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Henske, Judy - She Sang California - Amazon.com Music
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Judy was just one of many talents I remember fondly from the '60s. But the more I thought about her over the years the more I wished there was more. Voila--there is! Holy smoke--she is still out there and just as "out there" as ever. Wish I could tell you what she is about, but I can't, except to say she loves traditional music and doesn't follow trends. Damn, that doesn't capture it either. Whether a traditional tune or one of her own edgy compositions, she makes it as real as it gets. And that voice! I'll be acquiring the complete discography. Rock on Judy!
If you can pull yourself away from the shallow pop world for a moment, give a listen to the mature Judy Henske. Funny, earthy, real. This is music you can listen to over and over. But you do have to listen.
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2008
When Judy Henske released her "comeback" album in June of 2000, it seemed to fans as though the new millennium just might bring about miracles after all. LOOSE IN THE WORLD was a worthy successor to her seminal 60s and early 70s work, and while her voice seemed to have aged a bit on many tracks--with her trademark belting yielding to a somewhat more "conversational" style--there were at least a couple of songs (the misterioso "Master of Love" and "Dark Angel") on which her voice was as dark and rich as it was when Judy was in her twenties. It was actually a bit jolting to hear the two "different" Judy voices on one record.
SHE SANG CALIFORNIA has no such time warps. This is very much the work of a singer in her sixties--one with no apparent interest in re-capturing "The Sixties." And that's just fine. Fans just need to put the flamethrowing, glass shattering singer of that era out of their minds and listen with new ears to the sharp, intelligent phrasing and subtle (yes, I said SUBTLE) approach of the contemporary Judy Henske.
It might be something of an adjustment for some, but it's worth it. On both her "comeback" records, Judy has re-recorded some of her old classics, and she brings to them the wisdom of years and the savviness of a singer who knows how to compensate for a loss of power with brilliant phrasing. On this record's version of the previously recorded "Duncan and Brady," for instance, I can actually make out the words. The old version had a lot of power, alongside the humor. The more recent one has much more sly wit and verve than its predecessor.
Judy Henske was always given to spoken asides in her songs, but she never did "talk singing" the way she does on the haunting, bitter "Cocktail World." The song's sentiments and frankness are reminiscent of the younger Judy Henske, but I'm not sure that the younger Judy could have pulled it off nearly as well. The song is a masterpiece, and it takes a slightly weathered, "lived in" kind of voice to pull it off.
It's an arguable point, but I do wish that Judy had not begun the album with a novelty tune like "Big Fat Man." Maybe it's just me, but as much as I love her off-the-wall humor, I don't like to see the CD's lead in track be quite so jokey. Of course, that sentiment probably just dates me. How many listeners will be listening to these tracks in the programmed sequence anyway?
One track that I've waited years to hear Judy sing is her own composition "Western Wisconsin." I love this tune and have sung it myself in performance. A whistful memoir of growing up in a quiet Wisconsin town, from the perspective of a contemporary California denizen, the song is a prime example of Judy Henske at her subtle, eloquent best. When it was first recorded, with her short lived band Rosebud, the track was sung by her then-husband Jerry Yester. He did a fine job, and when sung from a male perspective, the relationship between the narrator and "[his] cousin Nancy" takes on an innocently romantic character that is mostly absent when sung by its author. But I've always felt that Judy should have sung it. It was her own autobiography.
Now she has, and it's brilliant. Once again, the worldly wise voice of experience adds new depth to an older tunes text. That text has not changed at all--it's still written from the perspective of a young(ish) person, a parent with a small child, in fact. (She sings of "[her} husband, baby and me.") But the singer is older, wiser and less overtly sentimental. And it slays me every time.
Judy Henske may "sing California," but a part of her remains in "Western Wisconsin." For a Northeasterner like me, she succeeds in making both places kind of mythic. No mean feat in these jaded times. She is a true artist, as her early AND more recent work attest.
What a grateful arrival on the scene is the latest brilliant CD from Judy Henske. Her voice is as strong in the 21st Century as it was influential in the last. This album is a welcomed continuation of her lauded comeback CD "Loose In The World"(a must-have record as well).
As any fan of hers will profess, Judy could go into a studio and sing the Yellow Pages to the delight of her fans who clamor for anything recorded with her unique voice. Not only does Judy have one of the most distinctive and powerful voices (yes, she still has it folks!), her songwriting talents along with collaborator and husband, Craig Doerge find her at the top of the heap of singer/songwriters. Ok, and if that isn't enough, she is funny, and beatnik-hip, and you'll know this for sure when you see her live.
In fact, there are a couple of live performances on this album. Check out the live version of the hilarious "Maurice, Maurice" and you'll get a sense of Judy's inimitable beatnik humor. There's a raucus and playful live version of "Ace in the Hole", with exquisite & energetic barrelhouse piano by Craig Doerge. There's nothing like seeing Judy & Craig in person.
Also in the barrelhouse genre, "Duncan and Brady" brings together a brilliant gathering of veteran musicians (Lee Sklar on bass, Russ Kunkel on drums and Norton Buffalo on harmonica and, of course, the real driver at the helm of ALL of the musical arrangements on this album, Mr. Craig Doerge on piano). The hand-picked musicians on this album deliver the goods!
On the flipside of the rough and tumble blues & barrelhouse on this CD, you will find the poignant "Western Wisconsin" which steeps our emotions in a brandy of warm thoughts about where we came from in a simpler time before heading out to take charge of the bigger world. And what a visual I get when I hear the brilliant and poetic narrative at the beginning of "Cocktail World": The streets outside this downtown bar are empty, damp and amber lit just like in an old version of Peter Gunn where the private eye meets his singer-girlfriend at "Mother's Place" at closing time. This song is destined to become a standard.
You will find yourself humming several of the catchy songs on this album the next day after your first listen. Notably, the title song "She Sang California" as well as "Seymour Cray" (a clever folk song about the man who brought us the biggest super computer on the planet) stick in my mind. I can't say enough about how I love EVERY song on this album. BUY IT! You won't regret it.
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