 P R O F I L E
Raised on rootsy country classics and good old rock & roll, Jeanann is more likely to be caught singing than speaking. Songwriting never seemed special to her; she just thought everybody did it, just like everybody wanted to get up and sing in front of people too. Growing up, she dabbled in a lot of different genres and media, until just a few years ago when she unlocked something inside that brought forth the collection of songs she shares here. In her late teens, she discovered the art of recording and has since grown to be passionately in love with both the raw, primal energy of live performance and the intimate, aural-bonzai-cultivation of studio work as well. She's carried a guitar around since she was 14 and will play it if you ask her to. She usually plays it alone, but things change. "Right now it's a pretty black Ibanez AEG10E. I think it likes me."
Jeanann's music is heard worldwide. She's sung in nearly every state in the nation as well as in Canada and New Zealand, performing at large venues like the Mid America Trucking Convention in Louisville, KY and the Orange Blossom Festival in South FL as well as at smaller, more intimate settings like the legendary honky tonks on Nashville's lower Broadway.
Songwriting accolades include 1st place in the 2003 Great American Song Contest in the Christian category for "Daddy's Arms" and co-writing & performing the theme song for worldwide Christian television program "Life on the Rock."
Discography:
Stronger than Diamonds
Step
Anthology
Unapologize
For more information, contact management@jeanannhand.com or call 615-300-4263.
Jean*Ann
says:
"Ever since I can remember, I was always looking for an audience.
I'm pretty sure it was annoying to my siblings, but they made
good use of it in time. My older sister would prank call houses
on weekends, telling the person who answered the phone that
her sister wants to be a singer and would you please listen
to her and tell us what you think? And I unquestioningly would
take hold of the phone and belt out "America the Beautiful"
or some other patriotic song I learned in kindergarten. I
don't remember what kind of responses we got, or if anyone
actually stayed on the phone to listen, but I'm pretty sure
I enjoyed it."
Musical
influences:
Loretta Lynn, Lyle Lovett, John Denver, Willie Nelson, Johnny
Cash, Bill Monroe, Patty Loveless, Dolly Parton, The Eagles.
On
Performing:
"I am most comfortable when I am on stage. It's there that
I feel I'm exactly where I am supposed to be. I'm at my most
honest and least contrived. That's probably not healthy, but
it's the truth."
On
Songwriting:
"Whether I'm writing from personal experience, or about someone
I've met, or I'm just making something up, each song is its
own drama, each performance is another life. I love that.
I'm not good with heart-to-heart conversations. But with a
song, I can tell you everything."
Proudest
Moment:
Winning Christian Song of the Year in the 2003 Great American
Song Contest with a song that I wrote called "Daddy's Arms,"
based on a real life experience with my dad.
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