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A MESSAGE FROM TRACY
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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From 1989 to 2004 Tracy Newman was a television writer and producer. She had a partner, Jonathan Stark. Their first staff writing job was on the 10th season of "Cheers." After that they were on staff at "Bob" (starring Bob Newhart,), "The Nanny," "Hiller and Diller" (Richard Lewis and Kevin Nealon,) "Ellen" (Ellen Degeneres,) and "The Drew Carey Show." In 1997, they won the Emmy for co-writing the ground-breaking "coming out" episode of Ellen. In 2001, they created the ABC comedy, "According to Jim," starring Jim Belushi. The show recently completed it's 8th and final season of production.
Tracy left the Belushi show during the third season to return to songwriting and performing, which is what she had been doing before her TV career. She says, "I found it easier to make a living in television. In my years as a songwriter I had one significant placement: In 1985, Mel Tillis and Nancy Sinatra did an album together. The single from it was a song I wrote called, 'I Would Fly'. I bet to this date I've made a whopping $400 on that recording."
This CD, Tracy's first -- "A Place in Sun", features Tracy and singers Gene Lippmann and Lorie Doswell, otherwise called "The Reinforcements." Gene also plays guitar on the CD. The three of them met in Harriet Schocks' songwriting class. Tracy started singing in coffee houses and clubs around town, and Lorie and Gene would show up and sit in front and harmonize with her. Soon Tracy invited them to join her on stage, and they've worked together off and on, for about two years.
Some words about Tracy by others:
"Her melodies have an inevitable, yet not predictable quality which makes them pleasing on first hearing and better each time and then you can't get them out of your head. Her lyrics reflect a wry, unique and unusually refreshing viewpoint, a sense of irony that is present in great writing. And, of course, she's very smart, droll and likeable on stage, which helps. I know that's not a songwriting comment, but think back over all the performances you've sat through. The entire package of Tracy Newman is a delightful one. That's why she keeps getting invited to perform".
(Harriet Schock-2005)
"Very few songwriters ever attain the sheer musicality and elegance in their writing that is the common thread throughout Tracy's catalog of songs. A gifted writer with an understated, captivating performing style, she gives the listener a glimpse into a simpler, better, world...one song at a time." (James Hurley-July 2005)
For more detailed information on Tracy's career, or if you think you might have gone to school with her or something, go to tracynewman.com. You can get her CD - A PLACE IN THE SUN - on CD Baby, or individual songs on myrecordlabel, or on i-tunes.
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