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| Feb.05 Cover - Neko Case |
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| Written by Gregory Nicoll | |
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Page 3 of 5 Case's road to success with Tigers was filled with numerous detours.
Although born in Virginia (hence the title of her 1997 solo album, The
Virginian), she was raised by a family of archaeologists and
consequently moved around a lot. "I still get jittery if I stay in one
place too long," she confesses, although she admits being
uncharacteristically comfortable with her current adopted hometown of
Chicago ("It's the friendliest of the big cities!"), after a 1994
decision to pull up stakes in Tacoma, Washington.
Case's family was not especially musical. "My grandmother only recently told me she used to be in a harmony singing group," she reveals. "I was surprised she waited to tell me till now." An admittedly shy youngster, Case started off as drummer simply because a drumkit was "easy to hide behind a little bit." While attending art school in Vancouver she began doing occasional fill-in drum work with a group called Cub, whose lineup also included future I Am Spoonbender guitarist Robyn Iwata. Case's public singing debut took place unofficially, while on tour with Cub in Toledo, Ohio, "after drinking way too much Jagermeister." Despite her inauspicious start as a vocalist, Case was soon sharing the microphone in a Canadian rock band, Maow, and began independently exploring the powerful, uptempo country sound which has illuminated her solo recordings ever since. Before leaving Canada (after graduation and the expiration of her student visa), she picked up several impressive local award nominations and, fatefully, she made the acquaintance of the Sadies, an exceptionally versatile roots-music band led by two sibling frontmen, Dallas and Travis Good. "I was looking for a guitarist to take on tour," Case recalls, "and somebody suggested the Good brothers. I've been workin' with them ever since. I secretly want to be in the Good family, but I could never match their tall gracefulness." |
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