Thursday music corner: American singer-songwriter Melissa Ferrick (b.1970, Massachusetts) first came to prominence in 1991 by being signed to fill in as support act for a Morrissey tour. This led to an Atlantic Records contract and two major-label album releases, Massive Blur in 1993 and Willing to Wait in 1995. Aside from regular performing, Ferrick is also a music professor at two Boston universities.
Blue Sky Night is a hard-driving pop-rock track from Ferrick's debut album, reviews for which noted similarities to the music of Melissa Etheridge. In 2022 she revisited the track on a 'play-along' video having clearly not been familiar with it for years (Ferrick: "Couldn't tell ya the last time I played or heard this song"). A pleasure to see someone rekindling their memories of almost-forgotten material from their youth.
Melissa Ferrick - Blue Sky Night (1993)
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