Jeanie Perkins is a Mobile Bay Area musician and singer-songwriter. Up until her 2001 relocation to the tropical shores of Mobile Bay, Jeanie performed regularly as a pianist in the Dallas area. Having grown up on the New Orleans north shore, Jeanie performed throughout Louisiana as a teenager. After moving to Denton, Texas to attend college at University of North Texas, she earned a Bachelors Degree in Music Composition from that prestigious school. She remained in Dallas for many years, working extensively in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Los Angeles, and Nashville.
Check out Jeanie’s latest release. “Greater Than That (The Best Christmas Songs You Never Heard)” was produced by Dallas music veteran, songwriter/producer Bev Houston and engineered by Grammy-winning producer Phil York! Jeanie wrote four of the songs and sang two cuts on this stellar project which was released for Christmas 2004. You can order this CD by visiting www.texolamusic.com.
Jeanie is joined on this album by W.T. Greer, Joe Aeunson, Miki Honeycutt, Annagrey LaBasse, and other fantastic artists. You’ll empathize with “Red Christmas”, a song about Christmas after the bills begin to arrive. You can laugh along with “Peace on Earth”, a gutsy blues number written by Jeanie and delivered soulfully by Miki Honeycutt. You’ll be tickled red and green by Jeanie’s composition “Elvis Has Been Sighted at the North Pole”, sung by Joe Aeunson, and you can cry along with “Silent Night Without You.” But see for yourself. The above link will take you straight to Texola Music’s website for a listen.
Jeanie's CD of story-songs, "Lies and Lace" is an eclectic blend of influences from her pop, rock, delta, folk, R&B, jazz, and even classical background. She has woven these styles together with masterful clarity. This is great, tasteful music written by a connoisseur of music theory and composition. It appeals to all ages, a fact proven out by Jeanie's fans, who range in age from small children to college age to long-lived individuals of experience and discernment! In other words, "Lies and Lace" contains something for everybody. Jeanie's narrative, "slice-of-life" lyrics tell stories of human empathy, social commentary and photographic bits of Americana. "Lies and Lace" is now available on her label "Waterproof Records." Click here to “Listen”.
As keyboardist for the Los Angeles-based rock band "Jump in the Water", Jeanie assisted them in acquiring recording contracts with MCA Records and Polygram. She was a songwriter in Nashville for Bruce Publishing, and for Everland, the children's division of Word Records.
Meanwhile, back in Texas, she was a New Folk Finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1996 & 1997, and won the B.W. Stevenson Songwriting Competition at the legendary Poor David's Pub in 1998. Jeanie's Dallas area venues include the Uncle Calvin's Coffee House, Wildflower Festival, Artfest, Earth Day, Texas Wine & Music Festival, Texas Arts & Music Festival and many, many more. She was privileged to perform with Rod Kennedy, founder and producer of the Kerrville Folk Festival, on the opening night of his 1998 book tour, along with Leslie Gail Brooks and Emily Aronson. For years, Jeanie actively promoted her fellow Dallas area singer-songwriters, hosting songwriter stages at numerous concerts and festivals. Until May of 2001, Jeanie performed at the Adam's Mark Hotel in downtown Dallas and at numerous venues throughout the Emerald City.
Children's Music
In April of 1997, Jeanie released a children's album, "Songs to Grow By". It has gleaned glowing reviews in the Los Angeles Times and Songwriter's Monthly, received national airplay from New York to Alaska, as well as pages of positive reviews from radio station program directors all over the United States.
Jeanie was invited to Los Angeles by Rhino Records to perform in their Rockin' Tots series. You can hear her singing her song, "Everybody's Special in a Different Way" on the KidRhino release, "You're a Special Person", part of their series, "Chicken Soup for Little Souls".
Other Projects
Jeanie is pleased to have been a vocalist and / or keyboardist on many other great projects, including projects for “Vince Vance and the Valiants” and “Big Daddy”, to name a few. Jeanie has written for Bruce Publishing and Everland (Word) Records in Nashville. She is a proud contributor of songs to worthy projects, such as “Moments of Grace”, the proceeds of which go to support “Arts for People” in the Dallas area.“Arts for People” brings Dallas area music and music therapy where it’s needed the most, into hospitals, nursing homes, and over 100 health care agencies in the Dallas metroplex. To learn more, go to www.artsforpeople.org.
Jeanie and her husband, guitarist Don Perkins, now live on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Jeanie plays piano and sings nightly at the Marriott Grand Hotel, Point Clear Alabama. You can find her in the Grand Dining Room for a dining experience you won’t forget. See her calendar for more information.
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