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Lola Mullen

Poetic language is limerick in leather shoes.

About Me

More music available for download at the following sites:
Lola Mullen @ Last.FM
(download songs from the last album, "Our Lady of Perpetual Motion")
Lola @ Squarespace
"Face of a goddess, voice of an angel, mouth of a trucker." - C. Benninger.
"The little red hen with bloomers and charisma."
Vocals, acoustic guitar, broken "dobro", mouth harp, squeezebox, percussion on all songs: Lola
Lola is a resident of Staunton transplanted from all over Maryland, Charlottesville and Arlington, VA (birthplace Baltimore) for a change of scenery. Lola can be spied occasionally playing shows around Virginia, Tennessee, DC, and anywhere her legs or wheels can carry her. Lola talks about herself in the third person, but only in her MySpace profile. All shows are free unless otherwise noted.
All songs were recorded at Monkeyclaus Studios and/or using a G4 iBook, the built-in mic on the display, and GarageBand 2.
postscript: if you took a picture of someone that looks like me in a bar drinking straight from the beer pitcher, well...believe your eyes.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/9/2006
Band Website: last.fm/music/Lola+Mullen/
Band Members: Lola, also known as Twitch, Larry, Dard, or Lauren Kristen if you're nas-tay.
Influences: Maria McKee, Drunk, Emmylou Harris, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson, Ella Fitzgerald, Alex Chilton, John Cale, Neko Case, Morphine, Candi Staton, Loretta Lynn, Gillian Welch, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, The Mountain Goats, Patti Smith, Gram Parsons, the two Elvises, Bobbie Gentry, Rachael Cantu, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, John Hartford, Doc Watson, Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, Magnetic Fields, Menomena, The Decemberists.
Sounds Like: As told by listeners: Lucinda Williams sans twang, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris, Caitlin Cary, Kathleen Edwards, Crystal Gayle, Michelle Shocked.
Record Label: n/a
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Partial schedule up for Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion NOW!

So far, one of my two dates in Bristol, Tennessee at the Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion festival have been listed. Go here for more info:http://www.bristolrhythm.com/performers.php?artist=116O 'Main...
Posted by Lola Mullen on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:31:00 PST

Live recording this weekend at Shen. Pizza and Baja Bean Co.!

I'll be recording both of my shows this weekend at Shenandoah Pizza and at the Baja Bean Co. in downtown Staunton to be spliced up and possibly released later this year. Come on out and have a listen...
Posted by Lola Mullen on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:41:00 PST

Thank you, Jax and the American Shakespeare Center!

I had a great show last night...many thanks to those who came out a little early to hear the music!  That space is absolutely gorgeous visually and aurally; Jacquie will be sending gig pictures a...
Posted by Lola Mullen on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:31:00 PST

I'm not playing at the Baja next week...

...because it's my Pop's birthday. There are a billion other great people playing, but I won't be one of them. I'll be in Maryland having dinner with my dad, so go, enjoy, and have a blast for me.My...
Posted by Lola Mullen on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:25:00 PST

SHOW @ GALAXY HUT 13 NOVEMBER

I'm back.Come see me play solo.  Tip jar for the needy, as I'll be driving up from west central nowhere to play this one show.Time TBA.  Aw, yes.
Posted by Lola Mullen on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:42:00 PST

a new song lyric live and direct from Wright's Dairy-Rite...

I recorded a new song about a week ago. By reques from a friend, I'll put it up now and once again when I have a better recording down pat. It's a sketch for something better soon I think. In other...
Posted by Lola Mullen on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:05:00 PST

NEW pictures, real ones.

My friend Kim offered to take some pictures for me to use for fliers, CDs (hah, we'll see about that), whatever. We had a blast running around Augusta county Saturday afternoon and took some really b...
Posted by Lola Mullen on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:42:00 PST

Last minute show: Uncle Charlie's in Crozet!

Charlie and Roberta asked me to play this Saturday and so it is.  Charge is $3.  Please come by if'n you've nothing to do.
Posted by Lola Mullen on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:12:00 PST

THANK YOU DR. HO (and all of his non-doctoral visitors)

I had a great time playing at the one and only Humble Pie tonight.  I broke a string (sorry, Cutch) and probably re-strung it with the wrong string gauge BUT I kept playing and even finished the ...
Posted by Lola Mullen on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:53:00 PST

why on earth would they steal MY guitar?

it wasn't even WORTH anything.  and right from my house, too!
Posted by Lola Mullen on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:42:00 PST