by Elizabeth Montague | Jul 18, 2021 | Elizabeth's Music, Music
In 1980 I joined a band in Santa Barbara called FX (later ƒX then A ƒew Circles). I played piano from a young age, but I had never been in a band or played with other people before. I had recently purchased an electric keyboard and was planning on joining a band...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jun 6, 2021 | Elizabeth's Music, Music
In December 1995 I played bass with The Gun Club for what would be the band’s very last show. Jeffrey Lee Pierce passed away three months later due to a health condition. It’s hard to put into words what it felt like to play with someone who I admired but...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jul 23, 2017 | Elizabeth's Video, Music
A collaborative musical performance WOMEN IN THE ROUND: VOICES at BELL ARTS FACTORY in Ventura, CA – July 15th, 2017 featured performances by Amber Bassett (multi-media), Donna Lynn Caskey (banjo), Shelby Figueroa (keyboard), Andrea Landin (cello), & Michelle...
by Elizabeth Montague | Feb 10, 2017 | Elizabeth's Music, Featured, Music
My unfinished instrumental project tentatively named Spaghetti Infinity. “Spaghetti” because some of the music sounds like weird Spaghetti Western style music… and I’ve always loved spaghetti. “Infinity” because it can be something...
by Elizabeth Montague | Feb 4, 2017 | Art, Elizabeth's Music, Featured, History, Music
I started building a video to go along with this interview of me by DJ Dominic Trix from Wednesday 6/3/09 2-5pm on KFJC 89.7 FM but I never quite finished the video so I’m finally putting the interview up by itself in the meantime. Here’s the story of how...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jan 24, 2017 | Art, Elizabeth's Art, Elizabeth's Music, History, Music
I wrote the following introduction in 2008. I’m re-posting here, now with some minor edits. I can’t believe how much time has passed and that I never finished the new music that I was working on at the time… oh well at least I put some of the old...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jan 24, 2017 | Family, History, Music, Shopping
When I was a child, my family took lots of road trips. We would all pile into the Winnebago or the Lincoln Continental and drive to Mammoth Mountain, Sun Valley (Idaho), the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, New Orleans, California Ghost Towns, New Mexico Indian Reservations...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jan 23, 2017 | Music
This is a combination of blog posts from 2010 and at the end I sum up what happened: Sometime in 2010: After planning to do this for over a year and half, today I finally ordered my Stratocaster conversion neck. It changes the scale from 25.5″ to 24.75″,...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jan 23, 2017 | Music, Psychology
Even though it’s been quite a while since I’ve written any new songs, I still keep a folder on my computer for inspiration, little bits of text, ideas, news stories, memories, things I hear people say etc…. Several years ago I had put this news story...
by Elizabeth Montague | Apr 13, 2016 | History, Music
I’ve been watching this video over and over again. I’m in love with this video. I plan to do my own version of this song someday. This is an amazing song interpreted and performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan, written by Doyle Bramhall. I really regret not seeing...
by Elizabeth Montague | Feb 25, 2016 | Art, Music
This is the only bio (scroll down for bio in English) I could find on the dancer, Forsythe. His YouTube Channel shows the evolution of his developing dance and video style. Share...
by Elizabeth Montague | Sep 24, 2015 | Elizabeth's Music, Featured, Music
I was in the bands Laughing Academy and Tin Brood in the early and mid 1980s with Joe Dean. Prior to Laughing Academy and Tin Brood, Joe and I had been in 2 recording and performing bands together in Santa Barbara from 1980-1982: A ƒew Circles (AKA FX AKA ƒX) and...
by Elizabeth Montague | Sep 21, 2015 | Elizabeth's Music, Featured, Music
In 1984 my band Laughing Academy was one of the opening bands for Tones on Tail when they played at The Music Machine in Santa Monica, CA. I guess I was too shy at the time to introduce myself to the band, I was stupid that way. Fast forward to 2008 and the age of the...
by Elizabeth Montague | Sep 16, 2015 | Elizabeth's Music, Featured, Music
I’ve decided to finally put some of my old music up on this website. I don’t know why I never have before. Hopefully someday I’ll have time to finish my newer recordings or to make new ones. Life got extremely complicated a few years ago and...
