Hi Chuck, Must correct you on this one. When Rickie Lee did her first TV appearance on Saturday Night Live supporting her first album, she did in fact do "Chuck E's In Love" first, and then later in the show did "Coolsville." I have a videotape of the show. I do remember when I first saw her I was blown away and immediately ran out to buy the album. Saturday Night Live sure showcased some great talent back in the early days. I have many of the old shows on tape. I must admit I haven't been able to really get into Rickie's newer stuff though.
I did always think that Jennifer Warnes has been an extremely underrated singer/songwriter. I haven't heard her new CD called "The Well" yet but am anxious to pick it up, next time I head to the music store. Best regards, Gary Chuck Eisenhardt wrote: > > I recall that in Rikki Lee's first appearance on national TV (Saturday Night > Live) > supporting the first album, she refused to sing the big hit and did > 'Coolsville' > instead (probably the least accessible cut on the whole album.) I don't know > exactly what this says about her need to differentiate her art from that of > certain other long-haired blonde pop singers, but clearly she chose to > present herself in this huge first exposure with a sparse, arty, bohemian, > attitude rife example rather than the poppy, full-production 'Chuck E's in > Love' > > I love this whole album - 'Company', 'Night Train', Youngbloods' 'Last > Chance > Texaco'...great stuff. I think 'Company' belongs in the front rank of > American > songbook classics. > > As for Ms. Merchant I will break a cardinal rule (If you can't say something > nice...') > to say I can't stand her! I could never at all fathom why 10,000 Maniacs > ever > got airplay on MTV or on rock-format stations! It was never even close to > the > genre. She has what are to me really annoying vocal mannerisms which she > seems to hope will stand in for style, a limited range, a playbook of > identical- > sounding mid-tempo navel-gazers, and some reputation for falling > down in personal appearances. She was embarrassingly bad in the Concert > for New York. According to the paper she made her recent Boston audience > nervous by playing mostly off her just-released album (see above), mostly > avoiding the familiar, and then closed the concert by starting and quickly > aborting several songs after a few bars, which seemed to even upset the > band. > > She's probably a very nice person, tho! > > ChuckE
