Melody Clinger joins host Raina Douris

Melody Clinger led 3 of her sisters in the first rock and roll band where women played their own instruments. So why have so many of us never heard of The Clinger Sisters? On the World Cafe, as a part of the Sense of Place: Provo series, Melody talks about growing up just outside of Provo, Utah, before moving to LA with her family to pursue music and what it has been like as one of the unsung trailblazers in rock.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Michael Kiwanuka “I’m Getting Ready” Home Again

The Pretenders “Stop Your Sobbing” Pretenders

The Clingers “In Need of a Friend” The Clingers 1967 – 1971

The Clingers “Fly This Way to Heaven” The Clingers 1967 – 1971

Fess Parker “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” Fess Parker Star of the TV Series, “Daniel Boone” Sings About Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Abe Lincoln

The Osmond Brothers “I Can’t Stop” Flower Music 1967

The Clingers “Gonna Have a Good Time” The Clingers 1967 – 1971

The Clingers “Gonna Have a Good Time” The Clingers 1967 – 1971

The Clingers “Only You” The Clingers 1967 – 1971

Dusty Springfield “Son of a Preacher Man” Dusty in Memphis

Barbara Streisand “Hello Dolly” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Clingers “Nothing to Talk About Anymore” The Clingers 1967 – 1971

The Clingers “Mean It” The Clingers 1967 – 1971

The Clingers “Mean It” The Clingers 1967 – 1971

The Clingers “Mean It” The Clingers 1967 – 1971

Leonard Cohen “Leaving The Table” You Want It Darker

U2 “Until The End Of The World” Achtung Baby

Leonard Cohen “The Future” The Future

Say She She “Questions” Silver

Brittany Howard “What Now” What Now

Alabama Shakes “Gimme All Your Love” Sound & Color

Steely Dan “Only A Fool Would Say That” Can’t Buy A Thrill

The Specials “Rudy, A Message To You” The Specials

MGMT “Mother Nature” Loss of Life

Buffalo Springfield “I Am A Child” Retrospective

Hour Two
The Clash “The Magnificent Seven” Sandinista!

Stephen Sanchez “High” Angel Face

Joss Stone “Super Duper Love” The Soul Sessions

Lucy Dacus “Hot & Heavy” Home Video

Counting Crows “Rain King” August And Everything After

Spoon “Small Stakes” Kill The Moonlight

The Walkmen “In The New Year” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Ryan Bingham “South Side Of Heaven” Live at the World Cafe

St. Vincent “Los Ageless” Masseduction

Low Cut Connie “Are You Gonna Run?” Art Dealers

Low Cut Connie “Rio” Get Out the Lotion

Deeper “Glare” Careful!

Television “See No Evil” Marquee Moon

Waxahatchee “Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman)” Tigers Blood

Bob Dylan “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” John Wesley Harding