Phoebe Snow has died.

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

Frogman,
I comletely agree with your comments about Phoebe. A singer, no matter how gifted, cannot disguise a lack of truth and emotion in their voice with any kind of artifice or stylizing. She was the real thing.