SYD STRAW '96 WAR & PEACE PROMO POSTER GOLDEN PALOMINOS

SYD STRAW WAR AND PEACE Promo PosterCategory / Style / Moods: Rock Alternative Pop/ Rock, Jangle Pop, Singer/ Songwriter/ 577 S RN: 29741996 18" X 22" CAPRICORN PROMO POSTERSYD STRAWWAR AND PEACECONDITION: EXCELLENT 8 OF 10 OR BETTER(MINOR HANDLING AND EDGE DINGS IF ANY)PROMOTIONAL ONLYClick the pix to get a better lookTRACKS: Disc: 11.The Toughest Girl in the WorldConway, Straw 3:492.Million MilesNapolitano, Straw 4:063.Time Has Done ThisStraw 3:374.Love, and the Lack of ItStraw 3:585.Cbgb'sHarris, Key, Straw 5:326.All Things ChangeStraw 5:387.MadridStraw 5:448.Almost as BlueStraw 3:469.Water, PleaseStraw 3:3410.X-RayStraw 3:1611.HowlStraw 3:5912.StaticStraw 3:3613.Black SquirrelStraw 3:4714.The Train That Takes You AwayStraw 4:12Review by William Ruhlmann Emerging out of the Golden Palominos, Syd Straw made 1989's Surprise, one of those big-budget, name-producer, multiple-recording-studio star-making extravaganzas, and good as it was, it didn't get noticed. It took her seven years to mount a second try, and to do so she just tooled down to Springfield, Missouri, and cut a quick record with the semi-legendary Skeletons backing her up. The result is a jangly-guitar, singer/songwriter folk-rock feast and a glimpse into an apparently tortured soul. Straw sings of liquor and love gone wrong; there is a vague story line here, what with the references to Spain and recurrent self-debasement. But there is also a deadpan humor, plenty of tuneful music, and an intriguing, if wounded, persona who comes under unyielding self-examination. Biography by Richard Skelly Vocalist, singer/songwriter, and guitarist Syd Straw first made a name for herself as part of the Golden Palominos, a band led by Anton Fier that enjoyed a cult following in the 1980s. Her Capricorn Records debut, War and Peace, was released in 1996, and since then her unique blend of folk-rock and blues-rock have found a home with Triple A (adult album alternative) radio stations and their audiences around the country. Straw has only one other solo album, Surprise, released in 1990 to good reviews. That recording chronicled Straw's emergence as a songwriter, which as she had thought of herself primarily as a song interpreter before that. On Surprise, Straw was joined by Michael Stipe (R.E.M.), John Doe (X), Ry Cooder, Daniel Lanois, Don Was, Richard Thompson and Marshall Crenshaw. Straw was raised in Los Angeles, the daughter of Hollywood film and TV actor Jack Straw, best known for his starring role in The Pajama Game. She was drawn to a life as a performer, and after high school, she headed straight for Manhattan, arriving in New York in 1978. Shortly after that, she landed her first job singing harmonies for Pat Benatar, and later joined the Golden Palominos' ever-changing lineup, which also included Michael Stipe and Matthew Sweet. Straw can be heard on the Palominos' Visions Of Excess and Blast of Silence albums. She also toured the U.S. and Europe with the band, performing at the Montreaux Jazz Festival one year. In the midst of promoting and touring for War and Peace, Straw has kept up her profile as a scenemaker, sitting in at clubs and lending her gifted musical sensibilities to records by Vic Chesnutt, Wilco, Rickie Lee Jones, David Sanborn and Evan Dando. A version of her song "Howl,'' served as the title cut for a film by Eric Stoltz, Sleep With Me. Straw was the first female singer signed by Capricorn, a roots-rock and blues label now based in Nashville. On War and Peace, she's accompanied by a gifted bar band from Missouri, Lou Whitney and the Skeletons, and she recorded the album without a lot of extras at their studio off Route 66 in Springfield, Mo. On the album, Straw addresses themes ranging love and the lack of it on a track by the same name, "Love and the Lack of It,'' as well as loneliness, as on "All Things Change.'' Although Straw may only have two albums out, she's an enormously gifted vocalist and songwriter who has her own distinct musical vision, as evidenced on her self-produced War and Peace. That vision is a rootsy one, with lots of country and blues influences. Her 14 originals on the record prove it. Although she didn't set out to, she also plays rhythm guitar on many of the tracks on the album. Straw says with the biography accompanying War and Peace that she doesn't see the album as a "comeback'' at all, "because things have been constantly busy and changing for me since Surprise came out. But I really threw myself into the new record in a way that I haven't been inspired to do for a long time.'' Great records and a wider following are in the offing for this unique, multi-genre vocalist and songwriter.This exquisite slice of retro Rock'n'Roll Americana history is an original first and only print single sheet paper promotional advertisement (A.K.A. handbill or flyer) for a music recording as released on CD, LP and/or cassette. A Sound Deal does not sell poster re-prints, scans or duplications of any kind, so please don't ask. Add me to your favorites for red hot sales bulletins and sneak previews of upcoming products. Combine Items to Save $$$!!! Click here to check the store for more!©A Sound Deal