Lady Dottie and the Diamonds

A staple in San Diego for more than a decade featuring some of the most talented musicians around (boasting current and former members of Jejune, Earthless, Fu Manchu, The Freaks, and more) Lady Dottie and the Diamonds are the regions premier blues act.  It's a boogie-woogie dance party that goes all night. 

  The band leader, Lady Dottie, is a soulful woman in her early 60s named Dorothy Mae Whitsett.  Singing everywhere from the kitchen to the pulpit, she was raised in a family of 14 and performed in a gospel choir.  "It was hard coming up, but I'm still here and feeling good, too" Whitsett admits.  "Days of hunger made me stronger!"  An Alabama-bred fireball, Dottie's curvier than Lombard and got more gumption than a pack of wolves.  She's a tambourine-toting, hip gyrating powerhouse with a sultry voice that will leave you trembling. 

  "I feel privileged to turn a new generation onto the blues" Whitsett says.  "We have to realize that people are meant to come together, and nothing does that like music."

  Without fail, Dottie and her Diamonds work audiences into a fevered frenzy.  This band seems God-sent.  Shine On You Crazy Diamonds!

 (This text taken from a recent article in San Diego's prestigious 944 Magazine.  Written by Derek Shaw, it was so on the money we used it here!)

Why should you listen?  Well, here's just a few reasons: -          Named as Spin Magazine's "101 Best Nights Out!"

-          Won San Diego Music Awards for 3 straight years.

-          The band will be touring constantly at release and through 2009.

-          Lady Dottie and the Diamonds get the stiffest of indie rockers to grandma herself on the dancefloor and shakin' that ass!

-          One of San Diego's Top 10 Bands according to the San Diego Union Tribune.



Artist Status: Active
Web Site: http://www.ladydottieandthediamonds.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ladydottieandthediamonds