Maybe not exactly influences, but I am totally into... al green, amyl justin, andrews sisters, anita baker, anita suhanin, ann peebles, annie ross, aretha franklin, art pepper, betty carter, big band, big mama thornton, bill small, bill withers, blackalicious, blood sweat and tears, bob dorough, bob florence, bob mould, bonerama, booty vortex, boswell sisters, brand new heavies, brent carter, brian setzer, brides of funkenstein, cameo, chaka khan, charlie parker, chucklehead,
confunkshun, corey harris, count basie, crowded house, david garibaldi,
dc talk, denise lasalle, dennis
brennan, diana krall, diane schuur, dianne reeves, dirty dozen brass
band, duke ellington, dwight ritcher, e. c. scott, earth wind and fire, eddie
jefferson, eddie palmieri, ella fitzgerald, elvis costello, etta james, fink fank funk, foo
fighters, francine reed, funkadelic, galactic, gap band, george clinton,
gerry mulligan, gladys knight, groovasaurus, helen humes, horn sections, hot tamale brass band, india.arie, irma thomas, issac delgado, james brown, jamiroquai, jeff galindo, jill scott, jimmy bosch, joe jackson, joe williams, john aruda, john coltrane, johnny adams, jon hendricks, joyce kennedy, julia lee, julie london, katie webster, keali'i reichel, keb mo, kenny neal, kevin mahogany, kit holliday, labelle, lambert
hendricks and ross, lauryn hill, lil johnson, liz nickrenz, lou rawls, louis
armstrong, louis jordan, louis prima, lovely, lyle lovett, machito, macy gray, mahalia jackson, manhattan transfer, marc anthony, marvin gaye, matthew stubbs band, mavis staples, mc 900 foot jesus, me'shell ndegeocello, melonie daniels, mel torme, memphis minnie, michael franti, mighty clouds of joy, mighty sam mcclain, miles davis, miss tess, nat king cole, n'dea davenport, ohio players, olga tanon, parlet, parliament, poncho sanchez, prince, random house of soul, rebirth brass band, rickie lee jones, ricky "king" russell, rippopotamus, ruben blades, ruth brown, ryan hartt & the blue hearts, sam cooke, sarah vaughan, sax gordon, scott shetler, sister rosetta tharpe, solomon burke, spearhead, squeeze, steely dan, stevie wonder, sublime, sugar ray, superhoney, taj mahal, take 6, tal bachman, teena marie, the bar-kays, the jethros, the meters, the time, the velvet fog, thomas dolby, tim gearan, tito puente, tito rojas, todd rundgren, tom waits, tower of power, tuck and patti, victoria spivey,
vocalese, walter "wolfman" washington, willie colon, wilson pickett, xtc, yes virginia.
Sounds Like
According to many inebriated people in the clubs, Janis Joplin, Susan Tedeschi, and Bonnie Raitt. However, none of that is actually true, it's just the booze filter (beer muffs?). I've had one reference each to Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Big Mama Thornton, and (!!!!!) Gladys Knight. More likely than any of the first three, but I'm still not entirely buying it.
Kit loves to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a.
She was voted Outstanding Female Vocalist in the 2005 Blues Audience Readers Poll, and also won the 2003 Boston Blues Challenge while singing with The Matthew Stubbs Band, a blues/swing group local to Boston. In 2004, Kit and the MSB travelled to Memphis to bring home third place in the International Blues Challenge.
For the past year, Kit has sung and travelled with Ricky "King" Russell, and these days pretty much sings with anybody who asks her.
Although much of this page is devoted to the blues, Kit has recently been seen lending her butt-shaking skills to the disco funk outfit Booty Vortex, operating under the alias Ginger Snap. If you see her in shiny spandex or (*shudder*) wearing colors, please pretend not to notice.
Warning: Kit Holliday has recently been diagnosed with a rare medical condition, the primary symptom of which is unhealthy interest in trombone music. No known cure exists at this time, but scientists believe that the condition is not contagious, and masks or HEPA filters are not required.
Note: If you would like to contact someone to book Kit Holliday appearances, please do so via direct email, available at http://www.chicksinga.com. MySpace message delivery is not reliable enough to be a professional contact method.
Additional Note: Sites about only one thing are tedious, so here's some other trivia: Kit likes motorbikes and racing just as much as she likes trombones. We'll keep you up to date on the budding whitewater fascination.
Greetings from the rock and roll hall of fame city: Cleveland OH
Thanks for the add,great stuff, btw! I am a blues/jazz/rock musician, currently #1 in Jazz and #2 in Blues for the state of OH, and looking to climb. Please check out my mp3s and comment/rate them if you like
Hello Kit, Hope you are doing well. Blues Detour is now 'live' and taking artist CD submissions. Please check us out and we'll save some shelf space for ya' ;)
NEW ENGLAND MUSIC SCRAPBOOK NEWSLETTER DEC 14,2008
GLENN EVANS Of the Hodaddys
"Longtime Boston drummer GLENN EVANS has played with jon butcher, johanna wild, jeanne french, the estes boys, ric ocasek & ben orr, andy pratt, pf & the flyers ET AL. Now living in Florida, Glenn has a new CD out by his surf instrumental group, 'HODADDYS,' on the MAD TIKI label. Please go to hodaddys.com for info, or just 'keyword' HODADDYS."
-- Hodaddys.com, "Boston Drummer Glenn Evans' New CD," December 8, 2007
Good Lord Miss Lady! Not only can you ride the hell out of a motorcycle, you can throw down some sweet notes... 4 years of a quick. hello and a smile, I had no idea. Absolute Goddess... Have a safe off season...
Hello Kit! You do have a lovely voice, my friend! Beautiful music - it sounds so good to me! Thank you for being my friend!!! All the best from Sweden/Zelma
