Bloodlines Mailing List archives June 12-13, 1997
from the John Stewart email list
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bloodlines-digest Friday, June 13 1997 Volume 01 : Number 015
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: PBronson1@aol.com
Subject: Re: Music Exchange
Let's try that again.
Thanks for mentioning Kate Wolf. I remember when she was going to play at
McCabe's about 10 years ago. For some reason, I delayed getting tickets and
figured, "well, we'll just see her the next time." Kate scarcely performed
thereafter, and soon died of leukemia. The lesson is, of course, obvious,
but I have been a lot more conscious of the need to seize the moment and live
in the present since this experience.
Many of Kate's unreleased songs are coming out on CD now, under the direct
supervision of her family, and the recording quality varies from good to good
enough. She was a great writer and had a wonderful, calming, unique voice.
If you don't know her work, try "Gold in California" or just about anything
else.
Peter
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: PBronson1@aol.com
Subject: Re: Music Exchange
I don't know how I left Greg Brown off my list. Any Bloodliner who hasn't
checked him out is missing a great artist. My wife and I saw him perform at
a small neighborhood church in Pasadena a couple of years ago -- solo
acoustic -- the performance and the setting were extraordinary.
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: PBronson1@aol.com
Subject: Re: worst songs
I think it would be difficult to come up with anything more horrifying than
"Trying To Get the Feeling Again" by Barry Manilow. I understand that FBI
agents threaten to play this song during interrogations in order to induce
confessions.
(By the way, I have heard rumors that Barry Manilow is breaking up. Anyone
know?)
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: "David J. Detmer" <detmer@calumet.purdue.edu>
Subject: "Turn, Turn, Turn"
"Turn, Turn, Turn" was written by Pete Seeger, not Bob Dylan. Moreover,
there would be no grounds for a plagiarism suit, since on recordings and
sheet music there was always a notation to the effect that the song was
adapted from the Book of Ecclesiastes. Seeger's contribution was to write
the melody for this song, and to adjust the words slightly to fit the music.
I was pleased to see that several of you remember David Ackles. He recorded
four albums (David Ackles--aka The Road to Cairo, Subway to the Country,
American Gothic, and D.T. Ackles Five and Dime). The first three are
excellent, but the last one is not, and I have no idea what he has been
doing since it came out, which was over twenty years ago. I do not even know
whether or not he is still alive. I would like to join the other bloodliners
who have inquired into his recent whereabouts and activities. Does anyone
know?
Thanks,
David Detmer
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: PBronson1@aol.com
Subject: Re: back to business
You mention enjoying AngelBravo's votes. I never saw his votes--did a
posting fall through a hole in AOL somewhere? If anyone has a copy, could
you forward it?
Thanks--peter
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: PBronson1@aol.com
Subject: Re: favorites
Short term memory is taking a beating.
I left one of my favorite artists off my list: Elliott Murphy. Most
releases European only, but a new album is out (Selling the Gold) and a
couple of retrospectives. A very different sound from JS but visionary and
literate.
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: "George Brother" <gbrother@ibm.net>
Subject: Re: Music Exchange
...and Peter Gabriel. I saw John at the Great America Music Hall in San
Francisco about ten years ago. He introduced Peter Gabriel's song Solsbury
Hill saying something to the effect that if you thought no one was writing
folk songs anymore, you should listen to Peter Gabriel. He then performed a
great version of Solsbury Hill.
George
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: Steve <Loboaw@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: "Turn, Turn, Turn"
David J. Detmer wrote:
>
> "Turn, Turn, Turn" was written by Pete Seeger, not Bob Dylan. Moreover,
> there would be no grounds for a plagiarism suit, since on recordings and
> sheet music there was always a notation to the effect that the song was
> adapted from the Book of Ecclesiastes. Seeger's contribution was to write
> the melody for this song, and to adjust the words slightly to fit the music.
>
Best news I've had: one LESS reason to credit Dylan! <VG>
- -Lobo (AW)
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: "R.Geddes" <geddes@mcb.net>
Subject: Re: Worst Ever
Paul Jenkins <dr_pjenkins@telis.org> writes
>
>>>"MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris
>>>
>>> Oh, ack, there, I said it! Now I have to go bathe...
>>>
>>>Lobo (AW)
>>>
>>NO WAY!! great memories of that one!!(can't go into details!!)
>>
>>Rod
>
>Sorry, but I disagree with you. As a reminder, this is the song with lyrics:
>
>"And I don't think I can make it
>Cause it took so long to bake it
>and I'll never find that receipe again"
>
>Really!
>
>Paul
BUT: I will drink the cup while it is warm,
And you'll never catch me looking at the sun.
And after all the loves in my life,
After all the loves in my life,
You'll still be the one.
I never thought I would be defending McArthur Park!! But , this comes
from someone who has vigourously defended JS too!! I actually left Jimmy
Webb off my list off favourites, how could I.
SHEESH..(copyright Nancy!!)
Rod
- --
R.Geddes
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: DMotley@aol.com
Subject: Re: Steve Gillette, et al
Gordon,
Thank's for refreshing my memory about Steve Gillette. How could I have
forgotten" Darcy Farrow", one of my alltime faves ("Oh, they sing of Darcy
Farrow where the Truckee runs through, and they sing of Darcy Farrow in
Virginia City too....."). I always liked J. Denver's version of it. I
also have it on an album by The Sunshine Company. "Back On The Street
Again" is also on that same album! BTW, I was also at the John Denver
concert at Chapman; what a small world!
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: Lee Bittner <cambria@telis.org>
Subject: Music Exchange
Music that has played in my home over the last couple weeks:
John Stewart (of course, Blondes and Bandera recently)
Bruce Cockburn (just saw him last week, great show. "Charity of Night"
tour with a bass player and drummer. Bruce can play guitar as well as he
can pen lyrics.)
Kate Wolf
Tim Buckley
Toni Childs
Shawn Colvin
Dick's Picks Vol. 7 (Dead)
Jerry Joseph/Little Women (board tapes)
Rosanne Cash
Clannad
On an entirely different subject:
Have any Bloodliners considered dropping off a copy of "Rough Sketches"
at your local radio station? In my case it was at KOTR-FM here in the
San Luis Obispo,Ca. area. Then call them up with your requests.
Influence destiny, fiddle with fate.
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: "Nicholas E. D'Amato" <damato.4@osu.edu>
Subject: Re: Worst Ever
>"And I don't think I can make it
>Cause it took so long to bake it
>and I'll never find that receipe again"
>
>Really!
>
>Paul
That song actually has a lot of double and triple meanings about the evolution
of American Society and lost love and a bunch of other stuff.
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: "Nicholas E. D'Amato" <damato.4@osu.edu>
Subject: Re: "Turn, Turn, Turn"
>"Turn, Turn, Turn" was written by Pete Seeger, not Bob Dylan. Moreover,
>there would be no grounds for a plagiarism suit, since on recordings and
>sheet music there was always a notation to the effect that the song was
>adapted from the Book of Ecclesiastes. Seeger's contribution was to write
>the melody for this song, and to adjust the words slightly to fit the music.
I don't think you can sue for plagiarism unless someone still has the
copyrights to the work. 50 years after the writer's death, technically the
work is public domain.
(Correct me if I'm wrong)
NED
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: ALLMuse <sprest02@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: Worst Ever/Music Exchange etc
Hi friends
Just for the record, I love all kinds of music...from Frank Sinatra, to
the Beach Boys, to the Kingston Trio, to Frank Zappa. Eclectic enough?
It just so happens that I really love the music of John Stewart and
other folk types (for lack of a better word) such as Tom Rush (his
version of the Circle Game to this day brings tears to my eyes), PPM, K>
Trio, Limeliters, Journeymen, Mitchell Trio, et.al.
BTW...does anyone on this list have a copy of the video on the Chad
Mitchell Trio reunion concert from PBS a few years back? My PBS
affiliate never ran it...Ive never seen it...and I'm desperate to see
what Ive been hearing on those two great cds Folk Era put out. PLEASE
HELP ME someone...
And please Angelbravo...a date or two in the southeast for us
unfortunate enough not to live in your traditional playing areas!
Steve
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997
From: Eddie Armstrong <Eddie@eddiea.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Bob Dylan - Bringing it all back home
> But...different strokes for different folks.
>-Lobo (AW)
Well you finally said something sensible on the Dylan topic.
You're right from your side and I'm right from mine :-)
- --
Eddie
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: alleycat@cruzio.com
Subject: Re:Worst Ever
> >"MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris
>Lobo (AW)
> >
> NO WAY!! great memories of that one!!(can't go into details!!)
> I will drink the cup while it is warm,
> And you'll never catch me looking at the sun.
> And after all the loves in my life,
> After all the loves in my life,
> You'll still be the one.
>
> Rod
> That song actually has a lot of double and triple meanings about the evolution
> of American Society and lost love and a bunch of other stuff.
>
> "Nicholas E. D'Amato
I don't know about double and triple meanings but I'm with Rod, I also
have great memories from this song. Richard Harris is brilliant.....he
could read the phone book and I'd listen. (Come to think of it, I could
listen to almost any Irishman read the phone book). No offense meant,
Lobo, we just disagree. Cath
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: Edraley@aol.com
Subject: Re: favorites
Yikes ..
Ewan McCall .....
also does anyone know where I can get the Hart Rouge recordings...oddly
enough recorded in Canada ....Only one has been released in the states.
Libby
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: griffter1@webtv.net (Dick Griffith)
Subject: Re: Music Exchange
For anyone who's interested in early rock n' roll (or who was there at
the time, like me), there's a phenomenal LP (yes...I said LP) out there
by one of the seminal figures of rock, Buddy Holly.
It's a reissue on MCA's Heavy Vinyl series of the 1958 album "Buddy
Holly". What a blast...Peggy Sue, Listen to Me, Ready Teddy, Everday,
Rave On, Words of Love, and an amazing Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues.
Whhooooeeee--we're really having fun now! All in glorious mono, of
course.
I understand the Heavy Vinyl series has been cancelled but there should
still be records out there (DrVinyl?)
Speaking of early rock n' roll, does anyone know how I can get a copy of
"Rockin' Anna" by Johnny Stewart & The Furies?
Dick
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: ddunet@concentric.net (Michelle Stevens)
Subject: Re: worst songs
>In all the years since, no song has come closer..though a certain
>production nightmare with brass section on an otherwise brilliant album
>called "Signals in the Glass" came a bit close.
My 12 year old daughter thinks that the STTG version of "July" is the best
she's ever heard. (And she's heard quite a few) She LOVES the trumpets.
Michelle Stevens,
Your friendly webmistess and Bloodlines mailing list manager
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"An angel on the road shoulder knows the way home"
- --JS
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: alleycat@cruzio.com
Subject: Re: best and worst (Music Exchange) & TJ is my guy
> ClackClack@aol.com wrote:
> And a couple hundred messages back someone mentioned Tony Joe White...>
> >> This is the guy after
> > all who wrote the classic "Rainy Night In Georgia" >>>
> > But on my favorite artists of all time, TJ is up there.......
> > That killer song "Steamy Windows" is Tony Joe....
> > Ron
Sounds interesting my friend, I'll try to find some TJ.....Catherine
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: "Nick D'Amato" <damato.4@osu.edu>
Subject: Re: Worst Ever/Music Exchange etc
>It just so happens that I really love the music of John Stewart and
>other folk types (for lack of a better word) such as Tom Rush (his
>version of the Circle Game to this day brings tears to my eyes), PPM, K
>Trio, Limeliters, Journeymen, Mitchell Trio, et.al.
>
I was fortunate enough to meet Tom Rush here in Columbus where he played to
a very small crowd. He was one of the nicest, gentlest people I've ever met.
His stuff is harder to find than John's
I also met John briefly at Kent State, also one of the nicest guys I've ever
met, (as my girlfriend said, he had these "calm eyes...") but his fans were
buzzing like bees and I didn't get to talk long.
NED.
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: "Nick D'Amato" <damato.4@osu.edu>
Subject: Re:Worst Ever
>
>I don't know about double and triple meanings but I'm with Rod, I also
>have great memories from this song. Richard Harris is brilliant.....he
>could read the phone book and I'd listen. (Come to think of it, I could
>listen to almost any Irishman read the phone book). No offense meant,
>Lobo, we just disagree. Cath
>
>
Well, "MacArthur Park" has several meanings in the song. One of which
is the change in American attitudes towards war. from the gung-ho, buy
bonds, the general will return, to the 1960s and protests, hence, "melting
in the dark" which could be interpreted several ways as well.
(That's what I've heard anyways, you can interpret it any way you want :-)
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: Susan1136@aol.com
Subject: more best of...
I know Steve Forbert has already been mentioned, but how about....
Jerry Jeff Walker
Fred Neil
Danny O'Keefe
....and maybe Garland Jeffries.....
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 97
From: Battery Express! <battery@teleport.com>
Subject: Re: Music Exchange
List two:
Carolyn Hester and Odetta were mentioned. How could I forget! Both are
recording again
Van Morrison (especially late 80's to 90's)
Shawn Phillips
Pete Seeger (sounding better than ever)
Laura Nyro (still in shock about her recent death)
James Taylor
Tom Petty
Joni Mtchell
Carly Simon
Dougie McClean
Anne Hills (recently discovered, just came to Portland OR for the first
time)
Connie Dover (also a recent discovery)
Clannad
The Samples
Bonnie Rait
Tina Turner
Icehouse
Bruce Hornsby
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: "Ronald A. Fleshman" <insman@citynet.net>
Subject: Re: Worst Ever
Paul Jenkins wrote:
> Sorry, but I disagree with you. As a reminder, this is the song with
> lyrics:
>
> "And I don't think I can make it
> Cause it took so long to bake it
> and I'll never find that receipe again"
>
> Really!
>
> Paul
Paul:
I don't know whether you were kidding or not, but the bridge of
that song is fantastic. "And after all the loves of my life...." etc.
Jimmy Webb is part of my list of great songwriters who include JS, Randy
Newman, etc. Maybe it was Richard Harris or Donna Summer's versions.
Maybe everyone oughta try Waylon's version.
Ron
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: ddunet@concentric.net (Michelle Stevens)
Subject: Memory Jump Start
Cath wrote:
"we just disagree."
That reminds me. Did anyone ever like Dave Mason? I did.
Michelle Stevens,
Your friendly webmistess and Bloodlines mailing list manager
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"An angel on the road shoulder knows the way home"
- --JS
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: KShep87309@aol.com
Subject: Re: Why are we here?
Just got back from a seven-day trip out of town and I see many lyrics being
quoted. How 'bout "C'mon down, Miranda, your window's open wide - Take a
chance on a midnight dance so I can see it in your eyes.... " and "you know
your time has come, Beauty queens come on so clean, but you're missin' all
the fun - yeah, you're missin' all the fun.." PLUS - "I often get the
feelin' that I'm talking to the wind and no one hears, no one listens in -
then I start singing songs and the music makes the whole world feel like home
- - sing a song and you're not alone.....Oh, I'm believing, believing,
believing that even when I'm gone, maybe some lonesome picker will find some
healing in this song..." shared by KShep87309 due to J.Stewart's
song-writing and lyricism!
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: Terry Tillman <TTillman@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: favorites
I just remembered another favorite, Tim Hardin.
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997
From: paul rybolt <paulkris@erinet.com>
Subject: Re: best and worst (Music Exchange) & TJ is my guy
I appreciate the info on TJ. He was on my list of favorites. the best
intro to his work is on a Warner Brothers Archives series disc called
The Best of Tony Joe White. It has 20 cuts from 4 albums and
includes Rainy Night/The Train I'm on and If I ever Saw a good Thing. all
favorites. The disc is #9-45305-2
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 97
From: "Barbara Kalben" <BKalben@msn.com>
Subject: RE: Bob Dylan -he deserves a subject to himself ;-)
There's been so many messages, I didn't think I could get a word in! :)
Anyway, on the subject of Bob Dylan and influences, I heard that Bob Dylan
said that if there had not have been a Bob Shane, there wouldn't have been a
Bob Dylan (brings it all back to KT and JS, doesn't it?)
Bobbie
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997
From: Fred Grittner <fgrittner@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Music Exchange
>> >> Met John Gorka in the grocery store last week. Nice guy.
>> > Fred Gittner
>
>> >Wow.........what grocery store??? Catherine
>>
>> You Bet WOW! Give me all the details! Liza
>
>Hey.......you and me Liza.....we'll find that store. Hell, I need
>groceries.....bet you do too.
>
John and I met on the East side of St. Paul, Minnesota, at Byerly's
grocery store. John lives in Afton, MN, which is near the MN-Wisconsin
border. My entertainment lawyer (I am a singer-songwriter) told me about
the Afton connection. I got out of my car and saw this guy and it flashed:
that's john gorka. So I checked him out by the cash machine and then went up
to him at the checkout line and asked if he was JG. He said yes, i said
some stuff about his music, then we went out to the parking lot where I
shamelessly went to my car trunk, got copies of my 2 Cds, and gifted him.
Just small talk, but he was very low-key and very nice.
End of Gorka saga.
fred
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 0
From: "R.Geddes" <geddes@mcb.net>
Subject: Re: Worst Ever
"Ronald A. Fleshman" <insman@citynet.net> writes
>>
>> Sorry, but I disagree with you. As a reminder, this is the song with
>> lyrics:
>>
>> "And I don't think I can make it
>> Cause it took so long to bake it
>> and I'll never find that receipe again"
>>
>> Really!
>>
>> Paul
>
> Paul:
>
> I don't know whether you were kidding or not, but the bridge of
>that song is fantastic. "And after all the loves of my life...." etc.
>Jimmy Webb is part of my list of great songwriters who include JS, Randy
>Newman, etc. Maybe it was Richard Harris or Donna Summer's versions.
>Maybe everyone oughta try Waylon's version.
>
>Ron
>
>
Yeah, totally agree, but then, I would. Never heard Waylon's version.
I also know someone who could "listen to Richard Harris reading a phone
book", so there are at least two of you, Cath!!(Come to think of it, I
think she's got an album of poetry by him, yeah and one gets hammered a
lot. "There are too many Saviours on my cross.")
Rod.
- --
R.Geddes
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997
From: Christopher Newton <cnewton@fyi.net>
Subject: RE: Bob Dylan -he deserves a subject to himself ;-)
At 05:14 AM 6/13/97 UT, you wrote:
>
>Anyway, on the subject of Bob Dylan and influences, I heard that Bob Dylan
>said that if there had not have been a Bob Shane, there wouldn't have been a
>Bob Dylan (brings it all back to KT and JS, doesn't it?)
>
>Bobbie
Bob Shane is Bob Dylans father? Gotta get this news to The National Enquirer!
Kit Newton
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997
From: Eddie Armstrong <Eddie@eddiea.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Early Influences
>
>There's been so many messages, I didn't think I could get a word in! :)
>
>Anyway, on the subject of Bob Dylan and influences, I heard that Bob Dylan
>said that if there had not have been a Bob Shane, there wouldn't have been a
>Bob Dylan (brings it all back to KT and JS, doesn't it?)
>
>Bobbie
Bob Dylan said he started his folk interest started with Odetta, in the
late 50s he also listened to Kingston trio, Harry Belafonte, early blues
and country and Elvis.
How about John what were his listening tastes/influences way back
when...?
- --
Eddie
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997
From: Nancy Talbott <cockatoo@bslnet.com>
Subject: MONSOON'S
Just thought everyone might like to know that I just got home from JS
concert at Monsoon's in Flagstaff...it's 2 am and I'm bushed...(Flag is 2
hours from me and it's a long drive!)
Met Earle, and "Rickster"....and a couple of other new friends....
John was superb as usual...JUST him...no Dave, no Buffy...very small
crowd...closely resembled a "house concert"...good for us....bad for him :(((((
Earle kept a set list....he'll probably get it posted in a day or too...
By the time I recover from this, it'll be Sunday and another 2 hour drive to
Scottsdale to see John again! But hey, how many times does one get a chance
to see him THREE times on ONE month!!! (Williams, AZ on June 27, too!)
I'll try and be more coherant later and post more details.....
Nanc <---------- goin to crash <yawn>
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997
From: "L. Kent Martin" <martink@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Memory Jump Start
>Cath wrote:
>"we just disagree."
>
>That reminds me. Did anyone ever like Dave Mason? I did.
>
Yes, especially that song. Not everything he did clicked with me but he's a
mighty fine writer, yes indeed.
Missouri Bird,
Kent
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997
From: Merle Stringfield <t_mstrin@qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: Memory Jump Start
Hi Michelle,
Yes...he is terrific!! The album "Alone Together" is one of the best albums
ever!!!! "Shouldn't have took more than you gave/or we wouldn't be in this
mess today"
Merle
>Cath wrote:
>"we just disagree."
>
>That reminds me. Did anyone ever like Dave Mason? I did.
>
>Michelle Stevens,
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997
From: Merle Stringfield <t_mstrin@qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: Music Exchange
At 01:21 PM 6/12/97, you wrote:
>...and Peter Gabriel. I saw John at the Great America Music Hall in San
>Francisco about ten years ago. He introduced Peter Gabriel's song Solsbury
>Hill saying something to the effect that if you thought no one was writing
>folk songs anymore, you should listen to Peter Gabriel. He then performed a
>great version of Solsbury Hill.
>
>George
Hi George,
When the "Trio Years" tape was released, John and Nick played in Santa
Monica, Calif at a venue called "At My Place"....the song they opened with
was Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" It was excellent!!!
Merle
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 97
From: Mike Mooney <M.J.Mooney@Bradford.ac.uk>
Subject: Dave Mason
Merle,
At 06:36 AM 13/06/97, you wrote:
>
>Yes...he is terrific!! The album "Alone Together" is one of the best albums
>ever!!!! "Shouldn't have took more than you gave/or we wouldn't be in this
>mess today"
>
This is off-list to avoid clogging up bloodlines with TOO much non-Stewart
stuff, but...do you happen to know if 'Alone Together' has ever been
released on CD?
I have an ageing vinyl copy and would dearly love to upgrade, and I've never
seen a CD version of it over on this side of the pond.
BTW, is it just me, or do you think Dave Mason sounded remarkably similar to
Stephen Stills at times?
Mike
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997
From: Merle Stringfield <t_mstrin@qualcomm.com>
Subject: Mutual Friends
Dear Bloodlines,
Al Cook, a good friend and Stewart fanatic living in Augusta Maine, does
not have access to a PC yet. I have been snail-mailing him a packet of "The
Best of Bloodlines" once a week for about 6 weeks, and thus has become a
"Bloodliner" thru the US mail. The following is an open letter from Al to
John, as well as an introduction. I've typed it verbatim...enjoy!!
Dear Angel Bravo,
First off if Robert of My Personal Journey is still in need of LP 'Fire in
the Wind', I would be more than glad to send one to him free of charge as I
have multiples. Some one provide me with an address, and it is out of here.
Upon completion of this dispatch am sending off yet another plea to
Polygram for CD release of FIRE IN THE WIND.(for the benefit of all others
who may write as well: POLYGRAM RECORDS INC, Worldwide Plaza, 825 8th Ave,
New York, NY 10019, (212) 333-8000) Like many others, my appreciation of
your music dates back to the KT. While enjoying the original line up
immensely, I found a new appreciation of the group, I liken it to taking
the sounds from the Islands to the American main land. I believe it was
Winston Churchill who once said about the closed Cold War Soviet Union, "It
is an enigma wrapped in a riddle." In my opinion, that observation applys
to the lack of mass acceptance of the profound body of work you have so
eloquently provided the faithful all these many years.Many an artist would
have abandoned ship long ago. Obviously you could have pursued another
career your intelligence and perserverance are proof of that, yet you kept
keeping on an obvious commitment to your art, for which we are the more
enriched. Another aspect of your art which I barely hear mentioned even
amoung the faithful is your great guitar artistry just the greatest runs
and chords anywhere.The great albums rolled quietly amoung the media events
of releases by The Rolling Stones & Bob Dylan each one having a special
significance to me. While SIGNALS was perhaps over produced, still it
provided a great bridge album between the last Stewart KT album and the
then and now Classic CA BLOODLINES followed by WILLARD, which I have always
considered CA BLOODLINES Vol. 2 even if it was an LA album.I always and
still consider it as profound as Bloodlines. I vividly recall a late summer
early Am drive down the interstate in Maine and a far away (NY maybe?)
radio broadcast of Capitols 45 of ARMSTRONG completely unannounced, but I
knew instantly WHO was performing this and recall pulling over into the
breaklane and working the radio dial to keep it from fading in & out as far
away AM did in those days. I also recall after work that day dropping by
several record stores in an attempt to purchase it to no avail, finnally
securing it months later and never hearing it again on radio broadcast. I
have carried on way too long for someone who is not actually on the NET and
will close in saying that the week my oldest daughter was born was the same
week Warner Bros, released SUNSTORM. I quickly bought 2 copies...one for me
and one for my daughter. We both still have our respective copies and so
many more. In closing, thank you John for the unequaled musical portrait of
this America you have so brilliantly presented us over the years.
Sincerely, Al Cook, on the banks of the Kennebec in Maine.
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 97
From: Mike Mooney <M.J.Mooney@Bradford.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Dave Mason
At 03:02 PM 13/06/97 GMT, I wrote:
(the stuff below), but of course I did it again - it wasn't off-list, so I
AM clogging up Bloodlines. I wish 'Reply' worked here like it does with my
other mailing list!
Anyway, you can now ALL tell me if 'Alone Together' is available on CD!
Mike
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997
From: mtnmail@rmii.com (Mountain Mail)
Subject: Re: Music Exchange
ROAD TRIP!!!! I'm out of milk and eggs - I'm going for groceries! :0)
>
>End of Gorka saga.
>
>fred
>
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