| Author | Message | ||
     Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1449 Registered: 08-2006 |
Well, this is just damn sad. One of my all-time faves. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1450 Registered: 08-2006 |
Oh, forgot the link: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/0 1/19/kate-mcgarrigle-singer-and-songwrit er-has-died/?hp | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 211 Registered: 03-2007 |
Very sad news. I saw the sisters perform on a number of occasions at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, and they were wonderful nights. Kate was my favourite songwriter of the two. Not all that prolific but she wrote some wonderful stuff. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 527 Registered: 04-2005 |
Very sad news indeed. I love her distinctive voice. And only 63 years old. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2243 Registered: 03-2005 |
Wow. Agreed. She's a favorite of mine too. She never adhered to any of the rules as a songwriter. "Matapedia" and "I Eat Dinner" are brilliant examples. Wow. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1743 Registered: 09-2006 |
Another big fan here...and five minutes ago I was introducing my wife to the gorgeous McGarrigle/Wainwright family harmonizing on "What'll I Do," and then I clicked over here to find this. I've got "Talk to Me of Mendocino" on now. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1452 Registered: 08-2006 |
Found this very fine new Kate McG tune on the sisters' Web site. She must have been pretty sick when she performed this, but it's a hell of a performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xzwJVNTN Ks | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1724 Registered: 01-2005 |
Such a sad shocker to hear about Kate's passing. "Talk to Me of Mendocino", "Heart Like A Wheel", "My Town", "Kiss and Say Goodbye", you might as well say the whole first album is flawless. I got all the early stuff on vinyl but only their debut and The McGarrigle Hour on disc, so it's time to rectify that. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1454 Registered: 08-2006 |
Listening to some live McGarrigles performances archived at NRP (including a really good 1993 "Fresh Air" interview) I'm thinking it's time for a posthumous live album. Given how charming their live shows were, I'm a little surprised it doesn't exist already. |