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Nancy Wilson, Melissa Etheridge Lead Women-Only Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp

The Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp has traditionally been a dude-dominated affair, but it just announced its first-ever Women Only Rock Camp, to be held in Los Angeles over the…

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The Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp has traditionally been a dude-dominated affair, but it just announced its first-ever Women Only Rock Camp, to be held in Los Angeles over the Grammys weekend, January 27 through 30, 2022.

At the program’s Rock Camps, participants form a band, who are mentored by a counselor and rehearse songs to jam with the special guests. Melissa Etheridge, Nancy Wilson, Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go’s, and Orianthi will act as headlining mentors at the Women Only camp, with more to be announced.

Other mentors working at the camp will include Rhonda Smith (Prince, Jeff Beck), Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson, Jeff Beck), Eva Gardner (Pink, Cher), Ginger Pooley (Smashing Pumpkins, Gwen Stefani) and Jennie Vee (Eagles of Death Metal), among others.

The crew and staff of the camp will be all women, and there will be panels from various guest speakers from within the music industry. Masterclasses, Q&As, and themed jam rooms will also be part of the schedule, culminating in a live performance before an all-ages crowd at Whisky A Go-Go on January 30.

Brian has been working in pop culture and media for about three decades: he’s worked at MTV, VH1, SiriusXM, CBS and Loudwire. Besides working as a writer and an editor-in-chief, he’s also appeared on air as a pundit, guested on radio shows and hosted podcasts. Over the years, he’s interviewed the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, the members of U2, Beyonce, Pink, Usher, Stevie Nicks, Lorde… and is grateful to have had the chance to interview Joe Strummer of the Clash and Tom Petty.