Talkin' Broadway
Sound Advice
April 16, 2003
Recorded live at the 2econd Stage Theater and Joe's Pub, Put a Little Love in Your Mouth features the songs of Amanda Green, who is joined by a host of guests, including Mary Testa (who is amazing in the driving, bluesy "Bury Me Standing"), Billy Stritch, Mario Cantone and Jonathan Dukochitz. Amanda is perhaps best known for her comic material, thanks to numbers like "The V Song" (a list song detailing every known and obscure pseudonym for the female genitalia) and her MAC winning number, "Ever Time a Friend Succeeds" (a country flavored number about the true force behind "Every Day a Little Death"). However, on her album, Put a Little Love in Your Mouth, it is the ballads that demonstrate Green's surprisingly emotional strength as a lyricist, thanks to numbers like "A Ladies Man" (written with John Bucchino and performed with the wonderful Jessica Molaskey) and "Daddy's Shoulders" (an alternately heartwarming/heartrending number with music by Ned Ginsberg, made all the more touching with the recent loss of Amanda's father, Broadway legend Adolph Green).
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