From: wrp@psl1.gvl.unisys.com (Bill Pringle)
Subject: Re: Michelle Shocked
Organization: Paramax Systems, Ivyland, PA
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 18:02:37 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.170024.1864@coe.montana.edu> cimo@cs.montana.edu (Bob Cimikowski) writes:
>
>I went to a Michelle Shocked concert here in Bozeman last night and, since I hadn't
>heard her music before, I came away with a quest for more info about her.
>
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>However, there were a few which I especially liked, in particular, "Cotton-eyed Joe",
>"500 Miles", and "Strawberry Jam," plus some others which I can't remember now.
>
>My question is, what CD are these songs on?  Anybody know?
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You might want to get her latest album, "Arkansas Traveller", which
contains Cotton-eyed Joe & Strawberry Jam.  She hasn't recorded
500 miles (in fact, I didn't know she has been doing that one).
I like all her stuff, but her latest has two of the songs you
mentioned.  She has a number of guest artists on the album, anywhere
from Hot House Flowers to Pops Staples.

If you want more, the next one to get for you would probably be
her second (or first, depending on how you count), "Short Sharp Shocked."
It has the song you mentioned about driving (Memories of East Texas),
and maybe the one you didn't like about her childhood friend
(Anchorage).  It is "modern folk", as opposed to her last one which
is "old folk with modern words".

Her "Campfile Tapes" is very folky - it was recorded on a portable
tape recorded at a campfire.  Just her and 10,000 crickets :^)
Michelle doesn't like it - it was supposedly published without her
knowledge or consent.  The sound quality is very bad, and you keep
hearing crickets, trucks, etc. in the background.

Her "Captain Swing" album is quite different.  A lot of big band &
swing influences.  Quite a departure from the others.  Bug very
good, none the less.

Shocked, Michelle|Campfire Tapes, The||PolyGram|834581
	Five AM in Amsterdam|2:08
	Secret Admirer, The|2:30
	Incomplete Image, The|2:31
	Who Cares?|3:34
	Down on Thomas Street|2:21
	Fogtown|3:30
	Steppin Out|1:50
	Hep Cat, The|2:35
	Neck Tie|2:19
	(Don't You Mess Around With) My Little Sister|1:57
	Ballad of Patch Eye and Meg, The|2:49
	Secret to a Long Life, The|2:17
Shocked, Michelle|Short Sharp Shocked||Mercury|834924
	When I Grow Up|3:29
	Hello Hopeville|2:54
	Memories of East Texas|3:33
	(Making the Run to) Gladewater|3:03
	Graffiti Limbo|3:27
	If Love Was a Train|4:03
	Anchorage|3:21
	The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore|4:07
	V.F.D.|2:47
	Black Widow|2:36
	Fogtown|2:25
Shocked, Michelle|Captain Swing||Mercury|838878
	God is a Real Estate Developer|3:11
	On the Greener Side|2:53
	Silent Ways|2:38
	Sleep Keeps Me Awake|2:42
	Cement Lament, The|3:04
	(Don't You Mess Around with) My Little Sister|2:37
	Looks Like Mona Lisa|2:29
	Too Little Too Late|2:13
	Streetcorner Ambassador|3:25
	Must Be Luff|3:38
Shocked, Michelle|Arkansas Traveller|1992|Mercury|314 512 101
	33 R.P.M. Soul|4:20
	Come a Long Way|4:50
	Secret to a Long Life|3:50
	Contest Coming~Cripple Creek|3:32
	Over the Waterfall|4:42
	Shaking Hands~Soldier's Joy|3:32
	Jump Jim Crow~Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah|3:35
	Hold Me Back~Frankie & Johnny|5:12
	Strawberry Jam|4:35
	Prodigal Daughter~Cotton Eyed Joe|6:43
	Blackberry Blossom|3:38
	Weaving Way|2:58
	Arkansas Traveler|4:25
	Woody's Rag|2:55

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