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Contents: More on the Stones; Daniel Pearl Concert followup; Note from abroad,

Some Further Thoughts on the Stones

Like Larry Gamliel in his December 2002 FolkNotes review, I too am a Stones

aficionado. Hey, how could I not be? They early on covered Willy Dixon and

Robert Johnson songs and brought blues into the mainstream. But they were

truly revolutionary, not so much for their music but for their attitude.

One must remember that up till the Stones all the bad boys of Rock were either tamed (Elvis) or banished (Jerry Lee Lewis) by the music business. The basic pop theme was "our parents don't understand us but we love them and they will someday see that we were really in love." I remember a song called One In A Million, recorded, I think, by Gene Pitney. It was a plaintive lament about a couple of teenagers in love. It ended with the lines: But we'll forgive them because we love them, and after all is said and done, one in a million, a million to one.

Then along came the Stones with utter contempt for their elders, who sang

What a drag it is getting old in Mother Little Helpers, a song about a pill-popping suburban housewife. In addition to unfettered contempt for parents, they spewed ego bile like no one had before, and reveled in unabashed sexuality. Don't Play With Me Cause You're Playin' With Fire and Under My Thumb are examples of the former, while Little Red Rooster and Let's Spend the Night Together exemplify the latter.

In 1964 this was new, revolutionary and, to my mind, basically healthy. The

Stones backed it all up with uncompromising rhythm and blues music and exaggerated stage antics. I remember seeing them on the Ed Sullivan Show, where they sang a cleaned- up version of Lets Spend the Night Together - but their lascivious toothy smiles left no doubt what they were singing about.

--Marc Miller

Note from Abroad

Hello my dear friends,

I hope you and yours are all well, as we head to the end of this harrowing

year. While not comparable to the events in Israel, even here in Canada we

have felt the hate - in March arsonists set fire to my beloved synagogue, and

it was a miracle that someone with a cell phone happened by at 2 am and called the fire department that responded promptly. Fifteen minutes later and my shul would have been a pile of ash and tears. On the other side of the balance, I released another record this year. Part solo, part band, and heavy on the blues, making music is my way of saying no to those who say no. The website has been updated to reflect this happy event, so check it out to listen to

cuts if you'd like. I look forward to hearing from you, and seeing you in the

near future.

I wish you all a happy Sylvester (he's not only a cat!) and abundant

blessings from Above.

love, nz

noah zacharin

http://www.noahsong.com

Daniel Pearl Concert

Just a note to inform you all that the double disk set from the Daniel

Pearl Memorial Concert is being sent only to the Daniel Pearl Foundation.

Kehatya Street Band (c) Rafael Kleiman

Because of copyright issues with many of the songs played during the evening,

the disks will not be available for sale to the public. Sorry.

BlueGrass Incident (c) Rafael Kleiman

MILESTONES

Happy Birthday to: Beverly Burge, Naomi Edelman, Jay Epstein, Sara Gefen, Judy

Greenbaum, Harold Jacobs, Vered Kater, Suzanne Pomeranz, Adar Wesley

NOT TRAD ADS - fee is NIS 10 (NIS 5 for members).

** Marc Miller's CD Bring It With You When You Come. Contact Marc at (051)

405-715 or e-mail him at mmiller@afik.org or send a check for 50 NIS

(including postage and handling) made out to Kibbutz Afik and send to:

Fatman Productions

Kibbutz Afik

Doar Na Ramat HaGolan 12938

Larry Gamliel wrote "Get it, whatever you do."

Ray Scudero wrote "My only complaint is that he priced

his work too low."

**Sandy Cash's new CD, EXACT CHANGE, is available for 60 NIS, plus 15 NIS shipping (per order). Send a check, along with your name and shipping

information, to P.O. Box 1639, Bet Shemesh, 99522. For more information, call

Sandy at (02) 991-9686 or contact her at:

sandycash@bigfoot.com

**SHELLEY ELLEN - guitar lessons, also available for performances (03)674-5356.

**Jill Rogoff's ACROSS THE NARROW SEAS (ALC 129) is available on cassette and

CD. Tel/Fax (02) 679-0410.

** Voice and/or flute lessons. Call Marcie Schreier: (053) 834-174.

**Computer Support. Free telephone support, and house calls. Very reasonable rates. Ben Hizak. (050) 280-644.

**The New Country Klezmers -- a foot-stompin' good time -- 2-5 musicians for your simchah. Call David Baron (054) 955-997 or Bruce Brill (051) 565-479.

Daniel Pearl Concert – Marc G., Judi 'n' Lynn Lewis (c) Rafael Kleiman

**CAPA (Computer Assisted Production and Arranging) -- from your musical masterpiece to demo, playback, finished CD? Call David Baron (054) 955-997.

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FolkNotes Staff: Sherry Whetstone, Larry Gamliel, Carol Fuchs, and Cecile

Panzer

C A L E N D A R

February 2003

JERUSALEM AREA:

Jerusalem Harp Circle meets on the second Monday of every month at 11 a.m. (starting for sure by 11.30 am). Admission fee: NIS 10. For details, please contact Shoshanna (02) 624-3435. All harp players, all levels, welcome.

Israel Dulcimer Society meets Sunday nights barring unforeseen circumstances. First Sunday of the month is learning night, 2nd Sunday is reviews, 3rd Sunday welcomes other instruments compatible with dulcimers, 4th Sunday is a free-for-all. For more info, call Judi (02) 679-8448 or Dena (02) 561-8910.

Thursday, February 13th, 8:30 pm. JERUSALEM FOLK CLUB – Valentine’s Day - Hearts Broken and Unbroken with Scott Fields (Open Stage); Special Guest Storyteller Naama Cohen; Eli Rockowitz; Unstrung Heroes; Lynn and Judy Lewis, At the Tisch Family Biblical Zoo Auditorium. Admission NIS 25/20. For information call Larry (053) 801-202 or Carol (053) 850-098.

Saturday, February 15th, 9 pm. AACI/IFS Sing Thing. Great Singer/Songwriters such as James Taylor, Neil Diamond, Gordon Lightfoot. At the AACI, 6 Mane St. Admission NIS 30 (25 for members). For information call Larry (053) 801-202 or Carol (053) 850-098.

TEL AVIV AREA:

Wednesday, February 5th 8:30 pm. TEL AVIV FOLK CLUB. Three premieres (of new musicians at the club) - Ruthy Bar-On (with some songs in Spanish and more) Ivan Shiran ( 'Rock it baby' + blues) and a new Blues duo : Dror Ahava Romem and Amotz Betzer (possibly with friends) (By the way - Ivan and the Blues guys are all coming all the way from the North). Bikurei Ha'itim, 6 Heftman St. Admission NIS 25. For information call Ariela (03) 683-7441.

Wednesday, February 19th, 8:30 pm. TEL AVIV FOLK CLUB. Bikurei Ha'itim, 6 Heftman St. Admission NIS 25. For information call Ariela (03) 683-7441.

Colum Sands, singer-songwriter from N. Ireland, will be performing with Sharon Aviv, an Israeli storyteller. "Sharon Aviv and Colum Sands met on stage (literally) during an international storytelling concert in England in 1998. Right away the explored the idea of putting together a show to investigate how stories and songs can help to break the silence and lack of communication so often the mark of divided communities, not only in their countries, but also throughout the world. Colum Sands is a member of the internationally known Sands Family from County Down. Appearing with them and as a solo performer, he has taken his unique style of songwriting and storytelling to over thirty countries around the world."

TALKING TO THE WALL

20.2 20:30 Beit Ariela Storytelling Center in Tel Aviv 40 NIS

21.2 21:00 Kibbutz Maanit music club

22.2 21:00 Beit Haim Aherim -Tel Aviv alternative center (including stories from the audience) 50 NIS

24.2 20:30 Sde Boker - home concert

25.2 20:30 Meitar music and folk club

26.2 17:00 Beit Ariela Storytelling Center in Tel Aviv - workshop and master class

28.2 21:00 Kibbutz Ein-Harod 29.2 21:30 Blousette music club - Zichron Yaakov

60 NIS

For more information call Sharon Aviv: (04) 627-5232 or (064) 844-789

KIBBUTZ TZORA and area

Monday, February 3rd, Bet Shemesh Music Nite - with Ofer Golany & Laura Fink and more! At Hashushan 10B (in Nofei Aviv) at 8:30 pm. Further details, call Roby (02) 999-2106

Wednesday, February 26th, 9 pm. KIBBUTZ TZORA FOLK CLUB. For information call Judi & Lynn Lewis (02) 990-8382 or (051) 348-061 or email them at judilynn@tzora.co.il. Also see their website: www.oocities.org/tzorafolk

KARMIEL AND NORTH

Ada will be continuing the Saturday Morning Clil Concerts as usual, solo at times, with Diane at times, and with others. For information or reservations, call Ada (04) 996-9540 or (050) 601-774 or Diane (04) 980-0718.

Thursday, February 6th, 9 pm. KARMIEL FOLK KLUB at Beit HaNoar Karmiel with Laurie Ornstein, Jug’o’Punch. The price per person for the KFK is now only 25 NIS. There is a map with directions in the Photo section of the IFC home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/israelfolkcommunity. For further details, call Larry Rosenfeld (04) 990-2455.

SOUTH - keep this date open

March 28-29 - The spring Dulcimer Retreat will take place the weekend of March 28-29 at Laurie's Place at Midreshet Sde Boker. For details call 08-6532080 or 064-464377. email laurie@boker.org.il Home hospitality provided till I run out of beds and floor space. RSVP

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