Member Since: 10/16/2005
Band Members: POEINA SUDDARTH - I began my vocal training in the Seattle Girls Choir at age eight with a Russian women, Ludmila Tretzakova. She was the most strict and influential teacher in my life. Later I moved on to do many House of Blues, Gorge Amitheatre shows such as two years Lilith Fair(which I played with Brandi Carlile we were in a band together in highschool), Bob Dylan, GooGoo Dolls, Paul Simon, Garbage, Alanis Moressette, and more.
I am number eight of sixteen brothers and sisters...a lot of creative types, but i am the only working musician, so far. I have no home town, I’ve moved and traveled with and without my family so much, that at this point the place I’ve lived the longest is on the road.
FELICIA FIGUEROA - I was born and raised in Arizona. My favorite smell of all time is the desert after it rains. It's amazing. From conception to 10 i grew up in Phoenix, then we moved to my family's land, "Dos Arbolitos" in the White Mountains of Arizona. My Ma and Da built a solar and wind powered home there with fresh water pumped from the underlying aquifer for us to enjoy. I started traveling in 2002, met Poeina and didn't stop driving until now...for now. My dad toured as a funk musician for years with my mom in the 70's, to their fear and dismay, I am continuing the family trade.
I started playing professionally at the age of fourteen with my dad and brother.
Influences: FELICIA FIGUEROA - my greatest influence is my dad and mom, people who work and fight for what they believe in no matter the consequence, people who live exactly how they want to live, people who do what they say they are going to do, street musicians, the strong willed and true hearted.
POEINA SUDDARTH - umm i will skip the bad influences and give you my top fifteen good ones 1)tobin our dog 2)harriet tubman 3)ludmila tretzakova 4)lee savel 5)elle fitzgerald 6)lorenzo carlos 7)felicia figueroa 8)frank and kathy eld 9)mercedes sosa 10)vanancia 11)violetta parra 12)billy holiday 13)unions workers 14)my vocal students 15)i agree with what felicia said too after the first line
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