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JoanM
08-09-2008, 09:41 AM
I got a call from my friend who was at last night's concert as she was driving home. She hadn't heard Janis in 30 some years and had taken a friend along who had never heard Janis. They put the phone on speaker and were going full speed about what a great concert it was for over a half hour. They mentioned the following:
The venue, The Old Towne School of Folk Music, has super acoustics, was very intimate, and you could hear a pin drop as everyone was hanging on every word Janis said and sang. It was sold out and the line afterward was huge. (They were lucky enough to get toward the front and said Janis was very gracious...)
The songs they couldn't remember all but mentioned
Silly Habits ("hot guitar part", my friend teaches guitar and piano)
Jesse
I Hear You Sing Again
Married in London
Joy

Janis looked and sounded great but said she'd had a long day. They loved her as a story teller as well as a singer.

That's all I can remember from a phone call that came in after midnight. So...Chicago Rudies...fill in the blanks for us.

Dar
08-09-2008, 12:53 PM
I think Peggy's sister's friend was going to the show last night, she's not a Rudie, although I've been encouraging her to join in. I don't think internet boards are her thing.

My Mom and my brother are going to see Janis at Border's today. They both love bookstores, so seeing Janis was as good an excuse as any for them to go. I'm excited for my Mom to be exposed to a side of Janis besides that 'girl who sings those sad songs'.