Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub; July 17, 1950 – April 26, 2011) was an American roots music singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1974 and 1975 songs "Poetry Man" and "Harpo's Blues", and her credited guest vocals backing Paul Simon on "Gone at Last". She was described by The New York Times as a "contralto grounded in a bluesy growl and capable of sweeping over four octaves." Snow also sang numerous commercial jingles for many U.S. products during the 1980s and 1990s, including General Foods International Coffees, Salon Selectives, and Stouffer's. Snow experienced success in Australia in the late 1970s and early 1980s with five top 100 albums in that territory. In 1995 she recorded a gospel album with Sisters of Glory.
from this album in RP library
length: 4:08
listen:
The Main Mix
SOOOO PHUNKIE
But. . . but. . but this is as funky as a very funky thing.
Dispairs. . .
The beginning reminded me of Sly and the Family Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" . Phoebe should be hollerin', though, not enunciating.
Never knew anything about Phoebe's struggles. This, from Roger Friedman at Fox News in March, 2007:
"Valerie Rose Laub died on Sunday. She was an astonishing 31 years old. You don’t know who Valerie was, but I’ll tell you: she was Phoebe Snow’s daughter. Valerie was born with such a confluence of injuries in 1975 that no one knew what was wrong. Truthfully, I don’t think to this day anyone ever did figure it out. No matter how Phoebe Snow operated in the music business, it was never her priority. That was always Valerie. It’s hard to imagine someone giving up a career like that today, and sacrificing themselves for their child. That’s what Phoebe Snow did for her daughter. I don’t know what she will do now that Valerie is gone. Three decades of love and service are over. But I hope somewhere along the line, no matter what’s happened to her in the business (where her terrible reputation is never far away), Phoebe Snow gets to sing again. She’ll do it for Valerie, and for a whole generation that got cheated out of knowing Phoebe Snow as a star the way her daughter did."
Interesting.
Further proof that music was better in the 70s.
Goodbye Phoebe, your creativity was amazing. I hope you and Valerie are together again. You are missed.
OK- Let me guess. The (unen)lightened letters stand for "Silly Wabbit"
Go Phoebe!
Saw that one, too, and this brings back fond memories. She has some pipes, as they say. The album is great and the"driftin blues" cut from Charles Brown is sublime.
Sounds like Phoebe is sitting in on vocals for Stevie Wonder.
I can't figure why the rating is so low!