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 Lucy
Webster "Keeping My Fingers Crossed", Red Jag RJR4701, 2001
Lucy Webster's "Keeping My Fingers Crossed" is a whole lot better than
99% of what's played on the radio these days. Of course, the litmus test of that
is merely to be musically more profound than Britney Spears… Webster of course
easily does that with a polished style sounding very much like Carly Simon,
especially on "Leave" and "When it Comes Down to It". She's
joined by Brooks Williams on acoustic slide guitar on the wistful "Hard
Life", which along with "The Next Best Thing" are haunting forays
into poignant balladeering, Webster's apparent forté. There's no reason Lucy
Webster shouldn't already be tremendously successful in the adult contemporary
market except for the fact that it's a very crowded field
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