By Ron on Sunday, February 20, 2000 - 01:15 pm: EditShe played Saturday at Tio Leo's and it was the first time I've seen her and her band. I have to say--I Am Now A Big Candye Kane fan! I must write this review to rave about her.
They are from San Diego, but they are hardly ever here because they are so good and well-known that they travel all over. I think they might be the best San Diego swing band. Meeshi was there and raving about them too, and Valerie and Melissa were there and are trying to get them to play at the April exchange.
I tell you, they were great. She's got a great smile, a great voice, and great back up band. Very tight. The trumpet player was great. They played lots of great lower tempo songs that appealed to us Lindyhoppers and faster stuff that people did east-coast to. They played blues, R&B, rockabilly-type songs, and plenty of C&W swing songs, but even that was OK. The crowd was good, with a few of us regulars, a few Tio's regulars and lots of others including a couple of lesbians.
She kept smiling and saying "thanks for dancing, a lot of great dancers out there today!" She's a big woman with an big expressive voice.
Looks like she is at Croces on 2/26, The Belly-up on Sun. 2/27, the Derby, 2/29, europe in early March, Texas, late March, Tio leos on 3/31 again, and 3/24 Belly up again. Don't take my word for it, for gods sake, check these dates!
She has 3 or 4 CDs out, I'll have to get a hold of one.
Check out her web site.
http://www.candye-kane.com
A lot of the personal stuff has been removed or moved to another site, see the links. She became a stripper and model to get off welfare, she says that posing naked has increased her self-esteem, and she's quite outspoken about various things. But she didn't say anything in the Tio-Leo's show. I didn't care. The music was terrific.