Sista Otis dancing with snakes, swallowing swords, lighting her self on fire and humping her guitar amp, all in the name of Rock N Roll. Hamtramck Oct 02, 2009
Sista Otis sitting in with Michael Franti in New Orleans 09
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Influences
The Great "IT", Acapulco Gold, Bettie Page, Elvis, Cheif Sitting Bull of The Lakota Nation, The Doors, Wanda the Dancing Lady, My Moms & Pops, Sojourner Truth, The Holy Ghost, Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Cole Porter, Patsy Cline, Wayne Dyrer, Prince, Tom Robins, Big mama Thorton, Mae West, Dolly Parton, Janis Joplin, You, David Bowie, BRIAN SIKORA, RickieLee Jones, The Blues Brothers, Dr. John, Alice Walker, Leonard Cohen, Ben Harper, Martin L. King Jr., The Beatles, G Love, Jack Kerouac, Loretta Lynn, The last Poets, Ken Kesey, Diane Di Prima, Hank Williams, Ani, The chicago 7, Otis Redding, Martin Sexton, Bob Marley, Patti Smith, Bright Eyes, Rimbaud, Johnny Cash, James Brown, George Jones and last but not least there is no town like Motown
For links to many of these artist and spiritual leaders go to sistaotis.com
Hey Jack...I wont hit the air waves until the year 2000, babycakes!!!
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Sounds Like
This sound was born in Detroit, could only be born in Detroit.
As the Story goes, in a lil' JAZZ club downtown after hours
a few drinks and clouds of reefer hangin' in the air
Lady BLUES was feeling the SOUL from MOTOWN,
so she HIP-HOPped up on MOTOWN'S lap,
ROCKed back and forth and got the FUNK on.
Meanwhile, FOLK wondered in off the streets with crazy hair
and dark shades and wrote the story down.
On that night, Sista Otis was conceived...
The "Original Good Time Girl," Sista Otis, is a gypsy with no home to call her own and no
day job to fall back on, all she does is live, eat, drink and sleep the music. She is currently
working with Norwood, the bass player from the world famous punk/Reggae band
Fishbone, and recording with King Sound Studios in Hollywood, CA, who has recorded among others Ben Harper, Blind Boys
Of Alabama and Jack Johnson. She released her award winning
studio album, Worldwide Release (her 6th release on Wholly Roller Records). That
album has gone Indie Gold with air play in 12 different countries and coast to coast on
college and public radio and a write up in Roiling Stone magazine. The Advocate named
her one of the top Indie Artists to see LIVE in the U.S. Sista Otis is a song writer's song
writer and a performer-extraordinaire. The grit of her shows all comes from a life of
giving one's self over completely to their art. With her ear to the speaker and her eyes on
the page, she listened to the voices that spoke to her in the songs and the books and they
told her the only life worth living and writing about is one lived out on the tight rope of
your passions with no safety net. She followed in the foot steps of her literary and
musical heroes such as Jack Kerouac, Bob Dylan and Hank Williams, striking out on the
road at age19 with nothing but a back pack, a few bucks, and a six string. Abandoning
security, and her known world in trade for the unknown adventure, the kind of life that
drops a guppy in the ocean to fend for itself, she began crisscrossing and couch-surfing
her way from coast to coast. Sista Otis sang for her supper on the side walks of America
financing her travels playing street music. Her hotel room, gas money, bus ticket or meal
for the day depended on tips. She had to learn how to put on a show that would make
people want to stop out on the sidewalk and put money in her hat. It was this grassroots
approach that were the makings of the artist we know today with the stage presence of a
Rock 'n Roll Tina Turner meets the American songwriter. Songs crafted with classic
elements reminiscent of the late 60's, with song structures so diverse and truly original
yet so familiar and warm that you feel like you've heard them before. Strong with rhythm
and addictive hooks, sassy, charming, smooth and raw in all the right spots. With saucy
lil' numbers like "Good Time Girl," 'bout having the bar tender pour another round, to uplifting
ballads like, "This Love is Spiritual". From venues 21 and up to all ages festivals, Sista Otis is
a crowd-pleaser reminiscent of a modern day Mae West/Betty Boop with the feverish flare of a
tent revival gospel show (Amen). Sista Otis is, "The Original Good Time Girl" and the Good Time
Revolution is in full effect when Otis is in the building, up on the stage and out on the
wire.
Book Sista Otis on your Festival, in your venue, house concert or Private Party:
US & Canada
Booking:
Graphic Equlizer Productions : Aaron M. Koper
graphicequlizerproductions@gmail.com
www.myspace.com/graphicequlizerproductions
00+1(248)910-3564
Fishman promotions will send you posters, and start pushing radio and press in your city.
Quotes...
"She has enough girl power to fuel a fire and enough soul to make James Brown proud."
- Rachel May, Detroit Free Press
"The band's name and its Detroit Pedigree set some big expectations. Happily, Sista Otis and her Wholly Rollers manage to over deliver. Sista serves up Janis Joplin-inspired 1960s Rock mingled with flavors of funk, hip-hop, soul, and urban folk in socially conscious songs"
-Mark Davis, The Advocate
"Also hailing from the Midwest, Detroit to be exact, is Sista Otis and the Wholly Rollers. With the feverish fervor of a faith healer, Sista Otis and company rolls through a series of songs on its CD Worldwide Release (Wholly Roller) that sound as if they were baptized in hip-hop (Beat On The Road), funk (Love Is Spiritual), modern rock (Rollin Stone, Mama Look At Me), and the blues (Letter To Denine), and bring the listener to the brink of testifying."
-Gregg Shapiro, Windy City Times
"She's a very talented guitar player, song writter and she knows how to work a croud. Her stage persence is one that you cant walk away from without knowing she was there."
-Kristi Singer
The Sun News Kicks Weekly Entertainment Guide Myrtle Beach, SC
"Worldwide Release holds the potential as the record that can break open the national scene for Sista Otis and the Wholly Rollers. And it's a great album, full of the variety and depth that Otis is known for. Each song sounds fresh and different from each other, a feat not often accomplished by music groups either through fear or inexperience."
-Lucie Bourgeau, The South End
"Her spunky -- sometimes spittingly so -- new disc is the kind of blast of self-confidence that says an artist has really arrived. Sista Otis is emerging as one of Detroit's most distinctive voices."
-Steve Byrne, Detroit Free Press
"Sista Otis is one-of-kind figure in the Detroit music scene."
-Melody Baetens, Detroit News
"One listen leaves little doubt that Otis is on her way out of the shadows of the gritty, "urban folk" genre she helped create and on her way into the mainstream. But that's OK. Perhaps it's the mainstream that needs this prophetess most of all."
-Jason Michael, Between The Lines
"Sista Otis has got to be one of the best songwriters to hit Detroit in a very long time."
-Aimee Spencer, Real Detroit
"(Sista Otis) is the hardest working women in Detroit Show Business."
-Jim Dolzo, WDET.
"A maverick artist packing rooms across the Midwest, exalted by critics"
-BRIAN MCCOLLUM, Detroit Free Press
"Legendary Country crooner Johnny Cash once wrote a song about a boy named Sue. But around these parts, it's a girl named Otis that's getting all the attention. Sista Otis to be exact."
-Jason Michael, Between The Lines.
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Come on out and play Moter Boat and catch The Sista Otis Show.
Sista Otis!!! You're guys music is amazing!, Your voice is Beautiful! You may (or may not) know my mama Mo (or Kelly Cooley) lol But I stole all your CDs from her!! and I love em! =) Keep up the awesome work!
The Ritual of New Times of Success and Goals Achieved!
A Universial Kali of Six Aspects of The Almighty God Ayappan - Kali Trini - Kali (Achiles, Aker, Ezra, Pyche, Eros, Vali, Kaninni) - Tripurntaka - Kaumari - Ketu Always honored and by way - Lord of the Kali Way, God of the Kali way, Lordus of all Lordus' of the Kali way, The Holly Remover of Obstacles of the Kali way!
Grace and honor and peace. Decency and a togetherness prayer for all to never enter into dillusional offerings. Bring forth loves, relationships, never animals or things not kosher. I personally offer all food, but animals are with soul, not for they to die for vain and blasphemy. Aum Ayappan, Aum Kali Trini, Aum Kali, Aum Tripurintaka, Aum Kaumari, Aum Ket, Aum Lord of Fait, Aum God of Fait, Aum Lordess of all Lordess of Fait, Aum Almighty Remover of Obstacles of fait. Bless you all!!!
A first of a series of writings about The Many Aspects of Shiva in the ways of Kali - Aum Shri Shiva - Aum Shiva - Aum Kali - Aum Kaumari Shiva of the Kali way of understanding the great illusion of life itself. In the way of fait, revolution and karma. This aspect of Shiva is an aspect that helps people undertand the nature of breaking free of degredation in a sanctified way of worship decent. Of the fifth level of the final devotional transidental meditation is this level and mean of worship. Of the lotus and of the closest one can be of darsaan to Shiva in this way. With the fourth other aspects of Shiva, in order, are the depths and distances of devotional transidental meditation. The devotion of sub consciouse meditation simultaiously of Chaktic Yoga of the souls chakra. Together this brings harmony and bliss into existance. Where as Prayer brings joy, devotion brings motion of a divine way, devotional meditation brings absolute silence in a benevolant way. Devotional yoga of the tantrik way is of the chakra's of the flesh with fifth postures and focuses that allow one to explore spirit and mortality in a devotional way. With Transindental meditation one seeks to and of way of moments of bliss discovers divine nature and the oblivion of ones mind. The Void is of devotional yoga and the abyss is of devotional meditation. In devotion one explores their dominal mind or their venfull logical self. In prayer one simply discovers their feelings. The distance of the Lotus combined with Sub consciouse meditation is of expertise and of comfort. There are but six faiths one can have of their soul. The Mountain of faith, so large that one could never, even in darssan way be so close to Shiva. The Hill a second enormous amount of faith. To the boulder of next. Followed by the large rock. After this one see's a small stone. The final type of faith, and sixth type of faith is of a grain of sand. Too see now how a grain of sand is one who is of natural faith.
So sorry I missed you in Michigan, and thank you Sista Otis for the outlet for my words and works, the book is going great and bless you Sista Otis fans for the notes and prayers. Reaching out all over to the gay world in a whole new way is my new project. Not of money but of true reality of spirituality. Drawing the lines of descency in the world. What is decent is being who you are and not hurting others, being a damned biggot is the evil organized bigotry against the homosexual human beings fo the planet earth. Take a moment to report by way of legend writ (a small peice of paper to your shepard and who you worship) all who you know who are adherent to this new hidden silent biggotry. No more can we sleep on this, there are people adorning crusifixes upon their necks calling for a people to be eradicated in order to preserve an element of war and non binding slavery. Aum Shiva Aum Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Aum Ghandi. Aum Rosa Parks. Aum Scott Micheal Cronce Aum Mother Holly Spirit Aum Mother Alberta Christine Williams King. I pray for you all to see Barack Obamma as a president and not a spirtual leader or civic revolutionary, and not a King legacy either. Be at peace and know my prayers and thoughts are always with my dear friend Sista Otis who I miss dearly. Together we brought a new hope to Detroit once with a a benefit, reaching accross the lines of shade of skin, gender and sexual oreitation differences, we drew the line that night of hope prosperity and change. Lets all gather strength and be one in a way of descency and togetherness. Lets draw a line and take a stand agaisnt they who claim that child molestation is part of the gay world. Aum Guru Nanuk Aum Our Father Lord Saint Mathew
Blessid and beleive and keep the love alive with Sista Otis, know she seeks not dager of heart fame, she seeks a change in the world a change for peace and a change for love and a change for people to see through eyes of love. Aum Buhda, Aum Indiriah Ghandi Aum Booker T.
Bless you today and Aum Kaumari and Aum Kaumari's hope for you!!! A quick note. I will be doing a series of writings of the universial aspects of the Almighty God of the Kali way. The celebration and ritual of Kali I hope to find peace in and I hope you will print A Kali out or A lingam and partake! I began with some holly prassad offering for a dearest friend of mine and my own birthday feast. Three days of preperation of turning some raw beans into a sacred offering to Kaumari! Bliss of a thousand years did this bring me and the feast to sacred to be spoken of! As well some vegetables prepared traditionally in the way of Seva of cooking prassad devotionally. As well I have my Kaumari and my Lingam on a seperate place with a vessel of wooden matchsticks. To realize the benefit of this is to realize that Kaumari stands for we the human beings to know only of the fifth worshiped human beings as Gods and that all others are equal. Aum Eklingi The Creator, Aum Murugren The Preserver, Aum Devi The Destroyeress, Aum Skanda The Remover of Obstacles (in honor and humble grace), Aum Shiva The Provider. In homage of The Almighty God and in peace that none other but five ever recieve prayers or worship, of free will. Aum Shiva, Aum Shiva's hope for you and your free will to be always yours and never interupted by one who is an idol unwholesome! Aum Shiva. I never seek a publisher for the book I'm working on a project of devotional writing to Shiva, as will all writings be of devotion! Much love to you all and I know my journey of exploring the Many Aspects of Shiva in the ways of Kali has begun! What a ritual and how many moons will pass! Aum Kaumari. Aum Kaumari's hope for your soul's journey and for you to always be free of they who wish to interupt your harmony! Aum Shiva
God, Lord, Almighty God know thy name and know they honor. Admiting that the pain is gone for the bowl has run dry and I thirst not for pains of Babylon but know I seek refresh and sober trust. Can you be with me know Lord, to help me not provide for they who are idols, in any way. Can you be with me now God, for I to know no longer shame of partaking in idolitry by way of filling the bowl of they who are idols. Please take me now from the role of unwholesome and deliver me to the world of yours. Almighty God know I am humble and of grace, and know I speak words that are clear and of truth. Almighty know it is you that I seek of salvation and not they who seek attention as God's in the world unwholesome who are but that. Know that I pray to you in a humble way and know that I seek your hand, soft, warm, Almighty and the way. Jacob shepard of many and teller or truths be at peace today for I will not bow to false idols fallen from grace who seek my loyalty in their delision of sin. Know I am true, mature and whole. Know I look not upon you with lust in thine eye, and know I bow and pray in your mercy for you to accept me as one who lives free of hurting others who are of grace. Know I seek no longer to hurt others and to anger never they five; Lord, God, Lord of all Lords, Holly Spirit and God. Gathering a fortitude of will am I, becoming by way of never inflicting pain upon myself by way of sin is my focus and my journey. Help me find peace today by allowing me the strength of not having thoughts of my self being created not by Lord and Provided not by Almighty God, for I am created by Lord and Provided by Almighty God. Help me find solace by not allowing any actions that bring harm to my divine journey be acted. In the name of Father Lord, Father God, Lord of all Lords,Mother Holly Spirit, Almighty God.
A Prayer Writting in Devotion by Scott Micheal Cronce
Uriel The Universial Names of Uriel - Chaoti of Greek and Romany Mythos - Jeremiah of the old Testament - Saint Gabriel of Christ's Chruch of Eternal Peace - The Angel Known as Karma - Uma of the Hindu Religion
The Uriel Prayer -
Sacred truth who knows peace of life of absolute faith, bring me kindness to day. I offer you a piece of my day and night and I say to you sacred true Uriel, be with me and my fait. Know of me and know of my honor and valor. I say to you noble peace, bring me to love today with a note of heavens grace. I offer to you know for you to know that I am aware, my true wish and my true dreams. Bring to me love and know I, in a humble way, bow to you in the way of prayer. Oh sacred Uriel, except my pain, my confuscions and my hope for yesterday, now and tomorrow's length to be of harmony and of karma of grace. Blessid are you sacred servant, blessid is your peace and your protection. An offering of my will and my want to see you clearly and to know freedom from viewing specific people with specific anatomies closer to God than others. Please bring me to peace and allow me to be free of the idolitry of anatomy. Help me understand that all are as beautiful and all are loved equally by Almight God as all others. With contention though, for all who wage battle with the Almighty not are loved as much. Help me realize that all are born loved equally by The Almighty Holly Spirit regardless of their shade of skin, anatomy and sexual orientation. Blesid are you Uriel, Sacred amazing peace and Grace!
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1. A Pop/Rock/Commercial band with female lead. Band must consist of 2 guitars (Prefer both guitar players to be of lead caliber. However, one lead and one rhythm is acceptable), keyboard/piano, bass, and drums. Lead vocal, followed by backing vocals, in that order, is a plus as it relates to other members of the group. Average age of the band cannot exceed 28 years of age.
* Group must have an outstanding lead vocalist. ** Musicianship throughout the entire band must be very strong. *** Group cannot currently be under any contract of any type that is related to the music industry.
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Bringing things to the way of worth and gather in a whole way is the end of roads that lead to false comforts. When I speak of false comforts I speak of becoming one who smiles fully when one truly wishes to smile in truth. This creates what is known as abyss un wholesome or oblivion unwholesome. When gathering up a tone, gather a solid tone of the truth of one's soul, gather not a tone in premeditation. Now is the greatest time to start seeking love of the way of the highest place. Love is not social and societal placings that are won and lost with gates and dress that conform unparrallel with the highest road and they who walk upon it. Know of sight and seeing but know not of seeing and speaking being of two different manuscripts. Allow yourself the freedom of knowing that you are worthy to be loved by the highest of five, Lord, ALmighty, Lord of all Lords, The Great Spirit and God. Allow yourself to see not the future, for fait is not until the moment arises. Offer your hopes to who you worship and offer your dreams. If you have known not true love in life, offer your curiousity. Seek not Lust as comfort and know there are no subspecies that exists, not amongst humans or any other. Forget not to address all discomfort of heart. None shall ever seek one who demands to be treated in a way that you must always act as you are not in order to be. One must never seek love from one who is not gay or bi outwardly, this loss is not true and it is deadly to seek this. When one goads, one is sick. Goading is when one makes a sexual advance on some one with no intent of love. Many see that love might spring from they who goad, only in illusion is this true. Only in truth do people who come to terms with life and living with another who is the same sexual orientation as they.
Benefit for my Dad on September 27, 2009 Hi Everyone, My Father Peter Aguayo passed away on Tuesday 9-8-2009. He was a Steelworker for 30 years. The company he worked for went Bankrupt and they took his Life Insurance and Medical as well. I am trying to raise enough money to give him a proper burial. Please find it in your heart to come out to the Benefit, he so deserves it. There will be 5-6 AWESOME bands. The bands that are already booked for the show are: The Midnight Rendezvous, StellarDrive & Bazooka Jones. Special Guests: Charlie Allen Martin (Bob Seger) & Psychild - Robert Noll, Tyuawn Brown (A Michael Jackson Impersonator) and Bruce Race (Charlie Chaplin Impersonator). Location is: Scott Lake Banquet Center (Located inside the Waterford Elks) 2100 Scott Lake Road. Waterford, MI 48328 Admission is $20.00 Benefit will start at 2pm and will end at 10pm, or later. 50/50 Raffle Door Prizes Cash Bar & Food Auction Items The Benefit will also be filmed by Comcast for my friend Big L's The Music Room TV Show. This will be a great time and it's for a great cause. I am also trying to raise awareness to the retiree's that they should not assume that they are taken care of, this is happening to people every day. It has been devestating due to the company's Bankruptcy, my Father hasn't been buried yet. Hope to see you there. More info to follow as it becomes available. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Help us Honor our Dad, he was a son, a husband and a wonderful Human Being. God Bless Jer & Angel
HERE'S THE INFO ON MY NEXT SHOW!!! Be a part of the Pee Dees bigest Party October 10th & 11th... Eagle 92.2 Presents Mudflap & Mattie's.. 6th Anniversary Party... Mud and Music.... October 10th Starring Rhett Akins with special guests Fast Ryde, Jeffery Allen Edwards and the Pee Dee' own Sideswiped. There are a limited amount of reserved seats available, buy your Now!!! ADVANCE PURCHASE ONLY $20.00 (tax & ticketing fee included) gets you a 2 day pass for the races and a reserved seat closest to the stage for the concert If there are any left they will be $30.00 day of the show. General Admission $15.00 for one day $20.00 for 2 days Kids 12 and under free with General Admission ticket ONLY! Camping available $5.00 per person with a 2 pass only. For Tickets go to entertaincarolina.com or call 843-423-0077 Ticket price includes pases to attend the MUD RACING DIRT SERIES FOR TWO DAY also held at the complex
OTIS! Thank you for the candid interview! You're a stellar talent and we are very glad to know you. Be well, stay focused and work hard sweety... we're in your corner! And our invite is open ended too!!
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