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Hey, went to the Grammy Live website link. Looks like the only thing being televised is the red carpet and auction. You may just want to keep snoozing lwj.
Check the schedule and post back with thoughts.I’m interested to see if I’m reading it wrong.
http://www.grammy.com/news/grammy-live-schedule
Yes, TO, I hope you can dish for us!
I just posted a Mellenblog about tonight’s show, mentioned Lu, and linked to her website as well!
http://blogs.heraldtimesonline.com/mb/?p=432
First, no word on where FA will be hosted this year…I dont’ run in those circles to know. The concert site is usually announced in July time period with the concert typically held Sept time period. The past few years they have chosen cities where Farmer’s Markets have a high visiblitly, usually holding events before the show at these markets. Starting with NYC show in 2007, all food served at the concert is 100% organic.
To me, Ghost Towns is about the decay of the small towns,however, with John, he writes between the lines and songs mean more to him than what the listener is able to pick up, IMO.
Here is an interview he did where he talks about GTATH.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_4_37/ai_n19311225/
So the record was written to try to make people feel better about themselves, almost in a postcard form–not trying to be heady with lyrical content. The songs are written on two levels. You take a song like “Ghost Towns Along the Highway,” and the casual listener will think, Oh, this is about the decaying of America. But actually, when I was writing it, I was thinking about the ghost towns that each individual leaves in his or her wake if we’ve been mean or if we’ve been unhappy or if we’ve hurt people. Those skeletons are the ghost towns along the highway.
As far as “My Aeroplane,” no John is not a pilot. I picked up the song is about hope and helping your neighbor. I wanted to signify the hope message in the quilt block by using the airplane image pulling a “Hope” banner.
I unfortunately missed all of the Friday night events. Youtube to the rescue.
HB appear at 10:00 p.m. on my station.
An ACL tease with some HB footage.
http://video.pbs.org/video/1362999237/
lwj, I’ve been a FA volunteer for the past 4 years, this past year very limited. In 2007, the show was held at Randall’s Island in NYC. It was there that I saw Neil and his entourage seated at a long cafeteria type table in catering, the night before the show, directly in front of me, with his cell phone held up in the air and the entire table singing “Happy Birthday.” It was very cool to see! As a volunteer, we are instructed not to approach the artists for photographs or autographs. I sat and watched. That was good enough for me!
I have seen John and Elaine (JM’s wife) at the same show, backstage. I was assigned radio duty for that show and had backstage access. John was being interviewed and Elaine was being photographed and she was working the camera as if she were doing a modeling shoot, which she is. That was pretty cool to see . She’s extremely nice. John, he runs hot and cold. 😆 John use to recognize me from the times I’ve made it to front of stage at his shows or got lucky to get good seats. Not sure he would recognize me now, he is extremely forgetful and it’s been a few years since I was holding onto the stage. This past summer he did see my “got mellencamp” shirt I had on for the Dylan tour and smiled but he was only looking at the shirt, never really looked my way.
I had a meet and greet with JM thru the fanclub, wrote a blog and posted it on my myspace page. Here’s the link:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=32828819&blogId=348332474
lwj…you are a super sleuth, for sure!
YES, I am a BIG JM fan, have been since 1980, after seeing him open for The Kinks.
In 2003, John recorded a cover record of Blues, Americana, and folk songs and focused on the more obscure songs of the artist he covered. Lucinda’s “Lafayette” was one of those songs. Of course, I was intrigued with the artists he covered, his interests, etc. which lead me to Lu, more or less. I had never seen Lucinda perform (she did come thru Cincy in 2003 and played a festival but I couldn’t make it) until she opened for JM, so, yes, that is when I actually started exploring her music. I went to 5 shows on that tour, and I was always in my seat when Lu came out to play! I was mesmerized.
The last time JM played Canada was early Feb 2008 with Tom Cochrane and the Red Riders opening. Tour dates as follows:
February 2008
1 – Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre
2 – Ottawa, Ontario – Scotiabank Place
5 – London, Ontario – John Labatt Centre
6 – Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
8 – Sault Ste Marie, Ontario – Steelback Centre
11 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – MTS Centre
12 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Credit Union Centre
14 – Red Deer, Alberta – ENMAX Centrium Arena
15 – Calgary, Alberta – Pengrowth Saddledome
17 – Kelowna, British Columbia – Prospera Place
18 – Vancouver, British Columbia – PNE Grounds
19 – Victoria, British Columbia – Save On Foods CentreAs far as Farm Aid , I have attended every one since 2003 except the one where Lu played in Seattle! You will have to try to come this year, it will be a 25th anniversary show.
It’s very cool you are a JM fan!
And, yes, that is me writing for “The Mellenblog”
I am just now seeing this post. Thanks, TO, for the Lucinda insight by sharing the personal things you do. It only helps one, at least me, connect to her music even moreso.
It is sad Lu (and you) never had the chance to see her perform, that a life ended so young.
RIP Lhasa de Sela.
