My Life Song ~ Born Blue ~ Cheryl Lescom

Why am I the target of all this pain and abuse!

Damn you’ve got that right, this line hit home deep down in the soul.

I learn something new everyday, we all should.

Cheryl Lescom ( from Kitchener, Ontario ) has been on the Canadian music scene since 1975 and was once a backup singer for Ronnie Hawkins. Later she toured with Long John Baldry before beginning solo career in 1983.

But yet this singer has never crossed my Blues Realm that I know of. I may or may not have come across her vocal chords. She’s definitely got my attention now.

Hey it’s never too late to get turned on by a talent that’s obviously been out there for a long while. This artist has been at the Detroit Taste fest with-in the last 9 years. So since I’m downtown all summer long making the rounds of different venues throughout Detroit , I might have been watching and listening to her not really knowing her name, who she was or how deep the background went. Better late than never.

I could not find any lyrics to this song Born Blue by any artist. So it may be her improvisation of Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ” Born To Be Blue ” with some lyrics completely changed around. But to me Born Blue is a completely different song.

She had an album out in 2007 called High Heeled Blues. Two songs hit a nerve, Baby Crying and Firehall.

You can listen to them here.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/cheryl-lescom/

There doesn’t seem to be a lot on You Tube on her but hopefully that will change.