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April
2003
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Ginni Clemmens
1936 - 2003 |
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In 1980 Ginni Clemmens produced the various artists album shown above, on her own label, Open Door Records. It was also released that same year on Folkways Records. Click on the image to see an enlargement of the back of the album, and pass your cursor over it to see the Folkways version.
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Playlist [airdate 4/28/03] Tribute
to Ginni Clemmens
Kinsey Sicks
Interview
Kinsey Sicks Medley: |
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Right, her 1981 album
(again on her Open Door label), called "Wild Women Don't Get The
Blues." It featured Margie Adam on piano on a Ginni Clemmens favorite,
"Solid Ground." Below is the sheet music for that song; click
on it to enlarge.
Click on the image above to see the LP insert for "Long Time Friends" and read her message to her fans
Above, from circa 1985, her button says "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues"
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Ginni Clemmens Discography Sing
A Rainbow & Other Children's Songs (Folkways 7637, 1965) Also appeared
on the LP "Gathering at the Earl of Old Town," (Dunwich
670, from 1970, below right) a various artists album usually listed
as a Steve Goodman LP, as it was his first appearance on vinyl. Ginni
has two songs on it, "Wild Women
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Her recording of "Solid Ground" from the "Wild Women..." album also appeared on the 1999 two-CD compilation, "High Risk: a Benefit of Chicago Lesbian Singers for LCCP." This benefits the Lesbian Community Cancer Project, and was produced by Outlines Newspaper. It features 37 singers and groups from the 70s, 80s & 90s, including Patricia Barber, Ellen Rosner, Linda Shear, Paula Walowitz, Stewed Tomatoes, Ripley Caine, Surrender Dorothy (Toni Armstrong Jr & Paula Walowitz and Laurie Lee Moses), Three Dollar Bill, Diane Laffey, Paula Berg and many more.
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Below, rare video of Ginni
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Artist Links: Yahoo
Message Groups
Many of recordings heard
on QMH can be purchased at Goldenrod Music and at
Poster for their Chicago concert |
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Above and left, the Kinsey Sicks at their Houston concert in January 2003; and below left, after the concert with Jimmy Carper and me. Jimmy is the producer of After Hours on KPFT and the person responsible (and to blame) for getting me into radio |
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Above, very rare shots of three
of the Kinseys out of drag. Can you pick which one is |
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