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| From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: John Jacob Niles ? |
| Date | Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:57:27 +0000 |
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I do own a vinyl copy of him,perhaps on Folkways.I got it because I love his
song "Go Away from my Window".It is a haunting and beautiful song.
>From: "floatingunder" <underthefloat@msn.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: John Jacob Niles ?
>Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:37:05 -0000
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> I'm finally watching the Dylan documentary "No Direction Home" and
>I'm enjoying it. Anyway, they have this clip from an old folk singer
>named John Jacob Niles. Now I'm probably the last guy to the train
>station once again but I don't think I've ever heard of him. The
>clip of him singing on the show is fascinating and rather
>spellbinding.
>I just checked AMG:
> -Barry Alfonso, recalling the first time he heard Niles on record,
>wrote, "Out of my stereo came his startling, other-worldly voice,
>the sound of someone enraptured — or maybe possessed. He seemed to
>embody his dire ballad, rather than to merely perform it." -
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>That sums it up pretty well.
>Anyway, any one care to share any thoughts regarding him and where
>to start? Many thanks in advance for any info.
>
>I guess I'm mining music from another era once again. That said,
>it's been nice to read about all the new music lately, so keep that
>comin' too. :)
>
>Best,
>Steve D.
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