I'll start with a little post about Linda Perhacs. I work for Human Ear and we just hosted Linda and her band two weeks ago for a concert at San Francisco Art Institute. This was her third public appearance ever! Unlike all of us at The Society of Mutual Affirmation, she's incredibly generous and modest. She literally talked to probably everyone who attended the show afterwards. She currently lives on her ranch in Topanga Canyon - continuing to work as a dental hygienist while writing new music on the side.
You're probably familiar with her, but her album might be worth revisiting since it was just released on Mexican Summer. Linda received the new vinyl the night before traveling to SF for the show! I would definitely recommend buying a copy, it looks great. There's a print of her visual score as an insert! Parellelograms was originally released on Kapp Records in 1970, but Linda told me the original recordings were so crappy she gave up hope as a musician - and the label pushed her aside when they found it unmarketable. It's really soo amazing what music blogs have done for rediscovering artists.
Linda chatting with a fan at the SFAI show.
Yeah, this is beautiful, thanks. You ever get into that Numero Group comp Wayfaring Strangers: Ladies from the Canyon? Has some good stuff from same era.
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sweet, i'll check it out. thanks brian!
ReplyDeletefor whatever reason that comp sorta left me disappointed. "parallelograms", however... is the shittt
ReplyDeletei wonder what kind of music they play in the dental offices she works for
ReplyDeletejust posted on mexican summer's website today... http://www.mexicansummer.com/shop/linda-perhacs-parellellograms/
ReplyDeleteThey play Sheryl Crow in all dental offices.