Ep 31: Fayette Hauser (Artist, Performer, Clothing Designer )

Ep 31: Fayette Hauser (Artist, Performer, Clothing Designer)

I talk to Fayette Hauser who was a founding member of the Cockettes and played a big role in almost every major counterculture movement from the 1960’s through 1970’s. We talk about such things on how the Cockettes started, the birth of the counterculture in the 60’s, meeting underground filmmaker Jack Smith, Divine’s and John Waters involvement with the Cockettes, and Fayette shares an amazing story involving weed, Vegas, and being bailed out of jail by Bette Midler.      

Biography

Fayette Hauser grew up on the East Coast and came of age as the fertile Underground of the 1960s was blossoming. She is a graduate of Boston University, College of Fine Arts with a BFA in painting and sculpture. Fayette is a founding member of  the pioneering, experimental theatre group The Cockettes, 1969-1972, San Francisco. In 1972 Fayette went on to perform with Ze Whiz Kidz in Seattle, WA. She and her partner, Tomata Du Plenty went to Manhattan in the fall of 1972 to continue performing with the New York Underground and became  the first to grace the stage of the seminal club CBGB’s. In 1975 Fayette moved to Los Angeles to write for CBS Television. As a photographer, Fayette has documented much of the scenes she has experienced and has had her photography exhibited in over 10 museum shows. As a multi-disciplinary artist, Fayette has also done costume design for film and theatre and won two Dramalogue Awards for Costume Design. Fayette has also been featured in 5 Documentaries on Counterculture; 3 American and 2 European feature films. Currently she has authored the book “The Cockettes; Acid Drag & Sexual Anarchy, 1969-1972” published in 2020. 

http://fayettehauser.com/

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I Never Feel Alone (Instrumental)

There Was a Light (Instrumental) 

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Interviewed and edited by Richie Wexler

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