Once touted as the natural successor to Joni Mitchell, singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones proved no less idiosyncratic or mercurial; like Mitchell, Jones experienced significant commercial success at the outset of her career, but a restless creative spirit — combined with a stubborn refusal to fit comfortably into any one musical niche — sealed her ultimate destiny as that of a highly-regarded cult heroine. Telling a tale, setting a mood, fashioning metaphoric connections that resound and reveal – Rickie Lee Jones has made it all seem so easy. But it’s not. Not by a long shot and the story the personal, professional and political odyssey that resulted in the dozen new originals of The Evening Of My Best Day, her stunning new release takes on the epic proportions of an authentic creative rebirth.