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Penny Nichols (December 26, 1947 – October 29, 2017) was an American folk musician and songwriter. Career. Nichols began her career in the Southern California folk circuit in Orange County, California, in 1964, singing in a bluegrass band with Alice, Bill & John McEuen.
Penny Nichols – Look Around Rock …1968 What we have here is a very cool, laid back slice of psychedelic folk rock with a little hint of jazz…and yes I dig ...
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Oct 29, 2017 · Acclaimed Southern California folk singer, songwriter, vocal teacher, and music camp proprietor Penny Nichols has passed away at the age of 69. Penny Nichols was born December 26, 1947 in Orange County, California.
Bio. Like many musicians in the Sixties, Penny started her career as a folk singer in coffeehouses around Orange County, CA. She shared stages with many legendary artists such as Jackson Browne, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Ponies,Jennifer Warnes, Mary McCaslin and others. In 1964 & 65 she sang in a bluegrass band ...
Oct 29, 2017 · She was a singer-songwriter and producer who started her career in Orange County, California, in the 1960s. In 1964 she joined John, Bill and Alice McEuen’s bluegrass band followed by becoming half of the duo the Greasy Mountain Butterballs with Kathy Smith who went on a tour of Vietnam in 1966.
Penny Nichols is an award-winning singer, a songwriter, a singing teacher, and director of the non-profit organization for songwriters, SummerSongs, which produces a number of retreats and camps for songwriters. Penny has been immersed in the world of music all her life.
Penny Nichols, with a background as a composer and vocal arranger, has worked as a backup singer for a wide variety of R&B and rock acts, including Jimmy Buffett, Arlo Guthrie, Art Garfunkel, Susie Quatro,…. Read Full Biography.
