What if your mother told you a prophecy that you would marry a strawberry blond, have two sons after she dies and then have daughters who would become rock stars? I think most of us would just think she'd had one too many sherries (or whatever American moms have) and forget about it.
Not one Austin Wiggin Jr. He ended up marrying a strawberry bond and having two sons after his mom passed away so when his daughters came along....
To cut a long story short he ended up taking them out of school, giving them lessons in the morning, musical instruments to learn by just getting used to them and exercises in the evening. Poor kids had no social life but did go on to record one album. Philosophy of the World.
Even the recording studio told him his daughters "weren't ready" which was obvious to the local kids who went to see them to heckle and throw beer cans at them. One thousand copies were pressed but only 100 survive.
This has become somewhat of a "cult" album highly recommended by Frank Zappa and Kurt Cobain.
So for your edification here's a little taster of what they were then.....
..and followed by a concert from them in 2017.
Ladies you are stars in my book!
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