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| From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: What The F***/Martha W. |
| Date | Wed, 01 Jun 2005 16:57:41 +0000 |
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Oh I have the "McGarrigle Hour".I am a long time fan of these artists.I was
buying Louden as each album came out.Rufus as well.I have a bunch of
McGarrigle Sisters.I first really discovered Martha as the back up singer on
a marvelous album by the great Boo Hewerdine-"Thanksgiving".[well worth
investing in].I only have the "BMFA" ep but plan on getting the new album.Is
that "Lolita" ep still available?
By the way you said was I was trying to say about her singing , but far more
eloquantly.I love what you wrote.My only complaint was a touch of
variety.The Leonard Cohen cover was great.And a couple fragile ballads were
nice.Maybe more covers or a song like "how soon" from the ep.All that will
come I am sure.I loved what I saw.Have never seen Rufus[shoot me!] so I was
excited.Louden used to be one of my very favorite live performers in the old
Quiet Knight days.He was funny and heart breaking .
It was very nice to be in the same room with you last night.
>From: kcronin <fiatluxury@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: What The F***/Martha W.
>Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 07:43:43 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I vote poster kids too.
>
>And Gene, I always had this notion I would like Martha
>solo - her backing vocals are a good deal of why I
>like many rufus songs (April Fool, Evil Angel) and she
>has that Berlin-during-the-war-nightclub voice by way
>of folky parents that I find, well, enchanting. When
>she opened for Rufus a few shows back in Chicago
>(before this whole BenFolds/Rufus ensemble cast
>erupted, which I must point out that Mike Bennett
>actually predicted as the modern Billy Joel/Elton
>John) I was quite on the edge of my seat wondering
>what her voice would do next - it swoops, it purrs, it
>growls, it soars, it croons, it shakes like its own
>rhythm accompaniment, it crooks its finger at you from
>the dark side of the bar, and it is brutally, brutally
>honest. Sounds like Martha's got some bad lovin'
>behind her. 'Sokay for us: bad lovin = good singin.
>
>For a really, really odd look into the families
>McGarrigle/Wainwright, check out the Kate and Anna
>rekkid "The McGarrigle Hour," which has a little of
>everyone on there (including a very overwrought piece
>of work by Rufus, early on in his melodrama), and also
>has Louden Wainwright showing up to the house for the
>first time in years, and if memory serves, Emmy Lou
>Harris. What I would not have given to be a fly on
>the wall at that recording, yeesh!
>
>cheers,
>--kelly
>
>np: Bowie, Low
>
>
>--- Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
> > Which brings up a compelling point -- which song
> > called "If You See Kay" was better -- April Wine's
> > or
> > Poster Children's? The Poster Children get my vote.
> >
> > Mike Bennett
>
>
>arma non servant modum
>
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