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   maquino.mail@gmail.com to RBRinfo   
   Re: Ani DiFranco/Greg Brown/Gillian Welc   
   04 Oct 17 10:26:37   
   
   Is there a recording of the Avery Fisher show? It was really magical.   
      
   On Monday, January 31, 2000 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, RBRinfo wrote:   
   > Ani DiFranco, Gillian Welch & Greg Brown Join Forces    
   > for an Evening of Acoustic Music   
   >    
   > A quick quiz in these game-show-crazy times: Take three of the most revered   
   > acoustic artists of the 1990s, plop ‘em down on the same stage on the same   
   > night at the beginning of a new decade, and what have you got? “An evening   
   to   
   > remember” is the obvious, if somewhat predictable, answer we had in mind.   
   > (We’ll also accept “a night of singin’, finger-pickin’, laughin’,   
   talkin’,   
   > story-tellin’, and more,” although we must caution you that that   
   description   
   > would cover the average episode of “Hee-Haw,” too.)   
   >    
   > What supernatural forces have conspired to bring Ani DiFranco, Gillian Welch,   
   > and Greg Brown into such close proximity for two weeks in March? Well, the   
   main   
   > idea comes courtesy of Ani D, who has been a good friend of Greg B’s for   
   years   
   > and a big fan of Gillian W’s for just about that long. Step one was the   
   Little   
   > Folksinger deciding to venture out into the wilderness without her beloved   
   band   
   > for her first solo tour in many years. Playing alone again is always an   
   > intriguing challenge, sez Ani, “taking my new circumstance and going with   
   it,   
   > now that I’m not Solo Folk Girl anymore.”   
   >    
   > On the other hand, heading out unaccompanied sounded a bit lonely, so Mister   
   > DiFranco decided to share the stage, in time-honored folk tradition. “Greg   
   > Brown and Gillian Welch came up because I thought it would just be so   
   > incredible to be on the road with a couple of my favorite acoustic   
   musicians,”   
   > Ani says. “It’s gonna be real different for all of us.”   
   >    
   > And so it is that four fine musicians (that’s counting Gillian’s touring   
   > partner David Rawlings, himself a top-notch guitarist and co-writer) will be   
   > crisscrossing the country for a spring tour which promises to be as intimate   
   as   
   > a campfire weenie roast, minus the mosquitoes and the marshmallows.   
   >    
   > Tue., Mar. 7: Peoria, IL [Illinois Wesleyan Univ., Madison Theater,   
   > (309)676-8722; tickets on sale 1/22]   
   > Wed., Mar. 8: Madison, WI [venue info tba]   
   > Fri., Mar. 10: Duluth, MN [Duluth Entertainment Convention Center,   
   > (218)727-4344; on sale 1/29]   
   > Sat., Mar. 11: Grand Forks, ND [Chester Fritz Auditorium, (701)777-4094; on   
   > sale 1/3]   
   > Sun., Mar. 12: Winnipeg, Manitoba [Walker Theatre, (204)780-3333; on sale   
   1/25]   
   > Tue., Mar. 14: Minneapolis, MN [University of Minnesota, Northrop Auditorium,   
   > (612)989-5151; on sale 1/28]   
   > Wed., Mar. 15: Green Bay, WI [Weidner Center, (920)465-2217; on sale 1/21]   
   > Thur., Mar. 16: Ann Arbor, MI [University of Michigan, Hill Auditorium,   
   > (734)763-8587; on sale 2/5]   
   > Sat., Mar. 18: Toronto, ONT [Massey Hall, (416)872-4255; on sale 1/28]   
   > Sun., Mar. 19: Harrisburg, PA [Scottish Rite Auditorium, (570)693-4100; on   
   sale   
   > 1/21]   
   > Mon., Mar. 20: New York, NY [Avery Fisher Hall/Lincoln Center, (212)721-6500;   
   > on sale 1/24]   
   >    
   >    
   > Righteous Babe Records   
   > P O Box 95   
   > Ellicott Station   
   > Buffalo, NY 14205   
   > Toll free retail & tour info:1-800-ON-HER-OWN   
   > Office phone: (716)852-8020   
   > Fax: (716)852-2741   
   > Tour updates: www.flemtam.com/ad-itin.html   
   >    
   >    
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