Lollipop Lounge: Memoirs Of A Rock ‘n’ Roll Refugee

Hmmm, this does sound interesting. She produced "Sonic Reducer" for the Dead Boys...I vaguely recall listening to an lp of hers at the college radio station I dj'd at way back when...

Here's a pr blurb I found on google:
Holocaust survivor, trailblazing perfomer, pioneer producer, and hell-raising iconoclast, Genya Ravan takes readers on an unforgettable ride through a 40-year career in music. From the highs of being the lead singer in Goldie & the Gingerbreads, the first self-contained all-female band; touring Europe with the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, and the Hollies; and working as the first female producer hired by a major record label, to the lows of harrowing recoveries from alcoholism, drug addiction, and cancer, Genya Ravan lived the rock and roll lifestyle to the hilt, barely surviving to tell the tale. Brutally honest, hysterically funny, and ultimately inspirational, Ravan tells her story as only she could.

I'm so glad to see Genya Ravan mentioned here. I'm not connected to her publicity group or project in any way shape or form. I ain't boasting, but I was privilged to read a galley proof of The Lollipop Lounge. Her life. That pr blurb is right on: Genya Ravan is brutally honest and brutally funny!

It's a slice of life you don't often see or hear about. From the Nazi concentration camps in Poland to New York City´s CBGB´s,
Genya Ravan´s is not your usual rock star histoire.

This is a true life story of a sassy, bold survivor making her way among the good, the bad, the downright evil, and the sleazy. She's still around, too, to tell the tale!

I can heartily recommend Genya Ravan´s memoirs (and, yes, darlings, that's pronounced "mem wah".)

What's more, I'll recommend it anytime to anyone anywhere interested in any part of life -- let's even say the music biz. I'll recommend it to anyone interested in any way in the music biz: especially to women interested in the music biz and men interested in the music biz. And everyone else, too. Get a couple of friends together and get a copy to share.

How's that?

Barbara Flaska

ps to dj steve-k: check her website, one of her early solo albums "And I Mean It" is finally re-released in CD format.

I like me the sound of yer testimonial, Bflaska!

Thanks, Ned ... And I Mean It!