Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub; July 17, 1950 – April 26, 2011) was an American roots music singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1974 and 1975 songs “San Francisco Bay Blues”, “Poetry Man”, “Harpo’s Blues”, and her credited guest vocals backing Paul Simon on “Gone at Last”. She was described by The New […]
Against The Grain is the fifth album by singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow, released in 1978. At the time of the release of Against the Grain, Phoebe Snow called it her “rockiest” album, “a deliberate turning away from the jazz influences” of her earlier recordings. Peter Reilly of Stereo Review recognized the album’s intent to “mark Snow’s […]
“Every Night” is a song by English musician Paul McCartney, released on his debut solo album McCartney in April 1970. Phoebe Snow recorded “Every Night” for her 1978 album Against the Grain, an album Snow would recall as a “disaster that tried to be a rock album but had too many opinions. Everybody who played, […]
Phoebe Snow is the debut album by singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow, released in 1974. It contains her Top 5 Billboard pop hit, “Poetry Man”. Sessions were held in Los Angeles, Nashville and in Tulsa to find the right approach for the album. “She’d play with whoever was around and we’d record and analyze the recordings, try […]
“Poetry Man” is a song by the American singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow. The song was written by Snow, produced by Dino Airali, and first appeared on her 1974 self-titled debut album. Released as a single in late 1974, “Poetry Man” became Snow’s first charting hit, rising to number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in […]
“Games” is a song by Phoebe Snow from her album Rock Away, released in 1981. It peakes at #46 in the US Billboard Charts. Musicians Bass Bob Glaub Drums Russ Kunkel Guitar (solo) Waddy Wachtel Guitar Danny Kortchmar Electric Piano Craig Doerge Synthesizer Bill Payne Background Vocals Arnold McCuller Background Vocals David Lasley Vocals Phoebe […]
Rock Away is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow, recorded in 1980 and released in 1981. Following her massively successful 1974 self-title debut album, Phoebe Snow had seen her fortunes dwindle over four subsequent albums over four subsequent years. In 1979, rather than recording the fifth and final album due to Columbia […]