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Chanteuse
Folk-Rock US originaire d'Atlanta (Georgie).
A singer,
songwriter, and guitarist whose music is informed by blues, country, and
roadhouse rock & roll, Michelle Malone's performances can go from contemplative
and coffeehouse quiet to rowdy and "Twin Reverb on 10" loud at the turn of a
dime, and her passionate, uncompromising style has won her a loyal following,
especially in the American South. Michelle Malone was born and raised in
Atlanta, Georgia, and her mother, Karyn Malone, was a single parent who raised
her daughter with help from her own mother. Both Karyn and her mother worked as
singers, playing a variety of nightspots, jazz clubs, and resorts, and at an
early age Michelle wanted to follow in the family tradition. At the age of 4,
Michelle was singing in church, and by age ten she had taught herself to play
guitar, drums, and saxophone. Michelle started her first band when she was 12,
and soon began writing songs. After completing high school, Malone enrolled at
Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, where she studied voice, but she soon
began making herself heard on the Atlanta music scene, and in 1988 she released
her first album, New Experience, issued by the independent Aluminum Jane label.
Malone began playing out with her band Drag the River, and when Clive Davis
happened to see Malone on-stage, she was signed to a deal with Arista Records.
Released in 1990, Relentless was Malone's major-label debut, and it received
enthusiastic reviews, and in 1991 Malone was part of an ad-hoc band, the Harshed
Mellows (also including members of the Georgia Satellites and Tom Petty's
Heartbreakers), who recorded a version of "U.S. Blues" for Deadicated, a
Grateful Dead tribute album issued by Arista. But Malone soon became
disenchanted with the constraints and image-making that came with life in the
majors, and she and Arista parted ways.
For her next album, Malone opted to go it alone, forming her own SBS Records
label (standing for Strange Bird Songs), which released For You Not Them in
1992. After releasing a jazzy holiday-themed album in 1993, A Swingin' Christmas
in the Attic, Malone partnered with Daemon Records, the label launched by Amy
Ray of the Indigo Girls, longtime friends and mentors for Malone since her
college days, for the 1994 album Redemption Dream, in which she debuted her new
band, Band de Soleil. The album included the song "The Gathering," which helped
inspire the popular fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering; also in 1994, Malone
appeared in a TV commercial promoting tourism in Georgia that found her
performing with Elton John. For her next album, Malone struck a deal with Velvel
Records, which released Beneath the Devil Moon in 1997; the same label also
released a live EP, Lucky to be Live, and the two titles were reissued on a
single disc in 2009. After falling ill after a busy 1998 that included playing
the Lilith Fair package tour and training for a marathon, Malone reactivated SBS
Records for an acoustic-oriented release, Home Grown, in 1999. Malone stayed
busy in the new millennium, releasing albums in quick succession -- 2001's Hello
Out There, 2003's Stompin' Ground (with Malone backed by the Low-Down Georgia
Revue), 2006's Sugarfoot, 2008's live set Sunscream, and 2009's Debris (which
introduced another new backing combo, the Michelle Malone Banned) -- as well as
continuing a relentless tour schedule (often playing 150 dates a year) and
periodically issuing new installments in her Strange Bird series of authorized
bootlegs. Friend and fan Shawn Mullins joined Malone in the studio to co-produce
her 2012 effort, Day 2. The low-key Acoustic Winter was released in 2014, while
Malone cranked up the volume again on 2015's Stronger Than You Think. When not
busy with her own music, Malone also tours as an instrumentalist with the
Kristian Bush Band, the solo project of the co-founder of
Sugarland.
http://www.michellemalone.com/
http://www.myspace.com/michellemalonemusic
Talents : Singer, Guitar, Harmonica, Songwriter
Style musical : Folk-Rock
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 1990 | CD ARISTA ASCD-2043 (US) (promo) |
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Big Black Bag - Michelle Malone & Drag The River - Big Black Bag / Evesdropping : A casual conversation with Michelle Malone and Lenny Kaye |
| 1991 | CD ARISTA ASCD-2155 (US) (promo) |
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Building Fires Over Atlanta - Live - Michelle Malone & Drag The River - Into The Night / Big Black Bag / Long Love Century / When A Man Loves A Woman / Sure Thing |
| 1994 | CD DEAMON 190507 (US) |
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Redemption Dream |
| 1997 | CD Velvel VEL 7002-5 (GER) |
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Grace (radio edit) / Grace (LP version) |
| 06/2000 | CD KOCH 8089 (US) |
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LUCKY TO BE LIVE - Teen Lament / Green / Wild Horses / Big Black Bag / Butter Biscuit |
Albums
| 1988 | CD SKY 7-5025-2 (US) |
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NEW EXPERIENCE - Circus Circus / Eastern Pleasures / All I Can Give You (Is Me) / New Experience / Into The Night / Long Live The Century / Big Black Bag / Until The Day / Under The Memphis Sky / Incident 8 / The First 24 / Counting Stars / Sure Thing / New Day / 32 Seconds / Skull - Cross - Bones - Flesh |
| 06/1990 | CD ARISTA ARCD-8630 (US) |
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RELENTLESS - Michelle MALONE & DRAG THE RIVER - Big Black Bag / Long Love Century / 32 Seconds / Into The Night / Chariot / Inside Out Of Here / Battle Him Republican / Sure Thing / Love Thang / Black Cloud Song / Counting Stars / Funny Face |
| 1994 | CD DEAMON 19005 (US) |
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REDEMPTION DREAM - BAND DE SOLEIL - Redemption Dream / Black River / California / Sitting In The Sun / Sword / The Gathering / Light Of Day / Hollow Day / Teen Lament / Sins Of All My Years / Shadow On The Wall |
| 01/1995 | CD SISTER RUBY 5 (US) |
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FOR YOU NOT THEM - The Greatest Show On Earth / Worthless Bones / Has Anybody Seen My Monster? / The Edge / The Old Woodshed / Peace Frog / A'la Famille / Knee Deep / Open Window / Power Of Love / Thomas In A Circle / Got A Feelin' / Mexico A Go-Go |
| 1996 | CD ? (US) |
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BAND DE SOLEIL - Blue Suede / Medicated Magdalene / Green / In The Weeds / A La Famillia / Dimming Soul / Twice In A Lifetime / Fueled / Devil Moon / Feed The Glow / Hamlet Went Swimming / Butter Biscuit |
| 07/1997 | CD VELVEL 79703 (US) |
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BENEATH THE DEVIL MOON - Grace / In The Weeds / My Green Thumb / Blue Suede / The Edge / All My Lifetime / Medicated Magdalene / Speaking Of Fueled... / Green / Devil Moon / Dimming Soul |
| 1998 | CD CC Entertainment / Velvel 79851 (US) |
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Beneath the Devil Moon / Lucky to Be Live - Grace / In The Weeds / My Green Thumb / Blue Suede / The Edge (Michelle Malone feat: David Ryan Harris) / All My Life (Michelle Malone feat: Indigo Girls) / Medicated Magdalene / Speaking Of Fueled / Green / Devil Moon / Dimming Soul / Teen Lament / Green / Wild Horses / Big Black Bag / Butter Biscuit |
| 12/1998 | CD STRANGE BIRD SONGS 3 (US) |
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SINGIN' CHRISTMAS IN THE ATTIC - Santa's Coming To Town / Santa Baby / Please Come Home For Christmas / I'll Be Home For Christmas / Twas The Night Before Christmas / Here Comes Santa Claus / The Christmas Song / Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer / Let It Snow / Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas |
| 08/1999 | CD STRANGE BIRD SONGS 4 (US) |
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HOME GROWN - Avalon / Strength For Two / Floating Down A Dream / Suddenly / Keeping Score / Brand New Dream / Learn To Cry / Tonic / On My Way / Home Grown / Havasu Falls / Cheap One Star Hotel / Nothing More |
| 02/2001 | CD STRANGE BIRD SONGS 6006 (US) |
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BOOTLEG - STRANGE BIRD VOLUME 3 - THE AUTHORIZED BOOTLEG - (Michelle MALONE, Charlene OWEN & Michael LORANT) - Grace / On My Way / Green / Hollow Day / California / The Edge / My Green Thumb / In The Weeds / Butter Biscuit / Floating Down A Dream / Tanya Tucker / Feels Like Christmas / Q & A / Wild Horses |
| 05/2001 | CD STRANGE BIRD SONGS 6007 (US) |
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HELLO OUT THERE - Hello / Carry Me / Lifted / Let Love / Caffeine And Catharsis / Sleepy Sunday Morning / Any Day Now / Super Ball / Surrender / Hospital Song / No Destination / Twice In A Lifetime |
| 06/2003 | CD STRANGE BIRD SONGS 99023 (US) |
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STRANGE BIRD VOLUME 4 - THE AUTHORIZED BOOTLEG - Cry Me A River / Carry Me / Keeping Score / Britney And Brain Cells / Hamlet Went Swimming / Vein Of Gold / Lifted / Hollow Day / Brand New Dream / Nine To Five / Teen Lament / Honeysuckle Lullaby / Super Ball |
| 09/2003 | CD DEAMON / SBS 19039 (US) |
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STOMPIN' GROUND - Michelle MALONE & The LOW-DOWN GEORGIA REVUE - Lafayette / Horns And 2 Wings / Moanin' Coat / Flagpole / Cypress Inn / Preacher's Daughter / Cry Me A River / Snack n Shack / Samsonite / Camera / Honeysuckle Lullaby / True |
| 03/2006 | CD STRANGE BIRD SONGS ? (US) |
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BEST OF MICHELLE MALONE 1986-2006 - Breathless / Until The Day / New Experience / Big Black Bag / Inside Out Of Here / Counting Stars / The Edge / Mexico A Go Go / Teen Lament / Hollow Day / Grace / My Green Thumb / Dimming Soul / Avalon / Brand New Dream / Hello / Super Ball / Flagpole / Lafayette / Beyond The Mountain |
| 10/2006 | CD SBS 15208 (US) |
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SUGARFOOT - Tighten Up The Springs / Where Is The Love [acoustic] / Beyond The Mountain / Miss Miss'ippi / Traveling And Unraveling / Winter Muscadine / Black Motorcycle Boots / Down / Friendly Fire / Soul Chicken / Rooster 44 / Leather Bracelet / Where Is The Love [mix] |
| 01/2008 | CD SBS ? (US) |
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Sunscream - Live - Redemption Dream / Black River / Sword / Shadow On The Wall / Sins Of All My Years / Climb The Mountain / Light Of Day / Teen Lament / Woman On The Floor / Moving On Up / Cortez The Killer |
| 02/2009 | CD SBS 20093 (US) |
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Debris - Feather In A Hurricane / Yesterday's Make Up / Debris / Undertow / Marked / Restraining Order Blues / Chattahoochee Boogaloo / Weed And Wine / 14th Street And Mars / Sunburn / Candle For The Lonely |
| 10/2012 | CD SBS ? (US) |
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Day 2 - Other Girls / Day 2 / Immigration Game / Marlboro Man / Wasted On You / Chicken Lickin Boogie / Saint Peter / The Auditor / 100 Paths / Shine |
| 2014 | CD SBS SBS 20014 (US) |
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Acoustic Winter - Home / Beyond The Mountain / Burning Star / Where Is The Love / Mirror Ball / Super Ball / Made To Fly / A Walk In The Woods / Counting Stars / Eleanor Rigby / Missing / Wild Horses |
| 03/2018 | CD SBS SBS 20016 (US) |
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Slings & Arrows - Just Getting Started / Love Yourself / Sugar On My Tongue / Beast's Boogie / I've Been Loving You Too Long / Fox And The Hound / Civil War / Matador / The Flame / Boxing Gloves |
| 2021 | CD SBS SBS20020 (US) |
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Fan Favorites Unplugged Vol. 2 - Flagpole / Grace / 32 Seconds / Lafayette / Teen Lament / In The Weeds / Wasted On You / California / Day 2 / My Green Thumb / Tanya Tucker |
| 2021 | CD SBS SBS20021 (US) |
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1977 - Not Who I Used To Be / Know My Name / Even The Queen / Rive Song / Bodyguard / Dust Bowl Man / Buck Knife Man / Powder Keg / Georgia Made / Daggers |
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