March 2000

Live Around Town
All the Queen's Men at Sky Bar

When I heard that my favorite voice in Boston just joined up the All the Queen's Men, I had to experience it first hand. Entering the Sky Bar I can hear a live version of one of the songs from January, my #4 top CD of 1999. I'm excited already. There stands Christine Zufferey (January/Sabot), a big fluffy-collar jacket hugging her torso, exuding her unique deep, rich vocals. She's surrounded by a band that I was impressed with a couple of years ago, but had heard little from since.

To Christine's left romps Catherine Capozzi who whales on her guitar both visually and musically. In the rear, bopping up and down with some kind of feather boa around her neck, is beat master Tamora Gooding and in the shadows to the right is the tall Christopher Farell playing a Les Paul bass that looks six inches longer than any bass I've ever seen (it's probably the drugs). The songs are alive with guitar colors swarming around that Swiss-accented voice.

The covers of the January tunes stand out to me, but that's probably just because I'm familiar with them. Apparently I'm not the only fan of this newly conceived line-up - the response from the audience is more than lively.

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