Fanny

Description

It is difficult to overstate the importance of Fanny's self-titled debut album in 1970. For the first time, a group of women (sisters June and Jean Millington, Alice De Buhr, and Nickey Barclay) wrote and sang their own songs, played their own instruments, and, perhaps most importantly, grooved as hard as any male band. And, as the first all-female group signed to a major label (Reprise) with superstar producer Richard Perry on board, these four women may have become the biggest "buzz band" in L.A., landing repeated bookings at the Whisky-a-Go-Go in front of a who's who of rock celebrity. Fanny became the benchmark for generations of female rockers that followed, from Joan Jett to Girlschool to Courtney Love and beyond. They were truly the godmothers of Chick Rock.