From: ana1ana2@yahoo.com
"Wild Things Run Fast" is one of my favorite records ever. It's
distilled Joni. Klein is a great bassist and a fine producer. He also
produced the first Tracy Chapman album.
"Dog Eat Dog" has some great stuff on it too. Side two drags. "Chalk
Marks" didn't work for me at all. But to slag "her 80s albums" as if
they were a monolith is off base.
On the other hand, anyone who searches out a Ben Orr album, let alone
listens to it, probably has way too much time on his/her hands to
begin with.
Klein is a Jaco devotee, so expect plenty of moaning fretless bass (if
indeed he is the bassist of record).
And yeah, Joni is president of her own fan club, so to speak. I find
that easy to ignore. Unlike "Hejira".
Noam
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:03:24 -0000, Kyle wrote:
>Okay, I've been starved for ages now for an update on Walter Becker's
>new solo record. I can't remember when WB's site was last updated.
>But I read last week in one of the guitar magazines that the new album
>is finished -- and that it was produced by Larry Klein, who also
>cowrote all of the songs.
>
>I'm thankful for the info, and glad to hear the record's done. Larry
>Klein? I don't know; he's a bass player/producer who was married to
>Joni Mitchell in the 80s, and who worked on some of her 80s stuff
>(which I thought was terrible and hideously dumbed-down) and on other
>projects, like Cars' bassist/vocalist Ben Orr's late-80s album "The
>Lace" -- which, I have to be honest, I thought was bland commercial
>dreck (and I love the first three or four Cars albums). Watch; some
>Larry Klein fan's going to jump on me.
>
>Obviously, the LK aspect of the news doesn't thrill me. But WB has
>enough of an edge that I'm sure he can cut through whatever hack
>blandness they attempt to smother him in.
>
>Anyone heard anything else? Does anyone have *any idea* when, if
>ever, the record is expected to be released?
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