37. Alice Stuart (Crossover w/ Welcome To Olympia)

This episode is a crossover with the oral history podcast Welcome To Olympia, hosted and produced by Rob Smith. I first met Rob when we were both beginning work on our respective shows, and he asked me if he could use my band Skrill Meadow’s song “Going for Broke” for his show’s end theme music. (I obliged.) Since then we’ve been bouncing back and forth the idea of a further collaboration, and I stumbled upon an accomplished folk rock artist by the name of Alice Stuart, who happens to live here in Olympia these days. Alice spoke with Rob about growing up in rural Chelan, WA, getting signed to Arhoolie Records, touring the folk festival circuit in the 1960s, her stint accompanying blues legend Mississippi John Hurt, her brief working and romantic relationship with Frank Zappa, facing backlash after “going electric” in the ‘70s, and relocating to the Pacific Northwest after spending time in New York and California.Illustration by Taylor W. Rushinghttp://www.taylorwrushing.comAlice Stuart's official facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/AliceStuartOfficial/Welcome To Olympia:http://www.welcometoolympia.comLow Profile with Markly Morrisonhttp://www.lowprofilepodcast.com@lowpropodcast