Deborah Gee
Deborah Gee
Raised in Mineral Wells, Texas, Deborah Gee moved to Los Angeles and began performing in the mid1990s at local music spots including The Troubadour, Molly Malone’s and Genghis Cohen. She was spotted by Alan Myers (Devo) at her second L.A. gig and Myers signed on as drummer. Gee signed a demo deal with A&M Records and released her album PORTAL in 2000. Gee wrote or co-wrote all of the songs. The roster of producers on the album is a music industry Who’s Who including Mike Clink, Tal Herzberg, Michael Woodrum, Chris Lord-Alge, CJ De Villar and Jon Ingoldsby. Songs from PORTAL were placed in films and television shows*, notably “Pearl”, which was placed in the films “Between the Sheets” and “The Smokers”. In 2001, Gee met ex-Dickies guitarist/producer Glen Laughlin at a coffeehouse. She was looking for a new guitarist for her band, and the two began performing together and working on what was initially intended to be her second solo album. After meeting drummer Ryan Brown at a p