New from Jennifer Warnes

**Dan Roth** · 03-12-2018

Anyone a fan of long-time Leonard Cohen-cohort Jennifer Warnes? She has a new album dropping at the end of April (her first album in 17 years!). First single is a remake of Pearl Jam's "Just Breathe" - I think this is gorgeous. Love the french horn in this.

The blurb from the record label:

One of the most-loved singers of our time has returned with a modern-day masterpiece. Jennifer Warnes is back with a brand-new album called Another Time, Another Place, on BMG. The new album reunites Warnes with her co-producer and great friend and collaborator Roscoe Beck, the long-time musical director and bass player for Leonard Cohen. It's the same partnership that made the landmark 1987 album Famous Blue Raincoat. With glorious production and performances, and of course, impeccable vocals, Another Time, Another Place features the cream of the crop of songwriters including Eddie Vedder (‘Just Breathe’), Mark Knopfler (‘Why Worry’), John Legend, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks and more. Joining Warnes are brilliant musicians and friends such as Blondie Chaplin (The Beach Boys), Dean Parks (Steely Dan, Bob Dylan), pedal steel king Greg Liesz (k.d. lang, Eric Clapton), percussionist Lenny Castro (Steely Dan, Toto), and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa, Sting). Jennifer Warnes has always been known as someone who makes beautifully crafted records with an open heart, unafraid to show emotion and love through her work. It's the perfect time for Another Time, Another Place.

**GuitarGeek** · 03-12-2018

Excuse me while I barf. Sorry, no offense, but both Lift Us Where We Belong and Time Of My Life are among the Geneva Convention violations inflicted on me at work.

But mentioning Roscoe Beck reminds she also sang back up vocals on a couple songs on Eric Johnson's Tones album (which Roscoe played bass on, btw).

**markwoll** · 03-12-2018

The Famous Blue Raincoat, First We Take Manhattan with SRV. I like that.

**3LockBox** · 03-13-2018

Originally Posted by GuitarGeek

Excuse me while I barf. Sorry, no offense, but both Lift Us Where We Belong and Time Of My Life are among the Geneva Convention violations inflicted on me at work.

Two songs I need never hear again

**Mister Triscuits** · 03-13-2018

Remember her from the Smothers Brothers show back in the '60s, when she was simply billed as Jennifer.

**Rune Blackwings** · 03-13-2018

Originally Posted by GuitarGeek

Excuse me while I barf. Sorry, no offense, but both Lift Us Where We Belong and Time Of My Life are among the Geneva Convention violations inflicted on me at work.

But mentioning Roscoe Beck reminds she also sang back up vocals on a couple songs on Eric Johnson's Tones album (which Roscoe played bass on, btw).

"Right Time of the Night" and "I Know a Heartache When I see One" are nice though.

**DocProgger** · 03-13-2018

Originally Posted by markwoll

The Famous Blue Raincoat, First We Take Manhattan with SRV. I like that.

Famous Blue Raincoat a fantastic album. Impeccably recorded too.

**JKL2000** · 03-13-2018

Originally Posted by GuitarGeek

Excuse me while I barf. Sorry, no offense, but both Lift Us Where We Belong and Time Of My Life are among the Geneva Convention violations inflicted on me at work.

But mentioning Roscoe Beck reminds she also sang back up vocals on a couple songs on Eric Johnson's Tones album (which Roscoe played bass on, btw).

I remember trying to like her in the 90s.

**DocProgger** · 03-13-2018

Originally Posted by JKL2000

I remember trying to like her in the 90s.

Did you succeed?

**JKL2000** · 03-13-2018

Originally Posted by DocProgger

Did you succeed?

No. She did a cover of a Todd Rundgren song that was an interesting idea. I’d totally forgotten about her.

**DocProgger** · 03-13-2018

Originally Posted by JKL2000

No. She did a cover of a Todd Rundgren song that was an interesting idea. I’d totally forgotten about her.

Well, she was kind of the Adele of the 80s/90s....

**Progbear** · 03-13-2018

Originally Posted by Rune Blackwings

"Right Time of the Night" and "I Know a Heartache When I see One" are nice though.

I liked her back in the day, when these tunes were hits. But in general, I think she’s someone who you could include in the “Artists Whose Hit Singles Don’t Even Begin to Tell the Whole Story” thread. As the Famous Blue Raincoat project and subsequent albums prove, she was definitely trying for something more substantial than fleeting pop chart success, so don’t judge her solely from those crass movie themes.

**GuitarGeek** · 03-13-2018

Originally Posted by 3LockBox

Two songs I need never hear again

You and me both. But you want to know something weird about Up Where We Belong? One of the three people listed in the byline is Buffy Saint-Marie. Yes, Native American folksinger Buffy Saint-Marie, who appeared on Sesame Street, and also made a weird psychedelic folk record back in the 60's called Illuminations.

Remember her from the Smothers Brothers show back in the '60s, when she was simply billed as Jennifer.

She went with the mononym at the time to avoid confusion with actress Jennifer Warren.

**pb2015** · 03-13-2018

She made an LP for Reprise in the early 70's that I might get if I ever run across it, with John Cale producing.

**pb2015** · 03-13-2018

Originally Posted by GuitarGeek

You and me both. But you want to know something weird about Up Where We Belong? One of the three people listed in the byline is Buffy Saint-Marie. Yes, Native American folksinger Buffy Saint-Marie, who appeared on Sesame Street, and also made a weird psychedelic folk record back in the 60's called Illuminations.

She also wrote "Until It's Time For You To Go" that a lot of balladeers like 70's Elvis and Neil Diamond recorded.

**soundsweird** · 03-13-2018

That Cale-produced album "Jennifer" does look good judging by the AllMusic Guide's glowing review; lots of interesting covers. I see the only CD version is a Japanese remaster from 2013, which is probably the only way to get it nowadays.