Over the years I've listened to a few albums by miscellaneaous artist where the bass happened to be Larry Klein. I thought the bass was nice but nothing outstanding. I just re-listened to the first Tracy Chapman and it dawned on me how Larry's playing was an essential component of the sound on the album, and hence IMHO a substantial part of Tracy's success. Obviously this is not a scoop. Does anybody feel this way about this album? Is there a special connection between Larry and Tracy that would explain the simbiosis/synergy?
Unrelated, but I've met a young woman in the studio who's a singing teacher. She doesn't smoke so her voice is in the BLUE register. She didn't know about Joni so I made her a CD and she came to the last rehearsal to perform Woodstock. What an orgasm (no less) after all these years to be able to do it with a good female voice! We're working on Black Crow next.... Laurent
