|
She is a composer and singer-songwriter born in The
Bronx, New
York. She started out by playing at the
Troubadour, when she was 16, with Hoyt Axton and Steve Mann. Her first paying job was at the Green
Spider Coffee House in Denver
before moving to California. She lived for a time with Steve Mann
and then with Jefferson Airplane in Haight Asbury. She was also friends with Janis
Joplin and sang with Country Joe and the Fish. She met, lived and worked with The
Association from 1963 and in 1967 she lived in David Crosby's spare
room, which is the time she wrote her biggest hit "Windy". At that time she was also releasing
her own solo recording entitled "Little Girl, Lost and Found"
which was popular locally in California. She was in the rock band
Petrus and later she went to A&M and released the solo album
"Constant Companion".
She composed the musical score for the 1971 filmThe Peacekillers. She received her Bachelors Degree in
UCLA in 2003.
The
Association Recordings
Windy (Ruthann
Friedmann)
Sources:
1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windy
2.
http://ruthannfriedman.com/biography/
|
