Megan Lynch

Bio:

The illegitimate child of Cliff Edwards and Judy Canova, Megan Lynch has wowed them from the Hogtree Inn in Puckerbrush, Iowa all the way to the hallowed halls of the hoi polloi in Zzyzx, California. She is an instrumentalist. Her instrument is her vocal cords and she will plunk, thrum, hum, warble, yodel and grunt her way through any song that suits her fancy. Like many of the artists she digs (Kurt Weill, Brave Combo, 3Mustaphas3...), she defies easy categorization. Thank god. She's as comfortable singing a Floyd Tillman honky tonker as she is singing an art song. Her grandmother sang in front of a big band and Megan won't rest until she has too. **** View photos and contribute photos to the Megan Lynch Gig Gallery on Flickr. *** View Chi Merican's video of one of my gigs at Media Bistro***

Member Since:

October 19, 2005

Members:

Megan Lynch

Influences:

Cliff Edwards, Emmett Miller, Bing Crosby, Dolores Gray, Bob Wills, Kate Bush, Exene Cervenka, Yoko Ono, Asha Bhosle, R. D. Burman, Brave Combo, 3Mustaphas3, Tom Waits, Ella Fitzgerald, Povel Ramel, Fred Astaire, Aretha Franklin, Cheap Suit Serenaders, Cats & Jammers (the Berkeley band), Brian Wilson, The Beau Hunks, XTC, Elvis Costello, Cab Calloway, The Boswell Sisters, Carmen Miranda, Ella Mae Morse, Fats Waller, early Mills Brothers, Harry Nilsson, Wanda Jackson, Slim Gaillard, Danny Kaye, Betty Hutton

Sounds Like:

My "instrument" is similar in pitch, range and timbre to k. d. lang. But what I do with the instrument depends on the material. I can be a refined mezzo-soprano or a down home yodeling milkmaid or a hellcat in the sack.