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Bonnie Leigh McKee (b. January 20, 1985) is a singer-songwriter signed to
Reprise Records. Accomplished rock music columnist Jaan Uhelszki has said
that McKee "elevates post-teen rebellion and broken romance to high art".
Bonnie was born in Vacaville, California, and spent her formative years in
the Seattle area. Taking an early interest in the exposure to music and the
theater offered by her father, Bonnie began singing at age five with the
Seattle Girls' Choir. She toured Europe in 2000 as a member of its top Prime
Voci choir, including a concert in Rome at the request of Pope John Paul II.
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Bonnie's youth was somewhat unconventional. She earned the moniker "Trouble"
with her participation in the rave scene and difficulties working in
traditional schools. Through this period she had a tendency to act beyond
her years, experimenting with drugs and being unusually open about her
sexuality. (Amid rampant speculation, she has stated that she has "no sexual
preference.") These experiences raised some eyebrows, and greatly influenced
her early songwriting. Eventually she found her way into Seattle's Nova
Alternative High School, but finally opted for a GED certificate when
Reprise took an interest in her work.
She had progressed to writing her own music by the time she was twelve. By
fifteen she was performing on her own and had produced her own six-track EP.
This material, re-recorded, formed the core of her first major label album,
Trouble, released on September 28, 2004.
McKee's first major brush with national exposure came in the March 7, 2004 "Shoot
the Moon" episode of the American Dreams TV series, in which she portrayed
Janis Joplin. Her song "Somebody" was featured in the 2004 film Win a Date
with Tad Hamilton!, garnering enough notice to cause her album to be
released ahead of its (previously delayed) schedule.
She is scheduled to tour with Ryan Cabrera during March and April of 2005.
Trouble, 2004
Despite a promising start to her career, Ms. McKee's career has been marked
in the past 18 months by the firing of her long-time management company and
the loss of interest in her career by her label. |
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