AMY WINEHOUSE: SINGER/SONGWRITER

Amy Winehouse: The sultry contralto vocalist, died 7/23/2011 of alcohol poisoning. She left to us a very short catalog of music that should have spanned many decades, and she would have been an artist for all the ages, and could have been a living legend late into her life, instead of ending at the age of 27. She had it all, but should of, would have, could have didn’t stop the demons within her from taking her away from us much too early.

Her family posthumously released her 3rd album, a compilation of unreleased songs and demo’s, which also includes her recent duet with Tony Bennett “Body and Soul”. From his DUETS II Album, released as a single in September 2011. The album, titled
 LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES, released on iTunes, December 2011. Rumor has it she was working on an album, due out in 2011, but the same story was announced in 2010, and 2009, and nothing materialized, in fact she had not released any recording since 2007.

Tony Bennett said “she was a true jazz singer”, her bluesy, R&B soul, pop jazz styling came to the attention of most of us when BACK TO BLACK, her second studio album came out in 2006. She earned six  Grammy nominations and took home five with that album. She said her next album was going to be like BACK TO BLACK, but that’s it, no more studio albums. Rumor has it there are other recordings out there that will come out later, but nothing is for sure.

Her voice and lyrical style are incredible; there is no one out there to compare her to. This album while not a studio album, is a wonderful addition to any collection and the sale of this album will benefit The Amy Winehouse Foundation. The foundation is set-up to help vulnerable young adults with addiction problems.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok

The link below is from the earlier years playing the guitar, you can see she has no ink, and looks healthy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FIOSbJsrZY&feature=related



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