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Incontra Jeff Buckley, compagno del cuore, destinato ad an-
negare in un tragico tuffo nel fi ume Tennessee.
Joan scompare da se stessa, inghiottita dal dolore. Rie-
sce comunque a trovare la forza per collaborare con band e
musicisti, ma soprattutto riesce a dare forma alla sua tristezza
nell’album I Am a Bird Now di Anthony and the Johnsons.
Qualche anno dopo decide di riprovarci. Ricompare
nel mondo della musica con quel suo nome d’arte molto parti-
icon on music tv. She is still Joan Wasser, unaware of what
beautiful and bad things the future holds. The cycle with the
band runs out and Joan fi nds herself alone and with confused
ideas, but with a real eagerness for new projects. She meets
Jeff Buckley, companion of the heart, destined to drown in a
tragic dive in the river Tennessee.
Joan disappears from herself, eaten up by the pain.
She is able to fi nd the strength to collaborate with bands and
Great names, including the dear-departed Lou Reed, her
childhood idol. She would never have imagined that, among
the live chorus of the famous “do do do do” from Walk on a
wild side the audience would have heard her voice.
musicians, but above all is able to give shape to her sadness
in the album I Am a Bird Now by Anthony and the Johnsons.
Some years later she decides to try again. She reap-
pears in the world of music with her very particular stage
name: Joan As Police Woman, omitting her surname which
in German means water, like the black water of Tennessee.
But now Joan wants to live, fi nally decides to sing, to give
voice to her music and to an artistic career that will be con-
solidated year after year. However, the collaborations contin-
ue. She always loved to implement her creativity to oth-
ers’talent. Great names, including the dear-departed Lou
Reed, her childhood idol. She would never have imagined
that, among the live chorus of the famous “do do do do” from
Walk on a wild side the audience would have heard her voice.
A story of dreams and determination, for a woman
who decided to create her own world and make it better, go-
ing beyond any obstacle that destiny sometimes reserves.
colare: Joan As Police Woman, con l’omissione del cognome
che in tedesco vorrebbe dire acqua, come quella nera del Ten-
nessee. Ma ora Joan vuole vivere, fi nalmente decisa a canta-
re, a dare voce alla sua musica e a una carriera artistica che si
consolida di anno in anno. Le collaborazioni comunque con-
tinuano. Ha sempre amato implementare la sua creatività al
talento altrui. Grandi nomi, tra i quali il compianto Lou Reed,
idolo della sua infanzia. Mai si sarebbe immaginata che, tra i
cori dal vivo del celeberrimo “do do do do” di Walk on a wild
side, gli spettatori avrebbe ascoltato la sua voce.
Una storia di sogni e determinazione, per una donna
che ha deciso di costruire il suo mondo e di renderlo miglio-
re, oltre gli ostacoli che il destino talvolta riserva.
JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN
