Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians were part of some wild wave of hippy music that took off in the late 1980’s that also included bands like The Black Crowes, The Spin Doctors, and Blind Melon.
Mother Love Bone could be considered part of the same movement, but they were on another wavelength because Andrew Wood was a gift from outer space.
Anyway…
I fell in love with Edie.
At seven years old, I had never seen or heard anyone like her and her voice would carry me through years of falling for brunettes with wild eyes. She would launch a thousand ships of poetry, and awkward situations – and looking back on it now, I wouldn’t change a thing.
Fun fact from the rumor mill: when Jerry Garcia tried to quit The Grateful Dead in the late 80s, he was going to form a band with Edie and Rob Wasserman. There’s no telling what that band would have sounded like, but with Edie at the helm – and Jerry and Rob backing her up – I bet it would have been quite a scene.
Anyway – here’s to Edie and all the amazing music she’s made.
And here’s to WFUV for playing her around 10 o’clock this morning and waking up all of those great memories in my head.
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