Keith,

Once again I am in your debt and apparently Pascal's too...!! Thank
you both! (Or any others that may have contributed). I am very excited
and interested in hearing these demos.

Keith, I agree with your ideas of diversifying the set list. When
everyone was shouting out requests at the Lancaster show I wanted to
call out a few favorites of my own... but they seemed to be doing a
fine job without my input. :) I honestly believe that they have never
released a bad song... not to my knowledge anyway... (which is
something that looks like is going to be expanded as soon as I can
download everything from the idisk link... hehehe) Granted some songs
are stronger than others. But I literally never get tired of listening
to their music and as much as I love all sorts of music that is a
difficult thing to say about most of it.

IM should consider taking a poll on their website where the fans could
recommend songs for the set list. Then they could throw in some things
that the majority desire to hear... tempered with their own ideas.
Wishbone Ash recently did something along those lines and had a lot of
fun with it.

Thanks again,
Pendimar

--- In birdsofmyneighborhood@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Abbott"
<ekabbott@y...> wrote:
> Thanks Pendimar and you're welcome. Actually, you can pick up the
> demos here:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/onclepascal/FileSharing4.html
>
> Although some may be offline right now. Every once and awhile Pascal
> rotates what's there.
>
> As for forgetting their earlier work...I wish they'd remember some
> of them. I'd love to see some of the more obscure songs get played
> like Notebook, Mercy, Broken Circle, Now In This Hush, Flags and
> maybe bring back Revolving Man. From Glow, Go and Spinning. Just a
> few of them. Maybe play 3-4 of them to spruce up the shows a bit
> like they used to. So like Broken Circle, In This Hush and Revolving
> Man at one show..at another..Mercy, Spinning, and
> Notebook..etc..That means folks would have to start attending
> multiple concerts again. ;)
>
> Keith
>
> - In birdsofmyneighborhood@yahoogroups.com, "pendimar"
> <pendimar@e...> wrote:
> > Keith,
> >
> > Nice work!! I really enjoyed the site and have picked up a few
> things
> > I didn't know about their discography. I wish I had a copy of all
> of
> > their demos. I would love to hear all of those songs I have never
> > heard before.
> >
> > On a completely different note, I had the great fortune of seeing
> them
> > play live for the second time this last Memorial Day weekend in
> North
> > Hampton, Mass. at the Iron Horse Music Hall. It was a great show! I
> > saw Karen and Don come in early and stand near the door while the
> > opening act (Dennis Crommett - who was excellent by the way...)
> > performed. I was very tempted to go down and introduce myself, but
> I'm
> > always leary of putting people in that type of position. Anyway, I
> > thought that they sounded slightly tighter than when I saw them
> > earlier on this tour in Lancaster, PA. It was basically the same
> set,
> > except at the Lancaster show it might have been a touch longer as
> the
> > home crowd was calling out requests that were promptly filled as
> best
> > as they could. (They have forgotten how to play some of their
> earlier
> > material.)
> >
> > They played an abbreviated version of "Moon River" during one of
> the
> > encore's. I wonder if they have ever done "Somewhere over the
> Rainbow"
> > because it occurred to me that they could do a great rendition.
> (Maybe
> > they did at the Lancaster show and thats where I got the idea
> from,
> > but have forgotten... shows you what my memory is like...)
> >
> > Anyway, I would consider both shows to be truly special evenings.
> They
> > really have a gift and I hope that they continue sharing it with
> all
> > of us for as long as they can.
> >
> > Thanks Keith!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Pendimar