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Reader comments closed for the weekend - But first, a little Brooke Thomas and the Blue Suns
Friday, Feb 24, 2012 - Posted by Rich Miller * Brooke Thomas and the Blue Suns have a new release coming out this summer and I cannot wait. Finally, Springfield has a band that could break into the big time. We have a lot of great music in this town and always have, but not nearly enough people know about it. Maybe they’re too lazy to look, or they have lousy taste, or whatever. But I’ll pit the per capita rate of talented, homegrown songwriters and musicians in Springfield against just about anyplace. What I’ve long believed we’ve needed, though, is for one band to jet into stardom so the scouts would start handing out contracts to everybody else around here. Brooke Thomas and the Blue Suns could very well be that band. * If you haven’t seen this young woman and her solid band perform, you’re really missing out. Thomas fronts the group, but legendary local bandleader Mike Burnette (Suns of Circumstance) makes sure the train rocks on time. It seems to work well. This cover of Duffy’s “Mercy” is from their live album Live in the Capital City released last year before they added guitar god Luke Turasky (a good friend) to the lineup. It blows the original away… * I do not understand how such a powerfully soulful voice could come out of such a young woman. Here they are doing Sara Bareilles’ “Many the Miles”… * Most of the songs the band has released so far have been covers. Joe Dawkins (another old friend and a songwriter) has a tune on their live album, “Broken, Broken Hearted,” which has been rocked up since Luke Turaski joined the group. The last thing I said to Luke as I left the bar after their most recent show was, “Don’t quit this band, man.” Their new album will be all originals and Burnette says some national producers have shown interest. Brooke is also, to say the least, an attractive woman, which certainly won’t hurt the band’s skyward push… * I’ll be posting songs from the band’s new release as soon as I can get my hands on them. You can hear one of the tunes at Mike Burnette’s website. For now, I’ll leave you with Brooke’s only original song on the group’s first album. It’s called “I Found You”… Have a great weekend.
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