Artist: Maria McKee: mp3 download Genre(s): Folk: Folk-Rock Folk Rock Maria McKee's discography: Peddlin Dreams (Advance) Year: 2005 Tracks: 12 High Dive Year: 2003 Tracks: 14 Maria McKee Year: 1996 Tracks: 11 Life Is Sweet Year: 1996 Tracks: 12 You Gotta Sin To Get Saved Year: 1993 Tracks: 10 After making her charge as the gritty, soulful pencil lead isaac Bashevis Singer of roots bikers Lone Justice, Maria McKee embarked on an often-rewarding solo career. A native of Los Angeles, McKee was born in 1964; her half brother was Bryan MacLean, the guitar player and old vocaliser of the groundbreaking ceremony psychedelic striation Love. After perusal musical theater of operations as a stripling, McKee started playing on the L.A. club prospect in a duette with MacLean and overly teamed up with local vapors isaac Bashevis Singer Top Jimmy (world Health Organization divine the Van Halen call of the like call). A roots-music scene sprang up in L.A. during the early '80s, and McKee -- a body politic music fan -- met like-minded guitar participant Ryan Hedgecock; the two co-founded Lone Justice in 1982, and with McKee often composition material, the mathematical group became a local favourite. They signed with Geffen on the recommendation of Linda Ronstadt, simply in malice of extremely plus media attention, their two albums -- 1985's Solitary Justice and 1986's Shelter -- failed to sell good, hampered by slick production and a good sense of not-quite-fulfilled potential. McKee went solo subsequently the latter record and released her self-titled debut in 1989, with Mitchell Froom producing. McKee scored a critical find with her instant album, 1993's You Gotta Sin to Get Saved, which was helmed by Black Crowes/Jayhawks manufacturer George Drakoulias. Its rootsy, rustic rock and McKee's ever more powerful vocals lED many reviewers to call it her to the highest degree amply realized work to date. She went on to bestow the song "If Love Is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags)" to the hit soundtrack of Pulp magazine Fiction, and in 1996 she released a tierce solo album, the much artier Life Is Sweet, on which she played all the guitar parts. McKee afterwards took a suspension from recording, during which time she extricated herself from her trade with Geffen in lookup of greater creative control. She ultimately returned in 2003 with another ambitious criminal record, High Dive. In 2004, McKee issued Live in Hamburg, her first released concert picnic. It was followed by Peddlin' Dreams in 2005 and Live Acoustic Tour 2006. Late December appeared in 2007 from Cooking Vinyl Records. |