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Nancie de Ross

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About Me

A long time ago in a small town called Greenbrae located in Marin County, California a little girl sat beside her mother and watched a T.V. show called The Midnight Special. When she was watching this show she knew she wanted to "rock and soul"! So her mother, being the sweet and encouraging mother that she was, went to Sears and bought this little girl a Silvertone acoustic guitar . The little girl sat on the edge of her bed listening to her pink poodle radio (also from Sears) for days on end playing along to the her favorite tunes. The little girl only put the guitar down to eat and go to school.Soon the little girl decided she wanted an electric guitar so her mother drove back to Sears and bought her a little Silvertone tube amp and a really nice Silvertone electric guitar. Soon both her parents were screaming with delight as their little girl began writing songs and performing for relatives and friends. The little girl could not get enough and asked her mother if she could get a piano and a flute. Soon the little girl was jammin' the ivories and laying down riffs on her flute. She began to rock bigger and louder than ever before.Nancie's original material can be heard in the Jeff Goldblum film Fathers & Sons; CSI Las Vegas season 2; Desperate Housewives; Dog The Bounty Hunter (2007) as well as Project Open Hand's Acoustic Music Project. Her original song 'I Don't Know Why' which is featured in the film Father's & Sons was recently recorded by John Denver's widow Cassandra Delaney Denver.

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Member Since: 6/11/2006
Band Website: nanciedeross.com
Band Members: The best players who I have recorded and performed with are; Jimmy Wilsey and Clive Gregson. In the studio I break it all down myself. From the guitar, drums, keyboards, synths, vintage toy instruments, flute. Love it all. I am solitary and that is just how I like it when it comes to recording and writing. Performing live it is nice to have some other players esp. JCW or Clive! I love you both and miss you both tons.
Influences: Merle Haggard, Frank Sinatra, Gladys Knight, Sam Cooke and The Everly Brothers have all been influences on my vocal style. Pete Townshend, Carol King, Bruce Springsteen, Richard Thompson, Tom Waits, Randy Newman and The Bryants have been a huge influence on my song writing style.Frank Sinatra, Johnny Rotten, Gene Vincent and Pete Townshend have influenced my stage performing style. Of course the one who really kicked my ass was my pal Jimmy Wilsey. He taught me about metronomes and encouraged me to USE ONE! My guitar style is influenced heavily by Richie Havens, Don Everly , Pete Townshend and Wes Montgomery. I am inspired as a song writer by people in my life and thier situations. I listen very closely to what people say. I listen for catchy phrases and funny lines, poetic verse and mood shifts. There are always great song ideas out there you just gotta look n’ listen.
Sounds Like: Nancie de Ross
Record Label: We Still Call 'Em Records Ltd.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Everything is NEW again...

Hi there Loved Ones-We are excited to bring you the news of our lives, for anyone who can dig that kind of thing.We are fully operational with our websites. It took me 3 months to get them going but t...
Posted by Nancie de Ross on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:51:00 PST

Digidesign, Pro Tools my new iMac and Brideshead Revisited.

Good morning kiddies-   How is everyone today? The new gear arrived at the door in little happy Apple boxes. I love it! Cheerful and easy and kind. There is a kind of wholesome kindergarten play ...
Posted by Nancie de Ross on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:50:00 PST

Prairie & Folk Revival

I am all over this new and exciting idea. I am going to single handedly begin the revival of both the Prairie & Folk concepts. Not shabby chic, YUCK!!! I can not stand that look rather s...
Posted by Nancie de Ross on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:44:00 PST

NEW SONGS! SUPER SUPER ROUGH DEMOS! Paper Hats n’ Tin Stars!

Hey kids-Here are two new songs. These are very rough demos. Let me say that again. These are very rough demo versions of the songs. I will post lyircs as soon as possible. Have 14 more to rough demo ...
Posted by Nancie de Ross on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:50:00 PST

Notes from McCloud where electricity is a thing of the past...

Got to bed last night around 1am. Busy with paper work and music stuff. Woke this morning to ELECTRICITY actually working! Amazing. Woke up around 7 am and hit the ground running. Had to move car into...
Posted by Nancie de Ross on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:51:00 PST

We are getting married!

Hey there kids-That's right Nancie is tying the proverbial knot. Such a lucky girl and blessed to be with such a wonderful man. We are a great blend of creativity, humanitarian in nature and a deep re...
Posted by Nancie de Ross on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:23:00 PST

Nessun Dorma - Renovare

That is right kids we are months away from opening up our new retail location. The name of the store is Renovare. In latin Renovare is defined as renewal, restore, rejuvenate. Here is our Manifesto:It...
Posted by Nancie de Ross on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:41:00 PST

Formal Website

Hi kids-Nancie's formal website is back up and running. Please visit www.nanciedeross.com.We will be posting some goodies on there in the next week or two. Also, expect some new song postings on both...
Posted by Nancie de Ross on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:36:00 PST

Electrical tape is censored!

Unreal! They booted my pic without a whisper of civility. Apparently boobies and prying eyes don't mix, since when?I could scream and yell and probably file a lawsuit but... oh well.So kids now you ca...
Posted by Nancie de Ross on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:08:00 PST

Live Earth, Dead Music

Unreal. I am ashamed to have once so loved many of the performers on yesterdays Live Earth musical extraveganza. First will someone please tell Madonna NOT to include school children in her act which ...
Posted by Nancie de Ross on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:05:00 PST