Garrison Starr 1977
Major Works
Albums
- Pinwheels 1993
- Stupid Girl 1996
- Eighteen Over Me 1997
- 24-7 1999
- Songs From Take off to Landing
2002
- Airstreams & Satellites 2004
- The Sound of You and Me 2006
- The Girl That Killed September
2007
- Among the Ash & Oak 2009
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Garrison Starr:
A Biography
By Leslie Denson (SHS)
Garrison Starr was born in Hernando, Mississippi, in
1975. At the age of seven Starr began singing, and
at thirteen she took up the guitar. (Summer Lights 1997)
While in high school this performer was singing original music
in coffee houses and clubs in Memphis, Tennessee.
In 1993, the same year she graduated from high school,
she recorded her first album. This  recording,
called Pinwheels, contained nine songs.
(Geffen Records) She was able to pay for this recording
and a later recording with money made by doing gigs. (Jeremy
Lance) Garrison says, "I started writing material I was
really happy with by the time I was eighteen or nineteen,"
(Summer Lights 1997). Starr attended college
at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi, for three semesters.
(Geffen Records) While living in Oxford, Mississippi,
she played drums in the local band This Living Hand
(Summer Lights 1997). After leaving Ole Miss, Starr
got a job working at Ardent Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
She was a veteran of the road by the age of twenty.
"By the time of my second release, my writing was becoming
more universal," says Starr. The second release mentioned
by Starr was her 1996 EP Stupid Girl. (Jeremy
Lance) In 1995, Geffen Records A & R representative
Ray Farrell received Garrison Starr's demo tape in the mail.
Ferrell recalls, "There was a song on it called 'Superhero'
that was amazing. " During discussions with Farrell,
Starr's popularity skyrocketed.
On September 23, 1997, Eighteen Over Me was released.
This album was recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana, at Kingsway
Recording with the overdubbing done at an Oxford studio named
Sweet Tea. "Our attitude about making the record was,
let's let the songs lead the way. Wherever they took us,
we went. We didn't want to stay within any predetermined
boundaries." says Starr. (Geffen Records) Garrison Starr
lists some of her influence as The Bangels, Joni Mitchell,
Tori Amos, Red House Painers, and Big Star. (Summer Lights 1997).
Note: See Timeline
below for Update
As a solo artist, Starr has recorded seven full-length albums,
as well as two EPs and one live album. She is currently a member
of Among The Oak & Ash.
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Timeline
1975 - Julia Garrison Starr is born in Hernando, Mississippi
1993 - Starr graduates from high school, moves to Oxford,
and
releases
her first album Pinwheels
1995 - Geffen Records A&R representative Ray Farrell receives
Starr's demo tape in the mail
1994 Plays drums in This Living Hand, where she meets
Neilson Hubbard and Clay Jones her frequent collaborators
1996 - Starr releases her second album Stupid Girl
1997 - Starr releases her third album Eighteen Over
Me, Single Superhero featured on CMJ compilation
along with Live at the World Café. Also featured during
ABC's coverage of 1999 Women's World Cup.
1999 - Second single Grounded released, Plays Lillith
Fair tour
2002 - Songs from Takeoff to Landing
released
2004 - Dropped by Geffen, signs to Vanguard, releases Airstreams
& Satellites,
comes out as lesbian on record
2005 - moves back to Nashville
2006 - releases The Sound of You and Me
on Vanguard
2007 - Signs to Media Creatures, releases The
Girl That Killed September
2008 - forms new band with Josh Joplin, their self-titled
debut comes next year
2009- -Self-releases new band's self-titled Among
the Oak & Ash
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Related
Websites
Garrison
Starr has many fans, and this is one of those web pages
a fan has dedicated to her. 
Official
web site for Garrison Starr.
Review
of Eighteen Over Me and some biographical
info by Mitchell.
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Bibliography
Geffen Records. "Garrison Starr Biography". Online. World Wide
Web. 6 November 1998. Available. http://www.geffen.com/garrisonstarr/bio/index.html
Lance, Jeremy. "Garrison Starr Biography". Online. World Wide
Web. 25 November 1998. Available. http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/9460.html
Starr, Garrison. Eighteen Over Me. Geffen Records,
1998
Summer Lights 1997. "Garrison Starr". Online. World Wide Web.
29 November 1998. Available.
http://www.summerlights.org/artists/starr.htm
Yahoo!. "Rock and Pop Music". Online. World Wide Web. 29 November
1998. Available. http://musicfinder.yahoo.com/sho?d=c&id=261954&cf=0
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