The Blue Rajas

The Blue Rajas are a two piece band from Richmond, Virginia that my band, Hot Hands was lucky enough to play with (also with great Richmond band, Hot Dolphin) in April while on our tour. They're also sisters, Zoe and Gracie, who play guitar and drums and sing the most fun, poppy and danceable party music. They even do their own cover of The Blue Hearts' "Linda Linda" (its also done by an all girl group in a film of the same name) which is originally in Japanese.

Zoe had the genius to do her own English translation which is slightly unlike the original version. That technique reminds of Ronnie Bird, a French Rock/Pop singer from the 1960s. He would adapt lots of English language songs into his native French, even if the lyrics didn't match up for the most part, as long as they made melodic sense. 

(Ronnie's cover of "Don't Bring Me Down" by the Pretty Things which he translates into "Tu Perds Ton Temps" or "You're Wasting My Time"

As a part of our thank you's to each band that helped us along the way, Jeffrey suggested that I create special button packs for them. I was a little rushed, so I didn't do the best job I could have done, but each band was really excited and thankful. I should have made some for Eureka, California, who helped us out a bunch in Athens. That was an unfortunate oversight on my part due to all the craziness that comes with preparing for a tour. I hope I didn't forget anyone else. 

This is a photo that I lifted off The Blue Rajas Facebook page and made three different colors. 

                           

This is a cover of a pulp novel. I unfortunately didn't save the original so I'm not sure of what the actual title of the book is. 

 This last one is from a pulp/adult book called "Dykes On Bikes"