Ladies Of The Road - Louise Patricia Crane

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With her transporting debut, 2020’s Deep Blue, Louise Patricia Crane established herself as a rare and mercurial talent - a singer and songwriter with the power to unite past and present, the earthy with the ethereal, the everyday with the other. What's more, she's wasting little time in furthering her particularly potent and beguiling vision.
Louise's modus operandi remains to offer something akin to pure escapism in sound, the paradox being that her method of reaching this plateau often involves delving deep within her own psyche. Her well of inspiration may have extended from the classic rock of the '70s, through the grand visions and scope of the '80s to the present day, but her work remains very audibly her own, and shot through with her own passions and predilections. Therefore it seems fitting that her first foray back sees her both getting back to her roots and reimagining them anew.
This digital double A-Side single sees her take on King Crimson's 'Ladies Of The Road' and Johnny Winter's 'Dirty' - two songs which you'd be forgiven for assuming were somewhat shot through with testosterone - and putting an uncompromising and distinctly feminine stamp on them. Still more subversive, whilst leaving the core song intact, the first named sees her doing so whilst using the talents of two members of Crimson - a band who were, and remain, one of the pivotal building blocks of Crane’s musical universe.
Taking "Ladies Of The Road" a then-fashionable song of frolics-on-tour which in the first place, as on its appearance on Islands, was cavalier enough in its lyrical approach to even raise the eyebrows of members of King Crimson itself, and transforming its risqué strains into a song of empowerment and self-reliance would seem like an uphill struggle to most, but not to Louise Patricia Crane. Rallying such troops as regular collaborator Jakko M. Jakszyk and saxophonist Mel Collins (who played on the 1971 original) as well as drummer Gary Husband, she shifts the inflections and intents of the song to render it something altogether fresh, not to mention arranging it to bring out the Beatles-esque mellifluousness at its heart.
Standing on the periphery of a second album which promises psychic adventures anew, this is the perfect reintroduction for an artist mapping out the cosmic continuum between epiphanies past and experimental ventures to come. Wherever Louise Patricia Crane heads next, you'd be well advised to jump on board.
Ladies Of The Road
Written by Robert Fripp / Peter John Sinfield
(Universal Music Publishing Group)
Vocals: Louise Patricia Crane
Guitar, Keys, Backing Vocals: Jakko M. Jakszyk
Drums: Gary Husband
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Bass: Django Jakszyk

[@bwrobeson]

What a nice surprise… a new rendition of an old King Crimson favorite… ‘Ladies of the Road’ … was always a sexy song, again has Mel Collins ripping off those fabulous runs on sax… but now Louise Patricia Crane has made her ‘Ladies’ even hotter singing it from the feminine angle…Jakko Jakszyk plays his scorching lead guitar and leaves no doubt why he is one of the best…and did I forget to mention Gary Husband on drums…ouch it’s hot…b

[@GillCarter-z7d]

Love this and you Louise. Your voice is intimate, strong, passionate on this song and the Johnny Winter cover, which gives me glorious shivers. Loved Deep Blue album but you have most definitely evolved and grown since, judging by these new songs. I can hear your voice more clearly now and its sublime. This is making me desperate to hear your second album now. Bravo, prog vamp diva. Hope at some stage you consider a physical 7" release of Ladies for us collectors.

[@adrianofarinella]

coraggiosa rilettura di un classico KC,certo la presenza di MEL eJAKKO aiuta,però lei ci mette la faccia....e non solo!BRAVA!

[@neile2001]

Love it. Such a great cover!

[@charlesnolan7602]

I read about you in PROG #145. Great great, version!

[@eileentomlinson2209]

Love this so much Louise ❤️ xx

[@valhallacoldwind3362]

Good to hear the original lyrics have not been watered down in this day & age. Didn't Crimson change the lyrics performing this song in recent years? Not a bad version this & with Jakko & Mel that makes it a worthwhile effort indeed.

[@gonzaznog]

I was totally unprepared for this! OMG! 🥹🖤

[@joan2cat]

Molt bona versió

[@sergegirard9712]

Great !

[@spankywzl]

This rendition leaves wide open jaws and scattered articles of clothing, on the floor! Dreamy and steamy, and from a time when our tomorrows were plentiful. Louise Patricia Crane delivers the King Crimson classic as a message to the reflection of one of many stolen apples...! ❤ \m/ * * \m/