| Wendy Melvoin | |
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| Born | January 26, 1964 |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Alternative, funk, R&B, rock, pop, New Wave, Minneapolis sound |
| Occupations | Musician, arranger, composer, songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, Bass Guitar |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Columbia, SME Records, Virgin, EMI, World Domination |
| Associated acts | The Revolution, Wendy & Lisa |
| Website | www.wendyandlisa.com |
Wendy Melvoin (born January 26, 1964) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Prince as part of his backing band The Revolution, and for her collaboration with Lisa Coleman as one half of the duo Wendy & Lisa.
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Shortly after the completion of Prince and The Revolution's Parade project, Coleman and Melvoin left The Revolution, and started their own musical duo, Wendy & Lisa (also known as Girl Bros).
Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman composed music for the first season of TV series Heroes. In September 2008, they announced that they would be releasing an album consisting entirely of the score from Heroes, entitled Heroes: Original Score. The duo are currently working on the American version of Prime Suspect starring Maria Bello.
Melvoin also contributed guitars to Madonna's 2008 album Hard Candy on the song "She's Not Me" and is mentioned by name during the song. She contributed heavily to Neil Finn's second solo album One Nil, co-writing many tracks and playing drums and bass on several. She is credited for guitar work on most of the tracks on Rob Thomas' first solo album, ...Something to Be.
Wendy Melvoin is the daughter of jazz pianist (and former NARAS president) Mike Melvoin[1] who in the 60's was part of the Los Angeles session musician collective "The Wrecking Crew"[2]. Her brother, Jonathan Melvoin, was the Smashing Pumpkins touring keyboardist, and her twin sister is singer and composer Susannah Melvoin.
In April 2009, Melvoin gave an interview with Out magazine declaring that she was a lesbian and had a past relationship with Lisa Coleman.[3] Currently, her partner is writer/film director Lisa Cholodenko.[4]
In 2007, the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards gave Melvoin and Coleman the "Top Television Series" award for their work on Heroes.
Melvoin and Coleman were awarded with an Emmy for Outstanding Original Main Title in 2010 for their theme to Nurse Jackie.[5]