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About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4Performing Songwrter Magazine gave her debut CD "Chasing Sacred" a Top Twelve DIY Pick. "Warhol Highway" was the eclectic follow up CD. National Songwriting Contest finals include: Wildflower Arts & Music Festival (TX) Wintertide Songwriting Contest (Martha's Vineyard, MA) Susanne Milsaps KRCL Songwrter Contest (Salt Lake City, UT) and chosen as a participant of the Lavalee Trust Songwriters Workshop headed by Cheryl Wheeler. Mare has also participated in theatre at the Mark Taper Forum of Los Angeles, singing in the 20th anniversary presentation "The Best of All Possible Worlds" directed by Gordon Hunt. Mare Lennon grew up surrounded by music. Her brother (a writer and jazz drummer) Bill, started praticing paradiddles on her head when she was seven, you could say music was literally drummed into her. The Twin Cities was a lush world of diverse music, and Bill dragged her to see Dexter Gordon at the Whole coffeehouse when she was 12. She studied guitar and listened like a fiend to the vinyl dics he gave her. The songwriters were the pull, no matter which genre was spinning: Joni Mitchell, Michael Franks, John Hiatt, Nat King Cole, Gregg Allman, as long as the voice and lyric were true. Los Angeles was the proving ground when she gravitated to songwriter nights held at Highland Grounds, Genghis Cohen and the Troubabdour, all stages she performed on, often supported by the finest players and songwrters in L.A. She currently splits time between Minneapolis and Los Angeles.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/15/2007
Band Website: members.aol.com/marelennon
Band Members: Juste moi. I travel and perform solo/acoustic most often however, I've been fortunate enough to work with some of the finest musicians and producers in Los Angeles and the Twin Cities. Hugo Fernandes performed and co-produced "Chasing Sacred" with me, and some of the musicians on that CD are: Ken Lasaine (guitar) Candy Lerman (viola/violin) Osama Afiffi (bass) Maia Sharp (saxophone) Matthew Lee (keys) Robin Pearl, Natalie Archangel, (vocals) Jasen Hawks, Phil Maturano drums.The "Warhol Highway" CD was co-produced with Edward Tree, who played bass & zillion guitars. Matthew Lee also played Wurlitzer, and graciously allowed me to record one of his songs "Love Don't Care". Deborah Dobkin performed her percussion wizardry, she's a shaman/genius. Claudia Russell loaned me her banjo, and we used paint brushes and toy bongos for washes of sound here and there. I'm blessed to have worked with these folks."Warhol Highway" & "Chasing Sacred" are available at: cdbaby.com/marelennon cdbaby.com/marelennonMerci Beaucoup!!!
Influences: Rufs Wainwright, Joni Mitchell, Curtis Stigers, Jamie Cullum, Rickie Lee Jones, James Taylor, Santanna, Allman Brothers, Lennon Sisters :-) Santanna, Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Rankin, Tom Waits, Neil Finn, Sting, Shawn Colvin, Bill Evans (jazz), Tony Bennett, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Level 42, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Nancy Wilson (Jazz Vocalist) Nancy Wilson (Heart) Francis Cabrel, Jackson Browne, Dexter Gordon, Phil Woods, Hubert Laws, Ben Sidran, Michael Franks, Patti Austin, Louis Armstrong, Steve Winwood, Fonda Feingold, The Critters, Chicago, Herbie Hancock, Michael Johnson, Don Henley, Jim Messina, Cyndi Lauper, Stevie Nicks, Earth Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Everything But the Girl, Tuck & Patti.
Record Label: Arrival
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Special K

I've been back from the Kerrville Folk Festival for 5 days, and it is a song that keeps ringing.So, besides the phenomenal reason for going (The Markley-Blamer Midnight Wedding), I have to comment on ...
Posted by Mare Lennon on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:08:00 PST

A Tale of Two Brides (Or, Northern Lights, Southern Earth Wind & Fireflies)

For the last two weeks, I visited a world I haven't been to in quite some time.Wedding World. I have to say, it has been extremely nuturing, because I haven't been around that much happiness, served u...
Posted by Mare Lennon on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:00:00 PST

To OZ

Today I opened my mail to find a note from my friend Suze, who has just moved to Sydney. "The apartment is MINE! Check it out!".She's moving into a darling flat that combines the best of Manhattan an...
Posted by Mare Lennon on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:12:00 PST

Chivalry & Monroe

I just read something that enraged me, so strap in: rant ahead.It seems a sex tape was just sold to a wealthy businessman for $1.5 million - and it's subject is Marilyn Monroe.The tape features Monroe...
Posted by Mare Lennon on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:32:00 PST

Meteorology/Songwriting 101

I’m racking my brian to write a song today for a songwriting group, and I just know it ain’t gonna happen.My muses move at a glacial pace, and are just about as agreeable.And besides, the ...
Posted by Mare Lennon on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:19:00 PST

School of (Little Kid) Rock

This morning I got up ridiculously early, for a great reason. My cousin Ann Duchesne invited me to bring instruments to her day care, and tell the little kids about which instruments do what, let the...
Posted by Mare Lennon on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:12:00 PST

Groundhog Eggs

I know it’s supposed to be Easter, but I feel like Bill Murray in "Groundhogs Day".Maybe you’d have to live here to know, but here in Minnie, everynight I go to sleep, and everyday I wake ...
Posted by Mare Lennon on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:02:00 PST

A Yellow Rose

Hey All....Just read a poem that knocked me out (p.s. if you check this out after March 15th, make sure you hit the March 15 tab, otherwise you’ll miss it. It’s by Naomi Shihab Nye, calle...
Posted by Mare Lennon on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:01:00 PST

Spacewalk in Wagga Wagga

This morning I opened the shutters on my windows, and their he was, "Strolling Man".Strolling Man had a spring in his step and was twirling a golf club.It is 15 degrees here, and there is four inches ...
Posted by Mare Lennon on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST

Masks & Light

I just read a very cool blog by my friend Cat Bauer, about Sergio the maskmaker in Venice Italy.Sergio is a master mask maker in Venice, and his craft is astounding. And Cat's article on the history o...
Posted by Mare Lennon on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:23:00 PST