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Cathi Walkup: The Secret of the Song: Lyrics of Cathi Walkup
ByWalkup selects the most simple of formats, augmenting with a harmonica here (John Ericksen on "Don't You Know") and the bright brass of Erik Jekabson ("Where's Armando"). Walkup has a voice with character. If is a rich, imperfect alto. Perfect voices are uninteresting and uninspired, like the guitar playing of Joe Satriani or Steve Vai. Walkup readily displays what sardonic sounds like. Think of her as Dave Frishberg with an X-chromosome perspective. Oh, and whatever you do, don't touch her biscuit.
Track Listing
Blues in the Night; Brothers, Sisters; Calyposo Facto; Cat Back Blues; Dave Don’t Mind the Rain; Don’t touch My Biscuit; don’t You Know?; Farewell Ms Moseka; Hopelessly Optimistic; It’s All You Fault; Sail Away; Shanna’s song; She Plays with the Cats; the Secret of the Song; Where’s Armando.
Personnel
Cathi Walkup, Shanna Carlson (7, 11), Anita Wardell (12); Benny Watson: piano, vocals (9, 10); Robin Aspland: piano (12); Carla Kaufman: bass (1, 4, 5, 6, 13); Rich Girard: bass (3, 8, 14, 15), John Wiitala: bass (7, 11); Marc van Wageningen; drums: Bob Blankenship, percussion: Phil Hawkins; guitar: Hugo Wainzinger: bass (2); Jon Eriksen: harmonica (4, 7) Eric Jekabson: trumpet (15), flugelhorn (7, 8, 11).
Album information
Title: The Secret of the Song: Lyrics of Cathi Walkup | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Self Produced
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