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| Tift Merritt |
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"Growing up, I didn't like what I was hearing on the radio. And I knew I couldn't sing punk to save my life. But the rootsy stuff, I could play. It felt natural to sing, the songs told a story, it seemed right."
-Tift Merritt
| Date of Birth: January 8, 1975 |
| Birthplace: Houston, Texas |
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| Singer/songwriter Tift Merritt has released a couple of critically acclaimed albums, both of which demonstrate her musical versatility. 2002's Bramble Rose is a collection of alt-country numbers, while 2004's Tambourine reveals a decidedly more soulful side to her rootsy sound. |
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| Tift Merritt's sweet voice is balanced by her potent lyrics. She's a strong woman who makes up her own mind about what she wants to do and the way she's going to do it. |
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Tift Merritt was born in Houston, Texas on January 8, 1975, and grew up in North Carolina. Her father, a one-time folk musician and singer, taught Tift to sing harmony when she was a child, then later passed on to her the rudiments of guitar playing. Her early musical influences included punk and alternative rock bands, as well as less abrasive artists like Joni Mitchell and Emmylou Harris.
Tift continued to hone her musical skills throughout her teens, and by the mid-'90s she was playing rhythm guitar and singing with a local band called the Two Dollar Pistols. She began to build a name for herself in North Carolina's alt-country music scene (centered around Chapel Hill and Raleigh), and was sufficiently established by 1998 to form her own group, the Carbines. Her role fronting the band allowed Tift to further develop her songwriting talents. She made her recording debut as a featured player and vocalist on Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt, an EP of both country duets and original songs. The disc was released in October of 1999 on Yep Roc Records.
Sugar Hill Records, a bluegrass and roots music label based in North Carolina, was set to sign Merritt in 2000, but because they weren't also willing to sign the rest of the Carbines, the deal failed to materialize. Persistence and Tift's talents paid off, however. After she won the Chris Austin Songwriting contest at the 2000 MerleFest Music Festival, Tift secured a deal with Lost Highway, a subsidiary of Universal. |
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