This queen of blue-eyed rock n’ soul, who grew up loving equally the sweetness of a Memphis horn line and the raunch of an electric guitar riff– whether played by Muddy Waters, Keith Richards, or Pop Staples–teased her blonde hair into a beehive in honor of The Ronettes and never looked back, picking up a guitar herself and forging a career as a songwriter in the process.
Ohlman, named a “Living Legend” by the New Haven Advocate , is the current, long-time vocalist with the Saturday Night Live Band who sang at SNL’s 25th Anniversary telecast, the 2009 Obama Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C., Bob Dylan’s 30th Anniversary bash at Madison Square Garden, and the Central Park Summerstage Tribute To Janis Joplin (where she fronted both Big Brother & The Holding Company and The Kozmic Blues Band); has appeared onstage or in-studio with the likes of George Harrison, Neal Young, Chrissy Hynde, Al Green, and Nona Hendryx; guests on Grammy nominees A Tribute To Howlin’ Wolf (with Taj Mahal and Lucinda 
Williams) and Charlie Musselwhite’s One Night In America (with Marty Stuart); sings the theme song to NBC’s 30 Rock; duets live whenever possible with blues legends Eddie Kirkland and Hubert Sumlin; collaborated on critically-acclaimed tracks with Marshall Crenshaw (Labour Of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe ), Big Al Anderson (Pawn Shop Guitars ) and Ian Hunter (Shrunken Heads), edited legendary producer Andrew Loog Oldham’s autobiography 2Stoned (London Times Music Book Of The Year); and worked with Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder & others on the Rhythm & Blues Foundation Awards–all the while continuing to torch clubs up and down the Eastern Seaboard in support of her recordings (Strip, The Hard Way, Radio Queen, Wicked Time, 2008 career retrospective Re-Hive, and 2009’s The Deep End, her first CD of original material in five years, featuring special guests/duet partners Ian Hunter, Dion DiMucci, and Marshall Crenshaw, plus Levon Helm, GE Smith, Al Anderson, Andy York, and others) with her band Rebel Montez.
Joining Ohlman on stage for an incendiary night of “Soulful Americana” will be Michael Colbath (bass) Larry Donahue (drums), and Cliff Goodwin (guitar). “I’ve come here tonight to set your souls on fire,” she’ll tell an audience. And she will.
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