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Re: Linford's Letter

Maybe this is just to "hear" myself speak, but I've been following 
Over the Rhine since '92, have bought and subsequently given away 
practically every tape/c.d. they've ever released (some of them 
twice), not because I didn't like them, but because the folks I gave 
them too often lived in other countries where Otr's music was hard to 
get, and frankly, I felt pity for them.  I've seen the band countless 
times, though much less frequently since I've moved to Georgia 2 1/2 
years ago.  Over the Rhine's music touches me -- we resonate at the 
same frequency.  Coming from where I am, I would LOVE to see the band 
make it big, as long as it doesn't hurt them 
personally/psychologically/emotionally/spiritually getting there 
--they are people, and though they music is important, no one should 
have to sell their soul to make it.  I would LOVE to have some new 
Otr tunage (I'm enjoying a few live bootlegs to pass the time till 
the next release), but don't want the band to 'rush' out a c.d. just 
to please their fans.  

Linford, if you've got one in you, and can do it right, release an 
independant c.d. as necessary,  and continue to flirt with the 
labels...when a label signs an indy band they usually expect you to 
re-record tunes off your independantly released c.d.'s anyway, so 
maybe some of those same songs will show up again, in a better, or at 
least different form later.  Lord knows I love the later versions of 
Faithfully Dangerous and Latter Days more than the c.d. versions, so 
songs can evolve.  Eventually someone in the industry will have to 
look up and take notice, or at LEAST, long after you're dead you'll 
have a monstrous resurgence in popularity, like Nick Drake and other 
musical geniuses.  And, thanks for asking us...it reminds us fans 
that we are part of this thing, in some sense, too.

with abundant blessings, 
amen and Amen,


mr. shannon lee lewis
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