Four Bitchin' Babes
The artists have made numerous albums and have worked with producer Jeff Bova.
HistoryChristine Lavin founded the band in 1990.[2] She produced the compilation album On a Winter's Night, then put together a road show of the artists who appeared on it: Patty Larkin, Megon McDonough, Sally Fingerett, and Lavin. The foursome toured throughout the United States, after which Lavin decided to create a live album of their performance at The Birchmere entitled Buy Me, Bring Me, Take Me, Don't Mess My Hair, released on Rounder Records in 1990.[1] Larkin then signed with Mary Travers. In 1994, Debi Smith replaced Julie Gold, and they released their third album Fax It, Charge It, Don't Ask Me What's For Dinner in 1995 on Shanachie Records .
In 1997, Lavin chose Deirdre Flint . In 2006, they toured for their CD "Hormonal Imbalance: A Mood Swinging Musical Revue".
As of June 2022, the Four Bitch' Babes are touring, including a stop at The Birchmere, where they recorded their first album and see as an "unofficial home base".[3] It may be their last formal tour and Smith, one of the co-leaders, says "We are winding it down".[1] There have been eleven different members (not counting guest or touring "Babes"), with the Four Bitchin' Babes currently consisting of Sally Fingerett, Deirdre Flint, Christine Lavin, and Debi Smith. Only Fingerett has been a member for their entire history.[1][3] SongwritingTypically, the Babes' albums consist of songs written by the individual members, all of whom have or have had solo careers as well. Songs appearing on their albums, such as "Microwave Life" (by McDonough), "B.O.B. (Battery-Operated Boyfriend)" and "L.A.F.F. (Ladies Against Fanny Floss)" (by West), and "Don't Mess With Me (I'm Somebody's Mother)" (by Fingerett), satirize modern life, especially from a mature female perspective.[3] Deirdre Flint
Deirdre Flint is an American folk-rock singer-songwriter. A former elementary school teacher, she joined Four Bitchin' Babes in 2005.
Her music has appeared on the Billboard Magazine,[5] which called her "Shuffleboard Queens" album, "grown-up satire with a non-cynical wink".
Awards and honorsFlint won the New Folk songwriting prize at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 2000, and was Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Showcase Artist that same year. Discography
Deirdre Flint discography
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