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FEATURED TUNEFLOW ARTIST OCT 20 2007
Olivia Greer & Co.
New York, NY
While one friend calls Olivia Greer “the sweetest native New Yorker you’ll ever meet,” sweet is not the
operative word when she hits the stage. A bundle of sexy, passionate energy, she keeps one foot firmly in singer-songwriter
and rock-and-roll traditions rooted by idols Joni Mitchell and Bruce Springsteen, while another foot flirts with an older
world – the more theatrical tradition of the singer as interpreter: Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand. She says, “I’d
like to be the very lucky child of Joni and Bruce, but maybe raised for a few formative years by Auntie Bette.”
Raised in a house full of music and art – Mom’s a former dancer, Dad writes plays in his spare time – Olivia
remembers belting along to the soundtrack of the musical Annie. “I was tiny – no more than three. I had an old
record player, and I’d blast it, and sing along and make up dances. My favorite song was Hard-Knock Life. My mom would
hear me singing it at the top of my lungs and she worried she’d damaged me somehow.” Annie was followed by John
Denver, James Taylor, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez – family favorites. “I don’t remember being aware of real
contemporary music until Nirvana. That was when I sort of woke up and went, oh – maybe my friends know stuff too!”
In 2006, Olivia s made the leap to producing her own material. She credits band members Eric Halvorson (drums), Joel Newton
(guitar), Tom Pietrycha (bass) and studio collaborator Ben Wittman as crucial members of a strong team. “We laugh so
hard,” she says, “but we also work our butts off and I’ve learned so much from each of them. I feel like
they’ve been my grad school professors in a way.”
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