Events tagged with "Rubyfruit"
Lesbian singers and musicians in Birmingham
Several of our contributors were, or referred to, women singers, musicians and groups.These included Rubyfruit, Cuckoo's Nest, and the Women's Big Band.Rubyfruit wrote or modified lyrics to a number of songs which were used as a political tool. The B...
Rubyfruit singing group is formed
During the 1970s, women's music was increasingly used as a means of political expression.Three Birmingham lesbians, Betty Hagglund, Caroline Hutton and Lorna Eady formed a singing group called Rubyfruit (named after Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown...
Memories tagged with "Rubyfruit"
Birmingham Lesbian Song c.1978
Birmingham Lesbian Song by Caroline Hutton, Lorna Eady and Betty Hagglund (local group ‘Rubyfruit’) - to be sung to the tune of ‘Lily Marlene’ I brought up my family, I left my old man And then set up house with my lover Suzanne Me and the kids we...
Kerb Crawling Song by Rubyfruit, late 70s
The Kerb Crawling Song by Rubyfruit"We were all living in Balsall Heath at the time which may have been relevant because this song was all about kerb crawlers and it was: “Underneath a street light waiting for a bus, Along comes a creepy guy to hav...
Rubyfruit played Birmingham and Chicago
“Rubyfruit consisted of Caroline Hutton, Lorna Eady and myself. Rubyfruit came about because some of us had been to Frankie Armstrong’s voice workshops; Caroline Hutton took me along, so there was already this interest in women's music, and all those...