Back in the 1970s, I listened to Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s The Dancer With Bruised Knees and I fell in love with their crystal-clear voices and complex songs. But, years later, the McGarrigles’ brand of intelligent music seemed to fall out of favor. Then, in 2010, Kate McGarrigle died of sarcoma. Tell My Sister is a three-CD set of remastered versions of the McGarrigles’ first two classic albums and a collection of previously unreleased songs. Kate McGarrigle will be celebrated in a two-night tribute at New York’s Town Hall on May 12 and May 13 with performances by Anna McGarrigle, Kate’s children Martha and Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, and others. After listening to these three wonderful CDs, I wish I could be there. GRADE: A
TRACK LIST:
1.01 Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Kiss and Say Goodbye 2:49
1.02 Kate & Anna McGarrigle: My Town 2:58
1.03 Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Blues in D 2:43
1.04 Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Heart Like a Wheel 3:09
1.05 Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Foolish You 3:02
1.06 Kate & Anna McGarrigle: (Talk to Me of) Mendocino 3:08
1.07 Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Complainte pour Ste-Catherine 2:48
1.08 Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Tell My Sister 3:38
1.09 Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Swimming Song 2:28
1.10 Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Jigsaw Puzzle of Life 2:30
1.11 Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Go Leave 3:21
1.12 Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Travelling on for Jesus 2:44
2.01 Dancer with Bruised Knees: Dancer with Bruised Knees 3:45
2.02 Dancer with Bruised Knees: Southern Boys 3:28
2.03 Dancer with Bruised Knees: No Biscuit Blues 1:41
2.04 Dancer with Bruised Knees: First Born 3:54
2.05 Dancer with Bruised Knees: Blanche Comme la Neige 3:48
2.06 Dancer with Bruised Knees: Perrine Était Servante 3:17
2.07 Dancer with Bruised Knees: Be My Baby 3:11
2.08 Dancer with Bruised Knees: Walking Song 3:35
2.09 Dancer with Bruised Knees: Naufragée du Tendre (Shipwrecked) 3:46
2.10 Dancer with Bruised Knees: Hommage à Grungie 3:53
2.11 Dancer with Bruised Knees: Kitty Come Home 4:30
2.12 Dancer with Bruised Knees: Come a Long Way 2:19
3.01 Tell My Sister: The Work Song 3:10
3.02 Tell My Sister: Come Back Baby 3:29
3.03 Tell My Sister: Jigsaw Puzzle of Life 2:28
3.04 Tell My Sister: Saratoga Summer Song 3:53
3.05 Tell My Sister: Annie 3:47
3.06 Tell My Sister: On My Way to Town 2:34
3.07 Tell My Sister: Roses Blanches 2:39
3.08 Tell My Sister: Heart Like a Wheel 2:43
3.09 Tell My Sister: Kiss and Say Goodbye 2:49
3.10 Tell My Sister: Southern Boys 2:57
3.11 Tell My Sister: Willie Moore 4:03
3.12 Tell My Sister: Oliver, Remember Me? 1:23
3.13 Tell My Sister: My Town 2:43
3.14 Tell My Sister: Blues in E 2:06
3.15 Tell My Sister: Walking Song 2:26
3.16 Tell My Sister: Tell My Sister 3:35
3.17 Tell My Sister: Over the Hill 2:36
3.18 Tell My Sister: Come a Long Way 1:53
3.19 Tell My Sister: (Talk to Me of) Mendocino 3:02
3.20 Tell My Sister: Heart Like a Wheel 2:31
3.21 Tell My Sister: (Talk to Me of) Mendocino 2:56