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Sep 17, 2005 · Double Standards is Lea DeLaria's jazz approach to a selection of rock classics. She has chosen eleven diverse songs vocally to slip and slide around.
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Mar 22, 2005 · Double Standards by Lea DeLaria released in 2005. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Listen to Double Standards by Lea DeLaria on Apple Music. 2003. 10 Songs. Duration: 52 minutes.
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DeLaria was born in Belleville, Illinois, the daughter of Jerry Jean (née Cox), a homemaker, and Robert George DeLaria, a jazz pianist and social worker. Her paternal grandparents were Italian. She attended kindergarten through eighth grade at St. Mary's Elementary School in Bellevilleand has referenced her Catholic upbringing in her performances.
DeLaria's stand-up career began 20 April 1982 when she moved to San Francisco and performed raunchy stand-up comedy in the Mission District (Valencia Rose Cabaret, 766 Valencia Street). Discussing her stand-up, Delaria says, "This is who I am, when I'm up there. This is it. I'm a big butch dyke. That's who I am. And I'm a friendly one. I'm a big bu...
DeLaria is the originator of the U-Haul Joke (see also U-Haul lesbian) which she began performing at comedy shows in 1989. 1. Question: "What does a lesbian bring on a second date?" 2. Answer: "A U-Haul." She performs the joke on her album Box Lunch(1997).
In January 2015, DeLaria became engaged to fashion editor Chelsea Fairless after two and a half years of dating. The two met through Fairless's friend, actress Emma Myles, who plays Leanne in Orange is the New Black.In January 2017, DeLaria confirmed she and Fairless had separated.
Comedy albums
1. 1992: Bulldyke in a Chinashop 2. 1997: Box Lunch(Rising Star)
Jazz albums
1. 2001: Play It Cool(Warner/WEA) 2. 2005: Double Standards(Telarc) 3. 2006: The Very Best of Lea DeLaria(Rhino/WEA UK) 4. 2008: Lea DeLaria – The Live Smoke Sessions(Ghostlight Records) 5. 2015: House of David(Ghostlight Records)
Guest vocalist
1. 2005: Din and Tonic – Janette Mason(Fireball Records) 2. 2006: Drawn to All Things – Ian Shaw Sings the Songs of Joni Mitchell – Ian Shaw(Linn Records) 3. 2009: Alien Left Hand– Janette Mason (Fireball Records)
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