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Artist
DAISY MCCRACKIN
10+ albums
alt folkindiesinger-songwriter
about
Daisy grew up in San Francisco and survived the earthquake of 1989. A classically trained actress, she moved to Los Angeles and worked in film and television until, in 2005, she had a spiritual epiphany and began writing music. Daisy lived in the fabled Rodeo Grounds arts collective in Topanga Canyon, where she wrote funny campfire songs and fought the State to keep her land. Too shy to share her “serious” songs, Daisy stuck to acting gigs by day, and singing by night. Finally, after an intense song-writing jag Daisy sang a somber, personal song to a close friend who strongly advised her to quit her day job and dedicate herself full-time to music. She played her first live show in 2006, and was dubbed “an instant rock star” in an LA Weekly review, which reported that Daisy “stole the show.” In June 2009 Daisy McCrackin paired up with renowned musician/producer Alain Johannes (from the bands Eleven and Them Crooked Vultures) to record her first studio album. The result of those sessions is an EP of six original songs written and performed by Daisy, called "The Rodeo Grounds". An homage to the Topanga Canyon community that inspired her to stretch her wings and sing, “The Rodeo Grounds” is a sampling of little poems and stories about mermaids and love triangles. Upon hearing the record's first single "Tell Her," legendary Grateful Dead lyricist, songwriter and poet John Perry Barlow called it "a very tight little novel," noting her "phrasing and delivery are perfect
