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Artist, Venue, Date
Reviewer Weasel
...what they're saying

Paul Thorn,
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 2/26/00
(8 full songs -- no excerpts -- in RA)
Jane Doe, Federal Witness Protection Program ID# 133-CC Shh! its a secret

Then my daydreamy phone rings and its none other than Paul Thorn. "Hey Angel, could you …"

The Asylum Street Spankers,
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 6/3/99
(MP3 and RA)
Snoozy
Snoozy, reviewer of Dan Bern show

The Spankers do a lot of things very well, but they excel at lowbrow bawdiness. Pops sings about funny cigarettes and White House politics, wherein "You gotta go down to go up" ...

Ramblin' Jack Elliot, John Stewart,
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 4/17/99
(RA)
John Simmons robin simmons

...it's your black-sheep uncle with the beat-up guitar, just passing through, singing songs full of hidden codes to us kids while the parental units look on uncomfortably.

Bob Brozman,
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 3/27/99
(MP3 and RA)

Steve Palopoli

It amazes me that his unmistakable style -- powerful and organic and based on things like the guitar's distance from the microphone and the angle at which its tilted -- only gets more precise.

Mollie O'Brien, Kristina Olsen, & Nina Gerber,
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 3/12/99
(MP3 and RA)
Jane Doe, yet again ...

Lots of sweet innuendo here; if this didn't get you then you belong back at the backpack shop ...

Dan Bern,
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 3/6/99
(MP3 and RA)
Snoozy
Snoozy, reviewer of Dan Bern show

And what is it with the topic of painting? Dan is nearly obsessed with opportunities to sing about painting and colors, especially blue and green. Check it out ...

Fred Eaglesmith & Kelly Joe Phelps,
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 2/13/99
(MP3 plus RA interview)
Steve Palolopi, yet again ...
Steve Palopoli, revewer of Bob Brozman show

What Eaglesmith and his band are doing is perhaps THE shining hope for acoustic rock in America. Forget all that wussy crap like Box Set or whatever ...

Americana Music divider

Don't miss the big cheese behind Snazzy
Sleepy John Sandidge
Tune in every Sunday at 10am-Noon (PT) on KPIG Radio
(107.5 FM in the Monterey Bay area and www.kpig.com on the web) for

"Please Stand By ..."
Reviving the Live Radio tradition just in the nick of time!! Live Music from great artists, performed on Sunday morning to honor the sins of Saturday night.

Where Nashville fears to tread.

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Artist, Venue, Date	Reviewer Weasel	...what they're saying
Paul Thorn, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 2/26/00 (8 full songs -- no excerpts -- in RA)	Jane Doe, Federal Witness Protection Program ID# 133-CC	Then my daydreamy phone rings and its none other than Paul Thorn. "Hey Angel, could you …"
The Asylum Street Spankers, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 6/3/99 (MP3 and RA)	Snoozy	The Spankers do a lot of things very well, but they excel at lowbrow bawdiness. Pops sings about funny cigarettes and White House politics, wherein "You gotta go down to go up" ...
Ramblin' Jack Elliot, John Stewart, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 4/17/99 (RA)	John Simmons	...it's your black-sheep uncle with the beat-up guitar, just passing through, singing songs full of hidden codes to us kids while the parental units look on uncomfortably.
Bob Brozman, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 3/27/99 (MP3 and RA)	Steve Palopoli	It amazes me that his unmistakable style -- powerful and organic and based on things like the guitar's distance from the microphone and the angle at which its tilted -- only gets more precise.
Mollie O'Brien, Kristina Olsen, & Nina Gerber, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 3/12/99 (MP3 and RA)	Jane Doe, yet again ...	Lots of sweet innuendo here; if this didn't get you then you belong back at the backpack shop ...
Dan Bern, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 3/6/99 (MP3 and RA)	Snoozy	And what is it with the topic of painting? Dan is nearly obsessed with opportunities to sing about painting and colors, especially blue and green. Check it out ...
Fred Eaglesmith & Kelly Joe Phelps, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 2/13/99 (MP3 plus RA interview)	Steve Palolopi, yet again ...	What Eaglesmith and his band are doing is perhaps THE shining hope for acoustic rock in America. Forget all that wussy crap like Box Set or whatever ...