Luther Tatum, piano, songwriter Mike Weiland, drums Jerry Adamos, bass, engineering Ian Francisco, piano, B3 organ & strings, songwriter Rob Heard, guitar, songwriter Don LaCorte, upright bass David Burnett, clarinet, sax, flute David Campbell, guitar & harmonica, songwriter Dave Terry, drums
Influences
Judy Garland
Bonnie Raitt
The Eagles
The Beatles
Aretha Franklin
Ella Fitzgerald
Janis Joplin
Tony Bennett
Barbra Streisand
Sounds Like
Karen Carpenter
K.D. Lang
Mama Cass Elliot with sass
Loretta Mc Nair, songwriter, lead vocalist, and native Californian, has been a performer since age 12 when her grandfather bought her an acoustic guitar for Christmas. In addition to her expertise in painting portraits in oils, Loretta has a wide entertainment background spanning 25 years including Musical Theater, Disco, Comedy, Melodrama and Light Opera, aside from her true love of roots music (Blues, Folk, etc.) She appeared as a guest vocalist on Mars Lasar's CD, "The Eleventh Hour" (Real Music). During the last several years, her focus has been on her own original music, which she performed along with club standards under the band name "Doubletake" in LA and Orange County clubs and coffeehouses. This led to the creation of her first CD "Loretta Mc Nair and Blues of the World."
In 2004 Loretta released her first solo CD entitled "Deeper Than Indigo" which is an eclectic collection of blues and jazz originals. You can hear several singles on internet radio at www.live365.com, as well as NPR and small to medium radio stations across the U.S. and in Europe and Australia. She has just completed her 2nd solo effort, a softer and sultry, acoustic selection that highlights her unique vocals and will please her '40s standards' fans. Releasing January, 2009 and entitled "Intimate Portrait."
Many thanks for the add. Hope you enjoy the music and message behind it. My mission in life is to fight Human trafficking...understanding the individual pain of others is sometimes to painful for an other individual to touch and that is frightening ... what i mean is that someone whose life is not traumatized and brutalized as a regular sequence of every day events unconsciously seeks the camouflage and shelter of apathy and banality from the reality of such devastating anguish and terror ...but the spirit of young people who are used as sex slaves in the systematized global industry of human trafficking is now reaching out to the human fellowship in hope and desperation and through technology ...
it is scary when humanity turns a blind eye to this horror ...its like ignoring genocide whilst it is happening ...
what i am asking is that if you hear the cry of these young people who are existing in an environment of torture and brutality each and every day that you then please do not turn away from them ...
please reach deeply into your heart and soul and join a movement that challenges modern slavery in the 21st century ...
Hi Loretta, I thank you again so much for sending me your latest CD, it is very fine and it's a pleasure to play it in my radio show of American roots music here. You can give a listen to my radio shows connecting to this link of my own website: http://www.highway61.it/Highway61/Elenco%20Playlists.htm I hope you will enjou it. All the best from Italy. Massimo
Hi Loretta, I hope tings are going well there. I thank you again so much for sending me your latest album. "Intimate Portrait" is very good indeed and I'm just playing it in my radio show of American roots music here. Have a great day! Massimo Ferro
"Ticklin' The Strings" by Sweet Hollywaiians Amazing Japanese hot string band playing 1920's, 30's, 40's style hawaiian, swing, calypso, blues, italian music and originals,featuring vintage instruments.3 songs with Robert Armstrong and Tony Marcus(from Robert Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders)
"The Sweet Hollywaiians have probably the best feel for this 20's music of any string band working today. They manage the rare feat of sounding relaxed even when their playing is hot, are top notch musicians with tasteful arrangements and a full, rich, warm sound.Plus, they have a nice gamut of tunes, from King Nawahi to Giovanni Vicari to Bobby Leecan. See them live, if you can, for an unforgettable experience. If you can't, buy their Cds!" ~ Terry Zwigoff
hi loretta you know i wish the world could here you voice so sweet. soft.an loveley.an your songs an music so wonderful.may heaven smile upon you an your family. an friends.so god bless.love paul edward mcclanahan
Wow girl, i love all your music, very nice, fresh, cool, awesome...! Talk talk talk it's the best. If you need a harmonica player on some of your track? please let me know...!
Loretta, thanks for accepting my request. Your talents are quite apparent on your page and it's a great pleasure to meet you. Have a wonderful rest of the week!
