Girl
group
L ovely L ocks
are three southern gals
Virginia, South Carolina, and Alabama who came together in Savannah after getting to know each other through the local music scene. The result of this union is a self-described musical style of “folk-infused pop with an attitude problem.” How does that translate? Imagine catchy folk tunes laced with sexy grit. With strong vocals and a myriad of instruments such as guitar, piano, tambourine and accordion Lovely Locks mesmerizes the audience no matter where they play. The ladies were kind enough to do a little Q&A for us. from
Anna Chandler Age: 25 Hometown: Greenville, S.C.
How did band?
you get together as a
Anna: Britt and Stina met at open mics and I joined after. We joke about how we each saw each other doing cool stuff from afar and made it our personal missions to befriend each other. I knew Britt as the bellydancing-costumed-singer-songwriter-founder-of Outlet Magazine —she was always wearing lots of hats, and wearing ‘em well. I knew Crystina because my old band, General Oglethorpe & the Panhandlers, begged her to learn bass so she could play with us—we loved her stage presence, dedication to her music and energy when she was playing guitar by herself, and we just wanted her in our band. So before Lovely Locks really got beyond acquaintances, we kind of “decided” on each other.
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Britt Scott
Age: 30 Hometown: Virgina Beach, VA
Crystina Parker Age: 24 Hometown: Mobile, AL
Virginia Beach, Virginia and came through Savannah originally while traveling the country. By then I knew Anna: In high school I played bass, I wanted to study graphic design so guitar and sang in a band called SCAD seeming like the perfect fit for TINA that was weirdly similar to me. One month later I was living in Lovely Locks (three female songwrit- Savannah as a SCAD undergrad. ers playing folk music, occasionally backed up by a couple of guys) and Chrystina: I grew up in Mobile dabbled in some “pop-punk” projects. Alabama and moved here with a I came to SCAD in 2006 to get my friend who was attending SCAD so BFA in Illustration and Creative Writ- I could pursue my music. ing and didn’t play music with anyone until 2009, when I formed General What are your influences? Oglethorpe & the Panhandlers with Devin Smith. We cut a record and Anna: Musical: Cyndi Lauper, Modecided to dedicate our early twen- town, Hole (Live Through This), ties to the band and see how it went. I Outkast, Patti Smith, Modest Mouse, decided to stay, and Savannah’s since The Elephant 6 Collective (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Music Tapes, Circubecome home. latory System). Britt: I grew up in the suburbs of Where did you grow up and what brought you to Savannah?
Issue 1 / June, 2013