In praise of Ann Hampton Callaway
Posted: 05 April 2008 10:26 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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<img alt="ahcdiva.jpg" src="http://www.powerlineblog.com/ahcdiva.jpg" width="220" height="227" > I had not heard of Callaway before her au

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Posted: 05 April 2008 10:35 PM   [ Ignore ]  [ # 1 ]  
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Whoa, Bizarro Amy Winehouse.

Freaky.

 
 
Posted: 05 April 2008 11:43 PM   [ Ignore ]  [ # 2 ]  
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Thanks to the instant gratification available via the online Rhapsody service (and others), I can offer my hearty “Hear, hear!” to Scott’s enthusiasm for this lady.

(This comes at a good time for me.  Only yesterday I was completely sickened to hear Willie Nelson spouting the poisonous and appallingly stupid, fire-can’t-melt-steel, 9/11 theory.  I’ve always known that apart from being a fabulous singer and songwriter, Willie is a moron.  I try not to pay attention to entertainers outside their shtick.  But this hurt me.  It was Willie Nelson, with his Stardust album, who really, really turned me on to the American songbook.  Hearing this crap from his drug and booze-addled mind disgusted me.)

 
 
Posted: 05 April 2008 11:55 PM   [ Ignore ]  [ # 3 ]  
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I’ve have everyone of her albums.  I think her voice is one of the most versatile I’ve ever heard.  Her rendition of Mr. Paganini is to die for.

 
 
Posted: 06 April 2008 12:15 AM   [ Ignore ]  [ # 4 ]  
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Going to her site, I was struck by her voice having a distinct Cher-like quality. Cher as in the young Cher, not the queen of cosmetic surgery we know and love? today.

 
 
Posted: 06 April 2008 02:58 AM   [ Ignore ]  [ # 5 ]  
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I’m sure you will be happy to hear that I was doing a Google news search under “music” a couple of hours ago, and this Power Line post showed up! There’s hope yet…

The Bill Drake radio network show “Music of Your Life”, which sad to say seems to be confined to AM radio stations, has mentioned Ann on occasion. Peter “Hollywood Squares” Marshall, who has had a show on said network, has mentioned and played her music from time to time.

 
 
 

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