Laura Love (born 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and bass guitar player. Her style has been described as "Afro-Celtic" and has also been influenced by bluegrass.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Laura Jones |
| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk, Afro-Celtic |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1976–present |
Personal life
editLove was born Laura Jones in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1960.[1] She is of African American, Native American, and white descent.[2] Love had a difficult childhood, raised by a mother with schizophrenia and in foster homes.[3] Her father, who had little involvement in her life, was the jazz musician Preston Love who played the saxophone with Count Basie, Lucky Millinder and Johnny Otis and formed his own band in the 1950s. Love's mother, Wini, had been a singer in Preston's jazz band.[4]
Preston Love Jr., her older half-brother, is a Nebraska politician.
Career
editLove began her performing career at age 16, singing for the prisoners at the Nebraska State Penitentiary.[5] Love relocated to Seattle, Washington, where she was a member of the 1980s rock group Boom Boom G.I.[1] She was also a member of an all-female band, Venus Envy.
After Love released three albums on her own label, Octoroon Biography, Putumayo released a collection of her songs in 1995. Her 2003 album Welcome to Pagan Place included the controversial[citation needed] song "I Want You Gone", about George W. Bush. In 2004 she published an autobiography titled You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes,[3] with an accompanying album of the same name.[6]
Discography
edit- Z Therapy (1990)
- Pangaea (1992)
- Helvetica Bold (1994)
- The Laura Love Collection (1995)
- Jo Miller and Laura Love Sing Bluegrass and Old Time Music (1995)
- Octoroon (1997)
- Shum Ticky (1998)
- Fourteen Days (2000)
- Welcome to Pagan Place (2003)
- You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes (2004)
- NēGrass (2007)
- The Sweeter the Juice (2009)
- She Loved Red (2018)
- Uppity (2021)
Bibliography
edit- Love, Laura (2004). You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes. New York (Hyperion Books). ISBN 1-4013-0011-1
References
edit- ^ a b Bush, James (1999). "Laura Love". Encyclopedia of Northwest Music: From Classical Recordings to Classic Rock Performances, Your Guide to the Best of the Region. Seattle, Washington: Sasquatch Books. pp. 249–250. ISBN 9781570611414. OCLC 41564967.
- ^ "African-Native American Scholars". African-Native American Scholars. 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ^ a b Love, Laura (2004). You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes (1st ed.). New York: Hyperion. ISBN 9781401300111. LCCN 2004-47327. OCLC 54806098.
- ^ "Hard times ring sweet in the soulful words of singer-songwriter-author Laura Love, daughter of the late jazz man, Preston Love Sr". Leo Adam Biga's My Inside Stories. May 1, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ "Laura Love Biography". Pandora Internet Radio. Retrieved January 10, 2008.
- ^ Laura Love (2004). You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes (CD). New York: Koch Records. LCCN 2004-717557. OCLC 56494107. koc-cd-9553.