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Deadly Nightshade, an all-female group, has a whole melange of folksy/country bluesy
styles at its disposal and uses them correctly. ... With no label, they have been gigging around New York recently, following good reaction
from a WBAI-FM live radio broadcast. It must happen for them.
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LIVE WIRE
by Donnie Moorhouse
Long before there were supposed to be any all female rock bands, Pamela Robin Brandt had already been in two. From the ashes of Ariel, a
group that combined a handful of Smith and Mt. Holyoke college students, sprung The Deadly Nightshade...
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"Well, hello, Mr. Big -- remember me? You saw me for years, five days a week. I'm your secretary.
You called me Rosemary. And I called you -- Mr. Big."
The Deadly Nightshade sidles into the song -- sly, back-alley, side-street truckin' music with the
hint of burlesque gum-popping, hip-swaying strut and flounce...
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Last June 25, a trio called the Deadly Nightshade won itself a good number of fans by performing at Ms. magazine's second anniversary
party aboard a packed Hudson River ferry...
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"Though the group's career seems to have centered on New York, we always thought of the Deadly Nightshade as a Western
Massachusetts band. It's where the group got started, and band members seemed to be in and out of the always interesting Pioneer Valley music
scene. ...I have a vivid memory of seeing the Deadly Nightshade on television; and I believe I was actually introduced to the band's music
by its appearances on the national television broadcast, Sesame Street."
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