2.  Response to Ken Kase -- my comment about Nellie
McKay in comparison to Lee, Shore and London (the
singers, not the law firm) was as a vocalist, not as a
songwriter.  However, you may want to double check
your facts -- Peggy Lee did a little songwriting in
her time.

Yeah, she wrote a bit, but I still don't see the context. Which brings me to
a point I've been thinking about for awhile: Why are female artists
constantly compared to one another? Most criticism I've read about women in
music tends to over-rely on comparisons to other female artists. I think
McKay's music is a strong argument against such ghettoization, She has more
in common with Oscar Brown, Tom Leher and Joni Mitchell than with Lee, Shore
& London (Esq.)

Just a thought, Michael. Take it for what it's worth.


-- Ken Kase
   Editor
   www.nighttimes.com / Night Times, LLC






On 1/7/05 1:49 PM, "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@ameritech.net> wrote:

> 2.  Response to Ken Kase -- my comment about Nellie
> McKay in comparison to Lee, Shore and London (the
> singers, not the law firm) was as a vocalist, not as a
> songwriter.  However, you may want to double check
> your facts -- Peggy Lee did a little songwriting in
> her time.