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Artist
Alice Stuart
12+ albums
bluesfolkacousticcountryinspiring
about
Alice Stuart, folk singer, decided to become Alice Stuart, electric guitar player, during the several months she spent in the Frank Zappa blues band To this day, Alice’s fans are divided into two camps: her electric fans and her folk fans. But not unlike Bob Dylan, Alice Stuart has followed her own musical star, sometimes performing a folk song with her electric and sometimes going unplugged all together. Today her band, The Formerlys, represent a gathering of some of the mainstays in the Pacific Northwest music scene, and their latest CD, Freedom, reflects the genre defying blend of styles and influences which are the hallmark of Alice Stuart’s musical heritage. Alice Stuart began performing in Seattle in the early 60’s and quickly became one of the preeminent names in the local folk scene. In l964 Alice was introduced at the Berkeley Folk Festival and was warmly received into the company of many national folk luminaries, which as Joan Baez and Mississippi John Hurt. That same year, Arhoolie Records released All the Good Times, Alice’s first LP. Patty Hall, a writer, recalls seeing Alice perform and recalls, “To see a woman, only a few years older than ourselves, singing with such confidence and playing with such proficiency, was transforming.” Like Memphis Minnie in another time, Alice Stuart cut her own road following the songs and the performers she loved. : “ I loved classical music as a kid. I was also heavily influenced by Hank Snow, Hank Williams. Buddy
