Word: bande
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dudley has fellows for art, outings, athletics and social events. The House also features an orchestra, literary events, a jazz band, a chorus and public-service opportunities...
...songs on the album, which returned to the acoustic route. Her versions of Pete Droge's "Sunspot Stopwatch" and Peter Laughner's "Cinderella Backstreet," she laments, were "done a long time ago" and therefore "rough around the edges." It's a little dubious, then, whether a full-length band album can successfully maintain the sincerity of Mary Lou Lord while integrating studio production elements...
...teased the audience by starting her set with a Ween cover, and then moving on to two new original pieces--"His Lamest Flame" and "Western Union Song"--which may or may not appear on Got No Shadow. Although Lord played both songs solo, either could easily be adapted as band material, especially "His Lamest Flame," an upbeat and gregarious sour grapes song which wouldn't easily be adulterated by backup accompaniment. The audience responded enthusiastically to the new material, crowding up to the stage for the first time during the sequence of bands that evening; they also got a kick...
...same time, street performance requires a singer to modify her tactics so a not to appear too forthcoming and obtrusive. Whereas a band at the center of attention in a club is expected to entertain a well as perform, a street performer "would rather invite people in than intrude of their space." The upside of busking though, is that Lord can play place she chooses to play whenever she choose to play, and feels much more connected to the joy of performing--the reason she entered the music world in the first place. "If some one hears and is inspired...
Touring streets and subways coast to coast has had many effects on Mary Lou Lord; for one thing, she's a little lonelier, and looking forward to being a bit more rebellious when she begins touring with her band in January...