And from who I also have a good part of their unique rock albums in my select vinyl records collection. It is well known that since the early 50s, 60s and 70s there were already Rock n' Roll bands made up of an all-female staff. However, it wasn't until the early '70s that all-female rock bands appeared that were groovy, funky and bluesy enough for me as to like them and encourage me to seek out, buy and collect their records.

These two excellent female rock bands that I am going to share with you today, for me, definitely had everything that all previous female rock bands lacked. A mature understanding of rock that made their rocker souls manifest itself in the most authentic, rebellious, wild and sylvan way of the seventies. And that didn't have much to envy to the most famous male rock bands of the moment. Pure hard groove folks.

I suppose it is also well known that the explosion in good rock bands with an all-female staff basically originated starting from the 80s. At a time when for me the true soul and spirit of rebellious, wild, swampy and hippy rock, that I like so much, had already been lost. In a decade in which Glam Rock was already beginning to prevail and which was a rock genre that I enjoyed much less. Since it always seemed to me that their musical proposals, from that moment on, responded more to the commercial interests of the record labels and not to the authentic spirit of Rock n' Roll.

But hey, these are just the impressions of an old hippy like me. From one old hippy who attended big festivals and massive live rock concerts that have made history.

I'm not trying to convince anyone nor do I expect anyone to agree with me. It's just that the rock that I really like is the one with strong and deep roots in Blues, Boogie, Funk and the most swampy and soulful Rock n' Roll. That rock with plenty of slide guitars, harmonicas, hammond organs, wild drums and wild percussion and vocals with that distinctive and unique flavor of the early 70s. What I call rock with true soul and feeling.

But it's okay. Let's leave the preamble until here and let's go directly to the presentation of my female guests for this

today:

Birtha Band:

Shele Pinizzotto: guitar, choirs
Rosemary Butler: bass, choirs
Sherry Hagler: keyboards, choirs
Olivia "Liver" Favela: drums & vocals

Fanny Band:

Jean Millington: bass, vocals
June Millington: guitar, vocals
Nickey Barclay: keyboards, vocals
Alice de Buhr: drums, vocals

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