The Amazing Delores

In an industry full of unwarranted nicknames, the Amazing Delores comes by hers honestly. Mudlick, WV, native Delores Boyd was a former model and proprietor of a "beauty and charm school" before deciding to take up a musical career well past 40. Never one to half-step, she debuted doing a version of "House of the Rising Sun" -- while jumping up and down on a table at an open mic night -- and soon became a fixture in the clubs of the state capital, Charleston, in the late '80s. Impossible to miss in her usual getup of gold lamé capris, leopard print tops, and massive beehive ha...