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#53 | 06-Jun-10, 10:02 am, GMT +1 | Andrea Solomon | Location England   i saw you last night..my fiance is the bassist in david bowee...but you were fantastic...i was in the room for about 10 minutes and your band gave me goosebumps.....amazing...x

 

#52 | 05-Jun-10, 9:17 am, GMT +1 | Colin  | Location Preston   Hi Tracie, Truely amazing gig on Thursday night at the New Roscoe and you were really nice to let me have my pic taken with you x 2 (1st one didn't work..!) rubbish camera..! x

 

#51 | 04-Apr-10, 11:28 pm, GMT +1 | Helen | Location Hampshire   Hi Babes..love what you do xxx

 

#50 | 04-Apr-10, 11:22 pm, GMT +1 | Harry     When will we see you in Scotland?

 

#49 | 29-Mar-10, 1:42 am, GMT +1 | Patrick Burke | Location Milwaukee, WI, USA   When you bring the band across the pond stop in Milwaukee, there is a great local music scene and we would love to see you. Of course we'll make the trip to Chicago if necessary, Rock On !!

 

From AngieBowie.net - Tracie Hunter is the child of Rock n' Roll and 21st Century Country & Western, she reinterprets women’s anxiety and heartache with the same ease as she sings LOUD SHOCK ROCK! YELLOWBELLY, KING OF RAIN & NOW I’M GONE are haunting love songs of loss and disappointment. They are so good they make you hurt. King of the rain or prince of tears! A lament “Down on my knees, he’s the king of the rain…” A strong religious undercurrent sets up Tracie’s deft song writing. Ballads are big and bold songs like SEE YOU AGAIN  &  BROKEN I love this song:  now and then I just don’t know myself. I’m broken at the seams, now and then I lose myself, now and then I just don’t know myself…the lady is talented and  wonderful to watch.

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Hello chaps

It's a beautiful sunny day in London, the sweet, familiar sound of pneumatic drills & Police sirens fills any gaps there may be in the silence & it feels like home! I spent last week in Spain, we stayed high up in the mountains one night & as dusk fell the utter silence was almost un-nerving, it was beautiful but it took a while to adjust ... very serene. The ocean felt great, typically British.... i was the only person in the sea, just me & a big Portuguese Man- of- War, those things still sting when they're dead....... nasty.

So, let's get the bad out of the way....let's talk about The Water Rats in Kings Cross, my gut feeling when offered this show was 'Don't do it', every fibre of my being was saying 'Don't do it', even the band were saying 'Don't do it' so i did it. And the reason why my guts were telling me not to do it is that the people that run that organisation care nothing about music or musicians, they reneged on everything that had been contracted & i will never go there or play there again. This place is sometimes putting 8 bands a night on, charging £8 to get in & paying none of the musicians a penny. It used to be hip to play the Water Rats, i have seen some amazing bands there but it aint hip anymore, these people are not hip. I don't want to beg the sound man to put his Chicken Zinger down & actually use his greasy Ketchup stained fingers on the desk he is dining off of to get a sound...... Anyway, i don't want to use this space to slag anyone off but i was particularly disturbed by that night, i love what i do & that night.. i didn't. Rant over.

The Scala show was great, Angie Bowie is such a dynamic, charismatic woman, dripping with style ...... the Glitter band were fabulous, i had no idea what to expect of the evening but it was quite a Jaw dropper.... then the Ant that is Adam turns up & plays a full set, looking & sounding to me remarkably like a man who got his Mojo back, what a show. All run beautifully by Mick Monsta from the comfort of the Ladies toilet. We hadn't played for a while & it was full tilt, Paul Cuddeford stepped in on guitar  (Stef was away in Italy) & did a mighty job. Anyone that was there that night witnessed a pretty special night, they really are one offs.

I was due to fly out to NYC the following week for some shows & then onto Nashville for business, sadly the Volcano prevented that trip from happening & whilst there was nothing that could be done to change a thing, i sorely missed doing the NYC shows, hoping to cross the atlantic in the next few months & catch up what i missed.   Angie was also prevented from going home so we hung out, Maggi Ronson, Patti Palladin & me, we had out tarot cards read, ate dinner at Home House, drank at the Groucho.....these are amazing, strong, powerful, creative women & such great company, i loved that week.

That leads me to the last few weeks which have been such fun, dad was here gigging so i caught the Leicester show which was very hot in every way, spent the following night in Sheffield at the Dave Kilmer tribute, Joe Elliot's Down'n' Outz played a great set, got up & did some BV's for them think they're releasing England Rocks anytime now, it sounds amazing!! Backstage was fun that night.... the Kiss chaps were there & very nice they were too, as long as you keep out of tonguing distance from Gene!! Thus got invited to the Kiss show at the Arena the following night, what a glorious spectacle that was! ;) Nuff said.

Dad's show at the Barbican was magical, he has such a great band & all so passionate & in love with their art, Pheobe & i got up & 'Sha la la la pushed pushed", loved every second. Jools was fun also, enjoyed Courtney's performance very much. Desperately  wanted to nick her Gold shoes.......

And for us, were rehearsing & getting ready to head North in a week or so for the Leeds show on 3rd June & Ronno shows in Hull on 4th & 5th. My brother Jess is flying in this week to start rehearsals with his lot The Audio Cartel. Hope to see some of you up North, we haven't played up there for a while, we promise to rock the house down!! 

Written May 2010 

Forthcoming Gigs

24th September 2010

Boogaloo, Highgate, London

Sometimes dates change - which are outside of Tracie's control.  Please keep an eye on the website for updates!

Screaming Superego - Album Review
 

THERE’S A curious tainted glow to Screaming Superego; a first hearing finds it relatively easy listening, yet consecutive plays intriguingly unveil Tracie’s tangled web of emotions. Some of the lyrics are almost  a peek into what could be randomly scrawled diary entries, which ultimately give this collection of heart (and mind!) felt songs their foundation. A brave and subtle production, too, allowing Tracie’s creamy and emotive vocals to swirl to the fore.

Highlights are the sultry yet unhinged ‘Broken’, and the mysterious and indecisive ‘Save Me’ where our Trace mindfucks with, “ I need for you to leave so I know that I need you’. Priceless.

Like a jar of honey with a tiny sliver of broken glass lurking somewhere in its contents, Screaming Superego slides down well, but you better be paying close attention. Mmm. Ouch.

Ray Zell, Kerrang