Dirty Dan & Mongo Man Show Wednesday November 19, 2008 Welcome Pamela Moore Show #37

Pamela Moore steps back into the limelight as a solo artist with Stories From A Blue Room. The distinctive 11-track album brings the singer full-circle, resurrecting a solo career that began in the early 1980s. The sultry vocalist’s first two albums, Take a Look (1981) and You Won’t Find Me There (1982), were well-received, but label problems ultimately derailed a promising start. Not content to give up, Pamela continued to follow her passion, making guest appearances on various albums during the next decade, most notably as the voice of “Sister Mary” on Queensrÿche’s heralded concept album, Operation: Mindcrime. She eventually started touring again with Queensrÿche in 2004 as a featured vocalist and stage actress which ultimately generated the invitation to reclaim her role as "Sister Mary" on the newly released sequel: Operation: Mindcrime 2. The tour revived Moore’s desire to record her own album, and she began writing songs with former Rorschach Test guitarist Benjamin Anderson. The duo found instant chemistry, as Anderson’s musical ideas brought Pamela’s lyrics and melodies to life. Stories From A Blue Room is the dynamic result of that collaboration. A haunting blend of hard rock, electronic, and pop music, the combination of different sounds on the album is made whole by Pamela Moore’s edgy, yet soulful voice. Cuts such as “Dive into Me” and “Satisfied?” (duet featuring Terri Nunn - Berlin) are two darker rock tracks on the album, while a ballad such as “Forever in My Dreams” would bring a tear to the eye of the most hardened soul. Fittingly, it’s a diverse pallet of songs and while most songwriters cite “life experiences” as the influence behind their songs, for Pamela Moore, it’s an honest answer, not a public relations line. Her lyrics on Stories From A Blue Room are derived from a life spent in and out of the music business and provide a unique landscape of emotions.