Hi all- Has anyone heard Ellen McIlwaine's new CD titled Spontaneous Combustion? I see she does a cover of Take Me to the River (Talking Heads). Just a little tidbit quote from the Ellen McIlwaine site:
Excerpt from an article by Patricia Robertson titled SLIP SLIDING AWAY from Avenue magazine, Dec. 2001: If she plays like a cosmic force, why isn't she a household name? Many female lead guitarists play brilliantly but remain obscure. "I can list a whole bunch of female guitarists nobody's ever heard of, like Joanna Connor and Jennifer Batten (who played with Jeff Beck and Michael Jackson). There are a few who have broken out like Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, and Chrissie Hynde, but many of us remain unnoticed." says McIlwaine. Does anyone think that Ellen is making a sound quote here? We have CD's by Joanna Connor but I haven't heard of Jennifer Batten. Is the music business still the same old sexist business it's always been? Heather - the naive np: Lost Horizon - Todd Rundgren
