THE PALE GREEN GIRL
The Pale Green Girl je studiové album americké zpěvačky Penelope Houston. Vydalo jej v roce 2004 hudební vydavatelství DBK Works. Nahrála jej společně s multiinstrumentalistou Patem Johnsonem. Ten byl spolu se zpěvačkou a Wallym Soundem rovněž producentem nahrávky. Sound je rovněž vlastníkem nahrávacího studia, v němž deska vznikla – The Wally Sound v kalifornském Oaklandu. Album obsahuje deset autorských písní a uzavírá jej coververze skladby „Buffalo Ballet“ od velšského hudebníka a skladatele Johna Calea (původně vyšla na jeho albu Fear z roku 1974). (More from Czech Wikipedia – Translation Available)
After I ordered one of Penelope Houston’s albums, The Pale Green Girl, I was struck by how strong the music was, how of a piece it was with the Avengers material. Even though the guitars are muted, calling her solo albums “folk music”, as many rock critics do, does her a disservice if you ask me; she is more PJ Harvey than Judy Collins. I wrote her a note and told her so, I think when I ordered The American in Me. She thanked me in a short note and then wrote: “I guess you can take the girl out of the punk band, but you can’t take the punk band out of the girl.” She signed it “P”, and put a star at the top. That handwritten note from Penelope Houston made with a Sharpie is one of the items that I miss most from what we lost in Hurricane Katrina.
'(March 2017)
