The new CD "Slowpokes" stars: Rod Hohl, Andy Hess, Steve Goulding, Rob Clores, Rob Jost, Skip Krevens, Boo Reiners, John Pinamonti, Gerald Menke, Scott Anthony, Melissa Houston, Brian O'Neill, Pete Levin, Robert Scheffler, Sue Raffman, Donna Upton, Hank Anthony.
Influences
Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Lone Justice, Kim Richey, Lorrie Moore, Nanci Griffith, Los Angeles, New York, New Jersey, Blake Norton, Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Jo Stafford, Doris Day, The Bangles, Squeeze, Jules Shear, Continental Drifters, Liz Phair, Jane Siberry, Erica Smith, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Paula Carino, Simon & Garfunkel, Love Camp 7, Kenny Young and the Eggplants, The Baskets, Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, Patty Loveless, TMB (That Motown Band), 5 Chinese Brothers, Los Lobos, the Blasters, Rockpile, Eagles, Nicolette Larson, Alison Krauss, Big Star, Donald Fagen, The Three O'Clock, Burt Siegel, Hem, Neal Casal, Ryan Adams, Miranda Lambert, the Nu-Sonics, Max Greene, The Cucumbers, Judee Sill.
Hi there! My new album Slowpokes is now out and about!
The new album features the talents of many folks, including Rod Hohl (Mary Lee's Corvette, Yarn), Andy Hess (Gov't Mule, The Black Crowes), Steve Goulding (Garland Jeffreys, The Mekons), Rob Clores (Colin Hay), Rob Jost (Imogen Heap), Boo Reiners (Demolition String Band, Klezmatics), and Scott Anthony (Lloyd Cole). Robert Scheffler is an amazing NYC singer-songwriter who helped me push some of my unfinished ideas into real songs, and helped me write (and sing) a beautiful duet. Slowpokes was produced by Scott Anthony, Rod Hohl, and me, and was mastered by Grammy-winning engineer Gene Paul (son of Les Paul).
Slowpokes is my usual casserole of styles...kind of Americana, kind of rock, kind of folk. I grew up in LA and soaked up the whole California rock thing, pretty much memorizing every Linda Ronstadt song. Right before I moved east, there was the whole Bangles/Plimsouls thing; I wrote a poem for the school paper about how Peter Case sweat on me from the stage. In college in NYC I sang with an a capella trio...everything from settings of Edna St. Vincent Millay poems, to raucous gospel tunes. Somehow everything came to a head in the late 90s, when I was listening to a lot of Jane Siberry and Liz Phair, and indulging my country music fanaticism, with Nanci Griffith on one end of the spectrum and Trisha Yearwood on the other. That's when I started to write and play. Land of My Baby (2005) was my first CD. And now Slowpokes is here, and I'm very excited about it! Thanks for listening.
Dear Rebecca, Thanks so much for your comments about our music. "Won't You Write Me a Song" is the title you are referring to and it is (sigh) not on the Secret Songs CD. Maybe it'll show up on iTunes in the near future. Dunno we are not recording much at the moment..You know how it can gets... You either are recording or performing, hard to do both seems. We loved being a Song Swap ! Thanks so much! Odarka & Red
Rebecca, thanks so much for listening and for your lovely compliment. So great to be back in touch after all this time! I love your country-folky vibe. Your voice is and always was so pure and penetrating. I'm glad people get to hear it on a regular basis when you "wear it out of the store" :-).
Dear Rebecca, Thanks so much for performing at my CD release party. You were wonderful. It was great to join you on stage to sing your wonderful song "It's Not Too Late." Looking forward to our next Song Swap!! Much love, Deena
Rebecca, How was your summer? Seems like AGES since we've been in touch! Weren't you recording, last I heard? Must be a three-disc set by now! Hope to see you Saturday!
Rebecca, great to see you again at the song swap, and great to HEAR you this time! I really enjoyed your songs, and I'm so glad I got the CD. I must have listened the The Song With The Descending Tune about five times straight at one point. I also really like Insane Moon and Land Of My Baby. I hope another disc is coming before too long! Hope to see you at the Mission in May.
Thanks for the add, Rebecca. 'Be A Man' is a superb bit of work but all of your songs here are pretty great. Really like your sound, your lyrics and your voice.
Have a great weekend - say hello to Joisey for us, will ya?
Hi Rebecca!! Isn't it discouraging that the 13-year-olds are so much better at this MySpace stuff than we are? Say hi to Sue (and tell her to check her MySpace page).
Inspired two-thrids of a show! Heh. I'm sure the first third was inspired as well; I only wish I had shown up in time. It's sweet that you still come across the river to let us know how it's done. Aiight.
