Michelle Malone
| Michelle Malone | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michelle Malone |
| Born | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, Americana rock, folk rock, blues, alternative country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, harmonica |
| Associated acts | Michelle Malone and Drag the River, Band De Soleil |
| Website | www |
Michelle Malone is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer.
She also founded a record company, SBS Records.
Malone was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, by her mother and grandmother, both professional singers. Malone first began performing at age four in a church choir, and later learned to play saxophone, guitar, and drums, which she played in her first band at age twelve.
As an teenager, Malone began to write songs. While studying voice at Agnes Scott College, she began performing professionally in and around Atlanta. She left school upon receiving a recording contract from Clive Davis at Arista Records, for whom she recorded, with her band Drag the River, the album Relentless, produced by Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group. She later signed with Walter Yetnikoff at his Velvel Records label. In 1992 Malone started her own label, SBS Records, and continues to record and tour.
Over the course of her 20-year career, Malone has won numerous awards including Best Female Vocalist and Best Acoustic Guitarist (Creative Loafing), and Album of the Year (Atlanta Magazine). Her albums Sugar Foot and Debris, released on SBS Records, were both on the Grammy Award ballot for best Contemporary Blues and Best Americana Albums respectively. Her songs have appeared in the films Bam Bam and Celeste, All Over Me, and Shotgun Jesus and television programs True Blood, Dawson's Creek, Felicity, and Brooklyn South, and have been recorded by Indigo Girls (for which she received both gold and platinum records), Antigone Rising, and Vistoso Bosses. Malone appeared with The Harshed Mellows on a recording of the song "U.S. Blues" for the Grateful Dead tribute album Deadicated (Arista Records, 1991). She was also featured in a Georgia Tourism TV commercial with Elton John in 1994.The collectible card game Magic: The Gathering was named in part after Malone’s song “The Gathering” (Redemption Dream 1994/Daemon Records/HiFi Records). In 2010, Malone took part in a virtual concert performing to a screen displaying avatars, as part of Michael Nesmith's Video Ranch 3D project.
...
Wikipedia