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Dirty Martini
12+ albums
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Dirty Martini is a blissful union of three of the Pacific Northwest's finest singer songwriters Lara Michell, Stephanie Schneiderman, and McKinley. They each had successful solo careers (one toured with David Crosby as his opening act, one won a spot on the Lillith Fair tour, and one was in Carmina Pirhana, a band that composed music for the Oregon Ballet) when they decided to do a Portland Valentine's Day show together. It was a songwriter in the round format and they each played their brutal, love will kick you in the ass and leave you bleeding songs. The embittered, mostly single audience loved them and when they booked their next show together, they haphazardly named themselves Dirty Martini since they'd been sideways on the salty drinks during their first gig. They went on a few road trips together and realized sleep deprivation, long hours in the car, loading gear, and playing was much more fun together than alone. When Gang of Four's bass player Dave Allen came along and met them, he suggested they get out of the songwriter-in-the-round format in his subtle, blue collar British way, "Why don't you stand up and be a proper band already?" After the 2005 release of their debut self-titled album Dirty Martini is now one of Portland, Oregon's most successful groups and their second album Tea and Revenge is loaded with gorgeous harmonies, big stick-in-your-head choruses and unshakeable images. Tapping deeper into their Americana roots, there is no doubt that multi-instrume
