Wednesday 5th May 2010
Cellar Bar
Tickets £5
Doors 8pm
Lisa Mills is an incredibly gifted singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Born and raised in Mississippi, she is well grounded in her blues based, soulfully delivered original music.
"These dynamic and inspiring performances help prove that Lisa Mills is the real deal; no studio tricks needed, no airbrushing required. By Invitation Only, is a wonderful listen-soothing, bluesy, rocking, and sexy." Wade Wellborn, Currents Magazine.
Lisa's new album, "By Invitation Only," is already receiving rave reviews, and has only been released in a limited edition "Pre-Production" form. It is the soundtrack to her new, live, CD/DVD, currently being mixed, and edited, for release in June 2007.
Rarely has an album received such accolades, before it's actual release.
Lisa's previous album "I'm Changing" was received in the highest regards upon it's release in June 2005. Lawrence Specker of the Mobile Press Register writes: "nothing sounds borrowed. I haven't heard an album this year by an artist who asserted his or her individuality more fearlessly."
Lisa grew up in and around Hattiesburg Mississippi, beginning her singing career in the church that her grandparents actually built. Gospel was her first musical love, and still is deeply embedded in her artistic foundation. Her mother loved Elvis, and her father loved Hank Williams Sr. Mix that in with a few Brenda Lee records, Lisa had quite a diverse rue to develop her early musical education.
Her first introduction to blues, was when she went to see the "Blues Brothers" movie, and she then knew what path she was to follow.
Lisa recorded her first album in 1999. It was a live performance, recorded in Pascagoula Mississippi. A copy of the CD landed in the hands of Sam Andrew and he approached her to be the lead singer in Big Brother and the Holding Company, performing all of the Janis Joplin parts, while given the freedom to give her own interpretation of the music. She toured with BBHC for three years throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
While in England, she was heard by Roy Williams, Robert Plant's sound engineer. Mr. Williams afforded her the opportunity to share stages and studios with Robert Plant, Jeff Beck, Andy Fairweather Lowe, Ian Jennings and the Big Town Playboys, and a host of other incredible talents.