A particular guilty pleasure of mine is my not so hidden adoration for Sheryl Crow. I like her music. What I like most is the feeling that I get when listening to her that she could be a friend of yours that always had a guitar in the car. And whenever they came over to hang out you knew that eventually they'd be strumming along and you'd all be singing and having a grande ol' time. There's a certain familiar feel to her style.
Hell, I've even forgiven her for the meaningless years she spent with Bobby Richie and for breaking up with Armstrong. As far as I'm concerned when she broke up with Armstrong she got all the bad karma she had coming to her by being diagnosed with cancer. Some things just work out that way. But I digress.
As I was saying I like her. I love Tuesday Night Music Club. I thought the self titled album was a nice break from the "folksy" style she was becoming known for but that where necessary she still honored it. Even Globe Sessions still seemed like it fit in the journey she was taking. Obviously Kidd Rock sapped away some of her creativity and it took a few years for her to come back to her senses but that time seems to have come.
Her latest release, Detours, is a nice trip down memory lane of the reasons we fell in love with her to begin with. It has the feel of an album she's done for herself. Not one that was written to be overly marketable (see her 2005 release of Wildflower). This time she's gotten back to that folksy jam session feel. As an example here's the opening track of the latest album. The song..."God Bless This Mess"
Not that all of her troubled years were bad. She did take time out to do a couple of duets with some real serious talent to include a cameo at a Clapton concert where she came on stage to perform "Favorite Mistake". Outside of the duet with Kidd Rock (a horrible song) she actually managed to sing a lovely duet with Sting.
A duet with Sting
But her best song might just be a catchy little tune that touched a lot of us at one point regardless of what we were going through at the time. This particular version has her sharing stage time with The Dixie Chicks.
So welcome back Sheryl. If you've ever been a fan her latest installment is worth checking out.
Hell, I've even forgiven her for the meaningless years she spent with Bobby Richie and for breaking up with Armstrong. As far as I'm concerned when she broke up with Armstrong she got all the bad karma she had coming to her by being diagnosed with cancer. Some things just work out that way. But I digress.
As I was saying I like her. I love Tuesday Night Music Club. I thought the self titled album was a nice break from the "folksy" style she was becoming known for but that where necessary she still honored it. Even Globe Sessions still seemed like it fit in the journey she was taking. Obviously Kidd Rock sapped away some of her creativity and it took a few years for her to come back to her senses but that time seems to have come.
Her latest release, Detours, is a nice trip down memory lane of the reasons we fell in love with her to begin with. It has the feel of an album she's done for herself. Not one that was written to be overly marketable (see her 2005 release of Wildflower). This time she's gotten back to that folksy jam session feel. As an example here's the opening track of the latest album. The song..."God Bless This Mess"
Not that all of her troubled years were bad. She did take time out to do a couple of duets with some real serious talent to include a cameo at a Clapton concert where she came on stage to perform "Favorite Mistake". Outside of the duet with Kidd Rock (a horrible song) she actually managed to sing a lovely duet with Sting.
A duet with Sting
But her best song might just be a catchy little tune that touched a lot of us at one point regardless of what we were going through at the time. This particular version has her sharing stage time with The Dixie Chicks.
So welcome back Sheryl. If you've ever been a fan her latest installment is worth checking out.
1 comment:
You may want to get your facts straight about who broke up with whom and who deserved the bad karma. Not funny.
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