Subj : Re: G&L Guitars closed
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sun Nov 09 2025 09:16:14

RM>> That would be good to see.. She's another of those singers like
  >> Carly Simon who are actually terrified to be on stage, so it's
  >> a bigger issue for her to tour than for most..

MP>I did not realize that!  She seemed very relaxed and interacted some with
  >the crowd the night I saw her.

She does look fine on stage but she mentioned how nervous she was
during an interview I saw a long while back. Maybe she's more
settled into it these days..

RM>> She was helped get over that a bit when she did the Lilith Fair
  >> tour with a bunch of other lady singers.

MP>I was first introduced to her sometime after Fumbling Towards Ecstacy came
  >out.  I think she might have already done Lilith Fair by then, or was about
  >to.  I think my sister may have seen her on that tour in the 1990s.

Yes, it sort of started in 1996 when she went on a tour with another
lady singer, Paula Cole, and used that name part way through that
tour when they were joined by Lisa Loeb, Michelle McAdorey.
It was carried on again in 1997, 1998 and 1999 fairly successfully.
16th highest grossing music tour at the time..  ($16 million in 1997)

Singers joined in, on and off, during the tour so you probably
never knew what to expect..

Some of the better known performers were Sheryl Crow, Jewel,
Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega Mary Chapin Carpenter, Meredith
Brooks, and quite a few more in smaller roles.

A new Lilith Fair tour was tried in 2010 but wasn't quite as
successful since the world had changed some so Sarah decided
to end the idea after that.

It came about originally when concert and radio people back then
all refused to allow 2 women singers to perform in a row..

RM>> Funny story.. I once went to an open air Free concert near Toronto
  >> and there was almost noone there in the audience, like a dozen or
  >> so people. This lady came out and started playing guitar and singing.
  >> Some total unknown at the time but I thought she was pretty good.
  >> It was a few years later I got to see Sheryl Crow come into her own..

MP>Wow, that is pretty cool.

Yes, a bit of a shock when I saw her later. That small audience was
not quite as bad as it sounded. It was a tiny outdoor stage area in
or near Ontario Place that probably only seated 50 people when full.
Totally open air, no lighting or electricity that I noticed.
She sang and played an acoustic guitar. Just waked out from the side.
No one to introduce her, although I think she put up a sign with her
name on it or I'd not have known who she was..

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