member being at a radio station
in Paris, France and my husband at
the time was with me. The inter-
view lasted all of five minutes. The
first question the guy asked was
something about Bruce and then
he said, ‘Is it true your sax player’s
initials are CC like Clarence Clem-
ons? And is it true your guitar
player is Jon Landau’s brother?”
My husband leaned over and said,
‘Let’s get out of here, he’s cueing
up the Mitch Ryder medley!’”
Nevertheless, she still had to
battle image issues - even from
female writers. Mas never for-
got a piece in the Village Voice
that was published under the title
“They’re cute, but can they sing?”
which mortified her by wondering
if she was still cute after the writer
noticed a tiny roll of fat over her
waistband.
“My manager was furious with
me,” recalled Mas. “I was like I
guess I can’t eat anymore. I’ll just
purge every meal. Then it became
a habit. It was a terrible thing to
go through, but it’s not uncom-
mon. Women are under tremen-
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