| [Excerpted from her
website]: "Adie Grey has been in the music business since kindergarten.
... 'My Grandpa, Bill Lava, wrote music for movies and TV shows, so I sang my first demo
for him at the age of 5 - a tune he wrote for the Bugs Bunny
show, that I still hear every now and then on the Cartoon Network. ... Grandpa Bill
was also the inspiration for my song "Grandpa's Advice"
[CarTalk - NPR].' Adie has sung in a country band with Albert
Lee, with blues/R&B acts (Albert King & Hank
Ballard), in Reverend James Cleveland's choir '... and I even
got to work with the great jazz singer Diane Shur. ... I worked on a
project with my friend Vonda Shepard, as part of a girl background group
that included Bonnie Raitt and Chaka Khan. ... Instead
of being intimidated by working with all those great people, I found it really inspiring,
especially when I started writing my own songs.' She moved to Nashville in 1989:
'This town is very supportive of people working on their own music ... A lot of the music
that inspires me - blues, gospel, bluegrass and folk - comes from the south originally, so
it only made sense to move here.' She's done recording projects with Pam Tillis
and Martina McBride, while getting the likes of Jo-El Sonnier,
John Hartford and Wynonna to come play on her own
records. Adie has released three critically acclaimed albums: "Brand New
Old Time Music," "Grandpa's Advice"
and "How to Find a Rainbow." She's also coordinated
the Blues in the Schools program, and done a lot of community-oriented
volunteer work. |
Born and raised in Los
Angeles, Paul began making music at the early age of seven when his dad showed him a few
chords on the family ukelele. He immediately started writing songs and playing by ear to
the radio hits of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys and others. In 1966, Paul put
together his first band, The Four Stingrays, singing his own compositions
and covers alongside his brother Pete on tom-tom. By age seventeen, he was performing in
cover bands and acoustic duos in the LA area. From 1986 to 1990, his pop duo with David
Starns (“Petting Zoo”) regularly packed the house at Shaker
Mountain Inn in Glendale. He later performed with Jo Anne (Kurman) Montana in the renowned
acoustic duo, “Nielsen and Montana” (1995-2000), at Beckham
Place Restaurant in Pasadena. Fans would drive great distances to hear folk-pop classics
performed by this stellar duo. Paul continued writing songs, and moved to
Nashville in February 2003 to pursue songwriting in earnest. Almost immediately,
his songs were being plugged on Music Row by Americana Entertainment, which counted him as
one of their own. ... In 2005, he recorded his first independent CD project, “Trust
the Water” (co-produced with Chip Martin and released on Humbadum
Records). Paul wrote or co-wrote all of the tracks on this CD, which has been
receiving universally high praise. In addition, he is a much sought-after
guitarist, often seen accompanying songwriters and artists in showcases around
town, including radio and television broadcasts. |
Susan grew up in Berkeley,
California, at the tail end of the revolutionary wave rolling through the Bay Area. After
collecting degrees from UC Santa Cruz and SF State, she got herself into a plethora of
weird and/or cool musical situations. Among the weird: delivering singing telegrams
wearing a table around her waist and teaching doo-wop versions of Beatles
songs to Buddhist monks. Among the cool: stints in a cappella,
rock, jazz and Motown bands. In the
early 90s, she moved to Los Angeles where she met and later married displaced Ohioan Tom
Manche. Susan's Room was formed, and the band released
five albums of eclectic acoustic pop throughout the rest of the decade, all to glowing
reviews. They found a radio home at non-commercial and community radio stations worldwide
and toured and recorded for the rest of the decade. At the turn of the century she felt
her songs moving in a country direction, so in 2002 Susan and Tom moved to
Nashville, Tennessee. Since then she has released a solo CD, "Release"
and a lullaby CD, "You Can Close Your Eyes." Susan is
also a vocal coach who has worked with thousands of singers, including Josh
Gracin, Rose MacGowan, Joey Heatherton, Cedrik
the Entertainer, Constance Marie and L7. Her
instructional releases include the "No Scales Just Songs Vocal Workout"
(Volumes One and Two) and "Harmony Singing By Ear." |
