The Four Bitchin' Babes is a group of female singer-songwriters with rotating membership performing mainly humorous, satirical, or light-hearted songs in the folk genre. , the touring group consists of Sally Fingerett, Deirdre Flint, Christine Lavin, and Debi Smith. The artists have made numerous albums and have worked with producer Jeff Bova.

History

Christine Lavin founded the band in 1990. She produced the compilation album On a Winter's Night, then put together a road show of the artists who appeared on it: Patty Larkin, Megon McDonough, Sally Fingerett, and Lavin. The foursome toured throughout the United States, after which Lavin decided to create a live album of their performance at The Birchmere entitled Buy Me, Bring Me, Take Me, Don't Mess My Hair, released on Rounder Records in 1990. It may be their last formal tour and Smith, one of the co-leaders, says "We are winding it down". and has been reviewed in publications such as The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, which called her "Shuffleboard Queens" album, "grown-up satire with a non-cynical wink".

Awards and honors

Flint won the New Folk songwriting prize at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 2000, and was Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Showcase Artist that same year.

Discography

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| Buy Me, Bring Me, Take Me, Don't Mess My Hair: Life According to Four Bitchin' Babes || 1990

| rowspan="10" | Sally Fingerett

| rowspan="6" | Megon McDonough

| rowspan="3" | Christine Lavin

| Patty Larkin

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| Buy Me, Bring Me, Take Me, Don't Mess My Hair: Life According to Four Bitchin' Babes Volume II || 1993

| Julie Gold

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| Fax It, Charge It, Don't Ask Me What's For Dinner: More Life According To Four Bitchin' Babes || 1994

| rowspan="8" | Debi Smith

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| Gabby Road: Out of the Mouths of Babes || 1997

| rowspan="4" | Camille West

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|| The Babes: Beyond Bitchin || 2001

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|| Meet the Babes (DVD) || 2001

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| Some Assembly Required || 2002

| Suzzy Roche

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| Hormonal Imbalance...A Mood-Swinging Musical Revue || 2006

| rowspan="3" | Deirdre Flint

| rowspan="2" | Nancy Moran

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| Diva Nation...Where Music, Laughter & Girlfriends Reign! || 2009

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| Mid Life Vices...A Guilt Free Musical Revue || 2012

| Marcy Marxer

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Deirdre Flint discography

  • The Christmas Sweater Song (2012)
  • The Shuffleboard Queens (1999)
  • Then Again (2002)

References

  • Official website
  • Deirdre Flint official site