Ricki Lee Jones c/d s/d

I last heard Rickie Lee Jones just two weeks ago. It was in a flat in Paris near République lived in by a newspaper reporter who drinks chartreuse and loves gypsy music.

Also, she wrote the self-loathing words that will be on my tombstone:

"Try to imagine another planet, another sun
Where I don't look like me
And everything I do matters"
--"Gravity"

flying cowboys is the becker-produced album, from 1989 i think. it's good but spotty. very clean, polished. my standout tracks are 'rodeo girl', the title track, and 'ghost train'. it's worth having/hearing, but it is not one i listen to often. ghostyhead is great!

by new do you mean the evening of my best day from 2003 or the one out later this spring? i have not heard the latter but quite enjoy the former, although find it a little undynamic.

Rickie Lee Jones spoke with Ben Greenman of the New Yorker for a Q&A about her forthcoming album The Devil You Know (September 18 / Concord) and the art of reimagining a song. Produced by Ben Harper (who performs on most of the album), The Devil You Know features interpretations of songs by Jagger / Richards, Neil Young, Robbie Robertson, Van Morrison and more. Rickie and her trio will be on the road this summer and fall.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/08/talking-with-rickie-lee-jones.html

Ben Harper...ugh. Covers of only same ol' rock songs (will have to wait and see)

Ben Harper's a really outstanding guitarist though

as a singer and songwriter he's zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz inmho

lol aero used to hang out at the Folk Music Center

we went to grade school together! musically his style's not my thing but anybody who denies his chops is just fronting & he's got a good ear - if he's actually twiddling knobs & doing actual engineering he could be really interesting. "good producer" isn't "guy who makes music you like" or Gary Katz & Eddie Kramer would have a whooooole lotta classic albums

This thread inspired me to finally go back and listen to her back catalog, as available on Spotify (meaning I missed Ghostyhead) (I'm old enough to have seen her SNL performance when it originally aired, and still remember it). Really pleasantly surprised to find that there are a bunch of worthwhile things there...I kind of assumed that she was a one-trick-pony without ever investigating. Liked Sermon a lot, but have had the opening track of Pirates, "We Belong Together" on repeat for a few weeks now. Some very cool rhythmic stuff going on about halfway through that one. Also fond of her "Rebel, Rebel." The youtubes of Ghostyhead sound encouraging.