Occasionally, BettySoo plays solo.
Usually, Dave is on the drums.
Sometimes, when things are right in the world,
Todd plays the keyboard,
Dave is on the drums,
Paul is on the bass, and Will Sexton or Jeff Plankenhorn is on lead!
I like the last scenario, because those guys rock my socks.
Influences
my family, ella fitzgerald, lyle lovett, jack white, jeff tweedy, willie nelson, mark knopfler, ...and so many more
Sometimes, you just need a little shake-up to get things how they always ought to have been. With Heat Sin Water Skin, BettySoo adds welcome edge and grit to the heartbreaker ballads and bell-pure vocals she’s come to be known for.
Teamed with seasoned producer Gurf Morlix (Lucinda Williams, Mary Gauthier, Slaid Cleaves...), BettySoo has made a record worth sitting up and paying attention to. Her vocals are striking, the players are strong, the sound is compelling, and her writing captivating.
Her first two studio albums (Let Me Love You, 2005; Little Tiny Secrets, 2007) and EP (Never the Pretty Girl, 2007 – sold for charity) were well received by critics, earning praise locally and nationally – even securing her some performance opportunities overseas. And she’s not slowing down any time soon.
Since their release, she has earned multiple songwriting awards (including Kerrville New Folk, Wildflower! Festival, & Big Top Chautauqua Songwriter of the Year). She has proven herself a strong performer as well, invited back to perform at all three aforementioned festivals the following year, in addition to being billed at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival and Old Settler's Music Festival.
Joining her on Heat Sin Water Skin are Todd Wilson on organ, Gene Elders on fiddle, and Dave Terry on drums. BettySoo and Gurf handled the guitar and vocal parts themselves. As for genre, she’s still nestled in the folk-rock world, but she is bringing something new to her listeners. “There’s a little gospel, some straight-ahead folk, and maybe even a familiar oldie with a new twist. Be ready for a surprise.”
Then again, not much about BettySoo isn’t surprising. People are surprised just to see her take the stage. Plain-faced, petite (she’s five foot exactly), and freckly, people don’t have any idea what to expect – they certainly don’t expect such a large voice and moving songs. “I guess Asian-American singer-songwriters aren’t all that common,” she comments, “at least, not in Texas.” In fact, she regularly gets greeted after her shows with praise comparing her music and vocals to everyone from Ruthie Foster to Sheryl Crow to Joan Baez.
Then, of course, there’s the whole issue of her name. How did a second-generation Korean end up with such a classic southern name? Is it a stage name? “No,” she answers, laughing, “I guess I’m just lucky that way. It’s right there on my birth certificate. Soo is my dad’s middle name, too. Yep, he’s a boy named Soo.”
Thanks for adding me as a friend, Bettysoo, and also for the kind words!! I am truly honored and thankful to have you here!! Have a great upcoming weekend, my friend!!
Amazing music! Going to take your newest CD to Scotland for radio show/interview in Stonehaven, about 15 miles SE of Aberdeen. Community radio .. August 5th From Austin to Aberdeen!
Hey Betty just stopped by for a listen and to borrow some of your fantastic work to enliven our page. Thanks for the great sound, I really need to go to the record store. Cheers,Cathy and Shon
Selling out the Cactus Cafe and now a COVER GIRL all in five days! Yaaay to you and we all knew cuz it's the one, the only BETTY SOO... and we're all so proud of YOU!
Hey ya, Thanks for the comment. I listened to your old records these days. Revival is my favorite. HOPE I'll be back to Austin in the fall. See ya then. I'd like to interview you for my video. Until then hope you can sleep well. Zapato-
Thanks for joining, good to have you with us on this, please post a page with us www.houseconcert.eu and invite any house concerts, folk songwriters and open mic clubs and fans, we will accept American/Canadian House concerts as non featured members and add their URL to the Links page, infact any one you think could add to this community, particularly that friend in Europe with the big old front room who loves live music.
Hello from the amazing windy plains just outside Calgary , Alberta (weather
subject to change on the 1/2 hour with out notification) Wonderful
music in your space.Many discoveries made at your space, very nice
indeed to be m8s.Cheers ! (mO:) moreno
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Currently, we're playing locally here in the greater Houston area BUT if you or someone you know would like to book the band or our acoustic duo show we'll travel just about anywhere. Drop me a line at mike@parrish-hundley.com!!!!
Many thanks for the add. Hope you enjoy the music and message behind it. My mission in life is to fight Human Trafficking. understanding the individual pain of others is sometimes to painful for an other individual to touch and that is frightening ... what i mean is that someone whose life is not traumatized and brutalized as a regular sequence of every day events unconsciously seeks the camouflage and shelter of apathy and banality from the reality of such devastating anguish and terror ...
but the spirit of young people who are used as sex slaves in the systematized global industry of human trafficking is now reaching out to the human fellowship in hope and desperation and through technology ...
it is scary when humanity turns a blind eye to this horror ... its like ignoring genocide whilst it is happening ...
what i am asking is that if you hear the cry of these young people who are existing in an environment of torture and brutality each and every day that you then please do not turn away from them ...
please reach deeply into your heart and soul and please in 2009 join a movement or become a part of an event that challenges modern slavery in the 21st century ...
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