Cathy Jean - Little Sick Twist (15 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Rob Ford | Maryland | 10/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've always enjoyed Cathy Jean's CD's, each one keeps getting better, and this one has earned her a PhD. Easy on the eyes, hot on the ears-- what's not to like!"

A pleasure of feeling different

Midnight Special Blues Radio | Paris, France | 12/21/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Something Dark Approaching" is certainly the bluest blues song I've heard this year. Better than anyone else Cathy has expressed not just her own feelings, but the feelings of millions of us who can't sleep well these nights. The music and vocals on the whole album are hypnotizing, and the lyrics are infinitely deep and honest. Kidding and serious at the same time, changing rhythms and styles just like clothes, Cathy sings all 15 songs as a single one. At least I feel it like this. As if it was not an album but a 15 chapter book whose message is so meaningful and so beautifully presented that it brings a real pleasure to play (listen? read?) it over and over again. An intellectual pleasure. Because Cathy Jean feels and thinks so contagiously different that you inevitably start to feel and think different yourself. Isn't it a pleasure?.. So, FEEL DIFFERENT - buy Little Sick Twist right now! ;-) You'll regret all your life if you don't!"

Infuriatingly fascinating

Jeremy | Canada | 12/10/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Blues rocker Cathy Jean is infuriatingly fascinating. Your first impression would be that she has realized the selling power of sex: this disc is littered with photos of the statuesque singer in a variety of skimpy outfits.

But it becomes obvious from her lyrics that her very genuine liberal sexuality comes from a very conflicted place. She sings about the joy of turning guys on, then metaphorically cowers in the corner with a song about being unloved as a little girl with Coke-bottle glasses

on Four Eyes.

Sometimes, this results in deeply personal, poetic work. It's best exemplified when she sticks to blues and jazz, and some songs are really fun: So Proud, for example, is a song about her man's ... um ... unit, and Deeper continues her fascination with male endowment.

But one track later, Not Pretty gets into her serious, scarring battles with self-image and acceptance. And to some extent, like many women, she naturally resents men for their objectification of her. She is nobody's baby doll, cover art notwithstanding, and her lyrics can be clever, exciting, funny and disturbing.

A lyrical case in point is The Judge: "I'm going about my day regularly / and as usual I keep to myself quietly / when some fool pukes his testosterone at me." She then gets into a variety of nasty ways of killing the smarmy individual.

And although she obviously enjoys her power over men, she's also revolted by it, stating that her outward appearance hides a person who is "jaded and scarred indefinitely."

There are also multiple explorations of faith and why she feels deserted by her higher power; bisexuality and stress; and friendship and fidelity.

The musical arrangements work well. Some of the "blues rock," however, comes off as closer to Pat Benatar."

"Classic"!

Sheryl and Don | 11/10/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Cathy--hope you like our review! Yours is a "fun" listen! Here we go... Growing up in Middle Tennessee, it didn't take long for

most of the young men around here to become aware of Nashville's most famous "model," 50's pinup queen Bettie Page. Well, if Bettie had been a blonde blues singer, she would've been Cathy Jean! This sassy, sexy diva has released her latest rockin' set, "Little Sick Twist," which not only showcases her fantastic vocal prowess, but her clever, slyly-sexy lyric writing as well!With a powerful voice that can go from an angelic coo to a devilish growl virtually instsntaneously, Cathy exudes a sexuality and passion that's capable of captivating listeners throughout the CD. Check out the opening "Bitchovich," Cathy's plot to get back at a man-stealer! Former Nighthawk Mark Wenner deals some fancy harp on "So Proud," a too-cool tale about her man's "bishop." But, you gotta really listen to "get" the lyrics! Reminding people to "Slow Down" makes clever use of banjo and fiddle along with a swingin' jump-blues arrangement, while a lively Cajun accordion fuels "The Judge," a bizarro tale of Cathy's revenge on a man who went a bit too far with her! A sad ending to a relationship gone sour is the subject of "No More Pecking," whose idiotic male subject would rather play video games than be with her! It also contains a fine, jazzy horn arrangement, too. One of the strongest cuts on the album is the slow, brooding, "Something Dark Approaching." Here, Cathy is attempting to do battle with her inner demons and paranoias, and her vocals are supplanted by killer organ work fom Jon Carroll. In listening to Cathy's lyrics, you can find a plethora of social commentaries and dealings with human frailties, addictions, and passions. We likened this one to being able to take a peek inside your big sister's diary, as we felt that we were being given a personal glimpse of Cathy's innermost feelings set to these songs. A truly gifted singer\songwriter,

Cathy Jean indeed deserves national attention. Here's hoping "Little Sick Twist" will be the break she's been looking for! Until next time...Sheryl and Don Crow"

Highly Commendable!

The Blues Art .Biz Magazine | Vienna, Austria | 01/11/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If one applies the rule of judging a book by its cover, then an awful lot of people are going to be greatly surprised and disappointed; for although the enticingly sultry and alluring images in the cd booklet show Cathy in various poses, styles and types of underwear, beware! They falsely lead you on so, unless you are interested in quality music; put the cd back in the rack now. For the rest of us; we are treated to fifteen self-penned, numbers, including some of the most imaginatively arranged, powerful mixtures of R'n'B, Blues, Cajun, Rock, Rockabilly and Jazz around. When the pace does slow down it is to a seductively steamy soft focus glow backed with a tight, tight hot horn section that Nelson Riddle, (Frank Sinatra's bandleader) would be proud of. The musicians giving Cathy such solid and richly textured support are; Keith Stafford; lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, Noah Gary; guitar, Wade Matthews, Jay Turner, Johnny Castle; bass, Steve Leocher, Steve Fidyk; drums, Mark Wenner; harmonica, John Dawson, Doug Morgan, Ben Patterson; saxophones, Mike Crotty, Kevin Burns, Brian MacDonald; trumpets, Jon Carroll; piano, organ, Kim Miller, Christopher Sheiah, Claudia Chudacoff, Lisa Ponton, Dana Fish; string section. The lyrics of the very salacious and murkier adult subject matter are delivered by Cathy in a sultry, sexy, sometimes vitriolic spitting manner, enticing you into her world inhabited by mind numbingly unfeeling plastic carded, lapped up, lap dancing loving, blindly selfish men. Some of the women are surgically enhanced leggy lovelies who sell love, warmth, trust and devotion for even more flexible friends. Her heroines have at some point in the past been abused, used, dumped or raped and are filled to the brim with revengeful rancour. Cathy Jean is very definitively a cross between Germaine Greer! and Millie Jackson, her use of double entendre's is very inventive and imaginative. Adult themes dealt with in an enticingly adult manner. This album will certainly steam up the blues! Highly commendable! --Brian Harman, Blues Art Studio Magazine"

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	Cathy Jean Little Sick Twist Genre: Blues Track Listings (15) - Disc #1 Bitchovich So Proud Deeper Not Pretty Paint My Fence Happy Couple Brunettes Sawin' Something Dark Approaching Slow Down Come On Out The Judge No More Pecking Four Eyes Ripe Garden Raunchy, strong, hot, sexed-up, balls-out, vocal and guitar blues. Rockin'. Her best work yet!
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