The Lovers (Californian band)
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Genres | Roots, rock |
| Years active | 2011 – present |
| Website | www |
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The Lovers are an American roots rock group formed in Los Angeles, California in late 2011. The group is fronted by Rosa Pullman (keyboards, guitar, vocals) and Mitch Grainger (guitar, harmonica, vocals).
Originally from different corners of the earth, Grainger (Sydney, Australia) and Pullman (Ithaca, New York) met at Crane's Hollywood Tavern, Los Angeles in June, 2011. The night they met both Grainger and Pullman were performing individually and watched each other play. There was a mutual respect for the same genres of music and a friendship was formed based around this mutual affinity for blues, roots music, country, folk and the larger American musical idiom.
Mitch Grainger first started playing blues music at age 14 in Balmain, Sydney. His first instrument was the harmonica which he played for 6 months before also picking up the guitar. After hearing Little Walter's greatest hits on cassette he was instantly hooked on the blues and his quest to find the best American Roots music at second hand record stores began, followed by his first gigs in a popular Balmain teenage band fronted by Alex Lloyd, called The Beefs. Since then Mitch Grainger has toured the entire Australian continent, states and territories, Japan, Scandinavia the United States and worked with some of Australia's best musicians and musical groups including Malcolm Young (AC/DC), Harry Vanda,Jack Thompson, The Bondi Cigars, Papa Lips and Rick Price both in the studio and on stage.
Rosa Pullman was raised to the sounds of folk music, harmony singing and traditional Americana music by her parents in upstate NY. She was playing piano and writing her first songs by age 5. At age 19 she moved to Boston and started experimenting with electronica, layered harmonies and beats. While in Boston she met many musicians including Amanda Palmer and Michael McDonald, the later with whom she collaborated with in the band Jupiter 88. After the tragic death of Michael, Rosa decided to visit India, a decision that culminated in her living there for 5 years, studying tabla and continuing to record her vocal based electronica music. On returning to America in 2009 Rosa moved to California and started writing songs that were again inspired by folk, country, blues and roots music.
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