Philip in Ireland (preparing for St. Pat's day by drinking
green beer and putting on funny hats, like all authentic
Irishmen, eh Philip?:) ) wrote:
>Tom Scott and the Los Angeles session
>musicians who helped her make the big change from FTR on to C&S and HOSL
>seem somewhat underrated to me...Scott's credits on those
>records seem modest given his band leader role that was evident at the MOA
>shows.
Unlike my buddy Kakki, I liked Tom Scott et al at the MOA shows.
I liked Joni's sound being expanded beyond the solo stuff. However,
I don't think the TS & TLAX Joni material has aged well. A lot of
MOA seems to be the band saying "here, listen to ME!!" Compare it
to the exquisitley (sp) understated work of the Blade/Isham/Klein/
Liesz ensemble of the '98 shows - they played incredibly well, but
everything they did served the singer and the song - there was no
showing off.
My Canadian $0.02 - still jingling loonies in my pockets... :)
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