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immediately to drummer/vocalist Brie
Darling (nee Howard) who had been run-
ning a profitable cake-making business on
the side. Quickly realizing how well their
voices complemented each other, the pair
not only became fast friends but resolved
to track a duets album together. Out
gonna stop me from recording with this
gal because I was truly finished with this
business. And it took her to bring me
back.”
IE: Brie, were you at all creeped out by
Cherie’s overwhelming adulation?
BRIE DARLING: You know what? I was
not creeped out. But it was different.
There’s not a lot of people in this business
who are that openly appreciative of what
you do, you know? And that’s what
Cherie does. It’s uncommon to meet
someone so open about how much she
loved my voice on our (Fanny) record.
And that’s what I love about her — she’s
really supportive and unique, and that’s
an interesting way to work. Now we get
to talk about how cool each other is
instead of just talking about ourselves,
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August 2, it’s dubbed The Motivator, after
the funky T Rex classic they perform,
alongside eight other covers, like “Get
Together,” and three originals, “Too
Bruised,” “This is Our Time,” and “I’m
Too Good, That’s Just Too Bad.” Plans are
already in the works for a followup, lean-
ing heavily on their own compositions
this time.
Currie almost followed through on her
twin-cabin plot, but she swears that
Darling’s voice was so majestic, it stopped
her in her tracks. “And to actually work
with Brie? I mean, how could I not?” She
adds. “So there was nothing that was
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and that’s a great thing. It was hard to get
used to, but we got used to it. And now I
love it, and I get to tell her how much I
love what she does. She just has a special
quality that’s hard to describe, and she
brings something to the table, to the
recordings, that no one else can do. You
know when she’s singing, and that’s a
very important quality. You can’t learn it,
and you can’t create that if you don’t have
it to start with. And she’s got it in spades.
So we’re just each other’s biggest fans.
IE: Cherie, you had no real plans to make
another album, right?
Photo: Cory Parks
CHERIE CURRIE: No, I was finished.
Like I said, I was heading to the moun-
tains to build my cabins and do my chain-
saw carving. And I wanted to buy what-
ever I needed outright after selling my
house and be done with it all. And that’s
the beauty of this record that Brie and I
made. And not only the record, but the
journey that we went on. Because I had no
hope. No hope before I met her ever to
make music again. I did not want to tour
again, and I was sick and tired of being
asked if there was going to be a Runaways
reunion, because I always had to turn