I had heard Mary Chapin Carpenter's single, "Shut up and kiss me" and really liked it. I was familiar with her name because she had worked with the Indigo Girls in the past. I bought the cassette single for "Shut up and kiss me" but found myself utterly in love with the b-side, a gorgeous ballad called "The end of my pirate days."
Now, Mary is usually classified as a country singer, but her music, and especially her album The Stones in the Road is much harder to put into a box. She writes literate, sophisticated and thought-provoking lyrics, peppered with the occasional country tune (like the single). Stones is her least "country" sounding album, and also my favorite work of hers. My mom also became a fan of Chapin and in April of 1997, we even got to see her play (with my friend Armando) at the Sunrise Musical Theatre. It was the same place we had gone to see the Go-Go's 12 years earlier. Very different show.
next time: well i heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord...
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