Gretchen Menn
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| Gretchen Menn performing with Zepparella at the Malibu Guitar Festival 2017 Gretchen Menn performing with Zepparella at the Malibu Guitar Festival 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Gretchen Menn |
| Genres | Rock, progressive, instrumental |
| Instruments | Electric and acoustic Guitar |
| Website | www |
Gretchen Menn is an American guitarist and composer who has her own original instrumental work and is also the lead guitarist for Zepparella, an all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band. She was included in Guitar Player Magazine's '50 Sensational Female Guitarists'[1] and Guitar Player Magazine's '50 Years of Extraordinary Players.'[2] In 2017 she was one of 11 female guitarists selected to contribute a track onto She Rocks, Vol. 1, a compilation released on Steve Vai’s label: 'Favored Nations'.[3] In 2017 she was nominated by readers of Vintage Guitar Magazine as 'Artist of the Year', alongside Allan Holdsworth, Steve Vai, Dan Auerbach, Rik Emmett, and Andy Timmons.[4] She has provided lessons for Acoustic Guitar Magazine, JamPlay - an online guitar lesson provider,[5] and has been a 3-time counselor at Rock and Roll Fantasy Camps.[6]
Biography and early playing
[edit | edit source]Menn started playing guitar as a teenager. She attended Smith College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in music while studying classical guitar with Phillip de Fremery.[7]
Zepparella
[edit | edit source]Menn is an original member of Zepparella, a Led Zeppelin tribute band founded in 2004 which currently performs nationwide.[8]
Solo career
[edit | edit source]Menn's first solo album Hale Souls was released in July 2011. Her second solo album, Abandon All Hope, was released in December 2016.[9][10]
Discography
[edit | edit source]Albums
[edit | edit source]Solo
[edit | edit source]- Abandon All Hope (2016)
- Hale Souls (2011)
Zepparella
[edit | edit source]- Live at Sweetwater (2016)
- Zepparella (2014)
- A Pleasing Pounding (2008)
- Live at 19 Broadway (2005)
Lapdance Armageddon
[edit | edit source]- Lapdance Armageddon (2010)
Francis Bakin
[edit | edit source]- Conversation with Francis Bakin (2009)
Sticks and Stones
[edit | edit source]- Unbreakable Strings (2007)
The House of More
[edit | edit source]- The House of More (2006)
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Zepparella Official Website
- Vintage Guitar interview with Gretchen Menn Archived 2018-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
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