Kate Pierson

Catherine Elizabeth Pierson (born April 27, 1948)[1] is an American singer, lyricist, and founding member of the B-52s.

In February 2015, Pierson released her first solo album, Guitars and Microphones, featuring material co-written by Sia.

[6] She then traveled around Europe for a time in the 1970s, including six months working as a barmaid in The Anson pub in Wallsend, UK,[7] before returning to the U.S. and moving to Athens, Georgia, where she lived on a farm and earned a living as a paste-up artist in the type shop of the local newspaper.

[10] Pierson and Coleman developed Kate's Lazy Meadow motel complex in Mount Tremper, New York in 2003.

[13][14] In 2022, Pierson indicated that the couple had sold Kate's Lazy Meadow, then purchased the vacation home on Cape Cod in Truro, Massachusetts.