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About Me

Jeri Lynne has been a veteran in this business of music for over 30 years. As a commercial voice-over and sound-alike artist, she broke into the business at a young age doing cartoon character voices from Disney to Polly Pocket, as well as station ID's for Los Angeles based rock stations KMET and KLOS. In addition to doing both regional and national commercials for radio and television, she also worked as vocal contractor at Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California alongside many talents which included David Foster, Wentley Phipps, Naomi Judd, Crystal Gayle, Dolly Parton, and many others.
As a performer her skills included keyboards and acoustic guitars, and landed her a job touring and recording with The Righteous Brothers singing lead, background, and playing keyboards for nearly 14 years. She can be heard on "The Best of The Righteous Brothers". She has also worked and recorded with acts ranging from Michael McDonald and actor Jeff Bridges, Crystal Gayle, Toni Basil, Gary Puckett, La Toya Jackson (yikes!) to the reigning queen of Las Vegas Keely Smith, and founding member of Devo Jerry Casale on his recent solo act Jihad Jerry and the Evildoers (check out the Beehive....way too cool and loads of fun).To say Jeri Lynne is extremely versatile is an understatement. While still performing with many of the greats she has emulated through the years, and between touring, writing, and singing at a local pub to keep up the chops...and teaching little children to sing on a daily basis.......she can serve up a mean mix of R & B to Rock, Folk to Jazz, you name it, it's in her bag of tricks...in addition to occasionally bakin' up a delicious pie or two!
Jeri Lynne is currently living in the Palm Springs, California area running her own booking agency called Omni Artists and Entertainment, specializing in artists management, determined to bring back integrity and good work ethic into the business..... Look her up in Webster's Dictionary, it says "yep, that's her, multi-tasking mistress of mischief" etc etc etc...Jeri Lynne's most recent recording is with Peter Tork (from the Monkees) and Shoe Suede Blues on their new CD release "Cambria Hotel", filmed and recorded live at Painted Sky Studios in Cambria, CA. She is currently in the studio working on an eclectic mix of some new and some old stuff on her upcoming CD (yet to be titled)....due out when? Look for it by this summer.....or........When she gets a minute......between the phones, the children, school, the gigs...........somewhere between an oil change, Beethoven, appie pie, and the laundry....lies the inspiration forthcoming................................until then.....life on life's terms.

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Member Since: 2/13/2007
Band Website: Coming soon....busy in the studio recording new CD
Band Members: Jeri Lynne - Vocals/Piano Band 1....... "Kiss My Backside Goodbye" & "Remote Control"- Jeri Lynne - lead vocals, Jamie Browning - acoustic guitar/background vocals, Alan Deremo - Bass, Bobby Moore - guitar/background vocals, Scott Sechman - Harmonica/Background Vocals

Band 2........."Baby" - Jeri Lynne -lead vocal/piano, Tim Hines - B3, Bobby Moore - guitar, Lou Savage - Bass, Pete Pfeiffer - Drums, Brandon Fields - Sax, Nikki Harris, Bobby Moore, & Betty Jo Lynne - Background Vocals

"Birds" - Jeri Lynne - vocals/Kurzweil PC2 & Yamaha Motif Es Keyboards, Strings....YoMama - Cello, and last but not least, the haunting words of Neil Young whispering in my conscious ear..................................
Influences:THE GIRLS....... Laura Nyro (my hero), Joni Mitchell, Koko Taylor, Ruth Brown (God rest her soul), Etta James, Carole King, Janis Joplin, Phoebe Snow, K.D. Lang, Billie Holiday, Dolly Parton, Emmy Lou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow (every day is a winding road, ain't it?) Sophie Tucker, Patti Austin, Dianne Reeves (wow), Tata Vega, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Freda Payne, Toni Basil (she's a dancin' machine!), Diana Krall, Peggy Lee, Doris Troy, The Supremes (Thank you Mary Wilson for your inspirational words of wisdom!), The Blossoms, The Ronettes, The Crystals (Darlene Love, the Queen Bee in my book!!!!), Patti Labelle, Patti LaBelle & the Bluebells, Stevie Nicks, Allison Krauss (I loves me some Allison Krauss), Jill Scott, Erika Badu, Mary J. Blige, Roberta Flack, Heart (Nancy & Anne Wilson), Nancy Wilson (the great jazz singer), Lena Horne, Dinah Washington, Anita Oday, Carmen McCrae, Ella Fitzgerald, Lulu, Dusty Springfield, Astrid Gilberto, Flora Purim, All the girl groups in history!

THE BOYS.......... JAMES BROWN, Wilson Pickett, George Duke, Chick Corea, Al Jarreau, Take 6, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Joe Cocker, Tod Rundgren, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Willy Nelson, Gene Pitney, Elton John, Billy Joel, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, Harry Conick, Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint, Jon CLeary, Raul Midon, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Eddie Jefferson, Lou Rawls, Donny Hathaway, Peabo Bryson, Luther Vandross, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Al Green, Chubby Checker, Gary U.S. Bonds, Tom Waits, Mose Allison, George Shearing, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Jobim, Sergio Mendes, and of course...The Righteous Brothers Bill Medley & Bobby Hatfield (miss you Bob, hope you're smilin' and tellin' your jokes!).... you're the best 2 guys I ever worked in the trenches with.

THE BANDS......... The Beatles, The Monkees, The Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, Neil Young, Crosby Stills & Nash, Everly Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits, The whole British Invasion ( !!! ) The Wynans, Temptations, Four Tops, Impressions, Sam & Dave, Earth - Wind & Fire (We need devotion!), Rare Earth, E.L.O., Little River Band, The Band, L.O.V.E., Jeff beck Group, Rod Stewart & Faces, The Police, Free, Bad Co., Journey, Isley Brothers, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Louis Prima & Keely Smith, Fourplay, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, U2, Aerosmith, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Led Zeppellin, Tower of Power, Brand New Heavies, so many bands, so few braincells left to remember them all in one sitting...

THE PEOPLE........... Bill W., my family, children, friends & loved ones who are my endless source of inspiration and joy, the ones here on earth and the ones who have crossed over, my students who become the teacher allowing me to be the student, Ray Vaughan - the most amazing music teacher I ever had in school, Fred Katz who became my musical mentor and taught me so much more than he will ever know, and the other teachers.............Gandhi, Jesus, Buddha, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, Maya Angelou, Oprah, Emerson, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Shakespeare, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and the many brave souls on the planet making a HUGE difference.
Sounds Like: Stolen bits and pieces of each of them, with all due respect....
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues

Don't miss Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues Saturday August 25, 2007 at the Plymouth Waterfront Music Fest, 7 p.m. free to the public...
Posted by Jeri Lynne on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:29:00 PST

Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues

Don't miss Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues coming up at The Towne Crier, Pawling, NYSunday August 19, 2007 8 p.m....
Posted by Jeri Lynne on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:24:00 PST