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Two Lesbian Music Pioneers Casse Culver and Therese Edell |
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Playlist (airdate November 22, 2004) Therese Edell - Good Friends Are The Best
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Casse
Culver
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Above, from Paid My Dues magazine, pic of Casse at the National Radical Feminist Conference, in 1975; below, two pics from the back of her album
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Left, Casse Culver's "Three Gypsies" album from 1976, and above, pic from album inner sleeve
Above, Casse Culver, Boden Sandstrom and Margie Adam working on the "Three Gypsies" album; below, the rare 45 rpm record of Casse's song about Anita Bryant
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Above left, recent pic of Casse
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Dykes In A Truck
For her "Three Gypsies" recording session, Casse Culver assembled a who's who of early women's music Click for additiional Casse Culver photos, song lyrics and more! |
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Interview Comments By:
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Therese
Edell
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"From Women's Faces" was issued with two different jackets. The original is at the left and by passing your mouse over it you can see the slightly changed second cover. The back cover was completely changed for the second version.
Above left is a favorite photo, showing (left to right) Betsy Lippitt, Teresa Boykin, and Therese Edell. Teresa is Theresa's long-time partner. To the right is an ad for the album from Paid My Dues, Winter 1978. Below are the pics accompanying an interview in Paid My Dues, Spring 1978.
Therese Edell: "Women's music is...Let's see. Damn. Music made by women that makes other women feel like they are strong human beings in their own right." (from an interview in "Paid My Dues," 1978)
Above left, with Holly Near, and at right, with Kate Clinton at the 1986 Michigan Women's Music Festival
In 1999, with the assistance of Ladyslipper Music, "From Women's Faces" was reissed on CD. I wish it would have been a two disc-set, as only 6 of the original 12 songs were present, although 7 new songs were added...some treasures are missing, but new treasures are found. In 1990 to honor her 40th birthday a gala concert was held in Cincinnati. You'd have to call gala an event that featured the Cincinnati Women's Choir (Muse) and the Atlanta Feminist Women's Choir, along with special guests Betsy Lippitt, Sue Fink, Deidre McCalla, Louise Anderson, Annie Dinerman, Kay Gardner, and others. Therese solos on one verse of an approprite closing song "O My Friends." The CD features seven more of Therese's songs not previously recorded, including a piece originally commissioned for Musica Femina.
Betsy Lippitt Below, Betsy Lippitt toured with Therese for years, and appeared on her album. Betsy release her won album in 1987, which included the tribute song "For Therese," which she reprised as part of the 1990 concert.
Click for additiional Therese Edell photos, song lyrics, song list, and more!
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Music
by many of the artists heard on QMH can be found at
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Barbara
(Boo) Price Alix
Dobkin Jamie
Anderson 
