Sometimes there's no substitute for the physical thing. This package — containing a CD with 13 original songs, and a bound, 32-page art booklet w/lyrics — is a like treasure itself, one to keep and revisit.
“I wanted to create the kind of CD that I enjoy owning myself,” Sue muses. “I like albums that take you on a journey: the songs stand on their own, but taken as a whole, the sequencing creates an even larger story. And I appreciate lyric booklets! And beautiful art. So, that’s what I’m going for here. There’s both ear-candy: interesting sonics, musical connections between songs, and stellar musicians, whose parts are sometimes like characters themselves – and eye-candy: artwork by friends, beautiful photos, lyrics you can read and ponder. It’s the kind of album that works on long car rides, when you’re in the open and can concentrate on the music, and also, anywhere you can listen and read the lyrics at the same time.”
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I appropriated Blanche and Stella from Tennessee Williams’ *Streetcar Named Desire*, for my song. The action that takes place here precedes the play… a prelude to the play, if you will. I believe ALL of us have a shared experience with someone else, as these sisters do here… at least, I hope that is true.
Blanche lights a candle and sits near the window
Drinks Southern Comfort and sighs with the breeze
Thinks of her sister, it’s years since she’s seen her
Poises her pen to recall memories
Stella, my sister, she writes on parched paper
Stella where are you, my Stella for Stars
Belle Reve is slipping like sand through my fingers
Fading like low notes from Spanish guitars
But remember that one time, it seemed just like magic
Shep Huntleigh and me, you and your beau
Walking through night grass, the columns behind us
Dawn still far off as the caw of the crow
And we danced all the dances, we danced without music
Laughter and stories, we flew ever higher
We smoked our cigarettes, the boys sang us a duet:
“To the Sisters DuBois, to this night… to desire”
Meanwhile in New Orleans, Stella is busy
Preparing to marry, there’s so much to do
Thinks of her sister, there’s so much to tell her
And Stanley Kowalski… if Blanche only knew
Life here is different, no tea and fine china, no
Columns to cling to, no death in the air
And Blanche, you might like it, I think you should visit
Take yourself out from that gloom and despair
Just then, “Hey, Stella!” – It’s Stanley come over
Stella jumps up and her thoughts disappear
She had not the time to commit them to paper
So they’re gone, like the wind, like an ash in the air
Letters not sent, words left unwritten
Still, there’s a bond that will not be erased
No time or change of plans, no place or circumstance
Thoughts fly through air, and two sisters embrace
And they think of that one time, it seemed just like magic
Blanche and Shep Huntleigh, Stell and her beau
Walking through night grass, they heard crickets singing
Dawn as far off as the caw of a crow
They danced all the dances, they danced without music
Laughing and drinking, they flew ever higher
Arms ‘round each other, what were those boys singing?
“To the Sisters DuBois, to this night… to desire”
“To the Sisters DuBois, to this night… to desire”
credits
from Treasures & Time Travel,
released September 23, 2018
Sue: vocals
John Abbey: bass
Andon Davis: lead & rhythm guitar
Bob Long: piano
Chicago-based singer-songwriter Sue Fink enchants audiences with her whimsical perspective on the world. Her genre, “urban
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