"Little" Sue Weaver is a West Virginia native and self-proclaimed, "Child of Classic Rock," who cut her musical teeth playing backup guitar and singing in bar bands after moving out to Portland, Oregon.
Finally finding the courage to write and perform her own material, Sue was as surprised as anyone to find herself making country music. "It's just how the songs came out," she said in a 1997 interview.
Her first CD, "Chimneys & Fishes," (also on Cravedog Records) was released to much fanfare and critical acclaim in mid-'97 and her latest CD finds her on the verge of her Great Leap Forward- strong songs and a voice coming into it's own.
Band Members:
Sue Weaver- Vocals, acoustic guitar
Bill Randolph- Bass
Paul Brainard- Pedal steel, dobro, electric and slide guitars, trumpet, Hammond organ
Gregg Williams- Drums, percussion
Marilee Hord- Fiddle
Mick Chegwidden- Mandolin
Kevin Richey- Banjo, electric guitar
Phil Baker- electric and stand up bass
Warren Pash- Wurlitzer
Mike Danner- Accordian
Tim Ellis- Mandolin
Nancy Hess- backing vocals, electric guitar, bass
Matt Voth- Bowed bass
Lara Michell- Backing vocals, piano
Danny O' Hanlon- Bass
Darrin Brooks- Tuba
Bryan Dickerson- Clarinet
Brett White- Trumpet
Monte Skillings- Trombone
Product Description
Little Sue's second CD, "Crow" is nothing less than a small chunk of honky-tonk heaven. Honest.
Produced by Gregg Williams (drummer for the Sheryl Crow Band), the CD is 10 tunes that showcase the strengths of Sue's God given voice -made up of equal parts painful vunerability and plucky determination- and her thoughtful sketches of friendship, self-reliance, love and loss.
From the two-steppin' anthem of, "Down To You," the country-rock of, "Nilsson," (a tribute to the legacy of that troubled songwriter) to the playful western swing of, "These Days," that closes out the record, "Crow" is tailor made for just-plain-folks who like their drinks to be doubles, their love songs to be strong and their music to be country. You know who you are.
No smoke and mirrors, fog machines, MIDI sequencers or indoor fireworks on this one- "Crow" is simply heartfelt country music from a woman too smart to give you the same old song and dance and too sentimental not to evoke a tear every now and then. It breaks down like this: if Sue can't move you, you've got nowhere to go.
Crow,Little Sue,Cravedog,Little Sue deftly mines forth 24-karat nuggets that hark back to some of America?s deepest musical roots and can simultaneously set your toes-a-tappin? and heart-a-breakin?.,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop
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- From Dusk Till Dawn [Soundtrack]
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