![]() ![]() Marci and her crew: “I was 16 when I was in this band and we were encouraged to accept drinks from the patrons, so I did.” Ms. This compulsory name-change, however, is where the innocence ended for Ms. I was in an all-female band in the 60’s when the closest thing to that was the female singing groups, but we played our own instruments.” Originally called the Broad Explosion, the band’s brash and edgy sensibility elicited complaints from many of the club’s owners and regular customers, prompting them to change their name to Peppermint Conspiracy. She was gracious enough to walk us through her life in music and recovery, starting at the tender age of 16: “I started singing and playing in clubs so young. Marci on the night her band, The Lovesick Hounds, was slated to take some new press photos. The pleasure was all on our side of the telephone. Marci about her exceptional and somewhat unlikely life in music, as well as how it as sustained her recovery. Recovery Unplugged had the recent fortune of speaking to Ms. If you’re lucky enough to ever engage her in conversation, whether it’s about her life, her music, her recovery, her experiences or anything in between, it’s hard not to feel like you’re talking to the First Lady of Modern Blues. If there’s one woman who has earned the title of “Ms.”, it’s Connecticut singer/songwriter Marci Chevian-Hooper, known henceforth as Ms.
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