barbara lynn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLkfpaIsay4
a new find for me, and a great inspiration as i head off on a short european tour (austria, slovakia and poland).
freakin' awesome! She reminds me of that girl who used to play on the streets on the City, doing her Jimi thang.
As a (mostly) left-hander, I'm always pleased to see lefty guitarists. Do I lose cred points if I thought on the first notes that she was covering the Doors' "Break on Through"?
Trivia I know about her via Dave Marsh: she's from the same Texas town, Port Arthur, as Janis Joplin.
Man, she can sure bring it. Great voice and a rockin' guitarist to boot. I thought that first song was "What'd I Say"--which, essentially, it was. I'd guess the first clip was from the Mike Douglas show--didn't they use a lot of exclamation points in their stage sets?
And damned if she's not still alive--and playing! Per Wikipedia, she played Jazzfest in NOLa this year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lynn