Barbara Lynn Youll Lose A Good Thing ( The Beat, 1966)
Singer, guitarist Barbara Lynn was a rare commodity during her heyday. Not only was she a female instrumentalist (one of the very first to hit the charts), but she also played lefthanded quite well at that and even wrote some of her own material. Lynn s music often straddled the line between blues and Southern R B, and since much of her early work including the number one R B hit You ll Lose a Good Thing was recorded in New Orleans, it bore the sonic imprint of the Crescent City. Lynn was born Barbara Lynn Ozen in Beaumont, TX, on January 16, 1942; she played the piano as a child before switching to guitar, inspired by Elvis Presley. In junior high, Lynn formed her own band, Bobbie Lynn and the Idols; at this point, her musical role models veered between bluesmen (Guitar Slim, Jimmy Reed) and female pop singers (Brenda Lee, Connie Francis). After winning a few talent shows and playing some teen dances, the stillunderage Lynn started working the local clubs and juke joi
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