About Candy Jane
Candye Kane (November 13, 1961 – May 6, 2016), was an American porn star, adult model, and later a blues singer and entertainer. She was a successful touring and recording artist for the German record label Ruf Records and American independent blues label Delta Groove. Candye was defined by her dynamic blues style singing voice, H cup breasts, her sexually open-minded attitude, sassy personality and incredible BBW body.
Kane was born to a body painting hippie musician and a dysfunctional mother.
At 16, she set aside her dream of becoming a professional musician, forsaking a music scholarship at USC Music Conservatory.
Like so many young girls in the ghetto, she became an unwed mother involved in the gang culture. She went on welfare to support herself and her young son.
Realizing that welfare and food stamps were barely enough to survive, Kane became a softcore model and also went into sex work.
Candye appeared on the covers of over 150 magazines, with titles like Hustler, Juggs and Floppers. She also appeared in several soft and hardcore porn movies.
Soon Candye was a columnist, writing a monthly advice series for Gent Magazine.
She also became involved in the burgeoning punk rock music scene of the early 80's. Hollywood was brimming with musical talent and she found herself starting country punk bands and befriending and sharing the stage with musicians as diverse as Fear, Black Flag, Social Distortion, The Circle Jerks, Los Lobos, The Blasters and Dwight Yoakum.
Being a sexual libertine gave Kane a respected position in the anarchist musicians pecking order. She took her money from the lucrative sex business and began subsidizing her musical dreams. She hired musicians, wrote songs, booked studio time, plastered flyers all over Hollywood, got off welfare - all the while supporting herself and her child from her sex work bounty.
In 1986, Kane caught the attention of CBS Records head Larry Hanby. She was signed to a developmental deal and recorded her first demo with Val Garay. Kane was marketed as a country singer but CBS dropped her when they found out about her checkered past.
Candye moved from Los Angeles to San Diego, married Paladins bassist Thomas Yearsley, gave birth to another son and became a Women's Studies Major at the local Community College. She continued to write songs and accidentally discovered the brash blues stylings of Big Maybelle, Big Mama Thornton, Etta James, and Bessie Smith.
In 1992, Kane met Clifford and Susan Antone and became close friends with them. Two years later Kane's first CD Home Cookin was released on the Antones' record label. When Kanes' second son was 7 years old, she started the relentless touring pace that she continues today.
Since her first Antones release, she has recorded seven albums for labels that include Discovery, Rounder/Bullseye, Sire and Germany based RUF records. Kane's latest release, 'Guitard and Feathered was released in May 2007 and features guitarists Ana Popovic, Junior Watson, Sue Foley, Bob Margolin, Bob Brozman, Dave Alvin, Kid Ramos, Jeff Ross as well as Candye's road band featuring her son Evan on drums, Bill Stuve on bass and Heine Andersen.
The May 2005 issue of Mojo magazine says: "Kane is a superior belter of raunchy blues. She is candid, saucy and great fun."
In spring of 2008 Candye announced on her various websites and through her MySpace blog that she has pancreatic cancer. She recovered from her initial bout with cancer and returned to touring in 2009. She lost over 65 lbs due to dieting and had revived her singing success. In 2014, Kane announced through her website that her yearly cancer screening that cancer had returned.
In late January 2016, Kane announced via her Facebook page that she had to be hospitalized with complications from her returned cancer. She was never able to full recover and died at 10pm on May 6, 2016 with her son Evan Caleb Yearsley and long time partner and guitarist Laura Chavez by her side.
