Leah Hinchcliff -

LEAH HINCHCLIFF your personal funk delivery system & lower chakra realignment guru She has been called the “Femme Fatale of Funk,” by The Olympian, Newspaper. Pat Ferris of HOTBANDS says, “She is definitely the funkiest bass player I've seen in the entire country in the past 2 years! I'm also a bassist and can tend to be more critical than most people about how a band sounds, but I was more than humbled by her playing.” (www.hotbands.com) Leah Hinchcliff has been a professional musician for over 20 years and is widely recognized as one of the NW’s premier bassists. As a first call studio musician she has recorded with many of the NW’s top recording artists including Swamp Mama Johnson, Nicole Campbell, Mark Bosnian (Nu Shooz, Body & Soul) Soul Vaccination and Voodoo BBQ. As a member of the successful Indie band Swamp Mama Johnson -- voted Seattle’s Best Band (1999) -- she toured North America, sold over 40,000 records (which can be heard on radio stations around the world!) and carved out her niche in the NW as a sought after and respected musician. Leah has backed up rock and roll legend Bo Diddley as well as emerging national artist Tracy Grammer. She is equally comfortable on stage as in the studio and has been proud to participate in many festivals including The Portland Waterfront Blues Festival, The Fender/Catalina Island Blues Festival, and BluesStock (Memphis) and has also been seen on the television staple Oregon Today with Swamp Mama Johnson and folk singer/songwriter Tracy Grammer. Most weekends and several weeknights she can be heard fronting her own band, Voodoo BBQ (www.voodoobbqband.com), with her soulful voice and funky bass, or holding down the bottom edge with Portland’s premier soul band, Soul Vaccination (www.soulvax.com). Check Leah out on the upright bass with local luminaries, The Quadraphonnes (Portland's legendary all Women Sax Quartet), the Mark Simon Trio, or with the Lionel Hampton Memorial Quartet. She is also the bassist for Portland Jazz Vocalist’s Workshop, and can be heard backing local jazz players many nights of the week. Her original music is heard on film soundtracks, websites and radio stations around the world. CURRENT GROUPS: GRAVY SOUL VACCINATION -- THE QUADRAPHONNES -- PORTLAND JAZZ VOCALISTS WORKSHOP FORMER GROUPS: SWAMP MAMA JOHNSON – This very successful Indie Band made their bones in the music world by touring the North American continent non-stop for 10 years. Four records with over 40,000 copies sold, earned them admiration and interest from the “big labels”, however these 5 uber-talented women chose to remain loyal to their beliefs and fans and did it on their own terms. The band played some of the biggest festivals, arenas, colleges, showcases and on live radio and television broadcasts. They were voted “Best Band of Seattle” in 1999 outdoing local faves, Pearl Jam. Loyal fans known as “gatorheads” are still heard to wonder, “will my Mama ever return?” NICOLE CAMPBELL – VOODOO BBQ -- LEAH’S DISCOGRAPHY: Swamp Mama Johnson Fresh, Raw & Live 1999 - BMSA RECORDS CITY HALL DISTRIBUTION Voodoo BBQ Rub Some Funk On ‘Dat 2006 - Voodoo BBQ Soul Vaccination Live at Bacchus 2006 Swamp Cactus Four Decades 2005 - Sad Hyena Records Lucky 13 2006 - Sad Hyena Records Sky in the Road Where Everything is Music 2004 - Daniel Rhiger and Rahmana Wiest – Give Rise Records Nicole Campbell Arm’s Distance 2004 - Wrought Iron Records BMI NW Women in Rhythm & Blues Live! 2003 – Sonny Hess Presents Lynn Frances Anderson Born Lucky 2005 - Laughing Flower Music BMI Beautiful Morning 2000 - Laughing Flower Music BMI My Famous Friend 1997 - Laughing Flower Music BMI Chelsea Wallace Love Is 2004 - Small Town Girl Productions www.chelseawallace.com Elena Lunevskaya DPX 2006 - Pacific Rock Music Ascap Alice Dimicele Naked 2004 - Alice Otter Music Searching 1992 - Alice Otter Music Too Controversial 1990 - Alice Otter Music
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