Fanny

[andyonbass]

Anyone else never heard of this band from the 70's? Can't imagine why they never gained a higher profile, some very talented ladies .... I'm looking forward to doing some more research although a google search might reveal some dubious results given the name!!

Enjoy

 

 

[ahpook]

I've heard of them...sure they've been mentioned on the forum before.

 

Stonking performance...and you can't beat a bit of Beat Club 👍

[Leonard Smalls]

I'm familiar with Fanny...

Proper 70s!

[madshadows]

You can't beat a bit of Fanny !!  😛 

 

Seriously great video, heard them before, terrific band  

 

John

[Kyndainverse]

I enjoyed this bbc documentary about them https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ln6p

[neepheid]

I came into this thread expecting to read about some dumbass thing the OP had done to one of their basses.

[Mykesbass]

Thought this was going to be about The Band, and their song The Weight. In the band I was in that played this we would often get people call out 'play the Fanny song'.

[cetera]

Great band! Loved the BBC documentary....👍

 

 

 

 

 

They were a lot hairier in the 70's though....

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry, couldn't resist.....

[Bass Culture]

Fantastic band.  Hugely under rated.  Championed by no less an authority than one Mr D. Bowie: "One of the most important female bands in American rock has been buried without a trace. And that is Fanny."  Check out their performance of 'Ain't That Peculiar' from the same Beat Club session.  Superb playing and musicianship, and harmonies to die for:

 

[Lozz196]

I think the name sadly/probably consigned them to the sniggers bin, as from what I`ve heard from them they were pretty good. 

[Newfoundfreedom]

I once saw Bush which I think was a cover band of theirs. 

[diskwave]

Very good indeed and that 70's vibe is cool as heck. Reckon the name did for them. Pity.

[BreadBin]

18 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

I think the name sadly/probably consigned them to the sniggers bin, as from what I`ve heard from them they were pretty good. 

It doesn't mean the same thing in the US

[neepheid]

10 minutes ago, BreadBin said:

It doesn't mean the same thing in the US

 

And being named after one's rear end instead helps in this regard, how?

[Reggaebass]

Miss reggae just caught me looking up Fanny, I think I’m in trouble 😁

[Nice Guy Rich]

I think that Canadian rockers ANVIL should swap singers with them, then Fanny would have a singer called Lips 😋

Edited July 17, 2024 by Nice Guy Rich

[dmccombe7]

Yep posted them on here somewhere before but they were a fantastic band that should have been more famous.

Dave

[Benjamin Bassoon]

I caught the rockumentary 'Fanny: The Right to Rock' on Sky Arts a year or so ago and being married to a Filipina (bragging) it really captured our attention.

 

They were really good, and as well as Bowie, Joe Elliott of Def Leppard was a big fan. Jean Millington on bass was a decent player and singer (at the same time).

 

They did a new album, Fanny Walked The Earth in 2018 (thanks Google) and were planning a tour but June Millington (guitar) had a really bad health scare and I think it was shelved.

 

As others have said, a great early 70's vibe. They deserved greater success than they achieved.

[Marky L]

3 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Miss reggae just caught me looking up Fanny, I think I’m in trouble 😁

 

Uhmm.. not hers I guess.

[Marky L]

4 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

And being named after one's rear end instead helps in this regard, how?

 

[Dad3353]

6 hours ago, andyonbass said:

Anyone else never heard of this band from the 70's? Can't imagine why they never gained a higher profile, some very talented ladies .... I'm looking forward to doing some more research although a google search might reveal some dubious results given the name!!

Enjoy

 

 

 

... and she's playing a Camco kit, just like mine (except that mine's clear maple finish...)..! Good taste in drums, at least..! 

 

[BreadBin]

4 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

And being named after one's rear end instead helps in this regard, how?

It's considered a polite term, not the snigger inducing thing that it is over here.

So its an amusing choice but much more innocuous than our interpretation. 

[haruki]

I saw them in Stretford 1972..with Thin Lizzy - who I think were the support act.   God I'm old.  My main memory is that the kb player had one of those Leslie cabinets with its spinning horns - magic.  I'm easily pleased. 

[Sambrook]

I think they were named after an old novel: Fanny Hill.

This track is just fantastic:

 

 

[songofthewind]

Old Fart Alert.

 

Jeepers. A blast from the past. I recall going to see Fanny supporting Jethro Tull in Edinburgh. 1974 or so. Before promenading to the Usher Hall (I think), we smoked a LOT of interesting cigarettes, as was our custom.

It seemed to take about FIVE DAYS to wend our way through the streets of Auld Reekie to the venue. What a night. Both bands were in their pomp, and played their hearts out. The Millington sisters had the crowd eating out of their hands. If you were there, YMMV.