From: romain@salt.eng.pyramid.com (Romain Kang)
Newsgroups: rec.music.country.western,rec.music.folk
Subject: Mary-Chapin Carpenter, 10/4/92
Date: 6 Oct 92 06:21:00 GMT
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MCC was in the San Francisco Bay area over the weekend, performing two
concerts at the Paul Masson Mountain Winery.  I usually find concerts
less satisfying than recordings, but MCC and her band were technically
clean.  Moreover, she was a vital and energetic presence on stage.
I have to say that the recordings are a pale glimmer compared with the
real McCoy, and the album photos don't do this lovely woman justice.

The 10/4 show was delayed by a brushfire several miles away (shades of
the aborted Tonight Show appearance!)  Riders in the Sky opened the show
an hour late and got the audience into a good mood.  At the end of
their set, they brought the house down with an amazingly convincing
rendition of "Surfin' USA", complete with falsetto descant.

Toward the end of the evening, Joan Baez put in a surprise appearance
to do a duet performance of MCC's new song, "Stones in the Road."  Joan
intimated that she, MCC, and the Indigo Girls would be touring together
in the near future.  Keep your eyes peeled for announcements!

I thought others here might enjoy my imprecise notes from the concert.
Order and wording are only rough.

Never had it so good
You win again

Going out tonight
	"The first two songs are from my 'most recent ex-boyfriend trilogy.'
	 This is the final song of my most recent ex-boyfriend trilogy."

How do
	"Once you've found that someone you want, there are times when smiles
	 and glances and [pause] winks fail to get his attention.  So you
	 have to take the bull by the horns, as it were, and try speaking
	 a different language."

General:
	"I was a guest once on the Riders in the Sky Saturday morning
	 radio show.  I played Adrienne Barbeau.  It's a good thing it
	 was radio and not TV, since I'm not quite equipped for the role."

Passionate kisses (bass ostinato on keyboard, not guitar)
Read my lips	(bluesy, worked better than album arrangement)
	"If George Bush were to give me a call about this song, it would
	 really make my day.  Naaaht!"

Down at the Twist and Shout (fiddle from sequencer?)
	"As you can guess, we're from Washington, DC.  ...
	 There are people besides politicians in Washington."

He thinks he'll keep her
	"Remember the old Geritol commercial? ... 'My wife.  I think
	 I'll keep her.'  It still gives me the creepy crawlies."

Not too much to ask (duet w/ John Carroll)
	"Love is not about promising the Sun or the Moon and being able
	 to deliver the goods.  It's about accepting each other."

General:
	Audience: Congratulations on your CMA award.
	"Thanks.  It's been a sweet week for me, and it's been topped of by
	 playing for you all here."

Rhythm of the blues
Only a dream

Stones in the road (duet w/ Joan Baez; JB recording release in 11/92)
	"When I was 17, I was at school in Connecticut.  I found a room
	 with two pianos where I could bang away and no one would pay
	 any attention to me.  One night, I was playing and singing,
	 when someone walked in and started playing and singing with
	 me.  I couldn't see who it was, since it was kind of dark.
	 But I knew the voice, and it belonged to Joan Baez."

General:
	"After one concert, this person came up to me and asked, 'Do you
	 actually play all those guitars, or are they just props?'  My
	 reaction was, 'My goodness.  Don't you know girls can't play
	 guitars?'"
	[Someone near me in the audience counted 9 guitars go through
	 MCC's hands over the course of the concert.]

I feel lucky

Encores:
Right now	(partly on ampitheatre floor)
Halley came to Jackson

Band:
John Jennings, guitars and harmony vocals
J.T. Brown, bass guitar and harmony vocals
Robbie Magruder, drums
John Carroll, keyboards and harmony vocals
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