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."
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!
Thanks for the add Loretta...btw...your new CD 'Intimate Portrait' is great. Love the songs, your voice and the production. Great job.....Let's put it together and go on the road baby....
Life's been busy lately, and I've had quite a few 'friends adds' requests.. I normally like to come over straight away to thank you for finding me and listening, so, if i didn't yet, please excuse my lack of curtesy, and let me say now, that i really do appreciate your time in finding me and listening and requesting an add and wish you lots of luck with any music projects you are involved with and success. here's to 2009... stop by anytime.. rae from london ;-)
Hi Loretta, thanks you very much for being a friend!! "GREAT VOICE and SOUND" Great respects for your work. (We were born under the sign.... the best!) All the best, Fabio.
Loretta McNair - Join us in congratulating record producer Kim Copeland for her work on the Rachel Williams album, Lonely At The Bottom. Check this great review by R.K. Oermann with Music Row Magazine on Rachel's current single, The Only Thing Harder Than Leaving.
"She has the goods. This creeps up on you with cat’s paws. The languid pace, echoing instruments, spacious production and her hushed, aching delivery are all immensely seductive. The lyric of leaving home is full of terrific details. And her falsetto leaps in the bridge are like little daggers to the heart. A mini masterpiece. This, by the way, is the third single in a row that I have raved about from this performer. "
I just added your song Deeper Than Indigo to my profile! When you put Koncucho (sp?) Bird up there, I'll add that one too...that's my fav... Love you! Your Cousin~
