Christy Wilson
When Christy first broke onto the scene in 2001, it wasn't with her music at all, but as lead singer of PowerHouse, a local start-up rock band covering Melissa Etheridge, Garbage and Gwen Stefani. It was on these stages - including several biker bars and clubs on Marine bases at Miramar and Camp Pendleton - that her musical education really began.
After 2 years and several lineup changes, the Christy Wilson Band was formed. Using songs that Christy had written and including re-makes of classics by the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, and Sheryl Crow, the band found its voice on stage and in the studio.
The long-awaited "GET READY" was released independently in June 2004. With guitar-driven, straight-ahead rock, piano grooves and energetic acoustic rock rhythms, this first collection received rave reviews and has sold nearly 1,000 copies so far in the U.S.
Christy can be found these days in Southern California coffee shops, with CWB drummer Bob Nicholson, breaking in new songs with a more spare approach. The piano-drums duo is currently touring selected cuts from Get Ready along with new material.
Christy was recently selected to showcase at the Durango Songwriter's Expos both in Santa Barbara, CA in June 2005 and again in Durango, CO in October 2005.