''She Rocks, Vol. 1: A Collection of Kick-Ass Guitar Goddesses'' is a 2017 compilation album featuring female rock guitarists, released by
Favored Nations Entertainment
Favored Nations Entertainment is a record label founded in 1999 by guitarist Steve Vai and Ray Scherr, former owner of Guitar Center.
The first album released by the label was '' Coming to Your Senses'' by guitarist Frank Gambale in 2000. So ...
on January 20, 2017. The album was produced by
Brad Tolinski Brad Tolinski (born 1958) was the editor-in-chief of ''Guitar World, Guitar World Magazine'' for 25 years (1989–2015). He also served as editorial director of NewBay Media's music division, which also includes ''Guitar Aficionado'' and ''Revolver ...
and
Steve Vai
Steven Siro Vai (; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, composer, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist f ...
. The cover art was designed by
Laura B. Whitmore
Laura B. Whitmore (born March 11, 1965) is a music marketer, singer/songwriter, event producer, and founder of the Women's International Music Network (The WiMN). She currently lives in Onset, MA.
Early life
Laura B. Whitmore was born in Frami ...
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Track listing
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Orianthi
Orianthi Penny Panagaris (born 22 January 1985), known mononymously as Orianthi, is an Australian guitarist, singer and songwriter who rehearsed in 2009 with Michael Jackson in preparation for his '' This Is It'' concert series, and performed wi ...
– "Transmogrify"
# Yasi Hofer – "Cosmic Stars"
# Kat Dyson – "U Know What I Like"
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Sarah Longfield
Sarah Longfield is an American YouTuber, musician, and multi-instrumentalist based in Madison, Wisconsin. She is known for her two-handed tapping style of playing and the use of an eight-string guitar.
Career
Longfield started her YouTube cha ...
– "The Taxi Time Travel Task Force"
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Lita Ford
Lita Rossana Ford (born 19 September 1958) is an English-born American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She was the lead guitarist for the all-female rock band the Runaways in the late 1970s, before embarking on a successful glam metal solo ...
w/
Lez Zeppelin
Lez Zeppelin is an all-female tribute act, performing the work of Led Zeppelin.McClintock, J. Scott.Lez Zeppelin Allmusic
History
In June 2005, Chuck Klosterman wrote an article for ''Spin'' that featured Lez Zeppelin as a leading protagonist ...
– "The Lemon Song"
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Jennifer Batten
Jennifer Batten (born November 29, 1957) is an American guitarist who has worked as a session musician and solo artist. From 1987 to 1997 she played on all three of Michael Jackson's world tours, and from 1999 to 2001 she toured and recorded wi ...
– "In the Aftermath"
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Nita Strauss
Nita Strauss (born December 7, 1986) is an American rock musician. She is currently Demi Lovato's touring guitarist and was a former touring guitarist for Alice Cooper from 2014 to 2022 and has a successful career as a solo artist. Strauss was t ...
– "Pandemonium"
# Steph Paynes – "The Sun at Her Eastern Gate"
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Nili Brosh
Nili Brosh is an Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter. She has performed and/or recorded with Danny Elfman, Cirque du Soleil, Dethklok, Steve Vai, Tony MacAlpine, Paul Gilbert, Andy Timmons, Guthrie Govan/The Aristocrats, Stu Hamm, Dragon ...
– "A Matter of Perception"
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Gretchen Menn
Gretchen Menn is an American guitarist and composer who has her own original instrumental work and is also the lead guitarist for Zepparella, an all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band. She was included in ''Guitar Player Magazine'' '50 Sensational ...
– "Scrap Metal"
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Yvette Young
Yvette Young is an American musician from San Jose, California. She is the front-woman for the math rock band Covet.
History
Young is of Chinese heritage and comes from a musical family: her father Phil is a singer, accordionist, and composer, ...
– "Hydra
See also
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Women in rock
References
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2017 compilation albums
Favored Nations compilation albums
Women in music
Rock compilation albums