......were the words spoken by the blues jam coordinator the other night. Valerie has relatives in the area and she and her sister regularly drop by a local blues jam whenever she is in town. So you may be asking who Valerie is. The short answer is that she is a singer who Music Row Magazine once described as "possibly the best female voice on the planet".
Valerie has been a member of James Taylor's band since 1975 and she has been on tour with James, as well as Jackson Browne, The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and a host of other artists. Her mentor was Lowell George of Little Feat. Valerie is totally down to earth and jumps up to sing backup with the folks playing at the jam (including me which makes me feel very honored!), plus she sings a couple of songs by herself.
One of the things that comes home to me when I see Valerie is just how good someone of this caliber really is. We hear good singers in local establishments all the time, but frankly Valerie can blow them all away without even trying. Her vocal power, pitch, timing, stage presence, whatever, are just fantastic.
Check out her website.
and her MySpace page
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