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Sharrie Williams is the princess of rockin' gospel blues and she proves "She's Here To Stay" on her soul satisfying Electro-Fi Records debut. Born into a family of gospel singers and blues lovers, Sharrie began her career in the church choir, but was soo Recording information…..

The Fish's second album is quite similar to their first in its organ-heavy psychedelia with Eastern-influenced melodic lines, but markedly inferior to the debut, and much more of a period piece. There's more spaciness and less cosmic energy here, and while the band members were undoubtedly serious in their explorations, some of these songs are simply silly in their cosmic naïveté. To be crueler, there is no other album that exemplifies so strongly the kind of San Francisco psychedelia that Frank Zappa skewered on his classic We're Only in It for the Money. The weeping, minor-key melodies, liquid guitar lines, and earnestly self-absorbed quests to explore the inner psyche – …

Veteran singer Barbara Morrison has long had the versatility to sound sassy on blues-oriented material and coolly sweet on ballads. For this set, Morrison (whose style is flexible enough to handle swinging jazz, R&B and blues) is joined by lesser-known L.A. musicians, and (on a couple of tunes) guest trombonist Al Grey. The material that Morrison interprets is consistently superior, including "I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues," Teddy Edwards' memorable "Don't Touch Me," "Don't Explain," Leonard Feather's "I Know How to Do It" and "Don't Go to Strangers." Because attention was paid to mood and tempo variation, the program on the whole is pretty definitive of Barbara Morrison's talents. Recommended. by Scott Yanow