rabin@dorsai.COM (Robert Marks) (03/13/91)
Some time ago, a friend and fellow peruser of rec.music.gaffa informed me that the Great Kate smokes, two packs a day to be specific. This surprised me greatly (she's a singer, eh?). Can anyone confirm or deny this allegation?
nrc@cbema.att.COM (Neal R Caldwell, Ii) (03/13/91)
From article <q92Py1w163w@dorsai.com>, by rabin@dorsai.COM (Robert Marks): > > Some time ago, a friend and fellow peruser of rec.music.gaffa > informed me that the Great Kate smokes, two packs a day to be > specific. This surprised me greatly (she's a singer, eh?). Can > anyone confirm or deny this allegation? Yep, she smokes like a chimney. Well, as of last report, anyway. The "goddess" is distressingly human when you get right down to the brass tacks. Some folks even get disturbed when the subject comes up. It is, after all, her life. Still, you hate to see such a gift abused with cigarettes. If you listen to the music and doubt that her smoking is having any affect, don't. It's much easier to handle the degradations of smoking in a studio where breath control is less of an issue. On stage may be a different matter. In fact, in preparing for a tour, especially one that includes dance, Kate may come to realize that after smoking for fifteen years (or so) she can't handle the same things she could when she had been smoking for only four (or so). Perhaps this will finally move her to quite once and for all. I sure hope so. Yes, there are instances of singers smoking for years with no affect on their singing. Just pray that Kate is one of those. "Don't drive too slowly." Richard Caldwell AT&T Network Systems att!cbnews!nrc