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Favorites: Edie and "What I Am"

A time to reclaim pop gems.
perfect songs hidden in the back of an album, sadly
or abandoned over time ...

... today: Edie and "What I Am."

walked I saw the "Rockopop" TVE a Saturday in 1989 when Beatrice Pécker introduced a new American singer who had released an album in the USA under the name of Edie & The New Bohemians Brikell .
At just 23 years this woman had a peculiar power, appeared as a white girl hippy air and angelic voice, but singing a song of colossal force, full of guitars and rhythm magnetic winding. One of those rare times that means you get up from the chair and I was hooked from the start. called "What I Am" , and was a huge success in spite of half the world go unnoticed in Spain.

"What I Am." E. Brickell & The New Bohemians. Videoclip. 1989.

The album, "Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars" (1989), which included other gems of high caliber, as "Circle" , drank the classic American rock, enjoyed a sound and an impeccable transparent, and had their own compositions Brickell, singer turned into its own personality.
Legend, which was presented "What I Am" an American television show, as did the sight between her and an old pop star: Paul Simon (of Simon and Garfunkel and author of the indispensable Graceland (1986)). With whom he partnered and established family.

The following year the band released "Ghost of a dog" , who earned less fortunate in the U.S. market, despite having "Mama Help Me" , another of his great compositions, and one of my favorites .

"Mama Help Me". E. Brickell & The New Bohemians. Videoclip. 1990.

and ended the year by double. Oliver Stone included on the soundtrack of "Born on the Fourth of July" , the spectacular version of the band "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" Bob Dylan .

been more than 15 years, and I acknowledge that I lost track. But not long ago punctured one of my sessions "What I Am" , and it was really exciting to see that not only worked, but there was none to ventipocos years, was interested to know who sang such a marvel. Now I keep hearing about the new folk, and the trail of new songwriters who called American , seems a good time to recover Brikell Edie, undoubtedly, one of my favorites.