"Growing up in 1960s Los Angeles half a block from the influential Troubadour night club where future rock 'n' roll legends honed their chops, Pamela Rose had a front-row seat to some of the era's most influential women singer-songwriters, including Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro. Though she was just 13 years old, the club let her and other teens attend concerts where up until then the music being played had been little more than the "vague background music of my older sisters," says Rose."
"Because of the experience, the San Francisco-based singer and writer specializing in shows featuring music produced by women, says she's "always been in awe of a really well written song." To show her appreciation of the prolific female singer-songwriters of the 1960s, Rose's latest show, "Pamela Rose's Wild Women of the Sixties!" debuts Saturday evening at Alameda's Rhythmix Cultural Works."
"Rose says most were just hard-working, unassuming professional songwriters going to work in cars or on the subway, lunchbox in hand, cranking out hits at song factories. King, who had a child at 17, would bring her baby to her cubicle at Aldon Music (across the street from New York City's storied Brill Building). Being the pre-women's-lib 1960s, some may have also expected her to have dinner ready for her co-writing partner and husband, Gerry Goffin, when he returned home."
Pamela Rose grew up in 1960s Los Angeles half a block from the Troubadour nightclub and observed influential women singer-songwriters such as Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro. She attended concerts as a 13-year-old and developed a lasting appreciation for well-written songs. Rose now specializes in shows featuring music produced by women and created "Pamela Rose's Wild Women of the Sixties!" which debuts at Alameda's Rhythmix Cultural Works. The era combined a brief phenomenon of performers onstage with a workforce of professional songwriters who wrote hits in Brill Building–style song factories, exemplified by Carole King and Gerry Goffin's prolific output.
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