Lady Bunny-We all borrow a little though, don’t we. Jimmy-I was very angry when Reba did it because, to me, she stole your song and everybody knew and how could she have done it. And it’s really about prostitution but Reba McEntire also covered it and that’s the version that a lot of people know. Most people know that song Fancy, which is a story about a young white trash girl whose mom sends her to be a prostitute because the prospects there are so bleak. Lady Bunny-But there was kind of a blue eyed soul link to Bobbie Gentry. “Getting around in cabs is no fun with a ‘do, especially arriving at some fancy residence or red carpetish thing, the crunchdown in the cab is giving you a cowlick on your immaculate coiffure.” You know, if I’m not mistaken, the Muscle Shoals played the horns for Dusty in Memphis. Lady Bunny-Well, Floyd loved Bobbie Gentry too but she was unusual because she was a country singer-songwriter but she often used those Memphis horns to give her country a very snazzy rough Vegas feeling which she also added gospel vocals too. When I first heard you sing Fancy, it was a watershed moment for me because I didn’t really know that kind of music, so I had such an education from you with Bobbie Gentry and also your friends like Floyd. Jimmy-I love your voice when you sing, and I’m so happy that on your last one woman show you sang. Growing up around there I always gravitated towards soul music, and I don’t care what it is, from Aretha Franklin to James Brown to Jennifer Hudson. I grew up in Tennessee, and Tennessee is the home of Memphis which is the blues capital and the Memphis horns were played in many famous soul recordings of the seventies, and they had an incredible soul sound.
One thing I wanted to ask you is where do you think this little white girl from Chattanooga got that? You’re just a master at your craft and I just fell in love in that moment. Jimmy -Well, for me it was an electrifying performance and it seemed like everything was planned. Lady Bunny-Yes, a rousing lip sync of I Will Survive where I was so drunk that I lost a shoe and a wig and I think maybe fell and, in that low of the music where she comes back triumphantly, I managed to hobble back up and put on the wig crooked and the crowd went wild. And then I remember seeing you perform for the first time, I think that it was Gloria Gaynor? And then, I Will Survive. I mean, the Pyramid was magic and then in walks this crew from Georgia who had an incredible vibe and just fit so well. Jimmy Paul-I remember your first night in New York at the Pyramid, it was maybe 1983, and I just remember you coming in with this crew and there was a magic to all of you guys, it was a really exciting thing to see. Document caught up with Lady Bunny and Jimmy Paul to talk about the first time they met and the influence Bunny has had on Paul’s work. Hairdresser Jimmy Paul is known for his big, sexy, and sculptural styles and once remarked, “hairdresser equals fantasy.” With 18 Vogue covers to his credit and frequent collaborations with Mario Testino and Steven Meisel, Jimmy Paul has a huge influence on the way we see hair today. Driving from Georgia in drag, she found herself as a backup dancer with RuPaul at the Pyramid Club and in 1985 founded Wigstock, the annual event, held every year until 2005. She was a small town girl from Chattanooga, TN, destined for the big city. Famed draq queen Lady Bunny and hairdresser Jimmy Paul cover wigstock, truck stop makeup touch-ups, and the hair related dangers of cab rides.Ī frequent columnist for the “worst dressed” section, Lady Bunny snuck into her first drag club when she was just 13.
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