Awhile back Mike Raley’s son JJ was in Buzzy’s Country Store with his girlfriend Aimee. When JJ introduced her, she informed me “My name isn’t spelled A-m-y.” I immediately shot back “So lemme guess. It’s A-i-m-e-e like in Aimee Mann.”
Now, keep in mind that’s not often (as in IT NEVER HAPPENS) that I am able to impress a young lady, but this one time I did! Aimee was impressed with my response and replied “You’re the first person to ever get that. My Mom named me after her because she liked her.”
I then went on to tell Aimee how I too liked Aimee Mann. I told her how my buddy Mike Whitson and I used to catch her annual Christmas show at the Birchmere Club. All in all, it made me want to listen to some Aimee Mann tunes.
For those of you not familiar with Aimee Mann, she is a bit of an acquired taste. You have to listen to her awhile before she seduces you with her voice. I first heard her when she did several songs for the movie Magnolia and liked what I heard enough to buy the movie soundtrack as well as some of her other Cd’s.
I thought of her just the other day when I posted the Washington Post’s top 100 Christmas songs and You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch was rated Number 1. While I don’t particularly care for that song, I do find it listenable to when Aimee covers it:
