Over the years, I've been influenced by many book/movie reviews which nudged me in the direction of Barnes & Noble or the local cineplex. But I can think of few epinions which so persuasively twisted my arm (in a good way) to make a smart buying decision than
kcfoxy's personal tribute to Tracy Nelson (
Essential Country Blues Diva ). She was there in a smoky bar when Nelson sat down at a piano to play, back in the late 1960s.
After kcfoxy wrote a paragraph like this
A dark haired young woman sat at a piano, waiting for the smoke filled hall to quiet. What emerged were gospel chords and progressions accompanying a rich contralto voice, building layer upon layer of heart break and stark pain into a wailing crescendo of angst. My arms still get goose bumps remembering Nelson's plaintive cries for a lost love, she could never replace. Written and arranged by the 20 year old Northern California native, Down So Low still stands as her finest, most realized work.
I knew I just had to hear for myself what made this throaty gal so great.
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