30 days and counting

Today begins the one month count down to our CD release party, June 13. Woohoo! We'll have a 7 piece band plus some special guests and we're really looking forward to it. Our music is our passion, so we've been
busy. Jim Markel who founded and runs the wonderful cultural web resource swampland.com generously summed it up:

"For artists like McKee, music is not a piece of fashion or stage in life. It is life. It is a vocation, a calling. She gives meaning to the term "working musician" as someone who lives by and on the power of the music she creates. With her musical journey through wonderful towns like Austin and New Orleans staying close in her rear view mirror, McKee chose a perfect way to truly launch herself as a solo artist."

Yes, I have lived in some very musical places and believe it or not, Central Florida is one of those too. Because of the abundance of good gigs resulting from tourism, there is a community of extremely talented players here, representing many genres of music. Add to that
the plethora of groups that have emerged from Central Florida over the decades, from the Allman Brothers to NSync, and it's pretty undeniable that this area has contributed significantly to the collective music consciousness.

My goal, like any artist's I suspect, is to meld my experiences into something cohesive that reflects where I have been and who I am. My drummer
husband, Juan Perez, feels the same way. If our performance can reflect our different influences -- from my Austin days to NOLA, my Mississippi blues
past to here in Orlando with this amazing circle of musicians; and Juan's past from Cuba to the rodeo circuit with the Bellamys and his history with Kingsnake artists like Rootboy Slim, The Midnight Creepers and Sonny Rhodes-- then we will feel like we have been successful.