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Freakwater completed their week-long opening slot for She & Him, M Ward and Zooey Deschanel�s pop project, at the Variety Playhouse Tuesday, July 29th. Of course a few people in the crowd behaved like middle schoolers, but, for the most part, the crowd of about 500 gave polite attention and showed genuine enthusiasm between songs. Freakwater�s performance was flat-out fantastic � they took their work very seriously and delivered a strong ten song set: Buckets of Oil, Binding Twine, Heaven, Cheap Watch, Cloak of Frogs, Sap, Cathy Ann. For the last three - Washed in the Blood, Louisville Lip, and Crazy Man - Freakwater were joined by M Ward as well as his tour drummer and mandolin player. Ward played some lead parts on his black Gretch and provided some vocals for Crazy Man, but respectfully held the position of a supporting player. These three musicians really enhanced Freakwater�s sound, making it dynamic enough to grab the entire hall of people, and it was electrifying to watch. After She & Him performed their set, Freakwater joined them onstage for the country standard �Hello Stranger�, the show�s closer. Zooey smiled to Janet and Catherine, gave them her place at center stage, and stepped back to share the microphone of her backup singer. M Ward began with the familiar opening line �Hello strangerrrrr. . .� and Janet and Catherine together wailed �Put your loving hand in miiiine. . .� in reply. It was beautiful. Props and kudos to Mr. Ward and Ms. Deschanel for supporting Freakwater.

--- On Sun, 7/27/08, Franny <franny23@...> wrote:

From: Franny <franny23@...>
Subject: [freakwaterfolks] Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi
To: freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, July 27, 2008, 11:59 AM

--- In freakwaterfolks@ yahoogroups. com, newoldtymer <newoldtymer@ ...> wrote:
>
> Hey Lonely, glad to see you are still performing! Take care.
>
I went to see She&Him--I saw them when they played nyc the first time--they are good
live. I like the album. I only saw freakwater added to the poster around the city and I went
crazy. I've been a fan forever and I've never managed to see them live. They only get a
freakin half hour and this 80s-esque band rosebud got more time but the finale was a total
treat (freakwater is featured with a carter family song). And I can die because I've seen
"washed in the blood" and "louisville lip" and "cathy ann" live...i wish i could catch them at
their own show. most of what they did was either thinking of you or springtime. sometime i
want to hear "sick, sick, sick" live...that song got me through a really crappy part of life.

now if there was just a new release!

glad to finally see them!

franny

#1441

From: happybaker@...
Date: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:20 am
Subject: Re: Jon Spiegel chat

happyhappybaker

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Dear Rawson,

HI!

Could you please change my email address to the other one that I use?

It is

happybaker@...

I almost never read the mail in this address, so I would really appreciate it.

Looking forward to seeing you tuesday!

xxxx

happy

-------------- Original message --------------
From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>

Multi-instrumentalist Jon Spiegel has been playing with Freakwater live and on record since 1989. When Freakwater came to Chattanooga for a few shows in March, 2008, I asked him about how he became part of Freakwater�s first recording session, the music that has influenced him, what makes Freakwater distinctive, and his current endeavors.

_____________

I was raised as a classical musician from a classical family. My mother was an opera singer and a choir director at our synagogue, so there was a lot of Jewish liturgical music in my family. I grew up singing in the choir, and I worked as a cantor, but, when I went to live in Israel for a year between high school and college, I heard Little Feat, and it changed my life entirely. I became a total slide guitar fanatic. So, in one world, there�s Debussy, Beethoven, Ravel, Verdi and maybe some Puccini, and then, in the other world, there�s Lowell George, George Clinton, and James Brown. Those three make up the tripod that my whole musical life sits on.

_____________

In the late Eighties, I worked in a music store called Flats & Sharps, and I was giving lessons to a guy named Baird Figi, who used to play in Eleventh Dream Day. He had just got a steel guitar. I was teaching him, and he said, �I know these two people who are making an album. They wanted me to play on it, but I really can�t help them out. You�re really good � maybe you could go over and play some slide for them - they could really use it on some of their tracks. �

It turned out to be Janet (Bean) and Catherine (Irwin) in this third-floor recording studio on Lincoln Avenue. I went down there with a pedal steel, a lap steel, and a slide guitar; I met them for the first time when I walked in. I remember it was really nice because they brought all this ridiculously heavy equipment up the stairs for me. They just ran a bunch of tracks, and I played on everything.

After that, some live shows started to happen. We used to rehearse in this totally hideous, empty, raw space above the Cubby Bear (in Chicago). We played at places like the Heartland and the Czar Bar. After that first record was finished, there was an east coast tour: They used my van and took me and Dave (Gay) along. I happened to be wearing all white at that time for some reason - white painter�s pants and white button down shirts - while Dave wore all black, and I�m sure we looked very peculiar because of that. Very shortly after, we did the Dancing Underwater record. The picture of us on the back of that record was from a show at the Czar Bar, a night we played with Urge Overkill.

(Janet Bean, listening in, interjects): No, it was the Jesus Lizard. I worked with Dave Sims, who was their bass player, and I knew David Yow really well. They wanted us to tour with them, but it seemed like a too nutty of an idea to me.

(Jon continues): There was a break of time that I didn�t play with Freakwater for eight or nine years. When I returned, the first thing I noticed was how unbelievably deft and strong at songwriting they had become. Freakwater do have a delicacy and a vulnerability of spirit, but there�s something truly courageous in the way they write. They really open up a lot. Everything about their performance is really, really full-on, and they�ve only got more and more driving as time passes. Their vocals are just relentless.

_________________

When I play with Freakwater, I try to lay down this huge brick bed under the vocals. They way the person in my chair plays with Freakwater is totally different from how someone in my chair would play with any other band. It�s almost like the third vocal part, in some weird kind of way.

_________________

As songwriters, Janet and Catherine have great contrast. Janet has this wonderful sense of modality in the way that she writes. I love �Binding Twine�; it�s such a beautiful song. You can also hear a lot of great examples of that modality on her record, Dragging Wonder Lake. Catherine�s strength, meanwhile, is her tonality - she writes with a lot of secondary dominance. She writes like a show tune composer.

_________________

Every musician, to be good, has to have a tremendous amount of arrogance. It�s not confidence, it�s not a good sense of self-worth � it�s arrogance. I heard Branford Marsalis talking one time in an interview: He said Art Blakey told him that you have to bring so much arrogance to the table. You do not play above someone. You do not play below someone. You play directly to them, and that�s the thing about Freakwater�s performances. There are always 100% direct to their audience. They are positively fearless.

_________________

These days, I work with the Goodman Theater, where I�m contracting a show, �Ain�t Misbehavin��, in the spring. I still play with my brother Matt in the band Brother Brother - we�re a big 12-piece funk club band with two and a half CD�s out. Also, I�m with the Otters, who continue to play every once in awhile. I teach at the Old Town School of Folk Music. I�m trying to put together this little bluesy trio with John Abbey and Brian Wilkey, a great pedal steel player who still teaches me stuff. I play with singer/songwriter Michael McDurmott. Michael was inspired by Mike Jordan, who is an icon of Chicago�s rock songwriter scene. I was very fortunate to have played on an album Mike recorded called Indian Summer.

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#1440

From: "Franny" <franny23@...>
Date: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:59 pm
Subject: Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi

franny476

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--- In freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com, newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...> wrote:
>
> Hey Lonely, glad to see you are still performing!� Take care.
>
  I went to see She&Him--I saw them when they played nyc the first time--they are
good
live. I like the album. I only saw freakwater added to the poster around the
city and I went
crazy. I've been a fan forever and I've never managed to see them live. They
only get a
freakin half hour and this 80s-esque band rosebud got more time but the finale
was a total
treat (freakwater is featured with a carter family song). And I can die because
I've seen
"washed in the blood" and "louisville lip" and "cathy ann" live...i wish i could
catch them at
their own show. most of what they did was either thinking of you or springtime.
sometime i
want to hear "sick, sick, sick" live...that song got me through a really crappy
part of life.

now if there was just a new release!

glad to finally see them!

franny

#1439

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Date: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:14 pm
Subject: Jon Spiegel chat

newoldtymer

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Multi-instrumentalist Jon Spiegel has been playing with Freakwater live and on record since 1989. When Freakwater came to Chattanooga for a few shows in March, 2008, I asked him about how he became part of Freakwater�s first recording session, the music that has influenced him, what makes Freakwater distinctive, and his current endeavors.

_____________

I was raised as a classical musician from a classical family. My mother was an opera singer and a choir director at our synagogue, so there was a lot of Jewish liturgical music in my family. I grew up singing in the choir, and I worked as a cantor, but, when I went to live in Israel for a year between high school and college, I heard Little Feat, and it changed my life entirely. I became a total slide guitar fanatic. So, in one world, there�s Debussy, Beethoven, Ravel, Verdi and maybe some Puccini, and then, in the other world, there�s Lowell George, George Clinton, and James Brown. Those three make up the tripod that my whole musical life sits on.

_____________

In the late Eighties, I worked in a music store called Flats & Sharps, and I was giving lessons to a guy named Baird Figi, who used to play in Eleventh Dream Day. He had just got a steel guitar. I was teaching him, and he said, �I know these two people who are making an album. They wanted me to play on it, but I really can�t help them out. You�re really good � maybe you could go over and play some slide for them - they could really use it on some of their tracks. �

It turned out to be Janet (Bean) and Catherine (Irwin) in this third-floor recording studio on Lincoln Avenue. I went down there with a pedal steel, a lap steel, and a slide guitar; I met them for the first time when I walked in. I remember it was really nice because they brought all this ridiculously heavy equipment up the stairs for me. They just ran a bunch of tracks, and I played on everything.

After that, some live shows started to happen. We used to rehearse in this totally hideous, empty, raw space above the Cubby Bear (in Chicago). We played at places like the Heartland and the Czar Bar. After that first record was finished, there was an east coast tour: They used my van and took me and Dave (Gay) along. I happened to be wearing all white at that time for some reason - white painter�s pants and white button down shirts - while Dave wore all black, and I�m sure we looked very peculiar because of that. Very shortly after, we did the Dancing Underwater record. The picture of us on the back of that record was from a show at the Czar Bar, a night we played with Urge Overkill.

(Janet Bean, listening in, interjects): No, it was the Jesus Lizard. I worked with Dave Sims, who was their bass player, and I knew David Yow really well. They wanted us to tour with them, but it seemed like a too nutty of an idea to me.

(Jon continues): There was a break of time that I didn�t play with Freakwater for eight or nine years. When I returned, the first thing I noticed was how unbelievably deft and strong at songwriting they had become. Freakwater do have a delicacy and a vulnerability of spirit, but there�s something truly courageous in the way they write. They really open up a lot. Everything about their performance is really, really full-on, and they�ve only got more and more driving as time passes. Their vocals are just relentless.

_________________

When I play with Freakwater, I try to lay down this huge brick bed under the vocals. They way the person in my chair plays with Freakwater is totally different from how someone in my chair would play with any other band. It�s almost like the third vocal part, in some weird kind of way.

_________________

As songwriters, Janet and Catherine have great contrast. Janet has this wonderful sense of modality in the way that she writes. I love �Binding Twine�; it�s such a beautiful song. You can also hear a lot of great examples of that modality on her record, Dragging Wonder Lake. Catherine�s strength, meanwhile, is her tonality - she writes with a lot of secondary dominance. She writes like a show tune composer.

_________________

Every musician, to be good, has to have a tremendous amount of arrogance. It�s not confidence, it�s not a good sense of self-worth � it�s arrogance. I heard Branford Marsalis talking one time in an interview: He said Art Blakey told him that you have to bring so much arrogance to the table. You do not play above someone. You do not play below someone. You play directly to them, and that�s the thing about Freakwater�s performances. There are always 100% direct to their audience. They are positively fearless.

_________________

These days, I work with the Goodman Theater, where I�m contracting a show, �Ain�t Misbehavin��, in the spring. I still play with my brother Matt in the band Brother Brother - we�re a big 12-piece funk club band with two and a half CD�s out. Also, I�m with the Otters, who continue to play every once in awhile. I teach at the Old Town School of Folk Music. I�m trying to put together this little bluesy trio with John Abbey and Brian Wilkey, a great pedal steel player who still teaches me stuff. I play with singer/songwriter Michael McDurmott. Michael was inspired by Mike Jordan, who is an icon of Chicago�s rock songwriter scene. I was very fortunate to have played on an album Mike recorded called Indian Summer.

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#1438

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Date: Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:18 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi

newoldtymer

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Hey Lonely, glad to see you are still performing! Take care.

#1437

From: Lonely sheep <lonelysheep@...>
Date: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:12 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi

lonelysheep

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Sorry to disappoint all my northern hemisphere fans (thanks for that offer Doug!), but I won't be able to make it. Partly because I have a show here! check my space or you tube for recent video....don't have links here but searching for "lonely sheep" should come close.

It's me who is mostly disappointed though, enjoy the shows, if you get there. (Almost any of them are close enough to Louisville if you ask me!)

--- On Tue, 7/15/08, newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...> wrote:

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Subject: Re: [freakwaterfolks] Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi
To: freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 9:30 PM

The Lonely Sheep returneth? Omigosh! But they're not even playing close to Louisville. . .

--- On Tue, 7/15/08, diouglasmaxsiona <diouglasmaxsiona@...> wrote:

From: diouglasmaxsiona <diouglasmaxsiona@...>
Subject: [freakwaterfolks] Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi
To: freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 1:51 AM

There's no escaping it. I'm making up the guest bed as we speak.

--- In freakwaterfolks@ yahoogroups. com, Lonely sheep <lonelysheep@ ...>
wrote:
>
> None of these places are even anywhere near the southern hemisphere!
>
> Don't make me come up there! (again!)
>
>

#1436

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Date: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:30 am
Subject: Re: Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi

newoldtymer

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The Lonely Sheep returneth? Omigosh! But they're not even playing close to Louisville. . .

--- On Tue, 7/15/08, diouglasmaxsiona <diouglasmaxsiona@...> wrote:

From: diouglasmaxsiona <diouglasmaxsiona@...>
Subject: [freakwaterfolks] Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi
To: freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 1:51 AM

There's no escaping it. I'm making up the guest bed as we speak.

--- In freakwaterfolks@ yahoogroups. com, Lonely sheep <lonelysheep@ ...>
wrote:
>
> None of these places are even anywhere near the southern hemisphere!
>
> Don't make me come up there! (again!)
>
>

#1435

From: "diouglasmaxsiona" <diouglasmaxsiona@...>
Date: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:51 am
Subject: Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi

diouglasmaxs...

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There's no escaping it.  I'm making up the guest bed as we speak.

--- In freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com, Lonely sheep <lonelysheep@...>
wrote:
>
> None of these places are even anywhere near the southern hemisphere!
> �
> Don't make me come up there! (again!)
>
>

#1434

From: Stephen Canner <s_canner@...>
Date: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:47 am
Subject: Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi

s_canner

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Would you prefer they play Chile? South Africa? Asuncion?

Close enough?

heh heh....

SLC
Austin, Texas
Northern Hemisphere
Just west of Greenland


--- On Thu, 7/10/08, Lonely sheep <lonelysheep@...> wrote:

> From: Lonely sheep <lonelysheep@...>
> Subject: Re: [freakwaterfolks] Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi
> To: freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 10:05 PM
> None of these places are even anywhere near the southern
> hemisphere!
> �
> Don't make me come up there! (again!)
>
>
> --- On Fri, 7/11/08, newoldtymer
> <newoldtymer@...> wrote:
>
> From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
> Subject: Re: [freakwaterfolks] Freakwater to open seven
> shows for She & Hi
> To: freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 12:00 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I messed up.� The She and Him website this morning showed
> Freakwater as playing Nashville, but now it says Charlie
> Louvin instead.� I apologize!!!
>
> --- On Thu, 7/10/08, Tom Grey <tcgrey@...>
> wrote:
>
> From: Tom Grey <tcgrey@...>
> Subject: Re: [freakwaterfolks] Freakwater to open seven
> shows for She & Hi
> To: freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 8:31 PM
>
>
>
>
> I hope to carch them in Nashville or Atlanta. Nashville is
> better, starts an hour later and its in another time zone.
> I missed them in their own show in Chattanooga, didn't
> even know they existed. I discovered them on cable's
> screen door music just last week.
>
>
> On 10/07/2008, walter beitlberger <waltyberg@yahoo.
> com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I've got to drive all the way to Toronto on a work
> night! I wish they'd come to London Ontario.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@ yahoo.com>
> To: freakwaterfolks <freakwaterfolks@ yahoogroups.
> com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:21:27 AM
> Subject: [freakwaterfolks] Freakwater to open seven shows
> for She & Him
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Good news!� Freakwater will open seven shows for the duo
> She & Him late this month.� She & Him is the
> indie/country/ pop project of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel.
>
> Wednesday, July 23, The Opera House, Toronto, Ontario
> http://www.theopera housetoronto. com/
>
> Thursday, July 24, Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton,
> Massachusetts
> http://www.academyo fmusictheatre. com/
>
> Friday, July 25, Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia,
> Pennsylvania
> http://www.thetroc. com/
>
> Saturday, July 26, Terminal 5, New York City
> http://www.terminal 5nyc.com/
>
> Monday, July 28, Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
> http://www.catscrad le.com/
>
> Tuesday, July 29, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, Georgia
> http://www.variety- playhouse. com/index. html
>
> Wednesday, July 30, Mercy Lounge, Nashville, Tennessee
> http://www.mercylou nge.com/
> ____________ _
>
> She & Him
> http://www.sheandhi m.com/sheandhim. php#NEWS
> http://www.myspace. com/sheandhim
>
> Freakwater
> http://www.freakwat er.net
> http://www.myspace. com/freakwater
>
> ____________ _
>
> M. Ward is a Freakwater fan and has had 'em open a show
> of his before. � I'll be at the Atlanta show and will
> report back!

#1433

From: Lonely sheep <lonelysheep@...>
Date: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:05 am
Subject: Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi

lonelysheep

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None of these places are even anywhere near the southern hemisphere!

Don't make me come up there! (again!)

--- On Fri, 7/11/08, newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...> wrote:

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Subject: Re: [freakwaterfolks] Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi
To: freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 12:00 PM

I messed up. The She and Him website this morning showed Freakwater as playing Nashville, but now it says Charlie Louvin instead. I apologize!!!

--- On Thu, 7/10/08, Tom Grey <tcgrey@...> wrote:

From: Tom Grey <tcgrey@...>
Subject: Re: [freakwaterfolks] Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi
To: freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 8:31 PM

I hope to carch them in Nashville or Atlanta. Nashville is better, starts an hour later and its in another time zone. I missed them in their own show in Chattanooga, didn't even know they existed. I discovered them on cable's screen door music just last week.

On 10/07/2008, walter beitlberger <waltyberg@yahoo. com> wrote:

I've got to drive all the way to Toronto on a work night! I wish they'd come to London Ontario.

----- Original Message ----
From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@ yahoo.com>
To: freakwaterfolks <freakwaterfolks@ yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:21:27 AM
Subject: [freakwaterfolks] Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Him

Good news! Freakwater will open seven shows for the duo She & Him late this month. She & Him is the indie/country/ pop project of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel.

Wednesday, July 23, The Opera House, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.theopera housetoronto. com/

Thursday, July 24, Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton, Massachusetts
http://www.academyo fmusictheatre. com/

Friday, July 25, Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.thetroc. com/

Saturday, July 26, Terminal 5, New York City
http://www.terminal 5nyc.com/

Monday, July 28, Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
http://www.catscrad le.com/

Tuesday, July 29, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.variety- playhouse. com/index. html

Wednesday, July 30, Mercy Lounge, Nashville, Tennessee
http://www.mercylou nge.com/
____________ _

She & Him
http://www.sheandhi m.com/sheandhim. php#NEWS
http://www.myspace. com/sheandhim

Freakwater
http://www.freakwat er.net
http://www.myspace. com/freakwater

____________ _

M. Ward is a Freakwater fan and has had 'em open a show of his before. I'll be at the Atlanta show and will report back!

#1432

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Date: Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:00 am
Subject: Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi

newoldtymer

Offline

I messed up. The She and Him website this morning showed Freakwater as playing Nashville, but now it says Charlie Louvin instead. I apologize!!!

--- On Thu, 7/10/08, Tom Grey <tcgrey@...> wrote:

From: Tom Grey <tcgrey@...>
Subject: Re: [freakwaterfolks] Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi
To: freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 8:31 PM

I hope to carch them in Nashville or Atlanta. Nashville is better, starts an hour later and its in another time zone. I missed them in their own show in Chattanooga, didn't even know they existed. I discovered them on cable's screen door music just last week.

On 10/07/2008, walter beitlberger <waltyberg@yahoo. com> wrote:

I've got to drive all the way to Toronto on a work night! I wish they'd come to London Ontario.

----- Original Message ----
From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@ yahoo.com>
To: freakwaterfolks <freakwaterfolks@ yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:21:27 AM
Subject: [freakwaterfolks] Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Him

Good news! Freakwater will open seven shows for the duo She & Him late this month. She & Him is the indie/country/ pop project of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel.

Wednesday, July 23, The Opera House, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.theopera housetoronto. com/

Thursday, July 24, Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton, Massachusetts
http://www.academyo fmusictheatre. com/

Friday, July 25, Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.thetroc. com/

Saturday, July 26, Terminal 5, New York City
http://www.terminal 5nyc.com/

Monday, July 28, Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
http://www.catscrad le.com/

Tuesday, July 29, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.variety- playhouse. com/index. html

Wednesday, July 30, Mercy Lounge, Nashville, Tennessee
http://www.mercylou nge.com/
____________ _

She & Him
http://www.sheandhi m.com/sheandhim. php#NEWS
http://www.myspace. com/sheandhim

Freakwater
http://www.freakwat er.net
http://www.myspace. com/freakwater

____________ _

M. Ward is a Freakwater fan and has had 'em open a show of his before. I'll be at the Atlanta show and will report back!

#1431

From: "Tom Grey" <tcgrey@...>
Date: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:31 am
Subject: Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi

yergmot

Offline

I hope to carch them in Nashville or Atlanta. Nashville is better, starts an hour later and its in another time zone. I missed them in their own show in Chattanooga, didn't even know they existed. I discovered them on cable's screen door music just last week.

On 10/07/2008, walter beitlberger <waltyberg@...> wrote:

I've got to drive all the way to Toronto on a work night! I wish they'd come to London Ontario.

----- Original Message ----
From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
To: freakwaterfolks <freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:21:27 AM
Subject: [freakwaterfolks] Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Him

Good news! Freakwater will open seven shows for the duo She & Him late this month. She & Him is the indie/country/ pop project of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel.

Wednesday, July 23, The Opera House, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.theopera housetoronto. com/

Thursday, July 24, Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton, Massachusetts
http://www.academyo fmusictheatre. com/

Friday, July 25, Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.thetroc. com/

Saturday, July 26, Terminal 5, New York City
http://www.terminal 5nyc.com/

Monday, July 28, Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
http://www.catscrad le.com/

Tuesday, July 29, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.variety- playhouse. com/index. html

Wednesday, July 30, Mercy Lounge, Nashville, Tennessee
http://www.mercylou nge.com/
____________ _

She & Him
http://www.sheandhi m.com/sheandhim. php#NEWS
http://www.myspace. com/sheandhim

Freakwater
http://www.freakwat er.net
http://www.myspace. com/freakwater

____________ _

M. Ward is a Freakwater fan and has had 'em open a show of his before. I'll be at the Atlanta show and will report back!

#1430

From: walter beitlberger <waltyberg@...>
Date: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:20 am
Subject: Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Him

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I've got to drive all the way to Toronto on a work night! I wish they'd come to London Ontario.

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From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
To: freakwaterfolks <freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:21:27 AM
Subject: [freakwaterfolks] Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Him

Good news! Freakwater will open seven shows for the duo She & Him late this month. She & Him is the indie/country/ pop project of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel.

Wednesday, July 23, The Opera House, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.theopera housetoronto. com/

Thursday, July 24, Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton, Massachusetts
http://www.academyo fmusictheatre. com/

Friday, July 25, Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.thetroc. com/

Saturday, July 26, Terminal 5, New York City
http://www.terminal 5nyc.com/

Monday, July 28, Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
http://www.catscrad le.com/

Tuesday, July 29, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.variety- playhouse. com/index. html

Wednesday, July 30, Mercy Lounge, Nashville, Tennessee
http://www.mercylou nge.com/
____________ _

She & Him
http://www.sheandhi m.com/sheandhim. php#NEWS
http://www.myspace. com/sheandhim

Freakwater
http://www.freakwat er.net
http://www.myspace. com/freakwater

____________ _

M. Ward is a Freakwater fan and has had 'em open a show of his before. I'll be at the Atlanta show and will report back!

#1429

From: "Brookes McKenzie" <rmckenzi@...>
Date: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:56 pm
Subject: Re: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Hi

mcknz_rb

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Cool! Their album is pretty good - sort of a retro "countrypolitan"
sound - Zooey actually has a nice voice, surprisingly good for an
actress, in fact. She also wrote most of the songs.

I'd like to go to the NYC show if possible - anyone else who's going
should chime in, maybe we could hook up!

#1428

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Date: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:21 pm
Subject: Freakwater to open seven shows for She & Him

newoldtymer

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Good news! Freakwater will open seven shows for the duo She & Him late this month. She & Him is the indie/country/pop project of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel.

Wednesday, July 23, The Opera House, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.theoperahousetoronto.com/

Thursday, July 24, Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton, Massachusetts
http://www.academyofmusictheatre.com/

Friday, July 25, Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.thetroc.com/

Saturday, July 26, Terminal 5, New York City
http://www.terminal5nyc.com/

Monday, July 28, Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
http://www.catscradle.com/

Tuesday, July 29, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.variety-playhouse.com/index.html

Wednesday, July 30, Mercy Lounge, Nashville, Tennessee
http://www.mercylounge.com/
_____________

She & Him
http://www.sheandhim.com/sheandhim.php#NEWS
http://www.myspace.com/sheandhim

Freakwater
http://www.freakwater.net
http://www.myspace.com/freakwater

_____________

M. Ward is a Freakwater fan and has had 'em open a show of his before. I'll be at the Atlanta show and will report back!

#1427

From: "Philip" <greengrass44444@...>
Date: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:31 pm
Subject: looking for a donation

greengrass44444

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anyone out there can help me  get more acquainted with freakwater as a
band as well as separate artists  id  appreciate  the  gesture i have
some  bob dylan that i can share but not mouch more than that at this
point i live in israel so access is  scarce  but i will recipricate in
anyway i can
please reply
yours
phil

#1426

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Date: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:11 am
Subject: horse's ha

newoldtymer

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The Horse's Ha myspace page is up and active:

http://www.myspace.com/horsesha

The Horse's Ha are Janet Bean of Freakwater/EDD and Jim Elkington of the Zincs suported by Fred Lonberg-Holm, Nick Macri, and Charles Rumback. You can stream six Horse's Ha songs on their player. They're scheduled to play in Chicago at Schuba's on June 21 and on the 28th at

Corbett v. Dempsey
1120 N Ashland (upstairs from the Dusty Groove), Chicago, Illinois 60622
Cost : Free

Come enjoy the music of The Horse�s Ha and celebrate the release of Terri Kapsalis� University of Chicago Press book titled The Hysterical Alphabet with illustrations by Gina Litherland.

#1425

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Date: Mon May 19, 2008 9:52 am
Subject: Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Abbey Pub, 5/17

newoldtymer

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http://polksalad69trader.blogspot.com/2008/05/pine-valley-cosmonauts-abbey-chicago.html

by polksalad69

You may not agree w/his politics so I won't go there in this forum, but Jon Langford knows how to assemble a band/project and throw a hell of a party. It was either this show or the Bottle Rockets at the Beat Kitchen. I think I made the right choice.

PVC was Jonboy, John Rice on guitar, Pat Brennan on keys, Tom Ray on bass, Snake from the Sadies on drums, Dallas Good also from the Sadies on guitar, and occasionally Travis Good, you guessed it, from the Sadies on fiddle. Joining PVC on vocals was Janet Bean, Sally Timms, Deano and Tracy Dear, Chris Ligon,Puerto Muerto, Andre Williams, Robbie Fulks and Rosie Flores. Kelly Hogan must've been out of town and there was no drunk David Yow falling off the stage this time.

After a blistering opening set by the Sadies, PVC ran through classic murder ballads, and tunes by Cash, Bob Wills, Buck Owens, and even Tom Jones. Highlights of the night included "The Hangman's Song" by Puerto Muerto, "Jailbait" by Andre Williams and the Sadies, and an evening ending "Delilah" w/Rosie Flores.

photo series of the event

http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/563463640GTLjAd

#1424

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Date: Thu May 1, 2008 10:10 am
Subject: new jolie holland interview

newoldtymer

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Jolie mentions Freakwater several times and names Thinking of You as a major influence.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2008/04/jolie_holland_t.php

We, and by we I mean New York, should feel lucky. Yeah, we got that Thriller re-enactment thingy last week, and sometimes the pizza is okay, but late last year our fair city stole the Texas-born belter Jolie Holland away from San Francisco permanently.

For years now, Holland has won favor with the likes of critics and Tom Waits, who nominated her for a Shortlist Music Prize. Similar to her own heroes (like, say, Daniel Johnston), she's been relegated to a small, devoted following. Maybe it�s because she�s not one for being trendy�her music has a certain timelessness to it, melding the best in vocal jazz, blues, and country traditions, her voice masterfully sliding between sultry and sweet, despairing and lonely. In a weird way, Holland's music might best be enjoyed five or ten years down the road�were you to revisit her work in a decade, I'd guess it'd be extremely difficult to place it in a time period.

We met in Williamsburg, at a place called Gimme Coffee, but that joint was way too packed on a Tuesday mid-day, so we went to a stoop and just sat there, chattin' and watching the traffic go by us. In person, there�s much more of a southern drawl to her voice than on record. She's quite charming and unpretentious, as well as gracious enough to not say �You�re an idiot� when I didn�t know what a Turkish Bath was or when I asked her to describe her own voice. She�s here working on a new record due this fall; I suggested two titles at the end of this interview: Feeding People Food To Bears and Really Famous In Canada. Alas, she�s already decided on The Living & The Dead.

VV: Springtime Can Kill You was my number two favorite album of that year. . . 2006.

JH: Oh wow. What was your favorite record?

I can�t remember.

JH: [laughs]. I think my two favorite records around that time, [one] was a record that no one has ever heard of called The Inferno�it was true stories based on Dante�s Inferno, true stories based on his life. And Freakwater�s Thinking Of You.

So you�re living here full time now? What prompted this change?

JH: I don�t know . . . I was just feeling shy or something; it was time to go somewhere. I was really considering going to Portland [Oregon], where I have a great pack of friends, but I ended up coming here.

Do you know a lot of people here?

JH: Yeah, I feel really lucky.

So you�re working here, on new material?

JH: Mmmhmm.

Who are you working with?

JH: You know Rachel Blumberg? She�s the drummer that has played with M. Ward and Conor Oberst some times. She plays on this record; she�s amazing. M. Ward plays on guitar, and he�s just ungodly at guitar.

He is a good guitar player. I�m not sure if people recognize his guitar playing as his best thing, but I�m not really sure what people recognize is his best thing.

JH: Right, he�s got an awesome voice.

Is he singing with you?

JH: No, just guitars.

So who else?

JH: Do you know Shahzad Ismaily? He�s on it, a New York guy�he�s this unreal bass player, a guitar player, and a drummer. He might be my favorite guitar player and drummer that I�ve worked with. He�s co-producing. M. Ward kinda co-produced the first part of the record, but he didn�t think I needed a producer, but I disagreed with him. But it was very nice of him to say.

What was reasoning behind that?

JH: He said it was like feeding bears people-food. [Laughing]

I don�t understand that.

JH: Okay, so have you ever lived around bears?

No. Well, I might have, but I didn�t know it.

JH: Good. The thing is, you�re not supposed to feed bears people-food, because then they�ll turn into garbage bears, and get shot.

Oh, okay. That�s right. The whole Yogi Bear sort of thing. Did you ever watch that cartoon?

JH: No.

That was the whole thing.

JH: He was a garbage bear? [Laughs] Yeah, I cracked up when he said that to me. I started writing it down, and had my journal open. Colin Stinson played on it a bit. Do you know who he is?

The name sounds familiar.

JH: Isn�t it that a fucking awesome name?

It�s not bad.

JH: [laughs]. So yeah, Colin plays horns on a couple of songs.

That�s one of the things that I was going to ask; the last record had such a brass / horn thing going on. It made it more weird, or interesting for me.

JH: I know so many great horn players, I feel really lucky. And Marc Ribot plays on this one too. I�m going to have a Turkish Bath with him on Thursday.

What is a Turkish Bath?

JH: You know, its like going to the steam rooms. So that will be fun.

Does he contribute vocals on this?

JH: No just guitars. But I do want to sing with him at some point.

Do you sing with anyone on this?

JH: I sing with myself, which is kind of a new thing for me. Carla Bozulich sang a bit with me, and she�s a good shot in the arm.

So would you say the record is bigger than the last time, or is it still sparse in a way?

JH: Quiet? Yeah, I think this is really different, because this is years after I fell in love with Daniel Johnston, and I really think Daniel has really brought me back to rock and roll the way that no one else has.

Really, him?

JH: Yeah, him. Because he�s so pure.

Did you see his movie?

JH: Yeah, I did. I thought it was kind of sad. . . if I had seen that movie before I knew about his music, then I would have had a hard time understanding his music�because there wasn�t any good music; just a few little snippets. I thought of it as him as a presentation as a caricature, then one of America�s greatest songwriters period.

I guess I can see that whole caricature part, when they were talking about the whole MTV thing. So anyways, you were saying . . .

JH: Oh yeah. Actually, it�s funny. There are a lot of lyrical nods. There�s a line that quotes �Cold Hard World.� There's lots of other tiny quotes of my favorite songwriters on this record. If you�re a Freakwater fan, then you know that there is a ridiculous amount of weird motifs. I have a line there where I reference the velvet tongue which they talk about. And there is another line where I say �Let love in,� which is a nod to Nick Cave . . .

Did you have a lot of competition around San Francisco? I mean, like around here, I think it would hard to get noticed.

JH: I don�t know. I don�t listen to anyone that I think sounds like me. But there are a lot of songwriters that I admire; I don�t think of it as competition. If I�m competing with anybody, I�m competing with�[pauses]

I was going to say something weird like �If I�m competing with anybody, it�s the TV.� Because in a way, I do think if you�re trying to get someone�s attention, that is what you are competing with�but someone�s attention that isn�t being moved by music.

Did you ever have any classical or formal training?

JH: No, I never had any formal training.

Self-taught?

JH: I was in orchestra when I was in thirteen. But my teacher was deaf, and she didn�t ever notice that I was never learning how to read, and just playing by ear. Which I guess is good training in a way. Which I liked it. But I was first viola. I couldn�t read but I was first viola.

How does that work, having a deaf teacher, teaching music?

JH: I don�t know. I mean I�m glad she had a job. She didn�t start out deaf, she was just getting old.

One of the thing I�ve been wondering, is how you would describe your voice? One of the things that you�re good at is controlling it, in ways that I don�t hear very often. It seems like you�re really good at controlling the pitch subtly. But maybe that�s me overthinking it, and you not even considering it.

JH: I mean one of my earliest influences was Blind Willie MacTell. He has so much passion and humor in his voice. Well, first of all, I don�t describe my voice�you know what I mean? I just don�t.

Do people ask you to describe your voice, like I just did?

JH: No, not that I can remember. But I think about phrasing a lot�that�s what I�m concerned with. Phrasing has to do with timing, force of tone, and what kind of breathe you are using. The way that the notes are presented in sound.

So, that would make me think, is that a challenging thing?

JH: I don�t know, but it�s just what I love about music. For me, my tiny, tiny differences in phrasing changes the meaning of something. I mean, that�s what I love about any musician I love�these tiny little ways they do things. For me, that�s totally where it�s at. If somebody is phrasing is fucked up, I can�t listen to it. If they have a bullshit relation to the beat, I�m not interested in it, I�m not drawn to it. And if they have a fascinating connection in their phrasing, it�s so magnetically attractive. And to me, that�s Thelonious Monk, that�s Marc Ribot, that�s all the great singers. And that�s it for me.

Jolie Holland plays Union Pool on Wednesday, April 30th.

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#1423

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Date: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:00 am
Subject: Catherine Irwin to play Harry Smith tribute in Louisville

newoldtymer

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Ripped from myspace:

April, 26 2008 at Harry Smith tribute @ The Pour Haus
1481 S. Shelby (corner of Shelby & Burnett), Louisville, Kentucky 40217

Catherine will be playing some songs from Harry Smith�s Anthology of American Folk Music on Saturday, April 26. The show, featuring a variety of musical acts and one of Smith�s experimental films, is a benefit for the Louisville Film Society. ... Smith compiled the legendary Anthology in 1952 from his collection of rare and largely forgotten 78 rpm records, an act now generally regarded as the flashpoint for the folk boom that followed. Harry Smith�s hour-long experimental film "Heaven and Earth Magic" will be shown at 8:00 and 10:00 pm, followed by musicians covering songs from the Anthology. :00 and again @10:00 Harry Smith�s Heaven and Earth Magic-67min 16mm film print (exp/animation w/ an original score by Harry Smith) followed by the musical performances starting @11:30.

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#1422

From: Lonely sheep <lonelysheep@...>
Date: Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:59 am
Subject: Re: Re: Freakwater vids from the Barking Legs Theater on YouTube

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Hi Rawson,

Just a note of thanks and to let you know that I have
snatched a copy of the torrent with my grubby paws.
(No time to listen to it yet though).

I am seeding whenever I am online it so hopefully,  if
anyone else is trying to get a hold of it,  this will
help.

Just when I was trying to curb my downloading habits
too....

oh well,  thanks again!

G
--- newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...> wrote:

> Howdy, Ted.  It's go out Monday morning.
>
> Here's the torrent:
>
>
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?returnto=%2Faccount-cp.php&id=193\
186
>
>
> ---------------------------------
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#1421

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Date: Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:56 am
Subject: Re: Re: Freakwater vids from the Barking Legs Theater on YouTube

newoldtymer

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Howdy, Ted. It's go out Monday morning.

Here's the torrent:

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?returnto=%2Faccount-cp.php&id=193186

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#1420

From: "Ted Harwood" <tvharwood@...>
Date: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:45 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Freakwater vids from the Barking Legs Theater on YouTube

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I would love to have a copy of the show and there are NO gaps in my collection.

Thanks!

Ted

Ted Harwood

43 Bishop Rd

Crockett, Ca 94525

----- Original Message -----

From: newoldtymer

To: freakwaterfolks

Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 4:28 PM

Subject: [freakwaterfolks] Re: Freakwater vids from the Barking Legs Theater on YouTube

Apologies, Mr. Brink! I went by this group's home page, something I rarely do, and I saw your recent message, sent several weeks ago, was for some reason caught by a yahoogroups spam filter, one that I didn't know existed, so it didn't get posted until today. I would have been very annoyed, so, again, sorry about that.

Yes, it's gonna be a torrent. Just give me a little while longer.

In the meantime, I'd like to offer a copy of the show on CD sent snail mail to anybody in the group who'd like one - just email your address to newoldtymer at yahoo dawt com. CAVEAT: If you have gaps in your Freakwater collection, go to Thrill Jockey and buy a record, o tay?

Go to freakwater.net to get some mp3's and see some pictures from the show (it's not worth typing links that will be broken here).

I think there are some leftover t-shirts available. . .stand by. . .

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#1419

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Date: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:28 pm
Subject: Re: Freakwater vids from the Barking Legs Theater on YouTube

newoldtymer

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Apologies, Mr. Brink! I went by this group's home page, something I rarely do, and I saw your recent message, sent several weeks ago, was for some reason caught by a yahoogroups spam filter, one that I didn't know existed, so it didn't get posted until today. I would have been very annoyed, so, again, sorry about that.

Yes, it's gonna be a torrent. Just give me a little while longer.

In the meantime, I'd like to offer a copy of the show on CD sent snail mail to anybody in the group who'd like one - just email your address to newoldtymer at yahoo dawt com. CAVEAT: If you have gaps in your Freakwater collection, go to Thrill Jockey and buy a record, o tay?

Go to freakwater.net to get some mp3's and see some pictures from the show (it's not worth typing links that will be broken here).

I think there are some leftover t-shirts available. . .stand by. . .

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#1418

From: "Mr. Brink" <mister.brink@...>
Date: Fri Apr 4, 2008 12:25 pm
Subject: RE: Freakwater vids from the Barking Legs Theater on YouTube

cditmet

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Hey Rawson,

Thanks so much for posting these. Great vids. Oddly – just last night I got the urge out of nowhere to browse youtube for freakwater, and what do you know, there were your vids. I thought to myself, that’s odd that Rawson didn’t send an email to the freakwater group. Check my email this morning…

It would be great if you could torrent the whole show.

From: freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freakwaterfolks@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of newoldtymer
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:54 PM
To: freakwaterfolks
Subject: [freakwaterfolks] Freakwater vids from the Barking Legs Theater on YouTube

they're dark but, hey, so's the music

http://youtube.com/watch?v=B9O3tNWXQpY&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LBksU3kIdnQ&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bj6GG8tRInc

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#1417

From: newoldtymer <newoldtymer@...>
Date: Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:38 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Freakwater vids from the Barking Legs Theater on YouTube

newoldtymer

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Thanks, y'all! Yeah, I shot that video, muted the audio, and replaced it with the soundboard recording (Barking Legs let me plug my laptop into the board). There is more video, but not much more. The audio recording of the show sounds really nice, except for the levels on the first song (my fault, not the board guy). Sharing, definitely, after I get the art done.

The vibe at the show was so good! The band seemed to be in very high spirits.

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