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Good Morning Cathy!

09/17/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The cover of the album, "Marshall Road Apocalypse", says to me... "I am 500% Woman and I will love you but if you cross me I'll cut your dangly bits off if you mess me about!"! Just my personal opinion you understand. Now to the album, well what can I say it conjures up all sorts of images! I love the line, "I'm a cool cat with a little kink". "YOUR ONE AND ONLY"-- has that Slim Harpo vibe going for it and is one of those instantly catchy songs that run through your head and bug the heck out of you so you have to go back and listen to it again and again!!! "THE KIDS FROM GLEN BURNIE"-- now there is one dark and scary song with some fantastic horn that would make most Jazz punters weep with envy. I would love to have five minutes with you to find out where the lyrics for that one came from! Such a dark and moody piece, I love it. "DIRTY ONE"-- just when you think you have this album pegged this little beaut comes and changes everything and gets you in the Hap-hap-happy vibe. I defy anyone not to be tapping some extremity, if it ain't tappin its fell off! Go check! "BEHIND MY BACK"-- now we get to the real meat and bones of this album. Feeling sorry for yourself when some swine has done the dirty on you? This is the track for you. It's full of questions that can only lead to hurt, more hurt and then pain city! The melancoly sound of the Hammond organ coupled with the vocals make this a standout track for me. Nice! Definately the late night and Bourbon times. "PROPHET"-- a song about not respecting yourself. Wow. Me likes this so, so much. I liked it so much it got two plays in the same show. First time that's ever happened in J&B's two years on the air! Such a simple sounding song. Bass, Vocals and Guitar just goes to prove you don't need the big sounds to make a statement. Keep simple but spectacular! I could go on and on about this album but the only way to appreciate this gem is to buy the thing. May the album go platinum! Yours, Jim Moore, J&B Blues, Speysound Radio 96.6, Scotland"

"Blues Matters!" review

12/14/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What have we here? Cathy Jean decorates the cover of her latest CD wearing a short blue dress, high heels and wild hair, looking both sexy and vulnerable. It`s an unashamedly blatant act of using sex to sell a CD, and she doesn`t need to do it as she has the voice and the songs. In fact she writes all but one of the 15 tracks here herself and co-writes the other one. A number of different musical styles are in evidence, from the boogie riff rocker "Your One And Only", through the curious jazz tinged "The Kids From Glen Burnie", to the rocky "Dirty One" and the Eastern tinged sounds of "Austria". It`s Cathy Jean`s smokey voice that immediately draws you in, especially on the opening "Your One And Only" and the slow "Behind My Back". On "Kauai" she sounds more like Sheryl Crow. She has surrounded herself with top class musicians, the core of which, on guitar, bass, drums and keys know how to rock with her, like on "Call It (Quits)". With so many good songs early on it was perhaps too much to expect that standards would be maintained through 15 songs and, in fairness, the second half of the album doesn`t carry the same punch, the exception being the slow lumbering "Prophet". A good album nonetheless. Chris Simmonds
Take 2: USA - CATHY JEAN: "Marshall Road Apocalypse"(...) What can we tell you beyond the above? Well here is a tortured sounding woman working off her ills and frustrations and running amok. Great CD, great music, not always Blues but the lyrics certainly are (and there are driftings towards Sheryl Crow). There's some easy listening tones here to mix with the silk, and occasionally pained, voice that sometimes hides the bitterness of the lyric which on reflection make them even more hard hitting. Yep, I'll recommend this one and will be playing it quite a lot!.....'Caleb'"

Absolutely Fabulous CD!

11/05/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The quality and workwomanship of this CD far surpasses anything that is out there today, ALL contemporary female blues/rock artists included. CJ is an intense artist. My favorite track, even though it isn't a blues track, is "Austria". Way, way, way heavy. This track alone hits a 10 on the talent scale with it's deep rhythym and vocal phrasing. Kinda reminds me of a "Doors" feel. She writes, plays, sings, and records all of her own music. She's got total artistic freedom, cool. Yeah she's independent-- so is Neil Young."