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Joanie Mendenhall

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About Me


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Joanie Mendenhall is a songwriter in San Diego, California. She has been a San Diego Music Awards nominee for the last three years, and is also a member of The Exfriends. Her new album ON A STRING is due out this summer.
On vinyl now -- EMPTY YOUR HEART, the first official single from Joanie's forthcoming LP On a String.
"She combines pop smarts with a keen melodic sense and an inviting old-school sensibility..."--SD UNION TRIBUNE Night & Day { full article }
"Due out this summer, “On a String” is a winning collection of 10 songs that strike a balance between rootsy charm and finely honed craft. It features such stellar area musicians as Mitch Manker on trumpet and flugelhorn, Archie Thompson on tenor sax and Ben Moore, who engineered “On a String,” on organ. Moore co-produced the album with Mendenhall, guitarist-violinist Ray Suen and drummer Tyler Ward."--SD UNION TRIBUNE Arts { full article }
Interview and live songs on KillRadio.org's "...IS GOOD" w/ JON HERSHFIELD { stream } { iTunes podcast }
Interview on SignOnRadio.com's "FILL IN THE BLANK" w/ GEORGE VARGA { stream }

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/22/2004
Band Website: joaniemendenhall.com
Band Members: Join the Email List or say hello by writing to:

joanie mendenhall - songs, vox, guitar, bass, keyboards
ray suen - guitar, violin, mandolin, vox
tyler ward - drums, vox (ok and upright bass on special occasions)
derek padilla - guitar, bass

Influences: in no particular order:
j.s. bach
the Carpenters!
duke Ellington
Bill Evans
Eric Satie
frédéric chopin
Kate Chopin
Alice Walker
Billie Holiday
Peggy Lee
edward hopper
Lee Krasner
Woody Allen
Lou’s Records
miles davis
blossom dearie
marian mcpartland
chet baker
horace silver
Terry Gross
Ira Glass
Leonard Lopate
the breeders
aimee mann
pj harvey
elliott smith
matt curreri
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Joao Gilberto
yoga, mental health
cumin, nutmeg, turmeric

Sounds Like: soy milk from the 80s.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

In my hot little hands!

It is a trippy coincidence indeed that my new album ON A STRING and the new Exfriends album JOY OF LIFE arrived from Fedex on the same day. Go figure. Better yet, come out and celebrate at our release...
Posted by Joanie Mendenhall on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:29:00 PST

TOTAL WRECK lyrics


Posted by Joanie Mendenhall on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:52:00 PST

VINYL is here -- bring on the exclamation points!

So long Texas, see you next spring! What a blast playing keyboards in Correatown at SXSW. For real -- loved every second of it -- and in the off time -- holy live music galore. I had way too much m...
Posted by Joanie Mendenhall on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:08:00 PST

ON A STRING lyrics


Posted by Joanie Mendenhall on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:14:00 PST

CAKEWALK lyrics


Posted by Joanie Mendenhall on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:13:00 PST

EMPTY YOUR HEART lyrics


Posted by Joanie Mendenhall on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:13:00 PST

Things Ive been up to.

* Finishing up my new record.* Figuring out artwork and stuff.* Re-naming my band. * Finishing up the new EXFRIENDS record. Holy shit, it rules. * Making a split 7" vinyl record with CORREATOWN. Yay...
Posted by Joanie Mendenhall on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:11:00 PST