the grammies, which as usual were fairly boring,
I have to admit Kid Rock and Carrie Underwood
I have to admit Kid Rock and Carrie Underwood
were pretty rocking. It's always hard to tell how
bored the crowd is. I just thought it was fun to hear
a current country singer sing about Cuervo
and having had a such a wild night, they couldn't
remember having done certain things. And
I ain't talking about Kid Rock. It's great
to see Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
get so many awards.
This brings me to my post about Marianne Faithfull.
As I was excitedly looking at my tickets for her show
at City Winery in NYC March 27th, & 28th,
which by the way there's still some tickets left,
I was thinking that she should do a
country album. After all, she spent enough
time soaking in semi-country fumes off of
Mick and Keith all those years.
Then I remembered
she kind of did!
"No Regrets" was her comeback album of sorts. In the UK it was called "Dreamin My Dreams"
"No Regrets" was the recent reissue with a few
extra tracks. Those extra tracks were pretty
damn great. She had written a weird country
song called "That Was The Day", with
some strange lyrics...
"that was the day that the coke came to nashville,
that was the day I laughed till I cried.. "
Not sure what exactly that means. I think it makes
sense when you're dope-sick.
Marianne also covered
Kitty Wells "It Wasn't God That Made Honky
Tonk Angels" The other stand out tracks are
Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonite" , "Dreamin
My Dreams of You" and Waylon Jennings song,
"This Time".
This was her return to work after 10 hard years
of drug problems after her break-up with Mick.
I've known alot of people with heroin problems,
and it takes a long time to feel somewhat
normal. M.J. sounds a bit unsteady and slow,
like her internal rhythm is off. I think once she
got herself more steady, and tapped into her
inner sense of humor, and anger, M.F. struck
gold in her more recent work. You can find
her best tracks on "A Perfect Stranger...the
Island Anthology" and for the more adventurous
"Kissin Time" has her paired with Beck, Billy
Corgan and others.
Now that she's emotionally digested most of
the crap from her youth, her voice would
be perfect for a real country album.
I'm thinking a producer like T-Bone Burnett
or even better, DANIEL LANOIS! Look
what he did with Dylan's "Time Out Of Mind",
he knows how to deal with a craggy voice-
create a real moody noirish feel.
Just imagine....steel guitars, some slap
bass. Heaven!
Marianne...I'll be near the front row
at City Winery...gazing longingly at you
on March 27th blowing you air-kisses.
Go buy her new album "Easy Come, Easy Go"
xxxx
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