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The Gretchen Phillips Connection In the rich Austin music scene there were many artists who recorded with Gretchen. This is an attempt to chronicle some of their musical endeavors. And it's very likely not a complete listing; please let me know what's missing. Note: many of the images have photos "behind" them if you pass your cursor over them |
Two Nice Girls: Laurie Freelove, Kathy Korniloff, Meg Hentges, Pam Barger, Gretchen Phillips |
Laurie Freelove "Fifty Words for
Snow" plus, had songs appearing on the CDs: "Manuel's Womens Festival Compilation I & II" (1997 & 1998) |
Kathy
Korniloff
"Guitarrorists,"
various artists "Early Stages"
- Therapy Sisters |
Meg Hentges "Tattoo Urge" on "It's
Finally Christmas" "Afterlaugh" "This Kind
of Love"/"Bob on the Waves" "Brompton's
Cocktail" |
Pam
Barger
Billy Tipton Memorial
Saxophone Quartet Billy Tipton Memorial
Saxophone Quartet - "Box" Note: they also had a 1992 release, "Saxhouse," but Pam was not listed on that CD Amy Denio - "Greatest
Hits" Craig Ross - "Dead
Spy Report" |
I've also read, but have not been able to verify, that she was a member of Pretty Mary Sunshine (A&M), and has recorded with Nona Hendryx and Michael Blaire |
Girls In The Nose (1990): Kay Turner, Betsy Peterson, Joanna Labow, Darcee Douglas, Pam Barger, Gretchen Phillips |
Kay Turner While I could not find any solo guest appearances by her on recordings, I did find that she has become a prolific author/editor: "I Dream of Madonna: Women's Dreams of the Goddess of Pop" (1993) "Dear Sappho: A Legacy of Lesbian Love Letters" (1996) "Beautiful Necessity: The Art and Meaning of Women's Altars" (1999) "Baby Precious Always Shines: Selected Love Notes Between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas" (2000)
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Darcee Douglas In addition to being in Lord Douglas Phillips, she was a founding member of "Swine King", an amazing band fronted by Randy "Biscuit" Turner, who died suddenly on August 16, 2005. Swine King: and she was a sometimes member of Raunchy Reckless & the Amazons, an Austin band, who released a demo CD called "Out for Ambrosia" in 2000, and it was later issued as a 6-song CD called "I Texas Rock & Roll," with such fun titles as "Dyke Hag," "Manchest," and "WWXD," where the X of course stands for Xena. More, at this site. http://www.io.com/~raunchy/main.htm |
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Note: My internet research did not reveal for Betsy Peterson or Joanna Labow any solo CDs or guest appearances on other recordings. |
Girls In The Nose (1992): Kay Turner, Joanna Labow, Jean DuSablon, Darby Smotherman, MJ Torrance, Lisa Wickware |
This was the line-up for their 1992 release "Origin of the World" (see discography page) and as a group their song "Does God Have Us By the Twat or What?" appeared on the various artists tribute album "Across the Great Divide: Songs of Jo Carol Pierce" (Deja Disc 3203, 1992) |
Darby Smotherman I could not find any solo guest spots by Darby but I did find that she has "joined the circus"...see website article about her |
Lisa
Wickware on "Afterlaugh"
- Meg Hentges Lisa has been in a number of bands, most of which I do not think have had releases, including recently, the Swamp Girls. Her album with the group Handful was released in 1999,and contained the song "2 Nice Girls," in partial tribute, I've read. |
above
left, Handful, and to the right a 1998 poster for them...note |
Jean DuSablon Lynzi Wildheart
& the Amazon Range Riders Lynzi Wildheart
& the Amazon Range Riders on "Some
Folks" - Rebecca Riots on "Live
at the Freight & Salvage" - Rebecca Riots While not an official member of Rebecca Riots (who were Andrea Prichett, Eve Decker & Lisa Zeiler), Jean played bass on both the above recordings. She was not on their 2000 CD "Gardener," and I do not know if she was on their other two releases: "Rebecca Riots" (1995) and "Just As Sure" (2004) on "Over
the Underpass" - Helen Chaya on "Groovy
Judy" - Groovy Judy |
I've also read she has worked with J Byrd Hosch and her band |
MJ
Torrance website "MJ Torrance" "Bozeman
Acoustic Project" "Sparks from
a Live Wire" "Beside Ourselves" " Here to Here" - 2004 |
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Girls In The Nose, on a comp "Where's My Pony? X-Mas in Austin, 1991" Not quite sure where else to list this one, as it's a use of a GITN track (not involving Gretchen) on a various artists comp. The track used is "More Madonna, Less Jesus," which was from the "Origin of the World" release. Note that Terri Lord's also on this one, with "The Immaculate Deception (Mary Ain't a Virgin)." |
Gretchen Phillips Xperience & Gretchen Phillips Ministries: Jo Walston, Andy Loomis, & Gretchen |
Jo
Walston webpage about her Joan of Arkansas with Meat Purveyors: "Sweet In
The Pants" "More Songs
About Buildings and Cows" "All Relationships
Are Doomed To Fail" "Pain by
Numbers" on VA "Making
Singles, Drinking Doubles" |
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Andy
Loomis
Google says he's
played with Craig Ross, but I do not know if that means he recorded
with him, or if he happens to be on the same album, "Dead Spy Report,"
as Pam Barger (above). Note: Walston and Loomis are straight |
Lord Douglas Phillips: Terri Lord, Darcee Douglas, Gretchen Phillips |
Terri
Lord in Sincola: "Sincola" "What the
Nothinghead Said" "Crash Landing
in Teen Heaven" |
they also released several 45s and CD EPs |
and, see "Where's My Pony," above |
Phillips & Driver: Gretchen Phillips and David Driver |
David
Driver webpage about him in Meow - "Goalie
For The Other Team) in the original cast
of "Rent" David Driver Quartet on "Fire at Keaton's
Bar & Grill" |
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And....I found these informative paragraphs about David on the net: Driver has also performed in and created music for theater projects. He was in the original Broadway company of "Rent," as well as the La Jolla Playhouse / Streisand Festival production of Frank Londons "Bei Nacht" and Theatreworks USA's production of "Romeo and Juliet." He recently appeared in the new rock opera "People Are Wrong!" at Off Broadways Vineyard Theater. His work has been heard on NPR's "All Things Considered" as well as Vin Scelsa's "Idiot's Delight" on WNEW-FM and "CityFolk" on WFUV-FM in New York. He can often be heard on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart singing "Pride Of America," the show's closing theme. Driver is currently appearing alongside Deborah Harry, Elvis Costello, ex-Psychedelic Fur Richard Butler, jazz veteran Nancy King, and other luminaries on Fire at Keatons Bar and Grill, (Six Degrees Records) chief Jazz Passenger Roy Nathansons music theater piece/concept album. The live performance played to sell-out crowds at its debut at The Arts at St. Ann's in Brooklyn, and continues to tour Europe and America. |
Miscellaneous: cover versions of "Last $10" appear on these two recordings... |
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Women
In Comfortable Shoes - "Sole Searching" (Mustapuu Music, 1992) Rebekah Florence
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please let me know if there are other recordings of "I Spent My Last $10 on Birth Control & Beer" |