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Mitch and Rosa are an American roots rock group formed in Los Angeles, California in late 2011. The group is fronted by Mitch Grainger (guitar, harmonica, vocals) and Rosa Pullman (keyboards, guitar, vocals). == Background == Originally from different corners of the earth, Grainger (Sydney, Australia) and Pullman (Ithaca, New York) met at Crane's Hollywood Tavern, Los Angeles in June, 2011. The night they met both Grainger and Pullman were performing individually and watched each other play. There was a mutual respect for the same genres of music and a friendship was formed based around this mutual affinity for blues, roots music, country, folk and the larger American musical idiom. In August of the same year the duo's friendship grew into a romantic partnership and the strong desire to stay together helped bring about the formation of 'Mitch and Rosa'. Mitch Grainger first started playing blues music at age 14 in Balmain, Sydney. His first instrument was the harmonica which he played for 6 months before also picking up the guitar. After hearing Little Walter's greatest hits on cassette he was instantly hooked on the blues and his quest to find the best American Roots music at second hand record stores began, followed by his first gigs in a popular Balmain teenage band fronted by Alex Lloyd, called The Beefs. Since then Mitch Grainger has toured the entire Australian continent, states and territories, Japan, the USA and worked with some of Australia's best musicians and musical groups including Malcolm Young (AC/DC), Harry Vanda,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.abc.net.au/oztrax/stories/s1805493.htm )〕 Jack Thompson,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.redbubble.com/people/raylockett/works/3223447-mitch-grainger-and-jack-thompson-play-greenfest09-brisbane )〕 The Bondi Cigars,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bondicigars.com/about/ )〕 Papa Lips and Rick Price〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rickprice.com.au/bio/ )〕 both in the studio and on stage. Rosa Pullman was raised to the sounds of folk music, harmony singing and traditional Americana music by her parents in upstate NY. She was playing piano and writing her first songs by age 5. At age 19 she moved to Boston and started experimenting with electronica, layered harmonies and beats. While in Boston she met many musicians including Amanda Palmer and Michael McDonald, the later with whom she collaborated with in the band Jupiter 88. After the tragic death of Michael, Rosa decided to visit India, a decision that culminated in her living there for 5 years, studying tabla and continuing to record her vocal based electronica music. On returning to America in 2009 Rosa moved to California and started writing songs that were again inspired by folk, country, blues and roots music. After meeting in Los Angeles the duo began performing as an acoustic act, first recording an EP (Dusty Road) in the desert town of Twentynine Palms, California under Rosa Pullman's name. Soon after the independent release of Dusty Road the duo decided to officially form a band together. The original incarnation of the band was named "The In From Out of Towners"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/2012-brammo-empulse-and-empulse-r-first-look-91287.html )〕 and began playing a weekly residency at one of the most popular live music venues in Hollywood, The Piano Bar. In late 2012 "The In From out of Towners" began recording their self-titled debut album and in the process changed their name to "The Lovers" after reading about The Lovers (Tarot Card) which is the sixth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.〔The Lovers〕 In January 2015 the duo officially changed their name once more, from 'The Lovers' to 'Mitch and Rosa'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mitch and Rosa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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