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 next World Cafe, 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.

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Today’s Playlist

Mazzy Star “Fade Into You” So Tonight That I Might See

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

Adele “Chasing Pavements” Live at the World Cafe

Kate Bush “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” Hounds Of Love

Blondie “Dreaming” Eat to the Beat

Fiona Apple “Better Version Of Me” Extraordinary Machine

Brandi Carlile “Throw It All Away” Brandi Carlile

Joni Mitchell “Coyote” Hejira

Allison Russell “Nightflyer” Outside Child

Joan Armatrading “Water With The Wine” Joan Armatrading

Hour Two
Patti Smith “People Have The Power” Dream Of Life

Mannequin Pussy “I Don’t Know You” I Got Heaven

Paramore “This Is Why” This Is Why

Mavis Staples “Change” We Get By

Nina Simone “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free” Silk & Soul

Amy Winehouse “Love Is A Losing Game” Back To Black

Sarah McLachlan “Good Enough” Live at the World Cafe

Lucinda Williams “Can’t Let Go” Live at the World Cafe

Bully “Days Move Slow” Lucky for You

Liz Phair “Supernova” Whip-Smart

The Breeders “Cannonball” Last Splash

Shania Twain “Man! I Feel Like A Woman” Come On Over

Jenny Lewis “Just One of the Guys” The Voyager

boygenius “Not Strong Enough” The Record

Brittany Howard “Prove It To You” What Now

The Last Dinner Party “Nothing Matters” Prelude to Ecstasy