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About Me

Lily Wilson grew up on a ranch in an isolated valley near Napa, California. As she had no neighbors, she began entertaining herself and her family at a young age. She found inspiration in the records her parents played. Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, The Beatles, and Janis Joplin made an early impression on her and she spent hours teaching herself to sing and play.Her career writing and performing began when Lily moved to Spain at nineteen. While there she was greatly inspired by the Flamenco music she heard in the gypsy caves above the city, and she began performing on street corners and in tea shops all over Andalusia.Her first CD, Winter Song, was recorded in Hawaii, where she spent a year writing and recording with White Termite Records, an independent label on Maui. During this time, she collaborated with Adam Seymour, guitarist for The Pretenders, and Susie Hug, lead-singer of the Katydids, who both helped produce and played on the record.She then moved to Los Angeles where she wrote and recorded her second, self-titled C.D. with producer Jim West and Westernmost Music.Lily's solo travels through Chile and Argentina provided the inspiration for the 12 new songs (two in Spanish) which make up her third CD, Stargazer, recorded in L.A. with producer/ Melissa Etheridge bassist, Mark Browne.Now based in Los Angeles, Lily performs all over California and the Southwest, continues to write and record with Mark Browne, and has also been lending her voice to other artists projects. She has sung with Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt, Alison Krauss, Kenny Loggins, and Melissa Etheridge. Listen for her on Melissa Etheridge'ss new CD, The Awakening. Lily recently won the Los Angeles Music Awards "Best AC Female Vocal Perfomance for 2007." I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace) Sign up to my mailing list:

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Member Since: 1/21/2005
Band Website: lilywilson.com
Band Members: Lily Wilson- Lead Vocals, acoustic guitar; Mark Browne (Melissa Etheridge, Paula Cole)- Bass, percussion; James Harrah (Madonna, Mary Chapin-Carpenter)- acoustic, electric guitar; Dave Beyer (Debra Davis, Christopher Cross)- drums
Influences: Stevie Nicks, Shawn Colvin, Neil Young, Tracy Chapman, Patty Griffin, Blondie, Grateful Dead, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin, Fleetwood Mac, Melissa Etheridge, Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Emmylou Harris, Elvis, Olivia Newton John, Madonna, Tori Amos, Beatles...
Sounds Like: Sarah McLachlan, Shawn Colvin, Sarah Harmer, Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, 10,000 Maniacs, Cowboy Junkies, Natalie Merchant, Norah Jones
Record Label: My Record Label
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"The Right Time" on iTunes!

This is so great- I was just playing guitar along with my CD that I had loaded into iTunes, and up popped a picture of "The Right Time" at the bottom of the screen! Yay! "The Right Time" is on iTune...
Posted by Lily Wilson on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:21:00 PST

The Right Time

I listened to the lastest mixes for The Right Time this morning in the car, and I'm starting to get really excited about putting this CD out to the world. There's a song on it called "Sweet Time," tha...
Posted by Lily Wilson on Thu, 15 May 2008 12:46:00 PST

Too long...

I want to apologize to anyone who reads this and wonders why I have waited so long to write about anything. I have no real excuse, because the truth is, I think about writing every day... The truth ...
Posted by Lily Wilson on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:03:00 PST

Largo last night

We went to Largo last night to see the Watkins Family band. It was amazing. We have a couple of friends who were playing with them, which is what inspired us to go. Jay Bellerose and...
Posted by Lily Wilson on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:10:00 PST

Yeppie Nation interview

I just read an interview with myself on Yeppie Nation's new on-line mag. (Thanks to my street team for always being one step ahead of me :-) I think this magazine is pretty cool. ...
Posted by Lily Wilson on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:40:00 PST

Philip Sayce’s music

I had the honor of singing on some brand new Philip Sayce songs in the studio over the weekend. What fun! He is one of the most hard-working, crazy-talented, and inspiring artists I have ever known....
Posted by Lily Wilson on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:09:00 PST

Oh, the places you will go...

So, yesterday morning I put on my red raincoat and walked a few blocks to my neighborhoos kids' clothing store. It was brisk and gray, and it was actually raining- which is a welcome novelty in L.A. ...
Posted by Lily Wilson on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:31:00 PST

The Los Angeles Music Awards

It was kind of a random way to be nominated for an award. I was asked by a booking agent to come and fill the slot at a showcase for the Los Angeles Music Awards because an out-of-town band had just ...
Posted by Lily Wilson on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:52:00 PST

NYC with MLE

I'm just getting used to being back in L.A. and on a relatively normal schedule. Last week was a whirlwind! I feel so happy and blessed to have been a part of the promotion for Melissa Etheridge's n...
Posted by Lily Wilson on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:41:00 PST

Singing backup with Melissa

This spring I had the amazing opportunity to sing on Melissa Etheridge's new record, "The Awakening," which will be out September 25th. We've recently been doing some promotion for the album, includi...
Posted by Lily Wilson on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:27:00 PST