Bloodlines Mailing List archives May 29-31, 1997
from the John Stewart email list
bloodlines-digest Saturday, May 31 1997 Volume 01 : Number 007
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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997
From: Robert <jen_rob_geo@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: My Personal Journy & Why?
Dear Dennis,
Thanks for the words man. Anytime you want to talk to me personally
about your past and how John's music helped I'm hear to listen. I'm
afraid I won't be able to make it to the benifit concert but John and
Dave are gonna help me get to the Capitola one. I've got a busted foot
which has to be in a cast for three months. Actually as I told Dave
Batti it's more like a Frankenstien boot then a cast. At elast I can
take it off when I go to bed at night!
I caught the Vietnam Memorial here in Berkeley(while it's where I live
I don't consider it home). I was moved to tears to see how many people
lost there lives. I've often heard that John's music was something
Vietnam Vets cherished is this true?
I'd love to check out your store. The first place I really got any good
Stewart stuff was at DOR-RI-ME in Carmel Calif. I went down there one
year and must have bought ten CD's! My partner thought I was nuts!
Well lets hope John put out more wonderful stuff as we cherish the
songs of the past that kept us gonig.
Wingless Angel whose a Survivor,
Robert
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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997
From: "R.Geddes" <geddes@mcb.net>
Subject: Re: Untitled
Angelbravo@aol.com writes
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>America Online.]
>
>Dear bloodlines@world.std.com,
>Rumours were that RCA recorded the gig..it was advertised in Melody
>Maker, but nothing happened. Is it true, Angel Bravo?
>
>Never heard about that one and would have. I'd have to say not true.
Thanks, cleared up a mystery,
Rod.
- --
R.Geddes
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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997
From: Merle Stringfield <t_mstrin@qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: Why are we here?
Great take on John!!
There IS no other artist who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the man!!
Jackson Browne comes to mind when talking about documenting in song what
has happened in America.....but he doesn't have anywhere near the body of
work that John has....and its not as good.
I ordered the Dan Bern CD.....gotta listen to anybody whose described with
Stewart and Dylan in the same sentence!!!
Thanks,
Merle
At 02:50 PM 5/27/97, you wrote:
>Not only did John have a profound influence on us in the 70s, but what other
>artist or writer has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with us through all the
>ensuing years, making it possible to look back together -- with the help of
>his eloquence and grace -- and gasp in wonder at where we used to be and how
>we and America have changed? This is a very different thing from listening
>to other voices from the 70s. (I have always loved the music of Tom Paxton,
>Ian Tyson and Gordon Lightfoot, but let's face it, no one expects them to
>create a "Rough Sketches".) To me only Paul Simon has the same kind of
>vision (although he's been far less prolific)--which is why hearing John sing
>"Boy in the Bubble" blows me away.
>
>By the way, there's an album out by a new artist named Dan Bern. Although he
>sounds more like Bob Dylan than John Stewart and pushes the taste envelope
>("if Marilyn Monroe had married Henry Miller, she might still be alive . .
>."), some of the lyrics are spellbinding. You might want to check this guy
>out.
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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997
From: Robert <jen_rob_geo@earthlink.net>
Subject: Mean Dean Reilly
Dear Angelbravo and all,
Hey it's the Wingless Angel who Survives Robert here! I was resting
this afternoon thinking about some of my real friends of youth and
wanted to share the following.
I grew up in Marin County(no peacock feathers though!) and one of my
good friends in jounor hi was Mark Reilly, the son of "Mean" Dean
Reilly. He found out about my interests when he saw one of the albums
I carried around in school with John on it.
He said "Hey man my dad used to play with them!" Sooo imediatly I
became friends. Not nessicerily to get into the good graces of a
Trioite, but because he was a nice kid as well. I knew him as a friend
before this.
Anyway, I would visit him and his mom and she would let me borrow the
albums they had. I must admit to my shame, that I did not take care of
that trust in that the albums wern't taken care of properly(a habit I
soon broke though)but was always welcome by them notheless.
I've had to really look hard on my life for people who cared for me.
Who cared for Robert, the person not the punching bag or other such
ills, just me Robert. I'm happy to say that in their way, Mark and his
mother and even Dean cared. I never met Dean but did talk to him a few
times over the phone.
It's very interesting that throughout my life those connected to John
Stewart and the Kingston Trio have always been there for me. I know I'll
always look upon their interest in me as a great gift.
See Ya!
Robert
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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997
From: Robert <jen_rob_geo@earthlink.net>
Subject: Stewart & Cash
Dear John,
I love the duet you do with Johnny Cash on "Airdream Bliever". Any
projects for the future with the man in black? I think it would be cool
to have an "album" with two of America's biggest musical influences.
Even if some of America doesn't have good taste, the rest of us do! ;)
Wingless Angel Still Surviving,
Robert
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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997
From: "David L. Taylor" <davidltaylor5@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: Stewart & Cash
Hi John,
I agree on the J Cash duet. It is one of my favorites. What a great beat.
David
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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997
From: jbrassil@maine.com (John Brassil)
Subject: Re: Why are we here?
Why I lurk:
1) I spend too much time expounding. Reading and listening are decent
alternatives. Nail the ego to the wall and let it hang.
2) While I find the hero worship stuff amusing and at times tiresome, I'm
pleased to find that there are people who know that John Stewart's work is
terrific.
3) No one, repeat, no one ever played/sang "Fast Freight" with more feeling
than John Stewart did at Zootz in Portland Maine within a week of Dave
Guard's death. It was a mournful, powerful, human tribute to Dave, who was
a genius. Gemini stuff.
4) John Stewart made it possible to enjoy the Kingston Trio after Dave
left. The enthusiasm on those albums was electric. He kept them alive.
5) I'm still waiting for someone to agree with me on this. Is there a
better song than "Queen of Hollywood High" anywhere? Is there a better line
than "wheels along (or is it across?) the boulevard"? As a high school
teacher, I'll simply say no.
6) Lurking beats correcting papers anytime.
7) This list a decent alternative to mourning the loss of my favorite ice
hockey team, the Whalers, to Carolina, where they've been named after a
natural disaster-- Hurricanes.
8) Lots of posts suggest intriguing lives and life stories.
9) There are too many black flies to venture outside in Maine in late May.
Got to stay indoors or drown your arms and neck and socks in fly dope.
John in Maine
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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997
From: KShep87309@aol.com
Subject: Re: REQ: Song Lyrics
ATTN: ROY AND ROBERT.....
Thanks for the lyrics of Ballad of the Quiet Fighter. I have also been
wanting those words! I can think of many things that are boring, but those
lyrics are not among them! Much gratitude. KShep87309
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: Eddie Armstrong <Eddie@eddiea.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Stewart & Cash
I said some time ago (in 'Wondering' subject) that I really liked this.
It was also a great suprise to hear John and Johnny singing together and
the great comment by John on the liner notes.
It's a great tribute from one songwriter to another.
Johnny Cash was my earliest 'great' songwriter and I wonder what
influence he had on John.
It would be very interesting to know how this duet came about and the
circumstances surrounding this recording.
- --
Eddie
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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997
From: alleycat@cruzio.com
Subject: Re: Why are we here?/John in Maine
>>> No one, repeat, no one ever played/sang "Fast Freight" with more feeling
> than John Stewart did at Zootz in Portland Maine within a week of Dave
> Guard's death. It was a mournful, powerful, human tribute to Dave, who was
> a genius. Gemini stuff.>>>
John in Maine......would you happen to have a bootleg copy of that???
(Hey 'liner's, hold your fire, its only a joke. But the way he describes
it, wouldn't you all love to hear it, don't you wish you'd been there?)
Good post John, don't lurk so much. Catherine
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: ClackClack@aol.com
Subject: angel & evangeline
A few days ago Fred wrote:
Having said that, I want to raise two questions surrounding the CD release
of Rough Sketches:
(1) Interview with an Angel. Am I the only one who prefers the cassette
version? I loved John's approach on the cassette: the haunting guitar
figure and his Raymond Chandler, world-weary voice speaking those lines. I
think the edge to the song is missing on the CD, now that he and Buffy are
singing the lines. And the music has become lighter. Kind of sounds like La
Bamba on the "interview with an angel" line. I think the comparison points
up how dramatically a song's feel can change, even if the lyrics remain the
same.
(2) Evangeline #2. The CD is well mastered (meaning all the sounds that
John recorded can be heard clearly) and I have nothing but praise for how
he used his roland drum machine except for Evangeline. The CD makes the
shaker (or hi-hat) that plays throughout the song an irritant to me, unlike
the cassette. And the snare drum that comes in at the end is too jarring.
I much prefer the Bandera Evangeline.
Any thoughts?
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
The clackman replies:
I enjoyed Del's response about the desire to have as many different versions
of songs as possible. On Evangeline, I like both versions. My preference for
Bandera vs Rough varies, but I give the slight nod to Bandera. Haven't heard
the tape version of Bandera though.
However, for Interview With An Angel, my preference is absolute. My favorite
version is unrecorded. It is the one that John played the night he debuted
the song in Feb 96. In a night full of new to me "Rough Sketches" songs that
I was hearing for the first time, Interview With An Angel was a standout.
There John sat just a few feet away on the stage and the hypnotic magic of
that song just came out and transfixed me. The Buffy version of the song is
like an entirely different song. The sparse original transported me to the
airport where John sat there, worn out, 'bout near the end of the line, tape
machine was rolling.... I love Fred's description of the "Raymond Chandler
world-weary voice". That captures it beautifully. For me, even the cassette
version is souped up. Nothing will compare to the original stripped to the
bone song of that first night.
That said, I too appreciate how John can sometimes magically rework a song. I
really like the sonic landscape of the "Rocket Roy" version of Ghost of the
Superchief, but the current concert version with its seamless meld to Pirates
of Stone County Road begs to be captured on a live disc.
Ron
who reminds us all to lose the moustache, try to be a little more nice
now playing: BoDeans "Blend"
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: RGodwin495@aol.com
Subject: Re: My Personal Journy & Why?..followup
Vinylly. . .
Thanks for finally 'coming out'!
Phil Ochs??!!! Along with John, one of my all-time favorites!!! The
man could turn protest into lyrics and melody as well as anyone. Great
taste, Dennis.
You're selling tickets to the benefit on the 28th? Hope John and the band
make it back from Williams all right.
The bar they're playing in - the Sultana Bar - on the 27th - goes all the way
back to 1903. Sits right on 66. . .Is a *real* cowboy bar in *real* cowboy
country! Should be wild. . .and fun.
Talked on the phone to the daytime bartender up there earlier today -
Sandy. (We're trying to get a Phoenix tv affilliate to do some
"slice-of-historical-life/entertainment" piece, while at the same time push
JS and the relevance of R/Sketches to the area).
Sandy says they''ll be ready for the band. . .and the music!. . watch what
happens when he first sings a cut from R/S!!! The Sultana Bar is gonna
rock!!
Good to have you onboard the 'Blood Vessel.. . .
...open forum, open seas .......full speed ahead
.....Rick
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: Steve <Loboaw@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: My Personal Journy & Why?
Robert wrote:
> I caught the Vietnam Memorial here in Berkeley(while it's where I live
> I don't consider it home). I was moved to tears to see how many people
> lost there lives. I've often heard that John's music was something
> Vietnam Vets cherished is this true?
Well, among those of us lucky enough to have heard it, I believe so.
Much of what he has written can be taken as reflecting much of the
experience ("Oldest Living Son"-I am and my brother Jim was in Vietnam
with me, and we were from Ohio as much as any place); "Mother Country";
and when he sings of "The Sierra Tango when it played Haiphong" and "the
nightmares of the boys who went and stayed too long". Oh, yeah, he's
caught a big piece of it)
The thing about AB's music is that it can serve as a ink blot
test-there's often room enough for the listener to read into it whatever
they are carrying around with them. Some songs are like the sheer, black
walls of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, where you look upon the Wall and
see the names and yourself-structure (the names) and openness.
And, of course, "Well, hell, I was going down to the store for
cigarettes but I'll..." pretty much says it all for a generation...<g>.
- -Lobo (AW)
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: delausa@mailbox.syr.edu (Del Lausa)
Subject: Re: Why are we here?
Wait no more--i think there is no song better (as good, yes; better, no).
Vastly under-rated. Disarmingly sensitive and empathic.
John in Maine wrote:
>5) I'm still waiting for someone to agree with me on this. Is there a
>better song than "Queen of Hollywood High" anywhere? Is there a better line
>than "wheels along (or is it across?) the boulevard"? As a high school
>teacher, I'll simply say no.
>
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: delausa@mailbox.syr.edu (Del Lausa)
Subject: Re: angel & evangeline
Clack wrote:
>However, for Interview With An Angel, my preference is absolute. My favorite
>version is unrecorded. It is the one that John played the night he debuted
>the song in Feb 96. < . . . >Nothing will compare to the original
>stripped to the bone song of that first night.
When I first heard the song about a month after its debut, I had a very
similar response to yours. It was more "talked" than "sung," and Fred's
Raymond Chandler voice-over analogy was all the more apt. It is impossible
for me to listen to any subsequent version without hearing that original
performance as well. Again, this adds a dimensionality and a richness that
can only make the recordings more meaningful. It's all there in suspension.
Also this thought: Given that the song "reports" an encounter that promises
personal growth and an emergence from darkness and confusion toward at
least some degree of enlightenment, it is interesting (though perhaps
accidental) that the evolution of the song traces a fairly direct path in
the same direction. The performance of the song becomes lighter, more open,
more at ease with each transformation--from a slow, spare, inwardly-looking
reflection to a more musical, up-tempo taped version, and finally an almost
peppy duet. In a way, the original version of the song (that dialogue with
the angel) seems to contain the seeds of its unfolding toward the CD duet
with Buffy.
del
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: Merle Stringfield <t_mstrin@qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: angel & evangeline
Hi Del, Fred & Ron,
Interesting takes on the song "Interview with an Angel" Yes, hearing a
song for the first time "Live" puts a bias on all subsequent listenings. I
first heard it "live" at McCabes one year ago with Buffy sharing her
magical vocal.
On the way home, we listened to the Rough Sketches cassette, which was
purchased at the show. I was disappointed in the "no Buffy" version, but
was delighted to find her back on the CD version. Once again, John "speaks
to us all a little differently...hoping we'll tell each other"
Thanks,
Merle
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: "April Roberts" <Aroberts@GSE.UTAH.EDU>
Subject: time to protest injustice again...
John recently played at the Wooden Dog in Salt Lake City. This is
really Salt Lake's only good concert venue. It was created by a local
guy out of an old, long-time vacant movie theatre at Trolley Square.
Now that the first shaky months have been weathered, and the Dog's
reputation as a top-notch concert and performance venue has gotten
around, Trolley Square's absentee landlords plan to evict the Wooden
Dog in order to make way for a new EDDIE BAUER store. I mean
really....a great performance space replaced by a CLOTHING STORE!
It gives me the same feeling as when I discovered that Hunter's
Bookstore in Westwood had been replaced by a Gap clothing store. This
is a depressing trend.
Want to protest? Time is of the essence (like..the decision is final
the middle of June) so fax your letters to:
Richard S. Sokolov, President
Simon DeBartolo Group, Inc.
National City Center
PO Box 7033
Indianapolis, IN 46207
FAX: 317-263-7925
These are the guys who own Trolley Square
and:
Rick Fersch, President
Eddie Bauer Stores
PO Box 97000
Redmond, WA 98073-9700
FAX: 206-649-7851
Please make your comments controlled and articulate. The Wooden Dog
is requesting that these organizations reconsider their actions.
Thanks for your help...April
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: PBronson1@aol.com
Subject: Re: Why are we here?
Merle--I think you'll like Dan Bern, so long as you don't expect music that so
unds like John Stewart. A lot of the wide-eyed wonder of the lyrics (try the
next-to-last cut, for example) may remind you of John, however.
In addition to the Dan Bern album, since even I can't listen to "Rough
Sketches" every single day without adding some variety to the mix, I also
picked up Bruce Cockburn's "Charity of the Night" -- and recommend it highly.
One cut, "Pacing the Cage", struck me as a darker counterpart to "The Last
Hurrah" and a magnificent piece of work. I wonder if John is familiar with
it--or if Darwin's Army might consider recording it. In the car yesterday I
listened to "Pacing the Cage" four or five times -- only "Black Sky Shining"
has had as much impact for me among recent music, and I can't listen to that
anywhere except in my head, at least not yet.
"Night Train" on the Cockburn album is another amazing cut--similar outlook
to "Super Chief" -- "The ultimate forgetfulness of violence/Sweeps the
landscape like the headlight of a train." Very powerful stuff, and unlike
some of Cockburn's other work the tunes hold up their end of the package.
(Bruce enlisted jazz greats Rob Wasserman and Gary Burton to assist.)
I'd like to encourage Bloodliners to keep sharing recommendations of other
artists--there's some great work out there, and you'll never hear it on the
radio or see it on a best-seller list.
From a place near Pomona,
Peter (PBronson1) (the Bloodliner formerly known as PeterB1103)
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: PBronson1@aol.com
Subject: Re: My Personal Journy & Why?..followup
Hadn't thought about Phil Ochs for awhile, or my favorite Ochs song,
"Changes"--
Sit by my side, come as close as the air
Share in a memory of gray
And wander in my words
And dream about the pictures that I play
Of changes
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: "David L. Taylor" <davidltaylor5@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: time to protest injustice again...
April,
Hmmm, Simon DeBartolo. That must be the father or grandfather of Eddie
DeBartolo, owner of the SF 49'ers. Tell you what, I'll trade you the
49'ers for your concert hall.
Good luck.
David
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: Merle Stringfield <t_mstrin@qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: Why are we here?
Hi Peter,
Bruce Cockburn is another individual who does not get the attention he
deserves. Can't remember which album it was on, but the song "Laughing" is
a masterpiece. What "place" near Pomona are you from?
Merle (from a place near San Diego)
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: Patrick Plumlee <pplumlee@osprey.unf.edu>
Subject: Re: Why are we here?
I put that one on my list of all-time favorite Stewart songs when I
posted my personal introduction here. I have not yet got around to
posting my list of favoriate performances (not necessarily songs), but
"Queen" will be on it...
Patrick
On Fri, 30 May 1997, Del Lausa wrote:
> Wait no more--i think there is no song better (as good, yes; better, no).
> Vastly under-rated. Disarmingly sensitive and empathic.
>
> John in Maine wrote:
>
> >5) I'm still waiting for someone to agree with me on this. Is there a
> >better song than "Queen of Hollywood High" anywhere? Is there a better line
> >than "wheels along (or is it across?) the boulevard"? As a high school
> >teacher, I'll simply say no.
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: DMotley@aol.com
Subject: Re: Why are we here?/John in Maine
Catherine,
I wouldn't worry too much about sending concert bootlegs, as long as it's not
done for profit. John stated here, about a week ago, that he was not
concerned about live recordings being bootleged. He is concerned, however,
about booting of studio outtakes. I believe he equated it with finding
someone's personal letters in the trash, and then re-printing them on the
internet for all to see. Correct me if I'm wrong on this John.
Keep it flyin' ,
Mott
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: DMotley@aol.com
Subject: Re: Angel Insight
Here's a little insight to the evolution of Interview With An Angel. I
don't know how many of you know this, but we almost lost "The Big Guy" about
a year and a half ago when John was found, unconscious, on his bed,
apparently due to a bleeding ulcer. If Buffy hadn't found him in time he'd
be singing with the angels right now. This was reported in "The Finger"
about a year ago. John, I hope your ulcer is better; don't worry so much!
Keep it flyin' ,
Mott
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: DMotley@aol.com
Subject: Re: Angel Insight
I forgot to mention in my last post that it was shortly after, his "near
death" experience that John penned the song "Interview With An Angel".
Mott
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: DMotley@aol.com
Subject: Re: Chat
"Bloodliners" Everywhere,
Just another reminder that our monthly chat will be next Tuesday, June 3'rd
at 6:30 Pacific (9:30 Eastern) at the aol private chat room neonroad. Dave
Batti will be with us. John sends his regrets; he say's he will be " on the
road." I wonder if that's the "Blue Dream Road" , or the "Neon Road?"
John, wherever you are, if you get a chance, or if you are near a keyboard,
please call home to the "neonroad" chat room next Tuesday evening. Hope to
see all of you then!
Keep it flyin' ,
Mott
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: Bluesy33@aol.com
Subject: Re: Why are we here?
<< 5) I'm still waiting for someone to agree with me on this. Is there a
better song than "Queen of Hollywood High" anywhere? Is there a better line
than "wheels along (or is it across?) the boulevard"? As a high school
teacher, I'll simply say no.
>>
Off the tippity top.......no research.....no rifling......no
cheatin'........I like......."she believes in losers, she believes in
me"........"keep your dreams as clean as silver"........."feelin' like the
astronauts, as the world just slips away".........."collecting useless boxes
and lines upon my face"........"every--------is a ghost inside of
me"..........."I remember america, and I remember my friends"......."on the
wall the old clock ticks, away the days on 66"........."the same as the sweet
singin' wheels in New York do"........and "I'm drunk out of my mind, merely
from the fact that you are here"..........blue
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: alleycat@cruzio.com
Subject: Re: Stewart & Cash
Eddie Armstrong wrote:
> Johnny Cash was my earliest 'great' songwriter and I wonder what
> influence he had on John.
> It would be very interesting to know how this duet came about and the
> circumstances surrounding this recording.>>
Wasn't there something in "The Finger" about Stewart and Cash meeting at
Rosanne's wedding and agreeing to sing together on "Airdream Believer"?
Catherine
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: paul rybolt <paulkris@erinet.com>
Subject: rt 66 and the tunes
I've just returned from 11 days on the road and found 182 messages in my
box. All of them worth reading and learning from. I was in Santa Fe a
few days ago and may have suffered an epiphany. Photography allows me to
travel quite a bit and many places that I go I can hear music. This week
I came to realize that music isn't only in a club or a theatre. I've
heard buskers in London and rappers in NYC and blues guys in the streets
in Chicago and I've always hurried on by and not caught their eye. In
Santa Fe there was music everywhere. I heard a guy from Bolivia playing
the flute and the guitar at the same time. His wife sold cassettes and
Cd's. There was a trio playing Navajo music on flutes and drums. they
didn't have a hat to tithe in.There were people all around the Plaza
listening and not walking away. And for the first time, I listened and
didn't walk away. Support your global musician. I'm sorry I missed all
of the wonderous things that happened while I was deaf. all be well
paul
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: Christopher Newton <cnewton@fyi.net>
Subject: Re: Why are we here?
AND..."If you want that flag to wave, those 18 wheels will roll..."...
"Could it be we're all just Willards in disguise?"...."Soldiers in glass,
standin' by the trash, Willard's colored bottles in a line..."..."The back
of my hands started looking like a man's, way back when I was only
ten..."..." etc., etc....Somehow these lines have MUCH more pith than
"wheels along the boulevard"....
Kit Newton
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: "L. Kent Martin" <martink@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Stewart & Cash
>
>Wasn't there something in "The Finger" about Stewart and Cash meeting at
>Rosanne's wedding and agreeing to sing together on "Airdream Believer"?
> Catherine
Sounds very familiar, Catherine. Think you're right ... have to rifle
through "The Finger" archives on Wondrdog's website.
But thanks for reminding us about "The Finger" ... Dave told us the next ish
is due in June, right?
Hey, can't wait!
(translated: It IS still due in June, right? Please, Mister ... )
Missouri Bird,
Kent
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Date: Fri, 30 May 1997
From: "L. Kent Martin" <martink@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Why are we here?
Hey, this is fun ... see how well our memories operate without consulting
the lyric sheets ...
"Cody starts to yell and he waves his marble hand to follow me ..."
" ... and the people cheered ... hell, I even saw a grown man break right
down and cry ... "
" But the TV is on and they know something's wrong, someone must tell 'em
to keep pushing on ... "
and yes, of course, "Everybody needs a Carole King tune, everybody needs a
little more room ... "
Oh me oh my, how long can this go on? Quite awhile, I think ...
Missouri Bird,
Kent
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Date: Sat, 31 May 1997
From: PFARNAM@aol.com
Subject: Re: Queen Of Hollywood High
I'll second del - it has always been one of my very favorite songs - best
played full blast on the car stereo, cruisin' down the street with the
windows down. HEAVENLY!!
Patrick
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Date: Sat, 31 May 1997
From: wojnicki <wojnicki@magiccarpet.com>
Subject: vince martin
Hello Bloodlines?
This is Bonecrusher.
I well remember vince martin, he would perform at the cafe au go go in the
village in the late sixties and would often open for Ian and Sylvia
i have lost contact with his music and would like to find out more about
him i believe he was originally from Fla. if anyone has some news i would
appreciate it. if the jasmine don't get ya' you know the bay breeze will,
love that bay breeze!
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Date: Sat, 31 May 1997
From: Angelbravo@aol.com
Subject: Fwd: Re: Why are we here?/John in Maine
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Dear bloodlines@world.std.com,
Gig tapes are fine as long as there is no profit made.
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Catherine,
I would'nt worry too much about sending concert bootlegs, as long as it's not
done for profit. John stated here, about a week ago, that he was not
concerned about live recordings being bootleged. He is concerned, however,
about booting of studio outtakes. I believe he equated it with finding
someone's personal letters in the trash, and then re-printing them on the
internet for all to see. Correct me if I'm wrong on this John.
Keep it flyin' ,
Mott
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Date: Sat, 31 May 1997
From: Angelbravo@aol.com
Subject: Fwd: What it meant to me.
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Dear bloodlines@world.std.com,
Thanks, thinking of recording it for the Teresa Cd.
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From: geddes@mcb.net (R.Geddes)
To: Angelbravo@aol.com
John, i hope you do not mind me mailing you direct and referring in part
to a song which I know is unauthorised material, but I have been really
moved by the initial mail on Bloodlines by Robert "Wingless Angel who
Survived" and wanted to let you know why "Under Heavy Fire" meant so
much to me...it is and was so much more than a song to play when "jerked
off".
I worked for eighteen years with children and young people who were
suffering all kinds of emotional problems, an awful lot of them having
stories like Robert, and that is why his mail really got to me.
After a while, with very little support from our "superiors" ( it got a
lot better later, but not at the begining) we began to find ourselves
very much out on a limb, on our own! People in authority did not want to
know, they tried to sweep it under the carpet. Eventually, it takes its
toll and I for one found myself pulled between my work in helping
families, young people, schools and what I was being asked to ignore or
"White - wash".
Two of your songs used to literally keep me going..one was "Ticket to
the Stars" and the other" Under Heavy Fire" and believe me when I say, I
have played "Under Heavy Fire " in my car after Case Meetings with tears
streaming down my face because I felt so helpless and knew that I could
only stand with these kids and their families and perhaps that wasn't
enough!
This is something I have wanted to tell you for years.
Well, as I said, hope you do not mind me bringing this up, but I wanted
to thank you personally for all your music has meant to me over 37years
and for keeping me going at a very dark time in my life.
Rod.
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