When not playing solo, I am sometimes joined by:
Mark Sloniker (piano)
Marty Kenny, Gene Libbea, Cory Carroll, Roger Barnhart, Eric Thorin (bass)
Kevin Karrick, Myles Sloniker, Kevin Jones (guitar)
Oscar deZoto, Gerald Gates, Mark Raynes (drums)
Andrew Vogt, Pamela Robinson (saxophone)
Julie Hoest, Cheri Nichols, Terry Meyer (vocals)
Influences
Too numerous to include all, but here’s some (in no particular order!): Joni Mitchell, Carrie Newcomer, Johnsmith, Mark Sloniker, Peter Mayer, CSNY, James Taylor, Sting, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday......
Sounds Like
(She's been told!) Melissa Etheridge, Judy Collins, Diana Krall, Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Just beautiful... Deep and true and real and easy and altogether delicious” .... "Colleen is one of those naturally gifted singers who gets inside a song and makes it her own".... These are the ways in which others have described Colleen’s clear, pure vocal sound and captivating performances. Vocalist/guitarist Colleen Crosson has been performing in Colorado and surrounding areas for over 28 years. Her musical styles are diverse, ranging from new acoustic/contemporary folk to jazz, country, gospel, bluegrass, and rhythm and blues/rock. She has performed with numerous groups over the years, including the country band Rounder, the R & B/rock band Hot to Go, the a cappella group, Our Mothers’ Daughters, (who released a CD, "Carry On" in 2001), and the Bob Hollister Band, with whom she recorded 3 CDs (most recently in 2003), and won 2nd and 4th place in the Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Contest (1993 and 1994). She currently performs solo (vocals and acoustic guitar), as well as with her husband, keyboardist Mark Sloniker, The Unitics, and Swing Essence. Colleen released her first solo CD,“Singing Into Being”, in December, 2006, which features original compositions of hers, and husband, Mark, as well as other favorite singer/songwriters’ works.
Hey nice site, sweetie! Cool pics. Love that NAMASTE'. I'll try to stop by and see ya at Catalyst. It's just down the street from me. Need any mando help? Hey to Mark. PEACE jim
