Blackgirls's lyrics & chords

1985: Eugenia Lee Johnson said to Dana Kletter, "Do you want to be in a band? We have a gig in five days." Then they had to find a violinist to replace the one who couldn't play. Hollis Brown was discovered through an ad in The Spectator. Five days and five songs later they had their first show, a benefit for a rape crisis center held at the Brewery on Hillsborough Street. They had no name. The announcer took one look at them, all dressed in black, and announced, "the blackgirls." And that's what they were. They put out their first single, Bro...read more