Any Sam Phillips fans out there?

[progmom]

I just added Martinis and Bikinis to my iPod -- I had temporarily forgotten how much I love love love that album.

I love her hopeful cynicism, you know?

[Bluzmann57]

1. Damn I'm old!

I thought you meant Sam Phillips of Sun Records in Memphis. Not familiar with your Sam Phillips. Hope you enjoy her music .:)

[Frances]

2. I'm old too

I thought of Elvis right away (he got his start at Phillips' Sun Records company)

[RevolutionaryActs]

8. Don't worry! I thought that too, and I'm only 18.

:7

[progmom]

10. Rev - you have to check her out

She's wonderful.

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. OK! I'll go see if they have her on Rhapsody right now!

:7

[RevolutionaryActs]

13. What song should I check out?

[progmom]

14. well, one song that often sticks in my head is...

...I Need Love

i need love
not some sentimental prison
i need god
not the political church
i need fire
to melt the frozen sea inside me
i need love

[RevolutionaryActs]

15. Oooooh me likey!

Me likey very much. :7

[progmom]

17. yay!!!!

It's one of my 20 fave albums of all time!

[RevolutionaryActs]

18. Tis very good. I like her voice.

It's purdy. :D

[progmom]

3. This Sam Phillips is married to T Bone Burnett

...he of O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack fame.

She's an immensely talented singer-songwriter.

Fans of the Gilmore Girls might recognize her - she provides all the background music for the show.

[hickman1937]

11. Me too. Don't know this one. n/t

[progmom]

4. kick

not a one?

[tigereye]

6. she was married to T Bone

but not anymore.

I love her voice! It has that wonderful smart growl to it. :toast:

[Beaverhausen]

5. Love her- Cruel Inventions is my fav

although Martinis and Bikinis is great. She lost me however on the next one...what was it called? I haven't heard much from her since.

Her cover of Gimme Me Some Truth is amazing.

Progmom- we definitely have some of the same taste in music!
:hi:

[progmom]

7. Ominipop (It's Only A Flesh Wound Lambchop)

That was the follow-up. She lost a lot of people on that one, then she kind of disappeared.

She showed back up in 2001 with a beautiful acoustic record called Fan Dance. I cannot recommend it highly enough. It's fantastic. Her second acoustic record came out last year - A Boot & A Shoe. It's an amazingly beautiful and sad album that pretty much chronicles the breakup of her marriage...produced by her soon-to-be ex-husband.

sample lyric:

Now that I’ve worn out, I’ve worn out the world
I’m on my knees in fascination
Looking through the night
And the moon's never seen me before
But I’m reflecting light

I rode the pain down
Got off and looked up
Looked into your eyes
The lost open windows
All around
My dark heart lit up the skies

Now that I’ve worn out, I’ve worn out the world
I’m on my knees in fascination
Looking through the night
And the moon's never seen me before
But I’m reflecting light

Give up the ground
Under your feet
Hold on to nothing for good
Turn and run at the mean times
Chasing you
Stand alone and misunderstood

And now that I’ve worn, I’ve worn out the world
I’m on my knees in fascination
Looking through the night
And the moon's never seen me before
But I’m reflecting light

[Beaverhausen]

9. Thanks for the recommendation. I will check those out

Too bad about her and T-Bone although I hear he is a real hound. If you know what I mean.

[progmom]

16. yeah, I actually figured it out through the lyrics of the latest record

...before I heard the rumors.

fer instance:

I took your ring that never comes off and put it on
Sorry to lose you, sorry to keep you after you were gone
Nothing is small, nothing is unexpected
I want more
When I go this time I don't think I'm coming back

Desire's the element that I can't fight
Dream is the arm of God
Girls looking for themselves in your eyes
I'm looking for you
What's this supposed to be some kind of perfect
I want more
When I go this time I don't think I'm coming back


When I saw her live, she talked about how she has to keep singing the Mister Rogers song: "You'll Never Go Down The Drain" to herself. Sounds like T Bone really hurt her. Jerk.

Happy to see that we like a lot of the same music!!!

[devilgrrl]

20. Gee whiz, my friend picked up on that...

when we went to see her last spring. I hadn't heard anything about her marriage. Then again, I really don't know much about her personal life, which is better left unknown IMHO.

So she doesn't do it for T-Bone anymore?

[devilgrrl]

19. Over here!!!!!

:hi: :bounce: :hi:

I've got all of her music on my iPod - got to see her last spring here in LA!

Sam Phillips is the bomb!

[progmom]

23. Yay!

That tour was excellent. Did she have the string section with her?

[devilgrrl]

25. Yes, the strings accompanied her...

and they were brilliant. :-)

[progmom]

26. I saw/heard her interview on KCRW when she was there

They have an excellent live stream!

[bobthedrummer]

21. I love "Same Changes" and she is attractive-is she still T-Bone Burnett's

spouse?

[progmom]

22. They are no longer together

...though she says they will continue to work together. Their marriage broke up between the release of Fan Dance and A Boot & A Shoe.
They have a daughter together, who I think is around 6 years old.

[bobthedrummer]

24. Thanks!

:hi:
:smoke:

[devilgrrl]

27. I wonder what that was all about?

Whatever, it's not my problem.

[progmom]

28. There have been speculations

...that with the immense amount of attention he got from O Brother came a lot of women...and T Bone decided to go for it, leaving Sam in the lurch. Painful.

We can't fix what's broken so let's leave it here and walk on
I'll be right behind you

Love changes everything
I'm not sorry we loved, but I hope I didn't keep you too long

We're not experts
We are believers, ministers of silence
Let no man pull us under doubt
I'll always open my hands to you
I'll be right behind you

[tigerbeat]

29. she's terrific

"the indescribable wow" and "martinis and bikinis" are both excellent albums. the new one is pretty decent too.

back in the 80's she was a christian rock/folk singer that went by the name of leslie phillips. "the turning" is one of the only good examples (IMO) of that genre. she got fed up with the conservative christian movement that mostly listens to that kind of music, changed her name, hooked up with t-bone and starting knocking it out of the park.

[progmom]

30. I really respect her for that

She didn't feel like the Christian pop industry had much to do with God or Christianity, and felt false in what she was doing, so she got herself out of there. She has never matched the sales she had as Leslie, but she believes in what she is doing now.