Artist Lounge: Tracy Bonham
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So I went to see my friend Brian Scott and a brand-new band of some other firends of mine play last night in Brooklyn. Brian's old band, Donkeys, haunted my shuffle for a while a couple years back, and I miss his weirdness. Check out their EP, "Toilets of Brooklyn" if you can find it. Their set was great, the songs were well-arranged and executed, and the band was far-out, elec gtr, upright bass + Moog Taurus (yeah!!), drums, keys, theremin, and violin. The violin w... MORE
wow, that was a trip. My take on hearing a Tracy Bohnam song is always flavored by the fact that she's family. I'm sure I hear it different than most people do. When Brook Burke just anounced that Jill Joya's selection tonight was "Mother Mother" I went "what, huh? Is there another Mother Mother song that I don't know?" I then sat here with baited breath to see if it was the same song. It was really weird seeing someone else sing that. To me her physical performa... MORE
She first came onto the music scene with the single "Mother Mother." If you mention Tracy Bonham to anyone, you usually get "Mother Mother? Yeah, great song." OR, people thing she's related to the late John Bonham, drummer for Led Zeppelin. Thing was, she hit the scene around the same time as Alanis Morrisette, who in my opinion, while being a talented singer-songwriter, isn't that great of a singer. Tracy had her beat by a mile, but she was totally doused. She had ... MORE






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