[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's just say I have sooo much more respect for Joni now. Conceding that she is not the queen of all female singer-songwriters!!! I'm going to get Tendaberry as soon as I can. What of Nyro's should I get after that? You should RUN to get Nyro's "New York Tendaberry." After that, run to get the other two in her classic trilogy, "Eli And The Thirteenth Confession" and "Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat." I've noticed in the brief time I've been on board JMDL, several people mention Nyro's profound influence--Wally K. & Gary Z. among them. In fact, we can't really decide who we love more. Like Joni, Laura is truly brilliant. I think she even accomplished some things Joni never could. Leonard Bernstein, Miles Davis and Bob Dylan were also huge Nyro-nuts. If you think Nyro only composed simple pop songs (i.e., "Wedding Bell Blues," etc.) you're sadly misinformed. That's like saying Joni never went beyond "Big Yellow Taxi" or "Both Sides Now." Or that Dylan never expanded beyond "Blowin' In The Wind." As Tommy Mottola (of Sony) told Billboard at the time of her death, 'There was no one else like her--before or since.' Love, -Billy K.
