:: mike errico diary ::

:: Thursday, March 24, 2005 ::

LESLEY GORE
RECORDS NEW ALBUM

EVER SINCE

RELEASE DATE: JUNE 28, 2005
ON ENGINE COMPANY RECORDS

3 NYC PERFORMANCES AT JOE'S PUB

June 28 Joe's Pub NYC (Record Release Party)
July 19 Joe's Pub NYC
July 26 Joe's Pub NYC
All shows are 7:30 p.m.
$25 in advance, $30 at the door

(Tickets available now at The Public Theater box office or through Telecharge: www.telecharge.com or 212.239.6200. These are expected to sell out. We recommend advance purchase.)

The most commercially successful solo artist of the "Girl Group" era of the '60s, Gore quickly set herself apart. With a string of Quincy Jones-produced, chart-topping hits, including "It's My Party," "Judy's Turn To Cry," and "You Don't Own Me," she introduced the world to a brilliant artist with pop instincts and an independent spirit that stood out against the formulaic offerings on the radio. A full-fledged star by age 16, her smash hits rang like anthems for young American women, and pointed the way for future generations of rabble-rousing pop singers from Debbie Harry, to Pat Benatar, to Madonna, to Gwen Stefani -- all of whom remain in her debt.

Having maintained a constant touring schedule in major venues across the country, Lesley Gore is no less committed today. Her voice, now burnished from the years of "practice", deepens everything it touches with the hard-won wisdom of time, and in her care, songs take on new levels of meaning that less experienced artists cannot yet reach. On "Not The First," (written by Gore), she warns a friend about the perils of blind love ("you're not the first/ to think you'll be the last,"), but could just as easily be warning Avril Lavigne about the perils of the music business. When she lilts, "All the parties I've been to/ you were missed" ("Ever Since"), she draws listeners back to her #1 hit, "It's My Party," while ushering them gracefully forward into the new world she now inhabits.

Produced by Blake Morgan, Ever Since includes re-imagined versions of two Gore classics, "You Don't Own Me" and Academy Award-nominated "Out Here On My Own", and new songs written by national recording artists Mike Errico, Blake Morgan, songwriter John Fischer and Gore herself. Mixing and mastering duties are shared between Morgan and 2005 Grammy Award winner Phil Nicolo.

Gore is joined on the recordings, and onstage, by Mike Errico (guitars), Jonathan Ellinghaus (drums), John Turner (bass), and Blake Morgan (piano).

www.lesleygore.com
:: mike 3:38 PM [+] ::

LESLEY GORE LISTEN DOWN

We all got together and listened down to the unmixed version of "Ever Since," Lesley's new record. Indian food, a case of Veuve Clicquot...sure.

It sounds focused and thoughtful and brave and all of it. She sings the hell out of it. I think the Most Improved Player award goes to "Words We Don't Say" which I helped write. It's crazy good, and one of my favorite guitar solos I've ever played.

I think that's going to be available late spring/summer...? Can't be soon enough, to me.
:: mike 12:01 PM [+] ::