Gabby La La
Gig Seeker Pro

Gabby La La

Band Pop Funk

Calendar

This band has not uploaded any videos
This band has not uploaded any videos

Music

Press


"LA LA LAND"

NEW YORK- At 26, singer Gabby La La is well past the age of childhood - but just try telling her to grow up. A tiny creature with a penchant for Hello Kitty and brightly colored wigs, she speaks in a soft, little-girl voice. Onstage, she performs on the same toy piano she first learned on when she was five years old. Sipping lemonade in a booth of FAO Schwarz's ice cream parlor in a big blue pigtailed wig, Gabby (her stage name came from a three-year-old neighbor, and she doesn't use a last name) explains her impulses. "Since I was little, I was crazy like this," she says. "I was always childlike, even growing up. So now my mom is always just like, 'Super gabby came out'. I stopped trying to pretend to be grown-up." The daughter of yoga instructor and a landscape architect, Gabby still lives in her hometown of Petaluma, Calif. She bounced from instrument to instrument growing up, finally getting a degree in sitar performance from CalArts. Onstage, she is a veritable one-woman band clad in a leopard jumpsuit, playing the aforementioned toy piano, guitar, accordion, ukulele and the theremin, an instrument that is played by using electronic force fields. "I'll use my head, or whatever, to play it" Gabby explains, poking an elbow out. Her uncategorizable sound charmed Primus frontman Les Claypool at a chance meeting in a recording session and he produced her record, "Be Careful What You Wish For" on his own label, Prawn Song Records. She's also become part of his entourage, and will be performing with Claypool at the brand-new Nokia Theater on Oct. 21. Her success shocks Gabby as much as anyone else. "I'm always surprised that anyone comes to see me. Then I realize, -Oh, wait, my record came out and everything,- and people are there singing along." Her songs are sing-songy ditties about her life. "It's just like everyday things" she says, looking at her frosty glass of lemonade. "i'll probably write a song about today, and I'll make up like, -Oh, I'm drinking lemonade and there's a bendy straw-." Not surprisingly, Gabby has underage fans, too. "Lots of people I talk to after the shows, they're like, -Oh my kids love your music and they're always singing all the songs.- So I want to do daytime shows that kids can come to 'cause it's too late and too many crazy people at night in the nightclubs." In the meantime, Gabby's been living on the road with her boyfriend while she tours with the band Particle and contends with their female groupies. "It's tough being on the tour bus with a bunch of guys. I hide in my bunk and pretend that i'm like ," as she mimes curling into a fetal position. "At least bring really hot girls on the bus!" she laments. "I should screen," wagging a finger and giggling. "Nope. Nope. OK, you can come in. I like your shoes, you can come in. What size are you? OK. You have to take off your shoes before you come on the bus." - WWD


"Gabby La La"

As her name might suggest, Gabby La La is a true original. Her elfin voice, costumes, stuffed animal accessories and shimmering wigs are all about playfulness. The 10-year Petaluma resident plays the sitar, ukulele, accordion, theremin and toy piano and sings her original songs She studied with Ali Akbar Khan and at California Institute of the Arts. Her influences? -I really like the songs from Annie,- she says. She grew up singing Christmas carols with her family and listening to Raffi. La La started out playing in bars and nightclubs, but is now more interested in entertaining a family audience. She is played for schools, birthday parties and Aqus Cafe, as well as a benefit for mentor Me Petaluma at Heebe Jeebe. She is doing a series of parties at Early Works Toys, and you can see her at the Petaluma Farmers Merket in Walnut Park on Aug. 23. Her CD, -Be Careful What You Wish For- was produced by Les Claypool, with whom she toured as an opening act in 2004. It is available in local store - Petaluma Magazine


Discography

Be Careful What You Wish For...

Gabby La La has appeared on the following cds:

Les Claypool: "Purple Onion", "The Big Eyeball in the Sky", "Of Whales and Woe",

"J Boogie's Dubtronic Science"

Baby Elephant's "Turn My Teeth Up"

Photos

Bio

Gabby La La knew that she wanted to be a musician and performer since she was five years old!

She began singing songs from her favorite movie "Annie" and soon started taking piano lessons.
Some children play doctor, or chef, but Gabby played "superstar" and used the ends of her curtain rods for microphones!

After learning piano for several years, Gabby picked up the accordion, guitar, and then settled on the sitar.
Gabby Studied North Indian Classical Music at the Ali Akbar College of Indian Music for 4 years and then continued her training at The California Institute of the Arts where she received a BFA in Sitar Performance.

Gabby La La's style has been described as "Kooky and Spooky", "Experimental", and "Unusual" but no matter what you call it, La La's music will always bring a smile to your face.

Gabby's first album "Be Careful What You Wish For..." was released in 2005 on Les Claypool's Prawn Song Records.

She is currently performing and writing new music and working on a mini graphic collection of her songs.

Gabby La La has performed with Les Claypool, Buckethead, Bernie Worrell, Rat Dog, P Funk, Snoop Dogg, Weapon of Choice, Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra, The Benevento Russo Duo, and J Boogie's Dubtronic Science, to name a few!

Gabby La La is available to do childrens performances as well:)