The Bay Area music scene produced more than its share of legends in the 1960s, from the Grateful Dead and Carlos Santana to the Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service. Many expected that ...

Lydia and the band debuted when the Fillmore was at its peak as one of the nation's musical Mecca's. Owner Bill Graham was so impressed with Lydia's voice and the sound of the band that he immediately ...

Cold Blood’s Lydia Pense delivered one of the most powerful, intensely soulful voices of the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Now in her 60s, she sounds just as dynamic. What’s her secret? “Smoking, ...

Lydia Pense and Cold Blood debuted when the Fillmore was at its peak as one of the nation's musical Meccas. Owner Bill Graham was so impressed with Lydia's voice and the sound of the band that he ...

Step into a night of electrifying soul, funk, and blues as Lydia Pense and Cold Blood hit the stage at Biscuits and Blues on December 13! A cornerstone of the Bay Area's dynamic music scene, Cold ...

The story is that Janis Joplin recommended Lydia Pense and Cold Blood audition for Bill Graham at his San Francisco club, The Fillmore. Graham was so taken by them that he signed them to his new ...

They stand among the greats, even if they're covered by a few shadows. The word "legend" aptly applies to Lydia Pense and Cold Blood. Unfortunately, many noteworthy talents are often unappreciated ...

Tower of Power won't be the only Bay-Area soul-funk luminaries hitting the stage on Thursday at the Power Center. Opening the show will be Lydia Pense and Cold Blood, a similarly inclined act. Pense ...

Lydia Pense & Cold Blood debuted when the Fillmore was at its peak as one of the nation's musical Meccas. Owner Bill Graham was so impressed with Lydia's voice and the sound of the band that he ...

Cold Blood’s Lydia Pense delivered one of the most powerful, intensely soulful voices of the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Now in her 60s, she sounds just as dynamic. What’s her secret? “Smoking, ...