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Susan Werner makes great debut
By Kim Weiss
II is a mix of slow and fast,
and it is a blend of jazz. light
pop and folk It is a combiwtion
of talent in the music, lyric s and
vocals Susan Werner has
entered the music world with an
explosive debut, tj}%l of thr
Good Straight Girls
Her musical background
inc lodes learning piano at a
young age, playing saxophone
in \tm combos and man hing
hands and singing in music als
This explains why it 's not wi«i
bin to limit her musical c re
alums to only one style
Werner plays all the acoustic:
guitar heard on the CD, whether
it he intertwined with pen us
sion, organ, bass and electric
guitar err solely with piano Her
guitar introduces and maintains
a style* for each song
St Mary's of Regret" has a
slightly mournful, sour tone to
it. but the fingerpicking sound
on the guitar soothes the listen
er from w hat may otherw ise dis
turb jilted memories in a
regretful frame of mind
A great song that lias an
uplifting feel m the music is
"No One Here But Me* " It tregins
with almost 10 set onds of
upbeat, conga/bongo sounding
percussion and continues for
about another 15 seconds,
adding acoustic guitars, drums
and bass
About halfway through the
song !hc*re is a brief jazzy solo,
including piano And the lyric s
arc* simple, hut they clearly state
their point.
rhe sec ond song, '.still
Believe,” has a very nice sound
ing intro guitar part, which only
kind uf properly leads the lis
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can over
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the first few
notes may
seem slight
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otherwise
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"Man I Used to l.ova” and
" Yes to You (Tappan Zee)” an* a
couple songs that demonstrate
Werner's ability to sing jazz and
make a jazzy song. Man I l'set!
to Love" feels like one of those
bass grooving jazz songs you'd
hear in a smoky coffeehouse
with the lights down really low
"Yes to You (Tappan Zee)" has a
slower swing-roc k pare but still
has an up fool to it
Werner's bac kground includ
ed piano, which is also featured
on this CD. “Signing Your
Name" has Werner on piano and
<K.( otnpanving musicians, such
as on drums, keyboards and
cello,
According to a press release, it
is a song about the djffic ult feel
ings for a family member. The
iyru s write picturesque images
of the possible (read bet ween
the-lines) a< lies and problems
Mm li At All" is ,1 tune on
whit li Werner plays only piano
It has a light piano jazz sound
like you'd hear in a bar-lounge
(without the i heesy musician)
And Werner’s voic e inflects at
all the right times, to point out
perfectly that the relationship is
lost, in the song
Werner s talents remain not
only with the guitar and piano
but also with tier vocals and
lyric s (Werner w rote all of the
IB s songs, except fur ''Some
thing So Right "! Mi favorite
songs on the CD include the
three skills of mush lyrii s and
vocals
"Last of the Good Straight
Girls" has a great guitar feel,
acoustically and electrically,
joining melodic accompaniment
from the drums, bass and har
monica Lyrically, it describes a
girl in a situation of anger and
who. in the end, develops a
strong distrust toward strangers
The listener can hear the
emphatic emotion in Werner s
voii e in all the words she sings
The other song that combines
the three skills well is “Some
Other Town." It explains the
many “fallen" neighborhoods
and their inhabitants that a per
son outside of this “other town"
might see in cities everywhere.
The music and vocals are very
pretty They have a sad feeling
to them, hut the listener realizes
how sad this matter is. Here is
an example:
"They shoot their drugs’ they
shoot their friends/ and who’s to
blame/ it all depends/ my
heart is left/ my head is right/
my uniform suburban white/
and I’ll lie driving home tonight/
over some other town/ around
some other town/ right by some
other town."
Last of the Good Straight Girls
is a great debut for Werner With
a work this notable, she will
have a promising future In the
meantime, go out and grab
Werner’s new release You can
also chei k her out in concert at
John Henry's at 7:30 p.tn on
Saturday
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