Lady Bianca

By Pinky Black Lady Bianca is happy to announce that her new EP, Lady Bianca Sings Hold On Just A Little While Longer / Gonna Have A Mighty Good Time is now available and being distributed through Magic-O-Records. Her new album contains some of the most touching Gospel songs you’ve ever heard. Magic-O-Records tells us that this new release will no doubt rank up there with some of the finest Gospel albums ever recorded. Magic-O tells us that this album has a bit of the “old School music infused with a new feel that will make you shake your head and pat your feet, just like the folks did in the sanctified Churches across the land. Lady Bianca is certainly no stranger to Gospel music. Her first experience with Gospel music was when she studied at the San Francisco Conservatory Of Music many years ago. She always felt that Gospel was rooted in her soul and one listen to her new album, Lady Bianca Sings….” and you’ll see that she was definitely made for singing this style of music. While Lady Bianca’s new EP is Gospel, she also has experienced many other genres of music and recorded and performed with some of the biggest recording stars around. Lady Bianca’s first professional gig was at the age of 17 when she joined up with Quinn Harris and the Masterminds. It was Quinn Harris who gave her the stage name Lady Bianca. Her given name is Bianca Thornton. This led to her inclusion on two songs of a compilation album by Reynolds Records in 1970. Besides singing, she also dabbled in a bit of acting and in 1972, she played the role of Billie Holliday in the San Francisco stage production of Joe Hendricks’ Evolution Of The Blues, a role that was quite suited to her. Throughout the 70s you could find her performing in various clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area where she honed her craft to perfection. It was during this time where she came to the attention of Sly Stone from Sly and The Family Stone, who asked her to join his band. It was there where she did double duty as both a backup vocalist and keyboardist. This also resulted in her performance on Sly and The Family Stone’s 1976 album, Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I’m Back. This led to even more high-profile gigs. She even found herself on the road with the legendary Frank Zappa, and can be heard on his song, “Wind Up Working At A Gas Station.” In addition, she can also be heard on his albums, You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol.6 and Philly ’76. Since then she has performed and recorded with a plethora of artists, including Lee Oskar, Merle Haggrd, Taj Mahal, John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon, Frankie Lee, and Maria Muldaur, to name a few. Lady Bianca has even appeared on five albums by Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison. Those albums included, Beautiful Vision (1982),

Lady Bianca Releases New Gospel EP, Lady Bianca Sings...

Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983), Live Festival, Sarasota Blues Festival, and the at the Grand Opera House Belfast (1984), A Monterey Bay Blues Festival, among others Sense of Wonder (1985), and No Guru, No over the years. Method, No Teacher (1986). Now Lady Bianca is back with a new Since those days, Lady Bianca has EP that is very dear to her heart, and really been extremely busy and has gone on to form showcases her spirituality, Lady Bianca Sings her own record label, Magic-O-Records, and Hold On Just A Little While Longer / Gonna release over 11 solo albums. Three of her Have A Mighty Good Time. Her hopes are albums have even been nominated for that this EP becomes an uplifting theme for GRAMMY® Awards. Those albums are Best the times we are in right now and touches her Kept Secret, Rollin’, and Through A Woman’s fans hearts as much as it touched her when she Eyes. You might have even caught her recorded it. performances at the San Francisco Blues Check it out now on Magic-O-Records. September 2020 • Rock and Blues International 15