American Rock In Its Purest Form – Melissa Etheridge On Stage
Melissa Etheridge has long been known as an artist who produces music that fits the core of what many consider American Rock and Roll. Her style combines folk, blues, rock and roll and searing guitar melodies that cut to the soul. Her wide-ranging style has captured the hearts and ears of millions of fans, and Etheridge is returning to the stage in the summer of 2006. A look at her life will at least partially explain how her style came to be.
Early Life
Etheridge was born in Leavenworth, Kansas on May 29, 1961. She almost immediately became involved with music, as she learned to play the guitar at the age of eight and began writing music shortly thereafter. She played in a series of local bands through her teen-age years and was accepted into the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston after high school.
Etheridge stayed at Berklee for only one year, and she dropped out to play in and around Boston for a time before making her way to Southern California in the early 1980s. She spent her time producing demo tapes, and was discovered by Bill Leopold, who got her steady work at...
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