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Grex > Music3 > #106: The Continuation of the Top Of the Park item |  |
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response 24 of 77:
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Jun 26 19:06 UTC 2002 |
Hmm. You didn't come and say hello to me. I'm easy to find at TOP. I'm
the guy who spends the most time on stage without actually making any
music. Plus, I wear a tag around my neck with my name on it.
I'm usually weearing my "Discovery Wings Channel" basebal cap, to keep
the sun out of my eyes, or in yesterday's case, to keep the rain out of
my eyes.
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orinoco
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response 25 of 77:
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Jun 26 19:46 UTC 2002 |
Sure enough, spotted scg just five or ten minutes ago.
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jaklumen
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response 26 of 77:
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Jun 27 05:49 UTC 2002 |
resp:24 Yeah, I've been to TOP but once, and Eric is indeed easy to
find.
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ea
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response 27 of 77:
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Jun 29 00:52 UTC 2002 |
Spotted very very few grexers last night. In fact, the only grexer I
spotted was other.
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scott
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response 28 of 77:
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Jun 29 02:57 UTC 2002 |
Spotted other, who gave me a free ticket to the Nnenna Freelon concert inside.
Thanks, Eric!
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other
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response 29 of 77:
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Jun 29 05:52 UTC 2002 |
Glad to provide. You were the only 'likely candidate' I saw tonight.
The show wasn't selling very well, so they had a few tickets available to
persons deemed likely to enjoy the show but unlikely to have purchased
tickets to it.
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krj
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response 30 of 77:
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Jul 2 16:25 UTC 2002 |
Tonight! 8:15 pm at Top of the Park, the Ann Arbor-based bluegrass/oldtime
band Uncle Earl, an all-woman band with Jo Serrapere and KC Groves on
lead vocals, Tamineh Guarmany on fiddle, and -- if we're lucky --
the same part-time members on banjo and bass who played with the
band in February for that great show at the Ark.
I came back from my Maryland trip a day early so I wouldn't miss
this show.
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carson
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response 31 of 77:
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Jul 2 19:59 UTC 2002 |
(also tonight is the Heidi Snyder Band, which I had the pleasure of seeing
perform two years ago. [coincidentally, that was my last time at TOP.])
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senna
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response 32 of 77:
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Jul 2 22:30 UTC 2002 |
I think I'll head over a bit early.
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ea
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response 33 of 77:
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Jul 3 04:20 UTC 2002 |
Spotted other, krj, senna, buddy, STeve, and glenda at TOP tonight.
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glenda
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response 34 of 77:
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Jul 3 11:38 UTC 2002 |
You forgot aruba and carol. I spotted the same list as above (except for me)
but was planning on meeting up with krj, STeve, and buddy.
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ea
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response 35 of 77:
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Jul 3 14:18 UTC 2002 |
indeed, I forgot to mention aruba and carol. Apologies to Mark and
Carol.
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other
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response 36 of 77:
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Jul 3 18:07 UTC 2002 |
phenix showed up as well
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krj
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response 37 of 77:
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Jul 3 18:38 UTC 2002 |
Thanks to everyone who turned out on my recommendation. Uncle Earl's
set seemed a bit rough to me, with rhythms and tunings being a little
off and tempos a bit slow, though it came together better at the end
of the evening. For their last song before the encore they brought
up someone named Vita (from the Jeff-Vita Band) who had a really good song.
Since Uncle Earl's last Ann Arbor show at the Ark, banjo player
Casey Henry seems to be taking a larger role, including some lead
vocals.
Mary/buddy convinced Steve and I to stay for the movie, THE OTHERS.
It was a very classy haunted-house movie with one wonderful moment
when everyone in the audience jumped.
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scott
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response 38 of 77:
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Jul 4 04:22 UTC 2002 |
Spotted ea, other, senna, and aruba.
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krj
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response 39 of 77:
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Jul 4 07:07 UTC 2002 |
buddy and I showed up after it was too dark for spotting or being spotted.
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krj
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response 40 of 77:
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Jul 4 17:48 UTC 2002 |
(( NP: The Red Elvises "Live" CD, in honor of their appearance at
TOP two years ago today. ))
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krj
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response 41 of 77:
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Jul 6 19:10 UTC 2002 |
I've talked to a couple of people who were under the impression
that they had another week or two to make it to Top of the Park.
Oops! These are the final two days. Saturday night is three
bands I know nothing about: Kevin Meisel Band, Charlie Dentel
and the Motor City Horns, and Roots Vibrations.
Sunday night, George Bedard and the Kingpins get their traditional
closing night spot -- they are a lively rockabilly band, lots
of fun. And the final movie is "O Brother Where Art Thou,"
which the director now jokes is the music video for the
quintuple-platinum CD of the soundtrack.
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jmsaul
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response 42 of 77:
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Jul 6 19:57 UTC 2002 |
That's a great movie.
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arabella
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response 43 of 77:
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Jul 7 00:42 UTC 2002 |
Ken, you've met Charlie Dentel. I've sung with him in choirs.
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gelinas
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response 44 of 77:
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Jul 7 04:05 UTC 2002 |
I might miss George Bedard, but I expect to be at the movie, with my
entourage.
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other
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response 45 of 77:
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Jul 7 07:20 UTC 2002 |
Kevin Meisel wrote and sang probably the only country song I've ever
heard with the word "jurisprudence" in it. Interestingly also, they
covered "Sweet Jane" by Lou Reed.
Charlie Dentel is a singer/songwriter/keyboardist, with great musical
skill and very good entertainment instincts. R&B.
Roots Vibration is a calypso/reggae band. Also excellent entertainers,
and very professional, they are a class above "Nite Flight," who have
been the reggae band at TOP in recent years.
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krj
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response 46 of 77:
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Jul 7 20:03 UTC 2002 |
Catching up briefly: Thursday our dinner with the Polygon family
ran a bit late so we missed almost all the patriotic music.
The women's percussion band Repercussions, and their guest dancers,
were a lot of fun -- seems to me I remember them from previous
years. Grexers & associates spotted, besides the Polygon family,
included jmsaul & Lisa, stacie, and of course eric/other.
Saturday my other social plans were cut abruptly short, so I ended
up at TOP for Charlie Dentel's set. He's got a nice 70's R&B/soul
sound going; Charlie plays piano, and he's got a horn section
behind him. The one cover I recognized was a Stevie Wonder song,
though most of what he plays is originals.
I agree with Eric that Roots Vibration was better than the reggae
band from previous years; I stayed for about half of their set
and might have stayed longer if I'd found anyone besides Eric
who I knew.
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carson
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response 47 of 77:
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Jul 8 04:10 UTC 2002 |
(I have rather not nice things to say about "The Others", but I suppose
I should save them for another item.)
(another year, another missed TOP. maybe I'll make it next year?)
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krj
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response 48 of 77:
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Jul 8 04:29 UTC 2002 |
<krj wonders what not nice things Carson has to say.>
So the season went out in spectacular fashion tonight. George Bedard's
band added keyboard player Whit Hill for the occasion, and the
organ and piano lines were a great addition to the sound.
I resisted buying any of George Bedard's CDs, because I'm not sure
they can be anywhere close to as much fun as the band is live.
O BROTHER was even more enjoyable tonight than the first time
I saw it, because the crowd was really into the film; I previously
saw it in a mostly-empty theater.
Stucci's ran out of French Silk (chocolate) ice cream, and I never
did get that cheese pie I wanted. *sniff* Still, this was one
of the most enjoyable TOP nights I can recall, and I tossed more money
into the Obelisk and the TOP fund-raising hat than I had planned to. :)
Grexers and associates spotted: buddy, russ, aruba, Carol,
gelinas, Cindy, a number of younger Gelinases, senna,
and other.
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