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NEWS
BVS Reviews,
March 8, 2004 - Being Fine by Bruce Von Stiers
Surfing the web a while back I came across an interesting
band. Basically the band is a duet with supporting musicians.
The name of the band is Trusting Lucy. It is the work of Linda
Arceo and Lisa Long, two singer / songwriters. After years of
solo gigs and working with other bands, the two formed
Trusting Lucy to concentrate on the kind of music that they
really wanted to play. The result is an album titled It'll Be
Fine. It is a self produced and released album.
The album is actually two discs. The first disc has the full
band versions of the songs. The second disc is the acoustical
version of the songs. There are 14 songs on the album and all
of them were written by the two ladies.
The two women make a great vocal partnership. Both of them had
been solo acoustic performers before joining together. They
found that working together made for a good fit for both of
them. The name of the band, Trusting Lucy, comes out of being
able to equally share the spotlight. Even the song writing on
the album was split evenly between Linda and Lisa.
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Trusting
Lucy prepares for festival appearance, July 21, 2003
- Trusting Lucy prepares for festival appearance
By Dave
Steffenson-- Assistant Editor
Lisa
Long, left, and Linda Arceo will play at 1:45 p.m. July 26
at the Gazebo stage at the Garlic Festival.
GILROY - What’s in a name?
Well,
when it comes to names, this band has had its share. While
many people may have heard Linda Arceo and Gilroy resident
Lisa Long’s bold lyrics and catchy guitar riffs while wandering
the Garlic Festival the last three years, they might not recognize
the two by any name.
Going
under the name Linda Arceo, Arlo, Arceo and Long and, finally,
Trusting Lucy, the women don’t seem to care what name they
go by, as long as they keep turning heads.
“I think
what grabs people is that our songs have hooks in them,” Arceo
said. “We don’t play like girls.”
Bucking
the stereotype that women playing acoustic guitars play light,
airy music, Arceo and Long have turned the last two years
into a productive collaboration based on two different styles
and a rock sound that always turns heads, something the women
hope to do July 26 at the Gazebo stage at the 2003 Garlic
Festival.
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Coast Weekly - Monterey County,
May 15, 2003 - Trusting Lucy fit real feelings into
their acoustic/electric mix.
Girls Rule: Linda Arceo and Lisa
Long play it both ways (acoustic/rock) on their new CD.
When local songwriter Linda Arceo asked Lisa Long to play
keyboards on one of her albums, Arceo got more than she bargained
for. Arceo had known Long from other projects, but around
two years ago, she discovered that Long was a formidable songwriter.
"I wanted to bring her songs out," Arceo says.
The two have pooled their songwriting skills in the band Trusting
Lucy, which released an album last month called It'll Be Fine.
The interesting thing about the album is that there is one
CD containing acoustic versions of their songs, and another
including a full-on rock band backing the duo on the same
songs.
Since Trusting Lucy plays some venues as an acoustic duo and
other larger venues with a backing band of local musicians,
releasing the two versions seemed like the right thing to
do.
"We wanted to give it back to our two fan-bases,"
Arceo says.
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Monterey Herald - Monterey
County Dining & Entertainment Guide GO!, April 24-30,
2003
- The group is celebrating
the release of its debut CD "It'll be Fine" (which
comes in both an acoustic and band versions) this Sunday afternoon
at Doc's Nightclub in Monterey.
"It'll be fine" features 14 songs written by Long
(seven) and Arceo (five) or co-written by the duo (two). The
duo's music (the band version) can be roughly described as
straight-ahead rock with touches of folk, pop and country.
"Maybe" for example, would feel comfortable right
up there on the country charts with Shania, the Chicks and
Martina McBride, while "Feed My soul" is a rocker
that opens with a Jimi-style flourish on guitar.--April 24,
2003
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Salinas-Californian Newspaper, April 27,
2003 - Two Monterey Bay area singer-songwriters have
pooled their talents to create one hot double album.
Linda Arceo of Monterey and Lisa
Long of Gilroy call their band Trusting Lucy. They will release
their album, "It'll Be Fine," on April 27 at Doc
Ricketts' Lab in Monterey.
The unusual thing about the project
is its format: the songs on one CD are performed on electric
instruments, while the second CD offers the same tunes played
on acoustic instruments.
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REVIEWS
| Ken Koenig, First Night
Santa Cruz, Performing Artists Selection Committee says, “Trusting Lucy was a pleasure
to work with. Extremely professional, cooperative, flexible and were well received
by the crowd. They performed an interesting and nice eclectic mix of music, were
well rehearsed, and had a good stage presence with talented singers. A real crowd
pleaser. Bring ‘em back!” -- January 2002 | |
Kirsten
Carr, Gilroy Garlic Festival Entertainment Chair 2002 says, "The Gilroy
Garlic Festival prides itself on serving up fabulous food, amazing arts &
crafts & great music. Trusting Lucy provided festival goers with a perfect
combination of fun hits & great tunes. We loved having them perform &
were thrilled with their high level of energy & talent." --August 2001 |
| Ken Peterson, Public Relations
Manager, Monterey Bay Aquarium says, “I was volunteering in the area of Trusting
Lucy’s performance at First Night Monterey, the band caught my attention before
I reached the stage area and my first question was ‘who are these guys?’ They
sounded that good. The performance was outstanding: a full, formidable sound.”
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Joel
Steven owner Octagon Records states, “there is a real quality in the songwriting
and vocals. These are skilled musicians with a lot of drive to be heard. And no
holds barred, these girls can ROCK!" - –July 2001 | |
Robin
Goldstien of KSCO Radio called the combination of Linda Arceo and Lisa Long
“insanely talented.” – July 2001 | |
Mac
McDonald The Monterey County Herald writes about Linda Arceo’s self titled
solo debut album, “The album kicks off with a breezy Santana-like Latin rocker
and in it’s 13 songs ranges from straight-on rock to pop, introspective folk tunes,
even a countryish lament. At front and center, of course, is her pliable voice-sweet
and vulnerable on the ballads, but torrid and forceful on the rockers”.” –July
2000 | | Matt
Heimbold of Floodgate Productions comments, “I had the opportunity of booking
Linda Arceo while I was a talent buyer and promoter in Monterey, CA. She was always
the consummate professional and had that rare ability to truly connect with her
audience and build a following.” – October 2001 | |
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