Piney Gir

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Name = Piney Gir

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Img_capt = Piney Gir playing at Glastonbury Festival in 2007
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Angela Dawne Lakey
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Origin = Kansas City, United States
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Genre = Electronic, Country
Occupation = Project Manager book publishing
Years_active = 2003—present
Label = Truck Records
Associated_acts = Piney Gir Country Roadshow
The Schla La Las
URL = [http://www.pineygir.com Official Site]
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Piney Gir (pronounced as in "girl"; real name Angela Lakey) is a female American musician and singer, born in Kansas and now based in London.

Musical career

Encouraged by her parents to learn the piano from the age of four, she wrote her first song at the age of nine. [ citation| last=| first=| author-link=| title=Interview with Piney Gir| newspaper=This Is Fake DIY| date=2006|url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/2116.html] Having earned a degree in music, she moved to England in 1998 to study at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

Previously a member of the duo Vic 20, her debut solo electronica album, "Peakahokahoo", was released in 2004 on UK label Truck Records (and licensed to Greyday Records for release in North America). Produced by electro duo A Scholar And A Physician the album featured Simple Kid, Trademark, The Black Madonnas and the backing singers from Erasure. Whilst most of the tracks were original compositions it also featured a distortion heavy cover of "My Generation" by The Who. The album was extensively toured, including a slot supporting Erasure on a month long European tour, and she recorded a session for DJ Mark Radcliffe on Radio 2.

Whilst touring the album she decided to try playing country versions of her songs. This led to the formation of the Piney Gir Country Roadshow, and the release of the country album "Hold Yer Horses". The album contains new versions of five songs previously released on "Peakahokahoo": Nightsong, Girl, Boston, Que Sera Sera and Greetings, Salutations Goodbye. "Hold Yer Horses" was selected as one of the top five albums of 2006 by Phill Jupitus in his music column for the "Radio Times" magazine, stating that "the stomp and twang of these songs of love and life are unmissable". [citation| last=Jupitus| first=Phill| author-link=Phill Jupitus| title=His top five albums of 2006 (plus runners-up)| newspaper=Radio Times| date=2-8 December 2006| url=http://pineygir.com/images/110.jpg]

She was also a member of the band The Schla La Las (now disbanded), and a regular performer at the Truck Festival. Work on a new solo electronica album with the Age Of Reason is underway.

Discography

Albums

* "Peakahokahoo" (2004)
* "Hold Yer Horses" (2006)

ingles

* "'Janet Schmanet/Kissing/Sweet" (2004)
* "Creature/Ruth Is Coming to America/Jingle De Lo Marcelo Crivella" (2004)
* "Greetings, Salutations, Goodbye" (2004)
* "Great Divide" (2006)
* "I Don't Know Why I Feel Like Crying But I Do" (2006)
* "Greetings, Salutations, Goodbye" - Country Roadshow Version (2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.pineygir.com/ Official Site]