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I love Anita Bonnie's voice on TROUBLE PILGRIM. Will you tell us something about her, Philip?

Aine wrote:I love Anita Bonnie's voice on TROUBLE PILGRIM. Will you tell us something about her, Philip?

I'm afraid I know very little about Anita, except that she is married to the Radiators' drummer, Johnny Bonnie. I do know she had her own singing career before that in Dublin but, because I cannot remember either her unmarried name or the name of the band she was with, I can tell you no more, though I will certainly try to find out. I have an inkling her speciality is country and rockabilly though, as her work on four tracks of TP shows, she is more versatile than that suggests. She appeared with the Radiators at the Point in Dublin when we opened for The Pogues in December 2006.

philipchevron wrote:

Aine wrote:I love Anita Bonnie's voice on TROUBLE PILGRIM. Will you tell us something about her, Philip?

I'm afraid I know very little about Anita, except that she is married to the Radiators' drummer, Johnny Bonnie. I do know she had her own singing career before that in Dublin but, because I cannot remember either her unmarried name or the name of the band she was with, I can tell you no more, though I will certainly try to find out. I have an inkling her speciality is country and rockabilly though, as her work on four tracks of TP shows, she is more versatile than that suggests. She appeared with the Radiators at the Point in Dublin when we opened for The Pogues in December 2006.

Yes, I was admiring her versatility, too; she can go from the rawness of "The Concierge" to the heartbreaking sweetness in "Hinterland" and the, hmmmm, how would one describe her voice in "Huguenot"?

Anyway, I really like her. Thanks for what info you could give.