Yeah. This is pretty close to my memory of Sherelle's voice. (Sherelle, I apologize for 'reviewing' you, right in front of your face, as if you're not here. Anyway, it's all good, or I wouldn't say it at all.) Back in 98, I heard a lot of people singing at JulZie's house and it was my first taste of how great JoniFests would be. Lots of voices. It's always great to hear the _love_ that people share when they sing Joni's songs. I love to hear everyone, everyone singing. Some people have great pitch and lousy time. Some have no pitch at all. Most have a little pitch and a little time. Then, Sherelle opened her mouth and I swear, it was like *** LIGHT *** filled that room. I mean, we all just _knew_. I remember looking around, shaking my head, thinking, like, "We all are _seeing_ this, right? This is the SHIT, right?" She has it. When Brando or Streep are on screen, everyone just knows. It's like that when Sherelle sings. Then the song ends, and the waves of applause end, and she's totally oblivious and goes, "What's next?" (Claud9 did this after doing "Conversation" at Atty May's last year. So did Bryan after "Black Crow" at Ashara's in 98. It's the sound of humility as everyone ELSE in the room picks their jaws up, off the floor.) Patrick wrote: >>>> sherelle seems to have the best of both: a gorgeous rich tone like a low cello string that's ringing the higher strings, balanced with a sure but inventive rhythmic sense. and when she cuts loose, especially in 'eleanor rigby', sherelle puts fordham and baker to shame, both in technique and in taste.>>>> Lama
