New Jersey Stage January 2015 | Page 42

New Jersey Stage recently spoke with Mansfield about the new release and what took her so long to finally have a record of her own, a record that was expertly produced by Rob Tanico, a long-time member of the Jersey Shore music scene with such bands as Mr. Reality and Highway 9. Rob (Tanico) picked up on that vibe in my music. It’s not in every song, but in quite a lot of them. I’ve never said I have a sixties vibe, but I had one record when I was little. It was a K-Tel record of the British Invasion and it contained The Yardbirds, Cream, and a lot of songs and artists who had that whole sound. I didn’t have a lot of reThe record starts off with a discords, so I listened to that thing tinctive sixties vibe that reminds a hundred million times. And me of The Yardbirds. when I first started playing gui- © John Posada New Jersey Stage January 2015 pg 42