Los Angeles native Candye Kane sang a sassy and showbiz-savvy blend of
blues and soul that took no prisoners of any persuasion. Kane was a lot
of things in her life, from a mother and serious student to a pinup girl
and actress (both on-stage and in risqué movies), and she even did a
stint as a serious, full-tilt punk rocker. She would have been just
another fringe player in L.A. except for two things -- she could sing
like nobody's business and she had a sexy, intelligent, and passionate
musical vision to match her voice.
Born November 13, 1961 in Ventura, California, Kane spent her childhood,
a difficult one by her own account, in the Los Angeles suburb of
Highland Park, and music and theater were her passion and saving graces.
A pregnancy at 17 put her in financial trouble and she turned to
stripping to pay the bills, eventually appearing in dozens of videos
with titles like Bra Breakers and Big Busty. After a brief stint in
USC's junior opera program in 1976, she did a left turn into punk rock,
starting several country-punk bands in the early '80s, eventually coming
to the attention of CBS/Epic, who signed her to a developmental deal in
1985. The label figured they had a country singer on their hands, but
dropped Kane when her stripper past surfaced, although not before a
debut album, A Town South of Bakersfield, was released in 1986. Kane
moved on, relocated to San Diego, married, had another child, and
attended Palomar Community College, where she majored in women's
studies. She also worked hard on her songwriting, and after discovering
the recordings of classic women blues singers like Bessie Smith, Etta
James, Big Mama Thornton, and Big Maybelle, she also began to form a
vision of how she wanted to proceed as a singer and musician.
Kane self-released Burlesque Swing in 1991, and a year later in 1992 she
signed with Antone's Records, which resulted in a pair of albums,
1994's Home Cookin' and 1995's Knockout. Moving to Discovery Records,
Kane released Diva la Grande in 1997. Swango appeared from Sire/London a
year later in 1998, followed by the impressive The Toughest Girl Alive
on Rounder/Bullseye in 2000. Three albums with the German label Ruf
Records, Whole Lotta Love (2003), White Trash Girl (2005), and Guitar'd
and Feathered (2007), came next. In 2009 Kane signed with Delta Groove
Records, and Superhero appeared from the imprint that same year. With
her musical vision now firmly developed, Kane released a second album on
Delta Groove, the very impressive Sister Vagabond, a searing set of
blues and soul pieces, in 2011. Coming Out Swingin', featuring blues
guitar goddess Laura Chavez, was issued on her Sister Cynic label via
Vizztone in 2013. Sadly, Kane had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
in the late 2000s, and she continued to perform and record despite the
disease, which ultimately claimed her life on May 6, 2016. She was 54
years old.
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Candye Kane, nativa de Los Ángeles, cantó una mezcla de blues y soul
insolente y de gran éxito en el mundo del espectáculo que no tomó
prisioneros de ninguna persuasión. Kane fue muchas cosas en su vida,
desde madre y estudiante seria hasta chica de calendario y actriz (tanto
en el escenario como en películas de riesgo), e incluso hizo una
temporada como una seria rockera punk de gran estilo. Habría sido una
chica más en L.A. si no fuera por dos cosas: podía cantar como nadie y
tenía una visión musical sexy, inteligente y apasionada que encajaba con
su voz.
Nacida el 13 de noviembre de 1961 en Ventura, California, Kane pasó su
niñez, una niñez difícil por su propia cuenta, en el suburbio de
Highland Park en Los Ángeles, y la música y el teatro fueron su pasión y
sus gracias salvadoras. Un embarazo a los 17 años la puso en problemas
financieros y se dedicó a hacer striptease para pagar las facturas,
apareciendo finalmente en docenas de vídeos con títulos como Bra
Breakers y Big Busty. Después de una breve temporada en el programa de
ópera de la USC en 1976, dio un giro a la izquierda hacia el punk rock,
iniciando varias bandas de country-punk a principios de los 80, que
finalmente llamó la atención de la CBS/Epic, que le firmó un contrato de
desarrollo en 1985. La discográfica pensó que tenía una cantante
country en sus manos, pero abandonó a Kane cuando su pasado como
stripper salió a la luz, aunque no antes de que saliera su álbum debut, A
Town South of Bakersfield, en 1986. Kane siguió adelante, se trasladó a
San Diego, se casó, tuvo otro hijo y asistió al Palomar Community
College, donde se especializó en estudios de la mujer. También trabajó
duro en la composición de sus canciones y, tras descubrir las
grabaciones de cantantes clásicas de blues como Bessie Smith, Etta
James, Big Mama Thornton y Big Maybelle, también empezó a formarse una
visión de cómo quería proceder como cantante y músico.
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