazz. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 21:58:16 -0400 From: Jessica Brandt Subject: One more time The AWESOME Bob Wills album thingy is gonna be on again. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 8 pm on TNN Also, that morning on "Nick News W5" is Wynton Marsalis discussing the origins of jazz, at 6 am. at 10:30 am on VH1, there is a big show about Harry Connick Jr. and his rise to fame. Will be goo dmusic in that, i'm sure. Also, an interview with his teacher Ellis Marsalis. Sorry about the lack of TV listings, but ya know....busy busy busy girl. Jess *********************************************************** * --+-READ THE SHRUBBERY-+-- * http://www.theshrubbery.com --New Every Month- -Humor, Music, News and More-- *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 00:57:09 -0400 From: Andy Harman Subject: Re: let's go... At 11:00 PM 9/26/99 -0400, you wrote: > >anyway, it's leon redbone Redbone is really Frank Zappa in disguise. He wanted to start playing blues so he adopted an alias in the 70's. Eventually Zappa faked his own death to become Redbone full time. How's that :-) Andy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 01:16:48 -0400 From: Andy Harman Subject: Re: so, that's who that is! At 02:22 PM 9/27/99 -0700, you wrote: > I've seen this guy floating around forever and I >never knew who he was. Every once in a while he would >pop up in a commercial, the last one I remember was >for ALL ("The stain-lifter, that's ALL") not to metion >the theme song for Mr. Belvedere. Remember that one? Leon Redbone was first introduced to most of the nation on Saturday Night Live in 1975 or 76. His first album, "On The Track" really took off. He never has gotten a lot of airplay but his eclectic sound has always had a strong following. My favorite song of all of his is "My Walking Stick" from the first album... just love the tuba solo. I've never found a bio on Leon Redbone at all. It's sort of a big mystery who he really is, what his real name is (assuming it's not Leon Redbone), what his background is. Aside from the Zappa theory, several have suggested that he's really Don "Father Guido Sarducci" Novello, of SNL. That Redbone is a "Blues Brothers" ploy that was never fully revealed. You remember the early days of the Blues Brothers, their albums only mention of who they really were was a small footnote "Special thanks to Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi". The IMDB has a listing for Leon Redbone, and a birthday, Oct 29, 1929. I don't believe for a minute that he is 70 years old. In fact, when the first Zappa comparisons started, it was very obvious to me that Redbone was a good 8-10 years *younger* than Zappa, who was born in 1940. If you take a look at his face in the close-ups in the old SNL performances, he appears to be no more than 30-something at that time... the facial hair, hat, and the "disguise" in general make him look older than he is, as does the voice... worked for Tom Waits too. My theory is that Redbone is for real, and that he has chosen to remain obscure and mysterious just as part of his overall act. Whoever he is, he is a marvelous entertainer. Andy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 01:23:26 -0400 From: Andy Harman Subject: Re: the-landing-digest V2 #224 At 06:14 PM 9/27/99 EDT, you wrote: >Jimmie Rodgers, who was a country star from the 1920's. (And as I recall, >Joe Venuti, who was a jazz fiddler from way back, and quite possibly an >influence on Andrew Bird, plays on the disc, too.) Also if you can ever find a recording of "Beatin' the Dog" by Joe Venuti's Blue Four... features Adrian Rollini soloing on the bass saxophone. One of the coolest sounds I've ever heard... I've wanted a bass sax ever since I first heard this. Only available disc I know of with this number on it is called "Battle of the Saxes" with various tracks from the 20's 30's and 40's of various jazz saxophonists including Frankie Trumbauer on the C-melody (C tenor). Rollini can also be heard playing with Bix Beiderbecke on some of the collections that are available on CD. I think Bix was the loosest and coolest jazz trumpeter of all time (actually cornet), and I think Duke Heitger sounds a lot like him. Je, and Stacy before him, have a fat n' loud trumpet/cornet sound that is reminiscent of Harry James, but I still continue to be amazed by Duke's walk-on work on HOT. One of the sites I was browsing had Jimbo's comments on Duke. Andy ------------------------------ End of the-landing-digest V2 #225 *********************************