Anybody familiar with Laura Nyro? From them old days

[rurallib]

I just discovered her about 40 years late.
Wish I would have known of her when I was young.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjdowef1oKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwSNbC9zK-w&feature=related

Apparently she was scared of appearing on the stage. She wrote some awesome music.
Died way too early of ovarian cancer.

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. I'm always curious about very successful singers...

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...who had stage fright.
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I've told this story MANY times, but the phenomenon still fascinates me,
so I'll probably tell it many more... but when I sang in a band, I used to
HOPE HOPE HOPE HOPE HOPE that the power would go out before a
show so that I wouldn't have to get up on that stage.
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We never had a single "tough room" -- although we worked for two years
before setting foot on a stage, we were a true "overnight success" once
we started playing out, so it's not like I ever had a traumatic experience
that might justify it.
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That feeling (both before and 30 seconds into the show) NEVER changed
one bit.
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I've read that Ricky Lee Jones sometimes gets physically ill before shows...
and that Carly Simon had near-disabling stage fright.
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What gives?
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BTW, Laura Nyro's voice IS beautiful and rich, though that first video was a
little sharp for my taste.
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