The Rebecca Riots were a series of protests in Wales in the
1840’s by local farmers and workers against unfair taxation, and the rioters
were often men dressed as women. But for this blog, the Rebecca Riots were a
band, and they billed themselves as a “radical folk” trio. Band members Andrea
Prichett, Lisa Zeiler and Eve Decker released five CDs between 1995 and 2004,
and toured the country, mostly concentrating near their home town of Berkeley,
California. On their CDs and in their stage act they dealt with a variety of
social causes, like any good “radical folk” act should do.
As I produce a show called Queer Music Heritage, you might
expect that I love to honor the work of artists & musicians who did great
work, but just did not, in my opinion, get the credit or exposure they
deserved. Rebecca Riots fit that description. They did excellent work but as
there are only a handful of amateur videos on Youtube I decided to create my
own. It covers their recording career, with one song from each CD and ending
with a unreleased single from 2008, “A Thousand Hands (Wedding Song 08),” which
was a response to California’s Proposition 8.
They no longer have a dedicated website, but several recent
songs can be heard on their MySpace Page, at http://www.myspace.com/rebeccariotsmusic.
Some of their releases can be found on such sites as CDbaby and Amazon.
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