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Leeann Atherton
Americana / Blues / Folk Rock

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Member Since	7/9/2005
Band Website	www.leeannatherton.com www.fullmoonbarndance.com
Band Members	LEEANN ATHERTON AND THE OUTSIDERS Leeann Atherton Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica Kevin Hollingsworth & Sunny Coleman -Guitar Joe Meirs & Nick Travis - Bass Mark Leshner - Drums and Many Special Guests! guests have included Albert Bestiero of Del Castillo Kim Deschamps Shelley King Carolyn Wonderland and more!
Influences	Bonnie Raitt, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughn, Nancy Wilson, The Band, Allman Bros., Jimi Hendrix, Dusty Springfield, Alison Clement, Sue Braswell, Love imgsrc=m_b4494f5f938649d7b23a2c1d09c3facc.jpg
Sounds Like	LEEANN ATHERTON NEW CD OUT NOW EVERY DAY DREAM AVAILABLE AT GIGS & WATERLOO RECORDS LADY LIBERTY CD REVIEW WWW.FREIGHT TRAIN BOOGIE.COM So Austin continues to amaze me with the wealth of musical talent living and working there. Twenty-five years ago, Atherton would be working on a major label, her soft, soulful voice gaining fans by good-ol' word-of-mouth. Like Bonnie Raitt's best early albums Atherton is comfortable singing country, blues, and well country-blues. Rich Brotherton, from Robert Earl Keen's band handles the production and the lead guitar. A kid from San Antonio named Mike Stevenson wrote all the songs and he's a killer songwriter who must either be awful humble or have a horrible voice. The tempos and arrangements are varied and make for a very enjoyable and easy-going CD. It's all here... search this one out.
Record Label	Steppin' Stone Records & RainStorm Records
Type of Label	Indie

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Nov 13 2009

7:00P

Taco Xpress

Austin

Nov 14 2009

8:00P

private Party

dripping springs

Nov 15 2009

1:00P

Mystical Oasis

Wimberley

Nov 20 2009

7:00P

Taco Xpress

Austin

Nov 21 2009

8:00P

1st Down and Stassney Sports Bar”

austin

Nov 27 2009

7:00P

Taco Xpress

Austin

Nov 29 2009

4:00P

Full Moon Barn Dance

Austin

Dec 12 2009

10:00P

MOther Egan’s

Austin

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About Leeann Atherton

LEEANN ATHERTON

Texas Singer-Songwriter
BMI

Lead Vocalist, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica
International Concert Touring
Recording Sessions

Leeann Atherton, one of the nicest and friendliest Texas southern belles you would ever want to meet, is now one of Austin's own singer/songwriter treasures.
This lady can sing the blues too!

Take a little South Carolina charm and add a big Texas heart; take a pinch of Janis Joplin's blues belting ability and free spirit; add a little Marcia Ball and Aretha Franklin for spice, plus an auxiliary of talented song writing friends.

Oh yes, don't forget to include a little Carolina beach music and you will have yourself a real sweet cookie of a singer ...

Leeann Atherton!

Leeann Atherton - Change Of Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY4IVo4TeD0

SXSW Barn Dance 2009

more songs to listen to!

Summer 2009 Japan Tour

Leeann Atherton "Way of the Heart" Japan Tour, let's GO!

HEART TRAVELED ROAD reviews

She’s an Austin institution, 78704’s Den Mother of roots music, but Leeann Atherton is here to remind you that she’s a Southern girl, born in Alabama, starting her musical career in a South Carolina Shag band. And that she’s the equal of any singer or songwriter she hosts at her Full Moon Barn Dances. And that she can sing just about anything she wants, be it blues, soul, torch, Tex-Mex, country or rock & roll. Her most fully realized album, so far, superbly produced, engineered and mixed by multi-instrumentalist Rich Brotherton, featuring 12 originals, standouts being Change Of Heart and Remember Me, plus Mike Stevenson’s Ode To Nowhere, and such A-list players as David Carroll, Frosty, Riley Osborn and Kaz Kazanoff, this is something of a classic of the kind of album you can make in Austin. That is, if you have Atherton’s power, control, tone, range, pitch, timing, silky strength, grace, sincerity and personality, all of which shine through.

JC 3rd Coast Music Sept '09/>

..."returning to her roots with Heart Traveled Road under the steady hand of producer Rich Brotherton, the South Austin blues goddess channels Dusty Springfield, Delbert McClinton and Billie Holliday, likely to stir passion in 78704"... (the music capital of the world)

Jim Caligiuri, Austin Chronicle />

Austin Daze Reviews EVERY DAY DREAM
www.austindaze.com

Nothing less than the "Queen of South Austin" Leeann has been pumping life into the ONLY part of this city that's worthy of our reputation for quite some time. Her backyard "Barn Dances" are some of the best house parties anyone could throw anywhere. If someone tried that in north Austin. their neighborhood association would shut them down. Try it in Round Rock, and Williamson county's finest would slap them around, bloody their nose and leave them in the slammer. But in South Austin, no one complains because they're all there, having a great time. Life is good down here, ain't it?

This CD is just dripping with soul. Leeann has this wonderful kind of old time bluesy rock thing happening that echoes of Motown, Janice Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, Marcia Ball and plenty of artists from the 60's and 70's that aren't around anymore. Her warm, full and slightly raspy voice is strong and consistent, and very versatile. As good as it is, the musicianship here is probably even better.

There's no hiding the blazing melodic lead guitar solos by Johnny Mac and Larry Wilson, the slide guitar work of Papa Mali, the rhythm guitars by Sunnyman and Jackson, Riley Osbourn's Hammond B3, bass by Courtney Audain and drums by Frosty. Several other talented guests round the recording out nicely. The musicianshipmakes for a big bog sound that way exceeds the budget for this independent release. That's what friends are for, and Leeann has plenty of talented friends.

Songwriting is also strong, with Leeann writing or co-writing most of the tracks. "What's Your Situation" is a jazz departure, which reminds me of the jazz-pop from the mid 90's. Extra points goes for track 5, a tribute to Austin's beloved Mambo John Traynor. (Anything that makes Mambo look down from above and smile gets a nod from me.)

Leeann Atherton
"Every Day Dream"
Score = 8
Austin Daze pg. 10 Issue ..61

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"Gypzee Heart" reviews

Austin Chronicle Jan. 19, 2008 www.austinchronicle.com

Revered blues mama Leeann Atherton and former Red Elvises guitarist/vocalist Zhenya Rock have joined forces in Gypzee Soul, a meeting of his fleet-fingered ability on all things stringed and her soulful sensibilities. Clunky, lyrical moments on their debut are almost offset by the amount of love poured into their worldly acoustic grooves. Jim Caliguiri "For the Sake of the Song "

Rootstime Jan. 2008
Gypzees Heart is a spicy cd' tje, scarcely thirty minutes long, but fresh and sparkling as a stream in the spring. The songs flee playful as fish in a bed, where balalaika, bongos, banjar and a 12-snarige Martin guitar the instrumentale choreografie on self take. 'Live Musical Capital or The World' inclines to hoisted sung inclines does think to reggae, it 'Tim' to country jazz and the bluesy 'Lazy Sunday' of a Brazilian sunset. The samenzang in 'From The Heart' is romp a loves song. The most songs arose in assistant-authorship through the duo Zhenya Kolykhanov and Leeann Atherton, except of 'Romale' that based is on a traditional Russian zigeunersong. Zhenya Rock, as he is named also, comes by Russia and discovered as adolescent all the bluegrass via a periodical with bijhorende plate, what him direct bekoorde. Only firstly he played roll as anarchist gitarist in a Russian rock' n tie with Chuck Berry features. The tie adorned self with the applicable groups name 'Reason Elvises' and brought an achttal cd’s out. Later on Zhenya its own flat label founded and began to write he for film and Tv-shows. Active in the music scene, he cannot choose ostensibly also now between the group Zeegras, The Flying Balalaika Brothers, that Russian folkmuziek interpret or for a duo-career with Leeann. Singer and gitariste Leeann has been bitten already as much as by the muziekmicrobe. For 18 year travels they already singing and sometimes also dancing the world around from her biotope Austin in Texas. Her warm voice does think what of the Indigo Girls. Under her international musical friends may they as well Dad Mali as an Alejandro Escovedo figure. Also in these 'Gypzee Heart', geproducet through Zhenya, know to give the duo their original bluegrass a multiculturele radiation with vitamin run zigeunersongs. A plate in love with with the jaunty triangular contrabasbalalaika as match-maker to become. Marcie www.rootstime.be

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Sherri	Nov 4 2009 3:03 PM tonight felt like coming home.. the show was wonderful and I finally got your new cd, I'm happy!
Ulrich Ellison	Oct 28 2009 5:19 AM How did the Blues Challenge go? Peace, Ulrich
Hideo	Oct 20 2009 2:58 AM Hi,Leeann. Thank you for add. It assists from Japan.
Fonty	Oct 20 2009 2:57 AM
Bruno Oliveira	Oct 20 2009 2:57 AM beautyful to share, Lea! take care!!
Ruby Jane	Oct 12 2009 4:59 AM Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane. I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know how you like them! be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! and come on out to Gruene Hall tomorrow, y'all! Ruby Jane
WILLIE SMITH	Oct 12 2009 4:59 AM Check out williejoebobguitars.com
Brian McRae	Oct 12 2009 4:58 AM Word! .... very fun! thanks...... c u monday
Sherri	Sep 24 2009 9:44 PM I don't have the new cd yet Leeann. I really to remedy that situation!
Fernando Parra	Sep 16 2009 7:52 PM Hello friend how are you. Thanks for your friendship and all the best for you. Hugs from my country Chile.
Ruby Jane	Sep 16 2009 7:52 PM Good morning music lovers! Check out the new pictures and video! Let me know what you think! Ruby Jane
Full Moon Barn Dance	Sep 16 2009 7:52 PM LOVE YOU! www.fullmoonbarndance.com
Mo McMorrow	Sep 2 2009 11:39 PM Congratulations Leeann on your successful tour of Japan!
Teresa	Sep 2 2009 11:38 PM imikimi - Customize Your World!
Massimo Ferro	Aug 7 2009 6:29 AM Hi Leann, thank you so much for the add but above all let me please thank you once more for sending me your latest CD. It's really a great pleasure to have the chance to play your music in my radio show of American roots music here. Have a great Summer! Massimo http://www.highway61.it
Hyde Park	Jul 3 2009 2:27 PM Hey, LeeAnn -- Great to hear from you in Japan! And really nice to know that those folks love the music we do, especially Uncle Walt's Band. Very cool. Looking forward to your next appearance at HPB&G!
Wonder Toad	Jul 13 2009 3:16 PM Hope youre having a great time in Japan! Austin isnt the same without you! XOXOX
Ruby Jane	Jul 13 2009 4:03 PM Hey, Im posting new videos today! New pictures too! And TUESDAY July 14, the band will be filming a performance for the tv show at SAXON PUB! Be in the audience for the tv show 4:30 to 6!!!!!!!! Ruby Jane
Dave Gillis	Jul 14 2009 3:57 AM Thx Leeann for the add...Sounding Great !!
Sieur d'Artagnan	Jun 11 2009 5:23 AM I am - and guitar, and bass, too! When is the next party? let me know! can't wait to hear some Texas R&B from you.
Austin I Think You Shine	Jun 11 2009 5:03 PM Go for it Chica! It would look killer blown up Poster Size. Im sharing it at austinithinkyoushine right now along with one of your songs. I plan to have it blown up and framed for my music room. ( : YOu doing well Sunshine?
mark ambrose	Jun 9 2009 11:59 PM Hope to catch ya on down the line...in the meantime, I got a show w/ Bob Livingston, in Austin, on June 14! Come on out.... Cheers!
Kathy & Bill	Jun 5 2009 11:23 PM ..hope you can come to our June 14 House Concert with Bob Livingston!
Carla	Jun 4 2009 11:24 PM I am going to try and be at Maria's Taco Xpress. Hope to see and hear you there.
Ruby James	Jun 3 2009 6:15 AM hey leeann thanks for the comment! i just got back to austin.. i was actually at the saxon pub tonight seeing a friend of mine play :) i love your voice.. you sound great and you're playing a lot so i will have to find my way out to one of your shows... i just finished my album here so i will hopefully start playing soon, just need to put a band together.. hope to meet you and hear you soon!! lots of love ruby

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