Skylark Renee Olstead

There's a sudden storm coming, when you see the thunderheads boiling, walk out into the field as far away from all else as you can, raise your arms above your head and wait...you’ll hear the crack, but you'll never see the flash...Renee Olstead's Skylark will blind you, take your breath away and leave you dazed and gasping, you've just been struck by red lightning. There are singers who can sing sweet and there are singers who can sing loud, but only once in lifetime does one come along who can rattle the gates of heaven and then whisper so sweet and low that the summer wind has to stop to hear. Skylark weaves the magic of Johnny Mercer with the voice of Renee Olstead and between them they blow up a gale to make the angels weep. Then Renee turns it around and does to Boogie Ride what Toni Tennille did with You Never Done It Like That and somewhere off in heaven Mae West is smiling. Anyone can twist a lyric and make innocent words tell a naughty tale, but to add a dash of laughter and a bit of wink and what you have is a saucy song that makes everything seem a little better…that’s talent. There’s plenty of good stuff to go around, Midnight Man will make you stay up late, My Baby Don’t Care will make you wish and Ain’t We Got Fun sums up this disc as well as bringing an old tune back to life, there’s Hit The Road Jack and Midnight In Austin Texas and everything in between.