Brenda wrote: > LOL! Well, she was a pop singer back in the day...so I could easily see how you > ended up with the sweet side.
MarkE in Seattle sent me a wonderful compilation of her early sweet side long ago and didn't stop playing it for weeks - it is something rare. > Her instrument was huge. I saw her live in Boston in 1986 and I was floored. I first saw her on some TV show singing about 30 years ago and was totally floored, too. Eventually saw her live in a small club in around 1981 - gawd. > I hadn't seen anything like it before and haven't seen anything like it since. Me, neither. > I think her being a pianist as well shows in her singing....to me she sings like a musician > plays...she sings like THOSE guys played. I always find it so hard to explain what is so special about her - yes, that is it. Kakki