| Australian Female Guitarists: Mary Hansen, Missy Higgins, Fiona Boyes, Orianthi, Tal Wilkenfeld, Brody Dalle, Lin Buckfield, Sophie Koh Contributor(s): Books, LLC (Created by) |
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ISBN: 1155320158 ISBN-13: 9781155320151 Publisher: Books LLC OUR PRICE: $20.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| Physical Information: 0.16" H x 9.01" W x 5.98" (0.25 lbs) 70 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mary Hansen, Missy Higgins, Fiona Boyes, Orianthi, Tal Wilkenfeld, Brody Dalle, Lin Buckfield, Sophie Koh, Jodi Martin, Anne Mccue, Lisa Maxwell, Jen Cloher, Jodi Phillis, Sherry Rich, Milica Ilic. Excerpt: Anne McCue is an Australian alternative country singer-songwriter and guitarist currently living in the United States . Early life and education McCue grew up in Campbelltown, an area southwest of Sydney, Australia and graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney with a degree in Film Production and Film Studies. She is a Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Multi-Instrumentalist, Producer, Engineer and Video Director. Music career McCue's first band was based in Sydney and was called Vertigo after the Alfred Hitchcock film. In 1988, McCue moved to Melbourne, Australia and took guitar lessons from Bruce Clarke . Answering an ad in the local press, she joined all-female rock band Girl Monstar as lead guitarist (1988-1993). The band eventually received an ARIA nomination for best independent act. Following her stint with Girl Monstar, she played acoustically around Melbourne, later performing in Vietnam for a year before returning to Melbourne to record her Laughing EP (1996). She then joined Australian female trio Eden AKA, who signed to Columbia Records in the USA. They released a self-titled album and performed in Canada and the USA at the Lilith Fair in 1998 and 1999. McCue's first solo album, Amazing Ordinary Things, was released in 1999 in Canada and Japan, and she toured with a number of well-known musicians, including an international tour with Lucinda Williams, who would often introduce McCue as "my new favorite artist... and an amazing guitarist." Williams later included McCue on an 'Artist's Choice' compilation alongside Paul Westerberg and Leonard Cohen . McCu... |
