Listened to an old Roches album "Speak" in the car the other day.It got to 
me.So I listened to it again at home.While the whole album is great, two 
songs pack an emotional punch.Cut 5,"In the World",a lovely folk tune about 
home and lost dreams.
"In the world
   is a lie
   flying high
   I thought you were mine.
   But you were
   never mine"
It is followed immediately by "I love my Mom".I get chill each time I reach 
the last vese where everthing hurts and she[Suzzy Roche is singing] needs 
her mom's love to ease the pain.Cosidering these are 3 sisters singing about 
their own Mother makes it all the more beautiful.
I have seen them many times years ago.But they weren't together for the past 
10 years or so.That is why it was so special to see them this past December 
at the Steppenwolf theater during a very short reunion tour.Since it was 
Christmas time ,we were treated to some songs from their best selling 
holiday album.Lots of fuuny stories and songs from their carreer.And those 
voices.Those harmonies.It was a special night.
Revisiting this album has brought back a lot of memories.
At the end of that show,Suzzy asked that anyone with brothers and sisters 
get together with them ,form a group, and tour for a while.Then call her up 
and tell her how that was going for them.It was a very funny and telling 
moment.I don't think you will see them all together too much.They kind of 
burned out.But we have many albums.And memories.

  "down in the cellar
   is a memory chest
   inside of it
   mom's wedding dress
   I try it on
   and I need your love
   and I love my mom..."[I Love My Mom" by Suzzy Roche]


   Gene