Celebrated as one of the most influential female singer-songwriters of the
1990s, Liz Phair's landmark debut album Exile in Guyville became a cult indie
classic which railed against rock's macho swagger and later inspired the likes
of Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Waxahatchee and Courtney Barnett. Born April 17, 1967
in New Haven, Connecticut, Phair started writing songs while studying art
history at college in Oberland, Ohio before heading to San Francisco to play the
coffee house circuit, making homemade cassette recordings under the moniker
Girly Sound. She ended up back in Chicago ...