Candye Kane
5-21-2016 (Sawtelle Room)
Seven time National Blues Awards Nominee Candye Kane has been called a survivor, a superhero and the toughest girl alive. A Los Angeles native, she is the 21st century version of Bessie Smith, singing a tough, smart, sassy and showbiz-savvy blend of blues and soul that takes no prisoners of any persuasion.
Kane has been a lot of things in her life, from a mother and serious student to a pinup girl, actress (both on-stage and in risqué, to say the least, movies) and cancer survivor. She’d be just another fringe player in L.A. except for one thing - she can sing like nobody’s business and she has a sexy, intelligent and passionate musical vision to match her voice.
Backed by her 27 year old Aries guitar slinger from Mountain View, California, Laura Chavez, who has been called "the next Stevie Ray Vaughn," Kane released their third CD together, "Coming Out Swingin’" in June 2013. Featuring thirteen songs, nine of them self penned as a team, and including enough string bending from Laura to satisfy any guitar geek, she wails, she swings, she jumps and boogies and she does it all with a medical journal in one hand and a guitar pick in the other. Kane is her no-holds-barred self, telling heart wrenching stories of pain and survival, lust and heartbreak. Still the sexual dynamo she was in the 80s, she now does it as a petite size 8 but has lost none of the barrelhouse belting that made her a Bessie Smith contender. It’s as if cancer has strengthened these two women, turning them into one powerhouse of guts and determination and one dynamic duo to be encountered, on and off the bandstand. Coming out Swingin -- indeed!
Seven time National Blues Awards Nominee Candye Kane has been called a survivor, a superhero and the toughest girl alive. A Los Angeles native, she is the 21st century version of Bessie Smith, singing a tough, smart, sassy and showbiz-savvy blend of blues and soul that takes no prisoners of any persuasion.
Kane has been a lot of things in her life, from a mother and serious student to a pinup girl, actress (both on-stage and in risqué, to say the least, movies) and cancer survivor. She’d be just another fringe player in L.A. except for one thing - she can sing like nobody’s business and she has a sexy, intelligent and passionate musical vision to match her voice.
Backed by her 27 year old Aries guitar slinger from Mountain View, California, Laura Chavez, who has been called "the next Stevie Ray Vaughn," Kane released their third CD together, "Coming Out Swingin’" in June 2013. Featuring thirteen songs, nine of them self penned as a team, and including enough string bending from Laura to satisfy any guitar geek, she wails, she swings, she jumps and boogies and she does it all with a medical journal in one hand and a guitar pick in the other. Kane is her no-holds-barred self, telling heart wrenching stories of pain and survival, lust and heartbreak. Still the sexual dynamo she was in the 80s, she now does it as a petite size 8 but has lost none of the barrelhouse belting that made her a Bessie Smith contender. It’s as if cancer has strengthened these two women, turning them into one powerhouse of guts and determination and one dynamic duo to be encountered, on and off the bandstand. Coming out Swingin -- indeed!