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        FEBRUARY
17,
2011 - Rock n roll is full of female pioneers from JANIS
JOPLIN to GRACE SLICK to DEBBIE HARRY to PAT BENATAR but it was SUZI
QUATRO who proved for the very first time that a girl could sport
leather, strap on a bass and let the good times roll. QUATRO's fame
came about in an age when women in "rock" didn't quite rock as much as
they quietly and gently reflected on love and life - I'm talking about
the seventies of course. QUATRO's rock n roll swagger mixed with
legendary songwriter and producer MIKE CHAPMAN's divine pop
sensibility proved a potent mixture that brought QUATRO to the top of
the charts in the UK hit such monster hits as CAN THE CAN, 48 CRASH and
DEVIL GATE. Chart action Stateside would come around until 1980 with
'STUMBLIN IN' (a duet with CHRIS NORMAN) but before that, Americans
knew the leather clad rock chck best as LEATHER TUSCADERO on HAPPY
DAYS. So much credit is given to female guitar slingers such as JOAN
JETT and CHRISSIE HYNDE but it is
important to remember that it was QUATRO and her bad ass bass playing
that kicked the door down in the first place. Nearly forty
years after being discovered by producer MICKIE MOST, QUATRO
has teamed up with MIKE CHAPMAN once again for her forthcoming CD 'IN
THE SPOTLIGHT' where the grand dame of the rock n roll hook
reminds everyone of how real rock n roll is done.ADVERTiSEMENT:
  
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WWW.SUZiQUATRO.COM ABOUT THE HOST:  BRIAN
LUSH holds a BA in Creative Writing from the UNIVERSITY OF
NEW MEXICO. He established ROCKWIRED on New Years of 2004 and hasn’t
looked back
since. He is currently the host of all of ROCKWIRED.COM's programming
which includes such shows as ROCKWIRED RADIO PROFILES and ROCKWIRED
FREE FORM RADIO. As
program producer for ROCKWiRED.COM, LUSH is hands-on when it
comes to
interviewing and building a lasting rapport with the artists that come
ROCKWiRED’s
way. As a youngster, BRIAN LUSH had no idea what kind of seed was being
planted
by reading magazines such as HIT PARADE, HIGH TIMES, SPIN, REQUEST
(remember
that one?) and even ROLLING STONE.
“Those were the days before the internet and being a rock journalist
looked
like the coolest job imaginable.” says LUSH “But reading these
magazines had me
imagining that one day I’d be the artist giving all of the clever
answers to
some poor guy with a tape recorder. Well, life has a way of surprising
you.
Now, I’m the poor guy with the tape recorder and asking all of the
questions.”CONTACT BRiAN LUSH
AT: djlush@rockwired.com
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