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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. |
