The Pengwins — “What You Gonna Do”
Track: “What You Gonna Do”
Album: RADIO READY – LOST POWER POP HITS 1978-1983: TEXAS, VOL 1
Artist: The Pengwins
Artist Location: Dallas, Texas
Record Company: Cheap Rewards Records
Info:
Band from Dallas, Texas. Lannie Flowers: Guitar, Vocals Alan Petsche: Guitar Delbert Raines: Bass, Vocals David Bryan: Drums
“RADIO READY is a new regional power pop compilation series from Cheap Rewards Records. This initial installment covers bands from the Lone Star state. These “shoulda been” hits have been culled from hard to find singles and unreleased demos. Fully authorized by all the bands and expertly mastered.”
Robbiecube, a fan, wrote, “If you can stop playing the opening track by The Pengwins long enough to listen to the rest of this LP, you’ll be rewarded by a gusher of powerpop perfection. Who’d have guessed Texas had a wellspring of powerpop? Grab this and Vol 2:Wisconsin for a sweet treat. And cross yer fingers that the Cheap Rewards label rises from the dead and continues this series! Favorite track: The Pengwins – What You Gonna Do.”
THE PENGWINS – Small Vacacion (1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8PgesfJ-EI
The Pengwins – Life After High School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_fs_sEnFjU
Price: $1 (USD) for track; $7 (USD) for 13-track album by various artists
Genre: Power Pop
Links:
https://radioreadytexasvol1.bandcamp.com/album/radio-ready-lost-power-pop-hits-1978-1983-texas-vol-1
https://radioreadytexasvol1.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwwlj0oC_OtxfI7s40_zzRw
https://radioreadywisconsin.bandcamp.com/album/radio-ready-wisconsin-lost-power-pop-hits-1979-1982
https://www.youtube.com/@CheapRewards
WORDPRESS EMBED CODE:
LIVE FROM HOME: ATHENS, OHIO (AND ENVIRONS) SINGER-SONGWRITERS
(All musical friends of Bruce Dalzell are honorary Athenians no matter where they live and love.)
Albert Rouzie: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Gifts”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvmeMca8D3c
Angela Perley: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “What Have You Done to Me”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mregk-X_Llg
Angie Heimann: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “The Girl with the Chestnut Hair”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue6ooyuPpgI
Ben Davis, Jr.: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Leaves”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKq8s7tQ8d4
Billy Rhinehart: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Simple as I Look”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9zdvlHx2Lw
Bob Stewart: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “The Morning Turn”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGuQ1ZpwjNY
Bruce and Gay Dalzell: Live From Home (Holiday)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLetQfocFGA
Bruce Dalzell’s album LIVE FROM HOME is available here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3S7VLVJ/
Caitlin Kraus: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “You Always Make Me Smile”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7kcljjvX-s
Camille Karavas: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “I Heard You Talking in My Sleep”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1FE6ueEeZs
Carrie Elkin: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “The Gift”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y69Emfug1bw
Dan Canterbury: Live from Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Diary of a Turtle”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHcao2v5g0I
Danny Schmidt: Live from Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Bovine Serenade”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQBPv2RNuzY
Don Baker: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Billy and Jenny and Joe”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_5xqJX9Vq4
Donna Mogavero: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “The Restless Night”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3KI8rMXiq0
Eric Gnezda: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “A Song of Flying”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbFDnzfEDV4
Harlan Dalzell: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s cover of Harlan Dalzell’s “Anna Lee”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdVlLX923HM
Jordan Tice: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “The Stuff of Dreams”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLrfY6QP4k0
Keith Larsen: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “A Long Time”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIV13letIk
Kim Richey: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “The Visit”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-BPWKgada4
Liz Woolley: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Madeleine”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOrrMtOEPJY
Megan Bee: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “I Cannot Look Away”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frS-AXopsnQ
Megan Wren: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “The COVID Waltz”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM2-2wAFDWg
Nathan Zangmeister: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Taking the Long Way Home”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2CHeFb_Kw
Nick Vandenberg: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Astronomic Principle, or When You Come Home”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJBLap2HcCw
Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s cover of “My Neighborhood,” previously recorded by Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzcuXJdIeoA
Rachel Figley: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Trick of the Light”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfXqHfxpRYY
Rachel Mousie: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Late November”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txHh1S9-waY
Scott Minar: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Sorrows of Late Day”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY8XRA9PUmg
Steve Zarate: Live from Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Early September”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqVY6t5zZmM
Todd Burge: Live from Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Things I am for You”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqGPI43gjqQ
Vincent Trocchia: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “A Song of Flying”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRD1DKnRk3Q
William Matheny: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “I Don’t Know Why”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqcmUVpjVhk
***
Tony Xenos – Four Miles Around (feat. Bruce Dalzell & Billy Rhinehart)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N8rwjpM9ZY
CAITLIN KRAUS
Caitlin Kraus (she/her), LPCC, MT-BC
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
Music Therapist – Board Certified
Ohio University Counseling & Psych Services
Follow OU Counseling & Psych Services on Twitter at @OHIO_Counseling
Check out: Togetherall & WellTrack
CAITLIN KRAUS MUSIC
CAITLIN KRAUS ON INSTAGRAM
https://www.instagram.com/caitlinkrausmusic/
CAITLIN KRAUS ON FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/caitlinkrausmusic
CAITLIN KRAUS ON BANDCAMP
https://caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com
CAITLIN KRAUS ON SPOTIFY
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7G2SiE8RWYUMZWLX1iGLPz?autoplay=true
CAITLIN KRAUS ON YOUTUBE MUSIC
https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCWt9a1zAjicyED4CuT-PEXw
CAITLIN KRAUS: GONE BEYOND album
https://caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com/album/gone-beyond
CAITLIN KRAUS: WHAT RISES album
https://caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com/album/what-rises
CAITLIN KRAUS: “Waiting for the World” / “Dead Man” EP
https://caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com/album/dead-man-waiting-for-the-world
Hart, Bob: “Caitlin Kraus: Making her own kind of music.” The Athens News. 19 December 2023
“It was a song called ‘Garden’ that did it for me. Perhaps only when a musical artist writes deeply personal lyrics do their words become universal, belying the specifics of their own situation and emotions to touch others on an intimate level. That song and many other good ones are on the CD “Gone Beyond,” by Caitlin Kraus. It’s her second recorded collection (following “What Rises”) and is available through many outlets, including caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com, Spotify and Apple Music.”…
Caitlin Kraus: “Gone Beyond” (Caitlin Kraus performs “Gone Beyond” Aug. 17, 2023, at the Athens (OH) Community Center.) — From the album GONE BEYOND.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4zFYr55b5E
Caitlin Kraus: “Gone Beyond” — From the album GONE BEYOND.
Caitlin Kraus, Matt Box on bass, and Mark Hellenberg on drums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBPdMZoB7vs
Caitlin Kraus: “Make It Clear” (Caitlin Kraus performs “Make It Clear” Aug. 17, 2023, at the Athens (OH) Community Center.) — From the album GONE BEYOND.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1isFj2Oxiu4
Caitlin Kraus: “Strange Other” (Caitlin Kraus performs “Strange Other” Aug. 17, 2023, at the Athens (OH) Community Center.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Wc3pkXIiA
Caitlin Kraus at the 2020 Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZJFIal2SyU
Caitlin Kraus: “Follow Me” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdywiZXm2nc
It is a very special honor to have completed this music video for “Follow Me,” which was directed by the wonderful Adam Remnant who also recorded the song itself back in 2016. We collaborated on the concepts in the video and spent a chilly, beautiful spring day filming it with his talented students (listed below) at the Nelsonville, OH brick kilns, Hocking River, and surrounding neighborhood. For me, the lyrics and music of this song portray real imagery and memories that have grown dream-like with the passing of time, yet still remain formative and foundational. At its core, it is about transformation and being/becoming, but I hope the ambiguity and symbolism of the song and video also lead to your own interpretation and that you can find something resonant within it. Lyrics and digital/CD format available at caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com. Music website at caitlinkrausmusic.com.
A huge and sincere thank you to Adam Remnant for his direction of the video and to the Hocking College students listed in the following credits: AC – Alex Rhinehart & Najayah Shepard; Grips – Alex Rhinehart, Alexis Pariseau, Najayah Shepard, Nate Ruhl, & Richard Valentine; On-set Photographer – Ivan Reardon
“Follow Me” is featured on the full-length 2020 release WHAT RISES and includes myself on vocals/guitar, Adam Remnant on bass/drums/keyboard, and Hannah Simonetti on violin. The song was recorded and mixed by Adam in Athens, OH while the full album was produced, mixed, and mastered by Bernie Nau at Peachfork Studios in Pomeroy, OH (https://peachforkstudios.com/).
Caitlin Kraus: “This Body”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW9Kp-P3oio
Notes for “This Body”:
A song for the rights of all: the right to be safe in our bodies, the right to make decisions for our bodies, and the right to be who we are in our bodies. (Lyrics below.) I wrote this song […] out of the need to process my anger at women’s rights being taken away and for what this means for other rights down the line. A never-ending issue it seems, but one we can’t stop fighting for. A big thank you to Tom Riggs for taking footage of my first performance of this song with Mark Hellenberg on drums at The Union in Athens, OH.
Lyrics for “This Body”:
This body is temporary, but while it’s here / It’s not yours to hold captive in fear / This body is mine, it was never yours / So fuck your laws and gods and guns / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / This body is sacred, but only safe / When I’m in charge, you have no claim / This body is proud and wears the crown / Makes the decisions and won’t back down / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / And don’t tell me who I can love or about my identity / Don’t use your privilege to subject your patriarchy / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT
Caitlin Kraus: “What Rises” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoD-LgA6qUg
Caitlin Kraus: “Pink Cloud”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC8sNynVLUo
Caitlyn Kraus: Boogie on the Bricks (10 August 2019) — Athens, Ohio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtxfc4dMprM
Caitlin Kraus: Interview and “Waiting for the World”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPoahBWpuys
Caitlin Kraus: “Follow Me”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9yePPAwOa8
Caitlin Kraus Torres: “Dead Man” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brtzE73ZGsg
Caitlin Kraus: Full Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpk-Wyr1aTw
Caitlin Kraus: “On the Way Down” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNioAruv6SA
Caitlin Kraus: “Synchronicity” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmdNN1MD-Og
Caitlin Kraus: “All Along”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfrySyGEnR0
Caitlin Kraus Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4_ulcpWBI0
Caitlyn Kraus: “Dead Man” on SA Live (KSAT-TV) — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mCcPpJymcg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTQruwqEa_LjrqQBZy2lUww
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8cBT8QZwxhfta7xZBtPJOUspm3GMO7NA
Caitlin Kraus: Ohio University Adjunct Professor of Music Therapy
https://www.ohio.edu/fine-arts/music/ck294906
Caitlin Kraus: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “You Always Make Me Smile”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7kcljjvX-s
Caitlin Kraus with Mark Hellenberg: “Dead Man” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y16d-52JL-I
Caitlin Kraus with Mark Hellenberg: “Locket” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj84dLCtzwc
Caitlin Kraus with Mark Hellenberg: “On My Knees”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg97-pfc5qs
Caitlin Kraus with Mark Hellenberg: “Follow Me” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFIXQEYInRg
Caitlin Kraus: “Waiting for the World” / “Dead Man”
Caitlin Kraus Torres: “Fill Your Heart” (David Bowie Cover)
Caitlin Kraus: “Waiting for the World” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eBknAqMHlQ
Caitlin Kraus: “Full Bloom” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n37Io7QofGQ
Caitlin Kraus: “Make Love Stay” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOFyvkjHvrk
Caitlin Kraus: “By Dark” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JuJpCqmiY
Caitlin Kraus: “Down to You” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0ykF7XPGYk
Interview & Article for WOUB Public Media (8/6/2020): Interview about upcoming performance for the Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival, history as a songwriter and musician, and experiences as a performer during the pandemic.
https://woub.org/2020/08/06/virtual-nelsonville-music-festival-interviews-caitlin-kraus/
Article for WOUB Public Media (10/12/2017): Article about Caitlin’s path as both a songwriter and musician as well as a music therapist.
https://woub.org/2017/10/12/caitlin-kraus-a-twofold-journey/
OVRLD Austin Music First (6/13/2016): “On her new single ‘Waiting for the World,’ Caitlin Kraus’ sweetly shimmering voice rises out of an oceanic musical backing, giving the track a melancholic feel, like a reinterpretation of The Awakening’s bitter conclusion. Kraus’ voice is powerful but not in a bombastic sense, it’s instead devastating in its emotional richness. The well-arranged strings that emerge after the beginning of the song aid in this, making ‘Waiting for the World’ an excellent bit of chamber pop that stands out for the frequently unimaginatively produced singer songwriter tracks Austin is oversaturated with.”
https://ovrld.com/latest-toughs/kodachrome-borzoi-kydd/
Caitlin Kraus: “Golden and Blue”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfbKehHLggk
Caitlin Kraus: “Enough”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkgVzxvaJZs
Caitlin Kraus: “I’ll Be Your Mirror”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59QD1DArxqI
Caitlin Kraus at the Union
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNzx2J44W4k
Suggested Listening ’23: Caitlin Kraus Suggests Good Music to Listen To
Caitlin Kraus is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Board-Certified Music Therapist providing services to students at Ohio University in Athens, OH. When she is not counseling, Caitlin is an active musician and songwriter, performing her music both solo and with a band under her name. She has released two full-length albums from Peachfork Studios: “Gone Beyond” (2023) and “What Rises” (2020). She also sings and plays in the band Drift Mouth. She is the proud companion of two wonderful dogs.
Some of the music choices presented here were not actually released in 2023 as I am usually a time traveler when it comes to music. While it was hard to choose only 10 albums/artists and songs, this is some of the music that I happened to listen to often in 2023 and which personally resonated the most. It is presented in no particular order. I hope you can enjoy it along with me!
Jake Xerxes Fussell – Good & Green Again (2022)
The Beths – Expert in a Dying Field (2022)
Nina Simone – You’ve Got to Learn (Recorded Live at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival; Released in 2023)
Marina Allen – Candlepower (2021)
Drugdealer – Raw Honey (2019)
The Roches – The Roches (1979)
Labi Siffre – Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying (1971)
S.G. Goodman – Teeth Marks (2022)
Esther Rose – Safe To Run (2023)
The GTOs – Permanent Damage (1969)
See below link for Caitlin Kraus’ commentary:
https://woub.org/2023/12/11/suggested-listening-23-caitlin-kraus/
DRIFT MOUTH: “Starling”
Drift Mouth opens its Jan. 13, 2024, set at The Union in Athens, OH, with “Starling.” Lou Poster on lead vocals and guitar, Caitlin Kraus guitar, David Murphy drums, Nate Brite bass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgHzWMLFV0M
TOM RIGGS: Music to Consider (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/@riggsviews
Tom Riggs is famous for recording local and regional (and national and international) music and posting the videos on YouTube.
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Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist: A Retelling
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Ben Jonson’s The Case is Altered: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Catiline’s Conspiracy: A Retelling
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Formed on a summer’s night in Athens, Ohio in 1988, the three singers—Brenda Catania, Gay Dalzell, and Mimi Hart—had all been touring and recording for years and were ready to pour their energies into some music that was, well, local. Although their musical experiences were varied, all three shared an enthusiasm for close harmony, for the ineffable thrill of creating a smooth or jumping song, chord by chord. Each woman remains stylistically distinctive, but together they create a vibrant, balanced blend—and they have contagious fun doing it.
Although much of their material focuses on the hot and vampy swing tunes of the 30s and 40s (The Boswells, The Jimmy Lunsford Trio, and The Rhythm Boys), they also pursue their eclectic musical interests by performing their own arrangements of jazz, cowpoke, bebop, blues, standards and an occasional psychedelic hit. Their repertoire spins through a century of moving American song.
Before returning to Athens to raise her family, Brenda had worked primarily in Boston and San Francisco, doing cabaret, musical theater, rock and roll and with the performance art groups, Nuclear Beauty Parlor and the Monster Girls. Gay toured extensively, singing a range from bluegrass to blues. A featured member of The Appalachian Green Parks Project, she continues her popular folk/jazz duo work with her husband, the singer/songwriter Bruce Dalzell. Mimi began performing with her sisters at six; later, she worked out of Athens, New York City, and Cleveland, heading up and down the East coast and across the country with Hotcakes, the Bopcats, David Bromberg, the Allman Brothers and others.
The Local Girls’ gifted accompanists have deep resumes as well. Mike McGannon, a creative Ohio mainstay on guitars and banjo, was the musical director of The Angels, and has toured with The Drifters and The Coasters, as well as playing on countless recordings. Terry Douds, a sought-after clinician and engineer/producer, is an outstanding bass player, having toured the U.S., Europe and Asia with The Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Woody Herman Orchestra, the Ink Spots, The Columbus Symphony and more.
The Local Girls have opened for the Platters, Lonestar, and Chubby Checker, and entertained the troops surrounding Air Force One. They’ve sung for two award-winning PBS documentary series. With The Lark Quartet, The Local Girls premiered a new birthday song, “Your Trip Around the Sun”, at Hillary Clinton’s fiftieth birthday gala in Washington D.C. They toured Europe with Ohio University singers, performed in The East Room at The White House for candlelight festivities and were guests on The Prairie Home Companion at Town Hall in NYC.
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THE LOCAL GIRLS (Athens, Ohio, USA): “Cheek to Cheek”
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THE LOCAL GIRLS (Athens, Ohio, USA): “I’ll Never Say ‘Never Again’ Again”
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THE LOCAL GIRLS (Athens, Ohio, USA): “I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart”
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THE LOCAL GIRLS (Athens, Ohio, USA): “Snap, Crackle, Pop”
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THE LOCAL GIRLS (Athens, Ohio, USA): “Where the Boys Are”
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Review of The Local Girls’ LET YOURSELF GO
This is a very listenable album with covers of notable songs by such music luminaries as Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, JD Hutchison, and Bruce Dalzell. I especially like “Where the Girls Are” and “I Feel Free.”
Three singers — Brenda Catania, Gay Dalzell, and Mimi Hart — formed The Local Girls in the summer of 1988 in Athens County, Ohio. They have performed at Town Hall in New York City as guests of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, toured Europe, and sang for Hillary Clinton’s 50th birthday party. In addition, they have recorded two albums: Let Yourself Go (2000) and Three Little Words (2011). How to best describe them? Swing singers, yes. Vocal jazz, yes. Certainly, they perform precision, three-part harmony as they cover older and newer songs. The chronology of their repertoire ranges from 1854 (Stephen Foster’s “Hard Times Come Again No More” — no, not on this album) to the 1990s (T. Bone Burnett’s “It’s Not Too Late” — yes, on this album).
These are the songs on Let Yourself Go:
“Shout Sister Shout.” Recorded in the 1930s by the Boswell Sisters, a close harmony group. Very jazzy and tuneful. Some lyrics: “Just tell old Satan how you feel / Get that old Devil right off your heel / Shout sister, shout sister, shout!”
“Centerpiece.” Recorded by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross in 1960 on the album titled Lambert, Hendricks and Ross! The Hottest New Group in Jazz. This title is an example of proper (earned) pride. Notably covered by Van Morrison. Some lyrics: “The more I’m with you, pretty baby / The more I feel my love increase / I’m building all my dreams around you / My happiness will never cease / But nothing’s any good without you / ’Cause, baby, you’re my centerpiece.”
“Stay A Little Longer.” Some lyrics: “Stay a little longer / A little bit longer / You know you ain’t got nothing better to do / We’ll blindfold the cat / Put out the dog / Pull the shades and lock the door.” Written by Paula Lockhart with additional lyrics by David Lister. One of my favorites on this album.
“I’ll Never Say ‘Never Again’ Again.” Notably recorded by the Nat King Cole Trio, the Three Ambassadors, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra, and many more. Some lyrics: “I’ll never say ‘never again’ again / ’Cause here I am in love again / Head over heels in love again with you / I’ll never say, ‘never kiss you’ again / ’Cause here I am kissing you again / That’s just the thing I said I’d never do.”
“I Feel Free.” The Cream song, written by Pete Brown and Jack Bruce. The Local Girls’ version is much less rock and much more harmonic. Some lyrics: “I can walk down the street, there’s no one there / Though the pavements are one huge crowd. / I can drive down the road, my eyes don’t see, / Though my mind wants to cry out loud.”
“Since My Bird Has Flied Away.” The composer, J.D. Hutchison, sings lead, backed up by The Local Girls. A different version of “Since My Bird Has Flied Away” appears on J.D. Hutchison’s album You and the World Outside. Some lyrics: “Pour some more coffee in my coffee cup / I don’t know why, I don’t even like the stuff / But nothing seems to matter / Since my bird has flied away.” The bird, of course, is a woman. Another of my favorites.
“Let Yourself Go.” The Irving Berlin song. Ginger Rogers sang this song, and — of course — danced to it with Fred Astaire. Some lyrics: “Come / Get together / Let the dance floor feel your leather / Step as lightly as a feather / Let yourself go / Come / Hit the timber / Loosen up and start to limber / Can’t you hear that hot marimba? / Let yourself go.”
“Where The Boys Are.” Written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield for the 1960 movie of the same title, starring Connie Francis, Yvette Mimieux, Paula Prentiss, and Dolores Hart. My personal favorite on this Local Girls album. Some lyrics: “Where the boys are / Someone waits for me, / A smiling face, a warm embrace, / Two arms to hold me tenderly. / Where the boys are / My true love will be, / He’s walking down some street in town / And I know he’s looking there for me.”
“Ready On The Firing Line.” Another great song by JD Hutchison. Some lyrics: “In this world / You’ve got to be ready / Got to have everything just so / You’ve got to be ready just to hang around / Or you’ve got to be ready to go / You’ve got to be ready just to hear the word / You must be ready to read the sign / You must be ready on the left / Ready on the right / Ready on the firing line.”
“The Bozo Blues.” A song by Bruce Dalzell, Gay Dalzell’s husband. Bruce and Gay have made a lot of excellent music in Athens County, Ohio, for decades. This is a bluesy, humorous song about going to Chicago to be on The Bozo Show. Some lyrics: “I’m going to Chicago / Be on that Bozo Show / Yeah, I’m going to Chicago / Be on that B-B-Bozo Show / Yeah, I don’t know where Chicago is / But, mama, I got to go.”
“It’s Not Too Late.” The T-Bone Burnett song. Some lyrics: “The wind turns like a dagger, / the rain falls like a hammer / The sky has grown dark but it’s not too late / The weather crashes down, what’s lost cannot be found / The night is closing but it’s not too late.”
“I Want To Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart.” A hit for Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers. Some lyrics: “I want to be a cowboy’s sweetheart / I want to learn to rope and to ride / I want to ride o’er the plains and the desert / Out west of the great divide / I want to hear the coyotes howlin’ / While the sun sets in the West / I want to be a cowboy’s sweetheart / That’s the life that I love best.” Lots of yodeling on this one.
“The Blue Shadows On The Trail.” A Roy Rogers song. Some lyrics: “Blue shadows on the trail / Blue moon shinin’ through the trees / And a plain tiff wail from the distance / Comes a driftin’ on the evening breeze.”
“Caravan.” The Duke Ellington song. Some lyrics: “Night and stars above that shine so bright / The mystery of their fading light / That shines upon our Caravan / Sleep upon my shoulder as we creep / Across the sands so I may keep / The memory of our Caravan.”
“Mothra vs. Godzilla.” The main title of the 1964 Japanese monster movie of the same name. On Rotten Tomatoes, 90 percent of the critics like the movie. If nothing else, this song proves that The Local Girls are eclectic. Do you speak Monster? I don’t. Look for lyrics elsewhere.
Readers of this review should make heavy use of Amazon’s preview snippets of The Local Girls’ songs on this page.
The Local Girls ought to be famous, but one problem with Athens County is that it’s such a good place to live that excellent music-makers often stay here rather than moving to Nashville, NYC, or LA to seek fame and fortune. Lots of musicians choose to raise their kids in Athens County.
Support local music, and be aware that in the age of the Internet and the WWW, Athens County is local worldwide.
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