"Three Tune Thursday - Week 149" Birtha & Fanny, the first early all-girls groovy rock bands I liked.
And from who I also have a good part of their unique rock albums in my select vinyl records collection. It is well known that since the early 50s, 60s and 70s there were already Rock n' Roll bands made up of an all-female staff. However, it wasn't until the early '70s that all-female rock bands appeared that were groovy, funky and bluesy enough for me as to like them and encourage me to seek out, buy and collect their records.
These two excellent female rock bands that I am going to share with you today, for me, definitely had everything that all previous female rock bands lacked. A mature understanding of rock that made their rocker souls manifest itself in the most authentic, rebellious, wild and sylvan way of the seventies. And that didn't have much to envy to the most famous male rock bands of the moment. Pure hard groove folks.
I suppose it is also well known that the explosion in good rock bands with an all-female staff basically originated starting from the 80s. At a time when for me the true soul and spirit of rebellious, wild, swampy and hippy rock, that I like so much, had already been lost. In a decade in which Glam Rock was already beginning to prevail and which was a rock genre that I enjoyed much less. Since it always seemed to me that their musical proposals, from that moment on, responded more to the commercial interests of the record labels and not to the authentic spirit of Rock n' Roll.
But hey, these are just the impressions of an old hippy like me. From one old hippy who attended big festivals and massive live rock concerts that have made history.
I'm not trying to convince anyone nor do I expect anyone to agree with me. It's just that the rock that I really like is the one with strong and deep roots in Blues, Boogie, Funk and the most swampy and soulful Rock n' Roll. That rock with plenty of slide guitars, harmonicas, hammond organs, wild drums and wild percussion and vocals with that distinctive and unique flavor of the early 70s. What I call rock with true soul and feeling.
But it's okay. Let's leave the preamble until here and let's go directly to the presentation of my female guests for this Three Tune Thursday today:
Birtha Band:
Shele Pinizzotto: guitar, choirs
Rosemary Butler: bass, choirs
Sherry Hagler: keyboards, choirs
Olivia "Liver" Favela: drums & vocals
Fanny Band:
Jean Millington: bass, vocals
June Millington: guitar, vocals
Nickey Barclay: keyboards, vocals
Alice de Buhr: drums, vocals
And what we can do folks. The Bonus Track is just a sample to tell you that for me true rock today needs more poison. More sweat, swamp, feeling, soul, spirit and heart. That sweat, swamp, feeling, soul, spirit and heart, that for me, I'm afraid was left in a limbo at the end of the 70s. In both female and male Rock bands. And I would love it if one day soon it could be recovered so that you could notice the difference.
In the meantime, I only will try to share with you those that I lived and experienced closely during those old days. More than once with strange, obscure and underrated bands that you probably never heard of or knew about. But which I hope that once you know them and listen to them you will like them as much as I do.
Then, how you perceived and felt Birtha & Fanny? ¿Huh? If you liked them, let me know in the comments section. And if you didn't like them, well tell me too. That I still have a few more of these rarities out there. So... Until next week folks! 
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Sooo you say "All Female staffed Rock bands" brought the level of Rock down to meh levels. Darn women 😆 {a little joke from my side, obvously}
It happens too often that a music genre/style is getting too commercial. But I suppose this all has to do with scaling. More audience means easier and less 'extreme' sounds to attract the masses. That said, some of the earlier Rock legends perhaps are to your taste while they attract a larger crowd. Uhm, perhaps I was just 'stupid' when making the earlier remark 😆
How is you these days?
Still fighting the status quo here at HIVE? And perhaps outside of HIVE as well?
That's true. As soon as record labels and talent scouts stumbled upon the possibility of making tons of money with very good profits from a good artist with the potential to become a star. They never spared any effort in prostituting the artist as much as they could and turning everything they produced into an artificial commercial success. Too often, in this way murdering the true original soul and spirit of the music that emanated from these talents in the process.
Of course. And all that only has to do with making money and not necessarily with making good music with true soul and spirit. The record labels managed to convince many talents that this was a win-win relationship. And that scaling and making their musical creations a commercial hit was the only way to achieve success and crown their artistic aspirations. Even if this was to the detriment of the authentic original spirit of their music.
Exactly. And that was exactly how reggaeton was born. And nowadays it is taking over the world. };)
Fortunately, all those unhealthy maneuvers by record labels to prostitute music and turn it into their exclusive goose that lays golden eggs, only lasted until a couple of decades ago. And with the appearance of the internet and the emergence of new means and platforms to distribute and disseminate music, I think that little by little we are recovering much of that original soul and spirit that used to be present in the music of yesteryear. Although for the moment, we still will have to venture through the underground world to come across with such musical gems truly overflowing with the true soul, spirit and authenticity we crave. :)
I'm well brother. At least with good health and a fine sense of humor, which is what really matters.
Yep, still fighting with the brainless. And after more than two years fighting with them to implant them a new brain and having confirmed that they are incurable because they do not have space in their pinheads to place it. I've had no choice but to bring them to the surface and expose them to everyone sight every time they attack me to see if some pious soul finally helps them to rest in peace by giving them the last rites.
Always! outside of HIVE always. At my age, it's always too much fun to show people what they've never seen and teach them what they've never known.