Holly Golightly
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Holly Golightly is a British
singer-songwriter
. Her mother christened her after the protagonist in Truman Capote's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
. Her musical style ranges from garage rock
to R&B
.
' drummer Bruce Brand she had an impromptu singing performance with Thee Headcoats. Billy Childish
, founder of the Headcoats, added her to the line up of The Delmonas and changed the name to Thee Headcoatees
. Thee Headcoatees were primarily a garage band that backed up the Thee Headcoats. In 1995 she started her solo career but continued to be an active member of Thee Headcoatees until they disbanded in 1999. For her solo career, she draws from rhythm and blues
, rockabilly
, and sounds of the 1960s or earlier. She has released thirteen album
s of her own and has collaborated with other musicians, such as Billy Childish
, Rocket from the Crypt
and The White Stripes
. She performed two songs on the soundtrack
of the film
, Broken Flowers
: "There Is an End (Featuring Holly Golightly)" by The Greenhornes
& Holly Golightly (which can also be found on the Greenhornes' album Dual Mono), and "Tell Me Now So I Know" by Holly Golightly (found on the album Truly She Is None Other), which is a song originally written by Ray Davies
.
She is a collector of rare old songs which she often covers
.
in 2007, Dirt Don't Hurt
in 2008 and Medicine County in 2010. You Can't Buy A Gun When You're Crying is a reference to comedian Lord Carrett's joke "I learned a lot from my second marriage... I learned they won't sell you a hand gun if you're crying..." Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs were winners of the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards for the best Americana
album, Dirt Don't Hurt. In 2003, she sang with The White Stripes
on the track "It's True That We Love One Another" on their fourth album, Elephant
. Time Out New York described her as an "English garage rock
doyenne".
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. Her mother christened her after the protagonist in Truman Capote's
Truman Capote
Truman Streckfus Persons , known as Truman Capote , was an American author, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's and the true crime novel In Cold Blood , which he labeled a "nonfiction novel." At...
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a novella by Truman Capote published in 1958. The main character, Holly Golightly, is one of Capote's best-known creations and an American cultural icon.-Plot:...
. Her musical style ranges from garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
to R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
.
Musical career
While she was dating Thee HeadcoatsThee Headcoats
Thee Headcoats 1989 - 2000, was a band comprising Billy Childish, Bruce Brand, and Johnny Johnson. Childish was featured on guitar and vocals, Brand on drums and backing vocals, and Johnson on bass. The band was the most prolific of Childish's many musical projects, releasing fourteen full...
' drummer Bruce Brand she had an impromptu singing performance with Thee Headcoats. Billy Childish
Billy Childish
Billy Childish is an English artist, painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist...
, founder of the Headcoats, added her to the line up of The Delmonas and changed the name to Thee Headcoatees
Thee Headcoatees
Thee Headcoatees is a band that was formed in the Medway Garage Scene in north Kent, England in 1991. The members of this all girl band were Holly Golightly, Kyra LaRubia, Ludella Black and "Bongo" Debbie Green.-Formation:...
. Thee Headcoatees were primarily a garage band that backed up the Thee Headcoats. In 1995 she started her solo career but continued to be an active member of Thee Headcoatees until they disbanded in 1999. For her solo career, she draws from rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, rockabilly
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
, and sounds of the 1960s or earlier. She has released thirteen album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s of her own and has collaborated with other musicians, such as Billy Childish
Billy Childish
Billy Childish is an English artist, painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist...
, Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt was an American rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1989 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005.The band gained critical praise and the attention of major record labels after the release of their 1992 album Circa: Now!, leading to a recording contract with Interscope...
and The White Stripes
The White Stripes
The White Stripes was an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of the songwriter Jack White and drummer Meg White . Jack and Meg White were previously married to each other, but are now divorced...
. She performed two songs on the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
of the film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, Broken Flowers
Broken Flowers
Broken Flowers is a 2005 French/American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and produced by Jon Kilik and Stacey Smith. The film focuses on an aging "Don Juan" who embarks on a cross-country journey to track down four of his former lovers after receiving an anonymous letter...
: "There Is an End (Featuring Holly Golightly)" by The Greenhornes
The Greenhornes
The Greenhornes are an American garage rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 1996 by vocalist/guitarist Craig Fox, bass guitarist Jack Lawrence and drummer Patrick Keeler. They released their debut album Gun For You in 1999, followed by a self-titled album in 2001. A third studio album, Dual...
& Holly Golightly (which can also be found on the Greenhornes' album Dual Mono), and "Tell Me Now So I Know" by Holly Golightly (found on the album Truly She Is None Other), which is a song originally written by Ray Davies
Ray Davies
Ray Davies, CBE is an English rock musician. He is best known as lead singer and songwriter for the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother, Dave...
.
She is a collector of rare old songs which she often covers
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
.
2000s
More recently, Golightly has formed a duo, recording and touring extensively with her longtime band mate Lawyer Dave. As Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs, they have released three albums to date, You Can't Buy A Gun When You're CryingYou Can't Buy a Gun When You're Crying
You Can't Buy a Gun When You're Crying is the first album recorded by Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, a project involving Golightly's established United States band member Lawyer Dave.-Track listing:# "Devil Do"# "Just Around the Bend"...
in 2007, Dirt Don't Hurt
Dirt Don't Hurt
Dirt Don't Hurt is the second official album by Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, former members of the band Thee Headcoatees. It is a collaboration with her long-time band mate Lawyer Dave.-Track listing:...
in 2008 and Medicine County in 2010. You Can't Buy A Gun When You're Crying is a reference to comedian Lord Carrett's joke "I learned a lot from my second marriage... I learned they won't sell you a hand gun if you're crying..." Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs were winners of the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards for the best Americana
Americana
Americana refers to artifacts, or a collection of artifacts, related to the history, geography, folklore and cultural heritage of the United States. Many kinds of material fall within the definition of Americana: paintings, prints and drawings; license plates or entire vehicles, household objects,...
album, Dirt Don't Hurt. In 2003, she sang with The White Stripes
The White Stripes
The White Stripes was an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of the songwriter Jack White and drummer Meg White . Jack and Meg White were previously married to each other, but are now divorced...
on the track "It's True That We Love One Another" on their fourth album, Elephant
Elephant (album)
Elephant is the Grammy winning fourth album by the American alternative rock band The White Stripes. Released on April 1, 2003 on V2 Records, the album marks the band's major label debut...
. Time Out New York described her as an "English garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
doyenne".
Albums
- The Good Things (1995), Damaged GoodsDamaged Goods (record label)Damaged Goods is a British independent record label and online shop.- History :Damaged Goods started in 1988 from a living room in east London.Ian Damaged called it DamagedGoods. The first release was a re-issue of the 1977 single by Slaughter and the Dogs, "Where Have All the Bootboys Gone?"...
- The Main Attraction (1996), Damaged Goods
- Laugh It Up (1996), Vinyl Japan
- Painted On (1997), Sympathy for the Record IndustrySympathy for the Record IndustrySympathy for the Record Industry is a mainly independent garage rock and punk label formed in 1988 by record industry anti-mogul Long Gone John...
- Up the Empire (1998) (Live), Sympathy for the Record Industry
- Serial GirlfriendSerial GirlfriendSerial Girlfriend is the sixth solo album by former Headcoatee Holly Golightly. It features a prominent garage sound and is composed of twelve original songs and one cover song.-Track listing:All tracks written by Holly Golightly unless otherwise noted....
(1998), Damaged Goods - In Blood (1999) (with Billy Childish)
- God Don’t Like It (2000), Damaged Goods
- Live In America (2000)
- Desperate Little Town (2001) (with Dan MelchiorDan MelchiorDan Melchior is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who grew up in Shepperton, Surrey, , England and is often labeled a 'garage rock' musician....
), Sympathy for the Record Industry - Singles Round-Up (2001) (compilation), Damaged Goods
- Truly She Is None OtherTruly She Is None OtherTruly She Is None Other is the eleventh solo album by Holly Golightly, former member of the band Thee Headcoatees, and is considered her most commercial album to date. It features nine original songs and four covers...
(2003) - Down Gina’s At 3 (2004) (live)
- Slowly but SurelySlowly but SurelySlowly but Surely is a studio album released in 2004 by singer-songwriter Holly Golightly.-Track listing:Songs are by Holly Golightly unless otherwise indicated.# "On the Fire"# "The Luckiest Girl"# "My Love Is" # "Keeping On"...
(2004) - My First Holly Golightly AlbumMy First Holly Golightly AlbumMy First Holly Golightly Album is an album released by Holly Golightly in 2005.-Track listing:#"Wherever You Were"#"Directly From My Heart"#"You Ain't No Big Thing"#"Walk A Mile"#"Won't Go Out"#"Sally Go Round The Roses"#"Your Love Is Mine"...
(2005) (compilation with eight new songs) - You Can't Buy a Gun When You're CryingYou Can't Buy a Gun When You're CryingYou Can't Buy a Gun When You're Crying is the first album recorded by Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, a project involving Golightly's established United States band member Lawyer Dave.-Track listing:# "Devil Do"# "Just Around the Bend"...
(2007) (Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs) - Nobody Will Be ThereNobody Will Be ThereNobody Will Be There is a bootleg album released by Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs during her US tour in the fall of 2007. It contains four songs from the album You Can't Buy a Gun When You're Crying as well as many unreleased songs that they played on this tour...
(2007) (Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs) - Dirt Don't HurtDirt Don't HurtDirt Don't Hurt is the second official album by Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, former members of the band Thee Headcoatees. It is a collaboration with her long-time band mate Lawyer Dave.-Track listing:...
(2008) (Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs) - Medicine County (2010) (Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs)
- No Help Coming (2011) (Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs)
Singles, EPs
- Jiggy Jiggy with Holly Golightly EP (1994), Vinyl Japan
- "Virtually Happy" (1995), Damaged Goods
- Mary-Ann EP (1996), Vinyl Japan
- "No Big Thing" (1996), Hangman's Daughter
- "Girl in the Shower" (1996), Super Electro
- "Pinky Please Come Back" (1996), Super Electro
- "Come the Day" (1996), Damaged Goods
- "Believe Me" (1997), Sympathy for the Record Industry
- "Devil Do" EP (2009), Transdreamer Records (Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs)
External links
- Official website
- Record Label
- Holly Golightly Interview (in Greek) by mixtape.gr
- November 2008 Interview with L.A. RecordL.A. RecordL.A. Record is an independent music magazine originally published weekly as a broadsheet poster. The poster usually depicts a local Los Angeles musicians and according to the magazine editors is meant to recreate an iconic album cover. In March 2008, it began publishing as a monthly magazine with a...