She is a composer and singer-songwriter born in The Bronx, New York, who started out by playing at the Troubadour, when she was 16, with Hoyt Axton and Steve Mann. Her first paying job was at the Green Spider Coffee House in Denver before moving to California.
She lived for a time with Steve Mann and then with Jefferson Airplane in Haight-Ashbury. She was also friends with Janis Joplin and sang with Country Joe and the Fish. She met, lived and worked with The Association from 1963 and in 1967 she lived in David Crosby’s spare room, which is the time she wrote her biggest hit “Windy”. At that time she was also releasing her own solo recording entitled “Little Girl, Lost and Found” which was popular locally in California.
She was in the rock band Petrus and later she went to A&M and released the solo album “Constant Companion”, with it being re-issued in 2006. Later in 2006 she released Hurried Life which is a compilation of previously unreleased material.
Outsided of her recordings she composed the musical score for the 1971 film The Peacekillers. She later received her Bachelors Degree in UCLA in 2003.
Since 2006, after receiving an invitation to perform at a local festival, she has performed several gigs in and around Los Angeles.
The Association Recordings
Windy (Ruthann Friedmann)
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