Phoebe Snow has died.

When she came to Louisville back in the mid/late 1970's...memories get tricky that long ago...I seem to remember that she announced that she'd be going off the road to care for her then new born daughter.
Her potentially wonderful performance was spoiled for me by the incredibly LOUD VOLUME of the overall concert.
I went out to the lobby to listen...she was really remarkable as a vocalist. I wish her sound man hadn't been deaf.
A month later Chuck Mangione came to Louisville Palace--I got tickets LATE--they were up front in front of a 'stack', and I thought 'here we go again'. But NO, the sound was virtually acoustic--the sound man only used the stack for a tiny bit of amplification.

RIP Phoebe...you were unique AND a good mom.

Good listening.
Larry

I am very saddened by this news. Phoebe was a distinctive stylist. That rare kind of singer that had both an incredibly unique sound, and a palpable sense of honesty and sincerity in her singing. Most singers, in the absence of such sincerity, would sound merely "affected".

On a personal note: My wife and I have generally different musical tastes. She leans more to folk/pop. A Phoebe Snow concert in NYC two years ago was the only live performance by a "pop" artist that has ever inspired a night out for me. It was a great show. Phoebe will be greatly missed. RIP.

Not sure if anyone else listens to Howard Stern; he played a couple of live recordings of Phoebe singing the blues w Leslie West playing guitar. It was unbelievable, truly transcendent. Now I have to find out how to get copies? Any ideas?

Swamp, Howard Stern fan? Now the speedo/rollerblades thing makes perfect sense!

Iso,
Thanks for that visual...may not sleep tonight.

Good listening,
Larry