Forgive me for not remembering the actual title of this topic started by s3raphita, and for being too lazy to look it up. I did click on some of the video links, and it was fun remembering back to seeing some of these wonderful women perform live. Here are a few more that folks here might not be aware of.
Mother Earth <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Earth_%28band%29> Tracy Nelson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Nelson_%28singer%29> , the lead singer of this California band, was a phenomenon. I got to see her perform this song live many times before she died far too young, and the memory of those performances still shines brightly in my mind: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ8RaqDuUik> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ8RaqDuUik <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ8RaqDuUik> The Loading Zone <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loading_Zone> This one even has a TM connection, because one of the members was Paul Fauerso. And while it was great to see Paul perform non-TM-oriented music (downright East Bay Funk, truth be told), the real strength of the band was its lead singer, Linda Tillery <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Tillery> . She went on to perform and become locally famous as Sweet Linda Divine. Here's one of her songs from the Loading Zone period: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PHOVyDGUV8> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PHOVyDGUV8 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PHOVyDGUV8> Fairport Convention <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairport_Convention> This one's an English band, but I associate it with Californica because that's where I was living when I discovered it. Like Tracy Nelson, Sandy Denny <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Denny> died too young, and we were deprived of where she would have gone, be it with the phenomenal Fairport Convention or solo. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8_eFRZP1uQ> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8_eFRZP1uQ <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8_eFRZP1uQ>
