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Death, Sex & Money

Where is Lisa Fischer's Backup?

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

You've heard Lisa Fischer singing backup vocals for everyone from the Rolling Stones to Beyoncé. But after decades of touring with rock stars, Fischer lives in a far more humble reality. Find our Breakup Survival Guide here. Did you know we have a weekly email newsletter for the Death, Sex & Money community? Every Wednesday we send out podcast listening recommendations, fascinating letters from our inbox, and updates from the show. Sign up at deathsexmoney.org/newsletter, and follow the show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Got a story to share? Email us any time at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I feel like the normal girl sort of visiting for a very long time in a not normal world and trying to bridge the two worlds together.

0:14.5

This is Death, Sex, and Money.

0:18.8

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more.

0:26.2

I'm Anna Sale.

0:31.1

Imagine being in your late 20s, building a career as a backup singer, and you get summoned to audition for Mick Jagger.

0:43.0

This is what happened to Lisa Fisher.

0:45.4

You know, I bring my tape, and Mick is sitting behind a desk, and he has the boombox, and he puts the tape in, and he's listening, and I'm kind of of standing around and I'm waiting to see what this is going to be

0:57.0

because there's no I don't remember there being a piano or anyone there to play it or anything like that so he's listening to the tape and

1:03.0

and then he says well can you sing along with it so I started singing along with it I'm standing and I'm singing he gets up from behind the desk, and he starts coming around to me

1:12.2

and starts kind of moving around and dancing.

1:15.4

And it's kind of not quite freaking me out,

1:19.1

but kind of freaking me out,

1:20.5

because I didn't, I didn't know what he was doing.

1:23.6

You're singing along to a boombox,

1:24.7

and he starts dancing around you.

1:26.8

Exactly.

1:27.9

She got the job. Lisa boombox and he starts dancing around you. She got the job.

1:29.8

Lisa's sung back up on every Rolling Stones tour since 1989.

1:34.7

That wailing voice on stage during Gimme's shelter, that's her.

1:38.6

This is from the Stone's 2004 album Live Licks.

1:41.5

She's, way, my love. four album live licks. Just the yon.

2:14.7

Just the full-on bra-slinging beer, chugging, screaming and yelling and tits in the air kind of audience.

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