Every woman has a past. Genya Ravan’s is just more checkered than most. Back when she was Goldie Zelkowitz, she led Goldie & the Gingerbreads, a swinging ’60s girl group that reportedly held their own on tour with the Rolling Stones — on stage and off, if not on the charts. She sang in the jazz-fusion combo Ten Wheel Drive, produced the Dead Boys’ punk classic Young Loud and Snotty, released a clutch of solo rock records and even made a high-profile hip-hop cameo. (That’s her wailing on Jay-Z’s “Oh My God,” in a sample from her 1974 cover of the Allman Brothers’ “Whipping Post.”) After a lengthy detour through addiction and cancer, she’s spent the last few years strolling down memory lane. Her memoir Lollipop Lounge is a dishy read, but last year’s genre-spanning Cheesecake Girl puts her singular voice to good use by turning her tales into tunes.
Tue., Feb. 26, 8 p.m., $16, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
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Genya Ravan
Every woman has a past. Genya Ravan's is just more checkered than most.
Genya Ravan
Tue., Feb. 26, 8 p.m., $16, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St.
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