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Julieann Banks on Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Harmonica, Accordion, Percussion.
Influences
The greats! The best performers - James Brown, Tina Turner, Prince etc. The best singers - Aretha, Otis, Patsy. The best songwriters - Townes, Taupin, Elton, Lucinda the lists go on and on!
Sounds Like
Juliean can perform the following IN EVERY FORMAT FROM SOLO TO FULL BAND (The ACTIVATES!) - ACOUSTIC OR ELECTRIC
..................................Four CDs of ORIGINAL americana/rock/pop/blues MUSIC for original music venues and parties PLUS! for venues wanting some rockin' americana/pop/rock/bluesy DANCE covers
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley, No One - Alicia Keys, Hella Good - No Doubt, 867-5309 (Jenny) -Tommy Tutone, Aint No Other Man - Christina Aguilera, Windfall - Sun Volt, Tell Me Bout It - Joss Stone, Melt With You - Modern English - The Joker - Steve Miller, Harder To Breath - Maroon 5, Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett, Addicted To Love- Robert Palmer, At Last- Etta James, Brown Eyed Girl- Van Morrison, By Your Side - Sade, Dreams - Fleetwood Mac, Crazy - Patsy Cline, Chain Of Fools- Aretha Franklin, Get Down Tonight- KC & The Sunshine Band, Get This Party Started - Pink, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Cyndi Lauper, Honky Tonk Woman- The Rolling Stones, Hurts So Good- John Mellencamp, Land Down Under- Men At Work, I Love Rock n' Roll- Joan Jett, I Ran (So Far Away)- A Flock of Seagulls, Jesse's Girl- Rick Springfield, Just What I Needed- The Cars,, Kids In America- Kim Wilde, Kiss- Prince, Sweet Dreams - Patsy Cline, Love Letter- Bonnie Raitt, Middle Of The Road- The Pretenders, Goodbye to You - Scandal, My Girl - The Temptations, Play That Funky Music- Wild Cherry, Proud Mary- Ike & Tina Turner, Respect- Aretha Franklin, Roll The Dice- Delbert McClinton, Say You Love Me- Fleetwood Mac, The First Cut is the Deepest- Sheryl Crow, The Tide Is High- Blondie, Walkin’ After Midnight - Patsy Cline, These Arms Of Mine- Otis Redding, Vacation- The Go-Go's, What I Like About You- The Romantics,, Wonderful Tonight Eric- Clapton, Walkin on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves, Land Down Under - Men At Work Tush - ZZ Top Wild Nights - John Cougar, You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate, Second Hand News - Fleetwood Mac, Sangria Wine - Jerry Jeff Walker, Crescent City - Lucinda Williams, Down At The Twist & Shout - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash, Late Night Crowd - Vince Bell, Poncho & Lefty - Townes Van Zandt, Jackass Hill - Freddie Krc, Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison, Blazes Blues - Townes Van Zandt, Part Time Love - Ann Peebles, Standards like: Stand By Me, Under The Boardwalk, Midnight Hour, Mustang Sally.
Julieann Banks moved back "home" to Austin in 2007. She's no newcomer to the music scene though! She has a great resume of a lifetime of singing with some of the best bands. Locally, she has performed with Rotel and the Hot Tomatoes, The Big Time, and Apaches of Paris an award winning band that showcased her own music. Internationally she has toured with Percy Sledge ("When A Man Loves A Woman") and Legends of Las Vegas. She was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame with The Harmon Drew Supergroup. She has performed at President George Bush's Inaugural Ball in 2001, and at several events for the President and also Ann Richards when they were the governors of Texas. She has garnered many awards and recognitions including: ASCAP Popular Awards Panel Program 1995 - 2007, Best Female Vocalist - Rock (Austin Music Magazine), placed in the Austin Chronicle Music Awards, and First Place/Ticketmaster "Austin's Best Unsigned Band" showcase. Other clients and events she has performed for include: Valero Energy, USAA, Century 21,The Great Texas Balloon Race, Motorola, Dell, Sematech, The Confederate Air Force, Enron, Dahill Industries, The University of TX, The Red Cross, Bayshore Medical Center, Texas A & M University, Montessori Schools, The Krewe of Gemini Grand Ball, The Krewe of Justinian Grand Ball, The Krewe of Centaur Grand Ball (Shreveport LA). She has toured in New Zealand, Japan, Portugal, and Switzerland as well as played many prestigious local and regional venues including Laguna Gloria, One World Theatre, Antones, Gruene Hall, The Backyard and La Zona Rosa. She has recorded four CDs of her own music, each a lovely blend of heartfelt lyrics and inspired melodies over a variety of musical beds including rock, blues, americana and country.
Her sets are tailored to please every audience member by blending genres from jazz to classic rock, current pop to the sing along standards. Julieann has an easy rapport with her audience and really knows how to pull them into the performance and, of course, requests are always welcomed and encouraged!
Julieann is and has always been a full time career musician. Songwriting and performing is her passion and she has been blessed with the gift of being able to make a living doing what she loves. Her desire to share this gift drives her to be the absolute best at preparing and pacing an event to perfectly suit you and your guests for an evening of music that everyone will be raving about!
(Just made it under the wire by my clock set on Pacific Standard Time...) Miss you girl! The record WILL come out this year I promise...! You sound killer good as always.
Hope you are well and that your day was great. Wish I was there to take you to Iron Works.... Soon... :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HERO, MY FRIEND, MY SWEET JOOLZ! TIME IS GOOD TO YOU, YOU LOOK AWESOME! I MISS YOU SOOOO MUCH. MUCH LOVE AND BIG HUGS!! FROM YOUR SILLY OL' MA-I
hello beautiful! love the new pics! DIG THAT BASS!!!!! missing you--we finally are blessed with some rain, reminds me of the old days, when it always rained when i came to austin!! xoxoxo m-ai
