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Phoenix Rising - Jeanie C
"At the age of eight, Jeanie, (JaeCie), Cunningham composed her first song, strumming the tune on a homemade cardboard and rubber-band guitar. She hasn't stopped making music since. Born in Los Angeles and raised in a military family, Jeanie bounced from city to city as a child. Her pursuit of a musical career took a front seat when, while attending boarding school in Switzerland, a teenage Jeanie skipped classes to see Tina Turner perform in concert. "The night I saw Tina Turner, it was like a burning bush from God," she says. "I knew I had to meet her". Jeanie not only met Ms. Turner, but Tina's performance of one of Jeanie's co-written songs, "I Can Take A Little Bit Of Pain" on "The Tonight Show", earned the newcomer her professional songwriting credentials. |
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