(June 14, Women Who Rock series, The Ash Street Saloon) Autopilot consists of Adrienne, from Montclair, New Jersey; Paul from Salem, Oregon; Adrienne, the great-niece of Henny Youngman, the “King of the One-Liners”, author of such classic phrases as “Take my wife - please”

When Paul was seventeen his choir sang at Carnegie Hall, but he and some friends were sent home early when a bottle of whiskey was discovered in their hotel room. They never even got to drink the whiskey. - From Autopilot’s blog.

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Chores are planning a tour from Portland to San Diego and back Aug. 6t to 12. While they’re gone, you can catch their recent WWR appearance via stream or podcast [pay]here.[/pay]

(June 23, WWR, The Green Room) From Amanda Richards’ blog: “There have been so many artists that have influenced my music, but a lot of it has been indirect. I grew up surrounded by musicians and have favored their renditions of some very famous and influential songs. (Amanda’s grandfather was an eighteen year member of the legendary Country harmony group ‘The Sons of the Pioneers.’ ) I used to sing harmony with a friend of mine from high school. She introduced me to Joni Mitchell’s music but I learned all the songs from my friend before I ever heard Joni sing them. Same thing with Bob Dylan and CSN&Y. Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez was the first song I ever learned on guitar. My cousin taught it to me because it was the first song that she ever learned. I didn’t hear Joan Baez do it until years later.”

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- The Stonewailer

Coming This Week: Audio from WWR series shows including Tracy Klas, Renee Plant, Swallows, and Hairspray Blues