On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Joe Gracey wrote:
> I think k.d. just ran into basically the same wall that a lot
> of us have run into in one form or another over the years. She made it
> deeper into alien territory than most, but so did yoakum and Ely and
> several of them in those days and it just didn't pan out as well as we
> all hoped.
I dont know if I'd lump her together with those two (or the many other
names that could be added). I get the impression that Dwight, for
instance, would keep making great country records even if he had to do it
on a small label. He wouldnt do it any other way. Whereas for k.d. it
was a matter of changing clothes when she felt like it. I'm not trying to
get into some kind of comparison about artistic purity here, because on
some level it's all show business and it's all an act. I love k.d.'s
countryish records, But it's clear that when the going got sticky, k.d.
chose to completely change styles. That's not the choice that a lot of the
other folks make in a similar situation.
Will Miner
Denver, CO
