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Wearing it Well
I once told Laura Fay Lewis I hated her but I didn't mean it. Showing the remnants of my previously-ironic self, I really meant the opposite. What's not to like about a hard-rocking NYC singer/songwriter/guitars slinger who is also a talented artist as well? It could be that the lead singer of The Blisstones does too many things too well, but it's more likely that the rest of us just aren't ambitious, talented or energetic enough to follow her model. On a first listen to The Blisstones you can hear some of their songs and make sure you see their videos. Watch for scenes at The Chelsea Hotel! I thought of Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders. Good influenceto have. But Laura Fay has developed her own original style. And The Blisstones are an excellent and durable rock and roll band. They are expert players and tunesmiths,they know it's the best fun to be in a band and you get the feeling they're going to keep at it, until somebody cuts the lights off. Although they are very smoothly recorded, The Blisstones have got a bit of brass-in-pocket edge to them, and Laura Fay is the very picture of the cool rock girl singer. (Fender Guitars agrees with me on this, putting Laura Fay and The Blisstones on the cover of their latest catalogue.) She's smart, talented, lively, slender, sexy, carries off the rock girl's grab bag of styles to great effect, and knows when to change hair color or a wig. Google her Mermaid picture from their gig at the annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. Laura Fay adopts the theme to stunning effect. A warning here: do not listen to or download The Blisstones songs if you can't stand music repeating over and over in your head. It happened to me after listening to "What's The Rush, Superstar?" and it will happen to you. You will find yourself alternating the audio track with the video just to mix it up a little while you get your fix of a riff that will not leave you alone. If you're at work while this happens, you may lose your job, unless like me you write a musical blog for the firm (I still don't know how this happened) and are allowed to surf tunes on company time! I went to a group art show called "Taking it Higher" Laura Fay was in and was impressed by her inventiveness, especially in a thoughtful piece called "History Lessons" in ink and acrylic on wood which takes on our American original sin of slavery. That's where I told her I hated her, in jest, and this is my apology to her for being ironic. So here's a tip of the hat to Laura Fay Lewis, cool rock girl and true Renaissance woman. Besides Laura Fay, The Blisstones are Michael Aguirre on lead guitar and backing vocals various players on bass and drums and their CD's are called Park and Slapback. Available on Apple, Amazon Music or Reverbnation. https://www.laurafaylewis.com
“I once told Laura Fay Lewis I hated her but I didn’t mean it. Showing the remnants of my previously-ironic self, I really meant the opposite. What’s not to like about a hard-rocking NYC singer/songwriter/guitars slinger who is also a talented artist as well?”
Article by Karynne Summars
“Multi-talented comes to mind when you look at Laura Fay Lewis’ impressive résumé. She graduated from the Juilliard School (Drama Division) and is a founding member of the Tribeca Lab Theatre, Indies Lab and the New York Professional Ensemble Group where she played in various leading and supporting roles in classic as well as modern plays.An award nominated actress, published poet and filmmaker, Laura Fay has directed and starred in music videos "Been There" and "What's The Rush, Superstar?" for her band The Blisstones, and was nominated for Best Actress and Best Short Film in The Picture Start Film Festival”…