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Syd Straw is an American rock singer and songwriter. The daughter of actor Jack Straw (The Pajama Game) and songwriter Barrie Jean Garvin, she began her career singing backup for Pat Benatar, then took her distinctive and powerful voice to the indie/alternative scene and joined the ever-evolving line-up of Golden Palominos from 1985 ...
Biografia. Ha iniziato la carriera musicale come corista di Pat Benatar. Si unì poi ai Golden Palominos, pubblicò il primo album da solista Surprise nel 1989 dove contribuirono importanti musicisti dell'alternative rock tra cui: Michael Stipe, Daniel Lanois, Richard Thompson, John Doe, Peter Blegvad. [1]
Scarcely a prolific songwriter, Straw flew under the radar for a number of years before releasing her second album. War and Peace wisely moves away from the producer-directed model of Surprise and is a more straightforward pop/rock record with strong country elements, backed by Missouri’s Skeletons.
21 set 2016 · Her 1989 debut, Surprise, a slick set abetted by an all-star cast and featuring a gutsy duet with Michael Stipe, has long been out of print. It drew critical praise but weak sales. Straw didn’t...
Surprise is the debut solo album by the American musician Syd Straw, released in 1989. The first single was "Future 40's (String of Pearls)". Straw supported the album with a North American tour, backed by a band that included D.J. Bonebrake and Dave Alvin. Surprise was a commercial disappointment.
6 apr 2009 · Surprise (1989) Purchase this album (Amazon) Signed to Virgin Records America, Straw made her solo debut with this slice of state-of-the-art, late-Á¢€â„¢80s modern rock. All the requisite ingredients for just-left-of-the-mainstream success were in place.
25 giu 1989 · Syd Straw, who appeared at the Bottom Line on Wednesday, belongs to a tradition of willfully offbeat personalities like Patti Smith, Rickie Lee Jones and Cyndi Lauper. Although she has...
