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Kathy Valentine (the Bluebonnets, the Go-Go’s) Talks Guided by Voices’ Motivational Jumpsuit

By Kathy Valentine | February 18, 2014

By Kathy Valentine | February 18, 2014

Kathy Valentine (the Bluebonnets, the Go-Go’s) Talks Guided by Voices’ Motivational Jumpsuit

Taking into account the nearly 30 Guided by Voices records and his equally extensive solo work, one can safely assume that Robert Pollard has...

Kathy Valentine (the Go-Go’s, the BlueBonnets) Talks Haim’s Days Are Gone

By Kathy Valentine | October 1, 2013

By Kathy Valentine | October 1, 2013

Kathy Valentine (the Go-Go’s, the BlueBonnets) Talks Haim’s Days Are Gone

Full disclosure: I am partial to the female musician. I don’t qualify for “GBG” status — those individuals known to us in lady bands as the...

Kathy Valentine (the Go-Go’s, the BlueBonnets) Talks Blue October’s Sway

By Kathy Valentine | August 13, 2013

By Kathy Valentine | August 13, 2013

Kathy Valentine (the Go-Go’s, the BlueBonnets) Talks Blue October’s Sway

The first time music made me cry, it was because of the sheer melodic and soulful beauty of what I was listening to, not because the lyrics were...

Kathy Valentine (the BlueBonnets, Go-Go’s) Talks Queens of the Stone Age’s …Like Clockwork

By Kathy Valentine | June 4, 2013

By Kathy Valentine | June 4, 2013

Kathy Valentine (the BlueBonnets, Go-Go’s) Talks Queens of the Stone Age’s …Like Clockwork

Summer of 1968, I’m a kid visiting my dad’s family in west Texas. One day, my 16-year-old cousin KJ holed up in his room for hours listening to...