Rufus Wainwright

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:54 pm

Hi Dylan,

Funny you should say that about Etta, even though she was 'just' a guest on the Berry/Richards show, the moment she hit the stage - it was 'her' stage. It showed immediately in the way she cued the band and played to the 'back rows'. The stage was hers. A force to be reckoned with indeed.

I had the LP with Esther's version of What a Difference a Day Makes - which, of course, was a biggie for Dinah as well. Both Dinah and Esther had the same 'nasal' tone. I had several other Phillip's LPs as well (much of her earlier stuff). At the time, LPs were here to stay and Esther was alive and her work would always be easy to find. Just a little lesson for me in keeping and appreciating all the music I love. No more 'losing' of CDs, or whatever format they have in the works now. From now on I keep everything on the assumption that the work will one day be almost impossible to find.

I know there are a lot of artists out there now that I would love. I just don't listen to radio as much and it's hard to pick up who the new ones are that are worth spending $25.00 per on. I must be picky so I try to find the ones I lost first. Oh, another I loved was ... the name is escaping me now - she was a songwriter first...Laura??? she wrote 'Up On the Roof'. I'll have to look it up on the 'net now. Anyway, she wrote/recorded a song called 'Been on a Train' which I saw the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre perform. Very powerful. I don't know how old you are Dylan, but you should start some kind of file system NOW or else these names will be hard to remember later on.

It's really bugging me now...Laura...hmm.

One thing about 'today' is that we can look up most stuff with relative ease, but not 'all' things by a long shot. I'll look it up and put it in my next post.

See ya,
Linda.

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:30 am

Laura Nyro. I didn't even have to look it up. It just hit me - like so many of my friends do.

Linda.

Dylan · Post by **Dylan** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:28 pm

Hi Linda,

Ooh, I like Laura Nyro. Didn't she write Stoned Soul Picnic too? That is one of my favourite songs by any artist.

Someone I have only recently started listening to is Joan Armatrading. She was reccomended to me by the owner of a Nina Simone board and as soon as I heard her I was transfixed. I think she was ahead of her time in the 70s and has been an influence to a lot of singer-songwriters since.

I'm 31, nearly 32, and already have truuble remembering things.

tom.d.stiller · Post by **tom.d.stiller** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:32 pm

Never mind, things will improve.

When I was 31 I had similar problems of remembering things, but now

now...

now what was it I wanted to write?

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:12 pm

Hi Dylan,

Yes, things will improve, pretty soon you won't know that you're forgetting stuff.

As for Joan Armatrading, she's been around for a while. She made a 'comeback' a few years back with the song...(I forget). I think she won a Grammy for it, she was nominated anyway. She did win the (what the...?)
some guitar award (Gibson?). Anyway, she did have a few hits back, was it really in the 70's, then the forgotten song in the 90's. It's early in the morning, forgive me.

Laura Nyro did write 'Stoned Soul Picnic' and a surprising number of other songs. Practically all hits for others mostly.

Another of Joan Armatrading's sound is Phoebe Snow. She did quite well for a few years and then just dropped out.

Ah, it comes to me now. The Armatrading song was "Give Me One Good Reason (To Stay)". Familiar?

Not only are you having trouble remembering things, you're having trouble remembering how to type trouble. No problem. I do it all the time.
I was at the library yesterday and saw that they had another collection of Dinah Washington's. There must've been about 40 songs. She recorded literally hundreds of sides. But only had a few hits.

Nice checking in with you. Catch you later (when I'm less tired and grumpy)

Linda.

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:14 pm

I see Tom has reached that stage of forgetting what he was forgetting or something like that. I'm at that stage also. I better go before I get worse.

See ya.
L.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:21 pm

"And I can't forget, I can't forget
I can't forget but I don't remember what"
Rob.

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:38 pm

That it exactly! You must be over 31.

Linda

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 6:36 am

I wish I'd remembered that song when I first posted.

Sophistikitten · Post by **Sophistikitten** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:04 am

linda_lakeside wrote:Ah, it comes to me now. The Armatrading song was "Give Me One Good Reason (To Stay)". Familiar?

Linda.

Wasn't that Tracy Chapman?

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:18 am

Linda SK:

YES! You are right. See? I'm forgetting all over the place now. Tracy Chapman. Another to add to the list. She won the mysterious (in my mind at least) guitar award (Gibson or which ever gives out awards).

Dylan,

Linda SK, used to manage a record store - I'll bet she knows quite a bit about what we've been chatting about.

Isn't that right, Linda SK?

Thanks and adieu,

Linda (the lakeside one)

Dylan · Post by **Dylan** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:45 pm

I'd love to work in a good record store. Or in the jazz section in a big store. It would be a dream job for me.

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 6:43 pm

Hi Dylan,

Most jobs are just that. No matter how dreamy they might sound at first, it always comes down to money for services rendered. At least that's been my experience.

I believe Linda SK not only managed a record store but has a relationship with a musician who has her listening to many old blues recordings. I wouldn't ordinarily offer up private info on a fellow board member, but she wrote it (somewhere in this forum) and it is therefore now a matter of public record.

It is Sunday morning where I am. Approx. 7:40 AM, that means (now that I have my coffee) it is time to go back to my warm bed and read until it warms up enough to re-enter the world. We're presently experiencing another chilly spell (-10-20). Oh, a Sunday morning in bed with books and mags. Can't be beat! See you.

Linda.

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 7:27 pm

Joan Armatrading is touring England in September/October.

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:39 am

Hi Dylan, once more,

Did I ever tell you, I saw Ella Fitgerald (twice in one night - long story, that). It was near the end of her touring career and, of course, was an experience I'll be grateful for forever.

Linda.