(Paradigm) The Sippy Cups are welcoming a new member, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Gabby La La, to their lineup. She joins the band as longtime Sippy Cup Alison Faith Levy leaves to spend more time with her family. La La will join the acclaimed children's rock band on their national Time Machine 2009 Tour, with dates this fall in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Albany and other cities. See reverse for a list of tour dates.Gabby La La is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who plays the accordion, ukulele, theremin and sitar. She studied North Indian classical music with master Ali Akbar Khan at his college in San Rafael and received a BFA in Sitar Performance from the California Institute of the Arts.
In the pop realm, she has backed artists including Primus's Les Claypool, Snoop Dogg, Macy Gray and Bob Weir & Ratdog, and collaborated with producers Prince Paul and Don Newkirk and keyboardist Bernie Worrell on Baby Elephant's album "Turn My Teeth Up." Along the way, La La developed her own unique style, and has been sharing her kooky and spooky music with audiences of all ages. She released her solo debut Be Careful What You Wish For... in 2005 on Claypool's Prawn Song Records.
Gabby La La says of joining The Sippy Cups, "I always wanted to be a real Sippy Cup! I imagined that I would be playing music and sharing my love of poodles and the colors pink and blue with all of the kids, but I didn't really think it would happen! I guess it just proves that you can never dream too big!"
Sippy Cups co-creator and lead singer Paul Godwin says of his new bandmate, "Sippy La La will add some sweet new sounds, sights & flavors to our Mix-In. We welcome her kooky songwriting, space-age vocal stylings and bevy of unique instruments. See you in the next dimension."
