Laura Love
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Laura Love | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Laura Jones |
Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
Genres | Folk, Afro-Celtic |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Bass guitar |
Years active | 1976–present |
Laura Love (born 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and bass guitar player. Her style has been described as "Afro-Celtic" and has also been influenced by bluegrass.
Personal life
Love was born Laura Jones in
Preston Love Jr., her older half-brother, is a Nebraska politician.
Career
Love began her performing career at age 16, singing for the prisoners at the Nebraska State Penitentiary.[5] Love relocated to Seattle, Washington, where she was a member of the 1980s rock group Boom Boom G.I.[1] She was also a member of an all-female band, Venus Envy.
After Love released three albums on her own label, Octoroon Biography, Putumayo released a collection of her songs in 1995. Her 2003 album Welcome to Pagan Place included the controversial[citation needed] song "I Want You Gone", about George W. Bush. In 2004 she published an autobiography titled You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes,[3] with an accompanying album of the same name.[6]
Discography
- Z Therapy (1990)
- Pangaea (1992)
- Helvetica Bold (1994)
- The Laura Love Collection (1995)
- Jo Miller and Laura Love Sing Bluegrass and Old Time Music (1995)
- Octoroon (1997)
- Shum Ticky (1998)
- Fourteen Days (2000)
- Welcome to Pagan Place (2003)
- You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes (2004)
- NēGrass (2007)
- The Sweeter the Juice (2009)
- She Loved Red (2018)
- Uppity (2021)
Bibliography
- Love, Laura (2004). You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes. New York (Hyperion Books). ISBN 1-4013-0011-1
References
- ^ OCLC 41564967.
- ^ "African-Native American Scholars". African-Native American Scholars. 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ^ OCLC 54806098.
- ^ "Hard times ring sweet in the soulful words of singer-songwriter-author Laura Love, daughter of the late jazz man, Preston Love Sr". Leo Adam Biga's My Inside Stories. May 1, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ "Laura Love Biography". Pandora Internet Radio. Retrieved January 10, 2008.
- OCLC 56494107. koc-cd-9553.