Frank Zappa & Bianca Thornton Odin - Live Boston, 1976

Описание: ( Boston, 1976 )
1. 0000- You Didn't Try To Call Me
2. 06:38- Tities & Beer
3. 12:35- Black Napkins
4. 30:09- Advance Romance
5. 42:36- Torture Never Stops
6. 54:18- Dinah Moe Hum
7. 01:01:22- The Muffin Man
8. 01:05:22- City Of Tiny Lites
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Bianca Thornton was born in Kansas City, Missouri on 8th August 1953 and was the oldest of two sisters and a brother. She learned the art of playing Blues at a very young age by listening to her father, who was always singing and playing Blues, although he claimed it was Gospel music.
At the age of 17 Bianca’s first paying gig was with Quinn Harris and the Masterminds. Quinn was a San Francisco saxophonist and keyboardist and they performed as a side attraction at the Brass Rail in Sunnyvale. It was Quinn Harris who first gave Bianca the name Lady Bianca as she was so pure and conservative.
It was also with Quinn Harris and the Masterminds that Bianca made her recording debut in 1970 on the Reynolds Records LP “All in the Soul”. This features 2 tracks written and performed by Bianca titled “Stop! Telling Me Lies” and “We Got To Live Together”. These were also released as a single on Reynolds Records.
Her first major performance was in 1972 at the San Francisco production of singer Jon Hendricks' revue Evolution of the Blues. In that acclaimed show, she sang "Good Morning Heartache" and "God Bless the Child" and eloquently captured the spirit and essence of Billie Holiday.
Throughout the mid-70’s she appeared with a series of bands at Big Al’s and other topless nightclubs along San Francisco’s Broadway Strip.
The house bands included many locally well known Bay Area R & B musicians including guitarist Lloyd Gregory and Eugene Blacknell, drummer Bobby Cochran and bassist Henry Oden who was later to become her husband for 15 years. Throughout much of this period they worked together in the Top 40 clubs and blues joints in the San Francisco Bay Area.
At this time Bianca was doing backing vocals for Jon Hendricks and the gay disco diva Sylvester, who she says is where she got her style of dressing from.
Bianca was then invited to tour as a backing vocalist and pianist for Sly & the Family Stone for a year, unfortunately this was towards the end of his successful career. During this time they released one LP “Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I’m Back”.
In late 1976 she was invited by Frank Zappa to tour with him as a backing vocalist and pianist but this only lasted a month as Bianca felt uncomfortable singing some of his highly sexual lyrics. Bianca’s is featured on “Wind Up Workin’ in a Gas Station” from the Rykodisc Cd “You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6”. Other performances can be found on various Zappa bootlegs.
During this same year Bianca was featured on Lp by the San Francisco Medicine Ball titled “Slowboat To China” on Real Turkey Records singing “America The Beautiful”.
When she wasn’t away touring or performing in and around the Bay Area with her husband Henry Oden, she was in the studio recording backing vocals for artists such as Lee Oskar, Merle Haggard and Taj Mahal. She also could be heard on some of the California Raisins commercials and did voice-overs for Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theater. ( Phillysax, 2009 )