Alison Faith Levy
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Alison Faith Levy performing as part of Game Theory on July 20, 2013 in Sacramento
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| Born | New York |
| Origin | San Francisco |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, educator |
| Instruments | Keyboards, vocals |
| Years active | 1994– |
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| Website | Official website |
Alison Faith Levy is a San Francisco-based musician and songwriter, known as a pop and jazz performer on keyboards and vocals, most notably as a member of power pop group The Loud Family, as well as for her later work as a children's musician in The Sippy Cups and as a solo artist.
In 1994, Levy released a solo EP, Grumbelina, followed by the 1995 single "The Scientist."
Scott Miller invited Levy in 1997 to become a member of the Loud Family, filling a vacancy left by Paul Wieneke's departure. Levy played keyboards and piano and provided backup vocals on the Loud Family's 1998 album Days for Days. On the group's album Attractive Nuisance (2000), Levy also wrote and performed lead vocals on the song "The Apprentice." After Miller's death in 2013, she joined Miller's 1980s band Game Theory as lead vocalist for a reunion performance at a memorial tribute in Sacramento.
Describing Levy's contribution to the Loud Family, Miller stated, "To me she brought in that classic 1967 to ’74 way of doing piano pop–rock that I’m all in favor of but can’t accomplish because I don’t play piano. She had the most sheer musicianly keyboard chops of anyone I’ve played with. And her vocals are pretty distinctive. More toward the soul end of things than other female singers I’ve had in the band. So that line-up had more of a Todd Rundgren, Cat Stevens, Rod Argent, Carole King approach."
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