That was amazing! Wow! There really a just a few artists that can
evoke so much emotion in the voice. That was definately a treat!
Thanks Ad & Alley!
--- In allisoncrowe@yahoogroups.com, "Adrian" <management@a...> wrote:
>
> Things have been sooooo busy for months now, I have not been able
to
> write as regularly as I'd like - over this next week or two, before
> things get even more hectic, as the Europe tour approaches, I'll do
> my best to let you know what's happening in Alley's recording life+.
>
> For a start, here's an anecdote from my day.
>
> As folks may or may not know, here in Canada, the public
> broadcasters at CBC Radio had been locked out for a long stretch,
> and are just now getting back to work, connecting our land via the
> airwaves.
>
> Shelagh Rogers, a veteran broadcaster and host of a very popular
> program called Sounds Like Canada was back on air today for the
> first time since the Summer. And, she invited Allison to join her
on
> this welcome-back-broadcast.
>
> Allison had the song she was going to perform ready. But,
> serendipitously, yesterday, she taught herself A Case of You on
> guitar, and in the minutes prior to the radio show going live
across
> the country this a.m., Alley plunked a few notes of Joni's song on
> her keyboard to see what it sounded like... Shelagh got excited,
and
> asked if that was the song to be played. Allison said, it wasn't,
> but it could be...
>
> Shelagh explained that, during the CBC lockout, when she and two of
> her producers had driven across the whole of Canada in a van, they'd
> repeatedly played A Case of You - cranking the volume on the car
> stereo at the lines "I drew a map of Canada, oh Canada".
>
> So, naturally, when the show mics were turned on today, this is the
> song that was heard:
> http://www.allisoncrowe.com/SLCACaseofYouAllisonCrowe.mp3
>
> to be continued...
>
> ( :
>
> Ad
>