I own the Sweetback Sisters Chicken Cd and enjoy it. Tell her good work. John
On Oct 6, 9:43 am, Val Mindel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmmm .... creepy? I've worked with my daughter (Emily Miller) since > she was 15 (she's 27 now). Mostly we teach harmony singing and do the > odd weekend workshop together as well as sporadic house concerts > (Emily, her boyfriend Jesse Milnes and I are in Ottawa on Thursday if > anyone is interested). It's tricky sometimes, family dynamics being > what they are, but I wouldn't call it creepy. I don't think of her as > family so much as a really great singer who is fun to sing with and > who has an impeccable sense of harmony. And she and her band (the > Sweetback Sisters) do appear to be making waves. She's a good fiddler > and guitar player, but I can't say that's down to my making her > practice, which I never did. More likely it's because she was drawn to > the music and has spent lots of time playing and hanging out with > great musicians, and she's heard it all her life. I think the whole > family did do a few gigs when we were in Asia as a "family band" but > that was more to fulfill a specific need for an organizer. Getting > teens (or husbands) to practice for something like that is way too > much trouble. > But despite the DNA connections in my musical life, I know what you > mean. It's difficult to witness the "stage parent" syndrome. I've > taught fiddle and some guitar as well as singing, but I don't teach > kids unless they are old enough to approach me themselves for lessons, > and I keep the parents out of it entirely. But if we discarded the > notion of families playing (and performing) together we'd be shutting > off a huge part of traditional music ... in my view, of course. > > On Oct 5, 1:31 pm, Don Grieser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The recent article on the cafe about a family band got me thinking: > > Anybody else find the whole family band thing kinda' creepy. All of > > them I've seen have through the years always brought out the feeling > > that something's not quite right with them--no matter how wholesome > > they seem. Maybe it's just me....- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
