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cayugafalls

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Sat Jan 16, 2021, 12:54 AM Jan 2021

Fanny on the Beat Club

In 1999, a fan wrote a letter to Rolling Stone. He was advocating for one of his favorite bands.

He wrote: “One of the most important female bands in American rock has been buried without a trace. And that is Fanny. They were one of the finest fucking rock bands of their time, in about 1973. They were extraordinary: They wrote everything, they played like motherfuckers, they were just colossal and wonderful, and nobody’s ever mentioned them. They’re as important as anybody else who’s ever been, ever; it just wasn’t their time. Revivify Fanny. And I will feel that my work is done.”

That fan was David Bowie. And he’s talking about a band formed by June and Jean Millington.

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Fanny on the Beat Club (Original Post) cayugafalls Jan 2021 OP
Phenomenal! Catcar Jan 2021 #1
They made a guest appearance on Keith Moon's album Cartoonist Jan 2021 #2
Man, that is a dusty memory you brought back...Merv had some greats on. cayugafalls Jan 2021 #3
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