It's hard to believe that it's been TEN years since I first saw Ellis perform with the female trio pictured above. Yes, on Feb. 7, 1998, I attended my 3rd Ellis Paul show. It was the one time my husband Mike was with me at an EP show and I remember Mike talking to EP while EP signed autographs at a table and simultaneously ate a plate of spaghetti.
I think I bought one of the Boston, Not Austin CDs that afternoon as I recall. It was an afternoon show at Miami University in Hamilton, Ohio. It was actually a terrific three-bill with the female trio and another group called Salamander Crossing, who sadly has broken up since then, although one of the members - Rani Arbo - performs as Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem, a marvelously eclectic, four-person acoustic string band with wicked percussion, great harmonies and sublime lead singing.
EP's setlist 10 years ago today:
Take Me Down (1)
Did I Ever Know You? (1)
Angel in Manhattan (2)
The World Ain’t Slowing Down (2)
She Wasn’t Listening (3)
Conversation with a Ghost (2)
3.000 Miles (2)
Translucent Soul (3)
Never Lived At All (1)
[poem] Love’s Too Familiar a Word (2)
Here She Is (2)
Did Galileo Pray (3)
The numbers indicate that it was the 1st, 2nd or 3rd time I heard a song. I love remembering those shows that opened with "Take me down". There were quite a few.
So, who wants the easy task of naming the female trio who also performed that afternoon?
KarenZ
