ANNIE DINERMAN: *ANNIE'S HOMEPAGE
photo by Jim Keeler
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Welcome to Annie’s Dinerman’s Homepage. Click any link in the button bar above and you’ll see what you can do here:
Buy Annie’s CD or download favorite songs; View Annie’s Complete Discography with links; Read Annie’s latest News, plus details on upcoming Shows; View Photos; Sign Annie's Guestbook; Email Annie; Listen to MP3s; and Read Complete Lyrics to Annie’s songs"I write because I am a singer-songwriter. If the category didn't already exist, I would have to create it for myself, because I don't fit in anywhere else. I have things to say and I aim to say them in my own open-handed way. And when I have said them, I hope to see you smiling and satisfied at heart.
Some of my songs are funny and danceable; some are ardent or tender or reflective. Its always surprised me a little that so many people across the U.S., in England and Australia want to record and perform these songs that feel so very particular to me. But the more personal my writing becomes, the more people share my point of view, and that is deeply gratifying."
My birthday: October 29 (Scorpio, Leo rising- good for show business)
A few of my faves: hand-knit clothing; 1930's movies; lamb chops; Irish hard cider; artisanal ice creams, capers and anchovies; flea markets; good cookbooks, old and new; real Halvah; Double Glouscester Cheddar cheese with chives; my extensive collection of antique "Please Write" postcards
I am knocked out by: "Sinatra With Sextet in Paris" (live recording); Sloan Wainwright singing "Ring Of Fire"; Korngold's score for the classic film, "The Adventures of Robin Hood"; Wendy Waldman, "'cause you know that singing is believing"; Rufus Wainwright's piano arrangements for his own songs; Laura Nyro's passionate lyricism; The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" CDs (both studio and live versions); Great Big Sea, a hearty Canadian Trad/Rock band; seats near the stage at a live concert by Ally Bain and Phil Cunningham
My guitars:
CF Martin DC 16GTE-Premium (spruce top, mahogany back and sides) (2007)
CF Martin 0028C handmade classical (spruce top, rosewood back and sides) (1972)
CF Martin 0016NY "New Yorker" model, handmade steel string (spruce front, rosewood back and sides) (1969)
CF Martin rosewood ukelele (pre-WWII)
(As you can guess, I'm very brand-loyal!)
I first played a stringed instrument when: My dad brought home an old Stadium ukelele and a book of songs made famous by May Singhi Breen, the Hawaiian Ukelele Queen. I picked up the uke and taught myself to play. I was seven years old.
The song that made me want to be a songwriter: "Lazy" by Irving Berlin
Where I belong: behind a guitar; near an ice cream machine; on eBay; wherever people listen to lyrics.
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