hi
all this talk about melissa/janis. so i had to go & pull out my cd with melissa singing "me & bobby mcgee" a very nice, solo acoustic guitar version. then i put on janis' solo acoustic guitar version. ok - so she doesnt play guitar as well a melissa (im assuming that melissa did in fact play guitar on her version - i actually know very little about her & the cd is a bootleg "10 years of covers" with no details, not even a tracklist). but oh, the singing..... melissa comes across as *trying* to be janis. some forced emotion etc. but janis is just plain brilliant. theres an edge and a depth to her singing that melissa just cant do. but what about sass jordan? is anyone familiar with her or her music? ive just got the one album "rats" (bought it cause i liked the cover!!), but it seems to me that she'd do a great janis. similar style of voice (not as good - but whose is?) and music, with that same ability to cruise along vocally with that hint of venom in her voice, then abruptly let rip.... ron np - sass jordan high road easy.
