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Bidding the bittersweet farewell
By SEAN DALY
Published October 12, 2006
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Sheryl Crow
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In 2005, Sheryl Crow released Wildflower, otherwise known as her "Lance Armstrong" album. Some critics harrumphed that the disc was nothing more than gushy love letter to Crow's Tour de France stud. But for me, Wildflowers was a grandiose marvel, a bittersweet look at real, messy, complicated love. Crow was happy in her new life, but she was also worried: Was this too good to be true? The answer, of course, was yes. Not only did Crow eventually split with her supposed dream man but, during the same week, she learned she had breast cancer. With Crow's pessimism confirmed, Wildflowers has since become an even bolder statement, and such grandiose ballads as Perfect Lie and Always on Your Side have been given an almost unbearable weight. If you missed the album when it first came out, seek it out now. You won't be sorry. By the way, Crow announced on The Ellen Degeneres Show last week that she is cancer-free after six months. On a much lighter note, I always thought Crow and John Mayer, two pretty folk-rockers not averse to the Hollywood game, would make a great couple. And now they're touring together. Sheryl Crow and John Mayer perform at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Ford Amphitheatre, Interstate 4 at U.S. 301 N, Tampa. $30.50-$66. (813) 740-2446. - SEAN DALY, Times pop music critic
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