Katie's
long-awaited CD release
During the intervening years we have become close friends and have shared many wonderful nights of music on many stages. I have had the extreme pleasure of accompanying her on lead guitar and occasional harmonica, and she has accompanied me on guitar, piano, percussion, and drums, in addition to adding her soulful harmony vocals to many of my original songs, and an amazing vocal tour de force on my cover of Bob Dylan's 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' during one of my annual Birthday Bashes at Nietzsche's in Buffalo.
Katie's self-produced debut CD, 'Strongest Girl In The World' chronicles her growth as a musician, as a songwriter, and as a woman over the period of the past few years. The musical menu mixes joyous uptempo numbers with some of the most tender and poignant ballads heard anywhere. The road hasn't always been smooth, and Katie pulls no punches in telling it like it was.
Among my personal favorites are 'Years Ago', Katie's haunting inner child song, on which I accompanied her in the studio on minor-key harmonica with just a touch of added guitar, and 'Feed the Fire', a jazz-influenced rocker with a touch of the blues, which gave me the opportunity to add some emotionally expressive guitar licks. Kathy Moriarty adds her ethereal harmonies to the achingly beautiful 'September Leaves', one of my favorite songs of all time, and the young daughters of Executive Producer Dee Pugliese and Publicist Ronnie Francis, respectively, add their combined voices to the title track. I was with Katie in the studio when she overdubbed the Caribbean-flavored keyboards on 'Strongest Girl' and the bluesy piano on the heart-wrenching 'Fly', yet another personal favorite.
The most moving track on the album, musically and emotionally, has to be 'Libby's Song', written for a close friend who has been fighting an exhausting battle with breast cancer. With a strong guitar hook reminiscent of Indigo Girl Emily Saliers' 'Love's Recovery', Katie pleads with her friend not to give up hope. The song is staggering in its impact.
This web page is a labor of love, both for the music and for the friendship of a truly wonderful young woman. Your support for her efforts will be greatly appreciated by all concerned. Thanks for visiting this page and for supporting independent songwriters and musicians!
Tim
Baldwin
November, 1999
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