Cake (band)

. Following the death of her son, she has also become a strong advocate of suicide prevention. Cake's fifth album Pressure Chief, was released on October 5, 2004. She is a representative for UNICEF and campaigns on behalf of the abolition of landmines. Cake headlined the Unlimited Sunshine Tour festival in the summer of 2002 among an eyebrow-raising ecletic mix of bands including indie rock superstars Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, De La Soul, Latin techno fusion band Kinky and bluegrass group The Hackensaw Boys. Like other folk singers of her generation, Collins was drawn to social activism. Their biggest hits include "The Distance", an alternative retake of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive", "Never There", "Sheep Go to Heaven", and "Short Skirt/Long Jacket". She was also known for her broad range of material: her songs from this period include the traditional gospel song "Amazing Grace", the Stephen Sondheim Broadway ballad "Send in the Clowns", and her own compositions such as "My Father" and "Born to the Breed.".

Todd Roper left the band after recording Comfort Eagle. She had also begun to stand out with her own compositions. Greg Brown left in 1998, replaced by Xan McCurdy. By the 1970s, Collins had a solid reputation an art song singer and folksinger. Damiani left the band in 1997, replaced by Gabe Nelson. This album also provided Collins with a major hit, and a Grammy award, with her version of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now". Their musical style is quite unique, and has been compared to They Might Be Giants and the Talking Heads, though a more accurate sound-alike would be Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. With her 1967 album Wildflowers, she began to record her own compositions, the first of which was entitled "Since You've Asked".

Although their music is often classifed as alternative rock, Cake commonly combines multiple musical genres, such as funk, pop, jazz, rap, and country. Cake's music features droll lyrics rife with word play (laconically-voiced in a rap-like style by lead vocalist/guitarist John McCrea), catchy distorted guitar riffs (courtesy, until 1998, of guitarist Greg Brown and, until 1997, bass player Victor Damiani), and a solo trumpet (played by Vince DiFiore). Collins was also instrumental in bringing then little known composers to a wider public; for example, she recorded songs by Canadian poet Leonard Cohen, and Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Cake is a Sacramento, California band, formed in 1991, who have had several hits throughout the 1990s and 2000s from their five recorded albums. Tambourine Man" and Pete Seeger's "Turn, Turn, Turn". Todd Roper - Drums, percussion (left after Comfort Eagle). She recorded her own versions of seminal songs of the period, such as "Mr. John McCrea - Vocals, acoustic guitar, organ, vibraslap. At first she sang traditional folk songs, or songs written by others, in particular the social poets of the time, such as Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan.

originally Victor Damiani (also left before "Prolonging the Magic" was recorded). In 1961, Collins released her first album, A Maid of Constant Sorrow, at the age of 22. Gabe Nelson - Bass guitar