Exene Cervenka

Twin Sisters is the recorded evidence of a joint poetry reading held at McCabe's in Los Angeles on February 1, 1985, by Wanda Coleman and Exene Cervenka, each of whom get one side of the LP. Coleman's dramatically spoken and sometimes sung lyrics are personal reflections on African-American street life from an observer suffering from a self-described "triple whammy" -- to be female, black, and intelligent. Cervenka's observations are somewhat more upscale, relating to the rock & roll lifestyle, including diary notes from life on the road with X. She also reads some of the poetry of her late sister Mary. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi