Meet… Tammy Faye Starlite

Written By Mike Greenblatt

Photo by Bob Gruen

She comes out of Hoboken a singer, a comic, an actor, a performance artist and a provocateur, with songs like “God Has Lodged a Tenant in My Uterus” and “Did I Shave My Vagina For This?” Her many characters—including 1960s icons Marianne Faithful and Nico of The Velvet Underground—run the gamut from a far-right QAnon supporter to a deranged Israeli cabaret singer. She is all of them and she is none of them. She is a mystery. A quixotic conundrum. She is, ultimately, fascinating.

Catch her Nico show in New York City on March 24. It’s safe to say she is unique unto herself.

Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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