I was just reading a post on H20town.info saying that folk rocker Livingston Taylor lives in H20town and will be doing a show here. That is pretty cool, but I am more impressed by the fact that Jen Trynin lives in our very own H20town. Boston has a long line of rock goddess from Aimee Mann, Kay Hanley, Juliana Hatfield and most recently the lead singer of Damone; Waltham’s very own Noelle Leblanc. In the mid 90s however no one had more buzz in Boston or around the country for that matter then Jen Trynin. In 95 her album Cockamamie was selling well even on Trynin’s selfrun label, was named on many best album of the year lists, and caused a bidding war to sign Trynin to a major label. But, because of drama mostly involing record executives, but also with band mates and other musicians. Thus, Trynin never became the national mega-seller she was predicted to be. Recently she wrote a book about all the behind the scenes aspects of her music carear covering being a no-name, to a indie superstar, signing to a major label, and subsequently getting put on the label’s scrapheap. The book is called Everything I'm Cracked Up to Be and is a great read if you enjoy music, listen to Boston rock, or just want to hear a compelling story. Recently I was told by a friend that Trynin now makes her home with her husband in watertown and I found a Boston Globe article that confirms this.
Tracy Bonham lived on Gilbert Street in Watertown during her one hit wonder song "Mother Mother" in the mid-90s.
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