Jana McCall is an art therapist and American singer-songwriter and visual artist from the Pacific Northwest. She played bass guitar in the short lived
all-female band An all-female band is a musical group in popular music that is exclusively composed of female musicians. This is distinct from a girl group, in which the female members are solely vocalists, though this terminology is not universally followed. While ...
Dickless
Dickless was a Seattle-based grunge band signed to Sub Pop records in 1990. Dickless is notable for their unique raspy/screamy vocal style.
During their first few years, their loud and abrasive sound was new and unusual for an all-female music gr ...
.
After Dickless, she worked briefly with
Mark Pickerel (formerly of
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees was an American rock band formed in Ellensburg, Washington, in 1984 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bass player Van Conner, and drummer Mark Pickerel. Pickerel had been replaced by Barrett Martin by the tim ...
)
and the band
Ruby Doe.
Her solo career spanned 1998 to 2002 during which she released two albums; the eponymous ''Jana McCall'' and ''Slumber''. She had three songs featured on
Up Records
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Chris Takino died of leukemia in 2000 ...
compilations.
During her solo career, she was known for creating sorrowful yet powerful songs with subtle, eerie atmospheres.
Jana is a mental health counselor specializing in art therapy in Seattle, Washington. (Jana McCall Expressive Therapy)
Discography
Albums
* ''Jana McCall'' album from Up Records; ''UP #049'' (1998)
* ''Slumber'' album from Up Records; ''UP #094'' (2002)
Compilations
* ''Days Gone'' from the Up Records compilation ''Up In Orbit!''; ''UP #045'' (1997)
* ''Echoes'', a cover of
the Pink Floyd song.,
from the Up Records compilation ''Up Next''; ''UP #060'' (1998)
* ''Bloodlines'' from the Up Records and
Slabco Records compilation ''US: Up Records and Slabco''; ''UP #079'' (2000)
External links
* https://www.janamccallexpressivetherapy.com/
JanaMcCall.com*
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References
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American rock bass guitarists
American women singer-songwriters
American singer-songwriters
Women bass guitarists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women