Michelle Malone
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Michelle Malone is an American rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. She was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia by her mother and grandmother, both professional singers. Malone first began performing at age four in a church choir, and later learned to play saxophone, guitar, and drums, which she played in her first band at age twelve.
As a teenager, Malone began to write songs. While studying voice at Agnes Scott College, she began performing professionally in and around Atlanta. She left school upon receiving a recording contract from Clive Davis at Arista Records, for whom she recorded, with her band Drag the River, the album Relentless. She later signed with Walter Yetnikoff at his Velvel Records label. Malone now owns her own record label SBS Records and continues to record and tour over 300 days a year.
[edit] Discography
- New Experience (1988)
- Relentless (1990) (with Drag the River)
- For You Not Them (1992)
- A Swingin' Christmas in the Attic (1993)
- Redemption Dream (1994) (with Band de Soleil)
- Bird On Fire (1996) (with Band de Soleil)
- Beneath the Devil Moon (1997)
- Lucky to Be Live (1998)
- Homegrown (1999)
- Strange Bird, Vol. 3 (2000)
- Hello Out There (2001)
- Stompin' Ground (2003)
- Sugarfoot (2006)