Big Sister

Woodstock, NY's all-female, eclectic rock six-piece Big Sister features guitarists/vocalists Lara Parks, Jen Leigh, and Shelly Prior, bassist Desiree Williams, and drummers Lisa Wexler and Denise Parent. The group began in the late '80s when Prior and Wexler began playing together after meeting at a local club; Parks joined soon after meeting Wexler in an acting class, and Williams was added to the fold after the band played Woodstock '94. This lineup released the albums Live at the Lake, Why My Mind Just Up and Left, and 1998's Some Songs, after which Leigh and Parent joined ...