Vanessa Helvey

Vanessa grew up in a small down named Pottsboro just south of the Red River. Earlier on, inspiration came in the way of songs that her father sang from Texas artists during the late 70s and 80s such as Willis Allen Ramsey, B.W. Stevenson, Jerry Jeff Walker and others. Vanessa's current musical influences include still some of the old like Townes Van Zandt, the Band, and Janis. Also, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Allison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case and Ryan Adams have been very influencial.