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Who Is This Girl Singing

30 Aug 08 - 10:26 PM (#2426577)
Subject: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: Beer

Someone across the Pond I'm sure can identify her. First name is Jackie and she does a wonderful job of Iris DeMent's song.




Beer (adrien)


30 Aug 08 - 10:28 PM (#2426578)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: Beer

I don't know how I did this and probably never be able to do it again.
Click on my name and you should be able to view it on You Tube.


30 Aug 08 - 10:47 PM (#2426580)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: Jim Lad

Remarkable. She sings the song to perfection, adding grace notes and bending them here & there while she calmly reads the words!
Has all the marks of a studio vocalist but I've never heard of either of them.
Thanks Adrien.


30 Aug 08 - 10:52 PM (#2426582)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: katlaughing

Looks as though her last name is Abbot and she used to be with The Beautiful South band. Beautiful voice! Thanks, Adrien.


30 Aug 08 - 10:55 PM (#2426583)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: Jeri

Click on 'more info' and it says her name is Jacqueline Abbot. The name doesn't ring a bell with me. The group is 'Beautiful South'.

As for the link, your name ended up after the address, where the link title would be if you put one in there.


30 Aug 08 - 11:00 PM (#2426584)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: Jeri

Boy, I'm too slow!


30 Aug 08 - 11:28 PM (#2426597)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: Stilly River Sage

She left that group a number of years ago, apparently. I don't find much recent, but I agree, she has a very nice voice.

SRS


30 Aug 08 - 11:48 PM (#2426600)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: katlaughing

Not really, Jeri. I passed right over the last name in the "info." I found it on google.:-)


31 Aug 08 - 08:02 AM (#2426706)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: Beer

I'll be honest in saying I never noticed the more info spot on You Tube before. How unobservant of me. Dah!!.

Jim, if you have never heard of Iris before you should have a look and listen to some of her numbers. Although her voice can be a bit annoying to some I find it to be very haunting. She is a very worthy writer and controversial one as well. I am told that in some areas of the States her music is not played due to some of her statements she make about the church and religions. Maybe some one could confirm this as being true or not.


31 Aug 08 - 08:39 AM (#2426723)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: topical tom

Wow, Adrien, that is one great version of the song with great voices and harmony!I have never heard of her either but rest assured I'm going to listen to her more.I find she sounds something like Iris Dement, whose voice I love.


31 Aug 08 - 08:46 AM (#2426726)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: maeve

One more reason for me to drive to a library after the potatoes are all dug and bagged. I'd better make a list of YouTube artists to look up.

I love Iris Dement's singing and her choice of material too. I look forward to hearing Jacqueline Abbot when I can ge to a library computer. Thanks for posting this, Adrien.

I would guess that Jeri knows about Iris. Jeri knows about 'most any good music going. I think she meant she hadn't heard of the songbird you have introduced to us here.

maeve who should be outside digging.


31 Aug 08 - 09:09 AM (#2426740)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: Jeri

What Maeve said. I know OF Iris Dement and I've heard her on the radio, but I'm not THAT familiar with her work.


31 Aug 08 - 09:30 AM (#2426755)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: Sandy Mc Lean

Well Iris is a beautiful lady with a voice to match, but what makes this old fool drool is that fancy Martin guitar. What is it you experts? Maybe 0M-45 or 000-45 or something like that.


31 Aug 08 - 12:32 PM (#2426846)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: katlaughing

Iris is married to Greg Brown. My daughter introduced me to her music years ago and I have her Our Town CD. Love it, though sometimes I am not quite in the mood for her voice. She is excellent, nevertheless.

Topical Tom, that is Iris singing with Jackie on the youtube video.


31 Aug 08 - 12:34 PM (#2426848)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: katlaughing

Scratch that. I'm going to have go dig out the CD cover and see what the name of it really is...I see on Iris' website she doesn't have a CD called Our Town. I know that song is on my CD though!:-)


31 Aug 08 - 02:43 PM (#2426940)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: the lemonade lady

I think this answers it!


31 Aug 08 - 03:22 PM (#2426967)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: topical tom

katlaughing: LOL! Is my face red! No wonder I heard Iris Dement in the voice!


31 Aug 08 - 04:26 PM (#2427010)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: Beer

Kat , Our Town is on the c/d called Infamous Angel which is just fabulous.
Interesting Blank.
No confirmation as yet to the question if Iris was banned from some radio stations.
adrien


31 Aug 08 - 05:45 PM (#2427075)
Subject: RE: Who Is This Girl Singing
From: Jim Lad

Well this isn't getting the work done.
Went back to You Tube to hear some more and I've sat here for 20 minutes, listening.
No mistaking who her influences are and that's fine.
Same attitude as Alison Krause. i.e. More into performing than dressing up.
Breathing was out a bit in one of the live shows but that can happen.
She's a keeper.
Real talent.
Iris Dement eh?
Must be French.