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I Can See Clearly Now I’m a Superfan
(First published on Substack).
I have friends who introduced me to this singer (Holly Cole) affiliate link many years ago. They raved about her voice, and I did, too.
Another friend hates her because he feels she ruined the song I mentioned in my title. I’ll talk about singer misconceptions on another note. Another friend shared my admiration for her. It began a playful competition between us:
To get everything she released.
Between us, we have everything. That’s a lot of albums! That’s a good thing that she’s so prolific.
We were also fortunate to see her perform twice a year in 1997.
The first time was a free show, part of the St. Jean Baptiste holiday that year. In Quebec, Canada Day gets ignored. Instead, we celebrate the birthday of Quebec on a day named after a saint who was beheaded.
I have problems with that, but I don’t want to tangent this into a political post.
Holly was funny, introducing her bass player as “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. He was bald and had a goatee. Austin was at the height of his popularity then.
