


Getz grew up on the West Coast, a child prodigy on the piano, memorizing Mozart pieces at the age of 6.

“Getz is a talented pianist, producer and songwriter who did a fair amount of session work in the 70’s playing on albums by Harry Nilsson & John Lennon, Jimmie Spheeris and the Bee Gees, to name just a few. “Jane Getz’s 1973 solo album No Ordinary Child is a really unique record more people should know about,” muses Cabic. Check out Andy’s take on an early ’70s forgotten treasure from Jane Getz below. The Gems column always offers a chance to look behind the curtain on what an artist finds dear and Cabic shines a proper light on a country treasure that’s certainly in line with the amber hues and cool breezes thrumming through the wires of his own recent songwriting. jangle up and there’s a rootsy honesty that knocks at Crazy Horse’s door.” It’s one of Cabic’s most unfussed, and yet one of his most affecting works. As I mentioned last week in my review, “Themes of wanderlust, lost love and new beginnings have (rightly) earned the album comparisons to Tom Petty’s mid-life high water mark Wildflowers. Andy Cabic’s been a mainstay here at RSTB and his latest LP captures a new dose of mountain air in his sails.
