Sheryl Crow

Again, with the crows! Although, this time it's just one person, rather than a whole group (see my February review of The Black Crowes). Sheryl Crow figures prominently in my person's "Angry Women of the '90s" collection, but she seems to have more staying power than most of the others, primarily due to an ability to successfully reinvent herself as a musician. 
We spent most of the afternoon listening to the Crow oeuvre and drinking beer, entirely because of the song, "All I Wanna Do," in which Crow describes her afternoon drinking beer with "Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy" in "a bar that faces a giant car wash." Actually, my person drank the beer; I indulged in my substance of choice: catnip.
Enjoy the music video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6zIEfSxqkg

But I digress. Crow seems equally comfortable with rock, folk, hip hop, pop, and country music. Proof of this are the nine Grammy awards she's scored. Her music shows a lot of versatility; unlike many artists, she can be peppy and up-beat as well as pensive, hard-edged and sweetly soft. She's definitely not a one-note musician. She's also adept at performing with other artists, such as Kid Rock ("Picture"), Mick Jagger, and even Michael Jackson. She has sold over 35 million albums worldwide, and she's still going strong; her latest album, 100 Miles from Memphis, was released in 2010.
Crow just turned 50, and I heard that she appeared on the ABC TV show, Cougar Town, which is not, as I originally thought, about the great wild cats, but, instead, is about older women who like younger men. Not that there's anything wrong with that. (My person made me write that last sentence, because she's a bit of a cougar herself, but don't tell her I said so.)
Cougar or not, Sheryl Crow and her music have what it takes to make me sit up and say, "Mmrowl!"
Peace out!