I was working so very hard on my latest QMH show, on Lesbian
/ Feminist Bands of the 1970’s, that I forgot I had in my archives a rare video
of the Berkeley Women’s Music Collective. This is courtesy of the San Francisco
GLBT Historical Society, and is a rare look at a TV performance by some of our
music pioneers. I “date” this from circa 1975, derived by who was in the band.
All three songs are written by Susann Shanbaum, and would appear on their debut
album the next year. She sings the first two solo and then brings on stage to
help her on backups Nancy Henderson, Nancy Vogl and Jake Lampert. I know that
Nancy Henderson and Jake Lampert helped on the first album, recorded November
of 1975, and left the band immediately after. Jake left to join the band Bebe K’Roche.
I have to plug my latest show, as it’s a four-hour tribute
to several early bands, and includes five interviews, with members of the
Chicago & New Haven Women’s Liberation Rock Bands, the New Harmony
Sisterhood Band, and the Berkeley Women’s Music Collective.
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