Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 09:48:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Carl Abraham Zimring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 1-Apr-99 Re: Kelly Willis
calling th.. by Will [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The song choices are often weak. A couple of the originals are good, but
> I get to wishing there was a producer there to separate the wheat from
> the chaff.
I disagree. I think she does a great job of interpreting the Nick Drake
song, brought a minor Replacements tune to life, and did yet another
fine Paul Kelly cover. Add in fine guitar work by Chuck Prophet & John
Dee Graham and _What I Deserve_ is a lock for my year-end Top 10.
I am somewhere in between of these two on my evalution of the entire
album but I wanted to bop out of lurker land and say that Willis'
cover of "Time Has Told Me" is just incredible to my ears. As a minor
Drake fan(atic), I almost always prefer his originals to others but
Willis' cover blew me away and made the purchase of an otherwise so-so
album worthwhile. I can imagine this cover might contend for my song
of the year, but the album will not. FWIW.
Bob
NP: WCBN (still homesick -- and hash bash is tomorrow....)
