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Alchemy
11/13/2009 8:30 PM at Pal Shazar Music Performance
297 Tinker Street, Woodstock, New York 12498
Cost: $5
Pal Shazar was born, raised and punished in Los Angeles, California. Her musical career began at a time when creative souls roamed wildly on the east coast. She began writing songs in the late 70’s, inspired by artists Patti Smith, Television, and Iggy Pop, all of whom she illustrated for the local rock fanzine Back Door Man while working nights as a ticket girl at the famed Troubadour nightclub.
Together with partner Andrew Chinich she created the band Slow Children in the early eighties and began playing clubs in L.A. A highly cerebral duo, their music consisted of guitar driven pop laced with intellectual lyrics. Slow Children soon caught the eye of producer Stephen Hague (Pet Shop Boys, Pretenders) and musician Jules Shear who together produced a demo for the group. A single released by Jet Records caught the ear of maverick A&R man Nigel Grainge in the U.K. He signed the band to his Ensign Records and the two records they recorded were released in the states by RCA.
Pal’s association with Jules proved to be more than just a musical collaboration. In time they married and relocated to the east coast. After a short stay in Boston, they moved to Woodstock, New York where Pal found inspiration to begin writing songs on her own. She continued to paint and illustrate which provided the means for her to develop her own record label, Shiffaroe Records, on which she released her first solo effort, ’Cowbeat Of My Heart’.
For more information about Pal, visit her website http://palshazar.com/
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