Dreams of a Kitten by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Dreams of a Kitten

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Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley, when promoting her 2006 solo album

“Rabbit Fur Coat” repeatedly cited Nyro's 1971 album “Gonna Take

a Miracle” as a big influence on her music. Lewis performed the

first track on that album "I Met Him on a Sunday" on the Rabbit

Fur Coat tour.

In the 2004 drama film “A Home at the End of the World” can be

heard Nyro's recordings of "Désiree" and "It's Gonna Take a

Miracle," both songs from the album “Gonna Take a Miracle.”

Paul Shaffer, bandleader for the CBS Orchestra and sidekick on

the “Late Show with David Letterman,” stated that his desert

island album would be “Eli and the Thirteenth Confession.”

Paul Stanley of Kiss has mentioned on several occasions that he

is a big admirer of Nyro's music.

Exene Cervenka of the punk rock band X listed Nyro as one her

favorite songwriters.

On October 27, 1997, a large scale tribute concert was produced

by women at the “Beacon Theatre” in New York. Performers

included Rickie Lee Jones, Sandra Bernhard, Toshi Reagon, and

Phoebe Snow.

“And a World to Carry On,” an original tribute show celebrating

the music and life of Laura Nyro, written by Barry Silber and