Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Poetic Obituaries: Taking guitar lessons affected her [Phoebe Snow's]

singing style.

"I finally said, 'I can't play these guitar lines but maybe I can sing them.' I tried to sing the way a guitar sounds and the way a saxophone sounds too."

Her poetry became the basis of her lyrics, and she started playing at New York clubs. She signed with Shelter Records in 1974.

from Los Angeles Times: Phoebe Snow, singer of 1970s hit 'Poetry Man,' dies at 60
then Associated Press: Phoebe Snow, 'Poetry Man' singer, dies at 60

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