When it comes to names, this band has had its share. While many
people may have heard Linda Arceo and Gilroy resident Lisa Long’s
bold lyrics and catchy guitar riffs while wandering the Garlic
Festival the last three years, they might not recognize the two by
any name.
When it comes to names, this band has had its share. While many people may have heard Linda Arceo and Gilroy resident Lisa Long’s bold lyrics and catchy guitar riffs while wandering the Garlic Festival the last three years, they might not recognize the two by any name.
Going under the name Linda Arceo, Arlo, Arceo and Long and, finally, Trusting Lucy, the women don’t seem to care what name they go by, as long as they keep turning heads.
“I think what grabs people is that our songs have hooks in them,” Arceo said. “We don’t play like girls.”
Bucking the stereotype that women playing acoustic guitars play light, airy music, Arceo and Long have turned the last two years into a productive collaboration based on two different styles and a rock sound that always turns heads, something the women hope to do July 26 at the Gazebo stage at the 2003 Garlic Festival.
“We always want to get in there,” Arceo said. “There’s so many people there. If you can get the person to turn from way out in the field or beer booth, that’s a goal.”
But when asked about the band’s name, Arceo could only laugh and say, “That’s a story on it’s own, I think Lisa should tell you about that.”
It all began when Long, who was doing her own solo work and had released a self-titled album, was asked to help fill in playing the keyboard for Arceo, who also had her own album out, but was picked to play for the Garlic Festival and didn’t have a band – she had produced the album by hiring 13 musicians to back up her guitar.
“I had my own thing going on,” she said.
When Long joined in the band, they changed their name to Arlo, a mix of the Arceo and Long’s last names, but it didn’t last for long.
“Arlo was taken by another band, so we couldn’t use it. We changed our name to Arceo and Long,” Long said.
Finally, the two decided to settle on Trusting Lucy. But how does that name fit in when neither of the women have that name.
“When we joined forces, it took a lot of trust to be there for the whole package – that’s where the word ‘trust’ came in,” Long said.
