Born
and raised in Queens, New York, Karen Harper came west at the
urging of a friend. Looking down at the landscape of the Reno,
Nevada desert from a hot air balloon, Karen loved it.
While
in Reno, Karen was accepted in the Job
Corps vocational programwhere she tried her hand at welding
and culinary arts. Upon...
Originally from New Jersey, Melissa Grisi was
living in San Francisco and working at Ameoba Records when she got
into listening to alt-country.
She
and her boyfriend - now husband, Ben - were digging the music and
history of Gram
Parsons. So, before moving back to the east coast
in 2002, the pair decided to make a...
Twenty
years ago, Jennifer Jungwirth was just wrapping up her college
education when she got a call to interview for a teaching position
in Baker, CA. Then, the Morongo Valley Unified School District
called. Jennifer came out to Yucca Valley and after 45 minutes of
what Jennifer assumed was just friendly, casual...