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You can call her Babbalicious Neezbite

“The secret is puff pastry. But is it really a secret? A shoe would taste good inside a puff pastry.”

 Don’t judge Barbara Nesbitt for listening to Ace of Base.
Don’t judge Barbara Nesbitt for listening to Ace of Base.

"I miss the ocean,” says songstress Barbara Nesbitt, who left San Diego in 2011 for the musical mind-meld that is Austin, Texas. Her new album, Right as Rain, debuted January 13, sporting production and guest-playing by her longtime San Diego collaborator Jeff Berkley of Berkley Hart, who hopefully won’t join Nesbitt, Rosie Flores, Hot Club of Cowtown, Heavy Glow, and Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash founder Mark Stuart in the steady migration from SD to Austin.

“I promise I won’t steal Berkley from you,” she says. “I’m just lucky I get to come back and play and record with him as often as I do.” Other former bandmates in San Diego who perform on the album include Bill Coomes, Dennis Caplinger, and Mike Spurgat, giving the songs a SoCal sound akin to locally recorded efforts like 2007’s A Million Stories. “I did most of the instrumentation on Right as Rain in Wimberley, Texas, at Yellow Dog Studios, but I did my vocals, Caplinger’s banjo, and Berkley’s guitars in San Diego.”

Video:

"Beautiful"

...by Barbara Nesbitt

...by Barbara Nesbitt

The 11-track album includes bluesy and honky-tonk-style numbers such as “I Brought My Pajamas, Let’s Get Drunk,” “Hot Tin Roof,” “Old Devils Can Die,” and “Beautiful.” As for the title, “The name Right as Rain is a lyric in the first track, ‘At Large in Tennessee.’ I’ve always loved that as an idiomatic way to say you’re doing quite well.”

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While still in San Diego, Nesbitt was nominated for multiple San Diego Music Awards, including Best Americana, as well a San Diego H.A.T. (Honoring Acoustic Talent) Award. Her female-fronted band the Whiskey Sisters (featuring co-frontwoman Teal Collins) has so far earned three Austin Music Awards, scoring a weekly residency at the Continental Club there and an opening slot for Willie Nelson at an Austin City Limits New Year’s Eve show.

In addition, “I was recently invited to perform as an official artist at SXSW 2017.... I’m super honored and am looking forward to playing a ton during the festival and going to as many panels as I can manage. Later this year, I’ll be taking the new record to Europe and the U.K. I think it’s gonna be a good year.”

WHAT’S IN YOUR MUSIC PLAYER?

“Amy Winehouse, Back to Black. This one is always in rotation. Some of it makes me agitated and uncomfortable but, to me, that’s a good writer making me respond to her songs.”

ANYTHING YOU WERE EMBARRASSED TO MENTION?

“I was listening to Ace of Base recently. Don’t you judge me!”

BEST ADVICE YOU EVER GOT?

“My mother told me ‘Don’t forget who you are.’ The tricky part is figuring it out in the first place.”

MOST VISITED WEBSITE?

“eBay. I’m selling a few things. Anyone need a tent?”

NAME YOUR POISON?

“Whiskey. Scotch. Wine.”

FIRST REAL BOOK YOU REMEMBER READING?

Island of the Blue Dolphins was the most incredible book about survival and resourcefulness. I still love books with that theme.”

QUICKEST WAY TO A MUSICIAN’S HEART?

“Paid gigs.”

CRAZIEST FAN ENCOUNTER?

“I was playing a show in Portsmouth, Virginia, when a naked man ran out of the bathroom, stood in front to the stage, wagged his business heartily, and ran out the door and down the middle of the street into the dark.”

BEST THING YOU EVER LET GO OF?

“A couple exes.”

IDEAL SUPERPOWER?

“I’m a pilot and have always loved flying. It’d be nice to achieve that without the expensive, cumbersome airplane.”

DO FRIENDS GIVE YOU ANY NICKNAMES?

“People call me ‘Babs’ as a joke sometimes. My friend Bernie calls me ‘Precious,’ in a completely mocking and ironic way. My friend AJ calls me ‘Babbalicious Neezbite.’ These are all fine.”

EVER CHEAT ON A TEST?

“I may have glanced at a schoolmate’s paper once or twice. But I loved school, I love learning. And I have a terrible conscience that keeps me up at night.”

WHAT REMAINS ON YOUR BUCKET LIST?

“I’d like to take a couple acting courses and be in a play or musical.”

YOUR BEST DISH (AND WHAT’S YOUR SECRET)?

“It involves puff pastry, chicken, cheese, spinach, mushrooms, garlic, and more. The secret is puff pastry. But is it really a secret? A shoe would taste good inside a puff pastry.”

THREE THINGS WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU?

  1. “I’m a huge introvert and spend most of my time happily alone.”
  2. “I cry at the drop of a hat. I cry when people win on Millionaire and at Hallmark commercials, and at Broadway plays, and being in the forest. Most of my tears are happy ones.”
  3. “I have a degree in aeronautical science.”

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 Don’t judge Barbara Nesbitt for listening to Ace of Base.
Don’t judge Barbara Nesbitt for listening to Ace of Base.

"I miss the ocean,” says songstress Barbara Nesbitt, who left San Diego in 2011 for the musical mind-meld that is Austin, Texas. Her new album, Right as Rain, debuted January 13, sporting production and guest-playing by her longtime San Diego collaborator Jeff Berkley of Berkley Hart, who hopefully won’t join Nesbitt, Rosie Flores, Hot Club of Cowtown, Heavy Glow, and Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash founder Mark Stuart in the steady migration from SD to Austin.

“I promise I won’t steal Berkley from you,” she says. “I’m just lucky I get to come back and play and record with him as often as I do.” Other former bandmates in San Diego who perform on the album include Bill Coomes, Dennis Caplinger, and Mike Spurgat, giving the songs a SoCal sound akin to locally recorded efforts like 2007’s A Million Stories. “I did most of the instrumentation on Right as Rain in Wimberley, Texas, at Yellow Dog Studios, but I did my vocals, Caplinger’s banjo, and Berkley’s guitars in San Diego.”

Video:

"Beautiful"

...by Barbara Nesbitt

...by Barbara Nesbitt

The 11-track album includes bluesy and honky-tonk-style numbers such as “I Brought My Pajamas, Let’s Get Drunk,” “Hot Tin Roof,” “Old Devils Can Die,” and “Beautiful.” As for the title, “The name Right as Rain is a lyric in the first track, ‘At Large in Tennessee.’ I’ve always loved that as an idiomatic way to say you’re doing quite well.”

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While still in San Diego, Nesbitt was nominated for multiple San Diego Music Awards, including Best Americana, as well a San Diego H.A.T. (Honoring Acoustic Talent) Award. Her female-fronted band the Whiskey Sisters (featuring co-frontwoman Teal Collins) has so far earned three Austin Music Awards, scoring a weekly residency at the Continental Club there and an opening slot for Willie Nelson at an Austin City Limits New Year’s Eve show.

In addition, “I was recently invited to perform as an official artist at SXSW 2017.... I’m super honored and am looking forward to playing a ton during the festival and going to as many panels as I can manage. Later this year, I’ll be taking the new record to Europe and the U.K. I think it’s gonna be a good year.”

WHAT’S IN YOUR MUSIC PLAYER?

“Amy Winehouse, Back to Black. This one is always in rotation. Some of it makes me agitated and uncomfortable but, to me, that’s a good writer making me respond to her songs.”

ANYTHING YOU WERE EMBARRASSED TO MENTION?

“I was listening to Ace of Base recently. Don’t you judge me!”

BEST ADVICE YOU EVER GOT?

“My mother told me ‘Don’t forget who you are.’ The tricky part is figuring it out in the first place.”

MOST VISITED WEBSITE?

“eBay. I’m selling a few things. Anyone need a tent?”

NAME YOUR POISON?

“Whiskey. Scotch. Wine.”

FIRST REAL BOOK YOU REMEMBER READING?

Island of the Blue Dolphins was the most incredible book about survival and resourcefulness. I still love books with that theme.”

QUICKEST WAY TO A MUSICIAN’S HEART?

“Paid gigs.”

CRAZIEST FAN ENCOUNTER?

“I was playing a show in Portsmouth, Virginia, when a naked man ran out of the bathroom, stood in front to the stage, wagged his business heartily, and ran out the door and down the middle of the street into the dark.”

BEST THING YOU EVER LET GO OF?

“A couple exes.”

IDEAL SUPERPOWER?

“I’m a pilot and have always loved flying. It’d be nice to achieve that without the expensive, cumbersome airplane.”

DO FRIENDS GIVE YOU ANY NICKNAMES?

“People call me ‘Babs’ as a joke sometimes. My friend Bernie calls me ‘Precious,’ in a completely mocking and ironic way. My friend AJ calls me ‘Babbalicious Neezbite.’ These are all fine.”

EVER CHEAT ON A TEST?

“I may have glanced at a schoolmate’s paper once or twice. But I loved school, I love learning. And I have a terrible conscience that keeps me up at night.”

WHAT REMAINS ON YOUR BUCKET LIST?

“I’d like to take a couple acting courses and be in a play or musical.”

YOUR BEST DISH (AND WHAT’S YOUR SECRET)?

“It involves puff pastry, chicken, cheese, spinach, mushrooms, garlic, and more. The secret is puff pastry. But is it really a secret? A shoe would taste good inside a puff pastry.”

THREE THINGS WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU?

  1. “I’m a huge introvert and spend most of my time happily alone.”
  2. “I cry at the drop of a hat. I cry when people win on Millionaire and at Hallmark commercials, and at Broadway plays, and being in the forest. Most of my tears are happy ones.”
  3. “I have a degree in aeronautical science.”
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