She is a bit of a kook although I always appreciated her somewhat libertarian streak, but dear Lord that woman could sing!
I have always loved her voice.
I always thought “Talk Of The Town” was one of the most underrated tunes from the 80s.
Chrissie Hynde had a vegetarian restaurant
in her native Akron. It went out of
business. A couple times I visited two
friends in the Akron area and we
ate at the nearby Luigi’s (which
inspired an eatery in the Funky
Winkerbean comic strip).
When Hynde’s place went under I went
on FB with revised lyrics for the song.
“I went back to Ohio, but my restaurant
was gone..”
Gerry Casale of Devo did a panel at
a comic convention near Boston. Briefly chatting with him afterwards I
mentioned the restaurant (Devo hailing
for the Kent-Akron area).
“Yeah it was good but it just
didn’t attract business,” he told me.