On This Day in 2005, Genya Ravan played to a packed club. In addition to fronting the bands: The Escorts, Goldie and the Gingerbreads and Ten Wheel Drive, Genya produced The Dead Boys and Ronnie Spector, and hosts a monthly radio show at Steve Van Zandt’s Underground Garage. Genya will be performing on June 30 at The Bitter End in NYC. Don’t miss it!
Goldie and The Gingerbreads
On this day in 1965, The Kinks began their first headlining UK tour, supported by the Yardbirds and Goldie and the Gingerbreads. Goldie, aka Genya Ravan, is also known for producing the Dead Boys, Young, Loud and Snotty and Ronnie Spector’s Siren. In 2004, Ravan’s book, Lollipop Lounge: memoirs of a rock and roll refugee was published. You can now hear Genya Ravan as one of Steven Van Zandt’s hosts on his Underground Garage on Sirius Satellite Radio.
Punk Rock Film makers Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong will present Nightclubbing at the Downtown Show featuring Modern Music and Dead Boys Live at CBGB on Friday March 19 at 7pm at the NYU Cantor Film Center. The address is 36 East 8th St in NYC. The New York Times names Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong The Lewis and Clark of music videos.
