Through the tributes: Tammy Faye Starlite on the tribute to Marianne Faithfull, on record and in a one-woman show

Tammy Faye Starlite knows little borders In her love For Marianne Faithful, And THE New Based in York singer And performance artist East express he In two manners This season. For entries, she is A of 25 performers WHO participated In A compilation album that came out earlier This month, "THE Faithful: A Tribute has Marianne Faithful, " along with other companion Fans varying Since Shirley Manson has Iggy Popular — A save reserve has to have product go towards paid For The faithful medical invoices as She offers with long COVID.

But Starlite East socket her appreciation above And beyond these other artists, by TO DO A A woman to show In which She depicted Faithful, And not For THE First of all time. Starlite do THE new piece, title " She is A Rainbow: Marianne Faithful Sung THE Songs She Inspired — A Cabaret Fantasy," This evening (Dec. 22) has Pangea In New York City. As her previous production of THE to show, he sold out weeks In advance. But even if You are not able has come up with A ticket For her theatrical take on Faithful This time around (And certainly he will be back), It is value audience Why Starlite think This particular heroin East such A vital figure In THE history of rock.

He just SO arrived that This to show — THE second A Starlite has built around Faithful — do to have a few degree of to focus on THE idea of THE singer as A muse, as he understand a few Songs that were allegedly Or certainly writing For Or about her, THE Rolling Rocks' " She is A Rainbow" be among them. But Starlite East A serious acolyte of THE English singers own catalog, has say THE less, which Also The figures In THE spectacular piece.

As She prepared has here " She is A Rainbow" live, Starlite spoke with Variety not just about her appreciation of Faithful but Also Nico, Who She has famous In A woman watch has even bigger length.

You have do A Based on Marianne to show Before, And You are Also known For TO DO A woman watch as Nico. East he on has say these are THE women WHO most fascinate and you?

Yeah, Marianne And Nico, I heard them both When I was In My teenagers And I had. With Marianne, I had got Really In THE Rocks When I was In high school In THE 80 years, And SO Nothing that was auxiliary has THE Rocks, I would be leap on. As, I went has see Willie Dixon has City Room In concert. SO THE Rocks were My bridge medicine has all these amazing things. And I read about Marianne Faithful And bought her save "A Child Adventure." He was her voice, just THE depth of he… I did not have heard her wilting soprano Again (Since her younger days). I heard THE newly kind of… You could say "ravaged," as a lot to have describe he, Or "soaked in whiskey" voice. THE her of he East SO beautiful has Me. I am such A fan of women with weak voice. I love that her that She gets. It is Really just A subjective thing. Because I am not Barbara Streisand, I gravitate towards singers WHO I think, "ALL RIGHT, not that I can be them Or TO DO them, but It is something I can strive to."

And with Nico, When I begin get In THE Velvet Underground A little little late, I heard her voice, And he just breath Me far. Identifier Never heard Nothing as he. I remember purchase A cassette has Tower Records. He was A of those ROIR live cassettes, And She was singing "Hero." She is saying, "I wish I could swim as THE dolphins can swim." And I thought, Oh My God, THE dolphins [said In A German accent] — as, I am yours forever, because of that pronunciation!… Her version of "These Days" has Me East A of THE most beautiful singing, And just her with Jackson Brown playing. He East haunted And stunning, And There is A kind of lack of affect In her voice that that In fact given more emotional weight, I think, that people WHO kind of to have all these trills And all THE melisma. It is A very kind of just head on version of saying THE words, which has that kind of breathing, but There is Also THE depth of never mind East specific has Nico's experience, growth up during THE war, never mind her emotional life was Or This was not the case. I don't do it think She Never sang Nothing that was FAKE Or put on any of them kind of assignment. She just did as THE the biggest actors — they don't do it to try has...