Here's an album that many people may not be familiar with. It was almost like fate led me to find this one and I'm fairly sure if luck hadn't intervened that I would never have crossed paths with it. Kim Fox just happened to be the opening act for Holly Cole, I believe, and a friend and I went to see her performance at the original Nita's Hideaway in Tempe, AZ. My friend was a fan of Holly Cole and wanted to see her; I was (and remain) a bit so-so on Cole's work but I did sort of like the album she was touring for at the time, I believe "Dark Dear Heart", and I also had an appreciation for her Tom Waits cover song album. Because of this, I agreed to go with him to the show. The old Nita's in Tempe was literally exactly that...a 'hideaway' or hole in the wall sort of place, and it was also somewhere that I frequented, seeing quite a few great performances there in the most intimate venue imaginable. As usual, I went into the performance l...
A list of albums in no specific order that influenced my life and musical creation