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Luanne Crosby has performed her original music for many years, beginning as a young teen, solo on acoustic guitar, and continuing to the present where she can be seen in local bars belting out her blues/rock originals before stepping away from the microphone to deliver a tasty blues lead on her Stratocaster. A songwriter who writes in many different styles and genres, she is difficult to categorize – but that is part of what makes her such an interesting and exciting artist.
Her group The Luanne Crosby Band, entertained in popular Boston area rock clubs throughout the early eighties but she grew frustrated with the local music scene that seemed too narrow to embrace much beyond the punk-influenced rock of the time. While on vacation in Germany in 1984 she witnessed a culture that seemed more open to innovative original music and within 6 months she had moved and formed a 5-piece band. Luanne Crosby & Lifeline went on to become a popular fixture on the national scene, performing Luanne’s originals that combined folk, blues, rock, funk, jazz and pop into a musically challenging but ultimately accessible sound.
Returning to the States four years later she took a short hiatus from performing after the birth of her daughter. However she quickly began gigging again, this time with a blues/rock band The Persuaders which performed covers by artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughn and Bonnie Raitt, as well as some of Luanne’s originals. Although this kept her hand in the performing arena, she felt the need to be working on the many originals that did not fit into the band’s song list. So in the summer of 1999, she began working on her first CD. After completion of the rhythm tracks with her bassist and drummer, she invited two members of her German band for a working vacation in the U.S. They added guitar, keyboard and a little magic to the project. Other guest musicians included classically trained and highly talented oboe player, Natalie Twigg, who is featured on one of the cuts, as well as various musicians she admired and with whom she had played with over the years. The result is a collection entitled Fearlessly Falling, 10 tunes culled from the hundreds she has written, those that are particularly personal and autobiographical. Luanne’s clear, powerful, yet bluesy voice acts as the perfect vehicle for delivering her songs of love and hope which contain an emotional depth that rings true and moves beyond clich笠
A veteran writer and performer, Luanne has both quality music and a presence that leaves listeners wondering why she isn’t famous. Today, with her now teenage daughter becoming more independent, Luanne is beginning a push to achieve her life-long dream of getting her music to a wider audience. Luanne currently resides in Westborough, Massachusetts, where she performs with her new band, Luanne & The Lucky Stiffs, and is beginning pre-production on her 2nd CD.
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