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tpryan
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response 175 of 228:
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Aug 7 22:04 UTC 2000 |
Sight don't look good under lynx.
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anderyn
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response 176 of 228:
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Aug 7 23:46 UTC 2000 |
Want to do Solas! Want to go! Arm-twist! Arm twist!
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krj
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response 177 of 228:
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Aug 8 19:24 UTC 2000 |
Two hours of driving for a one hour Solas concert? Besides, weren't
they just at Frog Island?
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anderyn
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response 178 of 228:
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Aug 9 14:58 UTC 2000 |
There's two on Sunday, yes there are. (Solas concerts, that is.)
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krj
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response 179 of 228:
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Aug 9 17:18 UTC 2000 |
Heh, I figured you'd pick up on both Solas sets.
Between the two Solas sets, the stuff that appeals to me the most would be
the Swedish-American fiddlers at 2:30 and the Harmonia Eastern Europeans
at 3:30. Or we could just wander aimlessly among the five stages for
a few hours. Decisions, decisions.
You'll have to let me know how much wandering you are up for.
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krj
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response 180 of 228:
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Aug 12 03:15 UTC 2000 |
I made it to some of the Friday night events at the National
Folk Festival. Henry Butler's New Orleans jazz/blues piano was
very nice; I did not know that he holds a Master's degree from
Michigan State! I was sort of cranky during the Beausoleil set:
it may just have been that I was geting tired of either standing or
sitting on the ground when everyone else at the
Valley Court Stage had lawn chairs. So about halfway through
the Beausoleil set I wandered over to the "Masters of the Steel
String Guitar" concert and that put me in a much better mood.
I especially liked Eddie Pennington's thumbpicking style.
A bluegrass band who I'm fond of, Appalachian Trail, is also here
for the weekend. Their singer, Linda Barker Lay, sang a few songs
with the guitarists.
So I may drive up again both Saturday and Sunday, if I feel
sufficiently motivated.
News Item from the Elderly Instruments tent: British singer Kate Rusby
is on the Ten Pound Fiddle schedule for mid-November.
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eeyore
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response 181 of 228:
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Aug 18 05:24 UTC 2000 |
We saw Solas at Frog Island, and are hoping to get tickets for their show at
the Ark in October....but I don't know when the tix go on sale. But I
*REFUSE* to miss that show.
I also have 8th row tix for Great Big Sea in October, and I was hoping to make
the Dar concert, but alas, I'm going to be leaving *that night* for Maine.
(My parents won't wait until after the show. :(
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anderyn
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response 182 of 228:
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Aug 18 17:20 UTC 2000 |
Usually about a month before the concert. (Twila is definitely going to the
ARk to see Solas.)
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micklpkl
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response 183 of 228:
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Aug 21 02:51 UTC 2000 |
Found a notice that Dougie MacLean had made available five live songs from
a concert on Friday 18 August at this URL:
http://www.albamp3.com/dougieconcert.html
In order to get a username/password, a 4.00 UKP fee is required, allegedly
obtainable from Dunkeld Media's new online store. Alas, I paid for two such
downloads ('cuase I figured Twila'd need 'em, too) but haven't received any
sort of user name yet. Though I did get an e-mail confirmation this time,
which is more than I received from my last order.
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eeyore
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response 184 of 228:
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Aug 24 19:06 UTC 2000 |
Okey....before I try to post a review, is there anybody here who is actually
a Dar fan? If there isn't there's no point in me trying to do a review, since
I don't know that I can do anything but compare it to other stuff of hers.
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anderyn
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response 185 of 228:
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Aug 24 19:43 UTC 2000 |
I am a Dar fan.
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micklpkl
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response 186 of 228:
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Aug 24 21:27 UTC 2000 |
Oh, yes ... please do! I like Dar, too.
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other
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response 187 of 228:
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Aug 27 02:25 UTC 2000 |
nice dar williams article in today's NYTimes.
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eeyore
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response 188 of 228:
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Aug 27 03:12 UTC 2000 |
What did it say? (For those of us who don't read the NYTimes)
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mcnally
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response 189 of 228:
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Aug 27 03:30 UTC 2000 |
You can read the New York Times on-line if you want..
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krj
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response 190 of 228:
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Aug 27 23:33 UTC 2000 |
Only the current day's articles, unless you pay money, alas.
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anderyn
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response 191 of 228:
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Aug 28 00:34 UTC 2000 |
Not always. Depends on where it's at. Sometimes you can read old
stuff.
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mcnally
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response 192 of 228:
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Oct 10 23:39 UTC 2000 |
I've got a question for all of you Fairport Fanatics..
On "Little Honda", an EP of covers from a couple of years back,
Yo La Tengo do a very pleasant cover of a song called "By the
Time It Gets Dark"
I've never heard the original and it's just credited to "(Denny)"
Would that be Sandy Denny? Yo La Tengo have covered Richard
Thompson tunes in the past so I presume they're probably familiar
with Sandy Denny and her work, but it could just as likely be someone
from an obscure band I've never heard of -- they love to do covers
of their favorite obscure songs.
If it is a Sandy Denny song, what's the original like? Can anyone
who's heard both compare them?
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krj
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response 193 of 228:
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Oct 12 05:18 UTC 2000 |
I don't remember the song, but the Google search reveals that Sandy
Denny's recording is a demo which only appeared on the now-out-of-print
3-cd set "Who Knows Where The Time Goes?" And right now I don't know
where my copy of this is.
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mcnally
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response 194 of 228:
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Oct 12 21:49 UTC 2000 |
That would make it exactly the sort of thing that YLT particularly enjoy
covering -- an obscurity from a performer with a cult following..
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krj
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response 195 of 228:
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Oct 18 21:12 UTC 2000 |
This is for Happyboy. The Horseflies have a new album out, a live
recording from a festival called "In The Dance Tent." No idea who would
be carrying it locally; I saw it listed on Elderly's web page.
I'll pick up my copy next time I'm out that way.
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micklpkl
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response 196 of 228:
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Oct 18 21:28 UTC 2000 |
I like The Horseflies, too. I picked up "human fly" and the sndtrack to "Where
the Rivers Flow North" last year, replacing the old cassettes. I'll keep my
eyes peeled for this new, live, disc.
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mcnally
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response 197 of 228:
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Oct 19 00:31 UTC 2000 |
Came across a new "Walkabouts" album on some obscure import label;
it's apparently an album of cover songs. Any idea about its quality,
Ken, or have you stopped following the Walkabouts?
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krj
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response 198 of 228:
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Oct 19 01:14 UTC 2000 |
"Satisfied Mind" was a Walkabouts cover album from the early to mid-90s;
is there another one? In general I have abandoned them; little they
have recorded since 1991 -- I've heard most of it -- has been worthwhile.
Their songwriting brilliance just burned out too fast.
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mcnally
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response 199 of 228:
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Oct 19 02:24 UTC 2000 |
Yes, from what I can recall.. I checked www.allmusic.com and the track
list from "Satisfied Mind" wasn't the one I remember from the music store
last night. According to AMG they had an earlier recording released this
year on Glitterhouse, and that was the label name I remember. I suspect
this one probably postdates that by a bit.
According to AMG they're really big in Germany, but then so (supposedly)
is David Hasselhoff..
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