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If you were deeply enmeshed in the \\u2018womyn\\u2019s\\u2019 music scene\\xa0or romped topless through the Michigan Womyn\\u2019s Music Festivals in the 1970s and 1980s, then you will pulsate with memories of the amazing, kick-ass all-women\\u2019s rock group,\\xa0Fanny.\\xa0Even if you missed it, we hope you can imagine how revolutionary and transgressive Fanny was in its heyday in the early 70s. Which is why we were thrilled to find June Millington -- wild woman, lead\\xa0guitarist and\\xa0the band\\u2019s\\xa0co-founder -- as kick-ass now as she was 50 years ago. At 75,\\xa0June and her partner, Ann Hackler, run the\\xa0Institute\\xa0for Musical Arts in Goshen MA \\u2013 hosting a recording studio and \\xa0annual camps\\xa0that show scores of\\xa0girls\\xa0and young women the power of rock and roll to be their \\u2018get out of jail free\\u2019 card, just as it was for June and her sister Jean when, in early adolescence, they picked up their first ukuleles in the Philippines. You can immerse yourself in\\xa0Fanny\\u2019s story, from their origins to\\xa0meeting with the Beatles, playing back-up for Barbara Streisand,\\xa0their successful albums and tours and more\\xa0in the 2021\\xa0documentary,\\xa0The Right to Rock.\\xa0To learn more about June, check out her memoir, Land of a Thousand Bridges.\\xa0A\\xa0second memoir is coming soon and June and sister Jean\\u2019s latest album, "Play Like a Girl" is available on Spotify and Amazon Music.\\xa0June still\\xa0lives\\xa0by the mantra that\\xa0"life is music and music is life."\\xa0We are eternally grateful to\\xa0her\\xa0for sharing a bit\\xa0of\\xa0the winding path that brought her to this point, as she bravely\\xa0commits to coming\\xa0face-to-face with herself at every age.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0

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The music we used in this episode includes:

Ain\\u2019t That Peculiar (Fanny, 1972)

Thinking of You (Fanny, 1971)

It Takes a Lotta Good Lovin\\u2019 (Fanny, 1967)

Charity Ball (Fanny, 1971)

Changer and Changed (Cris Williamson, l975)

My Love (Tret Fure, 1973)