01	Una Dolcezza Nuova						05:30
	02	Gioco Di Bimba						02:56
	03	La Porta Chiusa						07:33
	04	Breve Immagine						02:44
	05	Figure Di Cartone						03:49
	06	Aspettando L'alba						04:44
	07	Alienazione						04:43

Artist

LE ORME



1966-67
Aldo Tagliapietra (vocals, guitar)
Nino Smeraldi (guitar)
Claudio Galieti (bass)
Marino Rebeschini (drums)

1967
Rebeschini replaced by:
Michi Dei Rossi (drums)

1968-70
Aldo Tagliapietra (vocals, guitar)
Nino Smeraldi (guitar)
Toni Pagliuca (keyboards)
Claudio Galieti (bass)
Michi Dei Rossi (drums)

1971-75
Aldo Tagliapietra (vocals, bass, guitar)
Toni Pagliuca (keyboards)
Michi Dei Rossi (drums)

1975
enters:
Tolo Marton (guitar)

1976-80
Marton replaced by:
Germano Serafin (guitar)



One of the most important and loved italian prog bands, and one of the most famous among foreign listeners.
Le Orme were another of those bands coming from the beat era that had the most convincing musical evolution in the 70's. They were formed in Marghera (nearVenice) in1966 but their debut came in 1967 with Fiori e colori, recorded by the original four-piece line-up.

The band had a successful single with Senti l'estate che torna and released their first album Ad Gloriam in 1969. Housed in a psychy sleeve the album is still regarded as one of the best in the italian beat, with the music having a slight psychedelic touch in songs like Io non so restare solo, Fumo, Milano 1968.

In 1970 the band signed a contract with Philips, that released their subsequent 10 albums in ten years. The old label Car Juke Box released L'Aurora, a compilation of their singles tracks that's also very rare now.

First album with Philips, and their first as a trio was Collage, with Aldo Tagliapietra having switched from guitar to bass and the band having now an ELP-inspired keyboards based sound. They had also made a trip to London to follow the current music evolution. A very good album, this contains some of their best tracks ever like Sguardo verso il cielo and Cemento armato.

With a great live following the band released a new album in 1972, Uomo di pezza, with a distictive fantasy gatefold cover. The album was very successful, as the single taken from it, Gioco di bimba, that many of their fans disliked being too melodic. In the same year the band left the open-air festival circuit and began individual tours, with important guests such as Peter Hammill.

1973 saw the release of an ambitious concept album, Felona e Sorona, based on the story of these two planets. A beautiful album, containing a long suite, it also gave the band high placements in the LP and singles charts (with the single Felona in this case). The sound was more original, with the keyboards of Pagliuca being the leading instrument and the delicate original voice of Tagliapietra giving a distinctive touch. Le Orme made their first english tour that year, and Felona e Sorona was also translated in english and released by Charisma in the UK, but with little success.

Coming back to Italy, they were the most popular live group at the time, and decided to release a live album, In concerto in 1974. This was the first live album by an italian rock band and a very successful one, though the recording was far from perfect. The album also included an unreleased track, the side-long 21 minute Truck of fire.

Contrappunti, released the same year, was a lower level effort in comparison with the previous works, with long instrumental parts (3 of the seven tracks were instrumental) and producer Gian Piero Reverberi mentioned in the cover notes as a band member on piano.

Probably in search of a new sound the band enroled a fourth member, guitarist extraordinaire Tolo Marton, for their next album Smogmagica. And the album, recorded in Los Angeles, has in fact a different sound, with less space left to keyboards and the guitar in evidence, with spacey tracks like Laserium Floyd (with obvious Pink Floyd influences) or Laurel Canyon. The album was not convincing, and newcomer Marton soon left the band, replaced by another guitarist Germano Serafin.

With the new member they released next album Verita nascoste in 1976, a very good one and probably their last good album for many years. A hit single was also taken from it with Regina al Troubadour, and the album, despite some melodic songs has some very good moments like Insieme al concerto and Vedi Amsterdam.

From 1977 with Storia o leggenda the band enters their worst period, releasing mediocre albums with stronger classical influences until 1982, when they disbanded.
Aldo Tagliapietra released a rock-oriented solo album in 1984, the band reunited in 1986 for a single, but only in 1990 they returned together, again with Philips for a pop album.

A new split came, with Toni Pagliuca entering a solo career and the other two members (Tagliapietra and Dei Rossi) reforming the band with two keyboardsmen, Michele Bon and Francesco Sartori.

With a new four piece line-up the revived group began touring again, and released a very good album with Il fiume, closer to their early 70's sound. The album had a good success and the band was also invited to the Los Angeles Progfest in May 1997. Many other important foreign dates followed in these years.

In 2001 another great album, Elementi, housed in a nice cover by Paul Whitehead (of Genesis fame) by the new line up of Tagliapietra, Dei Rossi, Bon and second keyboardsman/violinist Andrea Bassato, and it seems that Le Orme have found a second youth.





LP
Ad gloriam Car Juke Box (CRJLP 00015) 1969 gatefold laminated cover
Akarma (AK 060) 2000 gatefold cover - bonus 7" single Senti l'estate che torna
L'aurora Car Juke Box (CRJLP 00023) 1970 single cover
Akarma (AK 067) 2000 gatefold cover
Collage Philips (6323 007) 1971 gatefold laminated cover
Uomo di pezza Philips (6323 013) 1972 gatefold textured cover
Felona e Sorona Philips (6323 023) 1973 gatefold laminated cover
In concerto Philips (6323 028) 1974 gatefold laminated cover
Contrappunti Philips (6323 035) 1974 single cover with inner
Smogmagica Philips (6323 041) 1975 gatefold cover with poster
Verita nascoste Philips (6323 045) 1976 gatefold laminated cover
Storia o leggenda Philips (6323 052) 1977
Florian Philips (6323 086) 1979
Piccola rapsodia dell'ape Philips (6323 102) 1980
Venerdi DDD (ZPLDR 34145) 1982
Orme Philips (846 410) 1990
Il fiume Tring (TRI 024) 1996
Elementi Crisler/MP (MPRLP 039) 2001 single cover with inner
All albums have been reissued on CD

SINGLES (with picture sleeves)

Fiori e colori
Lacrime di sale Car Juke Box (CRJNP 1024) 1967
Senti l'estate che torna
Mita Mita Car Juke Box (CRJNP 1030) 1968 both tracks from Ad gloriam
Milano 1968
I miei sogni Car Juke Box (CRJNP 1044) 1968 both tracks from Ad gloriam
Irene
Casa mia Car Juke Box (CRJNP 1050) 1969 first copies included a mini poster
L'aurora
Finita la scuola Car Juke Box (CRJNP 1059) 1970
Il profumo delle viole
I ricordi piu belli Philips (6025 022) 1970 both unreleased tracks
Sguardo verso il cielo
Cemento armato Philips (6025 048) 1971 both tracks from Collage
Gioco di bimba
Figure di cartone Philips (6025 073) 1972 both tracks from Uomo di pezza
Felona
L'equilibrio Philips (6025 101) 1973 both tracks from Felona e Sorona
Blue rondo a la turk
Concerto n°3 Car Juke Box (CRJNP 1090) 1973 both unreleased tracks
Frutto acerbo
Aliante Philips (6025 124) 1974 both tracks from Contrappunti
Sera
India Philips (6025 134) 1975 B side from Contrappunti
Amico di ieri
Ora o mai piu Philips (6025 148) 1976 both tracks from Smogmagica
Canzone d'amore
E finita una stagione Philips (6025 153) 1976 both unreleased tracks
Regina al Troubadour
Verita nascoste Philips (6025 063) 1976 both tracks from Verita nascoste
Se io lavoro
Storia o leggenda Philips (6025 185) 1977 both tracks from Storia o leggenda
Fine di un viaggio
Il mago Philips (6025 236) 1979 both tracks from Florian
Piccola rapsodia dell'ape
Raccogli le nuvole Philips (6025 252) 1980 both tracks from Piccola rapsodia dell'ape
Marinai
La notte DDD (ZBDR 7246) 1982
Rosso di sera
Sahara DDD (DDDA 2820) 1982
Dimmi che cos'e
Dimmi che cos'e (instr.) Baby (DR 50369) 1987

PROMO-ONLY AND JUKEBOX SINGLES (with blank covers)

Fiori e colori
Senti l'estate che torna Car Juke Box (SJB 102) 1968 white label promo single
Felona Philips (AS 214) 1973 split jukebox single coupled with I Gens - Cara Amica mia
Sorona Philips (AS 242) 1973 split jukebox single coupled with Gary Glitter - I love you love me love
Blue rondo a la turk Car Juke Box (JB 1090) 1973 split jukebox single coupled with Abba - Waterloo

CD (relevant issues)

Anthology Replay (RMCD 4181) 1997 budget-price compilation, includes english-sung versions of early tracks
Amico di ieri Tring 1997 remakes of old songs by the new line-up



VARIOUS ARTISTS COMPILATION CD'S
Progfest '97
(with Madre Mia / Prima Acqua / Il Vecchio / Il Fiume (Pt. 2) / Sospesi Nell' Incredibile / Felona / La solitudine di chi protegge il mondo) Pangea/Outer Music (OM110CD) 1997 2 CD issued in USA also including John Wetton Band, Arena, The Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, Big Elf, Sinkadus





The early Car Juke Box albums are by far the rarest and most collectible albums by Le Orme. Both Ad Gloriam and L'Aurora are very expensive and hard to find.
They have had a private reissue by an italian dealer in mid 90's, sort of counterfeit but easy to identify as the labels have a white/cream lettering on red background whereas the original classic Car Juke Box label was silver on red (black in the case of L'Aurora). The reissued Ad Gloriam had a non-laminated cover, while L'Aurora contained a round sticker reproducing the album cover.
Both the albums are now easy to find in the recent Akarma reissues.

The Philips albums have been reissued lots of times during the years, the reissues have standard covers (and sometimes single sleeves instead of gatefold) where the original were laminated or gatefold. Later issues can also be identified by the label. Original Philips labels are dark blue with silver lettering, reissues had a lighter blue background and cream or white lettering.

The Felona e Sorona album was also released in an english-sung version in UK, on Charisma (CAS 1072), the lyrics being by Peter Hammill. A single was also planned for release in UK coupling Child's play with Truck of fire but this is not confirmed.

Most Philips albums have been issued in Japan (Uomo di pezza-Nippon Phonogram BT-8116, In concerto-Nippon Phonogram BT-8121, Contrappunti-Nippon Phonogram BT-8112, Felona & Sorona (english version)-Charisma/Nippon Phonogram RJ-7222), where an otherwise unavailable Le Orme Live double album has been released in 1986 (Nexus K20P611/12) and an EP, Rarita nascoste (Nexus 7SSY-14) was also made, including unreleased live and TV recordings. Both are very interesting items.

An US-only compilation, entitled Beyond leng, was released by Peters in 1974. It contained eight tracks from Contrappunti, Uomo di pezza and Felona e Sorona. The titles are translated in english but the recordings are the same as the original italian-sung albums.

An incredible foreign issue to mention, Ad gloriam was originally released in Brazil on Car Juke Box subsidiary Caravelle (CAR LP 1026) with the same gatefold cover.


The band has an official website in italian and english at http://www.leorme.org




Orme, Le [Italy]
Updated 5/23/02
Discography
Ad Gloriam (69)
L'Aurora Delle Orme (70, Compilation)
Collage (71)
Uomo Di Pezza (72)
Felona E Sorona (73)
In Concerto (74, Live)
Contrappunti (74)
Smogmagica (75)
Beyond Leng (75, Compilation)
Verita' Nascoste (76)
Storia O Leggenda (77)
Canzone d' Amore (77, Compilation)
Le Orme Vol. 1 (77, '70's Compilation)
Le Orme Vol. 2 (77, '70's Compilation)
Le Orme Antologia Vol. 1 (78, '60's Compilation)
Le Orme Antologia Vol. 2 (78, '60's Compilation)
Florian (79)
Piccola Rapsodia Dell'Ape (80)
Venerdi' (82)
Le Orme (83, Compilation)
Live Orme (86, Live, 2LP)
Le Orme (90, Compilation)
Orme (90)
Antologia 1970-1980 (93, Compilation)
Biancaneve (95, CD re-release of Venerdi')
Le Orme (96, '60's Compilation)
Il Fiume (96)
Amico di ieri (97)
Le Prime Orme (97, '60's Compilation)
Anthology (98, '60's Compilation)
Le Piu' Belle Canzoni (98, '70's Compilation)
Gioco di Bimba (99, '70's Compilation)
Gioco di Bimba e Altri Successi (00, '70's Compilation)
Elementi (01)


Reviews
Le Orme circa 2002 - Michele Bon (keyboards), Aldo Tagliapietra (voice, bass, bass-pedal, guitar, sitar), Michi Dei Rossi (drums, percussion), Andrea Bassato (keyboards, violin, voice)

For Emerson, Lake, and Palmer fans, who like the three man classical-rock format style will undoubtedly love Le Orme, who's Nice, ELP, Trace, and Ekseption similarities are evident. Although similar, in my opinion Le Orme were the best of the genre who mixed the pompous classical rock of the Nice with the elegance and sophistication of the Italians. Although their first two albums are rare '60s beat-music, Le Orme's best albums starting with Collage and the ones that followed, all featuring incredible statements for the three-man band format and are highly recommended to any lover of progressive music. Also great are their fourth through sixth including the classics Uomo Di Pezza, Felona E Sorona (who's English version had lyrics by Peter Hammill), and their opus Contappunti. Others are supposedly slightly inferior yet are all worthy of exploration.

One of the better known Italian bands, Contrappunti and Felona E Sorona are regarded by many as the band's finest hour. When comparisons are made, ELP is usually mentioned. I think they are kind of a cross between ELP (Hammond tones) and PFM (melodic content). Contrappunti is a very good album and gets better with each listening. Most of you would like this.
They started out with beat music and from the album Collage the sound become more prog. (like Quatermass and ELP). The album Felona E Sorona has an English version with the lyrics translated by Peter Hammill. After a bad album (Contrappunti), they recorded Smogmagica in California. The best album is (IMHO) Verita' Nascoste, which has a rocky sound.
Early albums (Collage to Leng) were based on the keyboard trio sound of bands like ELP, and while not being a copy band - Le Orme's sound was more folk influenced, and generally imaginative - the influence is unmistakable. Beyond Leng is a compilation of the best of their early stuff with English lyrics replacing the Italian. From Smogmagica, they began exploring a more varied sound with a four-piece lineup (guitar added), absorbing more folk, jazz, and classical influences and moving away from the power-trio sound. These feature much more varied styling, and some of the band's best work. From the early period, the place to start is Felona E Sorona, and from the later period go with Storia O Leggenda.
Ah, the cozy sound of keyboard, bass and drum. The many comparsions to ELP are valid, but these guys also have an identity of their own. Melodic Hammond and Moog symphonies that deserve a place among the progressive giants. Recommended: Contrappunti.
Italian progressive trio were one of the first to be able to shake off comparisons to ELP, mostly by being a good deal "classier." The ethereal organ reminds me much more of the "special-effects organ" on early Ange albums. Collage is supposed to be the first of the truly progressive albums. Uomo di Pezza and Contrappunti are supposed to be good, but the only album I've heard of the early period is the outstanding Felona e Sorona, which is one of the best Italian albums from this period. By alternating between intense synth-heavy classical-influenced works with melodic acoustic guitar-led tunes, they bring out the best tendencies of Italian prog. "Sospesi nell'incredibile," "Attesa inerte" and "Ritorno al nulla" are three standouts. After Contrappunti, the band added a fourth member on guitar and became far more conventional. Smogmagica was recorded in Los Angeles and is supposed to be terribly commercial. Verita Nascoste is probably the best from this period, the more rock-orientated guitar-based songs ("In Ottobre," "Vedi Amsterdam") tend to win out over the feathery keyboard-based songs ("Regina al Troubadour"). Not an outstanding album by any means, but very nice. Storia o Leggenda is the worst I've heard by them, very commercial and poppish, resembling Formula 3 circa La Grande Casa, though the closing instrumental is pretty good (but far too short). Avoid this one. Florian and Piccola Rapsodie dell'Ape are supposed to be much improved, all acoustic with lots of chamber-music influence. I haven't heard these. -- Mike Ohman
I wanted to find other great progressive bands from other countries other than England and when I read a write-up in a prog rock book about Italy's "big three" I became curious. These three were PFM, Banco and Le Orme. The writer of this book had high regards for the haunting melodic passages in Le Orme's music especially. My journey into their music proved well worth the visit. Now that I am familiar with many other prog bands from Europe from the '70's, I can honestly say that Le Orme were the most consistent in melody output. Simply put, Le Orme were the best prog band to come out of Europe south of England!! The lead singer, Aldo Tagliapietra, was one of the few Italian singers with a clean voice and he was the group's main song writer from day one. Their biggest pop hit was "Irene" which came out the year before they became a prog band. Then they released my favourite album of their's called Collage which yielded two of their most powerful tunes - both keyboard driven called "Collage" and "Sguardo Verso il Cielo". The next two were also classics - Uomo di Pezza and their most highly rated Felona e Sorona with their signature song "Sospesi nell'incredibile". Their sound reminds me of the kind of music you may have heard in the '70's while at a roller rink only with a progressive twist and Italian lyrics. -- Clayton Self







Le Orme



Discography

Ad Gloriam (1969)
L'Aurora (1970)
Collage (1971)
Uomo di Pezza (1972)
Felona E Sonora (1973)
Contrappunti (1974)
In Concerto (1974)
Smogmagica (1975)
Verita Nascote (1976)
Storia O Leggenda (1977)
Florian (1979)
Piccola Rhapsodia dell'Ape (1980)
Venerdi (1982)
Live Orme (1986)
Orme (1990)
Il Fiume (1996)
Amico di Ieri (1997)
Elementi (2001)

Compilations/Other Recordings
Antologia (1994)
Collezione Grandi Incontri (1994)


County Of Origin: Italy
Established: 1967
Styles: Symphonic


Biography

Le Orme was one of the three major Italian groups, the other two being PFM and Banco, to attain some semblance of international success and sustain a lengthy career that has lasted until the present day. The band began as a beat/pop group with heavy Beatles and psychedelic influences, releasing a number of singles, and two albums, in that vein. By 1970 however, the band having been scaled down to its core trio, Le Orme began to pursue greater ambitions, and met with record company resistance in recording of their Collage album. However, the the increasing success of bands like Genesis and especially ELP eventually convinced the execs to give Le Orme a shot in the Italian market. 1971's Collage would be the bands first step in the direction of progressive rock, establishing the keyboard/bass/drum trio format that would serve them well over their next few albums.

The band's truly classic period begins with their next release, Uomo di Pezza, which was a finely honed progressive rock onslaught, contrasting gorgeous balladry with explosive keyboard bombast, and would attain Gold sales status in Italy. 1973's Felona E Sonora was a grand concept work, fully fleshed out both musically and conceptually, crystallizing the bands vision and undoubtedly establishing them as leaders in the Italian scene. The band was contacted by Charisma label head Tony Stratton-Smith for an English release of the album, and Van der Graaf Generator's Peter Hammill, who was apparently a huge fan, wrote the lyrics and liner notes. This English version is apparently extremely rare, and I'm not sure how it turned out in the end. The next album, Contrappunti, would see the addition of a fourth member, Gian Pero Reverberi on piano, and would facilitate an even more complex approach. However, Contrappunti would effectively close out the band's streak of success, as the band would dabble more in pop and folk for the remainder of the decade, and into the early 80s before disbanding.

The recent resurgence of progressive rock in the 90s has apparently called the members of Le Orme back from retirement, as the band reunited in 1990 for another pop album, Orme. However, upon the departure of Tony Pagliuca, the band decided to rethink their strategy and has attempted a return to their progressive roots. The more recent albums like Il Fiume and Elementi have been praised by many as the bands best output since Contrappunti, and won the band headlining slots at LA's Progfest in 1997 and Mexico's Baja Prog festival in 2000. - Greg Northrup [October 2001]
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Uomo Di Pezza (1972)

This is one of Le Orme's definitive Italian progressive rock albums. Although there is definitely an significant Emerson, Lake & Palmer influence here, as in the bombastic Moog and Hammond workouts countered by mellow balladry, Le Orme were always much better. The band displays their distinct Mediterranean feel, and an honest romantic feel without coming off as tacky or overly sentimental. Opening track "Una Dolcezza Nuova" is a track of unimaginable beauty, starting out with frenetic keyboard playing before swinging into a tender, piano backed ballad. The album swings between this beautiful, romantic melodicism and powerful moments of ELP-like bombast, which seem initially derivative, but are definitely infected with their own style. "La Porta Chiusa" is an explosive number, featuring very aggressive keyboard leads over a fiery rhythmic backdrop. "Gioco Di Bimba" perhaps best typifies the bands more restrained side, another beautiful melodic ballad, with a tender vocal melody backed by acoustic guitar. This dichotomy between bombast and beauty is what really defines this album. It's not quite as integrated a feel as would characterize their next two albums, Felona E Sonora and Contrappunti, though its fantastic nonetheless, and one of Le Orme's three essential albums. - Greg Northrup [2000]
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Felona E Sonora (1973)

This is probably one of my top favorite Italian progressive rock albums, and definitely in the upper-echelon of the prog releases in general. Le Orme play extraordinary symphonic progressive rock in the trio format; very beautiful and romatic sounding, as Aldo Tagliapietra's vocals have a gentle, earthy quality to them, although the band definitely has the marked ability to rock out, as evidenced in the fantastic "L' Equilibrio" and the closing instrumental "Ritorno Al Nulla".

Emerson, Lake & Palmer is the overused, and not entirely accurate, reference point for Le Orme, though perhaps a decent place to start understanding the basic format of this band for Itali-prog newbies. That is a sound characterized simply by bass, keyboard and drums, with occasional sprinklings of guitar. However, Le Orme is definitely the superior band, rarely sounding at all mechanical, but instead richly symphonic, lush and darkly beautiful. Though there is quite a bit of heavy keyboard soloing, a la ELP, it rarely comes off as pretentious or wanky. Instead, Antonio Pagliuca acts as a master of texture and delicacy, incorporating a wide variety of keyboards, occasionally double tracking, and truly delivering on the conceptual moodieness of Felona E Sonora, though he definitely takes the occasional liberty of displaying his extensive chops.

This is a concept album that delivers a full and inegrated story line, though I'm unclear on exactly what it is, due to the obvious fact that the lyrics are all in Italian. It has something to do with two sister planets, one Felona and one Sonora, one of which has a happy and joyous population, while the other's is other miserable and listless. I don't know exactly what happens with the two planets, but the music on this album definitely tells its own story. A great album. - Greg Northrup [2000]
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Contrappunti (1974)

Another fantastic Le Orme album, and really the close of their classic trilogy. The distinction of Contrappunti is that they've added a fourth member, though I don't really hear much in the way of a drastic change in sound. There is a little more texture in the songs, and a little more going on in places, but this is still classic Orme. The band still relies on the distinction between bombastic keyboard frenzies like the title track and tender ballads like "Frutto Acerbo".

Like Felona E Sonora, this album also manages to integrate the two and create some songs that are loud, powerful and beautiful like "La Fabbricante D'Angeli". This is another great Le Orme album in the tradition of the previous two. If you have those you'll enjoy this one for sure, as it is just different enough for them to not repeat themselves, though I'd take either of the previous two over this one. - Greg Northrup [2000]
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Elementi (2001)

Le Orme has finally returned with a new CD. From the gorgeous Paul Whitehead artwork (think Nursery Cryme on 10!) one would think that this album harkens back to the band's glory days; and you'd be absolutely correct! Elementi is a concept album on the four elements (fire, water, earth, air) all of which will be lost on the listener who isn't fluent in Italian. However, the language barrier hardly gets in the way of the music, which is lush, romantic symphonic rock in the grand Italian tradition. Anyone familiar with the band's other classics such as Felona e Sonora and Contrappunti is going to fall in love with this one.

Elementi is similar in style and execution to Il Fiume, the band's previous CD. Though the tracks are short, they flow together as one long suite. It is perhaps a little more up tempo than Il Fiume and most of that CD's occasional new age tendencies are gone. Compositionally speaking, this is a very successful album. These guys really know how to open up and let rip with a symphonic keyboard driven theme and then mellow out with reflective haunting variation. Those sampled mellotron choirs are appreciated as well! Aldo Tagliapietra's voice is as warm and sincere as ever and he even plays some sitar here and there. This is one of those albums that you put on and listen to all the way through; no single track stands out as each piece depends on what came before.

Personally, I feel that Le Orme is one of the greatest progressive bands of all time. It's really a shame that they've lived in the shadow of ELP for so long, especially since they've continued to produce high quality music for 30 years. They don't hurl notes at you or show off their classically trained abilities. Instead, they let melody and emotion shine through. With Elementi, they've proven yet again how special they are. So Rob and Chad, how about a headlining spot for NEARFEST 2002? - Steve Pettengill [October 2001]