Rotarian Cody Rice invited his wife, Erin McKinney, to come and sing at our morning Rotary meeting on May 16th. For the past 7 years, Erin has been performing at many popular music venues throughout the west coast as a professional country music singer. What all of us experienced this morning during our meeting was truly breathtaking beyond our imagination. It's obvious Erin is a true professional singer and song writer. Her powerful but yet soothing singing voice, in my opinion, compares to that of Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum. That speaks a lot of truth coming from a professional radio D.J. as myself.
Erin can easily brag about her resume as an up-and-coming country music artist. First of all, Erin worked as a demo singer for songwriter Jen Adan who wrote Blake Shelton's #1 hit "She wouldn't be gone." She's also opened for and performed after parties for: Love and Theft, Jarrod Neman, Christie Osmonson, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Miranda Lambert, Danny Gokey and Lucas Nelson.
Erin has performed at the Grand Sierra Resort, Harveys Casino, Hard Rock Cafe in San Francisco, The Peppermill Casino, Koncti Harbor Resort and the Redhawk Casino, plus many other popular venues. A few of her many television appearances include: Nashville West and several times on the KCRA Sacramento morning show. When it comes to National singing contests Erin could not hold back her tremendous vocal talent. She tried out for "American Idol", CMT's "Can You Duet", "Nashville Star", Amador Idol" and more.
Erin is now currently recording an album in Nashville and has 5 songs completed. Produced by Jack Sizemore (lead guitar for Jason Aldean) and Amy Dalley (who has several songs on the charts including, "Men Don't Change" peaking at #23), Erin has a good shot at getting her singing career well off to a good start. Good luck Erin, we all support you.
For a sample of her current songs please click on the links below.
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