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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@mindspring.com> |
| Subject | Re: Natalie Merchant/John Lombardo |
| Date | Thu, 14 Aug 2003 21:25:19 -0400 |
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Please do. :)
I should probably add that I've always enjoyed the first post-Merchant
10K Maniacs solo record -- where John and Mary rejoined the combo.
"Save It For A Rainy Day," was a tremendously endearing tune, and I did
like their cover of "More Than This."
I assume, with Rob Buck's death, the Maniacs have ceased to function as
a recording/touring entity? I know they went on hiatus, but I don't
recall ever reading any formal announcement of their dissolution.
John Micek
On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 09:15 PM, Eric Van Rysdam wrote:
>
>
>> I always enjoyed the Maniacs' early work -- the stuff that was
>> collected on
>> "Hope Chest." My thinking was the the quality declined markedly after
>> John
>> Lombardo left the band. It seemed like that early period stuff --
>> which was
>> a bit spikier -- was honed to a fine edge by the time of "Our Time In
>> Eden."
>>
>
> When I see him tonight, I'll pass on your kind words. I see him 3 or 4
> times a week. Great guy and a fan of great music too. If he was more
> into the internet, he'd probably walk among us here. He just released
> his 3rd solo album with Mary Ramsey and it's quite good (and I'm not
> saying this because he's my buddy either)
>
>
>> I was always a fan of the late Robert Buck's guitarwork as well. I
>> always
>> thought he made innovative use of open tunings, and played some fairly
>> creative guitar.
>>
>
> He was a truly unique player, and a nice guy too.
>
> Eric Van Rysdam
>
> np: Shack: Here's Tom With The Weather
>
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