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17 Facts About Michelle Malone

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Michelle Malone would collaborate with The Harshed Mellows with the song "US Blues" for the tribute album Deadicated.

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Michelle Malone was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, by her mother and grandmother, both professional singers.

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Michelle Malone first began performing at age four in a church choir, and later learned to play saxophone, guitar, and drums, which she played in her first band at age twelve.

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Michelle Malone left school upon receiving a recording contract from Clive Davis at Arista Records, for whom she recorded, with her band Drag the River, the album Relentless, produced by Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group.

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Michelle Malone later signed with Walter Yetnikoff at his Velvel Records label.

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In 1992 Michelle Malone started her own label, SBS Records, and continues to record and tour.

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Michelle Malone's songs have appeared in the films Bam Bam and Celeste, All Over Me, and Shotgun Jesus and television programs True Blood, Dawson's Creek, Felicity, and Brooklyn South, and have been recorded by Indigo Girls, Antigone Rising, and Vistoso Bosses.

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Michelle Malone appeared with The Harshed Mellows on a recording of the song "US Blues" for the Grateful Dead tribute album Deadicated.

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Michelle Malone was featured in a Georgia Tourism TV commercial with Elton John in 1994.

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In 2010, Michelle Malone took part in a virtual concert performing to a screen displaying avatars, as part of Michael Nesmith's Video Ranch 3D project.

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Michelle Malone recorded and released Debris, on her own SBS Records label and distributed by Thirty Tigers in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Michelle Malone recorded and released Day 2 in 2012, produced with Shawn Mullins and Gerry Hansen, with contributing musicians Randall Bramblett, Chuck Leavell, Phil Skipper, Gerry Hansen and Tom Ryan.

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In 2014, Michelle Malone toured in support of her Acoustic Winter and Day 2 CDs, as well as toured with Kristian Bush of Sugarland in support of his solo release Southern Gravity.

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Michelle Malone plays acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, and harmonica and sings backing vocals in Kristian Bush's band.

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Michelle Malone wrote her record "Stronger Than You Think" during this time and released it in 2017.

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In 2018, Michelle Malone released her 15th studio album Slings and Arrows to critical acclaim.

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Michelle Malone produced it, Jeff Bakos engineered it, and Gerry Hansen mixed it at Creekside Studios.