Lisa Koch Big A** Birthday Bash at The Triple Door

"Tina Fey meets Randy Rainbow with Joan Jett guitar chops" -- Seattle singer/comedian Lisa Koch celebrates another spin around the sun Feb 9 with her pals Barbara Higbie, Vickie Shaw, Roxanna Ward and more.

Picture Tina Fey meets Randy Rainbow with Joan Jett guitar chops, and you’ve got Seattle’s Lisa Koch. Singer/comedian Koch celebrates another spin around the sun with her Big Ass Birthday Bash at the Triple Door, Thursday February 9th. Special guests include hilarious Texas comic Vickie Shaw, cabaret comic Roxanna Ward, multi-instrumentalist Barbara Higbie, and lots more musical pals. Add in a pile of Lisa’s ridiculously talented friends and family, and there’s no telling who will wander onstage for this wonderfully spontaneous concert. Snort-inducing comedy, social satire, and a jam-packed evening of tunes.

More special guests:

Larry Murante (award winning Seattle singer-songwriter, Taylor Made)

Alicia Healy (Seattle singer-songwriter, Winterblue Room Recording)

David Koch (Sing Out Seattle, Cabaret de Paris, ACT, 5th Ave Theatre)

Quincy Koch (Lisa’s awesome singin’ niece)

Glenn Lorbecki (guitar- GlennSound, Grammies)

Jason Edwards (drums- Shaggy Sweet)

Multi-instrumentalist Barbara Higbie is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter. She has 18 solo/group recordings to her name, was the first female instrumentalist on Windham Hill, and continues to perform as a soloist. She recently released her “Chillogy” of 3 new instrumental recordings.

Texan Vickie Shaw is a recovering SOB (Southern Baptist), and has raised three kids (and 7 grandkids)as an out lesbian mother. Vickie is a regular on Olivia Cruises, and has been seen on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, LOGO, Showtime, and in the film “Laughing Matters More.”

Cabaret-comic extraordinaire Roxanna Ward hails from Laguna Beach, CA. Ward is mom, teacher, director, conductor, and a regular performer on Olivia Cruises. She penned the R&B single, "Remember Who You Are" (Phyllis Hyman, Suede).

Koch is best known for her work with loony Seattle sketch-comedy duo, Dos Fallopia (“Ham for the Holidays”), cult quartet Venus Envy ("I'll Be A Homo For Xmas"), and Seattle cabaret ("The Carpeters: Uncomfortably Close To You"). She has 5 solo recordings, has been featured on Olivia and LOGO, is the composer of Off-Broadway musical “27, Rue de Fleurus”, and actually had one of her songs sampled by Jay-Z.

QUOTES

“Hearing Seattle's Lisa Koch is one of life's wickedest pleasures…” --Curve Magazine

“Be prepared to have your hair blown back by the musical comedy force that is Lisa Koch.” -- LN Magazine

“None of this would work so well if Koch weren't such a dandy singer, guitarist and song-dismantler. There's almost nothing she can't do to subvert a popular classic…” -- Seattle Times

“Koch’s talents seem to know no bounds as she goes from gut-busting comedy into an introspective beautiful medley and back again…” -- Broadway World

Video links: https://vimeo.com/211171374 - Midlife Medley (comedy)

https://youtu.be/k_wXBiWwFZ8 - Barbara Higbie clip

https://youtu.be/JZ6nrz2HIdI - Roxanna Ward clip

https://youtu.be/MsJphfIY-lE - Vickie Shaw clip

https://youtu.be/Ijhuf6EKSvI - Enjoy the Ride (acoustic)

https://youtu.be/M0TrSkme83k - Artzone Spotlight: Lisa Koch