Melody Clinger joins host Raina Douris

Melody Clinger led 3 of her sisters in the first rock and roll band where women played their own instruments. So why have so many of us never heard of The Clinger Sisters? On the World Cafe, as a part of the Sense of Place: Provo series, Melody talks about growing up just outside of Provo, Utah, before moving to LA with her family to pursue music and what it has been like as one of the unsung trailblazers in rock.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Michael Kiwanuka “I’m Getting Ready” Home Again
The Pretenders “Stop Your Sobbing” Pretenders
The Clingers “In Need of a Friend” The Clingers 1967 – 1971
The Clingers “Fly This Way to Heaven” The Clingers 1967 – 1971
Fess Parker “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” Fess Parker Star of the TV Series, “Daniel Boone” Sings About Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Abe Lincoln
The Osmond Brothers “I Can’t Stop” Flower Music 1967
The Clingers “Gonna Have a Good Time” The Clingers 1967 – 1971
The Clingers “Gonna Have a Good Time” The Clingers 1967 – 1971
The Clingers “Only You” The Clingers 1967 – 1971
Dusty Springfield “Son of a Preacher Man” Dusty in Memphis
Barbara Streisand “Hello Dolly” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Clingers “Nothing to Talk About Anymore” The Clingers 1967 – 1971
The Clingers “Mean It” The Clingers 1967 – 1971
The Clingers “Mean It” The Clingers 1967 – 1971
The Clingers “Mean It” The Clingers 1967 – 1971
Leonard Cohen “Leaving The Table” You Want It Darker
U2 “Until The End Of The World” Achtung Baby
Leonard Cohen “The Future” The Future
Say She She “Questions” Silver
Brittany Howard “What Now” What Now
Alabama Shakes “Gimme All Your Love” Sound & Color
Steely Dan “Only A Fool Would Say That” Can’t Buy A Thrill
The Specials “Rudy, A Message To You” The Specials
MGMT “Mother Nature” Loss of Life
Buffalo Springfield “I Am A Child” Retrospective

Hour Two
The Clash “The Magnificent Seven” Sandinista!
Stephen Sanchez “High” Angel Face
Joss Stone “Super Duper Love” The Soul Sessions
Lucy Dacus “Hot & Heavy” Home Video
Counting Crows “Rain King” August And Everything After
Spoon “Small Stakes” Kill The Moonlight
The Walkmen “In The New Year” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Ryan Bingham “South Side Of Heaven” Live at the World Cafe
St. Vincent “Los Ageless” Masseduction
Low Cut Connie “Are You Gonna Run?” Art Dealers
Low Cut Connie “Rio” Get Out the Lotion
Deeper “Glare” Careful!
Television “See No Evil” Marquee Moon
Waxahatchee “Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman)” Tigers Blood
Bob Dylan “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” John Wesley Harding