Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
#1Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 1:39am
She's an Alternative Rock/Blues singer based in Los Angeles, with a voice more like a cross between Janis Joplin and Patsy Cline than that of her Grand-Aunt Judy or her first-cousins-once removed Liza and Lorna.
She sings mostly her own material, but here she is, ripping the tinsel out of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas":
http://youtube.com/watch?v=S1fx1QcJ4sk
#2re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 2:15am
WOW!!!
She is SOMETHING... I personally don't like that song.. I always cringe a little inside when anyone (even Ms. Gumm) sings it.. but Audra Mae was workin' it.
Now I want to hear more!
#2re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 2:27amWho is her Mom?.....Has the voice!!
Yawper
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#3re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 2:39am
Her mom was Judy's niece Judaline (sp?), who was the daughter of Virgina (Jimmy), the middle of the three Gumm girls.
What's with the snickering on 'gay', though?
Updated On: 1/20/08 at 02:39 AM
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#4re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 3:32am
She's actually performing at my friend's cafe here in LA on the 26th.
https://www.cafemusela.com
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#5re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 3:58am
That's the place right next to the Hudson Theatres.
It's tiny so, make reservations!
#6re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 8:58amYawper--I doubt it's homophobic at that cafe.
#7re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 10:58am
Pretty amazing vocal resemblance.
Joey, I'd say her voice is remarkably similar to Judy and Lorna, but she uses it more like the others you mention.
#8re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 1:10pm
Something's messed up with that clip.
I can't get it to play, and I can get everything else to play on YouTube.
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#9re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 1:29pm
Just tried it--it works for me.
I just converted it to Quicktime, so PM me if you want me to send it to you as an MP4 file. It's worth the trouble.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#10re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 1:37pm
Works for me.
And I think the laughing was at a comment that someone in the band makes. It's SOUNDS like after she sings "Make the yuletide gay" that someone says something to the effect of, "I do, every year"
#11re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 1:47pmThanks. I didn't think it was homophobic. She's my new obsession.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#12re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 1:57pmWe should see her here in LA!
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#14re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 2:13pm
She's still touring Europe with White Chistmas.
I'll email her and find out when she gets back!
*You and your New Yorkieness...*
#15re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 3:20pmWow, she's amazing. I definitely hear Judy in there.
#16re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 3:51pm
I guess what we're hearing is Jimmie, actually.
What's exciting to me is that, even though she's singing in a blues/jazz/rock idiom, she has that sense of dynamics and dramatic build that Judy had.
I'm glad she's not a Judy/Liza/Lorna wannabe and that she writes her own songs. Good for her!
#17re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 3:53pm
She is incredible! Damn.
And I LOOOOOVE that you can totally hear that she's related to Judy Garland. There's something in her voice that beckons strongly to Garland while still being all her own.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#18re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 4:12pm
I would like to her her under better circumstances. In that clip she seems tired, strained and had some real pitch problems. But I love the quality and the interpretation. Was this perhaps done at the end of a long set as an encore perhaps?
#19re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 4:33pmClick on the other links. She doesn't usually do standards or Judy songs at all. I think it was a unusual holiday encore.
#20re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 4:46pmShe is so talented! Have seen her numerous times at cabarets here and I am definitely a fan. Check out her myspace music page!
#21re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 4:56pm
Thanks, Popular!
She never mentions any of her famous relatives on her page execpt under Influences where she lists "my grandmother" and about halfway in, Judy Garland. Pretty cool.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#23re: Judy Garland's Grandniece Audra Mae
Posted: 1/20/08 at 7:31pm
I love her sound...
The video I'm linking you guys to isn't the best but the audio is decent. It's sums up her song-writing style nicely. I also like her song Fool's Gold a lot.
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Updated On: 1/20/08 at 07:31 PM
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