sings harmony and anchors the band's sound with her black bass. By her own admission, before coming onboard with the BBB, Gwen was swimming in circles musically. Her early schooling came in New Orleans' famous Bluefish Club and Live Bait Market, playing with the likes of Jellyfish Morton and Blind Crab Nebula. But away from her mentors, Gwen floundered artisically, hooking up with acts as diverse as county fair favorite Hot Tuna Melt, the ill-fated Atlanta sole ensemble Packed in Light Oil, and the cajun flip-flop band Blackened Redfish.
Her longest and most notable tenure was with the punk trio The Bottom Feeders, contributing wicked licks to their debut album "Turbot Charged" (Flying Fish) and 1988 follow-up "Carp Hearts" (GM--now deleted). But she was lured away from the stage by an N.E.A. grant and a lifelong dream--to compose a 17-movement song cycle for horn and mouth organ. "Tiny Boats, Open Seas, Empty Nets: A Song Cycle for the New England Fishing Industry" (popularly known as the Seamen and Cod pieces) debuted to mixed reviews at the 1990 Driftwood Festival. Gwen joined the BBB during the "Pearls Before Swine" sessions, and has vowed to stay with them "till the seas are dried all up." Her column "Rock Bass" is a popular feature in Bass Master magazine; her hobbies are fly fishing and stalking the elusive one-eyed pocket trout.
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