Mary Chapin Carpenter - Lockdown Songs Quittin' Time

I did say I was not going to post too much of these things however.....this is possibly my favourite ever MCC songs. She does it both slow and fast, certainly live I have heard her do it both ways. A great song of lost love and regret...a companion in some ways to the Waterboys The Thrill Is Gone, again I song I think is superb.



Here is how it used to sound, Shawn Colvin on backing vocals!

Forgotten album Friday #7 - Shawn Colvin Cover Girl

Shawn Colvin is a horribly under-rated artist. She has some fantastic material of her own of course but I think she is a wonderful interpreter of other people songs, especially some of the Americana classics like Steve Earle's Fearless Heart. Apart from the cover of Sting's ghastly Every Little Thing....this is a fantastic album with every song worth hearing, lovely vocals, stunning harmonies and beautiful playing and production.

Many of these songs are live and the recording quality is astounding. The quality of the songs is tremendous music and the album notes that Shawn picked the songs very carefully. This album is pure emotion, talent, a stool, a guitar...and with the voice to carry it off.

If you get the chance check out the Cd ep's from this time with some brilliant live tracks, some including Mary Chapin Carpenter.

Key Tracks:

One Cool Remove (with MCC)
Looking for The Heart of Saturday Night
Someday
Killing The Blues