Lisa and Randy Light
The Arts Nest, “a fun space for serious music”, is proud to present Lisa and Randy Light on Saturday, January 25th.
Doors open 5pm
Lucky Penny is Lisa Light aka El Elle’s second full-length album.
The album artwork features a much-memed photograph by David Henry Williams, entitled “Tiny Dancer” taken in 1984 in New Orleans of Lisa and Randy busking on the street. This photograph is featured in several museums in the Southeast. Having been raised by two musicians, this album is truly a full circle homage to the importance of music to the Light family. “End of the Story” features Laura Light in her final recording singing the refrain “I guess we’re screwed.” The album will be released on November 29h, the day after Thanksgiving, 2 years since she passed in the middle of the night at home. credits
This collection is a culmination of a collaboration with SF artist, Merkley, who invented a songwriting methodology named “Ping” wherein each participant takes a turn choosing the chords, lyrics and melody and then adding linearly until it is complete. In addition to documenting the evolution of this process, it is also a diary of Lisa’s journey of uprooting from Oakland, CA in 2020 to the east coast to care for her mother for the last years of her life battling cancer. Along the way, she invited her father, Randy to join in the songwriting, and eventual recording of this highly emotional material. Quite a departure from her previous raucous and aggressively playful music in The Lovemakers and in her solo work, this album is entirely organic with simple, classic instrumentation and deeply thoughtful and subtle grace.
