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Status: Single
City: BERKELEY
State: California
Country: US
Signup Date: 9/11/2006
Tuesday, February 06, 2007 
Ah ,the STORK CLUB,where Christmas lights are hung around the Lowenbrau and Miller mirrors all year round,where a looming,decorated Christmas tree forever backs the stage.Enter the Stork on an otherwise quiet Sunday night,and you'll encounter the world of GIRL GEORGE.In her mid-40s,with a thick,curly mane of bleached blond hair straight out of SHE-DEVILS ON WHEELS,GIRL GEORGE hosts one helluva wacky open mic.When its her turn to play, the host takes to the stage,wielding an electric guitar,wearing skin-tight black pants,and howling into the mic "Like a Hussy,Like a Cheap Tramp,Like a Whore,Like a Whore,Like a Whore--one of the many tunes GIRL GEORGE  sings with a completely depraved,totally irresistible flair.In fact,most of GIRL GEORGE'S  repertoire consists of originals,with the exception of an occasional totally rockin' Stones tune.Expect to see a very unusual crowd.Don't be surprised to see many of them jump onstage when the host straps on her guitar,the Stork is a warm,friendly place,and there's no higher privilege on open mic Sunday,then to sing backup for one groovy GIRL GEORGE....sundays,stork club,380 12th.st.Oakland....."BEST OF THE BAY..1998..SFBG...GUARDIAN.....heres another part of a write up (its been shortened to save space)...EAST BAY EXPRESS..Dec.19,2001..by CHRIS BATY....They come to the Stork Club open mic,because its fun to play there,They also come to celebrate Girl George....Watching Girl George onstage is like watching a one-woman battle of the bands between Joey Ramone and Kathleen Hanna.Everyone at the open mic knows George's raucous songs,...those who don't join her onstage,clap from their seats...Back in the early 70's George was at the heart of the Nashville freak scene,she and her stage partner Arizona Star mixing up a Bizarre cocktail of performance art and homegrown Rock...In a 1971 issue,BRITISH mag. CREAM  called them "the most outlandish act since "DAVID  BOWIE". They performed for the inmates at the Tennessee State Penitentiary,with DAVID ALLAN COE and FARON YOUNG..KRISTOFFERSON would bring JOAN BAIZ, and JERRY JEFF WALKER,to the RED DOG SALOON  to see them play....Everyone in town came to the EXIT IN to see their movie THE LOBOTOME...They crashed the Grammies and the Country music awards...upstaged David Bowie,just walking in the concert..recorded with Pete Drake...Toured with DR.HOOK,CHUCK BERRY,STEVIE WONDER,,,,,in 1975 Girl George went to London.and hung out with Chrissie Hynde..crashed at her house for a while.came back to the states,produced and starr ed in her own TV show for 5 yrs.played the Fab Mab in SF..when punk happened,George was there..on to LA...Punk club ALS BAR was made for girl george...also the CENTRAL.in Hollywood..which turned into the VIPER Rm.she ran the open mic at the famed punk club CATHAY DE GRAND...Produced Love in reunions '85 to 95 '..after 12 yrs she came back home to the bay area,,,to run open mics at the cafe franciscan,stork club,coffee gallery,and co host the open mic at the STARRY PLOUGH......with JOAN PEZ...She brings the same crazy warmth and Energy to everything she dose.This is not a show to watch,it is something you have to participate in.