 |
Dusty and the LoveNotes - Folk
AMERICA NORTH: USA: California (CA)
Artist Bio:Dusty just recently picked up the guitar and began her music career with the talented lead guitar player Indian Joe as her mentor. With his years of experience and her innate songwriting skills the two have embarked on an exciting musical path that is at once new, yet retro.A San Francisco native, Dusty lived in Berkeley and Orinda until she was ten years of age and then relocated to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Her mother enjoyed listening to Broadway musicals and occasionally played the piano, which prompted Dusty’s interest in music. “My grandmother had been a concert pianist and I was encouraged to take piano lessons. I took a year or two of piano lessons and played the flute in Junior High and High School. Then I was given a guitar but I wasn’t motivated, at that time, to play.” Dusty’s path in life veered away from music when, at 19, she moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands. She lived there for ten years aboard her sailboat, Golden Dragon. “My time in the islands influenced three of my songs on my cd, What Did You Expect?, and was foundational in my life path and attitude.” Returning to the states Dusty became seriously involved with horses and the discipline of dressage. Years later, due to lameness issues with her horse and her own back issues, she decided it was time to take a completely new direction in her life. Dusty decided to return to her earlier music roots and learn to play the guitar. Indian Joe was recommended as an instructor. He was the perfect teacher and inspiration she needed, even encouraging her to sing and play while he accompanied her on gigs. Eventually he included her as a band member in his classic rock and roll band. Unfortunately the band didn’t work out, but that experience convinced Dusty that she wanted to pursue writing her own songs with the lyrics she was hearing in her head. Indian Joe and Dusty turned out to be an ideal musical collaboration and finally decided to record the songs that Dusty had been working on for four years. According to Dusty, the title of her debut CD “What Did You Expect?” came from a reaction one of her friends had when she heard Dusty’s songs for the first time. She told Dusty, “It’s not what I expected!” The new release, on That Other Label (TOL), delivers a blend of original and retro folk rock and country-inflected songs prepared with a combination of acoustic and electric instruments tastefully played by Indian Joe (lead guitar and bass), Dusty (rhythm guitar and flute), and Sam Sailors (drums). Their concept is fresh and simple providing a basic musical foundation that showcases the lyrics and melodies of each tune. From the first track, “Antigua,” written in the cockpit of a friend’s sailboat, to the humorous yet poignant “Blue Satin Thong,” a song about leaving your lover and knowing they will miss you, Dusty paints sonic pictures of real life experiences. Living in the rural areas of southern California where she is surrounded by the voices of nature, Dusty has learned to listen to the poetry in her soul instead of relying on the status quo. “Starting a music career and learning to play guitar, sing and perform in the second half of my life isn’t the normal thing most women do,” commented Dusty. “I want to be a positive example for my “sisters” to show that a person can do anything they want to do at any moment in their life. We truly create our own reality every day with every breath we take.” An honest statement from this modern day minstrel. After all, what did you expect? |
Song Information - credits, lyrics, album:
Get This Band's Songs As Digital Downloads:Get This Band's CDs:
No Physical CD Links For This Band Have Been Provided
|
||||||||||||||||||||