Merle Haggard, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Mark Knopfler, Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney, Boz Scaggs, Dan Hicks, Harriet Schock, help, stop me! I'm really leaving a lot of people out. If I had to choose one, today it would be Merle Haggard. I love the way he's recorded. I love his voice. I love the simplicity of his writing.
Willie Nelson, too. I've been thinking about that he wrote "Crazy," but didn't become a universally popular singing artist until he did "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," which he didn't write. It was written by Fred Rose. (This is) an interesting example to all of us songwriters who tend to only do our own material.
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Song Credits: All songs on the stand-alone player, above, are written and performed by Tracy Newman, except for "Oh, No, Not Again" which is written by Tracy Newman and performed by Anna Montgomery.
See Tracys' Blog Entry with the Music Connection Magazine photo and short article about BEAUTIFUL.
See This Blog Entry from Tracy to find out details about The Caltech Folk Music Societys' show on 22 September 2007 featuring Women On The Move's performance to promote BEAUTIFUL.
Those of you who have my CD (A Place in the Sun") or have seen my live shows, know my song "Laraine," but others of you out there may not. My sister is Laraine Newman from the original "Saturday Night Live" - Not Ready For Prime Time Players. (The women were Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman. The men were Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd and Garret Morris.)
My song talks a little about those days, and then you get a glimpse of Laraine's life these days. It's pretty nice, and you might want to check it out.
The cool place to hear it right now is on an amazing site I've joined -- www.myrecordlabel.net. I highly recommend MyRecordLabel. Their video quality is astonishing compared to other places, and it seems to get better each day.
-Tracy
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"Like any songwriter, Tracy Newman writes from her own experience. But her imagination is also fired by her musings about the lives of others. Her first song, for example, written around age 13, was called 'Betcha Have a Ball'. It was inspired by a girls' name and number she saw sprawled on a bathroom wall. And a recent composition, 'Diane Wants a Man', is about a woman she saw on TV who's addicted to plastic surgery. You would think with such keen powers of observation, Tracy's creative energy would spill over to other media as well, and indeed it does. For the past 15 years or so, she's worked very successfully in the television industry, as a writer and sitcom creator. She's written for Cheers, Ellen (for which she won the Emmy and a Peabody Award -- for co-writing Ellen's 'Coming Out' episode), and According to Jim, which she co-created in 2001 and is still going strong. But throughout her years in television Tracy remained a songwriter, and would put her own songs into the episodes whenever possible. As a result, her compositions have been sung on TV by k.d. lang, Ellen Degeneres, Eddie Fisher, and many others! This may seem a bit self-serving, but having heard a number of them, I can tell you that Tracy's songs are always clever, well-written and beautifully crafted -- the mark of a true professional. Tracy is the sister of legendary SNL alumnus Laraine Newman, about whom she wrote a song that I think is just about the sweetest tribute one could write to a loved one. The 'Reinforcements' are Lorie Doswell and Gene Lippmann, both of whom used to attend Tracys' shows, sit in the front row and harmonize, until Tracy just invited them up one night, and they've been performing together ever since. For more on Tracy, visit her website, www.tracynewman.com."
-Garret Swayne for the Cafe Bellissimo Main Street Songwriters Showcase newsletter
Ciao,Tracy ,Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot,and stupendous voice. you are fantastic ..really talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music. all the best.. from italy neal
Welcome to Dakota's Inspirng Artist Brick Wall it is a honor to have you as a friend and to be among my circle of friends. Wishing you many wonderful and inspiring days ahead and beyond. .Stay in Touch.
Wrapped Up In Me is on radio stations across the Nation as of this week. Request it NOW! If you sign up on my mailing list this week you will be entered in the drawing for a copy of my new self-titled CD Susan Hickman. you also get a free download just for singing up. Just fill in the mailing list form on my MySpace page!!! Hope you have a great week!!! Love, ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
Hi Tracy Newman ..Thanks for being my friend on myspace.. Hope you have had a listen and enjoy the music..please come by often..and share with your friends too.. It'd be Cool if You'd put an Entry in the new guestbook..and really nice if you include your picture..I like to reflect there sometimes with friends from around the world....and It would be nice to see you.. Ciao Sylvio