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Get Lucky

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I have been a friend and afan of the Lascivious Biddies since 2001. They are fantastic, talented and fun musicians. The music is cocktail pop with a hint of country. Listen to "Get Lucky" to perk up your day!

First heard the "Biddies" on Adam Curry's Podcast "The Daily Source Code" at http://live.curry.com. Very fun!!! VERY FRESH!!! Thanks Adam for turning me on to the "Biddies"

Doug
http://www.clintanddoug.info

Saw them for the first time by accident at Rockwood Music Hall in Lower East Side, they played after a friend of mine had her CD release party. Very intertaining, saw them last night at Joe's Pub too. Andrew's Sisters harmonies, with 30s/40s style Jazz and little bit of country thrown in. Two of the girls are from Texas, so I naturally clicked. I highly recomend getting both though, or you'll miss out on some good ones.

The lascivious biddies describe themselves as cocktail pop, but I think of them as a nice mix of pop/jazz with just a hint of country. This is a wonderful CD, with some of their best songs including "Famous", "Intellectual" and "The Truck Song". The lyrics are hilarious, Lee Ann Westover is a great singer, and I love the intrumentals of the guitar, base and melodica. These girls are amazing, I heartily recommend them.

While attending a recent Jazz Education Conference someone suggested I check out a CD by a female group named "The Lascivious Biddies" cause they were "unique and offbeat". Well, I immediately checked out the definition of "lascivious" and found it to mean: "indecent; immoral; lecherous". Hmmm. And then I looked up "biddy" which is defined as: a bird that is still young. Sure sounded interesting. So I got their CD and, yep, the name fits - well at least in spirit.

The quartet of "young" women is out there to have fun and share it with their audience. Each came from a different background in jazz (pianist Deidre Rodman, guitarist Amanda Monaco), country and swing (lead vocalist Lee Ann Westover), or the Classical Music program at Julliard (bassist Saskia Lane). And the songs they write (along with covering a diverse group of songs from Lesley Gore's `60s hit "You Don't Own Me" to The Smith's "Ask". ) are as offbeat as their personalities. "Neighbor" is an off-kilter tribute to "the man in the sweater - Mr. (Fred) Rogers. Intellectual has all the feeling of a Sex and the City episode. The tone moves from country to swing to cabaret to just pure pop.

Okay, so they aren't really lecherous, immoral or indecent (no "parental advisory" labels here) but you have to admit the group's name is catchy and it sure got my attention. Check out this CD and they'll probably catch yours!

Steve Ramm "Anything Phonographic"