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See Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker in Exclusive Clip From ‘Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill’ Documentary
See an exclusive clip with Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker from ‘Lost Angel,' the new documentary about Judee Sill, one of rock's most unsung artists.
“Lost Angel,” a documentary that premiered at film festivals (and was reviewed by Variety) late in 2022 and is opening officially this week, does a masterful job of remedying that. The latter factor was no coincidence: Her musical brilliance was countered by a deeply self-destructive streak, including drug abuse, prostitution, robbery and ensuing jail stints that began in her teens, that ultimately led to her death in 1979 at the age of just 35, leaving behind just two vastly under-recognized albums containing brilliant songs like “Lady-O,” “The Kiss,” “Jesus Was a Cross Maker,” “The Phoenix” and others. Yet her self-destructive streak continued even at the peak of her career: Her final spiral began after she lost her record deal (and if you want to see the face of an offended David Geffen, watch for his reaction here to reports that he dropped her from the label after she called him a seriously off-color name onstage).
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