Songwriter
| By day, Dorothy LeBlanc works tirelessly as a performing musician. She spends her evenings and weekends honing her skills as a budding singer/songwriter. Here are her first two offerings for the non-preschool set. |
On “Simplify”, her first CD not geared to children, she sings the
realities of marriage; the struggles of being a stay-at-home mom
(then of letting go as her children entered adulthood); the grief of
losing her parents; the battle she waged with breast cancer; and the
pain of addiction and co-dependency.
At times you’ll hear Dorothy accompanied only by her guitar. At
other times she is ably joined on dobro by Buskers’ bandmate Mike
Whitney. Other special guests include Mike West and Katie Euliss
(of Truckstop Honeymoon fame). “Simplify” is for women and men,
parents and adult children…This is truly music that will speak to
everyone.
realities of marriage; the struggles of being a stay-at-home mom
(then of letting go as her children entered adulthood); the grief of
losing her parents; the battle she waged with breast cancer; and the
pain of addiction and co-dependency.
At times you’ll hear Dorothy accompanied only by her guitar. At
other times she is ably joined on dobro by Buskers’ bandmate Mike
Whitney. Other special guests include Mike West and Katie Euliss
(of Truckstop Honeymoon fame). “Simplify” is for women and men,
parents and adult children…This is truly music that will speak to
everyone.
Released as a companion piece with the CD entitled “Simplify”,
“Prism” fills in the missing pieces. You’ll laugh at the follies of
young love and at the realities of marriage; you’ll feel the pain of
substance abuse; you’ll hear her grapple with issues of faith and
express her very personal view of Christianity. At times you’ll feel
empowered; at times you’ll likely feel a bit uncomfortable. A high
point is the playful Cajun romp called “Bayou Pigeon”, where she
asks her husband of 25 years to turn back the clock to their
courtship: “Hey, baby, how bout let’s make us a fishin’ date?”
On several tunes, you’ll hear only the sounds of her guitar and her
voice. On others, she’s ably joined by friends who are walking this
musical journey with her. “Prism” offers honest perspectives on life
from this middle-aged woman who is truly coming into her own as a
singer/songwriter.
“Prism” fills in the missing pieces. You’ll laugh at the follies of
young love and at the realities of marriage; you’ll feel the pain of
substance abuse; you’ll hear her grapple with issues of faith and
express her very personal view of Christianity. At times you’ll feel
empowered; at times you’ll likely feel a bit uncomfortable. A high
point is the playful Cajun romp called “Bayou Pigeon”, where she
asks her husband of 25 years to turn back the clock to their
courtship: “Hey, baby, how bout let’s make us a fishin’ date?”
On several tunes, you’ll hear only the sounds of her guitar and her
voice. On others, she’s ably joined by friends who are walking this
musical journey with her. “Prism” offers honest perspectives on life
from this middle-aged woman who is truly coming into her own as a
singer/songwriter.
| "Simplify" and "Prism" can be purchased directly from Dorothy for $10. Also available online. |
Read the entire article that appeared in the August 2009 edition
of Country Roads Magazine, written by Alex V. Cook.
"I arrived just as Dorothy LeBlanc started her set. Dorothy is
better known around town at Miss Dorothy, the Shaky Egg Lady,
Baton Rouge’s most indefatigable children’s musician, or as a
member of The Buskers, performing bluegrass and folk favorites
at the Farmer’s Market and Whole Foods. Tonight, we see
another side of Dorothy. She took the stage with a resonator
guitar, sheepishly admitting that she was new to playing in bars,
and appropriately opened with “The Brass Rail,” a song about
“drinking quarter shots of bourbon” with a boyfriend at the long-
lost LSU watering hole. Dorothy has a well-honed stage charm
and an unsinkable ego when she gets on stage, opening up her
life through her songs. In one about her parents’ death, she
offers “It was easy to clear out that old house/Not so easy to
clear out my mind.”
better known around town at Miss Dorothy, the Shaky Egg Lady,
Baton Rouge’s most indefatigable children’s musician, or as a
member of The Buskers, performing bluegrass and folk favorites
at the Farmer’s Market and Whole Foods. Tonight, we see
another side of Dorothy. She took the stage with a resonator
guitar, sheepishly admitting that she was new to playing in bars,
and appropriately opened with “The Brass Rail,” a song about
“drinking quarter shots of bourbon” with a boyfriend at the long-
lost LSU watering hole. Dorothy has a well-honed stage charm
and an unsinkable ego when she gets on stage, opening up her
life through her songs. In one about her parents’ death, she
offers “It was easy to clear out that old house/Not so easy to
clear out my mind.”
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