Brie Howard-Darling is an American drummer, singer, percussionist, and songwriter.
14 Facts About Brie Howard-Darling
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Brie Howard-Darling has recorded with such recording artists as Carole King, Ringo Starr, ELO, Keith Moon, The Temptations, Jimmy Buffett, Melissa Manchester, Janiva Magness, and Glen Campbell.
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Brie Howard-Darling has toured extensively with Martin Mull, Kiki Dee, Jack Wagner, Bruce Willis, Robert Palmer, Jimmy Buffett, Robbie Nevil, and Duran Duran.
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Brie Howard-Darling began performing professionally at fourteen years old with the band, The Kee-Notes, and became a member of the Sacramento Musician's Union in 1964.
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Brie Howard-Darling credits her younger and older brothers as her greatest early influences, as they were both musicians, and there was a drum kit in their living room where she could practice.
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Brie Howard-Darling gave birth to her daughter Brandi Brandt in 1968.
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Brie Howard-Darling joined former band members in Los Angeles in 1970, forming a short-lived lineup of the all-female band Fanny as the lead singer.
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Brie Howard-Darling left the band and pursued other musical ventures.
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Brie Howard-Darling rejoined Fanny in 1974, recording Rock and Roll Survivors released on Casablanca Records.
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In 2018, original band members Jean Millington, June Millington, and Brie Howard-Darling reunited as Fanny Walked the Earth, releasing an eponymous album, their first recording together in more than 40 years.
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Brie Howard-Darling was featured prominently in the 2021 documentary film Fanny: The Right to Rock, directed by Bobbi Jo Hart.
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In 2016, Brie Howard-Darling joined a live performance by her former Fanny bandmates June and Jean Millington.
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Currie and Howard-Darling recorded The Motivator, a full-length album that was released on August 2,2019, on Blue Elan Records.
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Brie Howard-Darling has performed with a variety of recording artists on television shows such as American Bandstand, Soul Train, The David Letterman Show, The Tonight Show, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, The Midnight Special, The Joan Rivers Show, and The Mike Douglas Show.