Correction time! Apologies go out to Duchess and Her Grace the Duchess. I wrote that Christy Schnabel's Duchess was playing a Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival [1] show Thursday, May 18. That's not happening. Perhaps she'll swing through town soon but she won't be coming through that day. Instead, check out her new self-titled album on Blackball.
Rather, Her Grace the Duchess is playing that night at 12 Galaxies. A big boo-boo, and likely the last time we get that wrong.

Don't be a royal jackass and get it straight -- that's Her Grace the Duchess!
Photo courtesy of www.myspace.com/hergracetheduchess.
I heard from the gracious Sarah Reed, who performs with the groovy, ghoulish Husbands -- Her Grace the Duchess is her latest SF-based project. And she tells me it's a nine-piece soul band, which includes a former member of the Fucking Champs. Sexy soul and equally sexy sistahs -- sounds like the stuff of champions. Check them out at 12 Galaxies on May 18 and on their My Space page [2].
Her Grace the Duchess plays with Harold Ray Live in Concert and the Flakes Thursday, May 18, 9 p.m., 12 Galaxies [3], 2565 Mission St., SF. $8. (415) 970-9777.
Links:
[1] http://www.mcmf.org/
[2] http://www.myspace.com/hergracetheduchess
[3] http://www.12galaxies.com