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NEMS News #322 - April 11, 2009

New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter
Alan Lewis, Editor

Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

April 11, 2009
Issue 2009:322
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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
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When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
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When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
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BRATTLEBORO, VT, April 11 - Once again this week, much in this newsletter issue
is of real interest to me. With luck, many of you will be equally fortunate.

We have a couple more items; but they are relatively minor updates of previously
posted material, and it seems to me sending this issue at a good hour is most
important.
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Special thanks to Steven Pofcher.
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POST-LAST-MINUTE NOTE: . . After I finished this newsletter - or at least after
I thought it was finished - I saw a Yahoo Groups announcement of an outage on
Monday, April 13, 2009. Thought I'd make quick mention of it now, on the
outside chance whatever the outage involves might affect future mailings in some
adverse way. Probably not, but one never knows about these things.
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READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU, scroll right past whatever doesn't.
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RECORD RELEASES THIS WEEK
Listed by Newbury Comics, Excerpted by Us

CD New Releases Available Tuesday, April 7th

BEASTIE BOYS-Check Your Head-Remaster-$13.88
BLOOMFIELD,MICHAEL-Live At Bill Graham'S Fil-$19.99
BROWN,ALISON-Company You Keep-$10.88
CHARLES,RAY-Genius-Ultimate Ray-$12.88
CYRUS,BILLY RAY-Back To Tennessee-$15.99
DOVES-Kingdom Of Rust-$9.99
ELLIOTT,RAMBLIN' JACK-A Stranger Here-$12.88
FELICE BROTHERS-Yonder Is The Clock-$9.99
GRATEFUL DEAD-To Terrapin: Hartford '77-$14.99
GRATEFUL DEAD-Winterland 1973: Complete Recordings-$79.99
HOLD STEADY-Positive Rage (CD/DVD)-$9.99

JADAKISS-Last Kiss-$9.99
<> I seriously doubt this is the Boston all-female vocal group, Jada; but I am
not risking it by deleting this listing.

LADY SOVEREIGN-Jigsaw-$9.99

MCCARTNEY,JESSE-Departure Recharged-$14.99
<> This Jesse McCartney release is included here against the possibility Jesse
may be related to singer-songwriter Rachel McCartney ... or even some other
musician named McCartney.

MOULD,BOB-Life And Times-$11.88
RASCAL FLATTS-Unstoppable-$12.88
SHINDELL,RICHARD-Not Far Now-$9.99

STARR,RINGO-Live At Soundstage (DVD/CD)-$13.88
<> I wonder whether this guy could get me Rachel McCartney's autograph.

TARDY BROTHERS-Bloodline-$12.88
<> Again, doubtful, but I'm not risking it.

TAYLOR,JAMES-Other Covers-$7.99
TILBROOK,GLENN-Pandemonium Ensues-$11.88
TOWER OF POWER-Great American Soulbook-$12.88
TRAGICALLY HIP-We Are The Same-$9.99
WILLIAMS,HANK-Gospel Keepsakes-$11.88
WILSON,CASSANDRA-Closer To You: The Pop Side-$9.99
YOUNG,NEIL-Fork In The Road-$12.88
YOUNG,NEIL-Fork In The Road (CD/DVD)-$16.99

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Featured DVD New Release Available Saturday, April 7th

Yes Man - $19.99 DVD

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "April 6 Newbury Comics Coupons and New Releases," April
6, 2009.

Richard Shindell
"Not Far Now" (CD, Signature Sounds, 2009)

:: michael bloomfield, mike bloomfield, alison brown, ray charles, billy ray
cyrus, ramblin jack elliott, bill graham, husker du, jesse mccartney, bob mould,
ringo starr, james taylor, glenn tilbrook, hank williams, cassandra wilson, neil
young; the fillmore ::
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PRESS RELEASES THIS WEEK

<> Rock Band: Recent Downloadable Content.

<> We also have a Tanya Tucker press release; but it is kinda buried in an
inbox, and I doubt I will get it posted in this issue. The press release has to
do with Tucker's covers album. It ought to be great. Here's betting we have
more than a few Tanya Tucker fans among our readers.
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BROWN UNIVERSITY FOLK FESTIVAL
Providence, Rhode Island
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Vocalist/fiddler Lissa Schneckenburger sent us this listing of the first-ever
Brown University Folk Festival:

Saturday, April 11, All Day
Brown University Folk Festival
Providence, Rhode Island
With Bethany Waickman (guitar) and Dan Gurney (accordion)
http://www.brownfolkfestival.com for more information

Concert 7 pm, Contra Dance 8:30 pm
at Lincoln Field, corner of Fair and Waterman St
Rain location: Sayles Hall, Brown University Main Green

Lissa Schneckenburger also has a hometown (her's and mine) show coming along
soon:

Thursday, April 23, 7:30 PM
Hooker Dunham Theater
Main Street
Brattleboro, Vermont

http://www.hookerdunham.org/
for more information

SOURCE: LissaFiddle At GMail Dot Com, "April Shows," April 3, 2009.

LONG AGO, BROWN UNIVERSITY . . received a considerable grant for its library's
music collection. Today, Brown has simply wonderful holdings of scores and
songbooks. It is a major resource here in the Northeast, and I, along with
many, many other people, have benefitted from it often.

Lissa Schneckenburger, probably without the aid of grant money, is a collector
of traditional New England songs and dance music. Her success in this pursuit
shows in her exceptional latest album,

Lissa Schneckenburger
"Song" (CD, Footprint Records FR2008, 2008)

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RACHAEL SAGE
To Debut at the Iron Horse Music Hall
Northampton, Massachusetts
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Whatever category one thinks Rachael Sage's music falls into, she is the best
dressed musician in that category. For my own part, I think Sage is
particularly gifted in the pop side of traditional rock music.

Sage is an engaging musician, a first-class interviewee, and a charming
personality. In short, she has a gift for niftiness.

Here's hoping she packs the Iron Horse on her first try.

"RACHAEL TO DEBUT AT THE IRON HORSE NEXT WEEK, APRIL 4:
TIX ON SALE NOW

"Iron Horse Music Hall

<> "OK this is a biggie ... and we know only a relative handful of you [on the
Rachael Sage mailing list] live in Massachusetts but we're just so damned
excited about this, we hope you'll pass along the invite to anyone who may be
able to attend! Rachael will be debuting at the Iron Horse Music Hall in
Northampton, Massachusetts on Tuesday, April 14th. Sharing the bill will be
up-and-comer Seth Glier, one of the most gifted and charismatic artists we've
discovered in a while. We really hope you'll come out and support!"

SOURCE: MPress Records, "Vlogs, SxSW Wrap-Up and Spring Tour," April 6, 2009.

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THE MAGGIES
(1990s band of Winterpills' Philip Price)
At the Iron Horse Music Hall
Northampton, Massachusetts
Friday, April 17, 2009

<> " ... The Maggies (Philip's old beautifully noisy power-pop garage band) is
reuniting for another show. Friday, April 17th at the Iron Horse Music Hall in
Northampton, Massachusetts at 10 pm. with The Novels opening. If this goes
well, maybe they will do another. And then another. It's fun to rock."

SOURCE: Winterpills Mail Dispatch, "Winterpills in Massachusetts, Brooklyn;
Another Maggies Reunion Show," April 9, 2009.

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SARAH BORGES AND THE BROKEN SINGLES
At Newbury Comics
Saturday, April 18, 2009

<> "[W]e head out to Great Barrington, Massachusetts for a show at Club
Helsinki, and then back to Boston for a Newbury Comics In-Store Performance on
Saturday, April 18th!"

SOURCE: Sarah Borges, "April Updates From Sarah," April 8, 2009.

SOME DEGREE OF WEB SURFING . . may be in order in connection with this item.
The mailing we received did not include the usual event-calendar details (date
and time of the Club Helsinki show, specific location for the Newbury Comics
in-store appearance), though it did give the following Sarah Borges direct Web
address:

http://www.sarahborges.com/

- Ed.

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BANG CAMARO
On Jimmy Kimmel Live
Friday, April 24, 2009

"Bang Camaro Returns to TV

<> "It looks like the networks can't get enough of the Camaro. We're going to
appear live on Jimmy Kimmel's show on Friday, April 24th."

: : : April 24
: : : Jimmy Kimmel Live!
: : : Los Angeles, California

SOURCE: Bryn Bennett, "Bang Camaro Hits the Road," March 24, 2009.

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DAFFODIL FESTIVAL
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Hubbard Park
Meriden, Connecticut

Frank Critelli sent the following information about the upcoming Meriden
Daffodil Festival in Meriden, Connecticut:

Saturday, April 25, 1:45pm
MERIDEN DAFFODIL FESTIVAL
Hubbard Park
Meriden, Connecticut
FREE

<> "The Frank Critelli Band performs on the bandshell stage. A Holy Host of
others perform on three stages over two days."

http://www.daffodilfest.com/

http://www.frankcritelli.com/

SOURCE: Frank Critelli, "Upcoming Frank Critelli [Band Performances]," April 7,
2009.

MEMBERS OF THE REDUCERS . . have also made it known that they will be at the
Meriden Daffodil Festival their rock 'n' selves. - Ed.

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JOY GOODNOW
A Query in Three Parts

<> Several years ago, country singer Joy Goodnow copied her early recordings
onto CD.

>>> Do you have this disc?

>>> Do you have a current e-mail address for Joy Goodnow or do you know someone
who may? (Last I knew, she was having trouble connecting with John Penny; so as
obvious a candidate as he might seem at first, it is quite possible and even
likely that he does not have up-to-date contact information for Joy.)

>>> Do you know the married name of Joy's daughter or have a working e-mail
address for her?

If the answer to even one of these questions is "Yes," please e-mail us by way
of

FredRemainsLost At Yahoo Dot Com

only convert this into an all-lowercase, conventional e-mail address.

I had hoped to add Joy Goodnow's CD of her early recordings to our list of
records released by artists with strong New England ties.

For several years, Joy and I exchanged occasionally e-mails. But now the e-mail
addresses I have for her no longer work. The very first e-mail I ever received
from her came from her daughter's address. So I tried writing that one. The
daughter's e-mail address doesn't work, either. And the daughter's married name
was not included in the original mailing: that early message only gave the
title, "Mrs.," along with a single initial and what may be either a given name
or a nickname. Joy's daughter lives quite near here, so I could probably get
contact information for the daughter if I can only be reminded of her married
surname.

If you can help with any or all of this, please get in touch.

My Web searches, incidentally, turned up that an autographed copy of some
unnamed Joy Goodnow vinyl single recently changed hands for a very reasonable
price. Also,

Joy Goodnow
"Girl Who Loved You" b/w ? (45, MRC 2046, n.d.)

is currently posted as being for sale, online, at Gemm.com.

"MRC" probably stands for "Major Recording Co.," since "The Girl Who Loved You"
is Side One Track Three of her "Joy of Country" album which was released on that
very Major label.

Joy Goodnow
"The Joy of Country" (LP, Major 2015, n.d.)

Joy Goodnow's personal origins and also, I think, her family origins are in the
west. She is back there these days, or at least she was last I knew. But
actually, she grew up near here, Brattleboro, Vermont, and she went to high
school maybe a mile from here at the same place where I vote on election days.
To me, she will always be a local gal.

Joy is a very versatile singer, and she is one of my favorites on the country
side of this musical life.

As recently as a few years ago, Joy Goodnow was singing with a five-piece band,
and she may still be.
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ELLIOT EASTON
At the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp
Starting April 29, 2009

"Rock 'N Roll Fantasy Camp with Elliot Easton Kicks Off on April 29th!

<> "The New Cars' Elliot Easton will once again be a featured performer and
counselor at the 2009 Rock 'N Fantasy Camp."

SOURCE: The New Cars, "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp With Elliot Easton Kicks Off
April 29th," April 9, 2009.

EVIDENTLY THIS HAS BEEN A REGULAR THING . . but it seems to me this item is the
first I, personally, have heard of it.

Wouldn't it be fun to work at a rock 'n' roll fantasy camp?!

This is a great idea, and Elliot Easton ought to be a fantastic fantasy camp
counselor.

Get me in touch with the Camp's financial aid office, and let's see whether
these folks offer scholarships. - Ed.
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PAUL JANOVITZ

We, around here, mostly recall Paul Janovitz from his days in the 1990s Boston
rock band, Cold Water Flat. Apparently, though, he has enjoyed a much longer
career giving solo shows.

I do not positively remember the source of the following Paul Janovitz item,
though it seems to me it may be from a listing for a singer-songwriter
multi-artist bill at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts. It is a
nice item. Mercifully it makes no tired and totally unnecessary reference to
Paul being a brother of Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom.

OH, NO! They tricked me into mentioning it!

"Paul Janovitz

<> "Paul has been playing solo shows for over a decade now and is currently in
the process of making a record with his brother Scott (of Dragstrip Courage, The
Russians, The Great Bandini and Steely Dan fame) Among his influences are Tom
Waits, Corey Feldman, The Who, the other Corey, Stones, Dylan, and Neil Young."
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JEFFREY FOUCAULT
Has Recorded An Album
(Say, didn't he just release a CD?)

<> "A few weeks ago I went up to Verdant Studios in Vermont and cut a new record
in two days, a full band treatment of poems, lyrics, and fragments of writing by
poet Lisa Olstein that I set to music a few years ago. It's called Cold
Satellite and I'm hoping to have it out by the fall. It's a room recording that
aims somewhere between The Faces and Crazy Horse and lands in a whole other
territory that I can't really describe. We had a ball making it and I'm real
excited to get this one out into the world. Stay tuned for progress reports,
early warnings."

SOURCE: Jeffrey Foucault, "April 2009 Update," April 8, 2009.
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BEN PATTON
RICK AND THE RAMBLERS
"Hot Sauce"

<> Lately it was my distinct and very great pleasure to play the Ben Patton
song, "Hot Sauce," from the foot-tappin' Rick and the Ramblers album, "I Rode
the Ti," for a fellow who is personally acquainted with Patton and who went to
school with Anna Patton, Ben's sister. He had never heard, nor even heard OF,
"Hot Sauce," and he likes it as I do.

"Hot Sauce," on Rick and the Ramblers, "I Rode the Ti" (CD, AirFlyte Records
AR-2008, 2008)
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ROCK BAND
Latest Downloadable Content

Word we received of the coming week's Rock Band downloadable content (DLC) is a
good deal less formal than usual. We pass it along anyway, since our readers
likely include many Guns 'N Roses fans.

<> "The DLC announcement for next week is up, and it's 'Chinese Democracy' (sans
Shackler's Revenge) by Guns N Roses."
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
The Missing Item

<> Now I see I goofed up. One of the topmost headlines and lead-ins on the
Yahoo Music News page says major festival producers do not anticipate that their
efforts will be much harmed by the recession. It seemed to me this would be of
interest to many of our readers, and I had intended to copy that entry here. No
doubt a search of Yahoo Music News would easily turn up this article. - Ed.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Afternoon

<> Tom Rush, according to our calculations, is releasing studio albums of new
recordings at a rate of slightly less than three discs a century. So don't wait
for his next flurry of press activity: read up on him now while we are all still
alive.

Here is that Yahoo Music News item:

Tom Rush releases first studio album in 35 years AP - Fri Apr 10, 1:58 PM ET

VIENNA, Virginia - Tom Rush says he's the biggest slacker in folk music. It took
him 35 years to release his latest CD, "What I Know."

Tom Rush
"What I Know" (CD, Appleseed Records APR 1115, 2009)
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Wednesday Afternoon

Rosanne Cash readies "List" of key country tunes Reuters - Wed Apr 8, 1:30 PM
ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rosanne Cash is dipping back into her childhood for her
next album, "The List," and taking to heart the lessons of her father, Johnny
Cash.

ROSANNE CASH IS . . one of my alltime favorites, going all the way back to her
phenomenal debut album.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Green Day plans rare NYC club gig Reuters - Fri Apr 10, 6:11 PM ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Green Day will appear at New York's Bowery Ballroom on
May 18, just three days after the release of the band's hotly anticipated eighth
studio album, "21st Century Breakdown," according to MTV Germany.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Thursday Evening

YouTube and Universal to launch premium music site Reuters - Thu Apr 9, 7:59 PM
ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google's YouTube and Universal Music Group, the world's
largest music company, said on Thursday they will launch a premium music video
website as they bid to increase revenue from YouTube's huge usage.
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THE FACT THAT I COPIED THIS ITEM . . twice probably has something to do with my
missing that festivals item. I checked Yahoo Music News in the middle of the
Friday-Saturday overnight, possibly before my coffee had fully done its work. -
Ed.

YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Thursday Evening

YouTube and Universal to launch premium music site Reuters - Thu Apr 9, 7:59 PM
ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google's YouTube and Universal Music Group, the world's
largest music company, said on Thursday they will launch a premium music video
website as they bid to increase revenue from YouTube's huge usage.
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YAHOO MUSIC NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Evening

Ted Nugent reuniting Amboy Dukes for Detroit event Reuters - Fri Apr 10, 8:06
PM ET

DETROIT (Billboard) - Ted Nugent is ready for a journey to the center of his
past.
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ROCK BAND: RECENT DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT

Hey gang,

You got a little sneak peak at this week's announcement a few days ago when we
announced the Toby Keith Pack 01 and, as promised, we have a few other singles
to go a long with the pack. Check it out!

Black Tide - Warriors of Time
Bullet for My Valentine - Waking the Demon
The Shins - New Slang

Toby Keith - Beer for My Horses
Toby Keith - I Love This Bar
Toby Keith - She's a Hottie
Toby Keith - Should've Been a Cowboy
Toby Keith - Who's Your Daddy?
Toby Keith - How Do You Like Me Now

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Price:
$1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$9.99 (800 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for Toby Keith Pack 01

Locations:
Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation®Network

Release Date:
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 (Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360®)
Thursday, April 9, 2009 (PlayStation®Store)

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change
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<> As a rule, we do not post SHOW LISTINGS. The reason is quite simple. Though
our name is the NEW ENGLAND Music Scrapbook, probably an easy majority of our
readers are based outside the six New England states. The great majority of
show listings would be of no interest at all to the great majority of our
readers.

We make exceptions when show listings are part of an item of more general
interest. CD-release events are great examples. For us, the main point of an
item of this sort is that an act has a new record. The show being announced is
of secondary interest to us - if that - as far as the contents of our newsletter
goes.

In the very few, truly exceptional instances where we post show listings...
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... Shows can be canceled, sold out, or even moved to another date or location.
We recommend checking the Web, calling ahead or otherwise confirming details.
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