Article: Candye Kane

Don't let the name fool you. Candye Kane might have a sweet-sounding moniker. But there was plenty of tart humor and salty banter in her marvelous set Friday at Summerfest's Leinie Lodge.

Performing with her rockabilly quartet, the Swingin' Armadillos, Kane was a deliciously kitschy combination of bawdy vaudeville performer, red-hot blues mama, talk show host and revival tent preacher provided that tent were pitched in the parking lot of an adult bookstore. Friday, she happily declared her bisexuality and sent the crowd home with the directive to "love yourselves, love your bodies."

"I'm not ashamed of my sexuality," the generously proportioned singer said with a big grin, her red ...

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