Post by egoodstein on Jan 3, 2009 1:07:24 GMT -5
So nice to see 'official' release of this rare late (1982) album from Colorado folk/blues singer who deserves much more attention IMO. Her early '70's album w. band 60,000,000 Buffalo, 'Nevada Jukebox,' that might well appeal to Bonnie Raitt or Tracy Nelson fans, is also now available at Collectors Choice ( www.ccmusic.com ). Maybe someday her great first one, 'Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues' will also reappear (2nd one 'Woman Blue' mentioned in review is available & fab too-- more folk). This one features Dr. John on a few tracks, & is great fun, if Judy's voice not quite in very top form as her health complications because of diabetes were beginning to affect her voice a little. But it's still cool IMO. www.dexterpayne.com for more
info. More on Judy from her website, www.judyroderick.com . Review from The Buffalo News. Ed
Judy Roderick & the Forbears
When I’m Gone
[Dexofon]
When blues musicologist Dick Waterman first saw Judy Roderick take the stage of Cambridge’s Club 47 back in the 1960s, he expected to hear something prim and preppy — like maybe “Greensleeves” — from this petite musician, dressed in plaid skirt and sensible shoes.
What Waterman heard was an inspired blues belter, fluent in the form and so much more.
Roderick, who died in 1992 just shy of 50, left behind a modest but remarkable body of work, born of the ‘60s folk revival and enriched by a contagious respect for myriad styles, from vintage jazz to country blues. Her commercial high-water mark was “Woman Blue,” released by Vanguard Records in 1965 and still available in retail racks to this day.”
Her extended family, including notable musicians scattered hither and yon, fans of long memory and kin at Sardinia’s Olmsted Camp, continue to fly the flag for Roderick, who could perform in any company, bar none, and quite admirably.
Longtime collaborator Dexter Payne, witness to this unique talent, has reassembled and re-released “When I’m Gone,” a 1982 recording of Roderick and her incredibly tight band, the Forbears: Washboard Chaz Leary, Don DeBacker, Tim Martin and Payne. The recording, which includes several guest slots by Mac Rebennack, aka Dr. John, is a rollicking reward from the git-go to git-gone.
Extended-play honors go to the title cut, “When I’m Gone,” an achingly clever, slyly hip musing on being here — and not being here. Roderick soulfully surfs the crest of a strong horn section and Dr. John keyboards on three other barn-burners: “Surprises,” “Denver to Dallas” and Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup’s “Shout Sister Shout.” She turns on the slow heat in a slinky and sultry take on Jimmie Lunceford’s “Dream of You.” The disc ends in a folkie mode, mining a late 1970s track of “Floods of South Dakota,” back in the days when Roderick and Payne kept company with a group called The Big Sky Mudflaps.
“When I’m Gone” is a clear view of an amazing artist who deserves much more recognition. It is fresh and vital.
— Randy Rodda
info. More on Judy from her website, www.judyroderick.com . Review from The Buffalo News. Ed
Judy Roderick & the Forbears
When I’m Gone
[Dexofon]
When blues musicologist Dick Waterman first saw Judy Roderick take the stage of Cambridge’s Club 47 back in the 1960s, he expected to hear something prim and preppy — like maybe “Greensleeves” — from this petite musician, dressed in plaid skirt and sensible shoes.
What Waterman heard was an inspired blues belter, fluent in the form and so much more.
Roderick, who died in 1992 just shy of 50, left behind a modest but remarkable body of work, born of the ‘60s folk revival and enriched by a contagious respect for myriad styles, from vintage jazz to country blues. Her commercial high-water mark was “Woman Blue,” released by Vanguard Records in 1965 and still available in retail racks to this day.”
Her extended family, including notable musicians scattered hither and yon, fans of long memory and kin at Sardinia’s Olmsted Camp, continue to fly the flag for Roderick, who could perform in any company, bar none, and quite admirably.
Longtime collaborator Dexter Payne, witness to this unique talent, has reassembled and re-released “When I’m Gone,” a 1982 recording of Roderick and her incredibly tight band, the Forbears: Washboard Chaz Leary, Don DeBacker, Tim Martin and Payne. The recording, which includes several guest slots by Mac Rebennack, aka Dr. John, is a rollicking reward from the git-go to git-gone.
Extended-play honors go to the title cut, “When I’m Gone,” an achingly clever, slyly hip musing on being here — and not being here. Roderick soulfully surfs the crest of a strong horn section and Dr. John keyboards on three other barn-burners: “Surprises,” “Denver to Dallas” and Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup’s “Shout Sister Shout.” She turns on the slow heat in a slinky and sultry take on Jimmie Lunceford’s “Dream of You.” The disc ends in a folkie mode, mining a late 1970s track of “Floods of South Dakota,” back in the days when Roderick and Payne kept company with a group called The Big Sky Mudflaps.
“When I’m Gone” is a clear view of an amazing artist who deserves much more recognition. It is fresh and vital.
— Randy Rodda