Further links:
Scarce MySpace page Great songs here.
The Phoenix (10/02/07) Born again: The return of Scarce
Speed of Change: Scarce Returns
Scarce at TT the Bears (Mark Craig Photography)
Show Review: The return of Scarce. TT the Bears 10/6
“Aching to be” by Joyce Raskin
Scarce, Chick Graning, Joyce Raskin’s Aching To Be A review in the Village Voice of Joyce Raskin’s boook by music critic Everett True.
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was one of the few good things about my year in Providence, just before this album came out. I saw them in Chicago when they finally did their tour — I was one of maybe 15 people in the audience, ‘cuz no one had heard of them. Great show — they didn’t act like they minded that the room was empty, but having been on the other side of that, I know you always do notice.
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Speaking of which, sounds like they had a packed room on Saturday @ TT the Bear’s, as if twelve years hadn’t passed. Fantastic. Looking forward to the album.
I never saw them after Chick Graning recovered from his coma/brain aneurysm but from what I’ve gleaned the stresses of relearning the songs (all the notes and the lyrics), not to mention the loss of personal memory between him and Joyce Raskin must have been devastating to them. And word is their record company gave them no support in their comeback either, further alienating them from the record business.
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Great to see them back together though.