That’s what I remember Sheryl Crow saying during the Lilith Fair stop in Atlanta, 1999.
She had jumped off tour to go play Woodstock. You remember that one—thee of flying mud and riotous fire. And Sheryl and her band could not get out of there fast enough to get back on the bus with Sarah McLachlan. And I immediately thought in that moment, “Wow, that Sarah must be something special.” And she is, to this woman in the music biz anyway. Sarah is a pioneer, just like we strive to be at Sixthman. She had people tell her that something couldn’t be done and then she went and did it. Now, not only did she do it, she DID IT UP!
Sarah assembled the means and accomplished three sold-out years of a glorious grrl-centric music festival after all the guy promoters told her it couldn’t be done. Surely, you can fathom how inspiring that was for this young woman. It can be done! It was done! Women DO matter in rock and roll! The message was clear, the message was strong and I got it. I was determined to carve my own path as a kick ass female in a male dominated industry and witnessing Lilith Fair’s success was all I needed to fuel the fire.
So needless to say, I can barely express how unbelievably stoked I am that Sarah McLachlan will be joining us on Ships and Dip. She dared to be different and she blazed a most certain path, just like Sixthman does. She is a well-suited addition to the family; there is no doubt about that. And I for one cannot wait to set sail with Sarah!
-Carla