
UPDATED: 5-14-2003
PHOTO: Kelsey Edwards

Judy Toy is a native of the Pacific Northwest and has been performing in Los Angeles for the past seven years. A talented songwriter and singer, she writes and performs all her own music. She has opened for many leading musicians including: Dwight Yoakam, Counting Crows, the Osbourne Brothers, Sheb Wooley, Victoria Williams, the Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Hole and Bad Religion.

Judy has also performed in many festivals, such as the Kerrville Folk Festival, the Durango Songwriters' Expo, and Seattle's Bumpershoot.

Recently relocated to Nashville, Judy will be interviewed soon at the Durango Songwriter's Expo site.

MORE DETAILS

CD's

The new Judy Toy CD, 25¢ Black & White is available from CDbaby.com.

Download a free MP3 of "Leave This Town" from MP3.com

Judy Toy has a song on the new Western Beat compilation CD.

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PHOTOS: Kelsey Edwards

PHOTO: Tess Inman

This is Judy performing at a Bob Dylan tribute show.
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JUDY'S ARCHIVE

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THE DARLINS

P.R. photos (Judy Toy is on the left, Suzanne Sherwin on the right)

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Artwork for the Darlins 45. The name was originally spelled with an apostrophe because it was meant to be the plural of Darlin'. But this spelling looked like bad grammar, so eventually the apostrophe was dropped.

Judy and The Darlins opened for Dwight Yoakam at Club Lingerie

A typical Darlins set list

TEXT OF THE OFFICIAL DARLINS BIO

THE SUPERKOOLS

The Superkools at Raji's. Believe it or not, that's Judy on the left.

This was Judy's first electric guitar, which she describes as a Les Paul Junior, single cutaway, 1956 or older.

This Superkools 45 was pressed on clear Coke-bottle colored vinyl.

THE CREAMERS

An official P.R. photo

For this show in San Francisco, Green Day opened for the Creamers.

In the beginning, the buzz was so hot that legendary BBC deejay John Peel sent a personal note asking for a copy of their record.

Here is one of the early singles.

This Christmas single featured two songs on side A, and etched artwork instead of grooves on side B. (Unfortunately, it's impossible to reproduce here.) On the cover are caricatures of the band members. That's "Judy" in the lower left-hand corner.

Here is a set list from the days when Judy was a member.

The Creamers eventually broke up.

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THESE PAGES HAVE PHOTOS OF JUDY ON STAGE:

Western Beat 5-1-97
Neil Young tribute show 7-26-97