KATHY SIMPSON

SONGS I COVER IN MY
"TRIBUTE TO FEMALE ARTISTS SHOW:"
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A Case Of You
Anticipation
Big Yellow Taxi
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
Blue Bayou
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Both Sides Now
Boy From NYC
Carey
Chain Gang
Chuck Es In Love
Closer to Fine
Constant Craving
Crazy
Diamonds And Rust
Downtown
Dreams
Dream a Little Dream Of Me
Easy for you to Say
Fast Car
First Cut Is The Deepest
Free Man In Paris
Hand In My Pocket
Heatwave
High Sierra
I Feel The Earth Move
In My Life (Judy Collins)
It's Too Late
Jolene
Just One Look
Landslide
Long Long Time
Lotta Love
Midnight At The Oasis
Mr Sandman
Natural Woman
One Of Us
Only The Lonely
Over My Head
Poetry Man
Pontoon
Poor Poor Pitiful Me
Put Your Records On
Rollin’ In The Deep
Sara
Say You Love Me
Silver Spring
Someday Soon
Songbird
Stoned Soul Picnic
Strong Enough
The Joker (KD Lang)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Right Thing To Do
Time After Time
Valerie A
When Will I Be Loved
When You Say Nothing At All
You Belong To Me
You Send Me
You’re No Good
You're So Vain
You've Got A Friend
Others
Can’t Buy Me Love
Helplessly Hoping
Moonshadow
Stuck in the Middle
Harvest Moon
I was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio where my father was the minister at Grace Brethren Church. That's where it began; me standing on a step stool between my parents, singing in church.
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My mother taught me to play piano, but when I discovered a guitar stashed in the corner of my uncle's closet, I instantly wanted to go to “the dark side.”
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My parents finally broke down and bought me a guitar for my 12th birthday. When I learned enough chords, I started writing my own songs. After high school, I took that guitar and my songs to local college coffee houses and concerts.
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What followed was years of performing in clubs and lounges, locally as well as nationally; as a single, in duos, trios, rock bands and show groups.
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In 1979, I met and studied voice and piano with a brilliant musician and vocal coach, Herb Buchanan Eidemiller (Dionne Warwick, Eydie Gorme, Teresa Brewer), who had moved back to Covington Ohio from New York City when his wife became ill.
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My recordings include an album of original music produced at Cybertecnics in Dayton Ohio, titled "Girls Don't Play Rock and Roll” (1980), an album of 11 contemporary Christian songs “He Touched Me” (Encore Studios in Dayton), and “Vagabond,” a collection of original songs as well as a few covers. They are available at www.kathleen-simpson.com/merchandise