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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       >        >        > "No one here sleeps tonight..." -Arto L.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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