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|name = Michelle Malone|image =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Michelle Malone|Parents =|Born = Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta , Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia , United States|U.S. |Children=|instrument = Singing|Vocals , acoustic guitar , electric guitar , harmonica |genre = Rock music|Rock , Americana rock , folk rock |occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer|years_active =|label =|Education =|associated_acts = Michelle Malone and Drag the River , Band De Soleil |website = URL| http://www.michellemalone.com Michelle Malone is an United States|American singer-songwriter , guitarist , and producer.cite web|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/12/arts/sounds-around-town-735993.html|title=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=2012-01-13
She also founded a record company, SBS Records . http://news.google.com/newspapers? id=TEQvAAAAIBAJ& sjid=KjUDAAAAIBAJ& pg=6475,4268654& dq=michelle+malone& hl=en Michelle Malone Returning To Her Roots With New 'Home Grown' CD
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Malone was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta , Georgia (U.S. state)|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 drum s, which she played in her first musical ensemble|band at age twelve.
As an adolescence|teenager , Malone began to write songs. While studying human voice|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 sound recording and reproduction|recorded , with her band Drag the River (Georgia band)|Drag the River , the album Relentless , produced by Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group . She later signed with Walter Yetnikoff at his Velvel Records record label|label . In 1992 Malone started her own label, SBS Records , and continues to record and tour.
Over the course of her 20 year career, Malone has won numerous awards including Best Female Vocalist and Best Acoustic Guitarist ( Creative Loafing ), Album of the Year ( Atlanta Magazine ). Her album s Sugar Foot and Debris , released on SBS Records, were both on the Grammy Award ballot for best Contemporary Blues and Best Americana Albums respectively. Her songs have appeared in the film s Bam Bam and Celeste (film)|Bam Bam and Celeste , All Over Me , Shotgun Jesus and television program s True Blood , '' Dawson's Creek , Felicity , Brooklyn South , and have been recorded by Indigo Girls (for which she received both gold and platinum records), Antigone Rising , and Vistoso Bosses . Malone appeared with The Harshed Mellows on a recording of the song U.S. Blues for the Grateful Dead tribute album Deadicated ( Arista Records , 1991). She was also featured in a Georgia Tourism TV commercial with Elton John in the 1994. The Collectible card game Magic: The Gathering '' was named in part after Malone's song The Gathering (Michelle Malone song)|The Gathering (Redemption Dream 1994/ Daemon Records / HiFi Records ). In 2010 Malone took part in a virtual concert performing to a screen displaying Avatar (computing)|avatars , as part of Michael Nesmith 's Video Ranch 3D project. cite web|url= http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/movies/headlines/20100402-Next-wave-of-music-video-unveiled-3943.ece |title=Next wave of music video unveiled at SXSW |publisher=The Dallas Morning News |accessdate=2011-12-03|date=April 2, 2010 |last=O'Connell|first=Joe
Michelle Malone recorded and released Debris , on her own SBS Records label and distributed by Thirty Tigers out of Nashville, TN. It was produced and engineered by Nick Didia . Musicians on the CD include Peter Stroud (guitar), Phil Skipper (bass), Trish Land (percussion), Trina Meade (backing vocals), Tony Reyes (bass, backing vocals), Angela Kaset (piano) and Dave Anthony (drums).
Malone is currently in the studio recording her next CD with Shawn Mullins , Gerry Hansen , Randall Bramblett , Chuck Leavell , and Tom Ryan .
Discography
New Experience (Aluminum Jane Records/1988)
Relentless (Arista Records/1990) (with Drag the River (Georgia band)|Drag the River )
For You Not Them (SBS Records/1992)
''A Swingin' Christmas in the Attic (SBS Records/1993)
Redemption Dream (Hi-Fi Records/Daemon Records/1994) (with Band de Soleil )
Bird On Fire (SBS Records/1996) (with Band de Soleil )
Persondata | NAME =Malone, Michelle | ALTERNATIVE NAMES ="Moanin" Michelle Malone | SHORT DESCRIPTION =Michelle Malone is an American award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist in the Rock, folk, blues and Americana genres. | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH =Atlanta, GA | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Malone, Michelle Category:Living people Category:Alumni of women's universities and colleges Category:American blues guitarists Category:American blues singers Category:American female guitarists Category:American female singers Category:American singer-songwriters Category:Female rock singers Category:People from Atlanta, Georgia Category:Agnes Scott College people
