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Subject: and for the girls
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In a message dated 11/27/01 11:10:41 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Scott Sheldon writes:


>  6.  An Historical Note: The idea of a singer/songwriter/performer is very
>  new. Until the Elvis/Beatles days, the songwriter did the writing, and the
>  singer did the singing

I loved reading Scott's post. Right on. For inspiring a lot of us women you
can blame Joni Mitchell. Of course there were other maverick females before
her, but she spoke to my generation in a way no one else did at that time.
With poetry, passion, and just plain good music.

Peace
Rachel Bissex

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