Right thought i'd rear my head, my original point was how i felt when i first saw this artist on youtube. I was just impressed with everything about her NOT just the fact she was female and holding a bass, she's got the FUNK and grooves like nothing else(as Owen points out). I felt the same when i first heard Janis Joplin singing 'Piece of My Heart' on the Cheap Thrills album or Norah Jones doing 'Cold Cold Heart' with that upright bass and a piano or Rory Gallagher beating out 'Pistol Slapper Blues' on his battered old resonator or when you first hear Jaco's debut album, there's just something about hearing something done well, it moves and inspires you.