Biography
Linda & Jessica sing with tight harmonies whether they are performing their soulful blues, rock or ballads. They preform mostly their originals which may remind you of Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, Sarah McLaughlin, Fleetwood Mac or even the Almond Brothers. With Jessica playing acoustic guitar Linda & Jessica can perform by themselves or together with their band which includes Phillip "Fly" McClard on sax, Peter Gregory on drums, Kent Richardson lead guitar and Jim Richardson on bass. Occasionally Jock Bartley from the internationally known band Firefall joins them on tours. They will rock the house!
Performing solos since third grade, internationally known manager, Chuck Morris managed her for two years when she turned 15. She then took off on the road, full-time at the age of 21 singing and playing acoustic and bass guitar . Diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis) while performing in the Northwest she continued on with her band despite MS.
Linda's perseverance and drive, take her music and her band to a new level! There is no better example then their song, "Make Some Noise," and "Don't Let It Stop You."
Linda Storey has always followed her passion music, which included, rock, country rock, blues, top 40 and folk music. She has worked in all the genres and brings them together in her writing. Linda and Jessica along with their band the Alleluia Blues have played at the Gothic Theatre, Soiled Dove, Cervantes, Brendan's, The Denver Performing Arts Center, Swallow Hill, Jazz @ Jack's and other venues in Denver. Evergreen's Little Bear, Lyons's Oskar Blues and the South Park Music Festival. Linda and Jessica usually tour the Northwest in the summer and last summer included touring throughout the mountains in Colorado and New Mexico . November 2008 they will join with the band the John O Gods from Amsterdam for a tour throughout Holland, Belgium, Germany and Ireland To promote their new songs including "Make Some Noise".
In 2005 Linda released her fifth CD called "Mount St. Helens was a Blowin". The title cut is based on her personal experience on May 18, 1980 when Mount St. Helens erupted. Several radio stations play it on a regular basis in Oregon and Washington This explosive rocker tells what happened that day. July 2006 Linda and Jessica went back to Mount St. Helens and made a music video. A portion of each CD is donated to CASE for MS. Linda is founder and president of CASE for MS which produces the "Rockin' out MS" concerts. Her nonprofit organization donates to the National MS Society, MS research centers, Musicians that have MS and advocacy projects.
The TV documentary series "Broken Wings" out of LA, featured her in their third episode
Instrumentation
Linda Storey lead singer, songwriter
Jessica Storey singer, acoustic guitar
Kent Richardson singer, lead guitar
Jim Richardson, bass guitar
Peter Gregory, drums
Philip McClard, saxophone
Discography
CDs
Linda Storey and Mark Gilligan 2008
Mount St. Helens was a Blowin' 2005
Don't Let It Stop You 2004
Live at the Castle 2001
Willow Tree 1998
Scenes of the Past
Mount St. Helens Was a Blowin music video
Mount St. Helens was a Blowin has been played on KQMT Denver KISM Bellingham Washington, KBAM Longview Washington
Some airplay on KQMT 99.5 FM Denver KGNU Boulder, performed on channel 9 news Denver interviews on KQMT, KEZW, ALICE in Denver, KOSI Denver
songs can be heard on many websites including www.myspace.com/lindajessicastorey
www.CASEforMS.org
Links
| http://www.lindastorey.com |
| Linda Storey web page |