A Blues woman for real

[jazzboCR]

If anybody thinks a Blues life is only about Black folks, here's a Caucasian woman to disabuse you of that notion. Candye Kane. A very smart woman who made some dumb mistakes (child outside marriage at 17, later a stripper/porn actress), then discovered her true self and recovered her way. Been making heart-felt, to-the-bone recordings since her major release at 27 (Clifford Antone believed in her and supported her). One tough woman who has channeled her pain, her turbulence into some great art. Her Wiki (it's tame): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candye_Kane Her Discog: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/candye-ka...iscography Her Site: http://candyekane.com/ Thom Jurek at AMG has a good appreciation for the artist and the disc: http://www.allmusic.com/album/coming-out...0002545986

Some tunes--CAUTION--they can be salty--not for the faint-of-heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QKNGNPlOwc << Let's just say, I can relate to this song...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx3X-vGOkQ0 << from a German TV show. Somebody wanna come back with that pianist's name?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4BDns55Oi4 << The DATY anthem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc_kAPmobz8 << with her current playing partner, Laura Chavez...and what a killer player she is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcS1eWo2Yhs << From 25 years ago
ADD: Ron Weinstock's blog review of one of Ms. Kane's recordings keyed my Thread: http://inabluemood.blogspot.com/2012/03/...ister.html