Saturday, June 28, 2008

Saturday Soul: Barbara Lynn, "You'll Miss a Good Thing"

Saturday Soul: Barbara Lynn, "You'll Miss a Good Thing"

File under: Girls with guitars.

Seeing a sista rock out in formal attire had to be just as surprising to early 60's audiences as it is to us today, but for Barbara Lynn it was just another day at work.

Here she is performing her 1962 hit, "You'll Miss a Good Thing," which was later popularly covered by Soul icons Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, and Tejano/Country legend, Freddy Fender.




If you pass this one up without a click, you might be missing a good thing...

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

As much as I love guitar players I have never ever heard of this woman. She has an interesting technique.

Jungle Julia said...

Wow, that's really interesting. Me, being a black woman who plays guitar, this is very inspiring.

Anonymous said...

she's got moxy.

sakredkow said...

Wow is right. That is a GREAT thing. Thanks for posting it.

Felicity said...

She was great, wonderful voice and great guitar technique.

Unknown said...

CLASSY

Keith said...

That was great. I really enjoyed watching it. Thanks for posting it.

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