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April 24, 2006
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April 22, 2006
Lauren Echo
they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say man what are you doing here (Billy Joel)Elizabeth and I showed up early at the Weathervane to make sure we got a good table near the piano: last night was Lauren Echo's final night as Weathervane's Friday night musician. By lingering over drinks, appetizers, dinner and dessert we caught all three hours of her performance.
We love local, live music. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's weak, and once in a great while you stumble across someone amazing. Lauren is one of those ever-so-rare cases where we know someday we'll be saying "I remember when Lauren used to play piano across town..."
Why the rave? First, Lauren is a true singer/songwriter with incredible skills in both areas. Beautiful music, moving lyrics, and an unbelievable voice. I don't have a golden ear (though it's improved dramatically since I took up guitar), but Lauren has a voice that reveals the limits of compact disc audio: in spite of all the careful work that goes on in the studio she still sounds better in person than on CD. Not that you shouldn't get her CD (you should!), but if you get a chance to hear her live do so. You check out Lauren's sound over at her page on CD Baby (where you can also buy her CD's): http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/laurenecho3
Lauren's heading back to the Big Apple where we hope to seek her out on our next trip to the city -- hopefully before we can only catch her at larger venues for $45 ticket! Good luck, Lauren: we're looking forward to seeing your name in lights.