Barabara Dane via Wikipedia |
Heard Barbara Dane for the first time on the way home from work today. They picked exactly the right song to pique my interest:
Sounds like a fascinating life and career. A little embarrassed I didn't know about her 'til today. Hearing the now 83-year-old Dane describe her reaction to being told by a booking agent she couldn't sing in Las Vegas in front of a mixed race band was uplifting:
"They wouldn't go for having a white woman fronting a mixed band," Dane recalls. Her response to the agent's objections was frank, to say the least. "I just flat out said, 'F- - - you, Charlie Barnett!' And I turned around and walked right out."